Second Leiter Building [SEP] architect
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Second Leiter Building


constructed with a metal skeleton frame remaining in the United States. Built in 1891 by Levi Z. Leiter, (1834-1904), the Second Leiter Building was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney, who implemented the skeletal frame made of steel to make the design fireproof. The building was leased by Levi Leiter to the department store of Siegel, Cooper and Company who occupied it for approximately seven years. After Siegel Cooper closed, the building hosted various tenants until it became the downtown flagship store of Sears, Roebuck and
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Second Leiter Building


The Second Leiter Building, also known as the Leiter II Building, the Sears Building, One Congress Center, and Robert Morris Center, is located at the northeast corner of South State Street and East Ida B. Wells Drive in Chicago, Illinois. The building is not to be confused with the present Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower, constructed and owned by the famous nationwide mail-order firm Sears, Roebuck & Company. This landmark of the Chicago school of architecture gained fame for being one of the earliest commercial buildings
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Marshall Field's


store, which, after some contention, was personally bought by Field and Leiter. Field, Leiter & Company now reclaimed their traditional location at the northeast corner of State and Washington for the last time in April 1879. In January 1881, Field, with the support of his junior partners, bought out Levi Z. Leiter, renaming the business "Marshall Field & Company". As Palmer had before, Leiter retired to tend his significant real estate investments, which included commissioning a department store, Second Leiter Building in 1891 at
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Sep Ruf


Sep Ruf (full name Franz Joseph Ruf; 9 March 1908, in Munich – 29 July 1982, in Munich) was a German architect and designer, belonging to the Bauhaus group. He was one of the representatives of modern architecture in Germany after World War II. His elegant buildings received high credits in Germany and Europe and his German pavilion of the Expo 58 in Brussels, built together with Egon Eiermann, achieved worldwide recognition. He attended the Interbau 1957 in Berlin-Hansaviertel and was one of the three architects who
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Sep Ruf


1593 to 1596. In the 17th century it was called the Herzog-Max-Burg. After it was destroyed in World War II., only the renaissance-tower was still standing. The city asked some architects to find ideas for the place and allowed to destroy the old tower. Only Ruf and Theo Papst were the two architects, who wanted to save it. So both got the order to build the New Maxburg. The steel skeleton building followed the structure of the tower and in the middle of the buildings
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Marshall Field's


as it evolved into a modern department store. That same year, Field personally obtained Leiter's remaining interest in the 1879 Singer building and in 1888 started buying the buildings adjoining his for additional floor space. Marshall Field also had a child at this time. In 1892, the structures between the 1879 building on State Street and Wabash Avenue to the east were demolished and the famous influential architect Daniel H. Burnham, (1846–1912), and his firm D.H. Burnham & Company was commissioned to erect a new building in anticipation of the
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Philipp Gerlach


Johann Philipp Gerlach (24 July 1679 – 17 September 1748) was a Prussian court architect, who built churches and public buildings in and around Berlin. Gerlach was born in Spandau. In 1707, he succeeded Martin Grünberg as royal director of building ("königlicher Baudirektor und Leiter des Bauwesens") in Berlin. King Frederick William I of Prussia promoted him to "Oberbaudirektor der königlichen Residenzen" in 1720, making him responsible for all building of the state including bridges and fortifications. Gerlach directed the remodelling of the Kronprinzenpalais in
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Sep Ruf


1936-1938 he was ordered to build parts of the Werdenfels and the Kemmel barracks in Murnau, after the war they were used by the US army and German troops. As soon as possible he went back to the building of private houses. In 1939 Ruf had to go to war. From 1940 to 1942 he was allowed to stay at home because he worked as an independent architect with the family of Hugo Junkers. From 1934 to 1936, one year before his death, Junkers had allowed the 26-year-old architect
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Sep Ruf


design and build the government buildings of the new capital city of the western part of Germany, Bonn. Every architect got his own part to realize. For example, the new upper house of the German parliament, the tower building of the delegates, the privat- and representative house of the chancellor of the Federal Republic. In 1963 and 1964 Ruf built the house for the chancellor. It was to be a house to live in and also to be a representative building to welcome guests of state. In a park beside the
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Robert Seppings


Sir Robert Seppings, FRS (11 December 176725 April 1840) was an English naval architect. Seppings was born to Robert and Lydia Seppings at Fakenham, Norfolk, on 11 December 1767 and baptised three days later. In 1782 he was apprenticed in HMNB Devonport, Plymouth. In 1800, when he had risen to be master shipwright assistant in the yard, he invented a device which greatly reduced the time required to repair the lower portions of ships in dry dock when compared with the laborious process of lifting then in vogue.
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Felix Leiter


piece of characterization ... he, the American, takes orders from Bond, the Britisher, and that Bond is constantly doing better than he". Bond scholars Bennett and Woollacott note that although the two men share adventures, it is Bond who leads, not Leiter. Leiter's role is to "suppl[y] Bond with technical support and hardware, add ... muscle where needed and money". Fleming's second novel, "Live and Let Die" shows that in his early twenties, Leiter wrote a few pieces on Dixieland
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Consulate General of the United States, Munich


the third largest U.S. diplomatic post in Germany after Berlin and Frankfort. The consulate is located in a custom-built office building, the last of the signature modernist U.S. Consulates built in Germany in the 1950s still in service. The work of renowned Bavarian architect Sep Ruf, the building is considered a historic monument. As the main building from 1958 is raised on concrete stilts, the original look was airy and light. Security measures, added several times since the 1970s and fortifications build around the site after 9/11 inhibit this effect
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Levi Leiter


and Trust Company. In 1866, Leiter married Mary Theresa Carver (1844–1913) of Chicago. From 1885 until her death, she served as the second Vice Regent for Illinois in the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, which is occupied with the preservation of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. Together, they were the parents of: Leiter died of heart disease at the Vanderbilt family cottage in Bar Harbor, Maine on June 9, 1904. His estate became the subject of eight years of litigation. In 1891, Leiter had
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List of recurring actors and actresses in the James Bond film series


