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  STERLING - LoveToKnow Article on STERLING
Sterling is served by the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railways, and by inter-urban electric railway to Dixon, 52 m.
Sterling was formed in 1839 by the consolidation of two towns, Harrisburg and Chatham, founded here in 1836 and 1837 respectively; it was chartered as a city in 1857.
The sterling was a coin, the silver penny, 240 of which went to the pound sterling of silver of 5760 grains, 925 fine, and described in a statute of Edward I., quoted in Du Cange, as Denarius Angliae qui vocatur Sterlingus.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STERLING.htm   (1277 words)

  
 JOHN STERLING - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN STERLING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1810 the family removed to Lianbiethian, Glamorganshire, and during his residence there Edward Sterling, under the signature of Vetus, contributed a number of letters to The Times, which were reprinted in 1812, and a second series in 1814.
John Sterling was his second son, the elder being Colonel Sir Anthony Coningham Sterling (1805-1871), who besides serving in the Crimea and as military secretary to Lord Clyde during the Indian Mutiny, was the author of The Highland Brigade in the Crimea and other books.
J olin Sterlings papers were entrusted to the joint care of Thomas Carlyle and Archdeacon Hare.
18.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STERLING_JOHN.htm   (749 words)

  
 John_Banim
John Banim (April 3, 1798 - August 30, 1842), Irish novelist, sometimes called the "Scott of Ireland," was born at Kilkenny.
John's health had given way, and the next effort of the "O'Hara family" was almost entirely the production of his brother Michael.
In 1829 he went to France, and while he was abroad a movement to relieve his wants was set on foot by the English press, headed by John Sterling in The Times.
www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=John_Banim   (547 words)

  
 Beyond the Beyond
John Thackara weighs in with a sober assessment of
In questo caso si parte da un commento al libro di John Thackara (direttore del festival Doors of Perception) e ne elenca in scrolling continuo tutte le parole contenute nel testo cliccando sulle quali le si osserva nel loro stretto contesto verbale.
Bruce Sterling, than for a long time activism door ahead its mailing list acclimatizes them and aware design (Viridian), it invites here analytically to discover dynamics to us of production of the same objects, and to reconsider them like our infrastructure, undressing them, at the same time, of every iconico feticismo.
wiredblogs.tripod.com /sterling   (2149 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Rascal: Books: Sterling North,John Schoenherr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sterling's mother is deceased, and he is often left to his own devices.
As Rascal ages, Sterling is aware that the raccoon is having normal springtime urges and is not happy residing in the pen Sterling was forced to construct.
Sterling North takes us on a nostalgic trip back to his childhood and provides an enchanting story of a pre-adolescent boy and his year-long adventure raising an orphaned racoon.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140344454?v=glance   (1489 words)

  
 John Kampfner :: author, broadcaster & commentator
Imagine the following: the prime minister invites the leaders of France and Germany to join him in teaching his voters about the merits of the EU constitution.
At one, respondents based their hostility towards the euro on the strength of sterling.
Asked why they believed the pound was superior, they said it was because all other countries' currencies divided into it: take £100 to the bank, and you get, say, $180 or E140 in return.
www.jkampfner.net /articles/ns070205_1.html   (843 words)

  
 PEACE PARTY - Author's Forum
Sterling, a mid-season replacement series on NBC, Josh Brolin stars as Bill Sterling Jr., the most idealistic senator to go to Washington since Jimmy Stewart's Mr.
Later Sterling's staff tells him the painting is one of 15-20 reproductions Jackson has given away to get someone's vote.
The virtuous Sterling decides he won't begin his political career by breaking his promise to an Indian.
www.bluecorncomics.com /sterling.htm   (583 words)

  
 Policy Review - Author Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John R. Bolton, who served as assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs from 1989 to 1993, is senior vice president of the American Enterprise Institute.
John Fonte is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
John Van Oudenaren is chief of the European Division at the Library of Congress and adjunct professor, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University.
www.policyreview.org /authorindex.html   (6393 words)

  
 Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz and the Peralta Sombrero Mines, THE LURE OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1988 John Victor Ramses deciphered the famous Peralta-Ruth map that began an intensive search for the fabled Sombrero Mines of Peralta lore - one of which is believed to be the Lost Dutchman Mine.
The book is filled with captivating photographic evidence documenting each twist and turn of the map while the author's story poignantly captures the experiences and hardships resulting from his obsession to locate the mines.
In his book John Ramses tells his personal story of obsession to find the mines and reveals everything he discovered that proves beyond doubt that the Sombrero Mines were real and so is the Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz lore.
www.sombreromines.com   (1113 words)

  
 Author : works by John Wayne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John Walter Jandora - Militarism in Arab Society: an Historiographical and Bibliographical Sourcebook - 0313293708
John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979), nicknamed "Duke", was an American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and "talkies" alike.
John Wayne was entered into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1974, and is mentioned in the Paula Cole song Where Have All the Cowboys Gone.
www.booksearchprice.com /512929_john-walkenbach_156884648712397forwindowsfordummiesbuyeducationalbook.html   (1156 words)

