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	Edited Hansard * 1505 * Number 235 (Official Version)
		Douglas Scott Harkness who served his country with integrity and conviction both in the military arena of World War II and in the political arena of the House of Commons between 1945 and 1972.
		Harkness was elected to the House of Commons in 1945 and retired in 1972 as the member for Calgary Centre.
		Douglas Harkness and his family, his wife and son who predeceased him, helped build this into a better nation.
	www.parl.gc.ca /36/1/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/235_1999-06-01/han235_1505-e.htm

	Douglas Harkness
		Harkness was elected to the House of Commons representing Calgary East.
		Harkness received one of the the highest military honours, the George Medal for "courage, gallantry and devotion to duty of a higher order" while officer commanding troops during the Sicilian campaign.
		Harkness began his military career while in high school, progressed through the Canadian Officer Training Corps and received his commission while in the militia.
	www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca /galcalpeople8283/harkness.html

	Harkness, Douglas Scott
		A schoolteacher, farmer and war hero, Harkness was first elected to the House of Commons for Calgary East in 1945; he subsequently represented Calgary North and Calgary Centre.
		Appointed minister of defence in October 1960, Harkness advocated nuclear weapons for Canada and was soon in conflict with John DIEFENBAKER.
		Harkness, Douglas Scott, teacher, farmer, politician (b at Toronto 29 Mar 1903; d at Calgary 2 May 1999).
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003584

	Douglas Harkness
		Harkness was elected to the House of Commons representing Calgary East.
		Harkness received one of the the highest military honours, the George Medal for "courage, gallantry and devotion to duty of a higher order" while officer commanding troops during the Sicilian campaign.
		Harkness began his military career while in high school, progressed through the Canadian Officer Training Corps and received his commission while in the militia.
	www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca /galcalpeople8283/harkness.html

	Rose Books and other References, page 1
		From the dust jacket: "Jack Harkness, who is internationally known as a rose breeder, now puts the whole genus in its natural order, inserting the descendants of the thirteen groups of wild roses where they seem to belong -- as family likeness, tradition or commons sense suggest.
		Harkness, Jack, Roses, 1978, J.M Dent and Sons, Ltd., London.
		He traces the history of the rose, demonstrating how it has been develeoped by men of may races, often acting unknowingly as an international brotherhood, and discussing the most important roses, some for their historic reputation, others for their present popularity."
	w3.goodnews.net /~kkrugh/rose/reference_rose.htm (3285 words)

	Rose Books and other References, page 1
		From the dust jacket: "Jack Harkness, who is internationally known as a rose breeder, now puts the whole genus in its natural order, inserting the descendants of the thirteen groups of wild roses where they seem to belong -- as family likeness, tradition or commons sense suggest.
		Harkness, Jack, Roses, 1978, J.M Dent and Sons, Ltd., London.
		The Ambition of the American Rose Society--"To increase the general interest in the cultivation; and improve the standard of excellence of the Rose for all people"-- is the basis for the issue of this little book.
	w3.goodnews.net /~kkrugh/rose/reference_rose.htm (3285 words)

	Ottawa Sun Columnist: Val Sears - Missile defence may shoot down two governments
		The Harkness resignation forced a confidence vote in the House of Commons on Feb. 5.
		Finally, on Feb. 4, 1963 Doug Harkness, the Minister of National Defence, couldn't take what he believed was a betrayal of our agreement with the United States any longer and resigned.
		But certainly a number of Liberals are likely to vote against the measure.
	www.canoe.ca /NewsStand/Columnists/Ottawa/Val_Sears/2004/12/14/pf-781334.html (3285 words)

	Calgary Board of Education - Schools and Areas
		Harkness was elected to the House of Commons for the constituency of Calgary East.
		Douglas Harkness School was named after Douglas Scott Harkness who was born in Toronto on March 29, 1903 and moved to Calgary in 1929.
		Our mission at Douglas Harkness School is to foster a school culture that honors diversity and encourages students to become lifelong learners and contributing members of society.
	www.cbe.ab.ca /schools/view.asp?id=212 (3285 words)

	Douglas Harkness
		Harkness was elected to the House of Commons representing Calgary East.
		Harkness received one of the the highest military honours, the George Medal for "courage, gallantry and devotion to duty of a higher order" while officer commanding troops during the Sicilian campaign.
		Harkness began his military career while in high school, progressed through the Canadian Officer Training Corps and received his commission while in the militia.
	www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca /galcalpeople8283/harkness.html (3285 words)

