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  Gale - Free Resources - Women's History - Biographies - Laura Miller
Miller graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1979.
Miller was described by Ron Gurwitt of Governing Magazine as "a persistent, sharp-penned, irreverent thorn in the side of the city's power structure." She won the H.L. Mencken Award for newspaper commentary in 1995.
Miller was often in conflict with the rest of the council and Dallas's mayor, Ron Kirk.
www.galegroup.com /free_resources/whm/bio/miller_l.htm   (577 words)

  
  Science Fair Projects - Laura Miller
Laura Miller (born November 18, 1958) is the current mayor of Dallas, Texas.
Laura Miller originally worked as a staff writer for The Miami Herald and The Dallas Morning News and then as a columnist for the New York Daily News and the now-defunct Dallas Times Herald.
In 2002, Miller was elected as Mayor of Dallas, replacing Ron Kirk who left the post to run for the United States Senate position vacated by retiring Texas Senator Phil Gramm.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Laura_Miller   (289 words)

  
 Laura Miller at AllExperts
Laura Miller (born November 18, 1958) is the current mayor of Dallas, Texas (USA).
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Miller attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and spent the early part of her career as a journalist.
Miller also led the Dallas City Council in passing an anti-discrimination ordinance, towing of uninsured motorists, bans on panhandling and smoking in restaurants, and an unprecedented and far-reaching plan to reduce homelessness, which included voter approval in November 2005 of $24 million to build a new Homeless Assistance Facility.
en.allexperts.com /e/l/la/laura_miller.htm   (421 words)

  
 WFAA.com | Front Page Stories
Miller has scored victories with downtown redevelopment, shaping the 2006 bond proposal and settling on a plan to improve the Cotton Bowl that persuaded the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma to extend their Cotton Bowl rivalry.
Miller avoided the public feuds that critics in the past have used to paint her as divisive.
Miller, the Wright compromise was a highlight of her mayoral career, a deal she's been waiting to broker since her early days as a City Council member.
www.wfaa.com /sharedcontent/dws/news/dmn/stories/061706dnmetmiller.16de9c5.html   (1274 words)

  
 cbs11tv.com - Dallas Mayor Laura Miller Won't Seek Re-Election
Miller and Wolens have three children; the oldest is 16 and the youngest is ten.
When Miller first ran for mayor she made a commitment to fix potholes and focus on the little issues that make a big difference in the lives of residents.
Miller labeled the agreement, which would eventually allow Dallas travelers to fly from the airport near downtown to distant cities, her chief accomplishment during her tenure.
cbs11tv.com /local/laura.miller.dallas.2.494291.html   (495 words)

  
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Miller's work to protect us from polluting coal plants puts her among the finalists for Texan of the Year.
Miller's efforts have been bolstered by the environmental groups that were hard at work on this issue long before she was and by the state lawmakers and business leaders who have since joined the chorus of concerned parties.
Miller has done her homework, arguing for cleaner alternatives and outlining the consequences of allowing a coal plant building boom.
www.kgw.com /sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-toy10_20edi.ART.State.Edition1.3e66231.html   (386 words)

  
 Texas EquuSearch: Hi-tech search firm takes on character of founder Tim Miller - Crime Library - The Crime library
When Miller discusses what happened to Laura, he likes to start at the beginning, because she did not have an easy time in this world and her murder was just one of many things that had happened to her.
When Laura was eleven, she came down with the flu, which gave her yet another high fever, with the return of the seizures.
Miller said that was out of character for her and also noted that she had a serious seizure disorder and needed her medication.
www.crimelibrary.com /criminal_mind/forensics/texas_equusearch/3.html   (805 words)

  
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Dallas Mayor Laura Miller plans to meet with a pair of key senators Tuesday to seek support for the North Texas agreement to phase out the Wright amendment.
Miller could provide a local perspective on the creation of D/FW, the current Wright amendment restrictions and other issues in the debate.
Miller said she favored tearing down the gates.
www.kgw.com /sharedcontent/dws/bus/wright/stories/090906dnbuswright.30c7bdc.html   (612 words)

  
 Dallas Voice: Laura Miller slams Ed Oakley over rezone issue | pegasusnews.com
Miller said she asked Oakley, who had signed on to the agenda item with Blaydes and three others to override her wishes, to take his name off the measure.
Miller said items had been placed on the agenda over her objections only a handful of times during her five-year tenure.
Miller said that she is now concerned Oakley’s campaign promise to remove 2,000 crime-infested apartment complexes from Dallas if he is elected mayor will involve similar tactics as were seen in the Hollywood Door case.
www.pegasusnews.com /news/2007/jun/01/laura-miller-slams-ed-oakley-over-rezone-issue   (1664 words)

