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  Harry Nelson Pillsbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pillsbury was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, moved to New York City in 1894 and then again to Philadelphia in 1898.
The 22-year-old Pillsbury became a celebrity in the United States and abroad by winning the tournament, finishing ahead of reigning world champion Lasker and former world champion Steinitz and his recent challenger Mikhail Chigorin who was second.
Pillsbury was a very strong blindfold chess player, and could play checkers and chess simultaneously while playing a hand of whist, and reciting a list of long words.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Nelson_Pillsbury   (649 words)

  
 John S. Pillsbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pillsbury was a noted philanthropist and often anonymously donated funds to causes he favored.
Pillsbury came to Minnesota from the Eastern U.S. in 1855 and settled in St. Anthony (now part of Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Pillsbury is buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Sargent_Pillsbury   (295 words)

  
 jaced.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Only 2 years later, in 1890, while he was not quite 18, Pillsbury played a series of Evans Gambits with the veteran Baltimore expert, H.N. Stone, one of the inventors of the Stone-Ware defense in the Evans, and smashed him 5-2.
So I now quote Pillsbury from the "New Englander" at the time: "I was not seeking the match, and even if I should win I shall leave Showalter in possession of the title; I am not in search of any title but one." He still had aspirations for a match with Dr. Lasker.
Pillsbury died in July 1906, of syphilis at the age of 34.
dev.jaced.com:8080 /htm/c/cbios/cbios_pillsbury.htm   (920 words)

  
 Law.com - PR Pros Amazed by Pillsbury Press Release
Cranston says the firm felt it needed to respond to Latham's Sept. 3 release and news articles that ensued in order to "correct the record." She says the firm has "a policy of no tolerance" for sexual harassment, and was "very careful" in how it worded the release, specifically choosing to use the word allegations.
If Pillsbury is forced to defend itself in a courtroom, it is expected it would claim that all of its statements were truthful.
At Pillsbury Winthrop, he was co-chair of the firm's mergers and acquisitions group and a member of the firm's senior management.
www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1030821175693   (1250 words)

  
 Insurance Bad Faith Attorneys, California - Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP
Pillsbury is a frequent lecturer on insurance issues to attorney and non-attorney groups.
Pillsbury is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the Bar Association of San Francisco.
Pillsbury is a graduate of the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College and Middlebury College.
www.pillsburylevinson.com /attorneys/bios.html   (734 words)

  
 Pillsbury Doughboy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy, is an advertising icon and mascot of The Pillsbury Company, appearing in many of their commercials.
Fresh was thought up by the Leo Burnett advertising agency's copywriter, Rudy Perz, as he was sitting in his kitchen in 1965, under pressure to create an advertising campaign.
The name of the webtoon Spoilsbury Toast Boy (though not the imagery) is an obvious take-off of the Pillsbury Doughboy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pillsbury_Doughboy   (543 words)

  
 Parker Pillsbury Papers
Pillsbury began to exert his energies towards the ministry until his disagreements with slavery led him away from the religious platform.
Pillsbury had a tendency to push away friends and neighbors with his extreme radicalism, but Cogswell enjoyed the respect he had earned from the people of Concord.
Pillsbury was also torn drastically by his work responsibilities and family time and Cogswell became an alternate family leader for Sarah and Helen since Pillsbury could be away for more than half the year at a time.
www.colby-sawyer.edu /information/library/archives/pillsbury.html   (959 words)

  
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Although Rear Admiral Pillsbury's attainments as a sailor and a fighting man were noteworthy, he is perhaps best known M having been one of the world's foremost geographers and as an authority of the Gulf stream.
Pillsbury then reported to Task Group 21.12, consisting of CVE Guadalcanal (CVE-60)and four DE's, on "hunter -killer" patrol to seek out and destroy enemy submarines operating along or near convoy routes from the United States to Europe.
Pillsbury lowered a boarding party and, in a drama reminiscent of old Navy days, the boarding party rushed on board and took as prisoners the U-boat Captain, five officers, and fi fty-three of her crew.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/escorts/de133.htm   (739 words)

