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  NFL.com - Prospect Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Barrett has the burst to run around blocks and excels at using his speed to get an outside edge on offensive linemen.
Barrett looks a little stiff in his hips when coming out of his backpedal, but he has the feet to redirect and break on the ball.
Barrett is not known as a punishing tackler and needs to generate more leverage when facing up to blockers working in trash.
www.nfl.com /draft/profiles/2005/ruud_barrett   (1406 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Thomas Barrett bio
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS M. Congressman Tom Barrett was born on December 8, 1953 on the Westside of Milwaukee.
In 1992, Barrett was elected to represent the Fifth District in Congress, and took office in January, 1993.
Barrett and his wife, Kristine, live on Milwaukee's northwest side with their two children, three-year-old Tommy and one-and-a-half-year-old Annie.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/bio/barrett_bio.html   (206 words)

  
 The Badger Herald - University of Wisconsin-Madison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Barrett knows that of the 300,000 women who are raped each year, roughly 32,000 of those will result in an unwanted pregnancy, and half of those will result in abortion.
Barrett stood alone in holding a press conference to show his support for this quality health care measure (though for the record, State Senator Gary George, another gubernatorial candidate, voted for the measure in the State Senate this year).
My support for Tom Barrett comes from my lengthy conversations about his positive views on the LGBTQ issues, his ability to deliver on those issues that matter to the community and his support from the LGBTQ community leaders who know him best in his home town of Milwaukee.
www.badgerherald.com /oped/2002/04/27/progressives_need_to.php   (843 words)

  
 U.S. Mayor Article | Tom Barrett New Milwaukee Mayor (April 12, 2004)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tom Barrett, a former U.S. Congressman, defeated veteran Alderman and acting Mayor Marvin Pratt, in an April 6 runoff election.
Barrett, white, served eight years in the Wisconsin State Legislative before running successfully for congress where he served for a decade.
Barrett, in his victory remarks, pledged to work hard to improve schools, create jobs, cut crime and hold the line on taxes.
www.usmayors.org /uscm/us_mayor_newspaper/documents/04_12_04/barrett.asp   (277 words)

  
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www.tombarrettoptical.com   (196 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Barrett said his staff has made corrections to his mailing list, but agreed that the solicitation shouldn't have been sent to City Hall.
Still, Barrett claims the accusations are just an attempt by Pratt to divert attention from the troubles his own campaign.
Barrett pointed out he did sign the exact document that Pratt requested, with just one addition -- calling for the candidates to disavow any unregulated, independent ads from outside their campaigns.
www.officer.com /news/IBS/wisn/news-2067829.html   (416 words)

  
 Mayor Barrett's Biography
Tom Barrett was born in Milwaukee on December 8, 1953.
Tom Barrett was elected State Representative in 1984 and State Senator in 1989.
In 1992, Tom Barrett was elected to the United States' House of Representatives.
www.city.milwaukee.gov /display/router.asp?docid=331   (421 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Milwaukee mayor-elect hopes win leaves no permanent racial issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Barrett, who is white, won Tuesday's general election over Pratt, who was seeking to become the city's first elected fl mayor.
Barrett said he would reach out to community leaders, make visits to homes and church groups and talk to people in community settings.
On Wednesday, Barrett said his priorities include working to create a budget that won't increase property taxes, working with the school superintendent to improve education and working with police chief to make sure she has enough resources.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/local/2004-04-07-milwaukee-mayor_x.htm   (560 words)

  
 Wausau - Barrett's passion is evident in campaign
Barrett was the first candidate to open six statewide field offices, including one here in Wausau, as well as the northern cities of Green Bay and Eau Claire.
Barrett truly is passionate about the issues and challenges affecting the entire state of Wisconsin in the coming years.
Barrett is the only "passionate" choice for governor in the Sept. 10 and Nov. 5 elections.
www.wausaudailyherald.com /wdhopinion/279343440818145.shtml   (510 words)

  
 Tom Barrett: Keeping It All In Perspective   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Barrett: As have I. But I think that if they’re going to criticize me for not supporting gay marriage, then I think the logical (response) to them would be “you haven’t said that you’d support it, though.” It’s easy to criticize someone who has a record.
Barrett: What I found interesting there was that I was criticized because we had a lot of young people.
Barrett: I think its important, especially if you are from a large metropolitan area, to reach out to people in other parts of the state.
www.instepnews.com /barrett2002.html   (3967 words)

  
 Top Story 01
Barrett, Attorney General Jim Doyle and Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk met in a free-form debate without a moderator or time limits.
Barrett proposed stepping up collection of delinquent taxes, consolidating agencies and cutting spending by the Legislature.
At the end of the debate, Barrett said he could not come up with $1.3 billion on his own, but the other candidates couldn't either.
www.gmtoday.com /news/politics/stories/topstory020.asp   (665 words)

