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Tony Blair was born at the Queen Mary Maternity Home in Edinburgh, Scotland, the second son of Leo and Hazel Blair (née Corscadden). Leo Blair was the illegitimate son of two English actors, Charles Parsons and Mary Augusta Ridgway Bridson, whilst Hazel Corscadden's family were Protestants from County Donegal, Ireland. He has one elder brother, William Blair, who is a barrister and a Queen's Counsel (QC), and a younger sister, Sarah. Blair spent the first 19 months of his life at the family home in Paisley Terrace in the Willowbrae area of Edinburgh. During this period his father worked as a junior tax inspector whilst ... studying for a law degree from the University of Edinburgh. His family spent three and a half years in the 1950s living in Adelaide, Australia, where his father was a lecturer in law at the University of Adelaide.
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Tony Blair was first elected to Britain's House of Commons in 1983, where he served on various shadow cabinets of the Labour party for the next decade. In July of 1994, he assumed leadership of the Labour party. “New Labour, New Britain” was his slogan, encapsulating Blair's ambition to restructure Britain's then-minority party into an appealingly centrist organization capable of winning general elections (which it lost four consecutive times from 1979–1997). Espousing a tough but liberal crime policy, readiness for a free-market economy, anti-inflationary tactics, and full support of Britain's induction into the European Community, Blair drastically improved Labour's electability. He accomplished this by eschewing Labour's pro-union, socialist roots and concern for welfare and nuclear disarmament.
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The second son of Leo Blair and Hazel Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was born on 6th May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has an elder brother, William, who is a barrister and a Queen's Counsel (QC), and a younger sister, Sarah. The family lived first in Paisley Terrace in the Willowbrae area of the city.
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Blair flew into Washington late Thursday night. Accompanied by his wife, Cherie, he divided his time between meetings with Bush and his top officials and private exchanges with the president in the Holly cabin once used by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt.
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Blair takes on the appearance of a Steve Bell caricature of himself when he becomes angry. It was during one of these daring phases that Alistair Campbell made a hasty proposal of marriage to Him at Chequers.
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Blair Corporation, a multi-channel direct marketer of women’s, men’s and home fashions is ranked among America’s top ten consumer apparel catalogers. Employing over 2,100 associates, the Company boasts annual sales of nearly $500 million. Blair’s thriving business is built on a simple yet highly effective philosophy: offer customers quality products at affordable prices and provide exceptional customer service. The result—throughout 2005, Blair is proud to celebrate its 95th year of business!
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