" and "Die Another Day". David Hedison is also notable as the first actor to have played James Bond's ally Felix Leiter in more than one film ("Live and Let Die" and "Licence to Kill") (The second was Jeffrey Wright, who appeared as Leiter in "Casino Royale" (2006), and reprised the role in "Quantum of Solace"). As Felix Leiter: In 2006, Jeffrey Wright featured as Felix Leiter in the 21st James Bond movie, "Casino Royale
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Bob Leiter


Team. Following that season, the Pittsburgh Penguins bought Leiter from the Bruins, and he became a NHL regular at last. When expansion came in 1972, Leiter was chosen by the Atlanta Flames in the expansion draft as its 17th pick. Despite being chosen inauspiciously low, Leiter led the team in scoring in its inaugural year and was a mainstay with his two-way play. He finished second in team scoring the following season. However, injuries and age eroded his scoring skills, and he was released by the Flames
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Yechiel Leiter


consultancy working alongside global leaders and many of the world's most influential figures. 3H Global specializes in helping governments to formulate policy unique to the needs of each country and assists with hands-on implementation of those policies. In his capacity as CEO of 3H Global, Dr Leiter co-authored the 100-Day Plan for the new government of Paraguay and was the key architect of the government's economic development plan. In 2011, he was elected Chairman of Israel Ports Authority in a unanimous vote by the company's board of directors
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Yechiel Leiter


. In that capacity he was responsible for the planning of Israel's sea-port operations and the building of two new deep-water ports in Ashdod and Haifa. Dr Leiter taught political philosophy at the Law Faculty at Israel's Kiryat Ono Academic Center. He is Strategic Advisor to the Foundation to the Archaeological Exploration, Restoration and Expansion of Ancient Shiloh. Leiter has served as a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Judea and Samaria in Ariel, and as a director on the National Committee for the Perpetuation
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Marshall Field and Company Building


Levi Leiter to move the Field, Leiter & Co. store to a building Palmer owned on State Street at the corner of Washington Street. After being consumed by the "Great Chicago Fire" and splitting the wholesale business from the retail operations, the store resumed operations at State and Washington in a rebuilt structure, now leased from the Singer Sewing Machine Company. In 1877 another fire consumed this building, and when a new Singer Building was built to replace it at the same location in 1879, Field then put together the financing
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Al Leiter


the Wilson First Team All-American team. 2016 NJSIAA named to NJ High School Hall of Fame. Leiter was drafted by New York Yankees in 1984 as a second round pick. Both he and his brother Mark became Yankees prospects. Leiter made his major league debut as the starting pitcher for the Yankees on September 15, 1987, earning the win in a Yankees 4–3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium. Leiter has mentioned on a YES Network broadcast that early in his career with the Yankees, manager Billy Martin
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Palais Schaumburg


state guest, Robert Schuman. Hans Schwippert rebuilt the building for the use as a Federal Chancellery in 1950. It was also extended by the so-called houses 2 and 3. By 1976, more space was needed, so a new building was planned. Some departments remained in the palais, which remained in use for ceremonial purposes. In 1963, the "Wohn- und Empfangsgebäude des Bundeskanzlers", the so-called Chancellor bungalow (Kanzlerbungalow), in the modern style of architect Sep Ruf was built in the spacious
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Fulda Cathedral


conventual buildings of the abbey, constructed between 1771 and 1778, now the Theological Department of the University of Fulda. Nearby is the modern chapel of the Catholic seminary, which was built 1966-1968 by the architect Sep Ruf. South of the monastery is the deanery and the dean's garden, where a lapidarium is now located. In part of the deanery buildings is the cathedral museum. The adjoining cathedral museum contains numerous liturgical vestments and vessels, including the "Silver Altar", dating from the 18th century, which
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building. 1956–1957 he built the royal picture palace am Goetheplatz in Munich, in those days one of the two picture palaces in Europe, playing Todd-AO, and Michael Todd came to the opening and they showed the German first broadcast of the musical Oklahoma!. In Berlin he was part of the historic International Building Exhibition, the Interbau 1957 in Berlin. On the area of the Hansaviertel 53 architects from 13 countries made 35 drafts, that were realized by Alvar Aalto, Paul Baumgarten, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius,
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Lake Forest Cemetery


June 6, 1881. They began an official recording of burials in 1882. The commission also decided to completely redesign the property. William Le Baron Jenney was tasked with developing a new roadway system. Jenney was one of the foremost Chicago architects, recently completing the First Leiter Building. He placed the new entrance to the cemetery on Lake Avenue, affording more privacy. He completely reworked the cemetery, designing a curving road system and large lots on treeless fields. Strolling pathways were installed around circles of graves. Jenney also proposed
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Signal Transfer Point


