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	Paul Simon
		Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is considered to be one of the finest American songwriters of the century.
		After Simon and Garfunkel split in 1971, Paul Simon immediately began to write and record solo material.
		He released Paul Simon in 1972, although this was not his first solo album, as he released The Paul Simon Song Book as a UK-only LP in 1965.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Paul_Simon.html (176 words)

	Paul Simon (politician) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Simon, the son of a Lutheran minister who was a missionary to China, was born in Eugene, Oregon shortly after his parents were forced back to America following a controversy about what the appropriate Chinese term for ''God'' should be.
		When he married Jeanne Hurley Simon on April 21, 1960, she was a member of the state legislature (1957-1961) and it was the first time in Illinois history that two sitting members of the General Assembly were married to each other.
		Simon lived for many years in the small town of Makanda, south of Carbondale, where he was a professor and director of the SIU Public Policy Institute.
	www.seattleluxury.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/entry/Paul_Simon_(politician) (1470 words)

	Paul Simon Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Paul Simon (born 1928) was a newspaper publisher, state legislator, lieutenant governor, and U.S. representative and senator, serving a total of 22 years in Congress.
		Paul Simon was born November 29, 1928, in Eugene, Oregon.
		Simon ran successfully for the Illinois Senate in 1962 and was reelected in 1966.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/paul-simon (1011 words)

	Wikinfo \| Paul Simon (politician)
		Paul Martin Simon (November 29, 1928 - December 9, 2003) was an American politician from Illinois.
		Simon, the son of a Lutheran minister, was born in Eugene, Oregon and attended the University of Oregon and Dana College in Blair, Nebraska.
		Simon died in Springfield, Illinois following heart surgery at the age of 75.
	www.internet-encyclopedia.org /wiki.php?title=Paul_Simon_(politician) (426 words)

	USATODAY.com - Former Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Paul Simon was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984.
		Simon was surrounded by family members at St. John's Hospital in Springfield when he died, according to a statement from Southern Illinois University, where Simon started a public policy institute after his retirement.
		Simon was just 19 when, in 1948, he dropped out of college, borrowed $3,600 and bought a failing weekly newspaper in Troy, a town of about 1,500 across the Mississippi River from St. Louis.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-12-09-obit-simon_x.htm (1237 words)

	Guardian \| Paul Simon
		Simon retired from the Senate in 1997 after two six-year terms and, turning down lucrative work as a lobbyist, returned to his home and taught politics and history at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
		The time that politicians should devote to understanding and explaining complex issues was devoured by the need to beg for dollars, and those with big money had learned that "a flow of money to the right candidates pays off handsomely".
		Simon said he had nothing against the Republicans: "I'm glad there is a Republican party." Then he added, in a crack at the centrist policies of many Democrats, "but one Republican party is enough".
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4816395-110878,00.html (818 words)

	Paul Simon Summary
		Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel who continues a successful solo career.
		Paul Simon's long and manicky struggle between his songs of endearing but forced whimsy and his confessions of unhappiness and loneliness is over, with the latter, in fully-developed form, the victor.
		Simon's first solo album [Paul Simon] is also his least detached, most personal and painful piece of work thus far—this from a lyricist who has never shied away from pain as subject or theme….
	www.bookrags.com /Paul_Simon (378 words)

	Tribute to Former Senator Paul Simon :
		Paul Simon (D-Ill.), with the help of Gov. Jim Edgar, officially announced Monday that he will be coming to SIUC in the spring semester of 1997 to teach classes and chair The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
		Simon, a former U.S. senator and SIUC professor who monitored Thursday's elections, was surveying citizens of the West African country on election morning.
		Paul Simon, director of the SIU Public Policy Institute, was co-chair of the committee and one of the major proponents for abolishing the death penalty.
	www.dailyegyptian.com /PaulSimonTribute (1972 words)

	CNN.com - Former Sen. Paul Simon dies after surgery - Dec. 9, 2003
		Paul Simon, the bow-tie-wearing missionary's son who rose from crusading newspaper owner to two-term U.S. senator and presidential aspirant, died Tuesday, a day after undergoing heart surgery.
		Simon's daughter confirmed his death at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, according to Peter Alexander, the law school dean at Southern Illinois University, where Simon started a public policy institute after his retirement.
		Simon was a bespectacled, slightly rumpled man with a strong reputation for honesty, a politician who began disclosing his personal finances in the 1950s.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/09/simon.obit.ap/index.html (585 words)

