MIAMI, July 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Cancer is an overwhelming experience in itself. To face it courageously, without hesitation, takes strength. In his new book, Cancer: A Journey (now available through 1stBooks), Lloyd E. Foley writes about his own experience with cancer. He writes about the importance of facing a serious illness and how spirituality helped him through his personal journey with the disease.
NEW YORK, July 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- In a rare, in-depth piece of philosophical fiction, author Kofi Amouzou writes the inspiring story of a man named Dansou who moves from his beloved country in West Africa to New York. As Amouzou outlines the events that occur in Dansou's life, he offers profound bits of philosophy the reader can draw on for years to come in The Voice of Talisman (now available through 1stBooks).
GLENDALE, Calif., July 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Once upon a time, there was a land of magic and a kingdom of beauty. All the people lived in peace, and the King and Queen lived happily with their noble son, the prince. Until one day, the kingdom falls into the darkness of war, and the prince is captured. A story of magic and enchantment lies within the pages of The Golden Vase (now available through 1stBooks), by Alekssander Rockhewn.
Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman to Christen Navy's Newest Amphibious Ship
NEW ORLEANS, La., July 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Ship Systems sector will christen San Antonio (LPD 17), the first in a new class of 12 amphibious transport dock ships being built for the U.S. Navy, during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony on Saturday, July 19, 2003. Hundreds of invited guests and employees will be in attendance for the dockside ceremony at the company's Avondale Operations, alongside the Mississippi River near New Orleans, La.
Cordiant Communications Group PLC
Cordiant Communications Group Plc - Statement regarding EGM requisitioned by Active Value
LONDON, July 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- On 16 July Cordiant was notified by Messrs Wheatly and Davidson that they do not intend to stand for election as Cordiant Directors at the Extraordinary General Meeting requisitioned by a nominee for funds advised by Active Value ("the Requisitioned Meeting").
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., July 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The human mind is a complex instrument. It can cause people to see things that are not there, experience things that never happened and even make someone forget who they are. In the new novel, I Like Ice Cream in My Coffee (now available through 1stBooks), by Diney DeRuy, a young woman with amnesia turns a town upside down as they try to figure out her past while dealing with their own psyches.
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa., July 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, will broadcast live on its website, www.tollbrothers.com, a conference call to discuss its preliminary results and outlook for third quarter and fiscal year 2003. The event is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, August 6, 2003. It will follow announcement of the Company's third quarter 2003 preliminary results for home building revenues, contracts and backlog before the market opens on Wednesday, August 6, 2003. The call will be hosted by Robert I. Toll, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Lone Star Steak House & Saloon
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. Holds Annual Meeting of Shareholders
WICHITA, Kan., July 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. ("Lone Star") (Nasdaq:STAR) held its annual meeting of shareholders July 11, 2003 in Denver, Colorado.
Festival of Poems -- Highly Regarded Poetess Celebrates Life, Love and the Art of Writing Poetry
PLACERVILLE, Calif., July 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Rosemary Wilkinson is leading a crusade to resurrect the long lost art of poetry writing. She has traveled to different parts of the world spearheading this noble cause together with countless groups of poets across the globe through their annual gathering called World Congress of Poets.
NORWALK, Calif., July 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Love, joy, sadness, hope, loneliness, disaster, romance and destruction are a few qualities that intermingle to make up the tapestry of life. In poetry, they are the qualities that make up the new book, Sane Poems from a Deranged Mind (now available through1stBooks), by Nancy Susan Michael.
