Word: blanchards
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...some cases, women exerted more influence on the outcomes by their absence than by their presence. Democratic Governor Jim Blanchard of Michigan was tossed out by voters who were irritated by, among other things, his less than courtly dumping of Lieutenant Governor Martha Griffiths, 78. His ex-wife also made a contribution to his defeat by selling her titillating memoirs to the Detroit News...
John Engler led Democratic Gov. James Blanchard in a Michigan surprise...
Among these budding stars are trumpeters Terence Blanchard, 28, Roy Hargrove, 21, Philip Harper, 24, and Marlon Jordan, 20; pianists Marcus Roberts, 26, Geoff Keezer, 19, and Benny Green, 27; saxophonists Branford Marsalis, 30, Christopher Hollyday, 20, and Vincent Herring, 25; guitarists Mark Whitfield, 24, and Howard Alden, 31; drummer Winard Harper, 28; and organist Joey De Francesco, 19. At the superstar end of the scale, of course, sits young Harry Connick Jr., 23, the slicked-back New Orleans-born entertainer who started out as a jazz-piano player but has crossed over into show business as a Sinatra-style...
...pursuing artistic careers. During his 12 years there, the elder Marsalis turned NOCCA into a fertile breeding ground for future jazz stars. Like a Renaissance master turning out a whole school of fine painters, he trained a virtual Who's Who of the younger generation: Harry Connick Jr., Terence Blanchard, Marlon Jordan, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, saxman Donald Harrison and flutist Kent Jordan, to name a few. But the most remarkable crop of Marsalis pupils was his own sons: Branford, Wynton, trombonist Delfeayo, 25, and drummer Jason, 13. (Another son, Ellis III, 26, is a computer consultant in Baltimore; Mboya...
...Blanchard faced complaints of age and sex discrimination in his treatment of Griffiths, his major Republican opponent, state senate majority leader John Engler, seized the opening to announce that his running mate will be Connie Binsfeld, 66, a bland state senator and antiabortion activist. Blanchard countered by selecting Olivia Maynard, 54, who has been popular with senior citizens as director of the state office of services to the aging, to replace Griffiths. Ever loyal to her party, Griffiths said she will support / Blanchard's re-election. And, presumably, she will continue to inquire about his health...