. SEPs send signaling messages to other SEPs, but the messages are normally routed via the SEP's adjacent STPs. An STP's main function is to identify the best path for two SEPs to communicate. A typical application would be for two SEPs to agree on the use of a shared data path (e.g., using ISUP to initiate a voice call between a user on one SEP and a user on the second SEP). In this way, STPs route signaling messages (for starting, maintaining or finishing any kind of
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Levi Leiter


to Marshall Field and Company. As Leiter's wealth increased, he invested much of his savings in Chicago real estate. After retirement from Field, Leiter & Co., he devoted his attention to real estate and corporate interests. He later devoted time to travel and philanthropy. He was the first president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the second president of the Chicago Art Institute, a president of the Chicago Historical Society, and a prominent figure in the Illinois Trust Company. From 1892 to 1898, his son Joseph was
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List of recurring actors and actresses in the James Bond film series


". This makes him the first African-American man to play the character in an Eon-produced Bond film (Bernie Casey played Leiter in the non-Eon "Never Say Never Again"). He also reprised the role in "Quantum of Solace", making him only the second actor to appear as Leiter twice since David Hedison played the character in "Live and Let Die" and "Licence to Kill". As Felix Leiter: In 1987, Joe Don Baker got the role of the villain Brad
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Al Leiter


, and was still seen as a very promising prospect. Leiter finally got over his injury troubles in 1993, making 32 appearances (12 starts) for the Blue Jays. That year he appeared in 5 postseason games and even picked up a win in relief in Game One, and hit a double in Game Three of the 1993 World Series, as the Blue Jays went on to win their second consecutive World Championship. Leiter pitched effectively for the Blue Jays for the next two seasons before departing via free agency in 1996.
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Al Leiter


Series. Leiter started Game 1 of the 2000 World Series at Yankee Stadium and Game 5 at Shea Stadium. Although he managed to achieve a 2.87 ERA and 16 strikeouts in innings, the Mets lost both games he started and eventually lost the World Series 4 games to 1. He was booed by Yankees fans when presented that year's Roberto Clemente Award prior to Game 2 of the World Series. Leiter was the second New York Met to be honored with the award. During the 2000 season, he pitched in the All
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Edward Buehler Delk


Edward Buehler Delk (1885 -1956) was a prominent architect who designed many landmark buildings in the Midwest and Southwest regions of The United States. Delk was born on 22 Sep 1885 Schoharie, New York. He graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 1907. After serving in the Army Air Corps during World War I where he studied at the University of London after the war. Among his most famous works were Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture buildings in the 1920s for Kansas City developer J.C. Nichols and Oklahoma oilman Waite Phillips. On September
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ODDO BHF


. The bank was formed on 1 January 1970 as the Berliner Handels- und Frankfurter Bank from the merger of the Frankfurter Bank (founded in 1854) and the Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft (founded in 1856). In 1970, when the BHF-Bank tower was built by the German architect Sep Ruf, it was the highest building in Frankfurt. The banks changed its name to BHF-Bank in 1975. Through the 1970s and 1980s it was in the top three to five investment banks in West Germany and had a top
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Felix Leiter


Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the "James Bond" series. The character is an operative for the CIA and Bond's friend. After losing a leg and his hand to a shark attack, Leiter joined the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The name "Felix" comes from the middle name of Fleming's friend Ivar Bryce, while the name "Leiter" was the surname of Fleming's friend Marion Oates Leiter Charles, then the wife of Thomas Leiter. Leiter also appeared in novels by continuation authors
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1999 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game


example, Leiter had also defeated Greg Maddux in his previous start on September 29 to snap the Mets' seven-game losing streak. Leiter's earned run average in the second half of the 1999 season was 1.22 runs lower than in the first. Leiter's start earned an 86 game score, which tied for the 14th best total in the National League that season. New York's win clinched the team's fifth postseason berth in franchise history, their first since losing in the 1988 National League Championship Series. The playoff
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Levi Leiter


Levi Ziegler Leiter (November 2, 1834 – June 9, 1904) was a Chicago businessman. He co-founded what became the Marshall Field & Company retail empire. Leiter was born to Anne (née Ziegler) and Joseph Thomas Leiter, of Leitersburg, the Washington County, Maryland, town founded by his grandfather, Abraham Leiter. Although some have confused Leiter's ancestry as Jewish (likely because of his first name), his family was of German Swiss descent and some of his ancestors had been Mennonites. Leiter
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Martin J. Whitman School of Management


Partnership (SEP) is a collaboration between the Whitman School and the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University, the State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems. The SEP conducts research through the Sustainable Building and Infrastructure Grant Program, holds seminars on ways for businesses and organizations to incorporate sustainability into their products and practices, and awards scholarships for students and researchers interested in sustainable buildings and infrastructure. The SEP also offers a Certificate of
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Sep Ruf


of Germany), the Allied High Commission at the palace Deichmannsaue in Bad-Godesberg/Bonn together with the architects Otto Apel, Rudolf Letocha, Rohrer and Herdt. The tower-building of the HICOG went to be the Embassy of the United States in Bonn from 1955 until 1999. After the Embassy moved to Berlin the two parts became two ministries. They also built the residential estates of Plittersdorf, Tannenbusch and Muffendorf, where the German and American staff lived. Every estate had about 400 houses, wide streets and an
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Walter-Gropius-Haus (Berlin)


actress Marlene Dietrich was instrumental in funding the Interbau project. The Walter Gropius House is one of the 35 completed projects of the International Building Exhibition (Interbau) in 1957. The architects involved in the Interbau were exclusively world-famous modernists, including Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius, Arne Jacobsen, Vasily Luckhardt, Oscar Niemeyer, Sep Ruf, Max Taut and Le Corbusier. Interbau featured two high-profile contributions by US architectural firms: The Walter Gropius House by TAC and the Kongresshalle (Convention Centre – today
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Felix Leiter


