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Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. was formed in 1986 as the result of the merger of Stocksbridge Works , the works team of the local British Steel Corporation plant , with another local club , Oxley Park Sports . The new club was immediately admitted to the Northern Counties East League Division Two , the works club havin... | cabf89496f537646daef20c235141d87 | 37,703 |
The Steels spent five seasons in Division Two before being placed in Division One when the lower division was discontinued upon league re @-@ organisation in 1991 . In the same year Mick Horne was appointed as the club 's manager , and he led the team to the championship of Division One in the 1991 β 92 season .
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In Stocksbridge 's first season in the Premier Division the team finished near the bottom of the table , but in the 1993 β 94 season the Steels became Northern Counties East League champions . The club failed to gain promotion to the Northern Premier League , however , as their stadium did not meet the required standa... | a2d4d7c424b59b4618a56aeb9d392adb | 37,705 |
Stocksbridge finished in the top half of the table in the club 's first five seasons at the higher level , with a best finish of fourth place in the 2000 β 01 season , but the following season the Steels finished only two places from the bottom of the league . Shortly before the end of this season , manager Mick Horne... | c7ff187c8bf25a3458ceee8710747730 | 37,706 |
Under Biggins ' management , the Steels had their best ever runs in both the FA Cup and FA Trophy and set a club record with a 17 β 1 defeat of Oldham Town in the FA Cup preliminary round in August 2002 , but remained near the bottom of the league table . After the Steels were defeated 6 β 0 by Shildon in the final qu... | bd60990f9522d8755ce585973801c80b | 37,707 |
Former assistant manager of local rivals Worksop Town Peter Rinkcavage was appointed as Stocksbridge 's new manager , and in the 2005 β 06 season he led the team to a sixth @-@ place finish , sufficient to qualify for the play @-@ offs for promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division . After holding Kenda... | e1f22b2d07ef20e3e4d0b1f1b3001b6a | 37,708 |
The following season Stocksbridge again finished in sixth place , although with only two teams promoted , it was not high enough to qualify for the play @-@ offs . Stocksbridge did , however , defeat Worksop Town to win the Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup . Following this win manager Rinkcavage resigned in order ... | 18e7fc6de321442729287464cbecba2f | 37,709 |
= = = Season by season record = = =
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= = Colours and crest = =
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The Steels have generally worn a kit of yellow shirts with varying amounts of blue trim , blue shorts , and yellow stockings during their short history . The club badge is predominantly yellow and blue to reflect this , and features a representation of a clock tower located on Nanny Hill , near the club 's stadium . T... | fac1b732ce4992e3f0e856e7f79a6772 | 37,716 |
= = Stadium = =
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The Steels have always played their games at Bracken Moor , the former home of Stocksbridge Works . In 2006 it was announced that the stadium was to be sponsored by local newspaper Look Local for a term of five years , resulting in its official name being changed to the Look Local Stadium , a deal which was later exte... | 2aee9c6be31a51146487337ef68dbe94 | 37,720 |
The ground was a cricket pitch until shortly after the Second World War , when it was purchased by a local steelmaking company and converted into a football stadium . Stone @-@ built changing rooms were erected in the mid @-@ 1960s , replacing a small hut , as was a seated stand and terracing . The main stand has a di... | 76c7608fd02886c5fab463f87334853c | 37,721 |
As one side of the ground directly adjoins a cricket pitch , the club was required to erect a dividing fence in order to gain entry to the Northern Premier League . The fence is temporary in nature and is removed during the cricket season . It was partially funded by money raised from friendlies against Sheffield Wedn... | e9d2ff09eb34c42804dd32b6f2ef812a | 37,722 |
= = Supporters = =
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The average attendance at the Look Local Stadium was 180 in the 2008 β 09 season , the ninth highest of twenty teams in the Northern Premier League Division One South , with the largest attendance being 451 for the visit of Sheffield . The average figure was a decrease of 3 compared to the previous season . The highes... | ef8010d4179715b8ce9a8379d8bdeb13 | 37,726 |
The club has a Supporters ' Club which was set up in the mid @-@ 1990s . The Supporters ' Club organises events to raise funds for the football club , and operates the club shop at the Look Local Stadium .
