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Topic: William Giblin


In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

  
  Dictionary of Australian Biography Sa-Sp
Twelve days later he resigned on the ground that the appointment was distasteful to two of the judges and to a third (Sir) William Windeyer, Salomons said "the appointment appears to be so wholly unjustifiable as to have led to the utterance by him of such expressions and opinions.
In 1856 the diocese of Perth was founded and Short was relieved of the oversight of the whole of Western Australia, a difficult task especially in view of the limited means of communication.
In that year the mine was visited by William Ritchie, a solicitor at Launceston, and with his help the Mount Bischoff Tin-mining Company was floated with 12,000 shares of £5 each.
www.gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogSa-Sp.html   (21259 words)

  
 John Wilkes Booth
Lewis Thornton Powell, who called himself Payne, guided by David E. Herold, seriously wounded Seward and three others at Seward's house.
Did Lincoln's assassin go free?(some historians maintain the man shot following Lincoln's assassination was not John Wilkes Booth)
James Cross Giblin: Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0808311.html   (587 words)

  
 - CMP Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
William A. Flanagan is vice president of marketing and technology at FastCommunications Corp. where he guides product development and marketing strategy.
Daniel Giblin and Richard Lam Daniel T. Giblin and Richard B. Lam work for the Learning Technologies group at IBM Research developing groupware for education applications.
Al Williams is a consultant, teacher, and author.
www.cmpbooks.com /all_authors.html   (9597 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Acknowledgements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
To John Sakamoto the original editor at CANOE for believing in this project, sight unseen, and breathing life into it, finally, after all these years along with his crew Richard John & Adrian Bromley.
Also John Williams & Tim Kraan for continuing to keep the Encyclopedia alive and relevent well into its new incarnation.
To Paul Anand and everyone at P.A.M. for allowing me to roam freely and file at will.
www.jam.canoe.ca /Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/acknowledgements.html   (577 words)

  
 Writer's Encyclopedia--Letter Y   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Newspapers of this genre introduced the banner head (a large, bold headline that occupies the entire width of the page), the Sunday supplement and liberal use of photographs and illustrations.
The best-known practitioners of yellow journalism were New York World owner Joseph Pulitzer and New York Journal owner William Randolph Hearst, who, during the late 1890s, battled for the largest newspaper readership.
Some publishers and librarians have lowered the minimum age level to ten, recognizing the interest of some of today's younger people in more adult themes.
www.writersmarket.com /encyc/y.asp   (573 words)

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