	Harkness, Douglas Scott
		A schoolteacher, farmer and war hero, Harkness was first elected to the House of Commons for Calgary East in 1945; he subsequently represented Calgary North and Calgary Centre.
		Harkness, Douglas Scott, teacher, farmer, politician (b at Toronto 29 Mar 1903; d at Calgary 2 May 1999).
		Appointed minister of defence in October 1960, Harkness advocated nuclear weapons for Canada and was soon in conflict with John DIEFENBAKER.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003584 (3285 words)

	Chess Trivia
		Its members include Berliner, Benko, Bisguier, Robert Byrne, Jack Collins, Denker, Edmondson, Elo, Larry Evans, Fine, Fischer, Gresser, Harkness, Helms, Horowitz, Kashdan, Koltanowski, Loyd, Mackenzie, Marshall, Morphy, Palciauskas, Pillsbury, Reinfeld, Reshesky, Steinitz, and Vukcevich.
		For example, the best sixth board went to Kim Commons who recieved a copy of Fischer's MY SIXTY MEMORABLE GAMES.
		Oldest chess club in Germany, founded in 1830.
	www.logicalchess.com /info/trivia/h.html (3285 words)

	Douglas Harkness
		Harkness was elected to the House of Commons representing Calgary East.
		Harkness received one of the the highest military honours, the George Medal for "courage, gallantry and devotion to duty of a higher order" while officer commanding troops during the Sicilian campaign.
	www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca /galcalpeople8283/harkness.html (3285 words)

	Rose Books and other References, page 1
		From the dust jacket: "Jack Harkness, who is internationally known as a rose breeder, now puts the whole genus in its natural order, inserting the descendants of the thirteen groups of wild roses where they seem to belong -- as family likeness, tradition or commons sense suggest.
		From the preface by the author, breeder of the hybrid musks: "In the latter half of the nineteenth century the rose was regarded primarily as an exhibitor's flower, and books on its cultivation, although useful to all growers, were written chiefly from an exhibitors point of view.
		Chapter titles: Well bred in New England and on the Atlantic seaboard, Confederate roses in the grand manner, At the center of the country, Sun-Blessed gardens of California, The Northwest Passage, A beautiful rose garden guide.
	w3.goodnews.net /~kkrugh/rose/reference_rose.htm (3285 words)

	HLS HLS Walking Tour: Baker House
		This is Harkness Commons, #11 on the Walking Tour.
		Baker House is the home of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
		The adjoining carriage house was renovated in 1983.
	www.law.harvard.edu /about/tour/baker.php (3285 words)

	HLS : Quick Reference Guide
		Most student-interest bulletin boards are located in Harkness Commons, or call Facilities Management, HH, 617-495-5521, for more information.
	www.law.harvard.edu /students/qrg.php (684 words)

	Index of artists and architects. Digital Imaging Project: Art historical images of European and North American architecture and sculpture from classical Greek to Post-modern
		The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and Walter Gropius (Harkness Commons and the Graduate Center, Harvard)
		Women Architects (with more than 60 buildings by Julia Morgan)
		The Architects Collaborative (TAC) (John F. Kennedy Federal Office Building)
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/index/index2.html (2520 words)

	Index of artists and architects. Digital Imaging Project: Art historical images of European and North American architecture and sculpture from classical Greek to Post-modern
		The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and Walter Gropius (Harkness Commons and the Graduate Center, Harvard)
		Women Architects (with more than 60 buildings by Julia Morgan)
		Roche, Kevin and John Dinkeloo and Associates (Pyramids at College Park)
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/index/index2.html (2604 words)

	Index of artists and architects. Digital Imaging Project: Art historical images of European and North American architecture and sculpture from classical Greek to Post-modern
		The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and Walter Gropius (Harkness Commons and the Graduate Center, Harvard)
		Women Architects (with more than 60 buildings by Julia Morgan)
		Dowling Architects (Performing Arts and Athletic Center, Paideia School) [5 images]
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/index/index2.html#G (2465 words)

	Index of artists and architects. Digital Imaging Project: Art historical images of European and North American architecture and sculpture from classical Greek to Post-modern
		The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and Walter Gropius (Harkness Commons and the Graduate Center, Harvard)
		Johnson, E. Verner & Associates (Great Lakes Science Center)
		DMJM (Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall) See also Lumsden.
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/index/index2.html (2465 words)

	Modernist Architecture
		Right: Harkness Commons and the Graduate Center (1950) at Harvard University by Walter Gropius and the Architects Collaborative after the Nazi takeover of Germany and the closing of the Bauhaus in 1933.
		The second location for the Bauhaus school of arts crafts, and architecture (1919-1933) formed by Walter Gropius.
		There was no distinction between arts and crafts, and the art was to be designed for the working class.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Rhodes/3019/modern.html (2465 words)

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