Word: thompson
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...Senate. Indeed, Tennessee hasn't seen so much national political attention since President Bush beat Vice President Al Gore in his home state. Bush has come calling twice, helping Corker raise $2.1 million, as have U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bill Frist, while former senators Fred Thompson and Howard Baker have thrown their support behind Corker even as former President Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have stumped for Ford...
...mind if I do! FM crashed the after party for the History and Literature Centennial Celebration, held last Saturday in Emerson Hall. Having observed panel discussions among 11 of the department’s most prestigious (read: cooperative) graduates, hist-and-lit concentrators migrated to the Thompson Room of the Barker Center, where the alcohol was free flowing and the conversation esoteric. “I’ve been writing about the same thing for so long!” laughed one middle-aged alumnus to her companion, referring to her new book and its similarity to her senior...
...been to Bangkok, chances are you've done the Jim Thompson House - the gallery and museum set up in the late silk baron's former home, and a mainstay of the tourist trail. So, next time you're in town, head instead to its lesser-known but arguably more interesting rival: the M.R. Kukrit Pramoj Heritage Home, tel: (66-2) 286 8185. The Kukrit residence - open only on weekends and national holidays - is one of the best-preserved examples of Thai vernacular architecture in Bangkok. Set amid lush greenery on South Sathorn Road, it belonged to former Prime Minister...
...four spots received automatic berths at the competition, but there was never much doubt that Johnson and Kovacs would make the cut. Johnson’s 32 points were 20 less than Kovacs at 52, while the next closest sailor, Roger Williams University’s Cy Thompson, clocked in at 71. Matt Barry of Yale finished with 73 points, rounding out the top four. “I was really pleased with how I sailed,” Johnson said of his performance. “I’ve finished third and second twice [at nationals], so hopefully...
...conferences in cities like Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. And he continued to serve as a spokesperson for Right to Play and traveled to Zambia in the summer, with Jim Caple and an ESPN camera crew tagging along.“[ESPN was] interested only because Jenny Thompson and I, who were two Olympic athletes, were going to Africa to see this program,” Cheek says. “But if that’s what it takes to reach a market that would otherwise never be exposed to this, then great.”Cheek?...