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  Trevor Sargent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A committed environmentalist since the early 1980s, Trevor Sargent first became politically active when he joined the Green Party in 1982.
In that same year Sargent tried to get elected to the European Parliament, but was unsuccessful.
At a special "Leadership Convention" in Kilkenny on October 6, 2001 Sargent was elected the first official leader of the Green Party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trevor_Sargent   (212 words)

  
 Trevor Sargent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Trevor Sargent is a senior (The Celtic language of Ireland) Irish politician.
Sargent has also been joined by a number of other Green Party (additional info and facts about TD) TDs.
At a special "Leadership Convention" in (additional info and facts about Kilkenny) Kilkenny on October 6, 2001 Sargent was elected the first official leader of the (additional info and facts about Irish Green Party) Irish Green Party.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/trevor_sargent.htm   (285 words)

  
 John Singer Sargent and Criticism (Text Only)
Sargent is indicted on page after page for whom he knew, whom he painted, and who admired his work–as if he and his paintings were artistically responsible for the shortcomings of everyone he ever knew or who knew him.
There is no reason not to think that Sargent might not be a similar case, or that (as is the case with these others) there might not be things in his work which are in fact radically subversive of the values of the very groups attempting to claim it as their own private property.
Sargent's genteel, aestheticized detachment from his subject is astonishing." Fairbrother may pretend to be astonished but we are not; coming near the end of the book, his shock is all too predictable and all too obviously feigned and put on specially for the occasion.
people.bu.edu /rcarney/ampaintings/sargenttext.htm   (4111 words)

  
 Green Party (Ireland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Green Party's best-known politicians are its leader Trevor Sargent and Deputy Eamon Ryan.
Apart from Sargent and Ryan the other Green Party TDs include: John Gormley, Ciarán Cuffe, Paul Gogarty and Dan Boyle.The Green Party's deputy leader is Councillor Mary White.
The Green Party has strong links with its counterpart in Northern Ireland, the Green Party in Northern Ireland, but it has had little success at any level of election in the North, though in the most recent local elections it won three councillors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_Green_Party   (492 words)

  
 The Kingdom - 2003/10/09: Sargent’s orders: win at least two seats in Kerry
Three of the candidates were showcased during a two-day visit by party leader and Deputy Sargent said he was confident that they would do very well at the polls.
Among the local issues Sargent believes will be allimportant in the run-up to the June elections are water quality, community development, the need for playgrounds and other family amenities and the facilities at Tralee General Hospital.
Deputy Sargent also praised Killarney man Eugene O’Shea, a former member of the town council, who has been one of the stalwarts of the party at a national level.
archives.tcm.ie /thekingdom/2003/10/09/story10978.asp   (493 words)

  
 Powell's Books - John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist by Trevor Fairbrother   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Accompanying an exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum that runs from December 2000 to March 2001, this volume is lavishly illustrated with numerous examples of Sargent's oils, watercolors, and sketches, in particular his portraits and studies of models and dancers.
The art of John Singer Sargent is sensual in its evocation of textures, atmosphere, body gestures and light.
Trevor Fairbrother argues that viewing the artist as a sensualist connects otherwise conflicting elements of his oeuvre and offers a new interpretation of his life and work.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-0300087446-0   (111 words)

  
 Amazon.com: John Singer Sargent : The Sensualist: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sargent was, museum official Mimi Gardner Gates says in the foreword, "a reserved person who made exuberant art." Essential to that exuberance is the keen attractiveness of the figures, male and female, clothed and nude, in his work.
Trevor Fairbrother has prepared a rich and meticulous analysis of this expatriate painter in "John Singer Sargent," a volume in Abrams' acclaimed Library of American Art Series.
All his life, Sargent have always been attractive to the exotic, the bizarre, and the supernation and loved color and gaiety in his life.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300087446?v=glance   (1756 words)

  
 Trevor Sargent Justifies Damage to US Military Aircraft - National Miscellaneous - Indymedia Ireland
Green Party leader Trevor Sargent has spoken out in support of Peace Activist Mary Kelly who damaged a US military aircraft earlier today at Shannon airport.
Green Party Leader, Trevor Sargent T.D., who will be at the Shannon Peace Camp on Saturday February 1 and who has spoken with the Gardai at Shannon and with the women who is now in custody having been charged with breaching airport security, said today:
Mr Sargent is fully aware of the Trident process and vocbulalry as is everyone who took an interest in last years thin edge of the wedge with Eoin.
www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?id=25868   (967 words)

  
 fluoridealert.org - My folder / Fluoride Alert News / Ireland / Greens will focus on quality of life and clean politics
Confirming he was applying for the position of partner in the next government, the party leader, Mr Trevor Sargent, said he was confident of gaining three and possibly as many as five extra seats in the May 17th poll.
Mr Sargent said he was particularly optimistic about the chances of Cllr Dan Boyle in Cork South Central, Cllr Mary White in Carlow-Kilkenny and Cllr Paul Gogarty in the Dublin Mid West constituency.
Mr Sargent said the Fianna Fail-PD coalition had failed key subjects like economics, where there was growing concern over public finances and social partnership, and social studies, where it had left one in five households living in relative poverty.
www.fluoridealert.org /pollution/863.html   (424 words)

