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  Obituary: Ron Todd - an appreciation, By Jim Mortimer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ron Todd was a good friend of the efforts of trade unionists in Latin America to assert their rights and to win independence from domestic reactionaries and from US domination.
Ron Todd was a member of the Labour Party but he was a critic of New Labour.
The best way to honour the memory of Ron Todd is to strengthen the effort for the objectives that he pursued in the TGWU and the issues which he helped to raise in the wider movement in his contributions at the TUC and Labour Party conferences.
www.poptel.org.uk /scgn/articles/0506/p11.htm   (736 words)

  
 Guardian | Ron Todd
In the case of Ron Todd, who has died of leukaemia aged 78, there was an important extra dimension: he established a unique record of being elected twice to what was then the leadership of the largest, as well as most influential trade union in the labour movement.
Todd's main opponent was George Wright, regional secretary of the TGWU in Wales and a man with wide experience, especially in the Midlands car industry.
Ron Todd's contribution to the international trade union movement was a little reported but vital element in his leadership of the TGWU.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5183860-103684,00.html   (2103 words)

  
 Biography of Ron Todd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ron Todd, general secretary of the TandG from 1985 to 1992, was born in Walthamstow, east London, in 1927.
Ron was a union activist at Ford in Walthamstow before becoming a TandG district officer in 1962.
Ron Todd was known throughout the trade union movement for his passionate commitment to peace and international solidarity.
www.tgwu.org.uk /Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90152&PrintFriendly=True   (219 words)

  
 CNN - American Cancer Society's Ron Todd on how to quit smoking - November 17, 2000
Ron Todd: Well, I think probably the biggest one is stress, because they are exposed to other people who are smoking and I think the uncomfortable feeling of going through the withdrawal symptoms because as you quit smoking there are a number of things you experience.
Ron Todd: Fortunately, I think three important things are for the smoker to prepare, to have a strong commitment to quit and to have confidence and believe that they can quit.
Ron Todd: It was evaluated on the new guidelines for cessation from the federal government as being effective.
archives.cnn.com /2000/HEALTH/11/17/smoking.chat   (1600 words)

  
 Ron Todd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ronald Todd (March 11, 1927–April 30, 2005), generally known as Ron Todd, was the general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), then the largest general trade union in the United Kingdom, from 1985 until 1992.
Todd earned a reputation for his commitment to human rights and was a vocal opponent of apartheid in South Africa.
Ron Todd died of leukaemia, from which he had been suffering for some time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ron_Todd   (329 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Obituaries - Ron Todd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
RON Todd was the powerful and yet not uncompromising leftish-wing leader of Britain’s then biggest trade union, the Transport and General Workers, for seven eventful years until his retirement in 1992.
Todd’s leadership of the T&G coincided with most of the Margaret Thatcher years, a period that could be counted as one of the most difficult ones for the trade union movement this century.
Todd was also a vociferous supporter of nuclear disarmament and of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /obituaries.cfm?id=468372005   (769 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Ron Todd
Ron Todd, who died on Saturday aged 78, was general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) from 1984 until 1992; stocky, red-faced and devoid of smoothness, he was easily portrayed as an antediluvian figure, though many of his skirmishes were with Neil Kinnock and the Labour Party, rather than the Tory government.
Todd, who was never prepared to trim - either to accommodate the changing political landscape of the 1980s, or to appease the more bolshie elements of his own executive - set out to use that power to hold the Labour party to principles he had always espoused.
Todd simply told the TUC that "the government is looking for a hole in which to hide 500,000 unemployed".
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/02/db0201.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/05/02/ixportal.html   (1109 words)

  
 BROADCASTTALK.COM: Ron Carson and Todd Feltz host Financial Focus
Ron and Todd head the number one branch of the Linsco Private Ledger, competing in a field of 800 branches.
Ron has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and was named one of "The Best 200 Financial Advisiors" by Worth magazine for three consecutive years.
Todd assists his clients in preparing for their retirement through a combination of superior financial, estate and insurance planning.
talk-radio.20m.com /ron_todd.html   (280 words)

  
 Tri City Speedway: Driver Features -- Danny Exley
Ron and Todd Roncaglione have raced E Mods for several years, but this season will probably live in their memories for a long time.
Todd felt it would be inappropriate to drive at the track, so he hung up his uniform for the remainder of the season.
Ron has raced since 1992 starting out in the Pure Stock division at Raceway 7, which is located in Conneaut, Ohio, and Hickory Speedway in New Castle.
www.tricityspeedway.com /driver-features/roncaglione9-11-00.htm   (793 words)

