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	John Paul Stevens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As the senior member of the court, Stevens assumed the administrative duties of the court while the position of Chief Justice of the United States was vacant in September of 2005, including swearing in new Chief Justice John Roberts.
		Justice John Paul Stevens (born April 20, 1920) is an American jurist who has been a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice since 1975; he is the oldest and longest serving justice currently on the court.
		Stevens has given lectures on the importance of "learning on the job" and treating the law with flexibility, citing as one example his former disapproval and current support of some affirmative action policies [2].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Paul_Stevens

	justiceshp.htm
		JOHN PAUL STEVENS was born in Chicago April 10, 1920, the youngest of four children, all sons, of Ernest James Stevens and Elizabeth Street Stevens.
		Stevens served as associate counsel of a House of Representatives subcommittee studying monopoly power in 1951, and from 1953 to 1955 as a member of the attorney general's committee to study antitrust laws.
		Stevens hungers for facts about the behavior of the people in each case and about others in society with similar problems who will be affected by the Court's decision.
	www.supremecourthistory.org /myweb/justice/stevens.htm

	John Paul Stevens
		John Paul Stevens was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 20, 1920, the son of Ernest and Elizabeth (Street) Stevens.
		Stevens is idiosyncratic in many of his views, and his opinions, although brief and relatively easy to read, have been of slight influence.
		In 1969, Stevens was appointed the chief investigator of a commission created to determine whether two Illinois Supreme Court judges had taken a bribe for their vote in a case.
	www.michaelariens.com /ConLaw/justices/stevens.htm

	John Paul Stevens
		John Paul Stevens was born on April 20, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois, as the youngest of Ernest and Elizabeth Stevens' four sons.
		John Paul Stevens, appointed to the Supreme Court in 1975, is the oldest member of the current Court and, behind Chief Justice Rehnquist, the second-longest serving.
		Stevens distinguished himself at Northwestern by becoming editor-in-chief of the school's law review and graduating with the highest grades in the law school's history.
	www.oyez.org /oyez/resource/legal_entity/101/biography

	MSN Encarta - John Paul Stevens
		Stevens, John Paul, born in 1920, American jurist, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
		Stevens lectured on antitrust law at Northwestern and the University of Chicago and was a partner in a Chicago law firm.
		Stevens served in the U.S. Navy before earning a law degree at Northwestern University.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761571981/Stevens_John_Paul.html

	Georgetown: The John F. Stevens Papers
		John F. Stevens was born on April 25, 1853 near West Gardiner, Maine, the son of John Smith Stevens and Harriet Leslie French.
		By the year 1879, Stevens had worked his way up to roadmaster, and in that year the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was extending their lines into New Mexico and he became one of the many assistant engineers on road location and construction; later specializing in bridge construction.
		Next, Stevens was sent to Washington to explore the Columbia River and the Cascades for the final route down the western slopes of the Divide.
	gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu /dept/speccoll/stevbio.htm

	John C. Stevens
		Born July 15, 1918, Dr. John Stevens served for 12 years as Abilene Christian University's eighth president and for nine years as ACU chancellor.
		Stevens was inaugurated as president of ACU in 1969 and became the university's chancellor in 1981.
		Stevens emphasized two primary goals as president: the growth of the institution, its campus, its academic quality and its student body; and the spiritual commitment of the entire institution, its administration, faculty/staff and students.
	www.acu.edu /centennial/profiles/john_stevens.html

	Railroad collections
		John Stevens (1749-1838) of New York, inventor and engineer, graduated from King's College (now Columbia University) in 1768.
		Also draft agreements between John Stevens and Robert Fulton and others regarding rights of steamboat navigation on the Delaware, Chesapeake, Santee, Savannah and Connecticut Rivers and between Providence and Newport, 1813.
		Text of a bill introduced in Pennsylvania Legislature to authorize construction of a "Pennsylvania Railroad" from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh by John Stevens.
	americanhistory.si.edu /archives/d8333.htm

	John Paul Stevens
		John Paul Stevens is the senior associate justice on the Supreme Court, having served longer than any sitting justice other than Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
		Stevens was appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 to replace retiring Justice William Douglas.
		Stevens held that if a country’s ideas are worth fighting for, it cannot be true that its flag is not worthy of protection.
	www.mbglawoffices.com /id54.htm

