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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Charles Borromeo
Charles' office of secretary of state and his care for the business of the family did not prevent him from giving time to study, and even to recreations in the form of playing the lute and violoncello, and a game of ball.
Charles was now assured that it was his duty to remain in the world; but all the more he felt he ought to visit his diocese, though the pope always opposed his departure.
Charles was at Lodi, at the funeral of the bishop.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03619a.htm   (7033 words)

  
 Charles Fisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Charles Fisher was a citizen of Fredericton, New Brunswick, from his birth on August 15, 1808 till his death on December 8, 1880.
Charles was a member of the first graduating class of King's College, Fredericton, the present University of New Brunswick.
Fisher became premier in 1854 as the leader of the vigorous reform party, called the "Smashers", and held the portfolio of attorney general.
www.hpedsb.on.ca /smood/fathers/fisher.htm   (301 words)

  
 Fisher v. Poole Truck Line (Roaf, J.) CA96-911
Fisher was denied workers' compensation benefits when the Commission found that he was not performing "employment services" when he was injured while transporting in his own automobile the results of a physical examination that Poole had required him to take before giving him a work assignment.
Fisher contends in essence that his trip from the terminal to the company doctor to retake the urine test and his return to the terminal with the results were employment services because they were part of the orientation process for which he received payment.
Fisher further asserts that this case can be reversed under the "dual-purpose doctrine" exception to the "going-and-coming rule," because his transporting the results of his physical benefitted Poole by allowing them to immediately assign him a load.
courts.state.ar.us /opinions/1997a/970514/ca96-911.html   (1472 words)

  
 Kardomah seam: About Charles
Charles loved the outdoors and country pursuits and was known to arrive at the urban newspaper offices dressed in riding breeches, having hitched his horse to a lampost outside.
Charles married a Spanish singer some years older than himself but by the time of Dylan's death in 1953 this marriage had broken up.Charles was shocked and saddened by his friends untimely death and he attended Dylan's infamous funeral in Laugharne before striking out for a new life in Canada.
Charles remarkably won their affection and respect as a flamenco guitarist, dancer, drinker and bon-vivant and was eventually accepted into a family and even gave away the bride at a huge gypsy wedding.
www.yorku.ca /caitlin/kardomah/2005/09/about-charles.html   (956 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Fisher also pressed for bills to fix the property qualification of legislative councillors at £500, to reduce the charges on the province under the civil list bill, to limit the salaries of department heads to £600, and to have all fees placed in the public treasury, not in the pockets of office-holders.
Fisher had concentrated his efforts in York County; there as elsewhere the suspicions of New Brunswickers that confederation was a plot originated in “the oily brains of Canadian politicians” could not be allayed.
Fishers claims superior to any other man in New BN except Mr [John Hamilton] Gray.” On 3 Oct. 1868 Fisher was appointed puisne judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick and on 14 October judge of the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39106&query=fisher   (3956 words)

  
 Lewis P. Fisher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He studied law there with his older brother, Charles Fisher, before moving to Woodstock in 1841 to practice on his own.
On June 25, 1850, Fisher married Mary Catherine Dermill at the Wesleyan Chapel.
Fisher Public Library, the Fisher Memorial School, the Carleton County Vocational School and the Fisher Memorial Hospital.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lewis_P._Fisher   (192 words)

  
 F   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
CHARLES W. A comparatively recent addition to the citizenship of White County, Charles W. Field of Monticello has contributed his energies as a farmer, stock man and stock shipper, is considered a financial and business factor in that community, and is a live and enterprising citizen.
Fisher was born July 25, 1861, at Crooked Creek Mill, Jefferson Township, Cass County, Indiana and is a son of Benjamin B. and Lydia (Barnard) Fisher, and a grandson of David and Susannah Fisher.
Fisher was married in April, 1889, to Miss Nettie Timmons, a daughter of John M. and Martha (Van Meters) Timmons, early settlers of White County, and to this union there have been borne [sic] two children, both of whom are single and live at Monticello: J. Earl and Ray.
www.brookston.lib.in.us /WhiteCo/biographies-F.htm   (7567 words)

