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  John Nance Garner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Garner was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1902 from a newly created congressional district covering tens of thousands of square miles of rural South Texas.
Garner's hard work and integrity made him a respected leader in the House, and he was chosen to serve as minority floor leader for the Democrats in 1929, and then as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in 1931.
Garner, always the character, once described the office of the vice presidency as being "not worth a bucket of warm piss" (at the time reported with the bowdlerization "spit").
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Nance_Garner   (772 words)

  
 Jennifer Garner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although Garner was born in Texas, her father's engineering job with Union Carbide forced the family to relocate to Charleston, West Virginia when she was three years old, where she remained until college.
Garner is known for performing her own stunts, and in January 2005 she was forced to bow out of some publicity duties for her film Elektra due to what was first thought to have been a viral infection.
On June 30, 2005 publicists for both Affleck and Garner confirmed that the couple married the day before at the Parrot Cay resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, and that Garner is pregnant with her first child, a girl due in November.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jennifer_Garner   (551 words)

  
 James Garner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Garner (born April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor of partially Cherokee Indian descent.
In 2004, Garner became one of the first three honorees in the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame for this portrayal.
Garner pulled the plug on the show, despite consistent ratings, because it was taking too much of a physical toll on his body.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Garner   (668 words)

  
 Town of Garner, NC - Town History
Garner is situated in the St. Mary's Township, which got its name from a Church of the England parish.
In 1891, the village of Garner's Station had its charter repealed, and in 1905 application was made and granted for its reinstatement as the Town of Garner.
Its importance, aside from its serving as a link between the small Garner community and the State Capitol, lay in the fact that it was a small section of what was to become one of the oldest and longest traveled corridors in North Carolina, the Central Highway.
www.ci.garner.nc.us /History.htm   (926 words)

  
 Garner James
Garner began his television career in the fifties, becoming a movie star in short order, and maintains an active presence in both media nearly forty years later.
Garner tested his dramatic muscles in downbeat psychological thrillers like Mister Buddwing, and made a calculated turn against type as a grim, vengeful Wyatt Earp in Hour of the Gun, but his most successful films emphasized his innate charm and flair for irony.
Garner had dusted off his gambler's duds in 1978 for two appearances as Bret Maverick in the pilot and first episode of a short-lived series Young Maverick (same concept, now featuring a young cousin as the wandering hero).
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/G/htmlG/garnerjames/garnerjames.htm   (1836 words)

  
 CACTUS JACK GARNER: "NOT WORTH A BUCKET OF WARM....."   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Where Garner secured his leadership position in the House was at his daily meetings of the "Board of Education." He made enough friends and influenced enough members to get himself elected House Minority Leader in 1929.
Garner had already realized that he wasn't able to get the nomination, and felt he was closer to Roosevelt than he was Al Smith, the other major candidate.
Garner called Roosevelt "the most destructive man in all American history." FDR was no longer a big fan of Garner's either.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/35366   (1693 words)

  
 James Garner
Garner mowed lawns, mopped floors, worked in the oil fields of Texas, and, after moving to California, laid carpet with his father in the City of Angels.
By the close of the sixties, Garner was beginning to look askance at the violence and nudity that was commonplace in movies after the introduction of the MPAA rating system in 1969.
James Garner may not be the "last real man" as People christened him some years back, but he may very well be the last real star--an actor who shines in any medium and loses none of his sparkle with age.
www.angelfire.com /oh2/writer/jamesgarner.html   (1640 words)

  
 Erroll Garner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At the age of seven, Garner began appearing on radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh with a group called the Candy Kids, and by the age of eleven he was playing on the Allegheny riverboats.
Garner began to attract attention after he moved to New York in the early forties, and shortly afterwards he made his first recordings.
By 1950, Garner had established himself an international reputation, and from that point until his death on January 2, 1977, he made countless tours both at home and abroad, and produced a huge volume of recorded work.
www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/1542/garner.htm   (373 words)

  
 Phil Garner | BaseballLibrary.com
Garner was traded to Houston in mid-1981 for the younger Johnny Ray, and while playing second base hit.274 and led the Astros with 13 homers and 83 RBI.
Garner was finally fired along with GM Sal Bando in August 1999, but attracted interest from a number of teams before signing on to replace Larry Parrish at the helm of the Detroit Tigers for the 2000 season.
Garner is the first National League player to have slams in consecutive games since Jimmy Sheckard (9/23, 24/01) and the first major leaguer since Brooks Robinson, in 1962.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Garner_Phil.stm   (842 words)

