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The journalist Tony Russell, in his book The Blues – From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated " The vivacious rhumba-rhythmed piano blues and choked singing typical of Fess were too weird to sell millions of records ; he had to be content with siring musical offspring who were simple enough to manage that, like Fats Domino or Huey " Piano " Smith.
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On 17 July 2003, Kelly, an employee of the Ministry of Defence, apparently committed suicide after being misquoted by BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan as saying that Tony Blair's Labour government had knowingly " sexed up " the " September Dossier ", a report into Iraq and weapons of mass destruction.
When invited by a television journalist to rank Tony Blair among the eight Prime Ministers he had observed as a parliamentarian, he cited policy over Kosovo and Iraq as reasons for placing his party leader at the bottom of the list.
Politician Tony Benn records in his diary ( 17 February 1981 ) that a journalist from the New Statesman, Duncan Campbell, told him that he had received information from an intelligence agent two years previously that Neave had planned to have Benn assassinated if a Labour Government was elected, James Callaghan resigned and there was a possibility that Benn might be elected Party Leader in his place.
* 1965: in the US comedy Boeing Boeing, Tony Curtis plays an American journalist in Paris who is simultaneously engaged to three different stewardesses.
An authorised biography, The Player: The Life of Tony O ' Reilly, was produced by Ivan Fallon, a journalist and biographer in the early 1990s, now a senior executive at one of O ' Reilly's companies, and is the only study of any length.
Chow Mo-wan ( Tony Leung ), a journalist, rents a room in an apartment of a building on the same day as Su Li-zhen ( Maggie Cheung ), a secretary from a shipping company.
McDermid's notable characters are a lesbian journalist, Lindsay Gordon ; a private investigator, Kate Brannigan ; and a psychologist, Tony Hill, who suffers from sexual dysfunction.
On 25 January 2012, American journalist Robin Miller reported that Barrichello was to test an IndyCar for KV Racing Technology with friend Tony Kanaan.
Alastair John Campbell ( born 25 May 1957 ) is a British journalist, broadcaster, political aide and author, best known for his work as Director of Communications and Strategy for Prime Minister Tony Blair between 1997 and 2003.
In 2006, the first Tony Banks biography ever, Man Of Spells by journalist Mario Giammetti was published in Italy ( Edizioni Segno ).
* A further twist to the British David Kelly scandal occurs, as Tony Blair's official spokesman, Tom Kelly, apologizes to David Kelly's family for having compared the late and still un-buried Dr. Kelly to a " Walter Mitty " character in a " private " conversation with a journalist.
In 2003, Tom Kelly, a spokesman for British prime minister Tony Blair, publicly apologised for referring to David Kelly as " a Walter Mitty character " during a private discussion with a journalist.
He was the journalist who had exposed the Sheffield Wednesday trio of Peter Swan, David Layne and Tony Kay for match fixing in the 1960s.
Among the very few who attempted to look at evidence from both sides at the time were Australian ambassador to Cambodia Tony Kevin, and journalist Barry Wain, who wrote, " in circumstances that remain disputed, Mr. Hun Sen's military forces ... defeated Prince Ranariddh's troops in Phnom Penh ".
Asked by an Australian journalist what it was like to win a Tony Award, he said " it was like winning a thousand Gold Logies at the same time ".
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Essayist and journalist Russell Baker grew up in Morrisonville, Virginia and his book Growing Up highlights his childhood in rural Virginia.
In 1905, William Randolph Hearst purchased the magazine for US $ 400, 000 ( approximately $ 11, 000, 000 in 2007 prices ) and brought in journalist Charles Edward Russell, who contributed a series of investigative articles, including " The Growth of Caste in America " ( March 1907 ), " At the Throat of the Republic " ( December 1907-March 1908 ) and " What Are You Going to Do About It?
The Victorian journalist, George W. E. Russell ( 1853 – 1919 ), conveys something of Liddell's image ( Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography, 1914, 84 ):
The series was hosted by British / American broadcaster / journalist Alistair Cooke until 1992 ; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Russell Baker hosted from 1992 to 2004.
He missed the Battle of Inkerman ( 4 November and 5 November 1854 ), casually asking journalist William Russell ( who was returning from the conflict ) " What are they doing, what was the firing for ...?
In 1865, having renounced his religious beliefs, and after a visit to the United States two years earlier, where he had formed lasting friendships with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., James Russell Lowell and Charles Eliot Norton, he settled in London and became a journalist, eventually editing the Cornhill Magazine in 1871 where R. L.
While some muckrakers had already worked for reform newspapers of the personal journalism variety, such as Steffens who was a reporter for the New York Evening Post under Edwin Lawrence Godkin, other muckrakers had worked for yellow journals before moving on to magazines around 1900, such as Charles Edward Russell who was a journalist and editor of Joseph Pulitzer's New York World.
Controversially, Asper's newspaper chain fired journalist Russell Mills when he wrote an article which was critical of Jean Chretien and demanded he resign.
Bertrand Russell left her for their children's governess, Patricia Spence, after Dora had had two children with journalist Griffin Barry.
Notable students include the local federal MP, Bruce Billson, football players Nathan Burke and Russell Greene, journalist Shaun Carney, and actress Jackie Woodburne.
* William Howard Russell ( 1821 – 1907 ), journalist, and possibly the world's first modern war correspondent.
South African journalist and human rights activist Benjamin Pogrund, now living in Israel, described the Cape Town Session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine as " It's theatre: the actors know their parts and the result is known before they start.
John Russell Young ( November 20, 1840 – January 17, 1899 ) was an American journalist, author, diplomat, and the seventh Librarian of the United States Congress from 1897 to 1899.
The new stadium and its Fred Russell Press Box ( named for Vanderbilt alumnus, former football player, and sports journalist Fred Russell ), recalling Vanderbilt's naval themed-mascot the Commodore, were designed to resemble a United States naval vessel slicing through the water, and the color-scheme picked for the exterior of the stadium was battleship gray.
He was noted ( among others by the English journalist William Howard Russell who followed him during the Franco-Prussian War ) for his kindliness and sense of humour.
* Jack Aster or Walter Russell Crampton ( 1877 – 1938 ), Australian trade unionist, journalist and politician
Hackman's Alex Grazier and Nolte's Russell Price are amalgamations of Bill Stewart's life and career as a journalist and war correspondent.
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