Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Rep. Jim Langevin says he's switching House committees. The Rhode Island Democrat announced Tuesday that he's returning to the House Armed Services Committee and is taking a leave of absence from the Homeland Security Committee.
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
By John E. MulliganJournal Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- With the traditional pomp and circumstance, the hails and farewells, Rhode Island's newly re-elected Sen. Jack Reed and Representatives Patrick J. Kennedy and James R. Langevin were sworn in this afternoon as members of the 111th Congress -- the first since 1995 that will serve under a Democratic President with Democratic majorities on...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON — Amid time-honored rituals and a measure of controversy, Rhode Island’s newly reelected Sen. Jack Reed and Representatives Patrick J. Kennedy and James R. Langevin were sworn in yesterday as members of the 111th Congress — the first in 14 years to be elected to serve under a Democratic President, with Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress.Change and celebration were in...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
... Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, with Lorin Maazel conducting Sheryl Staples (violin), Robert Langevin (flute), Liang Wang (oboe) and Philip Smith (piccolo trumpet). This is not a purist’s objection but simply a matter of contemporary taste: large ensemble performances of this music, conducted from the podium, are old-fashioned. An outmoded performance style can be fascinating if the distance...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Some other notables at the church include U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, from Rhode Island, John Kerry (D-Mass.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) and U.S. Reps. Patrick Kennedy and James Langevin.
CBS 11 - Dallas / Fort Worth's Sour (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
... and long benefit from the works of his farseeing soul," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said. And Rep. Jim Langevin called Pell a "gentleman and champion for those who needed their voices heard."When asked his greatest achievement, Pell always was quick to answer, "Pell Grants."He sponsored legislation creating the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, which passed in 1972 and provided direct aid...
CERN Document Server (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
We study Brownian motion and the associated Langevin equation in AdS/CFT. The Brownian particle is realized in the bulk spacetime as a probe fundamental string in an asymptotically AdS black hole background, stretching between the AdS boundary and the horizon. The modes on the string are excited by the thermal black hole environment and consequently the string endpoint at the boundary undergoes...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
... benefit from the works of his far-seeing soul," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said. And Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) called Pell a "gentleman and champion for those who needed their voices heard." Pell died Thursday after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 90. The legacy of this great man will live on forever.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
"Rhode Island has lost one of its greatest statesmen, one who embodied the highest ideals of public service," Rep. Jim Langevin, Rhode Island Democrat, said in a statement Thursday. "Senator Pell was a gentleman and champion for those who needed their voices heard, and his work truly made a difference for our state and the nation."
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
... who truly gave a voice to people who needed to have their voices heard,” said Congressman James R. Langevin, who worked for Pell as an intern after meeting him during a talk at Rhode Island College. “He never lost his touch with the common man. People really mattered to Senator Pell, and opportunity and pursuing the American Dream really mattered.”“His record is extraordinary,” added Sen....
The Eagle Nation (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
... and long benefit from the works of his farseeing soul," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said. And Rep. Jim Langevin called Pell a "gentleman and champion for those who needed their voices heard."When asked his greatest achievement, Pell always was quick to answer, "Pell Grants."He sponsored legislation creating the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program, which passed in 1972 and provided direct...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
"Rhode Island has lost one of its greatest statesmen, one who embodied the highest ideals of public service," Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., said in a statement Thursday. "Senator Pell was a gentleman and champion for those who needed their voices heard, and his work truly made a difference for our state and the nation."
USA Today (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
"Rhode Island has lost one of its greatest statesmen, one who embodied the highest ideals of public service," Rhode Island Congressman Jim Langevin, a Democrat, said in a statement Thursday. "Senator Pell was a gentleman and champion for those who needed their voices heard, and his work truly made a difference for our state and the nation."
Fox News (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
The Rhode Island Democrat's former executive assistant, Jan Demers, says Pell died early Thursday at his Newport home. Pell was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1994.Rep. Jim Langevin, also a Rhode Island Democrat, says Pell "embodied the highest ideals of public service."
Washington Wire (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
... statesmen, one who embodied the highest ideals of public service,” Rhode Island Congressman Jim Langevin , a Democrat, said in a statement. “Senator Pell was a gentleman and champion for those who needed their voices heard, and his work truly made a difference for our state and the nation.”
