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According to journalist Douglas Valentine, "Central to Phoenix is the fact that it targeted civilians, not soldiers". [28] The Phoenix Program took place under special laws that allowed the arrest and prosecution of suspected communists. To avoid abuses such as phony accusations for personal reasons, or to rein in overzealous officials who ...
Donald Thomas Valentine (June 26, 1932 – October 25, 2019) was an American venture capitalist who concentrated mainly on technology companies in the United States. [1] As the founder of Sequoia Capital , he has been referred to as the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital".
Douglas Duane Somerson (September 22, 1951 – May 16, 2017) was an American professional wrestler known by his ring name "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers. He worked in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the mid-1980s as part of a tag team with "Playboy" Buddy Rose , managed by Sherri Martel , and twice held the AWA World Tag Team Championship .
Gary Joseph Knipfing (born November 22, 1961), known professionally as Gary Valentine, is an American actor and comedian. He is the older brother of actor Kevin James . Valentine starred as Kevin James' ( Doug Heffernan 's) cousin Danny Heffernan in The King of Queens (1998–2007) and as Kevin James' (Kevin Gable's) older brother Kyle Gable in ...
Doug, a mostly autobiographical creation, was largely inspired by Jinkins's childhood growing up in Virginia, with most characters in the series being based on real individuals. He first pitched Doug as a children's book to uninterested publishers before Nickelodeon purchased the show. Following this, the series underwent further development ...
John Theodore Wisniski [3] (September 22, 1928 – April 24, 2001), better known by his ring name Johnny Valentine, was an American professional wrestler with a career spanning almost three decades. He has been inducted into four halls of fame for his achievements in wrestling.
Kevin George Knipfing was born in Mineola, New York, on April 26, 1965, [1] to American office worker Janet Klein and German-American insurance agency owner Joseph Valentine Knipfing Jr. [1] [2] [3] He grew up in Stony Brook, New York. [4]
In February 1964 the band discovered that there was another group called the Detours, so on Valentine's Day they changed their name to the Who. [ 5 ] When the band secured, but failed, an audition with Fontana Records in early 1964, the label's producer, Chris Parmeinter, expressed a dislike for Sandom's drumming. [ 6 ]