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  Christopher Blair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christopher "Maverick" Blair, The Heart of the Tiger, the Savior of the Confederation, is the player's character throughout much of the Wing Commander computer game series.
Throughout the series Blair was portrayed as competent and cool-headed, though not unemotional, with his 'rebellious' cockpit moniker assigned him as an ironic reference to his Boy Scout personality.
Commodore Blair is, unfortunately, lost in the action against the Nephilim, missing and presumed dead on a critical mission to assist Casey in destroying the aliens' galaxy-invading wormhole.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christopher_Blair   (904 words)

  
 Wing Commander CIC Encyclopedia
On 2630.168 Christopher Blair, well known as the Savior of the Confederation, was born to a farmer of Pilgrim origin on the remote planet of Nephele II.
Blair was able to drop a tectonic frequency weapon known as the Temblor Bomb and shatter Kilrah from the core.
Blair was given command of the BWS Intrepid when Captain Eisen left to seek help from a few remaining friends in Confederation High Command.
www.wcnews.com /encyclopedia/showrecord.php?id=67   (1867 words)

  
 Christopher Blair -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Throughout the series Blair was portrayed as competent and cool-headed though not unemotional, with his 'rebellious' cockpit moniker assigned him as an ironic reference to his (A boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts) Boy Scout personality.
Blair was played in Heart of the Tiger, The Price of Freedom, Prophecy, and Academy by veteran actor and (Click link for more info and facts about Star Wars) Star Wars star Mark Hamill, originally brought in to play (An insane person) Maniac.
Blair was given the Kilrathi warrior-name "Heart of the Tiger", which in the novelization of Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom he adopts as his callsign as part of the (Click link for more info and facts about Union of Border Worlds) Union of Border Worlds Militia.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/christopher_blair.htm   (1056 words)

  
 Blair's Political Suicide, by Christopher Montgomery
What, in retrospect, this period, that is to say, the first six years of Tony Blair's premiership (or as I am sure we will say in the fullness of time, 'the first half' of the 1997-on Labour regime) will amount to is this: he tried (to subvert traditional means of governance) but failed.
Tony Blair, rightly from his own point of view (if he has, that is, a point of view he believes in), wished on coming into power to transform the machinery of central government.
Christopher Montgomery is an historian who is currently writing a book on the historiography of the Suez crisis, and is publisher of ERO.
www.antiwar.com /goldstein/g-col.html   (4757 words)

  
 Christopher blair
Blair is assigned to drop the Templor bomb on Kilrah whislt the entire Confed fleet stages a mass assault to distract the Kilrathi.
Blair is captured by the aliens whilst investigating on board a starbase with a squad of marines, and is later rescued after the aliens had finished experimenting with his brain.
Blair then flys to the last tower and, thanks to his knowledge of the aliens from his capture, is successful in taking out the final tower's shields.
www.dougie.uk.com /blair.html   (2184 words)

  
 Genealogy.com: The Christopher Blair Stanley, Sr. of Baltimore, MD
Christopher was born and raised in Cherry Hill.
Christopher only obtained 21 credits and is hoping to complete his accademic.
In 1978 Christopher united in wedlock with Janet R. Crosland the daughter of Mother Henrietta Knight and the late James Crosland.
www.genealogy.com /genealogy/users/s/t/a/Christopher-B-Stanley-sr/index.html   (259 words)

  
 Arianna Online Forums - View Single Post - Here's One More, Sheeple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British ambassador to Washington, was at the dinner table as Mr Blair replied that he would rather concentrate on ousting the Taliban and restoring peace in Afghanistan.
Sir Christopher's article comes as the new head of British and American arms inspectors in Iraq is under fire for refusing to acknowledge that the programme has all but ground to a halt.
Mr Blair and Mr Bush have all but admitted that the WMD claims which were used to justify war in Iraq were exaggerated or wrong, and have launched inquiries to determine whether there were failures by their intelligence services.
www.ariannaonline.com /forums/showpost.php?p=20490&postcount=1   (523 words)

  
 Kassie DePaiva - Guiding Light - Soap Opera Digest and Weekly
However, Blair and Max grew close when she had a dizzy spell; he got an MRI along with her and learned that he had a brain aneurysm.
When Blair found out that Max was cheating on her, she drugged him, tied him up naked and threatened to "cure" him with a power drill.
Blair tried to get Max on her side by saying that she was carrying his child.
www.soapoperadigest.com /features/oltl/2004/kassiedepaiva/index1.html   (582 words)

  
 The New York Times's Meltdown
Blair's editors were alarmed, but not all of them were surprised.
Blair had written about 700 stories for the Times since leaving the University of Maryland (from which, unbeknownst to his future employers, he did not graduate).
Blair is now the target of a U.S. attorney's investigation, the Times announced last week.
weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/691dnacb.asp   (616 words)

  
 CIC Timeline Part III: 2670 and Beyond
Christopher Blair arrives on the intercontinental shuttle to meet with Maj. Marshall at the starport's canteen.
Col. Blair talks with Capt. Eisen about his reassignment and the doubts some of the carrier's crew are having with their recent assignments.
Blair leaves his fighter as the deck is reopened, and is spotted by one of the Marines.
www.wcnews.com /enc/part3-2673.shtml   (3522 words)

