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  Hinckley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.
Hinckley was also a local centre for brewing, hence the ditty: 'Higham on the hill, Stoke in the dale, Wykin for buttermilk and Hinckley for ale'.
Hinckley is served by the A5 and the M69.
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 John Hinckley, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hinckley had developed an obsession with actress Jodie Foster, stalking her and developing ploys to gain her attention.
Hinckley fired a Rohm RG-14 revolver six times at Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC — Reagan was not hit directly but was wounded in the chest by a ricochet, and Hinckley permanently disabled Press Secretary James Brady and wounded police officer Thomas Delehanty and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy.
Hinckley is one of the assassins portrayed in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Assassins, in which he sings a folk ballad, "Unworthy of Your Love", professing his love to Foster.
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 Gordon B. Hinckley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hinckley's responsibilities included developing the Church's fledgling radio (A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves) broadcasts and making use of the era's new communication technologies.
And when Hunter died after a presidency of only nine months, Hinckley was called to be president of the Church at the age of 84 (his two predecessors had both acceded at age 86) after being unanimously sustained by members of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Hinckley is known for his aggressive building of temples (Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity).
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 hinckley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hinckley's attorneys argued that Hinckley had not acted of his own volition, but that his life was controlled by his pathological obsession with the movie, Taxi Driver, starring Jodie Foster.
Hinckley's attorneys said he saw the movie 15 times, and identified with the hero and was seeking to reenact the events of the movie in his own life.
The judge allowed the defense to introduce evidence, in the form of a CAT scan, that Hinckley's brain showed signs of shrunken brain tissue, one of the common symptoms of schizophrenia.
www.law.cornell.edu /background/insane/hinckley.html   (218 words)

  
 History of Hinckley Minnesota
Because of the large stand of white pine trees in the Hinckley area, loggers began their migration into the area and the first sawmill was built in 1869.
With the coming of the railroad, the lumbering industry boomed and for twenty years, Hinckley was a growing, prosperous town with a population of 1,500.
Hinckley has lost much of its farming community but has become a tourist destination famous for its history, caramel rolls, good food, bike trails and the St. Croix State Park, and fun at the popular Grand Casino Hinckley.
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 About Hinckley
It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth and has a population of around 60,000, including the nearby large villages of Earl Shilton, Barwell and Burbage.
Hinckley is known as the "Cradle of the Hosiery Industry" - an industry that was born and nurtured in the town and which still dominates it today.
Among the other sporting teams is Hinckley Rugby Club, which plays in the national league, while during the summer months the sporting action is to be found at the Leicester Road Cricket Ground, home of Hinckley Town Cricket Club.
www.hinckley-online.co.uk /about_h.shtml   (478 words)

  
 GENUKI - Hinckley Genealogy
"Hinckley is a parish, an ancient market town, the head of a Poor law Union, and a County Court District and a polling-place for the southern division of the county; it is mostly in Sparkenhoe Hundred, its township extending into the county of Warwick, forming there the hamlet of Hydes Pasture.
Hinckley is extensively engaged in the hosiery manufacture, and is situated more than a mile east of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal, nearly two miles north of Watling Street road, 14 miles S.W. of Leicester, 5 miles E.N.E. of Nuneaton, 13 miles N.N.E. of Coventry, and 100 miles N.W. by N. of London.
The union workhouse, built in 1838, was situated in London Road, Hinckley and was capable of housing 450 paupers although the number of inhabitants does not seem to have approached this figure.
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 Hinckley - Bush Family Friend - Nears Release
Hinckley's brother was scheduled to have dinner at the home of the current President Bush's brother the day after the assassination attempt.
Scott Hinckley, John's brother, was scheduled to have dinner at the Denver home of Neil Bush, Bush, Sr.'s, son (and of course the current president's brother) the day after the shooting.
William Sells, the Hinckleys' next door neighbor and in whose home the Hinckleys were staying Tuesday, said the couple was "just destroyed" by their son's arrest and the attempt made on Reagan's life.
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 Encyclopedia article on John Hinckley, Jr. [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The gun used by Hinckley was a Rohm RG-14 revolver in.22LR caliber, with a 1 7/8 inch barrel.
Hinckley is one of the assassins portrayed in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Assassins, in which he sings a folk ballad professing his love to Foster.
In the United States prior to Hinckley, the insanity defense was used in less than 2% of capital cases and was unsuccessful in almost 80% of the trials.
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 John F. Hinckley, Jr. Biography
His father, John W. Hinckley, Sr., was a successful and wealthy Chairman and President of the Vanderbilt Energy Corporation while JoAnn Moore Hinckley, John’s mother, was a homemaker who doted on her children, especially John, whom she felt was more introverted than his older siblings.
The bullets from Hinckley’s gun struck Ronald Reagan in the left chest, Press Secretary James Brady in the left temple, Officer Thomas Delahanty in the neck, and Security Agent Timothy J.
Hinckley was immediately arrested, and his trial began over a year later, on May 4, 1982.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/HBIO.HTM   (1005 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Gordon B. Hinckley
As president of the Church, he is considered by faithful members to be a prophet, seer, and revelator of God's will on behalf of humanity.
Hinckley also serves as Chairman of the Church Board of Education and Board of Trustees that govern the Church Educational System.
Hinckley [...] has inspired millions and has led efforts to improve humanitarian aid, disaster relief, and education funding across the globe.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gordon-B.-Hinckley   (709 words)

