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Senator Willie Adams (born June 22, 1934 in Fort Chimo, Québec) is a Canadian politician. Image File history File links Picture of Willie Adams, Canadian Senator, Source: [1] Permission to use from web site: The Senate holds the copyright on official photographs of Senators. ... The Senate (French: SÃ©nat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libÃ©ration du QuÃ©bec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ...

Adams, a retired businessman and electrician, is currently the second longest serving member of the Canadian Senate. He was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on April 5, 1977 and is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He represented the Northwest Territories until the creation of Nunavut in 1999. The Senate (French: SÃ©nat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ... The Right Honourable Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC, CC, CH, QC, MA, LL.L, LL.D, FRSC (October 18, 1919 â€“ September 28, 2000) was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 3, 1979, and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libÃ©ral du Canada) is Canadas largest political party. ... A former territory in the United States is called Northwest Territory. ... For the electoral districts of the same name, see Nunavut (electoral district) and Nunavut (Senate Division). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

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Adams v. State (4/10/92) ap-1216 (3960 words)
	Adams may have difficulty acting in his own defense and will very likely come to believe that if he is found guilty, it is due to a conspiracy which will come to include the primary players in the legal process.
	Adams is competent to stand trial, and competent to waive counsel and defend himself since he has sufficient present ability to consult with his attorney for advice with a reasonable degree of rational understanding, and that he has a rational as well as a factual understanding of the proceedings, if not the evidence, against him.
	Adams was unable either to be fully aware of the risk of self-representation or to rationally conceive and coherently present a defense.

EarlyChicagoHOME (3440 words)
	Adams, Joseph S. (1794-1885) born in Staffordshire, England; sergeant of the Fifth U.S. Infantry regiment; transferred from Fort Brady to Fort Dearborn in May 1833, arriving on the same vessel with [see] Reverend J. Porter; he and his wife are listed as charter members of the first Presbyterian church in June that year.
	Adams detailed his reminiscences of this period in a 1881 letter to John Wentworth.
	Cooper came to the fort on the Adams in 1808.

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