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= = = Rivalries = = =
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Frickley Athletic and Worksop Town are considered to be local rivals to the Steels . Stocksbridge 's highest ever league attendance against their rivals is 610 for a match against Worksop .
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= = Players = =
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= = = Notable former players = = =
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For details of players who have played in the Football League either before or after playing for Stocksbridge Park Steels , see Category : Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. players .
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= = Managers = =
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= = Honours = =
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= = Records = =
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Stocksbridge 's best league finish was a fourth @-@ place finish in the Northern Premier League Division One , which at the time sat at the seventh level in the overall English football league system , in the 2000 β 01 season . The largest number of points the team has registered in a season was 76 in the 2006 β 07 se... | 5e0b9107b1f557ba11459e6ee3f02767 | 37,748 |
The club 's best performance in the FA Cup was an appearance in the fourth and final qualifying round in the 2003 β 04 season . After winning four matches to progress from the preliminary round , the Steels lost 6 β 0 away to Shildon . In the same season the club achieved its best performance in the FA Trophy , reachi... | 7f80be6f1a4ffa03111934e9eb0a04ed | 37,749 |
The club 's record victory was a 17 β 1 win over Oldham Town in the FA Cup in 2002 . Striker Paul Jackson scored ten of the goals , equalling the 55 @-@ year @-@ old record for the most goals scored by a single player in an FA Cup match . Ted McDougall 's nine goals for AFC Bournemouth against Margate in 1971 remains ... | d622e17a9d36ec12d90c76932a41b5d4 | 37,750 |
The record for the most appearances for the club is held by Gary Hurlestone with 254 . The club 's all @-@ time record goalscorer is Trevor Jones , who scored 145 times for the Steels . The largest transfer fee paid for a Stocksbridge player is Β£ 15 @,@ 000 , paid by Wolverhampton Wanderers for Lee Mills in December 1... | 1fd6059eed3f74f31c9b78db413c92f1 | 37,751 |
= Happy Working Song =
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" Happy Working Song " is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for Walt Disney Pictures ' musical film Enchanted ( 2007 ) . Recorded by American actress Amy Adams in her starring role as Giselle , the uptempo pop song both parodies and pays homage to a variety of songs from several Disn... | 971b27b5c5dd98ea7339e1db9837487b | 37,756 |
" Happy Working Song " takes place in Robert 's untidy apartment in Manhattan , New York , in which Giselle spends her first night in the city after having been magically transported there from the fictional Andalasia . The next morning , Giselle awakens to find the apartment in a state of neglect and decides to clean... | ac75192b2be8c853764881563a8616ff | 37,757 |
Musically , " Happy Working Song " shares similarities with the songs " Heigh @-@ Ho " from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , " The Work Song " from Cinderella and " Something There " from Beauty and the Beast . The song has garnered vastly positive reviews , with both film and music critics praising its humorous , wi... | f88389d4de9e17e9c547a190924618e2 | 37,758 |
= = Background , writing and references = =
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Veteran Disney composer Alan Menken became actively creatively involved with Enchanted in 2006 , subsequently inviting his longtime collaborator , lyricist Stephen Schwartz , with whom Menken had previously worked on Disney 's Pocahontas ( 1995 ) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( 1996 ) , to co @-@ write the songs and... | 164880e9af9afbec9d83267aa801c27f | 37,762 |
When it came to writing " Happy Working Song " , Menken and Schwartz were directly influenced by the song " Whistle While You Work " from Disney 's first full @-@ length animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( 1937 ) , with Schwartz describing " Happy Working Song " as a " spoof " and " one of the funn... | c3b7c11c31ade5e2e6d101253aa099b6 | 37,763 |
