Article: The Space Program: Project Mercury
American Decades;      700+ words ......SPACE PROGRAM: PROJECT MERCURY The Trip The early...flight program Project Mercury; the first Soviet...into space in his Project Mercury space capsule...which followed Project Mercury.) He was launched...Virgil I. ("Gus") Grissom in Liberty Bell...plagued most of ...

Article: William Petersen's `CSI' life of crime to end
AP Online;  July 16, 2008 ;     476 words ......have fans of his brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom screaming bloody murder. Petersen has...return in the episodes building up to Grissom's departure, among them his former colleague...about specific plot points but said that Grissom will be reappraising his life after years...

Article: `CSI' series star William Petersen leaving in 9th season but door remains open to guest slots
AP Worldstream;  July 16, 2008 ;     476 words ......have fans of his brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom screaming bloody murder. Petersen has...return in the episodes building up to Grissom's departure, among them his former colleague...about specific plot points but said that Grissom will be reappraising his life after years...

Article: Greers Ferry Developments.(Brief Article)
Arkansas Business;  November 29, 1999 ;     167 words ...Lanny Grissom, one of the top five real estate agents...subdivisions in the Greers Ferry area. Grissom, who had a volume of $15 million last...community just north of Greers Ferry Lake. Grissom says lots at Buckhead will sell for about...

Article: Grissom, Virgil Ivan
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Virgil Ivan Grissom Virgil "Gus" Ivan Grissom (1926 – 1967) became the second American to...on July 21, 1961. Air Force officer Virgil "Gus" Grissom was one of the National Atmospheric and Space Administration...astronaut trainees for the nation's fledgling space project, Project ...

Article: Gov. Wilson offers cabinet position to chamber's Grissom. (Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce president Lee Grissom)
San Diego Business Journal;  June 8, 1992 ;     558 words ......Chamber of Commerce President Lee Grissom has been offered a cabinet-level position in the Wilson administration. Grissom confirmed the offer late last week...Pete Wilson an answer by June 18. Grissom did not say what position on the cabinet...

Article: Grissom accepts governor's offer; 14 on short list for chamber prez. (Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce President Lee Grissom)
San Diego Business Journal;  June 15, 1992 ;     700+ words ......Diego Chamber of Commerce President Lee Grissom has accepted a job offer in Sacramento...board Chairman Mel Katz confirmed that Grissom has accepted the job of deputy chief of...the economy in California, Katz said. Grissom resigned as president of the chamber last...

Article: Ex-chamber chief under fire for travel costs.(investigation on the travel expenses of Lee Grissom, former head of California's Trade and Commerce Agency and the San Diego Chamber of Commerce)
San Diego Business Journal;  December 7, 1998 ;     550 words ...Lee Grissom's spending habits for travel and hotels...investigating the spending to determine whether Grissom, the longtime former president of the San...Arredondo said. There was no total figure on Grissom's travel expenses, and Arredondo could...

Article: Chamber claims city officials have stalled economic plan. (Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce)
San Diego Business Journal;  February 24, 1992 ;     700+ words ......made, says assistant city manager Lee Grissom, president of the Greater San Diego Chamber...since then they've wasted their time, Grissom complained. He said that, after about...slow, ponderous approach from the city, Grissom said. And, damn it, this is a crisis we'...

Article: Paul Reed Smith intros David Grissom signature model.(PRODUCTS: THE LATEST AND GREATEST IN NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS)
Music Trades;  July 1, 2007 ;     293 words ...DAVID GRISSOM'S FIRST signature model PRS guitar, the DGT, will be unveiled...than 20 years of collaboration between Paul Smith and David Grissom, the DGT (short for David Grissom Trem) is essentially a McCarty Trem with special pickups, special...

Article: New coalition creates uproar; founders claim they're not political. (Coalition for San Diego Business)
San Diego Business Journal;  March 30, 1992 ;     700+ words ......Diego Chamber of Commerce President Lee Grissom says the coalition is merely a political...Lichter added. While chamber President Grissom said he sees no involvement with the Golding...shows some naivete on the part of Lichter. Grissom said Lichter and Strobl are trying to...

Article: Aguirre orders pension shake-up.(City Attorney Michael Aguirre )
San Diego Business Journal;  December 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ......On Dec. 16, Aguirre informed Lawrence Grissom, administrator of the San Diego City Employees...fix the problems. In a Dec. 16 letter to Grissom, Aguirre also told him that all files...relevant municipal codes was legal error. Grissom didn't see it that way. We feel that his...

Article: Health Net Federal Services Hires Medical Director.
Business Wire;  February 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ...- Federal Services Team Welcomes Joyce Grissom - ARLINGTON, Va. -- Health Net Federal Services...today announced the appointment of Joyce Grissom, M.D., as medical director. In her new role, Dr. Grissom will serve as clinical liaison to Military...

Article: Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      130 words ......destroyer during World War II and later had extensive experience as a test pilot. On May 5, 1961, under the U.S. space program Project Mercury, he became the first American to be launched into space. His flight was a suborbital trip of 302 mi (486 km) down the Atlantic...