as the Leiter role was never remembered by audiences, using a black Leiter might make him more memorable. Smith and Lavington consider Casey to be "the most compelling Felix Leiter since Jack Lord", although again there was little in the script for him to do. In the 2012 game "007 Legends", Canadian-American actor Demetri Goritsas provided his likeness and voice for the character of Leiter. Felix Leiter has made several appearances in multiple comic strips as well as comic books as a supporting character aiding Bond on joint
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Licence to Kill


ambush Leiter and his wife Della and take Leiter to an aquarium owned by one of Sanchez's accomplices, Milton Krest. Sanchez has Leiter lowered into a tank holding a tiger shark. When Bond learns Sanchez has escaped, he returns to Leiter's house to find Leiter has been maimed and that Della has been murdered—and by implication raped. Bond, with Leiter's friend Sharkey, start their own investigation. They discover a marine research centre run by Krest, where Sanchez has hidden cocaine and a submarine for smuggling.
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Stern


called for "fashioning" the after part of the ship. This frame is designed to support the various beams that make up the stern. In 1817 the British naval architect Sir Robert Seppings first introduced the concept of the round or "circular" stern. The square stern had been an easy target for enemy cannon, and could not support the weight of heavy stern chase guns. But Seppings' design left the rudder head exposed, and was regarded by many as simply ugly—no American warships were designed with such sterns
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Bradford Perkins (architect)


International Practice", his books include "Building Type Basics for Senior Living", First and Second Edition, "Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing, and Transitioning a Design Firm", First and Second Edition, and "Building Type Basics for Elementary and Secondary Schools," First and Second Edition —all published by John Wiley & Sons. He has also contributed one or more chapters to: "The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services", Architect’s Data, "The Architect's Handbook of Professional
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Theophilus P. Chandler Jr.


Theophilus Parsons Chandler Jr. (Sep 7, 1845– August 16, 1928) was an American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He spent his career at Philadelphia, and is best remembered for his churches and country houses. He founded the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania (1890), and served as its first head. Born in Boston on 7 Sep 1845, the son of Theophilus Parsons Chandler and his wife Elizabeth J Schlatter, Chandler was educated at Harvard University and in the atelier of
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1997 World Series


only hit Wright gave up through six innings, and the Indians staked him to a 2–0 lead in the third. With nobody out, Jim Thome walked and Marquis Grissom singled him to second. Pitcher Jaret Wright sacrificed both men into scoring position. After Leiter retired Omar Vizquel for the second out, Tony Fernández singled to drive both runners in for the only runs of the game to that point. Leiter was removed after six innings. Leading off the bottom of the seventh for the Marlins, Bobby Bonilla hit Wright's first
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Saul Leiter


. Leiter worked as a fashion photographer for the next 20 years and was published in "Show, Elle", British "Vogue, Queen," and "Nova." In the late 1950s the art director Henry Wolf published Leiter’s color fashion work in "Esquire" and later in "Harper’s Bazaar". Edward Steichen included Leiter’s black and white photographs in the exhibition "Always the Young Stranger" at the Museum of Modern Art in 1953. Leiter’s work is featured prominently in Jane Livingston’s book
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Felix Leiter


to Jeremy Black. Leiter, who was an agent for Station S, was a combination of the novel's Felix Leiter and René Mathis and was played by the Australian actor Michael Pate. Jack Lord was the first Felix Leiter, appointed into the role for the first Bond film, "Dr. No". Eon Productions started filming the series out of the order written by Fleming (Fleming had started with "Casino Royale", with "Dr. No" being the sixth novel). Leiter was not present in the Fleming
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Abdur Rahman Chughtai


) Award in 1960, and the Pride of Performance Award in 1958 by the President of Pakistan. Chughtai was born on 21 Sep 1894 in Lahore, now in Pakistan. He was born in Lahore in the area known as 'Mohalla Chabuk Sawaran', the second son of Karim Bukhsh, in a family descended from generations of craftsmen, architects, and decorators. Chughtai briefly learned naqqashi from his uncle Baba Miran Shah Naqqash at a local mosque. After completing his education at the Railway Technical School, Lahore, in 1911
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Marshall Field's


Railway Co. at State & 20th Streets). Six months later, in April 1872, Field & Leiter reopened in an unburned building at Madison and Market Streets (today's West Wacker Drive). Salesman Parker stayed on with the Company for 45 more years, rising to the level of General Sales Manager. Two years later, in October 1873, Field and Leiter returned to State Street at Washington, opening in a new five-story store at their old location they now leased from the Singer Sewing Machine Company, Palmer
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Saul Leiter


"The New York School" (1992) and in Martin Harrison’s "Appearances: Fashion Photography since 1945" (1991). In 2008, The Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris mounted Leiter’s first museum exhibition in Europe with an accompanying catalog. Leiter is the subject of a 2012 feature-length documentary "In No Great Hurry - 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter," directed and produced by Tomas Leach . Leiter is a featured subject, among others, in the documentary film "Tracing Outlines"
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Felix Leiter


represented the Special Relationship between Britain and America, although the American Leiter is in the subordinate position to the British Bond. Academic Jeremy Black agrees, although points out that the Bond and Leiter relationship suggested "a far smoother working of the Anglo-American alliance than was in fact the case." Academic and writer Kingsley Amis, in his exploration of Bond in "The James Bond Dossier", considered that this view of Leiter was partly because of Fleming's writing, noting that "Leiter, such a nonentity as a
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Marshall Field


n't last long. In January 1865, Field and a partner, Levi Leiter, accepted an offer to become senior partners at the dry goods establishment of Potter Palmer. The new firm became known as "Field, Palmer, Leiter & Co." In 1867, after Field and Leiter could afford to buy him out, Palmer withdrew from the firm, and it was renamed "Field, Leiter & Company." In 1867 Field, Leiter & Company reported revenues of $12 million. Like many Chicago businessman, Field's
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Felix Leiter


