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  John Cain (senior) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Cain (19 January 1882 - 4 August 1957), Australian politician, was the 33rd Premier of Victoria, and was the first Australian Labor Party Leader to win a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Cain was born in Greendale, near Bacchus Marsh.
Cain was Assistant Minister for Agriculture in the short-lived minority Labor government of George Prendergast in 1924, Minister without Portfolio in the first minority Labor government of Edmond Hogan from 1927 to 1928, and Minister for Railways and Minister for Electrical Undertakings in the second Hogan government from 1929 to 1932.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Cain_(senior)   (1404 words)

  
 John Cain II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Cain (born 26 April 1931), Australian politician, was Labor Premier of the state of Victoria from 1982 to 1990.
Cain was born in Melbourne, the son of John Cain, leader of the Labor Party in Victoria from 1937 to 1957 and three times Premier.
Cain was a Keynesian economist, opposed to the doctrines of economic rationalism, and he increased government spending in the hope of stimulating growth and investment, particularly through the Victorian Economic Development Corporation.
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 H-Net Review: Justin Harding on John Cain's Years: Power, Parties and Politics
John Cain was once described as the sort of individual whose idea of an exciting night out was to stay at home and rearrange his sock drawer.
Cain proffers the belief that a leader hostage to the demands of either would be by definition compromised in his dealings with the other.
John Cain's Years should give any aspiring politician, particularly those conceited enough to covet ministerial office, cause to think a little, even if, as is likely, cogitation does not trespass regularly on their daily routine.
www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3573985368290   (1190 words)

  
 The Cain myth: a discussion of its historical roots and an interpretation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Cain myth will be used both structurally and contextually, and also comparatively, to search for a better understanding of this myth during its own time as well as a search for an understanding of its meaning in our time.
The phallic symbolism of the snake led to a widely held myth that sex is evil and that Cain was the son of the snake.
Cain built a city called after his son, Enoch, and five generations later, his three sons were the founder fathers of arts, crafts, and animal husbandry.
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 John Cain Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The collapse of the Pyramid Building Society was also distastrous, especially for its home city, Geelong and this contributed to the government's woes despite its lack of association with the private firm.
John Cain and Robert Jolly (the Treasurer) were perceived to be responsible for much of the economic disaster and the leadership of the Labor Party and the Premiership was passed onto Joan Kirner.
After leaving Parliament, Cain lectured in politics at the University of Melbourne.
www.bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/j/jo/john_cain_jr_.html   (198 words)

  
 Biographical Sketch of John M. Cain, Atchison County, KSGenWeb Digital Library
Cain was a free-soil man and supported the principles in which he believed regardless of the threats of violence made by the pro-slavery party.
Cain took considerable interest in political affairs, kept well informed on the issues of the day and gave a stanch and steadfast support to the principles of the Republican party, yet was never an aspirant for office.
Cain and her children still reside in Atchison, and enjoy the warm friendship and regard of a large circle of acquaintances.
www.skyways.kumc.edu /genweb/archives/atchison/bios/jmcain.htm   (1521 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: John Cain (senior)
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of Victoria in Australia.
John Wren (3 April 1871 - September 1953), Australian businessman, has become a legendary figure thanks mainly to a fictionalised account of his life in Frank Hardys novel Power Without Glory, which was also made into a television series.
John Cain John Cain (born 26 April 1931), Australian politician, was Labor Premier of the state of Victoria from 1982 to 1990.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Cain-%28senior%29   (2964 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Australian Labor Party
Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944), Australian politician and 24th Prime Minister of Australia, came to prominence first as the reforming Treasurer in the Hawke government, then as the Prime Minister who pulled off an upset victory in the unwinnable election of 1993.
John Thomas Lang (December 21, 1876 - September 27, 1975) was a prominent Australian politician during the early twentieth century.
Sir William McKell William John McKell (26 September 1891 - 11 January 1985), twelfth Governor-General of Australia, was born in Pambula New South Wales, the son of a butcher.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Australian-Labor-Party   (10700 words)

  
 John Cage - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about John Cage
His interest in Indian classical music led him to the view that the purpose of new music was to change the way people listen.
John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 theage.com.au - Henry's gift of the gab
Political harlotry was rife as three key players - John Cain senior (Labor), Tom Hollway (Liberal) and Albert Dunstan (Country) - plotted, manoeuvred and jumped in and out of one another's bed.
Fate, alas, was not kind to the new premier, John Cain senior.
His government was torn apart by the catastrophic split in the ALP in 1954-55, and at the 1955 elections an almost unknown sheep farmer from the bush, Henry Bolte, became premier.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/04/04/1017206239336.html   (1412 words)

