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  100 Greatest Britons Named   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Royals, scientists and soldiers dominate the list of 100 compiled in a national poll, while most of those still living are from the world of music.
The list was unveiled today to launch the station's autumn season and gives a fascinating insight into what people value in their greats.
the list and Disraeli, Gladstone and Pitt are not??
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/736768/posts   (1916 words)

  
 The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Worst Americans ever?
There’s a Christian saint on the list, for goodness sake, and he’s on the list for opposing what another on the list (King John) is on the list for supporting: a strong centralized government.
I won’t go through their list systematically but it’s pretty obvious that this is a list compiled with axes to grind.
UPDATE: BWP, MWT has a list that I think is a tad long on the partisan squabbling but has one nominee that should have occurred to me (in the horror in the name of religion section): Jim Jones.
theglitteringeye.com /?p=1603   (720 words)

  
 Jesus the black icon tops list of greatest
The fact that all three can be said to have fought injustice only to have their contributions curtailed by untimely death seems to have enhanced their appeal.
An expert panel of the publication's editors, writers and contributors selected the list, published by the newspaper today as its finale to Black History Month.
The highest ranking British icon and woman on the list is the pioneering nurse Mary Seacole, followed by the politician Bernie Grant and the former Olympic champion Daley Thompson.
afgen.com /black_icon.html   (682 words)

  
 CNN.com - Dumb Britons fail leaders' test - Oct. 21, 2002
One in 10 Britons cannot name a world leader, including their own, pointing to a nation "dumbing down," a survey says.
Britons proved to be more switched on to television soap stars than politics, forcing Whitaker's, who commissioned the survey, to call for a new look at the way current affairs is presented in the UK.
Top of the list was Phil Mitchell (44 percent), followed by Mark Fowler (40 percent), Pauline Fowler (30 percent), Peggy Mitchell (28 percent) and Lisa Fowler (24 percent).
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/10/21/uk.dumbing/index.html   (562 words)

  
 Finance and Business
Property developer Xu Rongmao is second on the Forbes list, with a net worth of $2.1bn.
And 26 per cent of Britons believe that they don’t have an opportunity for personal development and growth in their company, 9 per cent higher than the European average.
Nick Tatchell, senior project director at ISR, said: “Against a background where the traditional idea of career progression is increasingly obsolete, talented employees pay far greater attention to whether their employer encourages them to acquire new skills and develop their capabilities.
www.financial-newsblog.com /feed   (2765 words)

  
 A TANGLED WEB: WORST BRITONS OF THE PAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS
I see that a panel of "distinguished" historians have complied a list of the worst Britons of the last millennium.
He however can be on the list of Britons or worst humans of any era.
The list of worst Britons must be and is headed by Ted Heath who should have his knighthood post-humously annulled by the next pro-British government.
atangledweb.typepad.com /weblog/2005/12/worst_britons_o.html   (3824 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - Jamaicans make top 'Black Britons' list - Friday | March 5, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Mary Seacole headed the list, being voted the greatest 'Black Briton' for her work in the Crimean War.
Though he did not make it to the list of 100, Willard White's accomplishments in the world of classical music also earned him a nomination.
Among others of Jamaican descent to make the list are footballer John Barnes, boxer Lennox Lewis, comedian Lenny Henry, writer Zadie Smith, poet Benjamin Zephaniah and politician Diane Abbot.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040305/ent/ent2.html   (435 words)

  
 Subscribing and Unsubscribing
All administrative requests should be sent to the request address: www-font-request@w3.org Commands to the request address are processed automatically.
A full list of them is available at ******* Administrative Requests ******* The -request mail address should be used for all list administrative requests.
In the event of an address change, it would probably be wisest to first send an unsubscribe for the old address (this can be done from the new address), and then a new subscribe from the new address (the order is important).
lists.w3.org /Archives/Public/www-font/msg00725.html   (305 words)

  
 Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs: British terrorist suspect list deeply 'flawed'
Most of those on the list are British citizens, mainly of Pakistani descent, although some are those of naturalised immigrants from the Middle East.
Many of those on the list are Britons of Pakistani origin who fought for Islamist militant groups in Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan mountain state, several years ago and have since ceased their involvement with radical Islamist activism.
The list, comprising detailed dossiers on each man, which often include up-to-date surveillance pictures, is continually being updated.
www.muhajabah.com /islamicblog/archives/the_clipboard/009025.php   (1649 words)

  
 Harris Interactive | News Room - Americans Feel Better than Britons about Their Lives, Community and Country
In fact the American score would have been a lot higher were it not for negative feelings about their nation's economy and the morals and values of their compatriots.
While "the state of the nation" rested low on the "feel-good" list for Britons and Americans, the results still show a 33 percentage point gap in how they feel as 17% of Britons and 50% of Americans say they feel good about "the state of their nation."
A slightly higher percentage of Britons than Americans (67 to 64) feel good about their jobs, and some 91% of married Britons feel good about their union.
www.harrisinteractive.com /news/printerfriend/index.asp?NewsID=757   (924 words)

