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Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign...


Biography

Name: W. Averell Harriman
Birth Date: 1891
Death Date: 1986
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: industrialist, financier, governor

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W. Averell Harriman (1891-1986), American industrialist and financier, had a distinguished second career as a top-level diplomatic negotiator for five Democratic presidents. He was governor of New York for one term. Harriman was born in 1891 during the...


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William Averell Harriman (November 15 1891 – July 26 1986) was an American Democratic Party politician, businessman and diplomat. He was the son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman. He served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman...


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The Historian
Spanning the Century: The Life of W. Averell Harriman, 1891-1986. (book reviews)
03/22/1993: 501 words, approx. 2 pages
In his engrossing biography of W. Averell Harriman, Rudy Abramson presents a sympathetic but balanced account of a man who played a variety of supporting roles in the dramatic national and international events of his lifetime. According to Abramson, Harriman did not always enjoy...
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Real Estate Weekly
Former NYS governor's estate overlooking Croton Reservoir sold; to be redeveloped. (New York Governor W. Averell Harriman)
08/12/1998: 680 words, approx. 2 pages
The 55-acre estate of former New York State Governor W. Averell Harriman which overlooks the Croton Reservoir in the towns of Yorktown and Somers in northern Westchester County, will be revitalized thanks to the foresight of two luxury home builders who have acquired the...
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6/22/2007: 883 words, approx. 3 pages
Doris EdwardsDALLAS (AP) _ Doris Edwards, who is believed to be among the last surviving widows of nine policemen killed during Bonnie and Clyde's notorious crime spree in the 1930s, has died. She was 96.The Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office said Doris Edwards died June...
 


 

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