, Leiter made an occasional appearance and the novel "For Special Services" introduces his daughter, Cedar Leiter, who is also a CIA officer (and briefly Bond's romantic conquest). Raymond Benson also included Leiter's character in some of his novels, including "The Facts of Death" and "Doubleshot". The 2008 Sebastian Faulks novel "Devil May Care" and the 2011 novel "Carte Blanche" by Jeffery Deaver both contain the character. The first screen interpretation of the Leiter character was in the 1954 CBS
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Felix Leiter


and Let Die"] would be my first – and last" and Glen was reluctant to cast the 61-year-old actor, since the role even had a scene parachuting. Hedison was the only actor to play Leiter in multiple films until Jeffrey Wright appeared in "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace" and Bond 25 Leiter, now working with the DEA, is central to the plot of "Licence to Kill". Leiter and Bond work together to capture drug lord Franz Sanchez on the way to Leiter's
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Felix Leiter


wedding, at which Bond serves as Best Man. A short time later, Leiter and his wife Della are attacked by an escaped Sanchez, who kills Della and tortures Leiter by lowering him into a tank containing a great white shark - an event transferred from the original plot of Live and Let Die. Bond finds Leiter maimed but alive, and seeks revenge on Sanchez, paving the way for the rest of the film's plot. At the film's end, Leiter is shown recovering in the hospital. Following Hedison's
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Brian Leiter


at University of British Columbia to protest what they called a "derogatory and intimidating" e-mail sent by Leiter to one of their colleagues, who Leiter claimed had threatened him. 24 of the 56 members of the Advisory Board of the PGR thought it best that he relinquish control over the Report's management. In response, Leiter appointed a co-editor for the 2014 report Berit Brogaard, a philosophy professor at the University of Miami and agreed to step down as editor after its publication. Leiter dismissed the criticisms as
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Leiter International Performance Scale


Leiter International Performance Scale or simply Leiter scale is an intelligence test in the form of a strict performance scale. It was designed for children and adolescents ages 2 to 18, although it can yield an intelligence quotient (IQ) and a measure of logical ability for all ages. The Leiter series of assessments have been produced and published by Stoelting. Leiter devised an experimental edition of the test in 1929 to assess the intelligence of those with hearing or speech impairment and with non English speaking examinees. This test purports to "provide
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Levi Leiter


left his business to pursue real estate ventures, and the company was renamed Field, Leiter & Co. Field & Leiter built a six-story store on State Street in 1868. It was rebuilt after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. From 1874 to 1880, Leiter was a member of the Executive Committee of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, which helped collect and distribute funds to rebuild Chicago after the fire. When Leiter sold his interest to Field and retired from the dry goods business in 1881, the name was changed
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Yechiel Leiter


Dr Yechiel (Michael) Leiter () is an American-born Israeli historian of philosophy, and also a public policy analyst. Leiter is a resident scholar at Jerusalem's Herzl Institute. He has previously served as Chief of Staff to Benjamin Netanyahu at Israel's Ministry of Finance and as political assistant to Ariel Sharon in Israel's parliament. Leiter is also an ordained Rabbi and has written three books and numerous essays on politics in the Middle East. Yechiel Leiter was born on 1 October 1959 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. After
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55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment


December 1941; a second detachment helped form the 804th CA (HD) Btry (Sep). Btry F at Sand Is. was designated the 807th CA (HD) Btry (Sep), while a second detachment helped organize the 715th CA (HD) Btry (Sep) 10-21-42. During World War II, various changes were made in the makeup of the 55th CA. The 55th CA (155 mm Gun) Regt was reorganized and HHB reconstituted and activated; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
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John V. Farwell & Co.


to the partnership. However, the next year, Field and Leiter left to join Potter Palmer in Field, Palmer, Leiter & Co. (later Marshall Field & Co.) The store continued as John V. Farwell & Co. with a partnership consisting of Farwell, Charles B. Farwell, William D. Farwell, John K. Harmon, and S. N. Kellogg. Kellogg retired in 1867 and Simeon Farwell was admitted as a partner in 1870. John V. Farwell & Co. operated out of a building at 112-116 Wabash Avenue. Clothing operations
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Mark Leiter


Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers, all of the National League. As a member of the Giants, he won the 1994 Willie Mac Award honoring his spirit and leadership. Mark's brother, Al Leiter, was also a major league pitcher and his son, Mark Leiter Jr., also pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies and is now a Toronto Blue Jay. Leiter's 9-month-old son Ryan died of spinal muscular atrophy in 1994. He and his wife, Allison, started the Ryan Leiter Fund to raise funds for families of victims
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Felix Leiter


describes Leiter as "a cool and quiet no-nonsense character who knows 007's strengths and weaknesses well". Physically, Fleming describes Leiter in "Casino Royale": "a mop of straw-coloured hair lent his face a boyish look which closer examination contradicted". Leiter is Bond's saviour in "Casino Royale", providing him with 32 million francs when Bond has been cleaned out by SMERSH paymaster Le Chiffre, calling it "Marshall Aid". Media historian James Chapman notes that Bond's relationship with Leiter
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St. Michael's Church, Penampang


the Feast of St. Michael. Fr. Wachter had specially invited Brother Aegidius Leiter, the master builder, to be responsible for the building of the church. Nonetheless, the construction was postponed during the Second World War only to resume and complete in 1947. The church is located on a steep hill and is built with stones. The church also includes a cemetery, a bell tower, a grotto of Mary, the rectory, parish hall, and a religious centre. The church consists of a nave and two aisles,
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In No Great Hurry 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter


In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter is a 2013 documentary film about the photographer Saul Leiter directed and produced by Tomas Leach. Leiter was an early pioneer of color street photography. His most personal work was largely ignored until the release of Early Color in 2006. Interest in his work exploded in the last years of his life, and since his death in 2013. The film documents Leiter in his chaotic home in New York City, as he looks back on his life and work. Leach contacted
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Brian Leiter


professed sympathy for Marx, stating in an interview that, "On two central issues, Marx was far more right than any of his critics: first, that the long-term tendency of capitalist societies is towards immiseration of the majority (the post-WWII illusion of upward mobility for the "middle classes" will soon be revealed for the anomaly it was); and second, that capitalist societies produce moral and political ideologies that serve to justify the dominance of the capitalist class." Leiter's scholarly writings have been
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Loop Retail Historic District


Street by building his own Palmer House hotel on State Street in 1870. He had also convinced Marshall Field and Levi Leiter to move the Field, Leiter & Co. store to State Street in 1868. Chicago's retailing center was State Street (anchored by Marshall Field's) in the downtown Loop after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Convenient mass transit such as streetcars and elevated trains, supported a retail corridor along State Street from Lake Street to Van Buren Street. State Street became a shopping destination during the 1900s, and
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Siegel-Cooper Company


The Siegel-Cooper Company was a department store that opened in Chicago in 1887 and expanded into New York City in 1896. At the time of its opening, the New York store was the largest in the world. Siegel-Cooper began as a discount department store on State Street in the Loop. It was founded by Henry Siegel, Frank H. Cooper and Isaac Keim in 1887. Four years later, the store moved into the eight-story Second Leiter Building at State and Van Buren Street, designed by William Le
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Rudi Wetzel


to a senior management position with the press and broadcasting department of the Central Committee of the newly formed Socialist Unity Party (""Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands"" / SED). In 1947 he became head of the foreign press section, with the title "Second Deputy Head of the Agitation Department" (""2. stellvertretender Leiter der Abteilung Agitation""). The contentious launch in April 1946 of the SED had been part of a nation building exercise planned with Moscow support by a team of leading exiled German communists
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Bob Leiter


two seasons for the Kingston Frontenacs of the Eastern Professional Hockey League and six with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, playing only large sections of the 1963 and 1964 seasons with the Bruins. By 1967 there was no place on the newly powerful Bruins for Leiter, and he was a fixture on the Bears, where he was a scoring leader his final four seasons. 1971, his final year in Hershey, was his best, leading the team in scoring and being named to the AHL's Second All-Star
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School holiday


Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu Holiday 6 Sep Friday Defence Day Observance 9 Sep Monday First Day of Ashura Public Holiday 10 Sep Tuesday Second Day of Ashura Public Holiday 23 Sep Monday September Equinox Season 29 Sep Sunday First Day of Navaratri Hindu Holiday 6 Oct Sunday Durga Pooja Optional Holiday 8 Oct Tuesday Dussehra Optional Holiday 13 Oct Sunday Birthday of Guru Balmik Sawami Ji Optional Holiday 20 Oct Sunday Chelum Optional Holiday 27 Oct Sunday Diwali/Deepavali Optional Holiday 9 Nov Saturday Iqbal Day Observance 10 Nov Sunday Eid Milad un-Nabi Public Holiday 12 Nov Tuesday
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William Le Baron Jenney


to 1891, he displayed his system in the construction of the Second Leiter Building, also in Chicago. According to popular story, one day he came home early and surprised his wife who was reading. She put her book down on top of a bird cage and ran to meet him. He strode across the room, lifted the book and dropped it back on the bird cage two or three times. Then, he exclaimed: "It works! It works! Don’t you see? If this little cage can
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Leiter International Performance Scale


, autism spectrum disorder, and English as a Second Language. The Leiter contains 10 subtests organized into four domains: The five Fluid Intelligence subtests are: Sequential Order (SO) Form Completion (FC) Classification and Analogies (CA) Figure Ground (FG) Matching/Repeated Patterns (M/RP)- optional The five Attention and Memory subtests are: Forward Memory (FM) Attention Sustained (AS) Reverse Memory (RM) Nonverbal Stroop (NS) Attention Divided (AD) The last scale is the Social/Emotional
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Never Say Never Again


known as the Tears of Allah, below a desert oasis on the Ethiopian Coast. Bond and Leiter infiltrate the underground facility and a gun battle erupts between Leiter's team and Largo's men in the temple. In the confusion, Largo makes a getaway with the second of the warheads, the first already defused in Washington DC. Bond catches and fights Largo underwater. Just as Largo tries to use a spear gun to shoot Bond, he is shot with a spear gun by Domino, taking revenge for her brother's death
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2000 World Series


. In the bottom half, however, with runners on second and third and two outs, Andy Pettitte's fielding error on Al Leiter's bunt attempt allowed the Mets to tie the score. Benny Agbayani's RBI single then put them up 2–1. In the top of the sixth, Derek Jeter homered to tie the game at 2–2. The Series effectively ended in the top of the ninth. Mets ace Al Leiter had a pitch count that was approaching 140, but manager Bobby Valentine insisted that he would live or die
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Bavarian State Library


by Gärtner was concluded in 1843. In 1919 the library received the name that it still bears today: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. During the Second World War more than 500,000 volumes were lost, although the collections were partly evacuated from the building. Some of the books were for example stored in the palace chapel of Schloss Haimhausen. Of the building itself 85% were destroyed. The reconstruction of the library building and the reintegration of evacuated holdings started in 1946. 1953-1966 the professors Hans Döllgast und Sep Ruf had to plan and
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Germanisches Nationalmuseum