  
 CBC News:U.S. administrator Garner arrives in Baghdad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Garner admitted it could be months before services are restored to all of Iraq.
Garner declined to give a timeframe for his mission in Iraq, but said he aimed to get the job done and leave as soon as possible.
Garner is the head of what the Bush administration calls the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, the body that will help rebuild Iraq and prepare for a government run by Iraqis.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/04/21/garner030421   (290 words)

  
 motorcycle rental australia and harley-davidson hire
Garner’s Hire Bikes is Australia’s largest motorcycle rental company with a history of providing the best bikes available for 20 years.
Garner’s Hire Bikes have a wide range of Harley-Davidson, BMW and Japanese Sport and Touring bikes for hire or rental.
All the Garners crew are avid motorcycle enthusiasts and ride in classic bike rallies and many varied events.
www.garnersmotorcycles.com.au   (150 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Garner blooms on big screen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Garner anchors her first starring role in 13 Going on 30, which opens Friday.
Although she has been acting on stage and screen since she was in her early 20s, she has seen her star rise dramatically since landing the lead on the hit TV show Alias in 2001.
Garner, Roth says, "has that rare quality of being a beautiful woman who is attractive to men and not threatening to women.
www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2004-04-18-garner_x.htm   (1318 words)

  
 Garner's Natural Market and Cafe, Greenville, SC
Garner‘s is proud to help those in our community who strive to make the world a better place.
Garner's Natural Market and Cafe exists to offer unmatched products, services and resources that empower people to make positive changes in their well being.
Living Naturally and Garners have no means of independently evaluating the safety or functionality of the products offered by their suppliers and affiliates and thus can neither endorse nor recommend products.
www.garnersnatural.com   (406 words)

  
 Garner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
GARNER was sentenced to 12 years, 6 months in prison, and was given 3 years supervised release.
GARNER entered a "Yahoo!" chat room in October, 2002, which had been described as "Loving younger so they grow up happy." Online, he met an undercover agent posing as a 24-year-old woman with a 2-year-old daughter.
GARNER eventually arranged a meeting with the woman and her daughter.
www.usdoj.gov /usao/gan/text_version/press_textversion/08-15-03.html   (246 words)

  
 Garner
Garner, Arkansas, United States [Town]; population was 191 in 1990; housing units was 81 in 1990; location is 35°8'N 91°47'W; land area is 0.65 square miles (415 acres); water area is 0.05 square miles (32 acres); FIPS code is 25900 [SourceCBP]
Garner, Iowa, United States [City]; population was 2,916 in 1990; housing units was 1,202 in 1990; location is 43°6'N 93°36'W; land area is 1.90 square miles (1,218 acres); FIPS code is 29955 [SourceCBP]
Garner, North Carolina, United States [Town]; population was 14,967 in 1990; housing units was 5,975 in 1990; location is 35°42'N 78°38'W; land area is 11.38 square miles (7,281 acres); water area is 0.75 square miles (481 acres); FIPS code is 25480 [SourceCBP]
www.placesnamed.com /g/a/garner.asp   (298 words)

  
 Garner Products: Degaussers, DLT, HIPAA, Hard Drives
Garner's degaussers are used to erase (sanitize) data from magnetic media.
Garner manufactures a wide range of sizes and styles to fit your degaussing needs - from economical table-top degaussers to our efficient conveyor style degaussers.
Garner Products has designed, manufactured, and sold degaussing products and services to users and manufacturers of magnetic media for over 45 years.
www.garner-products.com   (417 words)

  
 Jennifer Garner News
Jennifer Garner's character, Sydney Bristow, may be sporting her pregnant stomach in season five of the hit ABC show "Alias," but her pregnancy isn't the only thing that's changed on the "Alias" set.
Garner's bright-eyed, lively peformance was the best thing about that movie, so it was with moderately high hopes that I sat down to view "Elektra", the...
Daredevil co-stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have married and are expecting their first child, their publicists told the Reuters news service on June 29, confirming a report in Us Weekly that the couple...
www.topix.net /who/jennifer-garner   (1001 words)

  
 ESPN.com - NFL - Garner to be reunited with Gruden in Tampa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Garner is expected to sign a six-year, $20 million contract with the Bucs that includes $4 million in up-front money.
Garner was also high on the list of the Broncos, who recently traded Clinton Portis to the Redskins.
Garner, 32, was considered instant offense for Gruden in Philadelphia when Gruden was offensive coordinator there.
sports.espn.go.com /nfl/news/story?id=1754974   (305 words)

  
 Garner News: Garner, North Carolina News
The Garner football team heard it all week, and they were tired of it.
Garner wouldn't be able to run on the Southeast Raleigh defense.
Garner's defense was overrated and would be easily handled by the Bulldogs' speedy athletes.
www.garnernews.net   (273 words)

  
 Jennifer Garner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Garner was photographed spending the holidays with her family and boyfriend Ben Affleck in West Virginia.
Jennifer Garner departs from her action-oriented role as Sydney in "Alias" with a starring turn in the romantic comedy, "13 Going on 30." more...
Jennifer Garner proved her range as actress when a Hollywood audience got to hear the star of ABC's spy drama "Alias" expound on the merits of subsurface light scattering in translucent materials.
www.rottentomatoes.com /p/jennifer_garner/news.php   (3039 words)

