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  John Howard
Howard was shocked by the condition of dungeon in which he was imprisoned and when he arrived back in England he sent a report to the authorities detailing the sufferings of his fellow prisoners.
Howard was devastated when his wife died giving birth to their first child in 1765.
When Howard returned to England he began a second tour of its prisons to see if the reforms of the 1774 Gaol Act were being implemented.
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  John Howard
Howard described himself as "the most conservative leader the Liberals have ever had," and said that "the times will suit me." During 1985 and 1986, with unemployment rising and the economy stagnant, Howard appeared to be making ground on the government.
Howard's reputation for honesty was damaged when it was demonstrated that one of his claims during the asylum-seeker debate, that asylum-seekers has "thrown their children overboard" in order to force the government to allow them to land in Australia, was untrue, and that the Defence Minister at the time, Peter Reith, had known this.
Howard and the Liberals remained firm favourites to defeat Crean at the scheduled elections in 2004, even though opinion polls on voting intention (as distinct from preferred Prime Minister) indicated that the election might be a closer contest than many people supposed.
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 John Howard: The Howard League for Penal Reform
John Howard was a nonconformist, but despite this he was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, and with this title came the responsibility for the county gaol.
John Howard made seven large scale journeys between 1775 and 1790, the first two of which are described in his book The State of the Prisons In England and Wales.
John Howard’s role in the development of the international penal reform movement cannot be denied, and the importance of his life and work is reflected in this inscription on his statue in St. Paul’s Cathedral.
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 Interview: John Howard
JOHN HOWARD: This is actually providing, not trying to measure the number of beds, providing more resources and importantly it's going to create 7,200 new community care packages - that's the people being looked after in home and 16-hundred of those will be people who are getting more intensive care and it's a big package.
JOHN HOWARD: Well, Laurie, the charging process has begun, but we will be watching, on a daily basis, progress towards the commission hearing starting and in the last few hours, Mr Downer has raised this issue in the meeting he had with Robert Yates, the new American Defence Secretary in Germany.
JOHN HOWARD: Well I'm prepared to listen to what my colleagues have got to say, but all we did was say that we weren't going to legislate to provide a special tax concession for this, these are always difficult issues because it involves a lot of investment.
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 AIJAC - HONORING AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD
Australian Prime Minister John Howard was honored at a January 30 luncheon at AJC headquarters in New York, hosted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and its Australian partner, the Australia/Israel Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC).
John Howard, whom we honor today, is a true friend of the Australian Jewish community, a true friend of Israel and, indeed, of the United States.
For more than 30 years in public life, John Howard has stood firm as a strong and sincere friend of Israel who shares that vision and has argued for it, whatever the situation may be, whether in government or in opposition.
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 John Howard wins Australian elections
Howard voted Saturday at a school after taking a walk around Sydney Harbor, where he asked passers-by not to use their votes to punish his conservative coalition for unpopular policies.
Howard's center-right government and the opposition both focused their campaigns on pledges to improve the education and health systems, and debated which party can best run the economy and maintain a boom fueled largely by rising property prices.
Howard is in his ninth year in office and is expected to retire before serving out his full three-year term.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-10/09/content_380903.htm   (824 words)

  
  John Howard information - Search.com
Howard practised for some years as a solicitor and simultaneously held office in the New South Wales Liberal Party on the State Executive and as President of the Young Liberals [1] (1962 -64), the party youth organisation.
Howard was slow to express views on Hanson; his initial public reaction was to comment that he thought that it good that the years of "political correctness" were finally over.
Howard's lukewarm response was variously interpreted as either indicating tacit support for the sentiments, or as a disingenuous attempt to harness their popularity among certain segments of the electorate.
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 John Howard
The 18th century, into which John Howard was born on 2 September 1726, was marked by what he came to recognise as an extraordinary brutality and an indifferent attitude towards life.
Howard's first shock was to discover that even those who were found not guilty or were acquitted on trial were confined to prison until they had paid their jailer a for their release.
Howard was willing to run risks during his ceaseless investigations, and he employed a measure of guile as well.
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  John Howard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Howard was a solicitor and held office in the New South Wales Liberal Party on the State Executive and as President of the Young Liberals (1962–64), the party youth organisation.