German Bestelmeyer were built to provide an entrance from Kornmarkt and further space. After the destructions during the Second World War, Sep Ruf designed additional buildings; historical parts of the halls and galleries were adapted to the new architectural concept or torn down after their destruction during the war; only some buildings were restored and rebuilt. The first major building was added 1955–1958, called „Heussbau“ after the first president of West Germany, Theodor Heuss. In 1983, and from 1988–1993, the museum was substantially enlarged. The „Kartäuserbau
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Levi Leiter


was raised a Lutheran. As a boy, Leiter worked for a dry goods business in Springfield, Ohio. In 1853 he began working as a bookkeeper at Chicago's then-largest dry goods company, Cooley, Wadsworth & Co., where he worked alongside Marshall Field and Potter Palmer. Leiter and Field became partners in the firm, but in 1865, they sold their interest in the company to John V. Farwell and went into business, along with Palmer, as Field, Palmer, Leiter & Co. In 1867, Palmer
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Felix Leiter


novel, but the writers added the character to the film. Bond scholars Smith and Lavington consider Leiter to offer negligible help to Bond, largely because there is no role for him in the novel, a point with which continuation Bond author Raymond Benson agrees, noting that he is "extraneous to the dramatic action". Jeremy Black agrees, although points out that the inclusion of Leiter was a sign of American influence in the Caribbean. Lord played Leiter in a "swaggering" fashion, according to Smith and Lavington, and
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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Dr. No (film)


be good for the role of Dr. No, although by the time Fleming told the producers, they had already chosen Joseph Wiseman for the part. Harry Saltzman picked Wiseman because of his performance in the 1951 film "Detective Story", and the actor had special make-up applied to evoke No's Chinese heritage. The role as the first Felix Leiter was given to Jack Lord. This is Bond and Leiter's first time meeting each other on film and Leiter does not appear in the novel. Leiter returns for many
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Motifs in the James Bond film series


and none with Brosnan (where Bond's CIA contact is Jack Wade), but returned for Craig's; he is also not in George Lazenby's sole Bond film. In the Eon series, there were no Leiter film appearances between 1973 and 1987 and no Leiter appearances between 1989 and 2006. Although other recurring characters in the Eon series, such as M, Q and Moneypenny, had continuity within the actors, the character of Leiter has not. In the nine Eon films in which Leiter makes an appearance, there
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Saul Leiter


(2015) by 2nd State Productions. Martin Harrison, editor and author of "Saul Leiter Early Color" (2006), writes, "Leiter’s sensibility . . . placed him outside the visceral confrontations with urban anxiety associated with photographers such as Robert Frank or William Klein. Instead, for him the camera provided an alternate way of seeing, of framing events and interpreting reality. He sought out moments of quiet humanity in the Manhattan maelstrom, forging a unique urban pastoral from the most unlikely of circumstances." Leiter
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Al Leiter


7th with 1106), innings pitched (7th with 1360.0), and games started (6th with 213). He was the Mets Opening Day starting pitcher in 1999, 2001, and 2002. In ten straight seasons, from 1995 to 2004, Leiter had at least 10 wins and at least a .500 record. Following the 2004 season, the Mets declined Leiter's US$10 million option for 2005, making him a free agent. His former team, the Marlins, signed Leiter to a one-year, $
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Felix Leiter


they considered him "excellent, an effective American version of James Bond." Bond scholars Pfeiffer and Worrall agree, stating that Lord's was "one of the most satisfying portrayals of Leiter". When the role of Leiter was brought back for the third Bond film, "Goldfinger", in 1964, Lord was again approached to play Leiter; according to screenwriter Richard Maibaum, Lord demanded co-star billing with Connery, a bigger role and more money to reprise the role. The producers instead decided to recast the
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Felix Leiter


friendship comes through, with "genuine chemistry" between the two. Hedison played the role with an understated charm, although the script did not give Leiter much to do. Raymond Benson thought him miscast, but acknowledged that "he's the best Leiter next to Rik Van Nutter." Hedison returned to play Leiter sixteen years later in "Licence to Kill" and after another actor had also been in the role. Hedison did not expect to return to the role, saying "I was sure that ... ["Live
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Felix Leiter


first outing in 1973 in "Live and Let Die", the Leiter role did not appear again until the 1987 film "The Living Daylights", by which time Bond was being played by Timothy Dalton; the role was taken up by John Terry. Smith and Lavington consider that, although the scene between Bond and Leiter sees warmth in the relationship between them, "it is too fleeting to have any impact". Pfeiffer and Worrall agree on the briefness of Leiter's role in the film, although they consider that
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Brian Leiter


Brian Leiter (; born 1963) is an American philosopher and legal scholar who is Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School and founder and Director of Chicago's Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values. A review in "Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews" described Leiter as "one of the most influential legal philosophers of our time", while a review in "The Journal of Nietzsche Studies" described Leiter's book "Nietzsche on Morality" (2002) as "arguably the most important book on
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Brian Leiter


was hired by "Maclean's" magazine in Canada to produce a ranking of Canadian law schools. Leiter is a prolific blogger, running three blogs, one on philosophy (and political commentary), one on law, and one on Nietzsche. Leiter's philosophy blog includes both professional news and polemics, for example, critiques of proponents of intelligent design, and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. He has also written critiques of journalists and philosophers, including Romano, Thomas Nagel, Leon Wieseltier, and Paul Campos. Leiter is
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Motifs in the James Bond film series


