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  Mayor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mayors may also function as the head of the city council, sometimes elected as mayor by the council rather the citizens, while day-to-day operations of the city are delegated to a professional city manager.
In Canada mayors are usually elected at large by the citizens of a municipality for a fixed term.
In London, the ceremonial Lord Mayor of London, representing the City of London, should be distinguished from the elected Mayor of London who is responsible for the whole of Greater London.
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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as "Philly" or "the City of Brotherly Love") is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the state of Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County.
Philadelphia served as the temporary capital for a decade, until 1800, when the Capitol building in the new Federal city of Washington, DC was opened.
Philadelphia has been home to many people of note, the most famous of whom is probably Ben Franklin, who along with the others in the Continental Congresses helped shape the city along with the country and the world.
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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County.
Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in the United States (dating from 1681) and has played a central role in American history and the development of the United States.
Philadelphia served as the temporary capital until 1800 when the Capitol building in the new Federal city of Washington, DC was opened.
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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as "Philly" or "the City of Brotherly Love") is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, both in area and population.
Philadelphia is one of the oldest and most historically significant cities in the United States.
Philadelphia is also one of the largest college/university towns in the United States with over 120,000 students studying within the city limits alone and nearly 300,000 total college and university students in the metropolitan area.
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 Mayor biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In London, the Lord Mayor of London is now largely ceremonial, a post that should be distinguished from the elected Mayor of London.
List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Hobart
The longest serving mayor in the U.S. was Robert Linn, who served for 58 years as mayor of Beaver, Pennsylvania.
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List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane
The longest serving mayor in the U.S. was Robert Linn, who served for 58 years from 1946 to 2004 as mayor of Beaver, Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia still gets many immigrants, and has a large Italian American population along with Irish-Americans, Asian-Americans, and growing numbers of Hispanic residents and Russian emigres.
Philadelphia sports fans have a reputation of being devoted to their teams in good times and bad.
The Philadelphia Charge (Women's Soccer) and Philadelphia Barrage (Major League Lacrosse, lacrosse) plays at the stadium of Villanova University, which is located in Villanova.
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The Philadelphia City Archives was established in 1952 in accordance with Section 5-1101d of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter of 1951.
A complete list of the City Archives' holdings of the records of each agency may be found under the listing for that agency.
Under a series of grants from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission from 1997 to 1999, the Philadelphia City Archives undertook a project to sample the criminal records of the Quarter Sessions Court from 1940 to 1952.
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 NTU Info Centre: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Philadelphia (often referred to as "Philly") is the sixth-largest city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County.
Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in the United States and it played a critical role in American history and the birth of American independence.
Philadelphia still gets many immigrants and has a large Italian American population along with Irish-Americans, Asian-Americans, and growing numbers of Hispanic residents and émigrés from Russia and Asian countries.
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 List of Pennsylvania-related topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Table for each state's list of state-related topics
This page was last modified 11:16, 4 November 2005.
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 Philadelphia Travel Sources - Special-Rate Hotels in Philly, City of Brotherly Love   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Best Western Independence Park Hotel is adjacent to Philadelphia's most historic square mile, adjoining Society Hill, Penn's Landing as well as Independence National Historical Park.Enjoy your complimentary European breakfast in the glass enclosed courtyard, and afternoon tea in The Grand Parlor, with its rich leather settees and fireplace.
The Latham Hotel Downtown is a classic European style boutique hotel nestled in the heart of Philadelphia with in America's most historic square mile.
As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,517,550, but a July 1, 2002 Census estimate showed the population dropping to 1,492,231, making it the fifth largest city in the United States.
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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Image:Independence hall 1 bs.jpg Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as "Philly" or "the City of Brotherly Love") is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, both in area and population.
Image:Large Philadelphia Landsat.jpg Philadelphia is located at 39° 59′ 53″ N, 75° 8′ 41″ W.
Philadelphia is a great restaurant town, with incredible diversity, depth, and quality in the restaurant scene.
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 Lists Of Mayors Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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List of mayors of Grand Forks, North Dakota
List of mayors of Washington, D.C. Local Cache Updated: Tue Nov 8 08:31:14 2005
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A mayor (Latin maīor "better") is the politician who serves as chief executive official of a municipality.
In Germany the corresponding title is Bürgermeister, in Italy sindaco, in Bohemia starosta and in Spain, a term derived from a Moorish post, alcalde.
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 Death of Society Hill Tradition? Will 2005 bid Adieu to the Headhouse-Shambles Annual Summer Fair? | Philly Future - ...