  
 An Teanga Bheo / ireland.com
"Tá 98 milliún punt le caitheamh ar bhóthar nua timpeall ar Shord i dtuaisceart Bhaile Átha Cliath," a dúirt Trevor Sargent, TD de chuid an Chomhaontais Ghlais, oíche Luain in óstán an Chonamara Coast, Co na Gaillimhe.
Is ag labhairt in aghaidh an chonartha a bhí Sargent agus é ag trácht ar an leatrom a dhéantar ar iarthar na tíre i ndáileadh airgead na gcistí struchtúrtha.
Luaigh Sargent sliocht as an gconradh ina dtráchtar ar "progressive framing of a common defence policy".
www.ireland.com /gaeilge/teangabeo/1998/0504/beo1.htm   (442 words)

  
 Untitled Document
by Trevor Sargent, T.D. An early account of St. George's Church is to be found in 'A History and Topography of Dublin City and County' by Samuel Lewis, first published in 1837.
George's Church and School is striving to develop its potential in co-operation with the wider community and wishes to express its appreciation for all the goodwill it has received from all people of various traditions in Balbriggan.
TREVOR SARGENT, T.D. Trevor Sargent T.D. is a member of the St. George's Church Select Vestry and a Parish Nominator.
www.balbriggan.net /sargent.htm   (2974 words)

  
 ireland.com / Today / News in Focus / ELECTION 2002
Trevor Sargent has travelled a long road from his school days when he watched seagulls feeding on the pitch of the High School in Rathgar, Dublin.
Despite the polls' predictions that Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats can return, Mr Sargent sticks to his opinion that the Greens are on the cusp of power.
Both Mr Sargent and John Gormley have worked well with Fine Gael and Labour over the last couple of years, removing many of their fears about the Greens' ability to hack day-to-day politics.
www.ireland.com /focus/election_2002/profiles/leaders2.htm   (509 words)

  
 John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) : Library of Congress Citations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Title: Sargent portrait drawings : 42 works by John Singer Sargent / selected and with an introduction by Trevor J. Fairbrother.
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 -- Contributions in American impressionism.
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 -- Criticism and interpretation.
www.mala.bc.ca /~Mcneil/cit/citlcsargent.htm   (2097 words)

  
 The Gaelic Starover: Trevor Sargent, T.D.
Trevor Sargent, T.D. The following was sent to Lynne Stewart from Trevor Sargent, T.D. In addition to serving in the Dáil Éireann, Mr.
Sargent is also the leader of Comhaontas Glas, the Green Party of Ireland.
Sargent courageously drafted a citizen's arrest warrant against him.
gaelicstarover.blogspot.com /2005/02/trevor-sargent-td.html   (344 words)

  
 Amazon.com: John Singer Sargent: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sargent's paintings in the MFA in Boston looks like the paint was laid yesterday.
I own both the Ratcliffe book on Sargent and Sargent Abroad, and I find this book to be a fine addition to my library of Sargent books.
The abundance of notes and the photos of Sargent and his studio (etc.) have to be appreciated by any serious student of Sargent.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/069100434X?v=glance   (1408 words)

  
 RTE News - Sargent in vow over housing protection
The Green Party leader, Trevor Sargent, has said his party will introduce a constitutional amendment protecting the right to housing.
Mr Sargent said their impoverished vision neglected the concept of community in favour of the interests of big business.
This Week: Trevor Sargent discusses his ambitions for the party to get into government with compatible partners
www.rte.ie /news/2004/0314/green.html   (110 words)

  
 RTE News - Four extra seats for buoyant Greens
Party leader Trevor Sargent held on to his seat in Dublin North, topping the poll, while John Gormley was elected in Dublin South-East.
Mr Sargent welcomed the result and said his party would definitely have some influence in the next Dáil.
On RTE's This Week programme Trevor Sargent said the question of the Greens entering coalition was 'academic' given the Taoiseach's preference for the PDs.
www.rte.ie /news/2002/0519/green.html   (184 words)

  
 AtlanticBlog: Jackass alert
There is a proposal to put up a big theme park north of Dublin, which has some of the usual suspects unhappy.
The Irish Independent (registration required) carries a column by Trevor Sargent, head of Ireland's Green Party doing the expected griping, but with just little bit extra to remind you why the Green Party is so obnoxious.
Sargent is obnoxious, but I have to admit to being just a little skpeptical about a project that requires an annual "throughput" of 37 million tourists.
www.atlanticblog.com /archives/001265.html   (332 words)

  
 Irish Council Against Blood Sports - Latest News
Green Party leader, Trevor Sargent, has called on the Minister for the Environment to stop licensing hare coursing.
Mr Sargent raised the issue in a parliamentary question at the beginning of December.
Trevor Sargent: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider the threat of myopathy for the hare species, which is a stress induced condition; and if he will end licences for hare coursing to minimise the threat.
www.banbloodsports.com /ln-0412d.htm   (1131 words)

