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At this point Charles C. Hanch, long an advocate of patent peace in the industry, became chairman of the patents committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, successor to the Automobile Board of Trade.
During that time, while studying at Kabul University, Massoud became involved with the Sazman-i Jawanan-i Musulman (" Organization of Muslim Youth "), the student branch of the Jamiat-i Islami (" Islamic Society "), whose chairman then was professor Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Brewery president Jerold Hoffberger became the Orioles ' new chairman of the board.
Selig had by this time become chairman of the Executive Council of Major League Baseball, and as such became de facto acting commissioner.
A new constitution in January 1976 established Democratic Kampuchea as a Communist People's Republic, and a 250-member Assembly of the Representatives of the People of Kampuchea ( PRA ) was selected in March to choose the collective leadership of a State Presidium, the chairman of which became the head of state.
He became a four-star general and served three years as vice chairman of the Turkish Armed Forces, then appointed commander of the Turkish First Army, in Istanbul.
Sony executive Norio Ohga, who later became the CEO and chairman of Sony, was convinced of the format's commercial potential and pushed further development despite widespread skepticism.
Pfeiffer became President and CEO of Compaq in 1991, as a result of a boardroom coup led by board chairman Ben Rosen that forced co-founder Rod Canion to resign as President and CEO.
Approximately six months after his installation, he became the informal chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.
Meanwhile, Columbia University's liberal faculty members became disenchanted with the university president's ties to oilmen and businessmen, including Leonard McCollum, president of Continental Oil ; Frank Abrams, chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey ; Bob Kleberg, president of King Ranch ; H. J. Porter, a Texas oil producer ; Bob Woodruff, president of Coca-Cola ; and Clarence Francis, General Foods chairman.
In 1985, he became chairman of the Minister's Council in the House of Assembly.
In August 1994, Rawlings became ECOWAS chairman, a post that had eluded him since the PNDC came to power.
Between early August 1994 when Rawlings became ECOWAS chairman and the end of the following October, the Ghanaian president visited Nigeria three times to discuss the peace process in Liberia and measures to restore democracy in that country.
He became CEO in 1979 and chairman in 1987, succeeding Jack and becoming the first non-family member to hold that post.
Hoxha became the chairman of the council's executive committee and the National Liberation Army's supreme commander.
In 1949, Simon became a professor of administrations and chairman of the Department of Industrial Management at Carnegie Tech ( later to become Carnegie Mellon University ).
In 1967, he became chairman of the SPD fraction in the Landtag, and in 1970 Minister of Science and Education in the cabinet of Minister President Heinz Kühn.
In February 2012, Major became chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.
His heirs, Earls of Abercorn, heirs male of the Hamilton family from 1651, became Marquesses of Abercorn in 1790, and Dukes of Abercorn in 1868 ; the 2nd Duke of Abercorn ( b. 1838 ) being a prominent Unionist politician and chairman of the British South Africa Company.
In 1944 Thuku founded and was first chairman of the multi-tribal Kenya African Study Union ( KASU ), which in 1946 became the Kenya African Union ( KAU ).
In 1960, after Brezhnev was named chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ( titular head of state of the Soviet Union ), Chernenko became his chief of staff.
The French philosopher Henri Bergson became the first chairman of the committee.
David Moores, whose family had owned the club for more than 50 years, became chairman after Smith's resignation.
President Taya, who won elections in 1992 and 1997, first became chief of state through a December 12, 1984 bloodless coup which made him chairman of the committee of military officers that governed Mauritania from July 1978 to April 1992.

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John Major became President of influential centre-right think tank the Bow Group.
Despite the doctor's warning, Sarah Bow became pregnant with Clara in the fall of 1904.
A set member later stated that when Bow did the scene she actually became her character and " lived it ".
And Louise Brooks ( from 1980 ): "( Bow ) became a star without nobody's help ... ".
Bow began to date her co-star Gilbert Roland, who became her first fiancee.
Later, livestock loading-pens were built and Medicine Bow became an important livestock shipping center.
It is best known for having been an early label of Adam and the Ants, releasing their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox in November 1979 ( which in January 1980 was the first ever Number One on the UK Independent Albums Chart and in February 1981 became a UK Top 20 album ) as well as singles Zerox in June 1979 and Cartrouble in March 1980, the latter being not only a Number One on the UK Independent Singles Chart but also the debut collaboration between Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni following the departure of the original Ants to form Bow Wow Wow.
The late-1960s saw Howard's promotion within the Bow Group, where he became Chairman in April 1970.
In 1910, he became MP for Bow and Bromley, when the sitting Conservative MP retired and the Liberals supported his candidature.
Lamont became chairman of centre-right think tank the Bow Group between 1971-2.
Clara Bow in 1921, before she became a star
The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway was opened in 1854 and it eventually became the sole railway using the Bow platforms.
He also brought the Dragon-helm, and the area around Amon Rûdh became known as Dor-Cúarthol, the " Land of Bow and Helm ".
Because of this film, actress Clara Bow became known as the " It girl ".
The name " Sex Gang Children " was taken by Malcolm McLaren from a William Burroughs novel as a possible name for the band that became Bow Wow Wow and was one of the names that Boy George went through before choosing " Culture Club ".
He became secretary of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council in 1991 and was a member of the moderate Bow Group.
It comprised the civil parishes of Bow, Bromley and Poplar until 1907, when it also became a civil parish.
It first became popular in the song " Dem Bow " ( They Bow ) performed by Jamaican dancehall artist Shabba Ranks in 1991.
Bethnal Green and Bow with its almost 45, 000 Muslims was Galloway's best chance to defeat Labour in what became a " bitter single issue campaign.
In 1981, Deva became Chairman of the Bow Group ( a leading conservative think tank in Britain ), and initiated the Transatlantic Conferences between the Bow Group and the Republican Party / Heritage Foundation in Washington, D. C.
In more peaceful times, it became important for the transport of grain from Hertfordshire, but navigation of its southern-most tidal reaches of Bow Creek were difficult due to its tortuous meanders.
He became a founding member of the Bow Group.

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