Posted on 03/27/2007 8:39:35 AM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
Thompson was chief minority counsel on the committee investigating Watergate in 1973. He later represented the head of the Tennessee Parole Board, who was fired after exposing a pardon-selling scheme. The story became a movie titled "Marie," and the producers asked Thompson to play himself.
It was the first of nearly 20 film roles for the 6-foot-6 actor with a booming voice. Some of his other credits include "In the Line of Fire" and "The Hunt for Red October." His small screen roles have included appearances on "Wiseguy," "Matlock" and "Roseanne."
Thompson, who turns 60 Monday, was elected to former Vice President Al Gore's old Senate seat in a 1994 special election. He won a full term two years later.
Thompson unexpectedly announced in March that he was retiring, citing personal reasons. That decision came shortly after his daughter, 38-year-old Elizabeth Thompson Panici, died.
Thompson married political and media specialist Jeri Kehn in June.
I kinda thought we had one of those right now.
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Sorry for paging you. I just realized what category it was in. I thought it was in “breaking.”
Still doesn’t make sense why it reappeared. It’s happened several times lately.
Check your settings. When Jim suggested we temporarily remove some of our preferences to speed things up (the site was very slow for awhile), I did that. It helped. After the election, I went back in to my “manage blocks” and I think I must have given the ok to the “popular posts.” These are simply old posts that were popular. (I think) I’ve kinda wondered why I was seeing old stuff at the top of my sidebar and was really thrown when I saw the Fred post. It occurred to me what I must have done and I went into my account and changed my preferences. You can choose not to have “popular posts” show up at all or you can move it around so it suits you.
Oh I’m aware of that; I was referring to an old thread popping up at the top of most popular. Must be a different algorithm than I’m used to. Thanks though.
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