  
 W Feature Story on Style.com
The second of three daughters, Garner was born in Houston and relocated with her family to Charleston, West Virginia, when she was three.
Garner's come a long way since she arrived with Foley at an ABC season-premiere party in 2001 and no one knew who she was.
Garner isn't fond of reflecting on media speculation that her turn in the spotlight—and, more significantly, her intense workload—were factors in her breakup with Foley earlier this year.
www.style.com /w/feat_story/100803/full_page.html   (2309 words)

  
 Malaspina Great Books - Erroll Garner (1921-1977)
Errol Garner started playing piano at the age of two (three according to Johnson).
This provided a perfect basis for the hard-swinging Jazz style that Garner was to pioneer.
But Garner was ultimately a very idiosyncratic player, and he doesn't fit well into any of the standard piano style groupings of 40's and 50's Jazz.
www.malaspina.org /home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=829   (460 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Garner's Modern American Usage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Garner's Modern American Usage is the latest by the author and editor of several legal dictionaries (including Black's Law Dictionary), among other works on language and style.
As Garner notes in his introductory essay, "Making Peace in the Language Wars," there are two types of linguists, "prescribers" and "describers," or as it used to be said (more narrowly) there are "prescriptive grammarians" and "descriptive grammarians," and never the twain shall meet.
Garner's arguments are persuasive and the approach he claims to take in writing the entries of book seems justified and valid.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195161912?v=glance   (2842 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Garner
Garner, Edith — of Ogden, Weber County, Utah.
Garner, H. — of Oneonta, Blount County, Ala.
Garner, Robert H. — also known as Lopaka Garner — of Hawaii.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/garner.html   (444 words)

  
 Jennifer Garner Biography, Bio, Profile, pictures, photos from Netglimse.com
Also featured in the ABC miniseries "Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk" (1996), Garner made her big screen debut in 1997, with roles in Agnieszka Holland's adaptation of the Henry James classic "Washington Square" as well as the modern NYC tale "Deconstructing Harry" and the comical "Mister Magoo".
The recurring role that got Garner some increased notice and also landed her a husband (she and Foley married in 2000), was portrayal of Hanna, the musician girlfriend of laid-back resident advisor Noel (Scott Foley).
Promising a smooth transition from small-screen superstar to A-list actress, Garner next signed on to star in "13 Going on 30" (lensed 2003), a sort of girl power version of "Big" in which she plays the thirty-year-old transformation of an awkward teenage girl.
www.netglimse.com /celebs/pages/jennifer_garner/index.shtml   (420 words)

  
 Margaret Garner: a new American Opera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fleeing Kentucky's Maplewood Farm in 1856 to Ohio, Margaret Garner made the horrific decision to sacrifice her own children when facing recapture, rather than see them returned to the bonds of slavery.
Her trial became the subject of intense national debate, addressing crucial issues in constitutional law and posing key questions at the core of the rift in the Union.
More than anything else, Margaret Garner is an opera that reminds us that we all belong to the same human family, and it demonstrates what can happen when we forget this fundamental truth.
www.margaretgarner.org   (219 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Jennifer Garner
In addition to being devastatingly attractive, Jennifer would have no problem taking out our entire panel with her martial arts skills (so perhaps we should be generous in our critique of her).
Not only has Jennifer Garner ensured that this fad will continue for a while, but she has expanded its conventions to allow for the attractive female in question to sport a bikini or a French maid's outfit while in the midst of kicking butt.
Jennifer Anne Garner was born on April 17, 1972 in Houston, Texas, to a chemical engineer father and an English professor mother.
www.askmen.com /women/actress_100/134_jennifer_garner.html   (328 words)

  
 Garner Magnet High School
Garner Senior High School presents an orderly, attractive, inviting campus for all.
The academic program at Garner Senior High School is designed to support and challenge each student while acknowledging that students learn in a variety of ways.
Fine Arts at Garner Senior High School are promoted as a serious endeavor and the school hopes that all students will engage in some form of participation.
garnerhs.wcpss.net   (418 words)

  
 Garner: Americans Should Beat Chests with Pride
Garner, who was speaking after talks with visiting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Baghdad, took the media to task for emphasizing anti-American demonstrations and dissent in the wake of the three-week U.S. led war that deposed Saddam.
His comments came after U.S. troops opened fire for the second time this week on an angry crowd protesting against the U.S. presence in the town of Falluja, west of Baghdad.
Garner said the war was fought in a way that prevented Saddam's forces from setting fire to its oilfields and had largely preserved Iraq's infrastructure intact:
www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0430-12.htm   (475 words)

  
 TPWD: Garner State Park
History: Garner State Park is 1419.8 acres (10 water acres of the Frio River) of recreational facilities in northern Uvalde County.
The park, was acquired in 1934-36 and was named for John Nance Garner (Cactus Jack) of Uvalde, who served as Vice-president of the United States from 1933-41.
Also nearby are John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner Museum in Uvalde; the ruins of historic Mission Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria del Cañon, founded in 1749; Camp Sabinal (a U.S. Cavalry post and later Texas Ranger camp) established 1856; and Fort Inge, established 1849.
www.tpwd.state.tx.us /park/garner   (839 words)

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