  
 Hinckley Township Buzzard Day Celebration 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This manuscript told of their expedition from Bath and Richfield through Hinckley, and of finding the "vultures of the air" at the gallows at Big Bend of Rocky River around the foot of the ledges where the Wyandots had hanged a squaw for witchcraft two years before.
This indicated that these turkey vultures had made their home on Hinckley Ridge long before the white men settled west of the Cuyahoga River, and it moved their occupancy back into the midst of the Indians legend.
He told the reporter that he had personally observed the buzzards arrival in Hinckley each March 15 for the past six years and that his predecessor, the late Charlie Willard had kept a personal log of their arrival for the past 23 years.
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 President Gordon B. Hinckley, Prophet, Seer and Revelator
President Gordon B. Hinckley was ordained and set apart as the 15th president of the Church on March 12, 1995, after serving 14 years as a counselor in the First Presidency and 20 years in the Quorum of the Twelve.
His grandfather was Ira Hinckley, a convert of 1844 who crossed the plains, supervised construction of Cove Fort in central Utah and later served as president of the Millard Stake.
President Hinckley was sustained an Assistant to the Twelve April 6, 1958, and as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Sept. 30, 1961.
www.familyforever.com /temples/prophets/gbhinckley.htm   (573 words)

  
 The Trial of John Hinckley
The verdict of "not guilty" for reason of insanity in the 1982 trial of John Hinckley, Jr.
Public pressure resulting from the Hinckley verdict spurred Congress and most states into enacting major reforms of laws governing the use of the insanity defense.
The Hinckley trial highlights the difficulty of a system that forces jurors to label a defendant either "sane" or "insane" when the defendant may in fact be close to the middle on a spectrum ranging from Star Trek's Mr.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/hinckleytrial.html   (200 words)

  
 Bush Son Had Dinner Plans With Hinckley Brother Before Shooting [Free Republic]
Hinckley Jr., who allegedly shot Reagan, was to have dined tonight in Denver at the home of Neil Bush, one of the vice president's sons.
Scott Hinckley, vice president of Vanderbuilt Energy Co., the independent oil and gas exploration firm founded by his father in Texas and moved to Denver in 1974, was secluded with his parents at the home of a neighbor and not available for comment on his acquaintance with Bush.
Hinckley, who was committed indefinitely to St. Elizabeths after he was acquitted of Reagan's shooting on grounds of insanity, was prevented from leaving the hospital to visit his parents last year when hospital officials found photos of Foster in his room.
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 CNN - Man who shot Reagan wins mental hospital release - January 15, 1999
Hinckley was 25 when he opened fire outside a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981.
The hospital planned to transport Hinckley in a hospital van, in the custody of two hospital employees, and Hinckley would remain within eyesight of his escorts at all times.
Hinckley was obsessed with actress Jodie Foster at the time of the assassination attempt.
www.cnn.com /US/9901/15/hinckley.leave   (689 words)

  
 Hinckley
Hinckley, Illinois, United States [Village]; population was 1,682 in 1990; housing units was 641 in 1990; location is 41°46'N 88°39'W; land area is 0.66 square miles (425 acres); FIPS code is 35268 [SourceCBP]
Hinckley, Minnesota, United States [City]; population was 946 in 1990; housing units was 456 in 1990; location is 46°1'N 92°56'W; land area is 1.66 square miles (1,065 acres); water area is 0.05 square miles (30 acres); FIPS code is 29294 [SourceCBP]
Hinckley, Utah, United States [Town]; population was 658 in 1990; housing units was 230 in 1990; location is 39°20'N 112°40'W; land area is 5.03 square miles (3,220 acres); FIPS code is 35740 [SourceCBP]
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 HINCKLEY: HIT MAN FOR THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
For instance, John Chancellor, eyebrows raised, informed the viewers of NBC Nightly News that the brother of the man who tried to kill the president was acquainted with the son of the man who would have become president if the attack had been successful.
Furthermore, he and Scott Hinckley separately contributed to John Connally in late 1979 when Connally was leading the campaign to stop Reagan from gaining the 1980 presidential nomination.
The day after his Nazi-seeking mission, Hinckley flew to Nashville to stalk Jimmy Carter, but was arrested at the airport when authorities discovered three handguns in his suitcase.
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 Interview with President Gordon B. Hinckley of the LDS Church
Gordon B. Hinckley: Jesus said "except a man be born of water and of the spirit.
Gordon B. Hinckley: I have a special relationship in terms of the Church as an institution.
Gordon B. Hinckley: Well He said when during His ministry other sheep I have which are not of this fold, and that they those He would visit following His death, following His resurrection we believe He appeared to the people on the American continent and ministered to them for a brief period.
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 The American Experience | Reagan | People & Events | John Hinckley Jr.
Consciously or not, Hinckley began to emulate Bickle, accumulating an arsenal of weapons and fixating on Jodie Foster.
Hinckley was already taking prescribed antidepressants, and Hopper didn't detect mental illness; instead, he attributed Hinckley's problems to "emotional immaturity," recommending the Hinckleys cut off their son financially, which they did.
Hinckley's trial in 1982 ended in a not-guilty verdict, by reason of insanity.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/reagan/peopleevents/pande02.html   (726 words)