  
 Fisher, Louisville's 'queen of blues,' dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fisher's career took her across the country on tour with Ray Charles and other music legends before she returned home to settle down as resident blues queen.
Fisher later rejoined the act, but jealousy and conflicts among the band and the new female singers, as well as the constant use of drugs in the band convinced her to leave the group in 1958.
Fisher spent just a year in the orphanage before she was adopted by a family in Russellville, Ky. Fisher later found her siblings, her son said.
www.courier-journal.com /localnews/2004/03/13ky/B1-fisher03130-7675.html   (1011 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Books | Obituaries | Obituary: Charles Fisher
Charles Fisher: 'The Kardomah was important to us both as a place to report to and a place to find out what was going on.
The journalist, writer and traveller Charles Fisher, who has died aged 91, had the melancholic distinction of being the last surviving member of the Kardomah gang, a group of writers, artists and musicians who met as young men at the Kardomah cafe in 1930s Swansea.
Fisher always denied there was anything approaching a shared cultural manifesto, and looked askance at the half-century of journalistic licence that sometimes gave the impression of a Swansea version of the Algonquin round table.
books.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,,1704707,00.html?gusrc=rss   (974 words)

  
 Fisher v. I.N.S., 79 F.3d 955 (9th Cir. 1996).
Fisher testified that as a result of the "swimsuit incident," she and several other females present were detained by government officials.
Fisher asserted that she did not know that someone paid Charles $500 to marry her, and that she had legitimate reasons for having notes containing the answers to questions the INS would ask her at her interview.
Fisher argues that the IJ's decision is "arbitrary and capricious" because the IJ relied on hearsay evidence -- Charles's affidavit.
www1.umn.edu /humanrts/refugee/Fisher_v_INS.html   (9513 words)

  
 C Fisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Charles Harold (Hap) Fisher, an outstanding scientist in the field of chemistry and quite an athlete in his days as a Salem High School student, has returned to Salem in his retirement.
Fisher went on to Roanoke College, in Salem, Virginia, where in 1928 he received a B.S. in chemistry, followed by an M.S. and Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Illinois in 1929 and 1932, respectively.
Fisher is also inventor or co-inventor of over 70 patents, many of which led to commercialized developments, including catechol antioxidants, acrylate rubber, and chloroethyl vinyl ether.
www.salem.k12.va.us /sef/hof/fisherc.html   (518 words)

  
 Dr. Charles H. Fisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In addition, Fisher was the head of the education department at West Chester State Normal and the assistant director the Teachers Bureau of the State Department of Public Instruction at Harrisburg.
Fisher later worked as a professor of education administration at New York University, and in 1942 became the Dean of Huron College in South Dakota.
Charles H. Fisher died on December 8, 1965 at the age of 84 in a suburb of Seattle, Washington.
www.bloomu.edu /library/pages/Archives/Presidents/Fisher.htm   (220 words)

  
 Tim Denton and Invited Guests :: RIP Charles Fisher
Charles was a living gem, one of the last remaining gentlemen in the modern era.
Fisher was inclined to downplay the mythologizing that would later swirl around these early days at the Kardomah, he did acknowledge that even back in the 1930s, he and his friends realized that "there was an outstanding lyric poet among us." In 1942, during the Second World War, the cafe was bombed by the Luftwaffe.
Fisher worshipped at the shrine of an 18-year-old Eartha Kitt and was married briefly to a Spanish opera singer several years his senior.
tim.blogware.com /blog/_archives/2006/1/26/1724605.html   (1969 words)