	John Stevens
		John Stevens is a performing songwriter who has been entertaining audiences throughout Central Indiana for over 20 years.
		It is common for John to invite members of his audience to come up on the stage and show off their singing talents while he accompanies them on the guitar.
		John and David Lindgren collaborated on five other songs on this CD and they continue to write and shop their music in Nashville.
	www.onlinerock.com /musicians/johnstevens2000/bio.html

	FindLaw Constitutional Law Center: Supreme Court: Justices: John Paul Stevens
		Stevens was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1949, was an Associate for Poppenhusen, Johnston, Thompson and Raymond in Chicago, Illinois from 1950 until 1952, and a Partner for Rothschild, Stevens, Barry and Myers in Chicago, Illinois (1952-70).
		John Paul Stevens was born on April 20, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois as the youngest of four sons to Ernest James and Elizabeth Street.
		John Paul Stevens was nominated by President Nixon to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and confirmed by the United States Senate on October 14, 1970.
	supreme.lp.findlaw.com /supreme_court/justices/stevens.html

	CMT.com : John Stevens : Biography
		Stevens' interest in jazz seems to have followed a natural curve; bebop was his first language (he played with hard bop saxophonist Tubby Hayes), followed by the free jazz dialects of the Giuffre-Bley-Swallow trio and Albert Ayler.
		Except for Parker, the other members dropped out, and by mid-1967 Stevens had become the band's sole leader (eventually Parker joined the ranks of the SME's sometime members).
		Stevens' father was a tap dancer, a factor in his decision to become a musician.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/stevens_john/bio.jhtml

	StevensAncestry
		John MB Stevens was born in 1805 in Nelson County, Virginia and died October 1882 in Campbell County, Virginia.
		John Stevens was born in 1734 and died August 1826 in Orange County, Virginia.
		It must have been a little embarrassing for such a fine family when Ann's younger brother, John Griffin, was sued in 1747 by his son-in-law for the dowry he had promised "over a bowl of punch" to anyone who would marry his daughter Betty.
	www.geocities.com /joycestevensturel

	Online NewsHour: Supreme Court Watch Justice Stevens PBS
		Stevens was a registered Republican who had never been involved in politics when he became a justice in 1975.
		Considered more practical than ideological, Stevens is known for taking independent stances, showing deference to the legislative branch and paying special attention to the individuality of each case brought before the court.
		At present Stevens is the most senior associate justice, and defers only to Chief Justice Rehnquist in matters of court tradition and protocol.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/law/supreme_court/judge_stevens.html

	The Supreme Court Historical Society
		JOHN PAUL STEVENS was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 20, 1920.
		From 1953 to 1955, Stevens was a member of the Attorney General’s National Committee to Study the Antitrust Laws.
		President Gerald R. Ford nominated Stevens to the Supreme Court of the United States on December 1, 1975.
	www.supremecourthistory.org /02_history/subs_current/images_b/003.html

	John Stevens, Tuba & Euphonium
		John Stevens joined the faculty of the UW–Madison School of Music in 1985, following four years as the tuba/euphonium professor at the University of Miami (FL) School of Music.
		Stevens is on the Board of Directors of the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association and is also the former Director of the UW–Madison School of Music.
		Stevens was a free-lance performer and composer in New York City for many years.
	www.music.wisc.edu /html/bios/stevens.html

	John Stevens (drummer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stevens played alongside a large number of prominent free improvisors in the SME, including Derek Bailey, Peter Kowald and Julie Tippetts, but from the 1970s, the make-up of the SME began to settle down to a regular group of Stevens, Nigel Coombes playing violin, and Roger Smith playing guitar.
		John Stevens (June 10, 1940- September 13, 1994) was a British drummer.
		The SME continued to play, the last time being in 1994 with a group including John Butcher.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Stevens_(drummer) (595 words)

	John Stevens
		John Stevens was an engineer and one of the earliest proponents of steam power in transportation.
		The operator of the first steam-ferry service, Stevens was also the author of foresighted proposals for the building of tunnels and bridges leading to Manhattan Island.
		It crossed the Hudson River several times, and in 1809 the Phoenix, a paddle-wheel steamboat designed by Stevens, sailed from New York City to Philadelphia--the first ocean voyage ever taken by a steamboat.
	www.jracademy.com /~nellis/stevens.html (595 words)

	Barrage
		The timbral-based pieces on John Stevens' album are all performed solo on electric guitar with a multitude of processed effects, feedback, and imaginative gestures.
		We are proud to present John Stevens' album,
		Stevens' music compels comparison to musique concrète, but owes as much to Jimi Hendrix as to Pierre Henri and Pauline Oliveros.
	www.oldkingcole.com /okcd/barrage (595 words)