  
 JS Online: Profile: Tom Barrett - Making a home
Barrett was in his first term, up for re-election in six months, and struggling to balance family life here and public life there.
Barrett's district was one of the nation's most diverse, from central city areas deep in poverty to affluent north shore suburbs.
Barrett was a late addition by House Democrats to the Judiciary Committee, where he was critical of Clinton's behavior as well as what he considered excessive partisanship by Republicans.
www.jsonline.com /news/metro/mar04/218192.asp   (1454 words)

  
 DesMoinesRegister.com | News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
They say their farm would have been affected by the estate tax if Tom Barrett's father, Harold, who is 80, tried to leave his portion of the farmland to his children.
The Barretts' farm may be worth a lot more because it is in Dallas County near U.S. Highway 6, where suburban development is edging west from Des Moines.
The Barretts, who are Republicans and avid Bush supporters, also hope for another announcement as they play host today to the president.
desmoinesregister.com /news/stories/c4789004/14955373.html   (906 words)

  
 JS Online: Finding his place
Tom Barrett (from right) and siblings Mary, John and Betsy grew up on a tree-lined block on Milwaukee's west side.
By 10 or 11, after Barrett became one of the first in his class to be fitted with glasses, he taped on his bedroom door a Milwaukee Journal Green Sheet article that said all the presidents had worn glasses.
Barrett and a boy next door, John Frisch, were altar boys, scheming one year to get the early Mass on Christmas morning, figuring they'd get an early start on opening presents.
www.jsonline.com /news/metro/mar04/217869.asp   (1538 words)

  
 WisPolitics.com: Press Release: Statement of Sen. Herb Kohl Regarding the Presidential Election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Barrett successfully inserted language in the bill on behalf of Wisconsin to receive more funding for disproportionate share hospitals.
Barrett worked on the House Commerce Committee to include a provision in the Medicare Finance portion of the Omnibus that would allow states like Wisconsin to retain a portion of those children's health insurance funds.
Barrett advocated a legislative "fix" that would allow states who have not spent all of their allotted money to retain 60% of the remaining money.
archive.wispolitics.com /freeser/pr/pr0012/pr00121806.html   (442 words)

  
 ::Pinnacle Arts Management::
Barrett has been featured with the symphonies of Houston, St. Louis, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toronto, Virginia, Roanoke, Wichita, Charleston and Sioux City, as well as the Florida and Rochester Philharmonics, Minnesota Orchestra, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Bach Society of St. Louis and Louisville Bach Society.
Barrett is the recipient of many vocal awards and honors, including the Richard Gaddes Award from Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Barrett currently resides in Chesterfield, MO with his wife, Mezzo Soprano Angela Horn, and their two children.
www.pinnaclearts.com /artist.php?id=629&pg=rev   (342 words)

  
 Tom Barrett Disc Jockeys
Toms on air carreer included news reporting and producing NFL Footlball on CBS Radio.
Tom also has a reputible resume in leading serveral successful working bands.
90% of Tom Barrett's bookings are wedding receptions in which he specializes in, but we also cater to private parties and corporate work functions.
www.partyspace.com /facilitypages/tombarrett/comp.htm   (86 words)

  
 ::Pinnacle Arts Management::
Barrett is about as vigorous an interpreter of the role as you are likely to encounter these days.
"As the Priest of Dagon, Thomas Barrett is as imposing and strong of voice as Samson."
"Barrett's powerful, gorgeous instrument (not to mention his electrifying machine-gun vocal trills on the r's) catapulted this performance onto a different plane.
www.pinnaclearts.com /artist.php?id=629&pg=rev   (343 words)

  
 tombarrett.com - Home
Tom Barrett Disc Jockeys was established in 1969 by Tom Barrett.
Tom's on air career included news reporting and producing NFL Football on CBS Radio.
Tom also has a reputable resume in leading several successful working bands.
www.tombarrett.com   (141 words)

  
 The Badger Herald - University of Wisconsin-Madison
But while the 54-46 percent victory gave Barrett as large of a mandate as could be hoped for following a tight race, a closer look at the votes cast revealed a highly polarized electorate: exit polls showed 83 percent of white voters selected Barrett, while 92 percent of fl voters went for Pratt.
With many fl voters feeling their candidate was the victim of unfair scrutiny, Barrett will face the tough task of closing the racial wounds the election opened.
Brennan is confident Barrett will successfully unite the city, citing the former U.S. Congressman’s experience in representing Milwaukee’s African-American heavy north side and his track record of attracting federal dollars for housing and other projects.
www.badgerherald.com /news/2004/04/19/milwaukee_mayor_race.php   (642 words)

