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...and great-nieces. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Steve and Kalliopie Adams; and his brother, John Adams. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Brainerd. Burial will be in Evergreen...
...Romney's choice to be his running mate in 2012. Now, resurrect all of the old sayings about the vice presidency: John Adams, the first vice president, described it as "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived...
...Even with those credentials Panetta has a tough act to follow. The man he replaces as Pentagon chief is fond of quoting John Adams' admonition about the importance of "public business," in a letter the Founding Father wrote to his son: "If wise...
...history. Sound ridiculous? Not to John Adams, who in 1776 wrote to his wife...itself. As the recent HBO docudrama "John Adams" amusingly captured, Thomas Jefferson...were actually third on the list. John Adams also offered up the occasional harebrained...
...a notable anniversary; 225 years is a good long run, but not a landmark. Still, David McCullough's biography of John Adams, one of the architects of the new republic and our second president, tops the New York Times best-seller list, following...
...Stone" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) 8. "One Door Away from Heaven" by Dean Koontz (Bantam) Nonfiction 1. "John Adams" by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster) 2. "The No Spin Zone" by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway Books) 3. "Jack...
...Burke (Simon & Schuster) Nonfiction/general 1. "The Prayer of Jabez" by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 2. "John Adams" by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster) 3. "Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work...
...Kathy Reichs (Scribner) Nonfiction/general 1. "The Prayer of Jabez" by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 2. "John Adams" by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster) 3. "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 4. "Secrets...
...became the sixth. Quincy, the elder Bush sometimes jokingly calls his son. Adams served only one term, as his father, John Adams, had. That also was the fate of the only three presidents who, like George W. Bush, won in the Electoral College...
...Evanovich (St. Martin's) Nonfiction/general 1. "The Prayer of Jabez" by Bruce H. Wilkinson (Multnomah) 2. "John Adams" by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster) 3. "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 4. "Body for...