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- NONFICTION **** The Hemingses of Monticello An American Family By Annette Gordon-Reed * 2008 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Annette Gordon-Reed is a professor of law at New York University and teaches history at Rutgers University. This is her second book resulting from her research on...
- Research articles 2009-01-01
- A troubled nation looks to Lincoln
- GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Looking out over the landscape where 11,000 soldiers died during the three bloodiest days of the Civil War, historian James M. McPherson quotes the French World War I leader Georges Clemenceau: "War is too important to be left to the generals." Abraham Lincoln...
- Research articles 2008-10-07
- Aimee Semple McPherson and the resurrection of Christian America
- doi: 10.1017/S0009640708001352 Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America. By Matthew Avery Sutton. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007. xii + 358 pp. $26.95 cloth. Matthew Sutton makes a compelling case that the flamboyant founder of the Foursquare Gospel originated the fusion of fundamentalism, militant nationalism,...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Referee with a wink is no friend of The Buddies
- CELTIC 1 ST MIRREN 0 Beware the billing of football matches. This was supposed to be an afternoon when Celtic unfurled the flag of Scottish Premier League champions for the third consecutive opening day - the honours on this occasion being done by Tommy Burns' widow, Rosemary...
- Research articles 2008-08-11
- Referee with a wink is no friend of The Buddies
- CELTIC 1 ST MIRREN 0 Beware the billing of football matches. This was supposed to be an afternoon when Celtic unfurled the flag of Scottish Premier League champions for the third consecutive opening day - the honours on this occasion being done by Tommy Burns' widow, Rosemary...
- Research articles 2008-08-11
- ARTIST TO WATCH
- Ben MePherson uses the homeless as models for his paintingsSOME FIGURATIVE artists place advertisements on Craigslist for models. Others head to the closest art school or drawing class to hunt for the perfect face or form. But Utahbased artist Ben McPherson, 32, has his own way of doing things. He...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Oneida agrees to sell Australian business
- ONEIDA, N.Y. -- Oneida Ltd. has agreed to sell its business in Australia to McPherson's Ltd., a consumer products company based in Sydney, Australia. As part of the deal Oneida said it would license its Oneida, Sant'Andrea and Viners trademarks to McPherson's for exclusive use in Australia and New Zealand....
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- Oneida Ltd. sells Australian division to shift focus
- SHERRILL - In an effort to reduce debt and focus on new markets, Oneida Ltd. has sold its business in Australia to McPherson's Limited, a consumer-products company based in Sydney. As part of the sale, Oneida also agreed to license certain trademarks to McPherson's for its exclusive use in Australia...
- Research articles 2008-03-14
- Rev. Dr. Alan McPherson was honoured with the title of Minister Emeritus by Central, Hamilton, Ont., where he was minister for 25 years
- Caption: Rev. Dr. Alan McPherson was honoured with the title of Minister Emeritus by Central, Hamilton, Ont., where he was minister for 25 years. At the same service, the chapel which sits to the side of the sanctuary was named the McPherson Chapel in his honour. From left: Dr.Clyde Ervine,...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America
- Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America. By Matthew Avery Sutton. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007. xii + 358 pp. $26.95 cloth. Fifty years after her death, Aimee Semple McPherson continues to fascinate. Readers may recall Matthew Sutton's Church History article "'Between the Refrigerator and the...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War
- "There is a whiff of armchair generalship, or Monday-morning quarterbacking, in the writings of Civil War historians myself included who have never been in combat." (3) I. Introduction In This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War, (4) James M. McPherson, presents a collection of essays, both old...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- 'Seafarer' offers devilishly good Christmas cheer
- Having trouble getting into a holiday mood? Playwright Conor McPherson has just the thing to lift your spirits. It involves a bunch of drunken losers who are visited one Christmas Eve by a man in a fancy suit with special powers -- and he's not Santa Claus. ...
- Research articles 2007-12-14
- Aimee's America
- Aimee Semple MePherson and the Resurrection of Christian America. By Matthew Avey Sutton. Harvard University Press, 416 pp., $26.95. AMERICA! AWAKE!" Thus did evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson rouse interwar audiences to do battle against communism and atheism. According to Matthew Avery Sutton, McPherson's cry---disseminated through her newspapers, the Bridal...
- Research articles 2007-10-02
- Gibbad Furniture
- Bruce McPherson Sr., owner of 172-year-old residential furniture manufacturer Gibbard Furniture of Napanee, ON, said he and his family will put the business up for sale because they lack the health and energy needed to succeed against today's competitive challenges, according to Report on Business. "It's a way of saving...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Shining City Octagon Theatre, Bolton
- Conor McPherson's gripping urban ghost story finally receives its regional premiere following great reviews in London and on Broadway. To 9 Jun
- Research articles 2007-05-19
- Aussie division drowns Housewares.
- Mar 08, 2007 (Inside Retailing - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Housewares International announced in the week ending 2 March 2007 that it had made a net loss of $A29.1 million for the 2006-07 first half. This compared with a net profit of $A11.67 million for the previous...
- Research articles 2007-03-08
- Pump battle taken to the next level.
- Byline: Marcus Priest Mar 08, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A case between McPherson's Limited and Ian Brookfield has been one of the longest cases in the Federal Court of Australia. In 2006 Justice John Mansfield ruled against...
- Research articles 2007-03-08
- $6m loss too hot for the kitchen.
- Feb 21, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian consumer producers marketer McPherson's has abandoned plans to buy the Australasian homewares division of Housewares International. McPherson's said it withdrew its offer after conducting due diligence and Housewares' announcement of a $A6m trading loss for...
- Research articles 2007-02-21
- McPherson's looking sharp.
- Byline: Richard Hemming Nov 21, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Several small-capitalization Australian shares have performed well recently. Cutlery wholesale distributor McPherson's has seen its shares rise 80 per cent in the three months to November 2006. ...
- Research articles 2006-11-21
- McPherson knows he made the right move
- Mark McPherson needs to find a Division I-A football coach with a risk-taking bent to match his. McPherson lives on Baynton Street and can almost land inside Germantown High when he falls out of bed. Though he attended G-town as a freshman and sophomore, and was poised to become one...
- Research articles 2006-10-30
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