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Baker was a former chairman of the House Financial Services Capital Markets Subcommittee, and served as its ranking Republican from 2007 to 2008.
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But he was happy to tell her that his finances were now in such condition that he could go back to Harvard for a third year with Professor Baker.
Before the Draft Act was passed Baker had confidentially briefed governors, sheriffs, and prospective draft board members on the administration of the measure -- and the confidence was kept so well that only one newspaper learned what was going on.
It was Baker, working through Provost Marshal Enoch Crowder and Major Hugh S. ( `` Old Ironpants '' ) Johnson, who arranged for a secret printing by the million of selective service blanks -- again before the Act was passed -- until corridors in the Government Printing Office were full and the basement of the Washington Post Office was stacked to the ceiling.
it was Baker who thought of lessening the shock, which conscription always brings to a country, by substituting `` Greetings from your neighbors '' for the recruiting sergeant, and registration in familiar voting places rather than at military installations.
His assignment was not a new one because Baker had sent him to the Mexican border in 1916 to investigate lurid newspaper stories about lack of discipline, drunkenness, and venereal disease in American military camps.
Both Baker and Fosdick knew that a substitute was necessary, that a verboten approach was not the real answer.
When the United States entered the First World War Baker made certain that the Draft Act of 1917 prohibited the sale of liquor to men in uniform and that it provided for broad zones around the camps in which prostitution was outlawed.
When Fosdick showed the letter to Baker his negative response was: `` For God's sake, Raymond, don't show this to the President or he'll stop the war ''.
Miss Joan Frances Baker, a graduate of SMU, was married Saturday to Elvis Leonard Mason, an honor graduate of Lamar State College of Technology, in the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church of Houston.
The bride, daughter of Rhodes Semmes Baker Jr. of Houston and the late Mrs. Baker, was president of Kappa Kappa Gamma and a member of Mortar Board at Aj.
Cecil Mason of Hartford, Conn., was best man for his brother, and groomsmen were Rhodes S. Baker 3, of Houston, Dr. James Carter of Houston and Conrad McEachern of New Orleans, La..
Robert Todd Lincoln was born in 1843 and Edward Baker Lincoln ( Eddie ) in 1846.
The name was invented either by Lovecraft, or by Albert Baker, the Phillips ' family lawyer.
William Baker Ashton was appointed Governor of the temporary goal in 1839, and in 1840 George Strickland Kingston was commissioned to design Adelaide's new Gaol.
He was saved by the new sulphonamide drug, Sulphapyridine, known at the time under the research code M & B 693, discovered and produced by May & Baker Ltd, Dagenham, Essex – a subsidiary of the French group Rhône-Poulenc.
Baker was discovered in 1818 by Captain Elisha Folger of the Nantucket whaling ship Equator, who called the island " New Nantucket ".
In August 1825 Baker was resighted by Captain Obed Starbuck of the Loper, also a Nantucket whaler.
LORAN station Baker was a radio operations base in operation from September 1944 to July 1946.
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James Orsen " Jim " Bakker ( pronounced " Baker "; born January 2, 1940 ) is an American televangelist, a former Assemblies of God minister, convicted felon, and a former host ( with his then-wife Tammy Faye Bakker ) of The PTL Club, a popular evangelical Christian television program.
Personalities visited the capital such as former U. S. Secretary of State James Baker and Pope John Paul II.
He initially backed former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker for the presidential nomination, but when Franklin Roosevelt was chosen, Willkie supported him and contributed money to his campaign.
Some of the ground work for the development of this sound can be attributed to their former producer Roy Thomas Baker, and their engineer Mike Stone.
* Richard Baker, former CEO of Boots Group
Jason Baker, a former staff member of PETA who was involved in setting up PETA India and PETA Australia, is PETA Asia Pacific's first director.
Astaire was married for the first time in 1933, to the 25-year-old Phyllis Potter ( née Phyllis Livingston Baker ; born 1908, died September 13, 1954 ), a Boston-born New York socialite and former wife of Eliphalet Nott Potter III ( 1906 – 1981 ), after pursuing her ardently for roughly two years, and despite the objections of his mother and sister.