Conceptually , Menken explained that " As the characters become sort of three dimensional , songs become more contemporary . " Ultimately , Menken believes that , melodically , " Happy Working Song " is very much similar to the songs " Belle " and " Something There " from Beauty and the Beast . Additionally , orchestr... | d86f261c96260d3a3ea9f164734859ab | 37,764 |
American actress Amy Adams , who portrays Giselle , had previously " worked in musical theater before [ she ] moved to Los Angeles " in order to pursue a career as a film actress , and was therefore " very comfortable with the idea of singing " . Citing both actress and singer Julie Andrews and several Disney Princess... | a392d228da3548cccfaf98549daecee9 | 37,765 |
= = Context , scene and analysis = =
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Having just recently arrived in New York City after having been magically transported there from her fantastical world of Andalasia , a lost and hopelessly confused Giselle is discovered wandering around by Robert , a single father and divorce attorney , and his daughter Morgan . Robert decides to offer his assistance... | fdef22616d16e50946bf2da8bbffb605 | 37,769 |
Demonstrating and suggesting " that Giselle really does have some magical power , even in [ the real world ] " , β according to Sean Axmaker of the Seattle Post @-@ Intelligencer , " When she breaks into song ... sewer rats and cockroaches arrive to help with the housework " β the aria is immediately responded to by s... | 82984c52f558c946f1a9969c3d86aa0d | 37,770 |
Several professional film critics have allotted a variety of different terms and nicknames to the animals who appear during the " Happy Working Song " sequence . Neil Smith of BBC Online described the animals who appear during the scene as " a grotesque menagerie of CG vermin " , while the Orlando Sentinel 's Roger Mo... | 8837467ab53a306b9301bc1ea2195a78 | 37,771 |
= = Composition and inspiration = =
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" Happy Working Song " is a " vibrant " , uptempo pop song . Reminiscent of and influenced by a variety of " archetypal Disney " and " classical @-@ sounding " musical numbers , the musical theater @-@ inspired song runs a total length of two minutes and nine seconds . Incorporating into its lyrical structure a variet... | 79827dd336278d1e7f5585bce064268c | 37,775 |
According to Common Sense Media , " Happy Working Song " shares similarities with and is also inspired by " Heigh @-@ Ho " from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , in addition to " Whistle While You Work " from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and " The Work Song " from Cinderella . Additionally , the song is reminiscent... | aec2ccebf419d866f702a7e9bc18a020 | 37,776 |
= = Reception = =
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= = = Critical reviews = = =
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" Happy Working Song " has garnered widespread critical acclaim . Filmtracks.com hailed " Happy Working Song " as Ashman and Schwartz 's " best work together in Enchanted " Describing " Happy Working Song " as a " loving , well @-@ crafted homage ... to Disney classics " , Elisabeth Vincentelli of Amazon.com wrote , "... | f81993b919a7938510f2a8acf57e0bfe | 37,783 |
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly described " Happy Working Song " as a " hilarious ... production number " that successfully " encapsulates the joys of Enchanted " . The Wall Street Journal 's Joe Morgenstern enthusiastically praised both the song and the sequence , hailing the latter as " magical " while desc... | e1f30e287312dc05bf0d322a86c38837 | 37,784 |
Interestingly , film critics who generally disliked Enchanted tended to have mostly positive things to report about " Happy Working Song " . Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian , who assigned the film a negative score of two out of five stars , in contrast gave " Happy Working Song " a positive review , describing it as " ... | 7cef91f55e94adcf9ac987df6fced7e0 | 37,785 |
One of the song 's few negative reviews was written by Mary F. Pols of the Contra Costa Times , who opined , " a cleaning crew of vermin and cockroaches is just real enough to be crass rather than funny " .