  
 John Wren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But he was also a friend and supporter of the Country Party Premier of Victoria Albert Dunstan, and it was his influence which led state Labor leader John Cain to support Dunstan's minority Country Party government through the 1930s.
Some of the charges of corruption levelled in the novel against Wren had a foundation in fact, but most were exaggerated, and some of the political conspiracies attributed to him were completely fictional.
After Wren's death in 1953 (at the 1953 AFL grand final from a heart attack) his widow sued Hardy for criminal libel, but Hardy was acquitted.
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 Parkinson's Disease News Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In cabinet, says John Cain, Walker was useful as a "great generalist" who contributed across the board - he was "good on his feet" and strong on policy development, and could handle any portfolio assigned to him.
Walker was always totally loyal to John Cain, supporting him even after the March 1990 federal election, when Cain took some of the blame for federal Labor’s huge losses in Victoria.
In fact, Cain had not wanted him to go, but by then, the government was on the slide and Cain himself resigned as premier in August that year.
www.nwpf.org /news/news_story.asp?id=1055   (3026 words)

  
 Helen Fisher's "Cain Family History"
To those descendants of Catherine and Thomas Cain who want to know something about their Irish ancestors, I'll try to tell a little history of the family as I heard the stories told by my mother, Mary.
John's father was Harold Cain who was one of the sons of the John Cain mentioned in the summary.
Thomas Cain came to U.S. from county Galway, Ireland in 1864 at the age of 22.
www.nlci.com /users/fishers/cainhist.htm   (3026 words)

  
 Arizona Politicians. Excerpt. University of Arizona Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, in the Panama Canal Zone, the son and grandson of U.S. Navy admirals.
His grandfather graduated 79th in a class of 116 from the Naval Academy and went on to become a pioneer in the development of naval aviation.
He was the senior military officer in the theater of operations that included North and South Vietnam.
www.uapress.arizona.edu /samples/sam1454a.htm   (2626 words)

  
 CAIN: Issues - Discrimination: John Whyte, 'How much discrimination was there under the Unionist regime, 1921-1968?'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Taking senior officers as a group, Gallagher (1957: 214) reported that in the '50s there was no Catholic among the top forty.
Gallagher (1957: 214) claimed that of the forty judges, registrars and senior officials in the higher courts, not one was drawn from the minority - though this cannot be entirely accurate, because Sheil was on the bench then.
A similar case is made by a senior civil servant, Dr John Oliver, in his memoirs (1978:181-2).
cain.ulst.ac.uk /issues/discrimination/whyte.htm   (16120 words)

  
 CAIN: Events: Internment: John McGuffin (1973) Internment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
John Curry, Billy O'Neill and Sean Keenan were paroled during internment, due to the tragic deaths of their children who fought the British army while their fathers were incarcerated (O'Neill, who was released in April, also had his house blown up).
Frustration was increased by the bland utterances of MP's like St. John Stevas who spoke of "study rooms" and "improvements in the library facilities" when he knew that there wasn't even a library let alone an improved one.
John Hunter, a law student at Queens University, Belfast, commented: "The private room claimed by the camp authorities is, in fact, a partitioned-off space in the corner of a doctor's draft-ridden hut from which the noise from the rest of the hut is in no way excluded.
cain.ulst.ac.uk /events/intern/docs/jmcg73.htm   (13126 words)

  
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 MEGenWeb Project ~ a proud part of the USGenWeb Project
John Black was born June 22, 1766, and with his wife Betsey, setled first on the farm where Ira Black now lives.
Elijah Grant, senior, were probably the oldest couple that made the horseback journey in those early days, as the record of their births date back to 1721.
John Cain, senior, probably had the largest number of children, which numbered eighteen.
www.rootsweb.com /~megenweb/books/goodwin/palermo03.html   (1821 words)

  
 John Coleman on Herman Cain on National Review Online
All three men are excellent candidates for the position; but Cain, with his strong conservative record and remarkable ethos in the African-American community, could prove both a powerful voice of fl conservatism in the Congress and an invaluable campaigning partner for the president in November.
Cain's grandparents were slaves and he is a graduate of historically fl Morehouse College — where he continues to serve as a trustee.
Cain notes that most fls do not live long enough to collect the amount they paid into social security, and his opposition to gay marriage echoes the stance affirmed by the 2.5 million member African Methodist Episcopal Church and the majority of fl voters.
nationalreview.com /comment/coleman200407201324.asp   (734 words)

  
 College Football Hall of Fame
After one game Thomas moved Cain out of the quarterback spot "because he is too modest to call his own signal." Cain became a fullback, and Alabama went 9-1.
Cain was a first team selection of the All-America Board in 1931 and second team choice in 1932.
John Lewis Cain was born November 17, 1908, in Montgomery, Alabama; he died August 18, 1977.
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 CAIN: Events: Internment: John McGuffin (1974) The Guineapigs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The CAIN Project would welcome other material which meets our guidelines for contributions.
However, he did speak, he says, to the senior officer of the Royal Military Police at Ballykinler, two staff sergeants and two NCOs as well as visiting the camp.
CAIN is based within the University of Ulster.
cain.ulst.ac.uk /events/intern/docs/jmcg74.htm   (7798 words)