  
 Interview with John C. Wright, author of The Golden Age
His father participated in helicopter antisubmarine warfare and later was chief test pilot for Patuxent River Naval Air Station, and went on to work for IBM and the British Government in their avionics development.
He was educated in the “great books” program of St. John’s college in Annapolis and later graduated from the Marshall-Wythe school of law on the campus of the College of William and Mary’s in Williamsburg in 1987.
A story-teller might put in an element of reluctance on the part of the hero for several reasons: to show that even the most unexpected men might be called to be heroes; or to show the quest is fearsome, the duty heavy.
mostlyfiction.com /authorqa/wright.htm   (9379 words)

  
 Pearl Harbor's Lost P-36 - pg. 1 - Flight Journal Magazine article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Gordon Sterling Jr.; the squadron operations officer is still missing (courtesy of John Sterling via author).
Second Lt. John M. Thacker, who had a few more hours on the advanced P-40, was made element leader.
Sterling had scheduled an afternoon date with his fiancée, 2nd Lt. Ada M. "Peggy" Olsson, a nurse at nearby Schofield Barracks Station Hospital.
www.flightjournal.com /articles/lost_p-36/sterling1.asp   (1168 words)

  
 John Shirley | AUTHOR CATALOG
John Shirley is the author of more than a dozen books including City Come A-Walking, Really Really Really Really Weird Stories (a collection of short fiction), and the newly reissued classic cyberpunk “A Song Called Youth” trilogy–Eclipse, Eclipse Corona, and Eclipse Penumbra.
Writers from Clive Barker to Bruce Sterling and Roger Zelazny have praised John Shirley’s searing, apocalyptic visions of postmodern hell on earth.
Now this perversely brilliant author, one of the seminal representatives on the cyberpunk movement, unleashes his newest masterpiece.
www.randomhouse.com /author/results.pperl?authorid=28180   (287 words)

  
 JOHN HOPKINS — Co-author of the first English hymn book of 1562
Available now — please send sterling cheque for £9 (UK), £10.50 (Europe), £12.50 (elsewhere) to: Border Editions, 5 Albemarle House, Newmarket Road, Norwich NR2 2HP, UK Sternhold and Hopkins were the Lennon and McCartney of the C16.
This book (approachable rather than scholarly in its written style; precise and careful in its attention to detail) puts them in their historical and hymnological context — but first we meet them to discover what is known of their short lives.
The author is interested in how a portrait of Hopkins in particular, who appears to have been a deeply loved and strongly determined man, may be put together from what we see in his work.
www.metricalpsalms.com   (525 words)

  
 Augustus John Cuthbert Hare
BE IT KNOWN that Augustus John Cuthbert Hare of "Holmhurst" St. Leonards on Sea in the County of Sussex died on the 22nd day of January 1903 at "Holmhurst" aforesaid.
He was educated at Harrow and was the author of a large number of books.
He was born into the maddest of upper-class English families and survived a cruel childhood to write monumental travel guides to the Continent and a six-volume autobiography, "The Story of My Life." There is a modern one-volume condensation of this extraordinary work which can be found on the market.
www.zip.com.au /~lnbdds/home/agbk/hare.htm   (874 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry: Books: John E. O'Neill,Jerome R. Corsi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The authors’ conservative take on the war is palpable: the U.S. military failed to unleash "massive, indiscriminate bombing" to force North Vietnam’s capitulation; the conflict was a struggle against communism, not a civil war; and the dissenting soldiers undermined homefront morale.
O'Neill shatters the mythological image of John Kerry: "War Hero", as presented at the Democratic Convention and replaces it with a "Paper Tiger", an Officer distrusted by his contemporaries, groveling for "nuanced" awards.
John O'Neill speaks out about the real John Kerry and what it was like serving with him in Vietnam.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0895260174?v=glance   (1585 words)

  
 John Passarella, Horror Author - Wither's Legacy
John Passarella has turned in an excellent book in WITHER'S LEGACY, the third of the Wendy Ward tales.
Kayla splashed cold water on her face, fingers brushing against the sterling silver posts, which pierced the edge of each eyebrow like single quotation marks.
At least they distracted from the recent bags she was sporting under each eye, as did the ring through the right side of her nose.
www.passarella.com /wlegacy.htm   (8954 words)

  
 John Hedgecoe's Guide To 35mm Photography by John Hedgecoe (Author)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The world's best-selling photography author shows how to achieve professional results you'll be proud of in a convenient, pocket-sized guide to 35mm photography.
Whether you want to convey movement in sports shots or take natural-looking pictures of children, bringing a subject to life on film is easy once you know the tricks of the trade.
Distilling a lifetime of experience into one volume, John Hedgecoe provides readily accessible information for the amateur, backed up by over 400 of his superb, full-color photographs.
www.adorama.com /BKJHG35P.html   (211 words)