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Empire ranked " Happy Working Song " third on its list of the " 10 Great Musical Numbers " of the decade , writing that although " Shrek set the benchmark for Disney song parodies at Everest levels ... it 's Amy Adams calling on New York 's creatures of the forest to tidy up Patrick Dempsey 's apartment that pulls it ... | 94204fe3c9ce78c7c2c33266f2f27fcb | 37,787 |
= = = Academy Award nomination and aftermath = = =
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" Happy Working Song " was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008 alongside Enchanted songs " That 's How You Know " and " So Close " , ultimately dominating the category . However , the song was generally not favored to win by the media in spite of the fact that it w... | d5f4694755f0481f6c20dc95bd239cc1 | 37,791 |
Famously , Enchanted became the fourth out of only four films in the history of the Academy Awards to receive three separate Academy Award nominations in the Best Original Song category , having been preceded by Disney 's own Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King ( 1994 ) at the 64th and 67th Academy Awards in 1992 a... | 28128d14f16e65dce7183ce01b557893 | 37,792 |
= = Live performance and Kristin Chenoweth controversy = =
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Adams ' first live performance of " Happy Working Song " was at the 80th Academy Awards ceremony in 2008 . Performing at approximately 6 : 01 pm local time , Adams was reportedly very nervous during and after her performance , revealing to The Huffington Post , " I don 't know how I did that . It 's the thing that was... | e943efdbf23802edd4fedd4417c82051 | 37,796 |
Adams ' live rendition of " Happy Working Song " was generally well @-@ received by critics . George Lang of The Oklahoman described it as a " perky " performance , additionally commenting , " [ Adams is ] great ... and she should have already racked up her first Oscar for acting by now . " The Boston Globe 's Wesley ... | 0c6d882c7efbbb19d5c78180c061e948 | 37,797 |
However , some critics and journalists have argued that the decision stemmed from Disney and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ' belief that Adams , predominantly a film actress , would ultimately not be able to perform " That 's How You Know " as adequately as the more experienced Chenoweth . Additional... | bb3976a5425c4fb041892822176aece5 | 37,798 |
= John McCain =
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John Sidney McCain III ( born August 29 , 1936 ) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona . He was the Republican presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election .
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McCain followed his father and grandfather , both four @-@ star admirals , into the United States Navy , graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 . He became a naval aviator , flying ground @-@ attack aircraft from aircraft carriers . During the Vietnam War , he was almost killed in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire .... | c5d3eeca91ca97884407e2a813b4cc32 | 37,804 |
He retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981 and moved to Arizona , where he entered politics . Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 , he served two terms , and was then elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 , winning re @-@ election easily four times , most recently in 2010 . While generally adhering to... | f8d779a6b4065f32aef0464e0e8b7535 | 37,805 |
McCain ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 but lost a heated primary season contest to George W. Bush . He secured the nomination in 2008 after coming back from early reversals , but fell to Democratic candidate Barack Obama in the general election , losing by a 365 β 173 electoral college margin an... | 5ea2a8d0b088b7c3cc55510cd799c6ae | 37,806 |
= = Early life and military career , 1936 β 1981 = =
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= = = Formative years and education = = =
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John McCain was born on August 29 , 1936 , at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone , to naval officer John S. McCain Jr . ( 1911 β 1981 ) and Roberta ( Wright ) McCain ( born 1912 ) . He has a younger brother named Joe and an elder sister named Sandy . At that time , the Panama Canal was under U.S. con... | aa4c45981ed9fd016826feb1923f2de2 | 37,813 |
McCain 's family tree includes Scots @-@ Irish and English ancestors . His father and his paternal grandfather , John S. McCain Sr. , both became four @-@ star United States Navy admirals . The McCain family followed his father to various naval postings in the United States and the Pacific . Altogether , he attended a... | 129990dd0e91aac8c1042443aac4f67c | 37,814 |
Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather , McCain entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis . There , he was a friend and informal leader for many of his classmates , and sometimes stood up for targets of bullying . He also became a lightweight boxer . McCain did well in academic subjects th... | e9eb4e8e588cb9f553fe931fb9bed17b | 37,815 |
= = = Naval training , first marriage , and Vietnam assignment = = =
| f59a197d2278dd9105b925a1ff0bd935 | 37,817 |
McCain 's early military career began when he was commissioned an ensign and started two and a half years of training at Pensacola to become a naval aviator . While there , he earned a reputation as a partying man . He completed flight school in 1960 , and became a naval pilot of ground @-@ attack aircraft , assigned ... | 446b464683c2195007eacb63d3e6621d | 37,819 |
On July 3 , 1965 , McCain married Carol Shepp , a model originally from Philadelphia . McCain adopted her two young children Douglas and Andrew . He and Carol then had a daughter named Sidney .
