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  Gordon Reid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gordon Reid (Governor) (1923–1989), governor of Western Australia
Gordon Reid (hockey), ice hockey player in the NHL
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gordon_Reid   (86 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The operator
Reid's rise in the Labour cabinet is directly attributable to this formidable verbal power and his ability intellectually to dazzle the man at Number 10.
Reid gave up drinking six years ago, so he can no longer be accused of being a bar room politician, but as he sits in the Embassy Regal fug of his court, sipping Diet Coke, he is undoubtedly nothing other than an old-fashioned political boss.
Reid himself is more dismissive of neat labels, arguing that, in the skewed politics of the time, apart from the chess club, the Communist party was the only non-Trotskyite group on campus.
www.guardian.co.uk /Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,659705,00.html   (3398 words)

  
 Prime Minister - Sir George Reid
Reid's liberal principles meant he was vigorously opposed to the Chinese Immigration Restriction Act 1889, supported by the labour movement as well as by many of his free trade colleagues.
Reid was back in the House two weeks later, an East Sydney by-election having reinforced his position with his party and his constituents.
Reid saw what Deakin called the 'three elevens' parliament (each of the three parties holding an almost equal proportion of the seats) as an opportunity for a liberal alliance.
www.gavmag.com /austpm/pm_reid.htm   (2940 words)

  
 Grand philanthropy on the quiet - Obituaries - smh.com.au
Reid left school at 14 to work as a telegraph delivery boy and, through hard work, creative thinking, courage, infectious enthusiasm and a willingness to take calculated risks, rose to became one of Australia's wealthiest businessmen.
Reid had a cast-iron constitution and viewed age as something to be beaten.
Reid was a dedicated father, keenly interested in the lives of his 10 grandchildren, and played a father's role for Helen's three daughters, Anna, Robyn and Georgie and their husbands.
www.smh.com.au /news/Obituaries/Grand-philanthropy-on-the-quiet/2005/05/13/1115843371453.html   (1511 words)

  
 - Port Gordon -- Book Text -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Reid was a remarkable and extremely successful man. He was the son of William and Margaret Reid, and was part of a large family within the village.
The Chairman of this meeting, David Reid, JP (1878-1967), was the eldest of son of David and Isabella Reid of Oran House.
John Reid's wife, Isabella, was the daughter of William Cantlie of Keithmore, Dufftown, and the sister of the famous physician and tropical medicine expert Sir James Cantlie, KBE.
rgu-sim.rgu.ac.uk /history/book_text.htm   (18183 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Reid had tip-off on Budget
Kevin Reid, son of Scottish Secretary John Reid and the man at the centre of Scotland's Lobbygate scandal, unwittingly showed that he had information about the devolved government's first Budget, The Observer has established.
Shortly after he suggested fixing a meeting between The Observer's 'businessman' and McConnell, the lobbyist said: 'He [McConnell] is meeting all his Ministers in the next week and a half...
Details of Reid's comments about the two-year budget became clear only late last week after a tape of The Observer's meeting with Beattie was cleaned up by sound engineers to make it clearer.
www.guardian.co.uk /Scotland/Story/0,2763,200987,00.html   (774 words)

  
 Football Forums News: Reid on the brink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Reid took over from Terry Venables with seven games remaining last season, but it has taken just twelve games this season, with Leeds languishing atthe foot of the table, for the board to decide that a fresh face is necessary.
Observers have remarked sympathetically that Reid has had the unenviable task of making a cash-strapped and morale-sapped side virtually on his own.
Reid will likely be offered a pay-off to ease the pain of losing his job.
www.footballforums.net /news/printer_4954.php   (176 words)

  
 NAACP president praised for work | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Now Gordon is facing tougher work – reviving stagnant membership and pushing a civil rights agenda in a conservative national climate.
Gordon already has met with Bush three times – his predecessor, Kweisi Mfume, who is running for Senate in Maryland, managed it once.
Gordon said he is unconcerned with critics or supporters.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060716/news_1n16naacp.html   (996 words)

