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  • In the early 1950's, Bill Baker started working with his father-in-law in a Eugene, Oregon custom boot shop and 1,200 sq.ft. store known as Purkey's Shoes.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • In the early 1950's, Bill Baker started working with his father-in-law in a Eugene, Oregon custom boot shop and 1,200 sq.ft. store known as Purkey's Shoes.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • One would wager that Purkey would favor the 401(k) plan approach, but how responsible would that be if, as the Speaker of the Virginia House, Bill Howell (R-28th) believes, there is a secret plan for the government to steal all our private pension plans?

    Pension Plan Pay Cut 2010

  • Chairman Colgan, Chairman Putney, Chairman Purkey, members of the General Assembly money committees, ladies and gentlemen: good morning.

    McDonnell's speech to the General Assembly on the budget 2010

  • Bob Purkey in VA Beach, John Cosgrove in Chesapeake, and Glenn Oder in Newport News have opponents that make each incumbent worry, when they should be out in the public throughout the year rather than just at election time.

    HOUSE OF DELEGATES PREVIEW 2007

  • Harry Purkey (R-VA Beach) both introduced HB 7, limiting GA members to just 12 bills per session and a grand total of 38 bills.

    Waldo Jaquith - Maybe it’s like an arms race. 2006

  • Purkey, who made his Market debut as a bearded nun in a 1976 production of Peter Weiss '"Marat/Sade."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • Description: The Purkey knuckleball which he grips with the index and middle finger on top of the ball thus joined the Purkey slider, the straight change, the off-speed curve, the sinker, and ‘a fastball that moves.’

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • Purkey: … So I started to experiment with the knuckler.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • Quote from author Herb Kamm on Game 3 of 1961 World Series: “Purkey was pitching as if he could go on forever, mixing sliders and flutterballs with fastballs so effectively the Yanks were slamming their bats into the dugout in disgust.”

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

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