  
 Charles R. Fisher
Fisher, C. Oxidation of methane by deep sea mytilids in the Gulf of Mexico.
Fisher, C. Toward an appreciation of hydrothermal-vent animals: their environment, physiological ecology, and tissue stable isotope values.
Fisher, C. Temperature and sulfide tolerance of hydrothermal vent fauna.
www.bio.psu.edu /People/Faculty/Fisher/fisher.htm   (2645 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Charles C. Fisher was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 5, 1830 and passed away at his home on South Seventh street, Saturday, September 24, 1921, after several years of failing health.
Fisher was always a most enthusiastic and patriotic member of the Post here and always took a prominent part in the celebrations and services on Memorial Day and Fourth of July.
Fisher came to Kansas in the year 1873, and have made their home in or near Burlington ever since.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/civilwar/Charles_Fisher.htm   (280 words)

  
 Research|Penn State: Venture Deep Ocean: Expedition Five
Charles Fisher and his colleagues are boarding her for a June 8 departure.
Fisher is the current chair of Ridge 2000, and the program office has been located in Penn State's biology department since 2001.
As chief scientist for expedition five, Fisher will ensure that the cruise's work complements that of previous expeditions, which mapped the seafloor, identified areas containing hydrothermal vents, studied rocks and water chemistry, sampled for microbes, and collected a range of animals, some which may be new to science.
www.rps.psu.edu /featuredsite/venture.html   (484 words)

  
 Fisher names a campaign manager
Charles Fisher is a violinist, a student at Trident Academy in Mount Pleasant, S.C., and “one of the lights of his mother’s eyes,” the candidate adds.
Charles Fisher also will help his candidate mother choose the cities she visits, although his school schedule will limit his availability to travel with her.
Fisher says her son believes she must be more aggressive, stressing that she is a candidate who lives in Salisbury and not one who had to return to Salisbury to run for the Senate seat.
www.salisburypost.com /2002jan/012202f.htm   (498 words)

  
 Staff of Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home in Flemington, New Jersey (NJ)
Charles Holcombe Fisher, great-grandson of Charles Holcombe and son of Charles R. Fisher, is a lifelong resident of the Borough of Flemington.
Fisher is a member of the National Funeral Director's Association, the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association, and a member and past-president of the Tri-County Funeral Directors Association.
Fisher is a member and past-president of the Flemington Rotary Club, and a member of the Hunterdon County Historical Society and the Flemington Elks Lodge #1928.
holcombefisher.com /funeralstaff.htm   (692 words)

  
 Maine House Democrats - Representatives
Fisher is a member of the Legal and Veterans Affairs and the Transportation Committee, where he previously served as House Chair.
Fisher has a Bachelors of Education from the University of Toledo and a Masters of Education and Certificates of Advanced Study from the University of Maine.
Fisher serves on the Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee, the Transportation Committee and is Chair of the Veterans Memorials and the Legislative Scholarship Committees.
www.state.me.us /legis/housedems/cfisher   (372 words)

  
 Dr. Charles H. Fisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fisher's most ambitious project at BSNS was the establishment of a Bureau of Educational Research.
Fisher left there after sixteen years when a dispute developed over his defense of academic freedom.
Charles Fisher died on December 8, 1964 at the age of 84 in a suburb of Seattle, Washington.
www.bloomu.edu /library/Archives/Presidents/Fisher.htm   (224 words)

  
 Science Journal -- Spring 2001 -- Faces of Penn State: Fisher
Charles Fisher examines tube worms taken from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico during a dive at a cold seep.
In the past 18 years, Fisher has made 74 deep-sea dives and operated remote vehicles for 54 other dives.
As he finished up his doctoral work, Fisher focused more on the deep sea and began what he calls an apprenticeship.
www.science.psu.edu /journal/Spr2001/Fisher-Sp01.htm   (612 words)

  
 Charles Wellington Fisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Charles Wellington Fisher's political career began on February 4, 1903 when he was elected to the legislature of the North West Territories as the member from the Constituency of Banff.
In 1907, Fisher purchased land near Cochrane, Alberta where he built a substatial sandstone house where the family lived until 1931 when it became the "Just Home Guest Ranch" operated by the McConachies.
Fisher's original sandstone ranch house still forms a part of the retreat.
www.ucalgary.ca /~dsucha/fisher.html   (127 words)