  
 Christopher Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Christopher Blair is the player's character throughout much of the Wing Commander series.
"Blair" is derived from the character's unofficial nickname in Wing Commander and Vengenceof the Kilrathi, "Bluehair".
Blair was played inHeart of the Tiger, The Price of Freedom, Prophecy], and Academy by veteran actor and Star Wars star Mark Hamill,originally brought in to play Maniac.
www.therfcc.org /christopher-blair-345071.html   (114 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: Why I'm for Tony Blair by Christopher Hitchens
Far from being a ditto to Washington, it was Blair who leaned on Clinton and Albright to intervene in the Balkans, putting an end to the long and disgusting Tory appeasement of Slobodan Milosevic.
Without asking for any American approval, Blair also decided to stand by Britain's treaty with Sierra Leone and to send troops to put down the barbaric invasion of the hand-loppers and diamond-dealers, based in Charles Taylor's Liberia, who were among other things the regional allies of al-Qaida.
Blair's Britain is a sort of post-Keynesian full-employment and welfarist society.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17845   (1025 words)

  
 Blair Credit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
While Blair is not in any danger of losing a vote of no confidence, the falling Labour vote has renewed speculation about how long his leadership will continue.
Leo Blair had ambitions to stand for Parliament in Durham but was thwarted when he had a stroke when Blair was 11, an event which affected Blair deeply.
Blair House is a guest house for state visitors to Washington, D.C. (in the United States of America).
www.wwwtln.com /finance/19/blair-credit.html   (1805 words)

  
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Christopher Blair meets with Admiral Tolwyn, who briefs Blair on the situation in the Border Worlds, giving him orders to accompany the TCS Lexington to the frontier as part of the investigation.
Blair, flying a Thunderbolt, is given command of the group with orders to engage the enemy squadron engaging the TCS Dominion's half squadron.
Blair bets twenty credits on the success of his mission, betting odds of which are running at 21 to 1 against.
www.wcnews.com /loaf/postwartimeline.doc   (7366 words)

  
 Wing Commander (feature film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It was shot on a minuscule budget - resulting in, among other things, unconvincing aliens that appear as little as possible in the final edit of the film - and was a commercial and critical failure.
While this is going on, there is also tension between Blair and the crew of the Tiger's Claw due to the fact that he was born a "Pilgrim", one of a strain of humanity (who have special powers) that had previously fought against the Confederation.
Several sub-plots developed in Wing Commander II and III, including Blair's relationship with Angel and Paladin's assignment to Special Operations, are developed in the film.
pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Wing_Commander_(feature_film)   (501 words)

  
 Christopher Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Christopher Blair "inconformista" es el carácter del jugador a través de mucha de la serie del juego de computadora del comandante del ala.
Una tercera facción está implicada eventual, y Blair tiene éxito en la destapadura de ella, aunque lo fuerzan desertar a los mundos de la banda para hacer así pues, puesto que la facción aparece ser soportada por los elementos dentro de Confed.
Blair permanece en los militares para el resto de su vida, aunque él acepta una transferencia de fuerzas del espacio a la marina.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ch/Christopher%20Blair.htm   (1095 words)

  
 Print Message   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British ambassador to Washington, was at the dinner table as Blair replied that he would rather concentrate on ousting the Taleban and restoring peace in Afghanistan.
Sir Christopher's article comes as the new head of British and American arms inspectors in Iraq is under fire for refusing to acknowledge that the search for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has all but ground to a halt.
Blair and Bush have all but admitted that the WMD claims used to justify war in Iraq were exaggerated or wrong and have launched inquiries to find if there were failures by their intelligence services.
www.suite101.com /print_message.cfm/investing/99268/943271   (419 words)

  
 Hennepin County Attorney - News & Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Christopher Donald Lee Blair, age 22 (DOB: 12/21/81), is charged with two counts of attempted kidnapping.
Blair also admitted that he was at 72nd and Humboldt in Richfield at about noon on June 11.
Blair said he used a BB gun in both incidents, but claimed he threw it into the river in Minneapolis afterward.
www.hennepinattorney.org /news_2.asp?NRecno=212   (1167 words)

  
 Wing Commander Academy
Blair and Maniac are captured by a renegade ex-wing commander, while Manaic chooses to fly with them, Blair is left to face the Kilrathi alone.
Blair and injured fellow pilot Powers are stranded on a planet with a Kilrathi pilot.
Blair and Payback are sent on a recon mission through a jump node, their presents in the node alerts the Kilrathi who follow them back to attack the Tigers Claw.
www.markhamill.com /tv/wca.htm   (368 words)

  
 TCS Christopher Blair CVX-3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The TCS Christopher Blair is the first UFIP Wing Commander based Sim set after the events of Wing
The third megacarrier of the Midway class is nearing completion she is to be called the TCS Christopher Blair CVX-3, after Commodore Christopher
Commodore Marshall and used TCS Christopher Blair, but to Maniac and the crew of the TCS Christopher Blair, her nickname is the Maverick.
members.aol.com /captainsoren/tcschristopherblair.html   (543 words)