  
 A ROGERS ROLL-CALL or a Flag Waving Family Tree
Britton, John, Dan, and Britt Reid were closely related to the family that produced Whitelaw Reid (1856-1906), an American journalist and diplomat.
Reid was a war correspondent for the Cincinatti Gazette during the Civil War.
Hugh Gordon was the son of Charles Gordon and Antonia Drummond, and Antonia Drummond was the daughter of Sir Hugh Drummond and Georgia Dewhurst, who were present at the falling of the meteorite at Wold Newton.
www.novanotes.com /specul/rogers.htm   (3995 words)

  
 Reid Elsevier - Biggest Gangsters on Earth - WWW Registry trial Mar 24   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Gordon that he 21 filed the false returns and the basis of the charge 22 against Mr.
Gordon on the corporate 20 returns, the percentage of stock and he would have seen 21 the income of Who's Who and he would have been able to 22 say, hey, I want some more.
Gordon in the front 21 seat and she in the back seat, both of them together 22 ordered her to produce these logs, to produce these phoney 23 logs and they gave her names and they gave her people and 24 they gave her dates and told her about the meetings.
shortcuts.angelcities.com /reg/0324gordon2.html   (20261 words)

  
 Gordon Reid - Biography, Photos, and more - Moviefone
Gordon Reid is a musician and award-winning composer.
Gordon Reid (Governor) (1923?1989), governor of Western Australia; Gordon Reid (businessman), Canadian; Gordon Reid (hockey), ice hockey player in the NHL...
Gordon Reid - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Gordon Reid Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/gordon-reid/295187/main?_pgtyp=pdct   (109 words)

  
 City of Atlanta Online
The last mentioned post was previously held by General John B. Gordon, one of the major Georgia generals of the war.
Harris lived on Gordon St. at the "Wren's Nest" until his death in 1908 and was nationally recognized for his Uncle Remus stories.
With the group's support, Gordon Street was widened, Interstate 20 was built across West End's northern fringe, and the old business district (along with large amounts of residential housing) was demolished in favor of a mall development.
www.atlantaga.gov /government/urbandesign_westend.aspx   (4501 words)

  
 BBC News | Entertainment | Flatley "pressurised" into deal, court hears
Mr Flatley claims the management agreement was procured by undue influence and amounted to a restraint of trade, and is countersuing his ex-manager, who he accuses of deceit.
Dressed all in fl, the Irish dancer listened as his counsel Gordon Pollock QC told Mr Justice Lightman that non-attendance by Mr Reid at the press conference in April 1996 would have led to "disastrous" consequences for Mr Flatley.
The court also heard that Mr Reid was a "violent man" whose abusive and threatening behaviour caused Flatley to be sick before a Wembley performance.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/188575.stm   (440 words)

  
 African-American Business and Careers Articles- black-business-rundown-june-17-2005 - AOL Black Voices
The NAACP chooses a businessman instead of a politician to lead the organization.
Blacks and Hispanics working in the public relations field are generally disgusted with the profession's lack of regard for diversity and its penchant for racial discrimination.
Reid's appearance caps off five days of panels and networking sessions.
blackvoices.aol.com /workmonmain/workmonmain_canv/wmart/_a/black-business-rundown-june-17-2005/20050617072709990001   (722 words)

  
 Table of Contents and Excerpt, Donalson, Black Directors in Hollywood
With his first film by the same name in 1968, Gordon Parks appeared intent on becoming an immediate fl "auteur," as he served as writer, music composer, producer, and director on the film.
Jones perceives himself merely as a businessman, but Shaft reminds him that he is a destroyer of the fl community.
In the opening sequence, fl businessman Cal Ashby (Robert Kya-Hill) is killed in an explosion before his scheming partner Kelly (Wally Taylor) can locate $250,000—money that Kelly has stolen to repay a debt to white mobster Gus Mascala (Joseph Mascolo).
www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exdonbla.html   (5999 words)