  
 William Taggart senior, 1721   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I William Taggart senior of BallaKew in the Parish of KK Malew being sick and weak in body but of perfect memory do make this my last will and testament in manner following.
The Executrix sworn in Court in form of Law, and Henry & Catherine Taggard the brother and sister at age are sworn supervisors of the children under age.
John Taggart son of the deceased acknowledges to be fully paid and satisfied in the legacy of four pounds bequeathed unto him by his father William Taggart.
www3.telus.net /lawson/twill/1721_014.html   (328 words)

  
 History for USS John S. Mc Cain - DDG 56
Under John Sidney McCain's 1906 Naval Academy yearbook photo is a quote from Milton that ascribes to him "That power that erring men call chance".
His mother was traveling across country while the senior McCain was at sea, and stopped to visit her sister in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
For anyone will tell you that John Sidney McCain, Jr., like his father, was the most honest man you will ever meet.
www.usmil.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,200805|766045,00.html   (615 words)

  
 Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
Seniors must be enrolled in the program to participate.
Because the group of seniors 62 and older from North Township communities is so large, the group is split.
23 with guest speakers John Cain and Jennifer Vinovich of the Northwest Indiana Arts Association in the Hoosier "Commons." Members of Hoosier Alumni Seniors are free and nonmembers are $5.
www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2004/09/06/features/seniors/15e1507bcc0a2ee186256f03007718f2.txt   (1108 words)

  
 Thomas Cain
As a publisher Cain has had songs recorded by Kenny Rogers, Ronnie Milsap, The Dazz Band, Kevin Welch, Dion, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Albertina Walker, Johnny Rodriguez, and Donna McElroy, among others.
In 1991, Cain was honored with the Choice Award, given annually by Choice management, Inc. to those who have enriched Nashville's African-American community by their excellence and service.
Since 1984, Cain has worked for BMI, where he is Senior Director, Writer / Publisher Relations, in the performing rights organization's Nashville office.
www.alamhof.org /caintom.htm   (386 words)

  
 CPSU SPSF Group Victorian Branch (All)
When the Government of John Cain Senior was elected in 1946 the promise to establish a Board whose every decision was not subject to approval by the Government of the day was honoured in the first year of his ministry.
In the past thirty-nine years the Association has strongly affirmed the worth of the industrial relations system set up by the Cain Government in 1946, although it has been frequently critical of decisions reached by the Board and of delays in the processing of claims which the union has submitted to it.
Jim McDonald joined the staff of the VPSA in 1980 and was the Senior Industrial Officer for the Professional Branch at the time of writing this history.
www.cpsuvic.com /index.php?view=printer&id=42   (1932 words)

  
 Bard College Press Releases - Full Story
John F. Lehman recently announced this year’s award winners in theater, dance, playwriting, and film.
Cain’s Senior Project is based on footage of his journeys across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway—the longest continuous rail line on earth.
Cain has worked on several feature films including Todd Solondz’s Palindromes (2004) and Phil Morrison’s Junebug (2005), for which he served as leadman; and Perfect Partner, a collaborative work by Morrison, Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, and video artist Tony Oursler.
www.bard.edu /news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=949   (489 words)

  
 University of Maryland - Division of Research
In two Nature papers, scientists debate whether Voyager 1, which was launched in 1977, has already crossed the “termination shock” barrier.  Long before the solar wind reaches the heliopause, its speed drops from “supersonic” to “subsonic,” producing a “termination shock” akin to the sonic boom that occurs on Earth when a supersonic airplane flies overhead.
Physics Department, and former physics engineers John Giganti, Robert Lundgren, Edward Tums and other former members and graduate students of the group.
From that she and her group inferred that the sterile soldier form of termites typical of modern termites evolved from a reproductive soldier, rather than vice versa.  This matches similar inferences drawn for ants and aphids.
www.umresearch.umd.edu /newsletter/RFUM120103.htm   (1172 words)

  
 Democracy: page 154
29 In 1947 supply was denied to the Victorian Labor Government of John Cain senior by the Opposition led by John McDonald, not because of anything that Government had done, but as a political manoeuvre aimed at the federal Labor Government of Ben Chifley, which was pursuing a policy of bank nationalisation.
Cain advised the Governor to dissolve Parliament and in the election that followed the Cain Government was defeated.
It was the Country Party Government of John McDonald that was denied supply in 1952.
www.mup.unimelb.edu.au /democracy/154.html   (404 words)

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