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In 1994, The Quiet American, an 800-page authorized biography of Wackenhut by John Minahan, was published. [6] George Wackenhut was known as a hard-line right-winger. He built up dossiers on Americans suspected of being Communists or left-leaning "subversives and sympathizers" and sold the information to interested parties.
G4S Secure Solutions (USA) is an American/British-based security services company, and a subsidiary of G4S plc.It was founded as The Wackenhut Corporation in 1954, in Coral Gables, Florida, by George Wackenhut and three partners (all former FBI agents).
Still, the company was unable to compete with other chains that had eroded its market share. While it was a success in Canada, the Woolco chain closed in the United States in 1983. Europe's largest F. W. Woolworth store, in Manchester, England (one of two in the city centre), suffered a fire in May 1979. Despite the store being rebuilt even ...
Inslaw, Inc. is a Washington, D.C.–based information technology company that markets case management software for corporate and government users. Inslaw is known for developing PROMIS, an early case management software system.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
The tribe came to public attention in 1987 when they won California v.Cabazon Band; prior to the U.S.Supreme Court's decision 480 U.S. 202 (1987), the tribe had been the subject of public attention, given claims about events involving John Philip Nichols, The Wackenhut Corporation, and the June 29, 1981 triple homicides of Alfred "Fred" Alvarez, Patricia Castro, and Ralph Boger.
Wackenhut is a German language surname. [1] Notable people with the name include: George Wackenhut (1919–2004), American private detective and investigator; Mario Hamuy Wackenhut (born 1960), Chilean astronomer
Defunct 2016; brand owned by Reynolds American. 1764–65 Baker's: Dorchester, Massachusetts (found.) Chocolate, confectionery [36] [4] [32] Now a brand of Kraft Heinz. 1764 The Hartford Courant: Hartford, Connecticut: Newspaper [37] 1767 McCrady's Tavern and Long Room: Charleston, South Carolina: Restaurant Closed 2020. [38] 1774 Ames ...