  
 Gordon Jump 1932-2003 at tedstrong.com
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Gordon Jump, who played a befuddled radio station manager on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and made his mark in commercials as the lonely Maytag repairman, died Monday.
The illness causes scarring of the air sacs of the lungs, leading to heart or respiratory failure.
"Gordon was an incredibly talented actor and a remarkable human being," said Ralph Hake, chairman and chief executive officer of Maytag Corp.
www.tedstrong.com /gordojump.shtml   (1648 words)

  
 RGU: Sir Bob Reid Retires as RGU's Chancellor
In many ways Sir Bob was the ideal choice to be RGU's first Chancellor, being a businessman in very much the same mould as the University's benefactors - Robert Gordon, John Gray and Thomas Scott Sutherland.
Over the years he has covered many diverse subjects and it is appropriate that his final duty as Chancellor should be to officiate at a graduation ceremony.
Sir Ian Wood will be installed as the new Chancellor of The Robert Gordon University at the 09.30 ceremony and will perform his first duties as Chancellor at the 11.30 am ceremony.
www.rgu.ac.uk /News/disp_NewsPreview.cfm?PGE_ID=17667&vmenu=2   (318 words)

  
 Western Star Newspaper April - 2000
WILLIAMS, Bartholomew (Bert) P. Corner Brook, NF August 2, 1905 - March 31, 2000 It is with sadness that the family of the late Bartholomew (Bert) Williams announce his passing at the Western Memorial Regional Hospital on Friday, March 31st, 2000 at the age of 94 years.
JESSO, Stanley Martin Boswarlos, NF It is with great sadness that the family of the late Stanley Martin Jesso announce his passing at his family residence on Tuesday, April 25, 2000, at the age of 87 years.
Gordon Mock) Sydney, Australia, sons Rick Pryde, Florencevile, NB, Terry Pryde, Winchester, Virginia, Fraser Pryde, Halifax, NS, Bruce Pryde, Lighthouse Pt., Florida, and 9 grandchildren.
ngb.chebucto.org /Newspaper-Obits/ws-0400.shtml   (10091 words)

  
 The Fix -- Chris Cillizza's Politics Blog on washingtonpost.com
He is a decorated Vietnam veteran and was a successful businessman before running an outsider campaign for the Senate in 1996.
Harry Reid: Most people in the know expected Nevada to get the caucus, but the Senate minority leader still deserves credit for making it happen.
Reid spent most of the day Friday working the phones and meeting one-on-one with members of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee.
blogs.washingtonpost.com /thefix   (6002 words)

  
 Gordon Keith dot com
Gordon, it pains me to see you propping up ACLU propaganda.
Thank you Gordon for all that you have done and will do in my life.
Gordon, I came here to look at Tara Reids cycloptic nipple, but the link is broke.
www.gordonkeith.com /wordpress/index.php?p=112   (786 words)

  
 NYU School of Law - Center on Law and Security: Trial Updates
Indicted on charges of trying to establish a terrorist training camp in Oregon, providing material support to al Qaeda and the Taliban in 1999 and 2000, and of plotting with an Islamic group that kidnapped a group of tourists in Yemen in December 1998.
The case originally carried terrorism charges, but the case has been split and the Dallas trial is focused on business practices.
The defense claims the brothers were misled by businessman Yousef Elami.
www.law.nyu.edu /centers/lawsecurity/trials/terrortrials.html   (362 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
He's so determined that he quit drinking alcohol and coffee for the duration of the campaign, and if he isn't spontaneous, he does a tolerably good imitation--a big plus in a world of prefabricated, blow-dried politicians.
The Republican candidate is former Representative John Ensign, who lost to Democrat Harry Reid by only 428 votes in 1998, and who has now adroitly moved toward the center.
Considering Ensign's past record--he once proclaimed that almost everything the federal government did was unconstitutional--the sincerity of this maneuver may be questioned, but sincerity is politically unrelated to effectiveness.
www.prospect.org /print-friendly/print/V11/16/margolis-j.html   (3555 words)

