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James Addison Baker, III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney, politician and political advisor.
Baker served as the Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan's first administration and in the final year of the administration of President George H. W. Bush. Baker also served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1985–1988 in the second Reagan administration, and Secretary of State in the George H. W. Bush administration. He is also the honorary chair of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
James Addison Baker was born in Houston, Texas at 1216 Bissonnet, to James A. Baker, Jr. (1892–1973) and Ethel Bonner (born Means) Baker (August 6, 1894 – April 26, 1991). His father was a partner of Houston law firm Baker Botts. Baker has a sister, Bonner Baker Moffitt.
Baker attended The Hill School, a boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton University in 1952. Afterwards, he earned a J.D. (1957) from The University of Texas at Austin and began to practice law in Texas.
"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.
The earliest recorded use[citation needed] of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." [dubious – discuss] In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara Bush and George H. W. Bush, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush worked in oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election. In a close and controversial election, Bush was elected President in 2000 as the Republican candidate, defeating Vice President Al Gore in the Electoral College. Bush is the second American president to have been the son of a former president. He is also the brother of Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida.
Terrorist attacks occurred eight months into Bush's first term as president on September 11, 2001. In response, Bush announced the War on Terror, an international military campaign which included the war in Afghanistan launched in 2001 and the war in Iraq launched in 2003. In addition to national security issues, Bush promoted policies on the economy, health care, education, and social security reform. He signed into law broad tax cuts, the PATRIOT Act, the No Child Left Behind Act, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, and Medicare prescription drug benefits for seniors. His tenure saw national debates on immigration, Social Security, electronic surveillance, and enhanced interrogation techniques. His administration also withdrew the U.S. from a some international treaty processes, including the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.
Actors: Lenny Kravitz (actor), Alan Rickman (actor), Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor), Elton LeBlanc (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), James Marsden (actor), Gerald Ford (actor), James DuMont (actor), Douglas M. Griffin (actor), David Jensen (actor), Joe Chrest (actor), John Cusack (actor), Jimmy Carter (actor), Chaz Smith (actor), Liev Schreiber (actor),
Plot: Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with her addictions and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2008-presidential-election, activism, african-american, apartheid, based-on-newspaper-article, birmingham-alabamaActors: Luc Besson (director), Anton Lesser (actor), Andy Harries (producer), Romuald Drault (miscellaneous crew), Mel Churcher (miscellaneous crew), David Thewlis (actor), Luc Besson (producer), Antony Hickling (actor), William Hope (actor), Olivier Bériot (costume designer), Michelle Yeoh (actress), Philippe Letode (miscellaneous crew), Isabelle Querrioux (miscellaneous crew), Nicholas Jones (actor), Benedict Wong (actor),
Plot: THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. A story of devotion and human understanding set against a background of political turmoil which continues today. THE LADY also is the story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma's democracy movement.
Keywords: army-general, british-embassy, brutality, burma, democracy, dictatorship, diplomacy, election, election-fraud, famous-speechActors: Andrew Felicilda (writer), Andrew Felicilda (producer), Andrew Felicilda (editor), Andrew Felicilda (director), Andrew Felicilda (writer), Andrew Felicilda (writer), Andrew Felicilda (actor), Victoria Nohl (actress), Bruce Stein (actor), Stephen Hanson (actor), Bryan Ebbenga (actor), Mike Polston (actor), Zak Freidt (actor), Hymie Felicilda (actor),
Plot: A small town already hit hard by the economic recession now faces a new threat in the form of a brutal serial killer. Two state police officers assigned to track and apprehend the suspect find the situation may be out of their hands, and while other forces may be acting against them their own livelihoods may be at risk if they cannot stop him.
Keywords: factory-shooting, gunshot-wound, recessionActors: Martin Lemaire (actor), Martin Lemaire (actor), Adam LeFevre (actor), Raymond Forchion (actor), Bruce Gray (actor), Denis Leary (actor), Bob Balaban (actor), Bruce Altman (actor), John Hurt (actor), Ed Begley Jr. (actor), George W. Bush (actor), Al Gore (actor), Antoni Corone (actor), Marc Macaulay (actor), John Archer Lundgren (actor),
Genres: Drama, History,Actors: Jason Priestley (actor), Christopher Lennertz (composer), Dee Snider (actor), Brinton Bryan (miscellaneous crew), K. Lynn Martin (miscellaneous crew), Mariel Hemingway (actress), Joe Grisaffi (actor), Tim Guinee (actor), Lois Chiles (actress), Griffin Dunne (actor), Joe Grisaffi (miscellaneous crew), David Born (actor), Dan Eggleston (actor), Michael Crabtree (actor), John S. Davies (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music,Actors: Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Frank Moore (actor), Michael Greene (actor), Colm Feore (actor), Will Lyman (actor), Sean McCann (actor), Ken James (actor), Richard Crenna (actor), Neil Crone (actor), Bernard Behrens (actor), Jack Jessop (actor), Richard Dreyfuss (actor), Robert Bockstael (actor), Beau Starr (actor), Michael Murphy (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Karen Black (actress), Joe Grisaffi (miscellaneous crew), Gary Chason (producer), Sam Bottoms (actor), Patricia A. Fullerton (miscellaneous crew), Suzanne Savoy (actress), Delores Wheeler (actress), Greg Lawson (miscellaneous crew), Greg Lawson (actor), Luis Lemus (actor), Jon Bruno (actor), Alfred Cervantes (miscellaneous crew), Harold Suggs (actor), Michael Lorre (actor), Alan Martin (actor),
Plot: In this true life murder mystery, we know early on "whodunnit" (the butler, actually), but the surprising charm in the story stems from the fact that the lawyer is honest and morally upright. The story of William Marsh Rice and his legacy, Rice University, where much of the film was shot.
Keywords: based-on-play, based-on-true-story, houston-texas, independent-film, murder, new-york-cityActors: Joan Allen (actress), Beau Bridges (actor), David Strathairn (actor), David Puttnam (producer), Georges Delerue (composer), Blue Deckert (actor), Gary Grubbs (actor), Neal Thompson (miscellaneous crew), Gerry Becker (actor), James Jeter (actor), Woody Watson (actor), Tom McKinley (costume designer), Robert Bolt (writer), Peter C. Frank (editor), Bryan Clark (actor),
Plot: In 1981, during the assassination attempt on then President Ronald Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot and left paralyzed. This biographical account follows his life before and after the shooting leading up to the passage of the Brady Bill which regulates the sale of handguns.
Keywords: 1980s, assassination, based-on-book, based-on-true-story, character-name-in-title, handicapActors: Melvin Mayo (actor), George Routh (actor), Lee Shumway (actor), Lee Shumway (actor), Siegmund Lubin (producer), Will M. Ritchey (writer), Velma Whitman (actress), Doris Baker (actress), Louise Dunlap (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,