, some of whom succumb to Bond's charms. Often these allies will provide Bond either with information to complete his mission, or with additional gadgets from Q. Some allies recur through a number of instalments, such as the Western-friendly KGB chief, General Gogol, Sir Frederick Gray, the Minister of Defence and René Mathis. One of Bond's closest allies in both the novels and films is CIA operative Felix Leiter. Fleming wrote twelve novels, of which Leiter appears in six; in the second book, "Live
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Bond 25


a possible return from Waltz's Blofeld. Fukunaga also revealed that Léa Seydoux would be reprising her role as Madeleine Swann, making her the second actress to portray a Bond girl in successive films, after Eunice Gayson portrayed Sylvia Trench in "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love". Rory Kinnear will return as Bill Tanner, as will Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter. Wright makes his first appearance in the series since "Quantum of Solace" and becomes the first actor to play Felix Leiter three times. Ana de
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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Second Leiter Building


Company in 1931. Sears occupied the space the until 1986 when it decided to close the store and the space was leased to other tenants. The structure is eight floors and occupies the entire block of State Street between Ida B. Wells Drive and Van Buren Street. The State Street facade consists of nine bays separated by wide pilasters. The pilasters are capped by simple capitals and an unadorned cornice crowns the entire structure. The Ida B. Wells and Van Buren facades are three bays wide with measurements of by . Within each bay are
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Anna Tunnicliffe


boats for the next five years. In 1999 she began sailing the Laser Radial. Her first event in this boat was at the Leiter Cup in Detroit, Michigan. Despite her small build she advanced to the Smythe Finals for her area, where she was the only woman sailing. She participated in cross country, swimming, and track at the varsity level. In her senior year she won the district track championships in the 800 meters, setting a new high school record of 2 minutes 17.56 seconds. After choosing sailing over
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Leiter International Performance Scale


any of these features: Non native speaking, autism, traumatic brain injury, speech impairment, and hearing problems. The Leiter scale was mainly used as a nonverbal alternative to the Binet scale, which is verbally weighted. However, it is also used by researchers, and also very frequently by clinicians who assess the "intellectual function of children with pervasive developmental disorders." The latest version of Leiter is called Leiter- 3, revised in 2013. It has an age range of 3 years to 75+ years. Not all
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Michael Leiter


Michael E. Leiter was the director of the United States National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), having served in the Bush Administration and been retained in the Obama Administration. A statement released by the White House announced his resignation, effective July 8, 2011. His successor, Matthew G. Olsen, was sworn in on August 16, 2011. In September 2017, Leiter joined international law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C. as a partner in its national security practice. Leiter grew up in Englewood
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Michael Leiter


Leiter also served as a Harvard Law School human rights fellow with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. After law school, Leiter served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to Chief Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. From 2002 until 2005, he served with the Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. At the Justice Department, Leiter prosecuted a wide variety
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Michael Leiter


7 stating that Leiter remained on a ski holiday until "several days after Christmas" quoting two U.S. Officials. The article reported that "people have been grumbling that he didn't let a little terrorism interrupt his vacation". On balance, it was stated that "Leiter has long been well-regarded" and "President Obama, himself, stayed in Hawaii [on vacation] until January 4". There was no reference to Leiter conducting investigation or evaluation from his remote, vacation site. The Daily News story by
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Leiter, Wyoming


Leiter is an unincorporated community in eastern Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States, along Clear Creek. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 14 and 16, east of the city of Sheridan, the county seat of Sheridan County. Its elevation is 3,779 feet (1,152 m). Although Leiter is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82837. Public education in the community of Clearmont is provided by Sheridan County School District #3. The location is named after Levi Z. Leiter (by reference
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Benjamin F. Leiter


Benjamin Franklin Leiter (October 13, 1813 – June 17, 1866) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, teacher and justice of the peace from Ohio. Born in Leitersburg, Maryland, Leiter received a limited schooling as a child. He taught school in Maryland from 1830 to 1834 before moving to Ohio where he continued teaching from 1834 to 1842. He studied law at the office of David A. Starkweather. He was admitted to the bar in 1842, commencing practice in Canton, Ohio. Leiter was a justice
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Al Leiter


Following the 1995 season, Leiter left Toronto and signed with the Florida Marlins as a free agent. In his first season as a Marlin, Leiter made his first All-Star team, going 16–12 with a 2.93 ERA and 200 strikeouts. On May 11, 1996, he pitched a no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies, the first no-hitter in Marlins franchise history. Leiter was also selected to his first All Star game. The game was played at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia where he recorded the last out of
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Philosophical Gourmet Report


175 philosophers signed an open letter calling on Leiter to stop producing the PGR. In fall 2014, over 600 philosophers signed a petition to boycott the PGR. The petition was organized by some philosophers at University of British Columbia to protest what they called a "derogatory and intimidating" e-mail sent by Leiter to one of their colleagues. Leiter claimed the recipient had threatened him. 24 of the 56 members of the Advisory Board of the PGR recommended he relinquish control over the Report's management. In response, Leiter appointed
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Felix Leiter


, as well as ten films and one television episode, "Casino Royale" ("Climax!", season one, episode three), where the character became a British agent, Clarence Leiter, played by Michael Pate. In the Eon Productions series of films, Leiter has been portrayed by Jack Lord, Cec Linder, Rik Van Nutter, Norman Burton, David Hedison, John Terry and Jeffrey Wright; in the independent production "Never Say Never Again", the part was played by Bernie Casey. Leiter has
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