Howard said that "the times will suit me." In addition to his economic views, he became known as a strong social conservative, supporting the nuclear family against the so-called "permissive society", and was also sceptical of the promotion of multiculturalism at the expense of a shared national identity.
Howard was slow to express views on Hanson; his initial public reaction was to comment that he thought it was good that the years of "political correctness" were finally over.
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  John Howard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Howard said that "the times will suit me." In addition to his economic views, he became known as a strong social conservative, supporting the nuclear family against the so-called "permissive society", and was also sceptical of the promotion of multiculturalism at the expense of a shared national identity.
Howard was slow to express views on Hanson; his initial public reaction was to comment that he thought it was good that the years of "political correctness" were finally over.
Howard responded by coordinating action by the state governments to heavily restrict the private ownership of semi-automatic rifles, semi-automatic shotguns and pump-action shotguns.
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 John Howard (soldier) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Major John Howard led the glider-landed D Company, 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Ox and Bucks) in an airborne assault in the early hours of June 6, 1944.
Howard, whose experiences on D-Day were re-enacted by actor Richard Todd in the film The Longest Day, was awarded the DSO and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme for his leadership.
Howard returned to Normandy every June 6 to lay a wreath on the spot where the gliders landed and was involved in the creation and maintenance of an airborne forces museum near the bridge.
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 John Howard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Howard described himself as "the most conservative the Liberals have ever had " and that "the times will suit me." During 1985 and 1986 with unemployment rising and the economy Howard appeared to be making ground on government.
Howard sensing the the wind was blowing undertook a number policy changes including the abandonment of petrol indexation and increasing government benefits to self-funded These measures particularly the increase in government to the relatively well-off elderly were regarded the media as vote-buying but in retrospect politically effective in reversing a drift to in this demographic.
Howard's reputation was damaged when it was that one of his claims during the debate that asylum-seekers has "thrown their children in order to force the government to them to land in Australia was untrue that the Defence Minister at the time Reith had known this.
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 Cowpens NB article on John Eager Howard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Howard, realizing that his right flank was exposed to the enemy, attempted to change the front of the company on the right.
Howard maintained control and, when Morgan questioned him about the retreat, he pointed out to Morgan that the line was retreating in good order was not beaten.
Howard's contemporaries considered him to be one of the finest officers of the period.
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 John Howard Hotel & Apartments - Discounts on London Vacation Rentals
The John Howard Hotel is an oasis of tranquility and elegance in the heart of Central London.
John Howard Apartments incorporate all the facilities demanded by today's discerning traveler.
The John Howard allows you to enjoy the space and privacy of your own apartment with all the amenities of a full-service hotel.
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 7.30 Report - 02/03/2006: John Howard: 10 years at the top
John Howard won the keys to the most powerful office in the land on March 2, 1996.
John Howard has learnt many things in his years in politics and one of the most significant lessons that came from the final years of the Keating Government was just how dangerous hubris could be.
JOHN HOWARD: As I speak to you tonight, 2,000 young Australians are preparing to go to East Timor.
www.abc.net.au /7.30/content/2006/s1582730.htm   (1318 words)

  
 John Howard
Major John Howard, the commander of glider- borne British infantrymen who seized the strategically vital Pegasus Bridge in the first battle of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, died May 5 in a hospital in Surrey, England.
And Howard's men sought to strike swiftly to prevent the Germans from blowing up the bridges if they were overwhelmed; the British needed those bridges to resupply their airborne units.
Howard was wounded twice in the summer of 1944, then returned to England in September to reorganize his company.
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 Biography of John Howard
John Howard must have been a strange and complex individual who could not have been everyone's 'cup of tea'.
A realist, John Howard derived satisfaction from the modest improvements he was able to achieve and he appreciated that change would come, but slowly.
Howard's ideal prison is comparable to a hygienic and well-run zoo and it illustrates the limitations of his thinking.
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 City of Toronto, Arts Heritage & Culture - Virtual Collection - John Howard
Howard produced a Regency Picturesque villa for the lawyer and politician William Henry Draper as a simplified colonial version of the Italianate villa style of 1820s England.
Following its construction in 1837, the Howards used Colborne Lodge to fulfil the period's ideal for a romantic 'villa' or 'lodge,' that is, a country retreat located close to the amenities of the city.