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McCain requested a combat assignment , and was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal flying A @-@ 4 Skyhawks . His combat duty began when he was 30 years old , in mid @-@ 1967 , when Forrestal was assigned to a bombing campaign , Operation Rolling Thunder , during the Vietnam War . Stationed in the Gulf of To... | a5d802e04c445d02dcc01337f17c767d | 37,821 |
On July 29 , 1967 , McCain , by then a lieutenant commander , was near the epicenter of the USS Forrestal fire . He escaped from his burning jet and was trying to help another pilot escape when a bomb exploded ; McCain was struck in the legs and chest by fragments . The ensuing fire killed 134 sailors and took 24 hour... | 2140b822da91d5983d0056cd54524ef0 | 37,822 |
= = = Prisoner of war = = =
| de749504f7ee4c00e4fa88287f7e0e53 | 37,824 |
McCain 's capture and subsequent imprisonment began on October 26 , 1967 . He was flying his 23rd bombing mission over North Vietnam when his A @-@ 4E Skyhawk was shot down by a missile over Hanoi . McCain fractured both arms and a leg ejecting from the aircraft , and nearly drowned when he parachuted into TrΓΊc BαΊ‘ch L... | 9562af99ddb5aba7af0ddb52e7d0d12f | 37,826 |
Although McCain was badly wounded , his captors refused to treat his injuries , beating and interrogating him to get information ; he was given medical care only when the North Vietnamese discovered that his father was a high @-@ ranking admiral . His status as a prisoner of war ( POW ) made the front pages of major n... | d4b2c3dfbc92bfabbf31f247a43f5e7e | 37,827 |
McCain spent six weeks in the hospital while receiving marginal care . By then having lost 50 pounds ( 23 kg ) , in a chest cast , and with his gray hair turned white as snow , McCain was sent to a different camp on the outskirts of Hanoi in December 1967 , into a cell with two other Americans who did not expect him t... | e08dc33dbdc45a45feabceb7fd01b767 | 37,828 |
In mid @-@ 1968 , John S. McCain Jr. was named commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater , and the North Vietnamese offered McCain early release because they wanted to appear merciful for propaganda purposes , and also to show other POWs that elite prisoners were willing to be treated preferentially . McCain... | 05a0ceb0dd6a41314f4ed45b0f902339 | 37,829 |
In August 1968 , a program of severe torture began on McCain . He was subjected to rope bindings and repeated beatings every two hours , at the same time as he was suffering from dysentery . Further injuries led to the beginning of a suicide attempt , stopped by guards . Eventually , McCain made an anti @-@ American p... | 85ad22f490352481f0146ac5b998fc27 | 37,830 |
McCain refused to meet with various anti @-@ war groups seeking peace in Hanoi , wanting to give neither them nor the North Vietnamese a propaganda victory . From late 1969 onward , treatment of McCain and many of the other POWs became more tolerable , while McCain continued actively to resist the camp authorities . M... | ef53fb5c7d41bcf5c67384005b2e27da | 37,831 |
Altogether , McCain was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years . He was released on March 14 , 1973 . His wartime injuries left him permanently incapable of raising his arms above his head .
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= = = Commanding officer , liaison to Senate , and second marriage = = =
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McCain 's return to the United States reunited him with his family . His wife Carol had suffered her own crippling ordeal due to an automobile accident in December 1969 . McCain became a celebrity of sorts , as a returned POW .