	Dick Durbin U.S. Senator Illinois - News
		Simon chose not to run again for the Senate in 1996, choosing to teach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he established the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
		Simon, a professional photojournalist in Washington, D.C., elicited exclamations of remembrance as he presented a slide show featuring him and his sister, Sheila, and their parents with childhood friends and neighbors in various scenes from their early days in Troy.
		Simon's portraits of high-profile political figures from the Reagan era to the recent election have appeared on the covers of Time and Newsweek magazines and have been selected as Images of the Year by both.
	www.dickdurbin.com /news/?id=0020 (1236 words)

	Former Senator Paul Simon Dies
		Simon was surrounded by family members at St. John's Hospital in Springfield when he died on Tuesday, according to a statement from Southern Illinois University, where Simon started a public policy institute after his retirement.
		Simon's role put his name in the pages of Life and Newsweek, and he was asked to testify before a televised U.S. Senate hearing on organized crime.
		Simon died at age 77 of brain cancer, marking the end of one of Illinois' longest-running and most successful political partnerships.
	www.truthout.org /docs_03/printer_121103J.shtml (1099 words)

	[Deathwatch] Paul Simon, former senator, 75
		Simon was a longtime advocate of restrictions on political donations.
		Simon was born Nov. 29, 1928, in Eugene, Ore., shortly after his parents returned from China, where his father was a Lutheran missionary.
		Simon's role put his name in the pages of Life and Newsweek, and he was asked to testify in Washington at a televised Senate hearing on organized crime.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2003-December/000581.html (1107 words)

	Paul Simon (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He later served as director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, starting in 1997.
		In foreign affairs, he promoted the military response to Somalia during the presidency of George H.W. Bush, and he was an outspoken critic of President Bill Clinton's timid response to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which resulted in the deaths of up to one million people.
		Following his defeat, Simon became a professor at Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois in 1973 and then at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1973.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Simon_(politician) (1371 words)

	SENATOR PAUL SIMON FEDERAL BUILDING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Paul Simon was born in 1928 in Eugene, Oregon.
		Paul Simon represented an approach to politics that is becoming more and more rare in today's world, an approach in which he not only respected the people he represented, but he respected the people who were his peers in the institution in which he served.
		Paul Simon is someone who should be used as a benchmark not only for future generations of leaders, but for today's politicians as well.
	www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/cr/04/ap/21/cr21ap04-106.html (3028 words)

	Paul Simon (politician) - Cleverpedia, the ultimate encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Paul Martin Simon (* 29 November 1928 in Eugene, Washington; † 9 December 2003 in Springfield, Illinois) was an US-American politician from the US Federal State Illinois.
		Simon was born as a son of a lutherischen minister.
		Simon had an appearance as well as the singer Paul Simon on the occasion of its presidency candidacy with Saturday Night live one.
	cleverpedia.com /Paul_Simon_(politician) (895 words)

	Obit - U.S. Sen. Paul Simon - Illinois Issues
		Simon, the son of Lutheran missionaries, was born in 1928 in Eugene, Ore. At 19, he was urged to buy a dying newspaper that served the southern Illinois region where his parents had settled.
		Simon’s only election setbacks were in primary bids for the governor’s mansion in 1972 and the U.S. presidency in 1988.
		Simon was the first state official to require financial disclosure of his staff, their spouses and even minor children, remembers Gene Callahan, who served as Simon’s press secretary after he was elected lieutenant governor in 1968.
	illinoisissues.uis.edu /features/2004Jan/obit.html (750 words)

	Reason Gone Mad by Bill Shein - Senator Paul Simon Remembered (12/19/03)
		Paul's humanity and concern for others was evident in both words and deeds.
		Paul was committed to the notion that America should be a land of opportunity for all, not just some.
		For half a century, Paul Simon inspired us with that heart as much as with his head, and he showed no signs of slowing down.
	www.reasongonemad.com /columns/2003/simon.asp (1026 words)

	Senator Paul Simon was the real deal in an era of made-for-TV politicians by Peggy Boyer Long - Illinois Issues
		Paul Simon was a disciplined and prolific writer.
		Simon was one of the founders of this magazine and he served on our advisory board.
		Simon took issue with education and religious leaders, as well, for coddling instead of challenging the public.
	illinoisissues.uis.edu /editor/simon.html (975 words)