  
 BENGALSCENTRAL.COM - CHARLES FISHER INTERVIEW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bengals fans remember Charles Fisher as the 33rd pick in the 1999 draft.
They also remember that he was supposed to be the CB of the present and future.
Charles Fisher: Steve McNair was making a throw to Kevin Dyson in the endzone and I made a break to pick it off and my knee gave out.
www.bengalscentral.com /cfisher032804.html   (458 words)

  
 Cardiome appoints Dr. Charles Fisher as Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President
Fisher will be responsible for overseeing and implementing Cardiome's clinical and regulatory programs and contributing to new product development.
Fisher led the Eli Lilly scientific team in the development and regulatory approval of Xigris for the treatment of severe sepsis.
Dr. Fisher is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Critical Care Physicians, American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-27-2005/0002908864&EDATE=   (867 words)

  
 KCTS/Seattle: The Public Network | Productions | KCTS Connects | Archive:
Antwone Fisher, the subject of the acclaimed film bearing his name, talks with Enrique about his life, the new film, and the Northwest connection that made the movie possible.
It's based on the true story of how Fisher survived a difficult childhood of physical and emotional abuse in foster care, and how he later came to grips with his anger and rage while in the navy with the help of a Navy psychiatrist played by Denzel Washington.
CHARLES Z. In this profile piece Enrique Cerna interviews newly retired State Supreme Court Justice Charles Z. Smith, and looks back over his illustrious career on the court as the first person of color to become a judge at the municipal and superior court level.
www.kcts.org /productions/kctsconnects/archive/episode_225.htm   (390 words)

  
 Charles Cowles Gallery: Vernon Fisher: New Paintings
FISHER thinks of the vignettes akin to spot repairs on cars, perhaps to plug a flood of infinite image sets.
Compared to his earlier flboards the slate here is more vacant and the images more straightforward, as if the whole has recently been wiped clean with a wet cloth.
The exhibition will be on view at the Charles Cowles Gallery, 537 West 24th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues in Chelsea.
www.artnet.com /ag/fineartthumbnails.asp?gid=272&cid=18643   (312 words)

  
 Sgt. Charles Fisher
Abstract: Al Thomas and Charles Fisher are instructors in the ROTC program at Asheville High School in Asheville, NC.
Charles Fisher grew up in Asheville and joined the Marines in 1954.
Charles had been in the Army ROTC when he graduated from high school in 1942.
toto.lib.unca.edu /findingaids/oralhistory/VOA/D_H/Fisher_Thomas.html   (1498 words)

  
 GrossePointe.com - Grosse Pointe Talk of The Pointes Message Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fisher and Sarah W. Kramer and the son of Charles T. Fisher, Jr.
Charles joined the board of directors and executive and finance committees of GM in 1924.
Larry Fisher was surely very style-conscious and he perhaps had something to do with A. Sloan, Jr.’’s decision to create the annual model change.
www.grossepointe.com /forum/viewtopic.php?topic=128&forum=1   (2630 words)

  
 Charles Miller Fisher (www.whonamedit.com)
Fisher worked at the Montreal General Hospital and then at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Fisher also identified common rhythm disorders of the heart as another source that could result in stroke.
Fisher was the recipient of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada's Prize in Medicine and the Soriano International Award.
www.whonamedit.com /doctor.cfm/1466.html   (306 words)

  
 Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home in Flemington, New Jersey (NJ)
In 1935 Charles Holcombes' grandson, Charles R. Fisher joined the firm and continued to be active until his death in 2000, as did Charles Holcombe, who remained active until his death in 1954.
In 1996, Robert Fisher Bogart, grandson of Charles R. Fisher and great-great grandson of Charles Holcombe joined the firm, representing the fifth generation of family involvement in the firm.
Mother of Charles H, grandmother of Robert Fisher Bogart, and wife of the late Charles R. Fisher.
holcombefisher.com /history.htm   (278 words)

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