  
 A History of Minneapolis: Milling
Pillsbury milling complex on the east side of the Mississippi River, June 1974.
The Pillsbury Doughboy and the Jolly Green Giant are known throughout the U.S., and Häagen-Dasz is another well-known Pillsbury brand.
Pillsbury was acquired by London-based Grand Metropolitan PLC in 1989, becoming Diageo PLC in 1997.
www.mpls.lib.mn.us /history/bi1.asp   (1016 words)

  
 DD-227 Pillsbury
The first Pillsbury (DD-227) was laid down by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. 23 October 1919, launched 3 August 1920, sponsored by Miss Helen Langdon Richardson; and commissioned 15 December 1920, Lt. H.
A searchlight was trained on Pillsbury, and several shots were fired at her.
In a night surface action, Pillsbury and Asheville were sunk by "teamwork" firing of three cruisers of Cruiser Division 4 and two destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 4 in Bali Strait, Netherlands East Indies.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-227.htm   (608 words)

  
 Pillsbury: A Digital Doughboy
But for Pillsbury, it could mean the difference between languishing as a staid Old Economy food company and emerging as the cutting-edge New Economy brand to beat.
With the ability to share information at Net speed, Pillsbury is already hastening the design of manufacturing lines from Illinois to Switzerland and allowing researchers across this 70-country conglomerate to dissect consumer habits more efficiently--even by regional tastes.
Pillsbury executives are as jolly as their leafy-toga-wearing Green Giant about the cost savings.
www.businessweek.com /2000/00_14/b3675045.htm   (1243 words)

  
 Pillsbury
Although Rear Admiral Pillsbury’s attainments as a sailor and a fighting man were noteworthy, he is perhaps best known as having been one of the world’s foremost geographers and as an authority of the Gulf stream.
The first Pillsbury (DD–227) was laid down by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. 23 October 1919; launched 3 August 1920; sponsored by Miss Helen Langdon Richardson; and commissioned 15 December 1920, Lt. H.
The relatively small Allied forces at this time were forced to lightning strikes and rapid evasive retirement in the face of superior Japanese forces in the dim hope of disrupting the enemy advance.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p7/pillsbury-i.htm   (780 words)

  
 Online Brand Monitoring, Trademark Research, Identity Theft and Phishing Detection
Pillsbury Winthrop is among the leading international law firms in Intellectual Property and technology, ranking 6th and 12th on Intellectual Property Today's 2001 list of "Top Patent Firms" and "Top Trademark Firms" respectively.
Pillsbury Winthrop is an international law firm with core practice areas in: technology and finance, litigation, global energy, and capital markets.
Attorneys in Pillsbury Winthrop's Northern Virginia office provide expertise in intellectual property cases involving antitrust concepts and the exclusive rights associated with all aspects of the Internet, new media and technology markets.
www.nameprotect.com /html/company/press_releases/2002/apr_16_02.html   (394 words)

  
 TV ACRES: Advertising Mascots - Poppin' Fresh Doughboy (Pillsbury)
Whenever any of the Pillsbury refrigerated dough products were opened on the TV spots, he'd pop out and begin to praise their wonderful flavor and texture.
He was so irresistibly cute that the humans in the commercials would always gently poke his spongy little tummy with their index finger.
The voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy was performed by Paul Frees (and Jobe Cerny, the Cheers detergent pitchman for Procter and Gamble ads).
www.tvacres.com /admascots_poppinfresh.htm   (420 words)

