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The chairman is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group. The chairman presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion. When the group is not in session, the officer's duties often include acting as its head, its representative to the outside world and its spokesperson.
Other terms sometimes used for the office and its holder include presiding officer, president, moderator, chair, and convenor. The chairman of a parliamentary chamber is often called the speaker. Though chairwoman is sometimes used as a female counterpart to chairman, the terms chair and chairperson are sometimes used to avoid gendered titles altogether. The National Association of Parliamentarians does not approve using "chairperson". In the United States, the presiding officer of the "lower" house of a legislative body, such as the House of Representatives, is frequently titled the Speaker, while the "upper" house, such as the Senate, is commonly chaired by a President.
John Adams (October 30, 1735 (O.S. October 19, 1735) – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, and the second President of the United States (1797–1801). He was also a lawyer, statesman, diplomat, political theorist, and a leading champion of independence in 1776. Hailing from New England, Adams, a prominent lawyer and public figure in Boston, was highly educated and represented Enlightenment values promoting republicanism. A Federalist, he was highly influential and one of the key Founding Fathers of the United States.
Adams came to prominence in the early stages of the American Revolution. As a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress, he played a leading role in persuading Congress to declare independence and assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence. As a diplomat in Europe, he was a major negotiator of the eventual peace treaty with Great Britain, and chiefly responsible for obtaining important loans from Amsterdam bankers. A political theorist and historian, Adams largely wrote the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780 which soon after ended slavery in Massachusetts, but was in Europe when the federal Constitution was drafted on similar principles later in the decade. One of his greatest roles was as a judge of character: in 1775, he nominated George Washington to be commander-in-chief, and 25 years later nominated John Marshall to be Chief Justice of the United States.
Actors: Neville Phillips (actor), Jamie Foreman (actor), Christopher Adamson (actor), Lionel Blair (actor), Terence Harvey (actor), Francesca Jaynes (miscellaneous crew), Ben Miles (actor), Gordon Sterne (actor), John Ringham (actor), Eddie Webber (actor), Paul Jerricho (actor), Richard Morant (actor), Morgan Jones (actor), Neil Conrich (actor), Richard Bebb (actor),
Genres: Drama, Thriller,Actors: John Thomson (actor), Hugh O'Conor (actor), Joost Siedhoff (actor), Rob Lane (composer), Roger Lloyd-Pack (actor), Sarah Lucraft (miscellaneous crew), Carole Scotta (producer), Antony Sher (actor), Cameron McCracken (producer), Sam Taylor (producer), Charlie Creed-Miles (actor), Ruth Sheen (actress), Jeff Rawle (writer), Roger Frost (actor), Tim Potter (actor),
Plot: This film is based on a true story about a British teenager who allegedly poisoned family, friends, and co-workers. Graham is highly intelligent, but completely amoral. He becomes interested in science, especially chemistry, and begins to read avidly. Something of a social misfit, he is fascinated by morbid subjects such as poisons and murder. His family environment is intolerable to him and, in particular, his stepmother torments him. He decides to poison those who annoy him, first with antimony and later with thallium. He smugly thinks himself cleverer than all those around him, but nevertheless he is caught and sentenced to 'rehabilitation' at a psychiatric institution. Once there, he undertakes to deceive the new eminent psychiatrist sent there to 'cure' him, thereby securing his release.
Keywords: 1960s, based-on-true-story, black-comedy, head-in-toilet, independent-film, london-england, mental-institution, poison, psychiatrist, psychopathActors: Barry Corbin (actor), Christopher Kriesa (actor), Fred Karlin (composer), Roger Young (director), Charles W. Fries (producer), Dwight Schultz (actor), Terry David Mulligan (actor), G.W. Bailey (actor), Jim Haynie (actor), Art Carney (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Ron Howard (actor), J.E. Freeman (actor), Charlotte Stewart (actress), Orin Kennedy (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Roy Jenson (actor), Michael Ansara (actor), John Anderson (actor), Laurence Rosenthal (composer), Tina Louise (actress), Stephen McNally (actor), Peter Graves (actor), Clu Gulager (actor), Tom Gries (director), Paul Mantee (actor), Harry Kerwin (actor), Diana Muldaur (actress), Lesley Woods (actress), Ina Balin (actress), Victor Campos (actor),
Genres: Adventure,Actors: Richard Conte (actor), Michael Rennie (actor), Joe Palma (actor), Kevin McCarthy (actor), Paul Fierro (actor), Roy Roberts (actor), Karl Malden (actor), Jack Donner (actor), Frank Baker (actor), William Bryant (actor), Melvyn Douglas (actor), Stephen Chase (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Clinton Sundberg (actor), Lee Stanley (actor),
Plot: This is the story of the clock-like movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager, wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A brazen sneak thief, who nightly relieves the guests of their property, is chased though the underground passages of the hotel. The big business power play for control and the thrilling crash of an elevator add to the excitement.
Keywords: based-on-novel, hotel, new-orleans-louisianaActors: Patrick McGoohan (actor), Robert Brown (actor), Martin Benson (actor), Arthur Lovegrove (actor), Cyril Cusack (actor), Peter Finch (actor), Bryan Forbes (actor), Hugh Griffith (actor), Michael Craig (actor), Glyn Houston (actor), Gordon Jackson (actor), Geoffrey Keen (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), Duncan Lamont (actor), Philip Ray (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Rauha Rentola (actress), Jalmari Rinne (actor), Rauha Puntti (actress), Arvo Lehesmaa (actor), Siiri Angerkoski (actress), Alf Salin (actor), Irja Kuusla (actress), Hannes Häyrinen (actor), Matti Aulos (actor), Otto Noro (actor), Tapio Rautavaara (actor), Mauri Jaakkola (actor), Ossi Korhonen (actor), Elsa Turakainen (actress), Sylva Rossi (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Charles Halton (actor), Henry Hall (actor), Frank Craven (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Al Ernest Garcia (actor), Carlton Griffin (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Jack Daley (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Charles Dorety (actor), Edward Brophy (actor), Johnny Arthur (actor), William Frawley (actor), Sydney Jarvis (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: George Benson (actor), Fewlass Llewellyn (actor), George Mozart (actor), Una Venning (actress), Talbot O'Farrell (actor), Harry Pringle (director), Emile Boreo (actor), Walter Williams (actor), Marie Kendall (actress), Daisy Dormer (actress), Tom Leamore (actor), Sable Fern (actress), Lizzie Collins (actress), Charles Lee (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Aleksandr Antonov (actor), Maksim Shtraukh (actor), Ivan Pyryev (director), Tatyana Barysheva (actress), Ivan Bobrov (actor), Leonid Yurenyov (actor), Naum Rogozhin (actor), Lidiya Nenasheva (actress), Vsevolod Pavlovsky (writer), Natalya Vasilyeva (actress),
Genres: Comedy,