  
 Irish Election Database
For example, 7294 people gave their first preference to Trevor Sargent in Dublin North.
If one averages the subsequent preferences for each candidate, one finds that the next preferences of Trevor Sargent's supporters was Sean Ryan, with an average preference of 5.12, followed by Nora Owen with an average preference of 6.00.
Where voters did not fully complete the ballot, the remaining candidates were given the average of the remaining preferences.
election.polarbears.com /art0036.htm   (480 words)

  
 Slugger O'Toole: The rise of 'Green' politics in Ireland
Party leader in the Dail Trevor Sargent ruled out the possibility of joining Fianna Fail in any future coalition.
Posted by: nip at May 19, 2005 02:39 AM He was politcally astute in ruling out coalition with Bertie, for the Greens to replace the 3% s as coalition partners would definitly be an improvement for the ordinary man on the street but it would probably be the political death of the Green party afterwards.
Posted by: martin at May 20, 2005 11:30 AM Bloggers will be interested to note that Northern-based advisors in the Green Party have been among the most adamant in advising Trevor Sargent against a pre-election coalition deal.
www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/05/the_rise_of_gre.php   (667 words)

  
 Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 Works:Sargent, John Singer; Fairbrother, Trevor J.:0486245241:eCampus.com
Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 Works:Sargent, John Singer; Fairbrother, Trevor J.:0486245241:eCampus.com
Collection of portraits, selected from public and private holdings by art historian Trevor J. Fairbrother, reveal the technical skill and intuitive eye for which American portrait painter John Singer Sargent is renowned.
Drawings in pencil, pastels and charcoal--a lesser-known aspect of Sargent's oeuvre--are shown.
www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0486245241b   (63 words)

  
 John Singer Sargent's Madame Gautreau
"In this bold drawing, characteristic of Sargent's hand, the differentiation of texture and tone has been accomplished by varying both the pressure and the direction of the strokes.
Sargent has used the same pencil throughout the composition.
Fairbrother, Trevor, Sargent Portrait Drawings, Dover Publications, 1983, cat.
www.jssgallery.org /Paintings/Madame_X_Studies/Madame_Gautreau.htm   (128 words)

  
 Welcome to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce
Guest speaker Trevor Sargent T.D Leader of the Green Party
Trevor Sargent has been leader of the Green party since 2001 as is currently spokesperson on Northern Ireland, Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Agriculture and Food and Urlabhrai Gaeltachta.
The Green party trebled its representation in the general election of 2002 and currently hold six Dail seats.
www.dubchamber.ie /template_events_list.asp?event_id=163   (135 words)

  
 Ireland: Human Rights Issues of Falun Gong and Tibet Discussed by the Chinese and Irish Premiers | Clearharmony - ...
Trevor Sargent, the first leader of the Irish Green Party, asked, “Did the Premiere still remember Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in China?
Sargent was apparently unsatisfied with the answer, saying, “I didn’t ask whether the Premier taught a lesson to someone.
As everyone is aware not only was the press conference last night canceled, but it was canceled by an announcement via the tannoy system.
www.clearharmony.net /articles/200405/19642.html   (932 words)

  
 Welcome to uComics Web Site featuring Ben Sargent -- The Best Comic Site In The Universe!
If you were a member of My Comics Page you would have access to the full Ben Sargent archive.
Creator of some of the most visually appealing editorial cartoons, Ben Sargent's unique style and political insight have netted him several major awards, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1982.
Sargent is the author of two books, "Texas Statehouse Blues" and "Big Brother Blues," both published by Texas Monthly Press.
www.ucomics.com /bensargent   (142 words)

  
 Tamara Karsavina in the Title Role of 'Thamar'
The lure, for Sargent, to capture the leading dancer wearing her costume must have been tremendous.
Javanese Dancers, Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, and others, these thematic works combined John's love of the exotic, beautiful costumes, and the art of portraiture.
Tamara Karsavina was later associated for many years with Great Britains' Royal Academy of Dancing, from the time it received its charter in 1936.
www.jssgallery.org /Paintings/Mugs/Tamara_Karsavina.htm   (464 words)

  
 Irish Echo Online - Sports
On March 7, 2000, Trevor Sargent, TD, stood up in Dail Eireann and asked Brian Cowen, the minister for foreign affairs, whether the Irish government had any intention of formally apologizing to the Native American people for the role of Irish immigrants in the Indian Wars of the 1800s.
Personally, we always felt that it would be difficult for anybody to ever come out with a more stupid political request in our lifetime.
When the Socialist Workers' Party took time off from campaigning against President Bush, Israel and McDonald's the other day to get involved in GAA matters, we knew Sargent's bizarre request of four years ago was about to be put in the shade.
www.irishecho.com /newspaper/story.cfm?id=15052   (990 words)

  
 Street in Venice - Literature
Fairbrother, Trevor J. John Singer Sargent and America.
"Sargent in Venice." In Hills, Patricia, et al.
"Sargent's Genre Paintings and the Issues of Suppression and Privacy." StHist 37 (1990): 33-34, repro.
www.nga.gov /collection/gallery/gg69/gg69-46145.0-lit.html   (269 words)

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