  
 Spotlight: Foothill Veterinary Clinic, CCAH Update, UC Davis, Spring 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Pillsbury had already established the Frances Park Pillsbury Memorial Scholarship, in the name of her mother, who was a great influence in her life and career choice.
Pillsbury says, “It’s a way when someone’s special companion dies, to have the school send a really nice letter to acknowledge the bond between animals and their people.
Pillsbury says, “What I’m trying to build here is that real personal touch—all my clients call me by my first name—that’s really important to me. When we’re talking about their animal, we’re talking about their child.
www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu /CCAH/Update08-1/upd8-1_camf-foothill.html   (478 words)

  
 Pillsbury Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Built in 1887, Pillsbury Hall is the second oldest building on the Twin Cities Campus of the University of Minnesota.
The whole of the design of Pillsbury Hall is a mix of many design styles: the Romanesque of Europe as adapted by Richardson, the Prairie School style of Ellis, the English Arts and Crafts movement, Gothic, and Victorian columetric and architectonic notions.
Today, Pillsbury Hall is still home to the N.H. Winchell School of Earth Sciences, however only two components of the School are physically housed in the building: the Department of Geology and Geophysics and Limnological Research Center.
www.geo.umn.edu /dept/facilities/pillsbury.html   (692 words)

  
 Venice Gondolier - 02/05/06   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In 2002, Judie Baylis of Venice was one of the 100 finalists in the biannual Pillsbury Bake-off, one of just eight Florida cooks to qualify for the most famous and possibly most lucrative cooking contest in the United States.
While not as large as the multi-room library used by Pillsbury Bake-Off judges in winnowing down the millions of entries to 100 finalists, the Baylis cookbook library has filled a wall of shelves in her Venice home's pantry.
Millions of entries are received and even before the recipes are compared to those in that huge Pillsbury library to make sure they are new and original, a contest screening company has to go over every single entry to make sure that every rule has been followed.
www.venicegondolier.com /NewsArchive3/020506/ot1.htm   (932 words)

  
 Pillsbury Cooking -- through 1969
By 1887, the Pillsbury operation was the largest in the world, and by 1925, the "A" mill's capacity had expanded to 17,500 barrels per day, with the mills as a whole producing up to 42,000 barrels.
Pillsbury was awarded a gold medal in 1901 for their part in the exhibition.
Pillsbury had hosted several bake-off contests of smaller scope before attempting to create the national event that would come to be synonymous with the Pillsbury name.
www.friktech.com /pills/pills2.htm   (3169 words)

  
 Pillsbury Ice Cream Classics Media   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The Minnesota-based dairy company Kemps Ice Cream is joining forces with Pillsbury, the nation’s premier brand for fresh-baked cookies and other baked goods, to launch the first-ever Pillsbury-branded line of premium ice cream flavors this week in supermarkets across the United States.
The Pillsbury Ice Cream packages feature the famed Pillsbury Doughboy –; marking the first time in Pillsbury’s 135-year history that the brand has been associated with ice cream.
Pillsbury Ice Cream is manufactured by Minneapolis-based Kemps, the leading marketer of frozen desserts, milk and other dairy products in the Upper Midwest.
www.kemps.com /products/pillsbury/media_introducing.html   (435 words)

  
 Michael Rodent's Bed , Bath & Kitchen - Pillsbury Doughboy Kitchen Towels and Linens - Canada Post eStore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Pillsbury Doughboy Printed pot holder are instock now in 4 patterns and sold each.
Pillsbury Doughboy kitchen towels and accessories have arrived for the first time in many years.
Pillsbury Doughboy kitchen towels and accessories whave arrived for the first time in many years.
www.canada-shops.com /Stores/michaelrodents/c230895.2.html   (332 words)

  
 Charles A. Pillsbury, A Doughboy by no means!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Pillsbury's turbulent history has been intertwined with the development of the city of Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota.
Charles Pillsbury stayed on as managing director but died in 1899 at the age of 57.
Three of the Pillsbury family was active in management: Alfred F., Charles S., and John S. The family maintains a presence still in the company but they are no longer active in day-to-day operations.
www.businessandindustryhalloffame.com /Pillsbury_C.html   (236 words)