John Howard was the first, but not the only Toronto architect to work in the Picturesque style, as represented by 'Homewood,' designed by Henry Bowyer Lane, but completed under Howard's supervision on Wellesley Street near Sherbourne for George Allan.
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 USATODAY.com - John Howard wins Australian elections
A jubilant Howard claimed victory late Saturday in front of hundreds of cheering supporters at a Sydney hotel after it became clear his government would increase its majority in the 150-seat lower house of parliament, where government is formed.
Howard's victory was sure to encourage the Bush administration, which lost Spain as an ally in the Iraq coalition earlier this year after an election setback.
John Atkins, 59, voting in Sydney, said he voted for Howard and did not approve of Latham's plan to withdraw from Iraq even though he personally opposed the war.
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 Australia's Prime Ministers - Meet a PM - Howard
John Howard was then Treasurer from 1977 until the government lost office in 1983.
Howard was leader of the Opposition from 1985 to 1989, and then from 1995 until the Liberal—National Party Coalition won government at the 1996 federal election.
John Howard leads a government with a wide reform agenda.
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 John Howard under symbolic house arrest | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Mr Howard’s action of committing Australia to war in Iraq was found to breach articles 2(4), 42 and 51 of the UN Charter.
“John Howard has engaged in legalistic cherry picking from earlier resolutions, to justify a war that has not been authorised by the majority of the UN Security Council or even the majority of its permanent members,” Rattenbury said.
Greenpeace is reinforcing the message given to John Howard by more than half a million Australians who marched in recent peace rallies.
www.greenpeace.org /australia/news-and-events/news/peace/john-howard-under-symbolic   (288 words)

  
 Federal Energy Management Program: FEMP Focus - John Howard, Federal Environmental Executive, Promotes Sustainable ...
John Howard: Environmental management systems are a huge priority for OFEE as EMS's provide the strategic framework for complying with the law, reducing costs, avoiding potential liability, increasing sustainability, and implementing green purchasing.
John Howard: Ensure that Federal facilities are developing and implementing robust EMSs, for all the reasons we discussed before—they provide a strategic framework to help with compliance, cost cutting, sustainability, public relations, and other issues, such as risk management.
John Howard: The great thing that they can do is to share their success stories (and problems, for that matter) through a listserv, for example.
www.eere.energy.gov /femp/newsevents/fempfocus_article.cfm/news_id=7218   (1708 words)

  
 John Howard - Wikiality, the Truthiness Encyclopedia
Since John Howard is one of George W. Bush's best buddies, he gets to enjoy some awesome privileges, such as getting first pick at left over spoils of freedom wars and getting the second biggest meatball sandwich during lunch at the White House.
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian cockface wanker and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia.
President Howard is the only "man" alive who knows how to invent a time machine, and has used his powers to negotiate a free trade deal with the US Confederacy.
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 History of John Howard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
John Howard was one of the few landholders of that time who saw the importance of providing good estate housing and he spent considerable money on buying larger cottages and renovating them.
The John Howard Society of Alberta came onto the scene in 1949 and its primary aim was assisting the individual to re-integrate into the community.
That John Howard's work began in the Industrial Revolution, continued through the Technological Revolution and remains alive and valid as we stand at the threshold of what some call the Human Revolution, is strong testament to not only the work of John Howard, but to the unique qualities of the person himself.
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 CNN.com - Howard hits back at Iraq critics - Aug 9, 2004
Howard told Sydney radio listeners Monday the government believed "on the basis of the intelligence advice we had at the time" that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
Howard's decision to commit 2,000 troops to the Iraq invasion sparked the biggest peace protests in Australia since the Vietnam War.
Howard is widely tipped to call a national election in September or October this year in a bid to win a fourth consecutive term of government for his conservative coalition.
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 John Howard, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
John Howard made an obscure British singer/songwriter album in the mid-'70s, Kid in a Big World, which like several efforts from that period showed the heavy influence of then newly emergent superstar Elton John.
Howard was lower-key and more inclined toward eccentric story-songs, and not as gifted with a flair for chart hooks, though he too had a keyboard base to his arrangements and melodic ideas combining Beatles-Beach Boys pop with '70s singer/songwriting.
Howard first tried to enter the record business in the late '60s, when the classically trained pianist unsuccessfully sent in a tape of his songs to Apple Records for consideration.
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