  
 Jonathon Delacour: 30,000 cretins Britons and an American con artist
Via Arts and Letters Daily came news of “a list of the 100 greatest Britons of all time, chosen by a sample of 30,000 people” for a proposed television series.
By abdicating from the duty to select its own list in favour of an opinion poll, the BBC made the triumph of the lowest common denominator certain.
The Great Britons list lurches from the idiosyncratic to the idiotic, from the sublime to the ridiculous.
weblog.delacour.net /archives/000666.html   (1198 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Interviewer tops list of hated Britons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
HIS oleaginous charm may have given him access to some of the world’s most enigmatic interviewees, but Martin Bashir has done himself no favours in the popularity stakes as far as the British public is concerned.
The interviewer has been placed at the top of a list of people the public love to hate.
The poll gives people the choice of 100 candidates for the worst living Briton, or allows them to nominate their own least favourites.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=200602003   (380 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | 'Worst' historical Britons named
Historians have put together a list of the 10 "worst" Britons of the last 1,000 years.
They chose one rogue from each century of the last millennium to compile the list for the BBC History Magazine.
Magazine editor Dave Musgrove said the different "definitions of wickedness" of the 10 historians questioned had led to a diverse list.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/4560716.stm   (419 words)

  
 Arthurian : Total War - Total War Center Forums
Britons will have very good units and an extended territory but will have to fight on every fronts : rebels kingdoms, Scots of Dal Riada, Picts, Angles, and Saxons.
If you choose Dyfneint, you can own Arthur at the beginning of the game (there is no complete historical evidence but Arthur may have be from Domnonia/Dyfneint, and became Amherawdyr 'Imperator' of Britain, or High-King, a successor of the romans governors).
The north Britons will got strong warlords like Urien Rheged, Rydderch Hael of Strathclyde, or Maelgwn Gwynned.
www.twcenter.net /forums/showthread.php?t=40006   (835 words)

  
 List of Britons: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
List of Britons: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.
Post a link to definition / meaning of " List of Britons " on your site.
www.encyclopedian.com /li/List-of-Britons.html   (57 words)

  
 Connolly in top '100' Britons poll
Over 30,000 people took part in the survey, which was conducted for a forthcoming BBC television series that will eventually whittle down the list to the 'top ten Great Britons'.
The 'Greatest Britons' list is quite an eclectic mix, including modern day 'pop stars', royals, 'war heroes' like Churchill, and also scientists, engineers and inventors.
Nevertheless, alongside the nomination of Tony Benn, the ex-Labour Left MP, and protest artists, such as John Lennon, the inclusion of a historic figure like James Connolly is significant.
www.geocities.com /socialistparty/Documents/Connolly.htm   (3798 words)

  
 Sir Ian tops list of gay Britons
The 67-year-old has been an outspoken campaigner for equality and in the past told the Manchester Evening News that major Hollywood actors who pretended to be straight while living a gay double life were "sending a dreadful message to their fans".
Sir Ian heads the list ahead of Sir Elton John in second place, with EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson fifth.
Charles Allen, the ITV boss who played a leading role in bringing the Commonwealth Games to Manchester in 2002, is ranked 15th, entering the list for the first time this year.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk /men/news/s/217/217144_sir_ian_tops_list_of_gay_britons.html   (361 words)

  
 Telegraph | News
The Britons who lost their lives in the tsunami
The Asian tsunami disaster is now known to have claimed 51 British lives, with 402 "highly likely" to have died and 871 unaccounted for.
Here is a list of some of the dead and missing Britons:
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/07/ulist.xml   (303 words)

  
 Web inventor on list of top Britons - theage.com.au
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, figures on a list of the 100 greatest Britons of all time released yesterday.
Alan Turing, Alexander Graham Bell and Isaaac Newton are other firgues from the world of technology who figure on the list.
Just from talking to people I've got a real sense of how passionately they feel about the subject and who they feel is worthy of the title of Great Briton," said Jane Root, comptroller of BBC2.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/08/22/1029114152399.html   (187 words)

  
 100 Great Black Britons
The 100 Great Black Britons were compiled as a response to the BBC Great Britons debate that took place last year.
The creation of 100 Great Black Britons nomination list reflects the history of the fl community over the past 1000 years.
This list and the debate that it will no doubt generate is a form of celebration - to celebrate those unsung heroes who helped change and shape the political, social and cultural landscape of Britain, at the same time celebrating those individuals who are well known.
rastaites.com /news/hearticals/100greatest.htm   (1996 words)