  
 MNHS.ORG : Governors of Minnesota | John S. (Sargent) Pillsbury
The decision was fortunate, both for John Pillsbury and for the state to which he brought a combination of business and political savvy and benevolent concern for others.
In 46 years as a Minnesotan, Pillsbury helped establish what eventually became the world's largest flour-milling business, served three times as governor, and contributed—generously and often anonymously—to numerous causes he deemed worthy.
As Minnesota's eighth governor, Pillsbury was a practical and compassionate administrator, finally resolving a sensitive railroad bond issue and increasing aid to those ravaged by the grasshopper plague.
www.mnhs.org /people/governors/gov/gov_10.htm   (344 words)

  
 The Pillsbury Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
I attended Pillsbury from Fall of 62 to Spring of 68 and returned to walk the line in l970.
I attended Pillsbury from Aug. 1989 to Sept. 1992.
I began at Pillsbury in the fall of 1993 and graduated in 1996.
www.pillsbury.edu /direct/dir_s_u.htm   (5000 words)

  
 Hennepin History Museum-Washburn-Fair Oaks Walking Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
TheCharles A. Pillsbury residence was originally built for John W. Johnsonin 1883 by the architectural firm of Kees and Fisk.
When C.A. Pillsbury diedin 1899, he left the mansion to his twin sons, John S. and Charles S. Accordingto tradition, the two brothers decided to avoid a family dispute by tossinga coin to decide who would be the sole owner of the house.
Gale married Sara Belle Pillsbury, sister of Alfred Pillsbury,whose mansion is across the street, and daughter of John S. Pillsbury,the original Pillsbury pioneer.
www.hhmuseum.org /mu/mu_wowt.htm   (2190 words)

  
 University Archives: Josiah Hobart Pillsbury Family Papers
The Pillsbury Family Papers (1848-1958), were donated to Kansas State University by the descendants of Josiah Hobart Pillsbury in 1954-55.
The diary of Josiah H. Pillsbury documents family history of the Pillsbury clan from 1858 to 1860 in the Zeandale Township area.
Through the diary, however, Josiah H. Pillsbury remains a devoted family man, dedicated to preserving a community for which a family could be proud to reside.
www.lib.ksu.edu /depts/spec/findaids/pc1988-20.html   (1212 words)

  
 Pillsbury Advertising -- through 1969
In addition to placing "passes" to the "A" Mill inside their cookbooks, Pillsbury also issued separate visitors' passes to their mill during this period.
The idea was to emphasize the fact that Pillsbury's Wheat Cereal, Health Bran, Pancake Flour, etc., were all part of a "family of foods." This swirl effect remained until 1940.
Pillsbury catalogs list the following items as available: teaspoon; dinner knife; dinner fork; dessert spoon; salad fork; tablespoon; iced tea spoon; oyster fork; butter knife; soup spoon; gravy ladle; butter knife (different) and sugar shell; cold meat fork and berry (cassarole) spoon.
www.friktech.com /pills/pills3.htm   (1651 words)

  
 Michael Rodent's Bed , Bath & Kitchen - Pillsbury Doughboy Kitchen Items - Canada Post eStore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
This Pillsbury Doughboy trivet is made of absorbant stoneware.
Pillsbury doughboy absorbant coasters are available in standard pack of 4 (plain box), Each set of...
This is a small melamine cake plate with a picture of the Pillsbury doughboy on it.
www.canada-shops.com /Stores/michaelrodents/c49403.2.html   (354 words)

  
 The chess games of Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Harry Nelson Pillsbury was born December 5, 1872 in Somerville, Massachusetts.
In addition to chess, Pillsbury was also noted for his ability at checkers (he ranked among the top twenty players in the United States at one time) and card games.
: Pillsbury is one of those guys that doesn't readily come to mind as one of the all time greatest.
www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=10506   (1307 words)

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