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Lamar Alexander is an American politician. He was born in 1940, at Maryville, Tennessee. He has been Governor of Tennessee, president of the University of Tennessee and US Education Secretary. Governor Alexander helped Tennessee become the third largest automobile producer, the fastest growing state in family incomes and the first state to pay teachers more for teaching well. As chairman of the National Governor's Association he began 'Time for Results', the governors' five-year initiative to create better schools. He chaired President Reagan's Commission on Americans Outdoors, encouraging a 'prairie fire' of support for local land trusts and greenways and an expanded Land and Water Conservation Fund.
As the US Secretary of Education, he helped President Bush push for higher academic standards, 'break the mold schools' and a GI Bill for Kids to give poor families more choices of good schools. The Education Commission of the States and the National College Athletic Association have given him their highest honours, the James B. Conant and Teddy Roosevelt awards. In 1987, he co-founded Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc, (NASDAQ) which has become the nation's largest provider of worksite day care. He is an active investor in and board member of several private companies. Governor Alexander is author of seven books including Six Months Off, the story of his family's life in Australia after eight years in the Governor's residence.
An accomplished pianist, he has performed with twenty symphony orchestras and the Billy Graham Crusade and on the Grand Ole Opry. In 1996 and 2000, Governor Alexander was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States. On January the 4th 1969, Lamar Alexander married Honey Buhler in Victoria, Texas. They have four children and live in Nashville where he is chairman of the Salvation Army Initiative to help families move from welfare to work, and she is president of Family and Children's Service. Governor Alexander is also an elder in Westminster Presbyterian Church.
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Teddy boy is a name given to someone who dresses in the Ted fashion style.
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Twin Dragons is a martial-arts comedy adventure starring Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan, Anthony Chan, Nina Li Chi and Philip Chan in a story about twin separated at birth who end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. Twin Dragons was directed by Ringo Lam and Hark Tsui in 1992.
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A brothel creeper or beetle crusher is a shoe with a thick crepe sole and suede or leather upper. They were worn as part of the teddy boy uniform of the 1950's.
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A Buster Brown suit (also known as a Russian Suit) was an American ensemble for boys aged between two and six years inspired by the costume of Teddy Roosevelt following his mediation in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. The Buster Brown suit consisted of a high-necked over blouse (sometimes known as a military blouse) and knickers or short knickerbockers, and opened down the front, at the side front, under one of the pleats or at the back.
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A teddy is a women's all-in-one under garment combining a slip and knickers with a press stud or button fastening crutch.
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A teddy boy jacket is a man's long drape jacket, frequently brightly coloured, trimmed with velvet reminiscent of Edwardian styles, whence the name.
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Teddy is a township in Towner County, North Dakota, USA.
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Edwardian is British slang for a 'teddy boy'.
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Teddy bear is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pear.
Teddy bear is American slang for a fur-lined high-altitude flying suit.
Teddy bear is Australian rhyming slang for a flashily dressed, ostentatious man. A show off (lair).
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