  
 Car Collector Magazine -- Web Edition
Born in Oak Park Illinois in June 1928, Tom Barrett moved to Arizona in 1960 to become a real estate broker.
Tom's passion for collecting cars, combined with his showmanship style, would soon become his main business, and he would travel the world searching out grand cars that would later be recognized as some of the very best, rarest and most expensive classic automobiles of the 20th century.
Known throughout the world as the authority on the values of great cars, Tom would earn the reputation as the Godfather of the collector car industry with his fingerprints on nearly every major classic car in existence.
www.carcollector.com /columns_detail.cfm?StoryID=2485&storytype=Column   (218 words)

  
 Barrett Funeral Home | New York
In 1980, Tom became the manager of the John J. Barrett & Son funeral home on West 51st Street in New York City.
In 1991, Tom and his family moved to Tenafly, NJ, and he began commuting to the West 51st Street funeral home.
Tom has also coached his daughter's school basketball team for the last 4 years.
www.barrettfuneralhomenyc.net /director.html   (381 words)

  
 Des Plaines Vanguard - A True Drum Corps Legend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tom Lingenfelter - lingenfelter@allegrosafety.com - I was a member of the Vanguard in 1973.
Tom Stranich - tstranich@yahoo.com - Holy Cow, I was back in Chicago in Aug. of 04 and left the Tuesday before the reunion without knowing about it.
Tom Lindsay - tkl@htn.net - My last year with the Phantom Regiment was 1963, so I missed out on the Rockford - Des Plaines migration of members.
www.desplainesvanguard.com /dpv_guestbook/view.cfm   (9995 words)

  
 Congressman J. Gresham Barrett, South Carolina's 3rd District
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November 18, 2005 Barrett Announces over $2 million for the Third District - Washington, DC — This afternoon the U.S. House of Representative passed H.R. 3058 the Transportation, Treasury, HUD, Judiciary, and District of Columbia Appropriations Act of FY2006 Conference Report.
Immediately following the vote Congressman Gresham Barrett (SC, 3) announced that included with the legislation was over $2 million in funding for projects within the Third District.
www.house.gov /barrett   (110 words)

  
 WisPolitics.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tom expressed his concern after learning that the Sheriff's Department had a significant delay in response time from 911 wireless calls originating from the freeways.
Tom has a solid lead in the polls because citizens of Milwaukee trust him to bring about the positive changes that our city needs.
Tom Barrett will discuss the importance of strong neighborhoods to Milwaukee's future and announce the successes the campaign has had and share his plans to carry.
www.wispolitics.com /index.iml?Article=3173   (539 words)

  
 EKR 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
L to R Cheryl, Ed, Tom Barrett and Tom Mitchell.
L to R Cheryl, Tom Mitchell and Tom Barrett.
By the way, if Tom Barrett ever rushes up to you and says "I gotta have my picture taken with you", beware...because...
www.pcscad.com /ekr2001/ekr_2001.htm   (161 words)

  
 TheMilwaukeeChannel.com - WISN 12: Commitment 2005 - Barrett: 'I Love Milwaukee'
Barrett defeated acting Mayor Marvin Pratt, who was trying to become the city's first elected fl mayor just days after being accused of campaign finance violations.
Barrett takes over the post that was held by John Norquist before he resigned to take a position with a private agency.
The nonpartisan election was a hotly contested one that appeared split along racial lines between Pratt and Barrett, a former five-term representative.
www.themilwaukeechannel.com /politics/2981366/detail.html   (294 words)

  
 Tom Barrett, CEO and President, PW Registry
Tom Barrett is in a unique position within the ICANN community.
He is the president and CEO of the PW Registry, a company managing the ccTLD extension.pw for the government of the Republic of Palau, a tiny island nation in the North Pacific Ocean.
As both a ccTLD registry and registrar owner, Barrett isn't necessarily restricted to defending one at the expense of the other.
www.internetnews.com /xSP/print.php/3394641   (938 words)

  
 Famous Coal Crackers - Tom Barrett
Tom Barrett corresponded with the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Associated Press and the United Press.
Barrett's son, Dr. Thomas Barrett, has written an updated 2003 edition of the book: The Mollies Were Men (Second Edition): The Final Chapter, available in the coalregion.com bookstore.
Several of Tom Sr's pocket books provided information for miners and showed the work schedules of the anthracite mines, including those that were shut down.
www.coalregion.com /Famous/barrett.htm   (315 words)

  
 WisPolitics.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Barrett's responses showed a candidate who knows the city, its economic needs and a desire to act to meet those needs.
Barrett said the school system, which had six superintendents in nine years, suffers from a disease called politics, and he is proposing now that a member of the mayor's cabinet serve on the School Board in an ex officio capacity to immediately address problems as they arise.
Barrett also supports prevailing wages on projects that receive $500,000 or more of government funding, an issue Pratt said he was ambivalent about.
www.wispolitics.com /index.iml?Article=12117   (779 words)

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