	CNN.com - People pay respects to Sen. Paul Simon - Dec. 13, 2003
		Simon's body lay in a plain, wooden casket in a small sanctuary, with his family standing nearby.
		Simon, a politician with nearly 50 years of service ranging from legislator to senator, was an unabashed liberal who ran for president in 1988 and was known for his bow ties, deep voice and spotless reputation.
		Simon, an austere son of Lutheran missionaries, also wanted to be buried in a "pine box," an idea he got from Adlai Stevenson's 1965 funeral, Sheila Simon said.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/13/simon.visitation.ap (381 words)

	Amazon.com: Tapped Out: Books: Paul Simon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Although suffering from a drought of firsthand vignettes and individual case studies, Simon's book is well reasoned and well researched and deserves serious attention?not least because he offers the bracing example of a former public servant still committed to the intelligent and informed discussion of a pressing issue.
		Former Senator Paul Simon delivers stirring eveidence of a catastrophic water crisis which will explode upon the global community unless drastic measures are taken in all corners of the world, including in our own backyards.
		Paul Simon is a former member of the United States Senate, and now director of the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
	www.amazon.com /Tapped-Out-Paul-Simon/dp/product-description/1566492211 (365 words)

	'Paul Simon leaves a rich legacy'
		Chicago Mayor Richard Daley called Simon "a remarkably thoughtful politician who was as comfortable in the world of ideas as he was in precinct-level politics.
		Simon was director of the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, an institute he started after serving two six-year terms in the U.S. Senate.
		Many politicians were vying for Simon's attention, Dunn said, but Simon instead went to a boy of 6 or 7 who had glasses and whose parents operated a Ferris wheel.
	www.deanvolunteers.org /MassForDean/Paul_Simon.htm (801 words)

	SIMON SAYS
		As I drove to Southern Illinois University where Paul Simon directs the Public Policy Institute and teaches in the Political Science and Journalism Departments, I continued to refine the questions.
		It was refreshing to listen to a politician who would rather be a leader even if it cuts short his career.
		It was apparent that the callers wanted to get his opinion and to be able to say, “Simon says….” I chuckled to myself that even in his private life as an educator, people still wanted to have Paul Simon on their side on some particular public policy discussion.
	www.wolverton-mountain.com /articles/simon_says.htm (656 words)

	Sweeq: paul simon
		Where the final Simon and Garfunkel LP was grand, Paul Simon is modest.
		After Simon and Garfunkel split in 1970, Paul Simon began to write and record solo material.
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	Paul Simon visits SIUE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Maybe he was playing the quintessential politician, but he had a way of zeroing in on the individual.
		Short in stature with a smooth, ruddy complexion, bright blue eyes behind trademark horn-rimmed glasses and his ever-present bow tie, Simon entered the room quietly, yet, everyone was as aware of his presence as if he'd come in waving a banner.
		Simon opened his speech by telling his audience that none of us could define leadership carefully, but we know it when we see it.
	www.siue.edu /ALESTLE/library/fall1997/sept.4.97/simon.html (490 words)

	Honest senator wanted to change the world - www.smh.com.au
		Simon's austere and moralist views were expressed in his last book, Our Culture Of Pandering (2003), in which he denounced trends in politics, the media, religion and academic life.
		At a time when the US has singular influence in the world, he blamed the media for the fact that "our people are less and less interested in matters beyond our borders, and our leaders reflect that".
		He denounced the area's brothels and gambling halls, and was denounced as a socialist because he campaigned for a municipal sewer system.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/12/22/1071941670895.html?from=storyrhs (883 words)

	Weblog: Illinois Remembers Paul Simon's Integrity - Christianity Today magazine - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com
		Many newspapers in Illinois are remembering former Senator Paul Simon today, after he died at age 75 in a hospital in Springfield, Illinois from complications due to heart surgery.
		The bow-tied politician is remembered for more than his trademark tie or his sometimes confusing name, which he joked about on an episode of Saturday Night Live when he and the singer were confused over who was hosting the show.
		But Simon is remembered because he first earned a name as a newspaper editor and publisher (the youngest in the nation, says Wired) when his paper tackled crime and corruption in Troy, Illinois.
	www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2003/149/32.0.html (352 words)

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