  
 Britons Still Ponder Blair's Retirement Date: Angus Reid Consultants
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Adults in Britain are divided on the best possible timing for Tony Blair’s resignation, according to a poll by ICM Research published in News of the World.
Current chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown has been mentioned as his possible replacement.
Four men who secretly donated money to the governing party—health entrepreneur Chai Patel, businessman David Garrard, stockbroker Barry Townsley, and Indian food magnate Gulam Noon—were later nominated for peerage by the prime minister.
www.angus-reid.com /polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11477   (507 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Critics hail 'a victory for common sense'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Businessman Thom McCarthy, who led a "no" campaign on behalf of small firms in the city, said: "The council’s scheme was a fudge.
It was not radical at all and the voters saw through it.
Gordon Reid, chief executive of the Edinburgh City Centre Management Company, which represents shops, businesses and tourist attractions, said: "I don’t believe the council should kill off congestion charging.
news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=201552005   (808 words)

  
 ::KAIETEUR NEWS::
The 25-year-old man, who was extradited from Suriname in connection with the murder of boutique manager Mark Gill, has reportedly admitted to killing the businessman.
He is said to have also admitted to making off with jewellery from the murdered businessman's house.
The businessman said two solar panels with which he hoped to generate his own electricity had floated away and two inverters were also damaged.
www.kaieteurnewsgy.com /Archive/sept/19   (11390 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - Shake-up at Air Ja - New board members announced, Gov't support capped - Thursday | October 20, 2005
BUSINESSMAN AND past chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board, O.K Melhado, has been appointed chairman of the newly restructured Air Jamaica board of directors while outgoing board chairman Dr. Vincent Lawrence has agreed to remain on the board until December 31.
With a nod to the previous permanent management, Dr. Davies said there could be no question that the Air Jamaica Acquisition Group, led by Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, "firmly established the airline as a reliable, world class operation which stimulated increased visitor traffic to Jamaica."
He said the ultimate goal was a viable and profitable Air Jamaica, of which the nation could be proud.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20051020/lead/lead6.html   (370 words)

  
 Jayski's® Silly Season Site - Past News Page
Gordon OK with Tony: Jeff Gordon says he’s cool with Tony Stewart after Stewart apologized for their run-in at Richmond.
Gordon then laughed and said he told Stewart “you’ll have to accept mine for what I said to the media out there before I came up here.
Gordon had initially planned to run a partial Busch schedule, and his Cup owner, Richard Childress Racing, had agreed to supply the engines.
jayski.com /past/040517.htm   (11463 words)

  
 Action TV Online - Sea Of Souls episode guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Synopsis : Monaghan is haunted by terrifying visions as Justine and Craig delve deeper into the origins of the curse that has afflicted both an ex-paratrooper and the guilt-ridden head of the parapsychology unit.
This hugely silly but highly entertaining supernatural drama series strays into The Shining territory this week when groovy ghostbusters Justine McManus (Dawn Steele) and Craig Stevenson (Iain Robertson) from Clyde University's parapsychology department are called to investigate a haunted hotel.
I'll hold up my hands straight away and admit I haven't the faintest idea what this final episode, in the routinely barking paranormal drama series, is actually about.
www.action-tv.org.uk /guides/seaofsouls.htm   (3928 words)

  
 Earlham Libraries Friends Collection--Manuscripts C   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Alvin Teague Coate (1870-1955) was a prominent Quaker businessman of Indianapolis, Ind. and a leader in the Five Years Meeting.
Gordon Reid Coffin was a Quaker conscientious objector during World War II.
This collection of correspondence, photographs, and other documents concerns his experiences in Civilian Public Service during World War II, especially at the Coshocton CPS camp in Ohio.
www.earlham.edu /~libr/quaker/manuscripts/c.htm   (1554 words)

  
 BBC News | Scotland | Media firm shuts lobby unit
A statement from Gordon Beattie, Chief Executive of Beattie Media, confirmed that the Public Affairs division, which was the subject of an Observer newspaper investigation, would shut with immediate effect.
Mr Beattie also said that the future of company executive Kevin Reid, son of the Scottish Secretary Dr John Reid, was now under review.
As well as announcing the closure of the political unit, Mr Beattie made clear that "no minister, MP, MSP or member of their staff has acted improperly in dealings with Beattie Media".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/461838.stm   (402 words)

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