	The Fall of "Idol" John Stevens - Apr 29, 2004 - E! Online News
		As for Stevens fans, they are channeling their energies too, in part, furthering conspiracy theories ("The Deliberate Sabotage of John Stevens," reads the headline of a post on an Idol newsgroup).
		Then there's the Dear John Stevens fansite (http://www.geocities.com/dearjohnstevens/), newly devoted to posting cheer-leading messages liberally accented with exclamation points.
		John was upset that LaToya London and Fantasia Barrino were banished to the bottom three on the April 21 episode, with Hudson being eliminated altogether.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,14000,00.html (595 words)

	Henslow, John Stevens -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		John Stevens was born in 1749 in New York City.
		Learn about the Presidency of John Adams, who was the second man to hold the office of U.S. President and the first to occupy the newly constructed White House.
		See how much John F. Kennedy accomplished in just three short years.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9040069?tocId=9040069 (595 words)

	USATODAY.com - Could this guy kill 'American Idol'?
		John Stevens may not have the pipes or personality of his peers, but a plurality is all he'll need to grab the American Idol title.
		Stevens "could be the savior of devoted music fans across the nation," Varga says, "or he could be Satan's most promising young emissary.
		A Stevens win could damage the talent show's credibility by tilting toward novelty figures, "a door that was opened by William Hung, who is the best hook American Idol had this year," he says.
	www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2004-04-26-idol-stevens_x.htm (595 words)

	John Paul Stevens
		To dissent, of course, is one thing; but to engage in the veritable flood of concurring opinions that have emanated from Stevens's pen is quite another - for they all too often muddy the constitutional law waters and lay themselves open to the charge that they are ego trips.
		"Stevens has confounded prognosticators who thought they knew him as well as those who did not.
		Yet Stevens is patently a valuable addition to the Court.
	www.ripon.edu /Faculty/bowenj/antitrust/stevens.htm (595 words)

	John Stevens Fans' Journal
		Making his first appearance on the Variety Club Telethon is American Idol’s JOHN STEVENS.
		John is currently a senior at Williamsville East High School where he is an active member of their Chorale and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and he appeared as Skye Masterson in their production of Guys and Dolls.
		That same year, John received the honor of being chosen to participate in NY All-State Chorus, and had the tremendous experience of singing with an adult choir as a member of the Buffalo Choral Arts Society.
	www.livejournal.com /community/johnstevensiv (595 words)

	Aikido World Journal - Interview with John Stevens, Page 1
		John Stevens is an internationally acclaimed Aikidoka and one of the foremost authorities on Aikido and Buddhist studies.
		Earlier this year, John Stevens' book “The Philosophy of Aikido” was published by Kodansha International, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan.
		I’d like all my readers to know John Stevens as the Aikidoka, the professor, and the person.
	www.aikido-world.com /articles/JohnStevens-interview1.htm (595 words)

	John Stevens BaseballLibrary.com
		During the 1950 season, Stevens thumbed the Yankees' Johnny Lindell out of a game in a "delayed call." It seems Johnny made some unkind remarks from the bench, and Stevens booted him, but did not notice that Lindell remained on the bench.
		After 14 years as an AL umpire, Stevens worked as a roving supervisor of league umpires until his death.
		For his part, Lindell did not realize he'd been banished from a game he wasn't playing in, and was surprised a few days later when he received word from the AL office of his $25 fine.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/S/Stevens_John.stm (595 words)

	John Stevens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Stevens (politician) was the founder of the Pro-Euro Conservative Party
		John Stevens (1682-1737), immigrant to America, Port Collector at Perth Amboy.
		John Stevens (1845 - 1916), a New Zealand politician.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Stevens (247 words)

	John Stevens Henslow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as sixteenth wrangler in 1818, the year in which Sedgwick became Woodwardian professor of geology.
		In 1832 Henslow was appointed vicar of Cholsey-cum-Moulsford in Berkshire, and in 1837 rector of Hitcham in Suffolk, and at this latter parish he lived and laboured, endeared to all who knew him, until the close of his life.
		Meanwhile, Henslow had studied mineralogy with considerable zeal, so that on the death of Clarke he was in 1822 appointed professor of mineralogy in the university at Cambridge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Stevens_Henslow (518 words)

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