I am shamefully unable to recite the list of mayors of Philadelphia since the inception of the city, but I think it might have been James Hamilton.
He is listed archivally as the mayor of 1745 (mayors at that time seemed to only serve a year).
He was elected after two colleagues refused the post (in those days, apparently, no one wanted to have the onerous burden of mayor – it was lacking in bells and whistles, although apparently it had it's share of corruption and political intrigue).
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 Philadelphia PA. Philadelphia Pennsylvania City Guide and Yellow Pages. Philadelphia Restaurants, Art, Music, Real ...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is renowned for Penn’s Landing, the Philadelphia Zoo, the Frlanklin Institute, Independence Hall, Constitution Center, One Liberty Place and Fort Mifflin.
More Philadelphia, Pennsylvania attractions are the Betsy Ross House, LOVE Park, Rittenhouse Square, the SEPTA Museum, MTV’s Real World House, the Gloria Dei National Historica Site, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Rodin Museum.
Philadelphia’s news is covered by The City Paper, the Philadelphia Daily News, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Tribune and the Philadelphia Weekly.
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 List of mayors of Philadelphia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
List of mayors of Philadelphia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 City Mayors: US Mayors
City Mayors reports on topical urban issues and publishes ideas, research and proposals by mayors, governments and NGOs as well as contributions by the private sector.
The US Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of the nation’s 1,183 cities with populations of 30,000 or more.
Responding to the appeals of mayors, Congress created a $300 million federal assistance program for cities, marking the first time in the nation's history that federal relief was provided directly to cities.
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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Biocrawler definition:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Biocrawler definition:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Biocrawler
Philadelphia is located at (GEO +39.59.53:-75.8.41) (39.998012, -75.144793)
You can find it there under the keyword Philadelphia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philadelphiaandaction=history).
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 Time names best/worst U.S. mayors - (United Press International)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The magazine consulted with urban experts to compile the list of mayors from cities with more than 500,000 people.
Fourth was Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley, who was first elected six years ago and re-elected last year with 87 percent of the vote.
The bottom three mayors were reported as Dick Murphy of San Diego, Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit and John Street of Philadelphia.
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Area History: Mayors, 1701-1926 and city officials: Philadelphia File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara.
By Act of March 18, 1875, term of Mayor extended to April, 1878.
Swaab, Vice Chairman Consulting Engineer to the Mayor George R. Mackenzie Engineer and Secretary of Commission Henry W. Bauer representing Philadelphia Builders' Association George W. Elliott Director of Public Safety Morris Brooks Chief, Bureau of Building Inspection Edward P. Flannery representing Phila.
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 Encyclopedia: List of mayors of Philadelphia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 History of the San Leandro Yacht Club
Conference of Mayors held in Philadelphia, entitled "Withdrawal from Vietnam and Reordering of National Priorities" which first brought John Kerry and John O'Neill to the national stage.
October 24 - Shelia Young, Mayor of the City of San Leandro, issued a Commendation congratulating the San Leandro Yacht Club on our 35th anniversary and thanked the club for our positive contributions to the community.
The San Leandro Cherry Festival was moved from the downtown area to the freshly renovated Marina district.
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 New Netherland Project Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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Minutes of the Mayors Court of New York, 1674-1675.
Morris, Richard B. Selected Cases of the Mayor’s Court of New York City, 1674-1784.
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 Daniel E. Greene, Artist - Portraits, Subway Paintings, Still Lifes, Workshops & Painting Videos
Some governmental portraits include Governor Scott of North Carolina, Governor Laxalt of Nevada, Governor Beliles of Virginia, Governor Lehman of New York, as well as two mayors of New York City.
Some later portraits include Dave Thomas of Wendy's, Governor Fob James of Alabama, commentator Rush Limbaugh, Congressman Billy Tauzin, composer Alan Menken and Bryant Gumbel of CBS.
A partial list of sitters includes the chairmen of the boards of Honeywell, Coca-Cola Company, Dupont Corporation, American Express, the New York stock exchange and IBM.
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 70's Historical List of Philadelphia Mayors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
An 1861 Act of the General Assembly provided that the term of Mayor shall be three years, and the term shall begin on the first Monday in January.
An 1826 Act of the General Assembly provided that Council had the right to elect any citizen of Philadelphia as Mayor, not just a member of Council.
Under Charter of 1701, Edward Shippen was appointed Mayor of Philadelphia for a one-year term.
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