  
 Who is Todd Rogers - My Take - AtariAge Forums
Todd is a dedicated gamer who is also, I am proud to say, a valuable TG asset, both as an informational resource, as a participating gamer and referee, and as a competitor, and on top of it all, he's a personal friend of mine these past two years.
Todd does what many gamers, if time permitted, would like to do...he plays his heart out at whatever titles capture his interest, and I don't just mean an hour here or an hour there, as evidenced by some of his marathons.
Todd may be a great player so to speak but again i would be intimidated if i was to play against him at a contest talk about pressure only to be in second place.
www.atariage.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=16196   (2950 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Chargers -- Chargers give sleeper QB shot to prove teams wrong
Still not daunted, Todd from his Dayton, Ohio, home early yesterday began attempting to contact NFL quarterbacks coaches, hoping that somewhere in the league there was a team that would enlist Adamson as an undrafted rookie.
Todd said he was preparing to drive to Cincinnati to pick up some film on Adamson from an associate when he received two calls, almost simultaneously.
Todd, profiled on these pages last week, is addressed in the football community as "Sleeper" because he deals largely with players who can be compared to the great unwashed of the NFL draft.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/chargers/20030429-9999_1s29adamson.html   (585 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Former TGWU leader Ron Todd dies
Ron Todd, former general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, has died at the age of 78.
Mr Todd, who led the union between 1985 and 1992, had a reputation in the trade union movement for his passionate belief in international solidarity.
He added: "Ron was a great ally in the London Labour Party and it was only because of his key role over many years that London Labour had such a radical agenda when we won the GLC elections in 1981."
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4501559.stm   (453 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Todd makes living with undrafted athletes
Ron Todd is 6-foot-3, 335 pounds with smart, fl-rimmed glasses and an infectious smile.
That's what Todd had in the spring of 1995, when Hugh Douglas, a defensive end from Central State, was selected in the first round by the New York Jets.
He parted with Todd and was eventually lured to the darkest side of the emissary force – a place where the ultimate payday comes at the expense of controversy, risky holdouts and tarnished reputations.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2077277&type=story   (934 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Todd
Lincoln, Mary Todd 1818-82, wife of Abraham Lincoln, b.
Lexington, Ky. Of a good Kentucky family, she was living with her sister, daughter-in-law of Gov. Ninian Edwards of Illinois, in Springfield, Ill., when she met and married (1842) Lincoln.
Guilford co., N.C. Born Dolley Payne of Quaker parents, she was brought up in simplicity and was married (1790) to a Quaker, John Todd, who died in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Todd   (690 words)

  
 Ronald W. Todd
Although working on regular occasions for a number of the firm's national clients, the heart of Ron’s practice has grown to match the firm's: serving the legal needs of succeeding generations of successful individuals, their families, and their private businesses.
Ron has had the privilege over the past 32 years of serving as a legal counselor to a number of prominent Wisconsin families and individuals, working with highly respected accounting professionals and other members of the firm to provide legal consultation in regard to a broad spectrum of personal and business activities, including:
Ron’s business practice ranges from daily advice on contract, employment, regulatory, and other operating matters, to business organization and succession planning, to all aspects of tax, and to complex business sale and acquisition transactions.
www.stroudlaw.com /rwt.html   (254 words)

  
 Scotland on Sunday - UK - Union boss Ron Todd dies, aged 78   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
RON Todd, the former leader of the Transport and General Workers Union, has died.
Todd was one of the most respected union officials of his generation and led one of the biggest trade unions in the country during the years when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister.
Tony Woodley, the current general-secretary of the TGWU, said Todd’s death was a sad blow for the union.
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=466092005   (313 words)

  
 ACS :: Tobacco Companies’ Claims of a Safer
Cigarette Dismissed
Todd said that the US Surgeon General's office has reported that cigarette smoking is the number one cause of cancer deaths in the US.
Todd said that tobacco companies can get away with misleading advertising because neither the ingredients nor the advertising for cigarettes are regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Todd notes that if cigarettes were regulated by the FDA — the public health watchdog on other kinds of drugs and on food — the tobacco companies would be barred from making false, misleading health claims.
www.cancer.org /docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Tobacco_Companies_Claims_of_a_Saferbr_Cigarette_Dismissed.asp   (612 words)

  
 About the gang
after that i found a ron doll and started thinking about a new soap about a bunch of teens that sometimes think back to their childhood.
heck, todd was origanally supposed to be cassie's little bro.
but one day while trying shoes i broke ron's leg off and needed a replacement.
kd-230692.tripod.com /id25.html   (216 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Drug plan's bottom lines emerging   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ron Todd of San Diego, a paraplegic, was forced into the program at an increased cost of about $70 a month.
Ron Todd recognized early on that Medicare's prescription-drug coverage would cost him dearly.
At 67 and living in expensive San Diego, Todd is a paraplegic with diabetes, asthma, hypertension, a nerve disorder, a need for 24-hour supplemental oxygen and a list of prescription drugs as long as the alphabet.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/2006-05-22-medicare-bottom-line_x.htm   (1151 words)