  
 Top Gun - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Goose's real name, Nick Bradshaw, is never spoken in the film (even by his wife and son); it can only be seen (briefly) on his and Maverick's fighter jet, on his flightsuit's name badge, and on his dog tags as Maverick throws them into the ocean.
Christopher Blair's callsign in Wing Commander was originally intended to be "Falcon" but was later changed to "Maverick" as an homage to Top Gun.
The romantic comedy Sleep With Me (1994) includes a sequence in which a character, played by Quentin Tarantino, describes in detail his theory that Top Gun has a gay subtext.
open-encyclopedia.com /Top_Gun   (304 words)

  
 Tyler Blackwood
Christopher couldn’t bear to see the little guy homeless, so he took in the small fl and white pup, gave him a name, and built an elaborate house for him.
Christopher’s elite position in the Defender ranks was unchallenged, so it was logical that he’d have to remain and finish the job.
Christopher whirled toward the sound, knowing that he had only seconds to catch the demon creature before it vanished into the woods.
www.tylerblackwood.com /SeventhDragon.html   (4164 words)

  
 Tangipahoa sheriff's deputy implicated in church child-sex ring and charged with rape : NOLA Indymedia
Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputy Christopher Blair Labat of Hammond was arrested for rape in connection with a child-sex ring that involved church members and animals.
Christopher Blair Labat, of Hammond, was arrested Tuesday following a month-long investigation by deputies and the FBI, according to sheriff's spokesman Chuck Reed.
As authorities acted on information provided by Lamonica, Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputy Christopher Blair Labat was arrested on counts of aggravated rape and malfeasance.
neworleans.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=3320   (499 words)

  
 DBLP: Blair MacIntyre
Blair MacIntyre, Maribeth Gandy, Steven Dow, Jay David Bolter: DART: a toolkit for rapid design exploration of augmented reality experiences.
Blair MacIntyre, Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Stephen Voida, Klaus Marius Hansen, Joe Tullio, Gregory M. Corso: Support for multitasking and background awareness using interactive peripheral displays.
Blair MacIntyre, William B. Cowan: A Practical Approach to Calculating Luminance Contrast on a CRT.
informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/m/MacIntyre:Blair.html   (504 words)

  
 The Life and Times of Christopher Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tiger's Claw destroyed in Kilrathi attack with all hands aboard.
Blair is convicted of negligence, kicked out of the service and exiled.
Prince Thrakhath of the Kilrathi dubs Blair "Heart of the Tiger." The Confed secret weapon,
www.scifi.com /sfw/issue15/blair.html   (137 words)

  
 GameSpot:Video Games PC PlayStation 2 GameCube PSP DS GBA PS2 PS3 Xbox 360 PlayStation 3
In fact, it wouldn't be too far from the truth to say that he's probably the most boring, most down to earth of all our selections.
Beyond the fact that his live-action counterpart was played by Mark Hamill in Wing Commander 3 and 4, Blair shares a lot of characteristics with the Jedi Knight, and invokes similar feelings from gamers who've grown attached to his near-decade-long run of appearances in Wing Commander titles.
He suffers the loss of loved ones, is forced to question his values and, and at times, trust his sworn enemies.
www.gamespot.com /features/tenspot_heroes/hero5.html   (307 words)

  
 Wing Commander
Futuristic fighter pilot Lt. Christopher Blair joins an interstellar war to fight against the evil Kilrathi who are trying to destroy the universe—specifically Earth.
The dying Pilgrim race is both revered and reviled for its innate ability to navigate the dangerous reaches of asteroid fields and quasars.
Blair has never understood why people treat him differently than his peers.
www.pluggedinonline.com /movies/movies/a0001386.cfm   (421 words)

  
 Blair - about Blair
Blair Holdings helps investors access, understand, and profit from Forex.
We are a mural company based in holland specializing in many different types of murals, but the most demanding ones are for kids, we have painted over 20 kids murals in a fantasy style in their bedrooms, also murals for outdoor areas, such on a swiss chalet, and an mexican house.
The works include paintings by artists representative of the diversity of the Victorian period such as Edmund Blair Leighton, Charles Lidderdale, and George Cole.
artmam.net /Blair.htm   (617 words)

  
 Christopher Blair in the Lead, Almost (September 14, 1999) - Wing Commander CIC Forums
Christopher Blair in the Lead, Almost (September 14, 1999)
Over at the Gamespot Hero Poll, Chris Blair has been bouncing between undisputed first and a tie for first.
Blair's still neck and neck with The Avatar with 28%.
www.crius.net /zone/showthread.php?threadid=13877   (82 words)

  
 Luke Skywlaker Vs. Wing Commander's Colonel Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Colonel Blair may have the combat skills that any soldier might acquire with standard military training (futuristic as it may be).
I think that Blair's starships are clearly MUCH more powerful than X-Wings, frankly, and Luke would definitely have his hands full trying to dodge its superior fire power.
Blair may be an ace pilot, but Luke is an ace pilot AND a Jedi.
www.crossoveruniverse.com /vs27.htm   (649 words)

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