  
 Miller's legacy: Big projects, big persona | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas-Fort Worth News | ...
Miller became mayor, she relentlessly pressured then-City Manager Ted Benavides to fire Police Chief Terrell Bolton – the force's first fl leader – in part because she believed he was "an idiot." Mr.
Miller announced she wouldn't seek re-election, she approached Dallas businessman Mike Rawlings and former TXU Corp. chief executive Erle Nye to gauge their interest in running for mayor.
Miller lambasted some of her council colleagues who sought a property zoning change that likely would have forced a northeast Dallas businessman to move his decades-old operation.
www.dallasnews.com /sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/062407dnmetmiller.38d6c0b.html   (2522 words)

  
 Gale - Free Resources - Women's History - Biographies - Laura Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Miller graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1979.
Miller was described by Ron Gurwitt of Governing Magazine as "a persistent, sharp-penned, irreverent thorn in the side of the city's power structure." She won the H.L. Mencken Award for newspaper commentary in 1995.
Miller was often in conflict with the rest of the council and Dallas's mayor, Ron Kirk.
www.gale.com /free_resources/whm/bio/miller_l.htm   (766 words)

  
 Laura Miller - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Laura Miller originally worked as a staff writer for ''The_Miami_Herald'' and ''The_Dallas_Morning_News'' and then as a columnist for the ''New_York_Daily_News'' and the now-defunct ''Dallas_Times_Herald''.
In 1991, Miller became an investigative reporter for the ''Dallas_Observer'' and then a columnist for ''D_Magazine'' In 1998, Miller was elected to the Dallas City Council representing Oak Cliff and southwest Dallas.
In 2002, Miller was elected as Mayor of Dallas, replacing Ron_Kirk who left the post to run for the United_States_Senate position vacated by retiring Texas Senator Phil_Gramm.
www.indexsuche.com /Laura_Miller.html   (144 words)

  
 Laura Miller
If Laura Miller's endorsement hurt, how come she did so much better in District 6 than me? Her endorsement may not have got me elected, but it certainly was helpful.
Laura Miller is one of the gutsiest women I have ever known.
There is no way Laura's endorsement hurt me. I might have had even fewer voters get to the polls without her help.
www.dallasarena.com /u030512.htm   (1002 words)

  
 Maryland Personal Injury Lawyer: Auto, Truck, Malpractice - Baltimore Washington Personal Injury Lawyer
Miller and Zois are Maryland personal injury attorneys representing clients who have been seriously injured in auto accidents, truck accidents, or as the result of medical malpractice in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. area.
Although Miller and Zois’ personal injury attorneys handle accident and medical malpractice cases outside of Maryland and Washington D.C., the majority of our lawyers' cases are in the Baltimore-Washington area; accordingly, this site focuses on personal injury accident law in Maryland.
Miller and Zois attorney Ronald V. Miller, Jr.
www.millerandzois.com   (852 words)

  
 Laura Miller's Resume
Laura Miller never considered becoming an insurance agent until a series of employee benefit-related issues frustrated her as Office/Human Resource Manager for a rapidly growing local packaging company.
Laura believes our job is to understand our clients’ strategic objectives as they relate to employee benefits, so we can help meet those objectives within a given budget.
Laura is committed to continuing education and maintains her Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designation, which requires 60 continuing education credits every three years.
www.ibsmi.com /Laura_resume.htm   (305 words)

  
 Nelson Hancock Gallery: Laura Miller
Laura Miller uses an inexpensive Holga camera with a plastic lens to create her ethereal landscapes.
The technique found its perfect subject matter in the stark and alien terrain of Iceland; Miller's photographs have been described as snapshots taken through the porthole of a spaceship assessing the safety of an unfamiliar planet.
But the comment extends to her work as a whole, to her portraits and street scenes; the general impression is one of strange and striking unity: technique, subject, color, texture...vision.
www.nelsonhancockgallery.com /artists/laura-miller.html   (111 words)

  
 Laura Miller's Home
Miller, L. Coupled bending and twisting dynamics in plant stems.
Miller, L. The role of bristled wings in thrips flight.
Miller, L. From peristaltic to chambered pumps: Fluid dynamic changes in growing hearts.
www.math.utah.edu /~miller/index.html   (482 words)

  
 Laura Miller Label
Laura Miller, Tim's daughter, was killed 22 years ago.
The note Miller received, which was made up of words cut from newspapers and magazines, claimed to be from the last person to see Laura Miller alive.
Miller said that for now, he, like many other families, is waiting to hear what the suspect has to say about whom he may have killed.
www.acquaprima.com /laura_miller_label.htm   (830 words)

  
 conversion of Laura Miller, The D Magazine - Find Articles
LAURA MILLER: My favorite anecdote about the whole project is from 1998, when it was on the ballot.
MILLER: For the first three years on the Council, I tried to work on the details and got totally knocked down by Mayor Ron Kirk.
MILLER: When it's hot and you've got all the exhaust and grit in your face, it's got to be Chardonnay.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3862/is_200501/ai_n9468922   (920 words)