  
 CNN.com - Hinckley wins unsupervised visits - Dec. 18, 2003
Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Hinckley's travel to the Washington, D.C., area, we continue to fear for the safety of the general public," the statement said.
Hinckley fail to adhere to any of the conditions of release imposed on him by this order, this conditional release will be terminated immediately," Friedman's decision said.
www.cnn.com /2003/LAW/12/17/hinckley.decision   (883 words)

  
 Gordon B. Hinckley and the Mormon Church on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace
But President Hinckley says, unlike the religious right, the Mormon church does not have a political agenda.
Gordon B. Hinckley: We urge our people to exercise their franchise as citizens of this nation, but we do not tell them how to vote, and we do not tell the government how it should be run.
Mike Wallace [voiceover; footage of missionaries continues]: Gordon Hinckley says he never intended to become president of the church, but that one by one all the other church leaders with more seniority died.
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 ipedia.com: Gordon B. Hinckley Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Though nominally he remained Second Counselor, he was informally referred to in the press as "acting President of the Church." Kimball and Romney remained largely out of the public's view until President Kimball died in November 1985.
Vigorous for his age, Hinckley has led the Church since; he is now the fourth oldest president in Church history.
One of the reasons for this fast growth is Hinckley's policy of building smaller temples instead of the larger, more elaborate temples of the Church's previous generations.
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 Hinckley, MN - Minnesota Florists, buy flowers from your local full service retail flower shops and florist serving ...
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 deseretnews.com | Marjorie Hinckley dies
President Hinckley dedicated the church's most recently completed temple there and said his wife accompanied him on to the island of Sal, then on to St. Thomas in the Caribbean before she became ill.
Sister Hinckley received some outstanding praise from Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve during the April 1995 general conference, the day after her husband was sustained as church president.
In between church assignments she shared with her husband, Sister Hinckley found time not only for gardening but also for good books, taking a class or two at the University of Utah and teaching literary or social science lessons on a ward or stake basis for the Relief Society.
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 Hinckley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Originally established in 1885, Hinckley was settled by lumberjack and farmers.
The Great Hinckley Fire swept through the area on September 1, 1894, destroyed six towns in ruins and killing more than 400 people.
With the town in ruins and the lumber trade destroyed, fire survivors had to lrean to rely on the fertile post-fire soil,thus hinckley became a prosperous farming community.
www.clc.k12.mn.us /munger/hinckley.html   (91 words)

  
 Paramount :: Destinations - Central England - Hinckley Island Hotel, Hinckley
Extremely easy to get to, Hinckley Island is perfectly located on junction 1 of the M69, just five minutes from junction 2 of the M6 and junction 21 of the M1.
Right in the heart of the Midlands, you'll be within easy reach of Birmingham City Centre, under 10 miles from the NEC and Birmingham Airport and only 15 minutes from the centre of Coventry and Leicester.
The Bodysense Health and Leisure Club at Hinckley Island is free for you to use during your stay.
www.paramount-hotels.co.uk /destinations/central_england/hinckley_island_hotel   (363 words)

  
 Ken Hinckley - Microsoft External Home Page
Hinckley, K., Pierce, J., Horvitz, E., Sinclair, M. Foreground and Background Interaction with Sensor-enhanced Mobile Devices, ACM TOCHI (Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction) Special Issue on Sensor-Based Interaction, 12 (1), March 2005, pp.
Hinckley, K., Pausch, R, Goble, J., Kassell, N., Passive Real-World Interface Props for Neurosurgical Visualization, ACM CHI'94 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1994, pp.
Hinckley, K, Goble, J., Pausch, R., Kassell, N. New Applications for the Touchscreen in 2D and 3D Medical Imaging Workstations, SPIE Medical Imaging 1995: Image Display, SPIE Proceedings Vol.
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