  
 John Thackara
John Thackara, long a major force in design, now takes on an even more important challenge: making the world safe for future inhabitants.
In the Bubble is the first strong, thoroughly documented statement on the importance of the local and the embedded in our fluid, hyper-connected world.
"John Thackara is able to take in the most disparate events, locations, trends, and apparent minutiae and deliver back a synthesis of the way the world moves for those who use design as a powerful life-forming tool.
www.thackara.com /inthebubble   (456 words)

  
 Sterling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He became a corporate lawyer in New York, and was a founder of the firm of Shearman & Sterling in 1873.
Story collections (and stories they contain) 4 Non-fiction 5 Bruce Sterling Bruce Sterling at the Open Cultures conference (June 5, 2003) Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American cyberpunk science fiction author, perhaps best known for his work on the Mirrorshades anthology.
STERLING HEIGHTS -- Road repairs, sidewalk improvements and several recreational park projects are on tap for the city, if the proposed 2005-06 budget is adopted.
bonose.com /Sterling.html   (511 words)

  
 Preview: NC State to Host Sci-Fi Author Bruce Sterling
Regarded as a science-fiction author, futurist, and activist, Sterling has pursued a number of interests in his career, from the sociology of computer networks to global warming, counterterrorism and industrial design.
By bringing Sterling to speak at NC State, the program aims to demonstrate how contemporary fiction engages with public issues of science and technology without sacrificing artistic integrity.
John Kessel, professor of American literature and creative writing, at 919/781-7083.
www.ncsu.edu /news/press_releases/05_02/039.htm   (237 words)

  
 Crawlers by John Shirley
“John Shirley is an adventurer, returning from dark and troubled regions with visionary tales to tell.
It is a story of science gone amuck and what the consequences are when not enough safeguards are placed on a scientific fl-ops experiment.
The novel is fast paced and the action never lets up yet the author doesn't ignore character development.
www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?0345446526   (563 words)

  
 John Sterling quotes
Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.
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www.timelessquotes.com /author/John_Sterling.html   (221 words)

  
 Amy's SF Writing Page
You can read an author profile in the July, 1999 issue of Tangent Magazine.
The Tolstoy Library is another excellent resource on the author of War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and over 100 other great works.
Here is a link to the Don Quijote/Cervantes exhibit sponsored by Johns Hopkins University, and a great page of Cervantes links and resources.
members.aol.com /asterling/amypage.htm   (2091 words)

  
 John Aegard interview
In it, he checks in with a bunch of characters with different perspectives on the attacks: WTC workers, airline passenger, ground-level New York observers, Mohammed Atta himself, and others.
I wasn't allowed to play the records, but I looked at the weird fantasy artwork on the record jacket for hours, and I think that was when I got my appetite for the unreal.
In the 80's, I was reading William Gibson and Bruce Sterling and John Shirley and all the rest of the cyberpunks.
scifantastic.tripod.com /issue3_excontent/john_aegard.html   (1838 words)

  
 The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle
Once for all, it is unjust; emphatically untrue as an image of John Sterling: perhaps to few men that lived along with him could such an interpretation of their existence be more inapplicable."
Whatever truth there might be in these rather passionate representations, and to myself there wanted not a painful feeling of their truth, it by no means appeared what help or remedy any friend of Sterling's, and especially one so related to the matter as myself, could attempt in the interim.
Hare's narrative itself, apart from his commentary, many features of Sterling's true character would become decipherable to such as sought them.
manybooks.net /titles/carlyletetext97strlg10.html   (197 words)

  
 World of Quotes - John Sterling Quotes.
1 Quotes for 'John Sterling' in the Database.
:: Author » Letter "J" » John Sterling
All Quotes are provided for educational purposes only and contributed by users.
www.worldofquotes.com /author/John-Sterling/1   (56 words)

  
 John Powers - successful businessman, humorist, playwright, and author
John R. Powers has impressive credentials as a motivator, business person, novelist, playwright, media personality, and educator.
He is also hosting The John Powers Show, a Chicago-based, PBS interview show that focuses on how famous and not-so-famous personalities have dealt with challenges in their lives.
All fees are plus travel expenses and subject to change, so please call for an exact quote.
www.sterlingspeakers.com /powers.htm   (425 words)

  
 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
John Kessel is a professor of American literature and director of the Creative Writing program at North Carolina State University.
His story collection, Meeting in Infinity, was named a notable book of 1992 by the New York Times Book Review.
His play Faustfeathers won the 1994 Paul Green Playwrights' Competition and, with sf writer Bruce Sterling, he plays a small role in the independent film The Delicate Art of the Rifle.
www.scifi.com /scifiction/originals/originals_archive/kessel2/kessel2_bio.html   (254 words)

  
 Ancestry Message Boards - Message [ Hempker ]
Who was married to Frank William Sterling in Middlepoint, Ohio December 20, 1906?
Bessie was born in Delphos, Oh., Jan., 20, 1887 the daughter of John Hempker and Harriet Carpenter and died Mar., 2, 1930 in Middlepoint.
She had sisters named Allie, Virg., Cleo and Nellie.
boards.ancestry.com /mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=surnames.Hempker&m=3   (76 words)

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