  
 Britons & Indians top list of overseas property buyers in Dubai:: Gowealthy.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Britons & Indians top list of overseas property buyers in Dubai:: Gowealthy.com
Aside from Britons and Indians, Iranians and Pakistanis have so far displayed great interest in the ongoing property boom in Dubai.
Over 59 Iranian nationals are registered property owners in this tax-free haven and the number of Pakistani property owners amount to 39.
www.gowealthy.com /realestate/news/1635/detail.asp   (251 words)

  
 Net millionaires crash Sunday Times wealthiest Britons list | The Register
He tops the list of Internet millionaires by 182 places and a cool £300 million comfortably beating the twin daughters of the late Robert Maxwell by a long chalk.
Their real wealth came about earlier this year when their 850,000 shares in Excite netted them around £100 million after the portal was acquired for more than £4 billion by @Home.
According to the author of the The Sunday Times' Rich List the rise of the high-tech millionaire is "dominant feature this year".
www.theregister.co.uk /1999/04/12/net_millionaires_crash_sunday_times   (396 words)

  
 The Great Britons Series.
But Brunel had topped the list for most of the five weeks and he began top as the first programme was devoted to him and he had quite a good advocate in Jeremy Clarkson.
Mo Mowlam, who presented the final programme on Churchill, and was thus an utter success, seemed no better than most of the rest to me. But she has been very popular these last ten years and that seems as odd to me as Diana Spencer’s popularity.
To mean well is all in Britain today, and Martial’s maxim “he means well is no good unless he does well” is not compassionate enough for many.
www.la-articles.org.uk /bbc_great_britains.htm   (1422 words)

  
 Arthur of the Britons TV Show - Arthur of the Britons Television Show - TV.com
Arthur of the Britons was a drama series which aimed to throw light on the Dark Ages in Britain - an age in which Romanized Britons might have been led against invading Angles and Saxons by a Celtic warlord we now call King Arthur.
Oliver Tobias gives us a virile and thoughtful Arthur, beset by problems at home and abroad, while Kai, his right hand man, was played by the late Michael Gothard.
Tell the world what you think of Arthur of the Britons, write a review for this show.
www.tv.com /arthur-of-the-britons/show/5381/summary.html   (232 words)

  
 BlackPR.com Press Release
This list and the debate that it will no doubt generate is a form of celebration to celebrate those unsung heroes who helped change and shape the political, social and cultural landscape of Britain, at the same time celebrating those individuals who are well known.
The 100 Great Black Britons list has raised a lot of interest and debate in Britain (see media centre www.100greatflbritons.com) as it first for the first highlights historical figures which white and fl British people are unaware that are Black:
This list reflects the long history of Black Presence in over the last 1000 years Britain and successful role models who have influence modern Britain.The Great Black Britons Campaign has been a remarkable success.
www.blacknews.com /pr/blackbritons.html   (2393 words)

  
 BBC poll names 10 Greatest Britons - Eidos Forums
The BBC is having a poll and a vote to arrive at the Greatest Briton of All Time.
Ten famed Britons have been chosen via a phone and internet poll of 30,000 less-famed Britons.
After yesterdays footie results I should like to put Martin 'Tiny' Taylor's name forward to the great Briton list.
forums.eidosgames.com /showthread.php?t=7539   (1543 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
Actor Alan Bates and director Ridley Scott received knighthoods on Tuesday in a New Year’s list honouring Britons from all walks of life for contributions to their professions and to charity.
A cult claiming to have cloned a human today said Eve was headed “home” amid a raging controversy over the moral principles of cloning.
Recipients honoured by Queen Elizabeth II range from stage and screen stars to a beekeeper, a cleaner and a creator of crossword puzzles.
www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030101/world.htm   (1862 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Michael Caine film tops list of Britons' favorites
Michael Caine film tops list of Britons' favorites
A graphic but stylish tale of gangster violence starring Michael Caine beat out James Bond, Monty Python and scores of other British icons in one magazine's ranking of the 50 best British films.
"Get Carter," a 1971 movie starring Caine as a London gangster investigating the mysterious death of his brother, topped other classics such as "Life of Brian" and "A Clockwork Orange" to secure the top spot in Total Film magazine's list, released Sunday.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595096132,00.html   (177 words)

  
 Zap2it.com - Movie news - Ridley Scott, Alan Bates Knighted by Queen
10:12 AM PT HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) -- Queen Elizabeth II has released her annual New Year's list honoring Britons, and among those in the entertainment arena mentioned to receive knighthoods are director Ridley Scott and actor Alan Bates.
The list honors Britons from all walks of life for contributions to their professions and to charity.
Although they are officially bestowed by the Queen, they are largely selected by the government.
movies.zap2it.com /movies/news/story/0,1259,---14951,00.html   (321 words)

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