Examples include John Baker, founder of Desire2Learn, David Cheriton, co-founder and chief scientist of Arista Networks, Mike Lazaridis, co-founder and former co-CEO of Research in Motion, Prem Watsa, chairman of Fairfax Financial and the current chancellor of the Waterloo, Steven Woods, co-founder of NeoEdge Networks and Quack. com.
A shy former German princess who is not highly thought of by the Russian royal court, she is isolated, but is befriended by Grigori Rasputin ( Tom Baker ), a Siberian peasant who describes himself as a religious pilgrim or holy man.
# Helen Agnes, who married Lawrence Ingham Baker, son of the former Liberal MP for Frome ; he was a Magistrate of Somerset.
* Dusty Baker, former baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers among others and current manager of the Cincinnati Reds, former manager of the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants
* Carey Baker, former Florida State Senator
* Jesse Baker, former NFL defensive end with the Houston Oilers and Dallas Cowboys
* William O. Baker ( 1915 – 2005 ), former head of Bell Labs.
* 1783-Moses Baker and George Gibbions, both former slaves, leave the U. S. to become missionaries in the West Indies
Historical business buildings serving as residences include the former K & S bar, the former Yvonick's storefront, the former Kitch hardware store, and the former Baker lumber company.
* James Baker III, former United States Secretary of State under George H. W. Bush, Staff member under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, Carlyle Senior Counselor, served in this capacity from 1993 to 2005.
Chaired by former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, the board was convened during the Air Mail scandal to study Air Corps organization.
* Baker Park – at 75 Noroton Ave. ( site of the former Baker School )
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William Baker, formerly the chairman of the council, was selected to succeed the founder of the homes as Honorary Director.
Baker became chairman of Bush's Senate campaign in Harris County, Texas.
Baker also served on Reagan's National Security Council, and remained Treasury Secretary until 1988, during which time he also served as campaign chairman for George H. W. Bush's successful presidential bid.
Chemist Glenn Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker " the world's first nuclear disaster.
Jeb Bush's career started with an entry level position in the international division of the Texas Commerce Bank, a job he received through James A. Baker, III, a longtime family friend and chairman of the board.
Inspired by the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Sir Edward Watkin ( a British Member of Parliament and chairman of the Metropolitan Railway ) proposed the construction of a taller tower in Wembley Park, London, that would be the centrepiece of a pleasure park just 12 minutes from Baker Street station.
At the end of 2008, it was announced that local businessman Adam Murry completed the purchase of 50 % of the club's shares from previous chairman Paul Baker.
However, with the prudent guidance of chairman Paul Baker and the rest of the board of directors the club gained a stable financial position, preferring not to risk this stability by taking gambles on expensive signings.
As chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration ( 1963-1973 ), he led the investigation of Senate aide Bobby Baker in 1964.
George Pierce Baker, a teacher of playwriting, was the first chairman of the department.
He served as chairman of U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 1987 to 1989, and later practiced with the Chicago-based law firm Baker & McKenzie.
Morton directed Ford's campaign until August 25, 1976, when he was reassigned as chairman of a steering committee in the campaign and was replaced by James Baker.
The committee consisted of George Creel ( chairman ) and as ex officio members the Secretaries of: State ( Robert Lansing ), War ( Newton D. Baker ), and the Navy ( Josephus Daniels ).
Pipkin was elected to the State Senate in 2002 after defeating Democrat Walter M. Baker, who held that seat since 1979 and the chairman of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.
* William O. Baker ( 1915-2005 )-a chairman of Bell Laboratories
Logan is also the chairman of Dayfree Press, an informal webcomic syndicate containing other popular webcomics such as Girly, Able and Baker, Questionable Content and White Ninja Comics.
decidede against the move due to the financial gap, which the football club's chairman Paul Baker described as " In the millions ".
ATL was in intense competition with British and other shipping companies, and Baker tried to sell his company to John Ellerman, chairman of the Leyland Line, a well-known fleet of cargo carriers.
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