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McCain underwent treatment for his injuries , including months of grueling physical therapy , and attended the National War College at Fort McNair in Washington , D.C. during 1973 β 1974 . Having been rehabilitated , by late 1974 , McCain had his flight status reinstated , and in 1976 he became commanding officer of a... | 61653c3878bd0a31ad421a2813cb154e | 37,837 |
McCain served as the Navy 's liaison to the U.S. Senate beginning in 1977 . In retrospect , he has said that this represented his " real entry into the world of politics and the beginning of my second career as a public servant . " His key behind @-@ the @-@ scenes role gained congressional financing for a new superca... | e677c3e62cffe4721b66bd400bbb2e0e | 37,838 |
In April 1979 , McCain met Cindy Lou Hensley , a teacher from Phoenix , Arizona , whose father had founded a large beer distributorship . They began dating , and he urged his wife Carol to grant him a divorce , which she did in February 1980 , with the uncontested divorce taking effect in April 1980 . The settlement i... | 56a8a2fababace39f3fd8264cca22d21 | 37,839 |
McCain decided to leave the Navy . It was doubtful whether he would ever be promoted to the rank of full admiral , as he had poor annual physicals and had been given no major sea command . His chances of being promoted to rear admiral were better , but McCain declined that prospect , as he had already made plans to ru... | 841b698c7295705aafa460e32a260980 | 37,840 |
= = House and Senate elections and career , 1982 β 2000 = =
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= = = U.S. Congressman = = =
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McCain set his sights on becoming a congressman because he was interested in current events , was ready for a new challenge , and had developed political ambitions during his time as Senate liaison . Living in Phoenix , he went to work for Hensley & Co . , his new father @-@ in @-@ law Jim Hensley 's large Anheuser @-... | 2c47736d9c567c9b813938a4f7dc1d3d | 37,847 |
Listen , pal . I spent 22 years in the Navy . My father was in the Navy . My grandfather was in the Navy . We in the military service tend to move a lot . We have to live in all parts of the country , all parts of the world . I wish I could have had the luxury , like you , of growing up and living and spending my enti... | c11328411aa890fa283b5711c047d2b0 | 37,848 |
With the assistance of local political endorsements , his Washington connections , as well as money that his wife lent to his campaign , McCain won a highly contested primary election . He then easily won the general election in the heavily Republican district .
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In 1983 , McCain was elected to lead the incoming group of Republican representatives , and was assigned to the House Committee on Interior Affairs . Also that year , he opposed creation of a federal Martin Luther King Jr . Day , but admitted in 2008 : " I was wrong and eventually realized that , in time to give full ... | b88b87dc5a37ec0c86877ed54b16e635 | 37,850 |
McCain 's politics at this point were mainly in line with President Ronald Reagan , including support for Reaganomics , and he was active on Indian Affairs bills . He supported most aspects of the foreign policy of the Reagan administration , including its hardline stance against the Soviet Union and policy towards Ce... | f9f71df0b0f3e36931f28436997e6094 | 37,851 |
= = = Growing family = = =
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In 1984 , McCain and Cindy had their first child together , daughter Meghan , followed two years later by son John Sidney ( Jack ) IV , and in 1988 by son James ( Jimmy ) . In 1991 , Cindy McCain brought an abandoned three @-@ month @-@ old girl needing medical treatment to the U.S. from a Bangladeshi orphanage run by... | 16c8f4212848b67d1ecf4197a215cde2 | 37,855 |
= = = First two terms in U.S. Senate = = =
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McCain 's Senate career began in January 1987 , after he defeated his Democratic opponent , former state legislator Richard Kimball , by 20 percentage points in the 1986 election . McCain succeeded longtime American conservative icon and Arizona fixture Barry Goldwater upon the latter 's retirement as U.S. senator fro... | 3f149372862ee55e2393995b02760ac0 | 37,859 |
Senator McCain became a member of the Armed Services Committee , with which he had formerly done his Navy liaison work ; he also joined the Commerce Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee . He continued to support the Native American agenda . As first a House member and then a senator β and as a lifelong gambler w... | fee6aa23785648e335ff84032118e00a | 37,860 |
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