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  Lloyd Axworthy: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Axworthy was born in Saskatchewan to a family with strong United Church (additional info and facts about United Church) roots.
Axworthy became involved in politics during the 1950s, becoming a member of the Liberal Party (A major political party in Great Britain in the 19th century; now the third largest; advocated reforms and improvement of the conditions of working people) after attending a speech by Lester Pearson (additional info and facts about Lester Pearson).
Axworthy's true interest was in international relations and in a 1996 cabinet shuffle he became Minister of Foreign Affairs.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/ll/lloyd_axworthy.htm   (1019 words)

  
 Lloyd Osbourne --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In the spring of 1950 Lloyd, who played collegiate basketball at West Virginia State College, was the second fl player to be drafted by an NBA team; Chuck Cooper had been chosen by the Boston Celtics a few picks before Lloyd's selection by the Washington Capitols.
U.S. motion-picture comedian Harold Lloyd portrayed one of the most popular personalities of the silent-movie era and was the highest paid star of the 1920s.
Transcript of a segment from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (Jan. 20, 1997) with Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Minister of Canada, discussing a recent visit in Havana with Cuban leader Fidel Castro as well as Canada's long-standing opposition to the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9341446   (702 words)

  
 NEIT Library: March 2004 New Titles List
Reggae : the story of Jamaican music / Lloyd Bradley ; with photographs by Dennis Morris.
Well-preserved : the Ontario Heritage Foundation's manual of principles and practice for architectural conservation / Mark Fram.
Jean Nouvel : the elements of architecture / Conway Lloyd Morgan ; principal photography by Philippe Ruault.
library.neit.edu /NewTitles/200403.htm   (3306 words)

  
 Genocide Intervention Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Yair Auron, genocide scholar, senior lecturer at the Open University of Israel and the Kibbutzim College of Education, and author of "The Banality of Indifference: Zionism and the Armenian Genocide."
Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg, former Canadian Foreign Minister (1995–2000), and Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
Yehuda Bauer, former Director of the International Center for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem.
www.genocideinterventionfund.org /about/sponsors.php   (1050 words)

  
 United Nations Studies at Yale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
From 1999-2000, he served as a Policy Advisor to Canada's then Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon.
Lloyd Axworthy, where his responsibilities included the Middle East and Latin America.
He completed a Ph.D. in International Relations at Peterhouse, Cambridge University.
www.yale.edu /unsy/UNSYfaculty.htm   (2853 words)

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