  
 Ashland Daily Tidings :: Online Edition
While the rattle of jackhammers outside Ron Todd’s Ace Hardware/liquor store nearly shakes the bottles lining the shelves, the owner of 28 years grins and bears the annoyance, considering it a necessary evil.
While Todd’s business is so established in Talent, he said his loyal customers deal with the headaches of widening the road outside his business to pick up home improvement tools and/or liquor.
Todd said any time he has asked Oregon Department of Transportation workers to move machinery because it has been blocking his entrance, they have complied.
www.dailytidings.com /2005/1202/120205n1.shtml   (990 words)

  
 Are Phil's camera ratings biased? [Page 6]: Sony Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ron: "And even assuming that your interperation of 'average' was correct, then to fully understand your intended meaning, one would have to research your expectations of the intended audience's expectations.
Ron: "Just in case anyone else was actually clinging to the belief that your use of the term 'average' truly means 'average'.
Ron, you never replied to my posting about how there are more than enough untested cameras to fill out the "average" category - unlike what you continually asserted in a few of your posts.
forums.dpreview.com /forums/readflat.asp?forum=1009&thread=1725481&page=6   (7254 words)

  
 Sleeping more soundly: Lesser-known talent garners attention - Wednesday, 04/21/04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Todd, an agent, is a fixture at the NFL's scouting combine each year, handing out ''my brochures, my information'' on players who weren't among those invited inside.
For Todd in last year's draft it was Mount Union quarterback Rod Adamson, who went 25-0 as a starter for the Purple Raiders and won two Division III national championships.
Todd brought Adamson, who is currently playing for the Cologne Centurions in the NFL Europe, to the combine and introduced him to several coaches and general managers in the lobbies of the hotels where the teams stayed.
tennessean.com /sports/titans/archives/04/04/50174084.shtml?...   (942 words)

  
 Obituary: Ron Todd | Obituaries | Guardian Unlimited
The result was a triumph for Todd's insistence.
Arguably it never completely healed before Todd's retirement in March 1992, one month before the general election.
Thus, for Todd's beloved Dagenham car workers, decisions in Detroit mattered more than those taken in Essex.
www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,1474534,00.html   (2103 words)

  
 Todd Johnson Bio / Presskit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Todd Johnson is recognized as a pioneer of the six-string bass.
As an integral member of the critically acclaimed jazz trio of guitarist Ron Escheté, Johnson excels as both a supporting musician and a seasoned soloist.
He is consistently cited for his contributions of skill, originality, and versatility, as well as his ability to sound as if he is simultaneously playing bass and rhythm guitar.
www.toddjohnsonmusic.com /biopresskit.html   (600 words)

  
 Trade unions and veterans unite to mourn Ron Todd / Britain / Home - Morning Star   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Mr Todd’s funeral service, which was held at Dagenham and Redbridge football ground, was packed to overflowing by hundreds of trade unionists past and present, with former dockers and Ford car workers prominent.
He said that Mr Todd had been a loyal member of the Labour Party but had never held back from criticising the party in government when it was wrong.
"Ron Todd was a man who knew who he was and which side he was on," said Tony Benn.
www.morningstaronline.co.uk /index2.php/ex/britain/trade_unions_and_veterans_unite_to_mourn_ron_todd   (375 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Malvo a reluctant militant Muslim?
Meanwhile, evidence is growing, according to investigators, that Malvo, 17, pulled the trigger in several of the 14 shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area in October.
Todd told WND he previously has spoken of his encounter with Malvo only with a law-enforcement investigator.
Todd said that as a pastor, he viewed Malvo's hesitation about militant Islam as a genuine, heartfelt conflict within a young man's soul.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29640   (1167 words)

  
 He-Man Trip Reports
George and Dennis lost to Ron and Todd D. Dave and Drew took command of Kenny and Al The Championship Round was between Ron and Todd D. and Dave and Drew.
There were only 3 contestants that made it to the second round: Ron, George and Todd B. It was a difficult contest, coming down to the last of three throws in the 3rd round before Todd B. made one stick, winning his first ever hatchet throw.
Todd and Karl had a muskrat swim within two feet of their boat.
www.hemancanoe.com /scribe.html   (2066 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- He wakes up media to 'sleepers'
He's Ron Todd, an agent who represents prospects on the fringe of the NFL draft – the "sleepers," or players known largely only by next of kin.
Todd got him in a Hula Bowl, went around passing out brochures citing Douglas' virtues and the former New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles defensive end, now the property of the Jacksonville Jaguars, became a first-round selection.
By Todd's account, one person in the scouting community advised him that Adamson is a more complete quarterback than Byron Leftwich of Marshall in that Leftwich has not worked directly behind a center.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nfl/20030422-9999_1s22agentsid.html   (593 words)

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