  
 Laura Miller Derry Papers, University of Louisville Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Laura Derry was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1936 and practiced law in Louisville.
In 1957 Laura Derry was selected by the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., as one of seven United States attorneys to make a thirty-day tour of West Germany as guests as of the West German government.
The papers of Laura Miller Derry were donated to the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center by her daughter, Portia Derry Brown, in 1993.
www.louisville.edu /library/uarc/derry.html   (1636 words)

  
 Current Fellows: Laura Miller
Laura Miller is an architect whose research examines the visual rhetoric of various display apparatuses that mix architecture, landscape, interior, and some form of human or animal figure in their construction.
Miller is an associate professor of architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Miller received her master's degree in architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and her BA in architecture from Iowa State University.
www.radcliffe.edu /fellowships/current/bio.php?id=69&year=2003-2004   (312 words)

  
 Laura Miller Audio - Salon.com
Laura Miller speaks with the author of "Stranger Things Happen" about the making of Link's new book and her writing process.
Listen to Laura Miller's conversation with the author of "The Corrections," recorded at Salon's studios in New York.
Laura Miller talks to Nell Casey, the editor of a new anthology on depression, about the illness and its connection to the creative process.
dir.salon.com /topics/laura_miller_audio   (334 words)

  
 conversion of Laura Miller, The D Magazine - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: )
LAURA MILLER: My favorite anecdote about the whole project is from 1998, when it was on the ballot.
MILLER: For the first three years on the Council, I tried to work on the details and got totally knocked down by Mayor Ron Kirk.
MILLER: When it's hot and you've got all the exhaust and grit in your face, it's got to be Chardonnay.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3862/is_200501/ai_n9468922   (934 words)

  
 Laura Miller (Matlock) Information
Laura Miller is a fictional character portrayed by Laura Robbins in the television series, Matlock and is the goddaughter of Ben Matlock.
Chuck was framed for Brad's murder for the fight they had at the party, and the knife found in the back of Laura's house.
Laura didn't know Leanne was divorced, and Ben told her that Leanne married outside her species.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Laura_Miller_(Matlock)   (287 words)

  
 Hispano para la alcaldía de Dallas : Rafael Anchía podría ser...
La alcaldesa de Dallas, Laura Miller, a quien algunos sectores han acusado de no darle prioridad a la comunidad hispana, dejará vacante el sillón municipal el próximo año, luego de cinco años al frente del cargo más importante de la ciudad.
Laura Miller termina su mandato en mayo del 2007
También Miller fue censurada por aprobar una ordenanza que clausuró un albergue que ayudaba a miles de indigentes de la ciudad y también por una propuesta que no tuvo el apoyo del concejo municipal que otorgaría mayores poderes al alcalde.
www.univision.com /content/content.jhtml?cid=910963   (697 words)

  
 Welcome to Laura's Studio By the Bay in Waldport, Oregon
Laura’s Studio by the Bay is magical retreat on the beautiful Oregon Coast devoted to the premise that artists need a relaxing place to unwind and create.
We have an elk herd that occasionally graces the front yard and deer that regularly come down in the back yard to give us all a show out the kitchen window.
So if you are in need of a quiet, stress free place to paint and create, come run away to Laura’s Studio by the Bay.
www.laurasstudiobythebay.com   (283 words)

  
 Faculty Profile
Laura Miller is Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she teaches design studio and seminars in design theory.
Miller is an architect whose research encompasses the archiving and display of objects, material identification through the socio-cultural meaning of materials, and the spaces of domesticity.
She was the American Fellow in Architectural Design at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study in 2003-2004, where she examined a set of interiors associated with the life and work of Frances Glessner Lee, the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, and her childhood home, H.H. Richardson's J.J. Glessner house.
www.gsd.harvard.edu /people/faculty/miller/index.html   (240 words)

  
 KLRU: Texas Monthly Talks > Laura Miller > Bio
Laura Miller was a three-term Dallas City Council member representing Oak Cliff and Southwest Dallas before being elected mayor.
In 1982 Laura traveled through Europe as a freelance foreign correspondent for both The Miami Herald and The Dallas Morning News; she covered, among other things, the Falklands War from England and Grace Kelly’s funeral from Monaco.
Laura is married to a Dallas attorney, state Representative Steven Wolens.
www.klru.org /texasmonthlytalks/archives/laura_miller/bio.asp   (295 words)

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