* Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician ( born 1952 )

Achill is attached to the mainland by Michael Davitt Bridge, between the villages of Gob an Choire ( Achill Sound ) and Poll Raithní ( Polranny ).

* 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva.

* Absalom is the name of a character in Michael Crummey's Newfoundland-set Galore.

* 1261 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.

The Dodo, who in this adaptation of the book is named Uilleam and is portrayed by Michael Gough, bears a down of brilliant blue and is one of Alice's advisers, who also took first note of her identity as the true Alice.

* 1944 – World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested.

Andronikos is the main protagonist in Michael Arnold's Against the Fall of Night ( Garden City, New York: Doubleday 1975 ), as well as Ange Vlachos ' Their Most Serene Majesties ( Vanguard Press, 1964 ).

This account, supported by biologist E. O. Wilson and philosopher Michael Ruse, proposes that the human experience of morality is a by-product of natural selection, a theory philosopher Mark D. Linville calls evolutionary naturalism.

American philosopher Michael Martin argues that it is not necessarily true that objective moral truths must entail the existence of God, suggesting that there could be alternative explanations: he argues that naturalism may be an acceptable explanation and, even if a supernatural explanation is necessary, it does not have to be God ( polytheism is a viable alternative ).

Since the passage of the Act of Settlement, the most senior member of the Royal Family to have married a Roman Catholic, and thereby been removed from the line and later lines of succession, is Prince Michael of Kent, who married Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz in 1978 ; he was fifteenth in the lines of succession at the time of his marriage.

It is also representative of the evolution and direction of our team .” During the 2003 preseason Michael Vick broke his leg and missed the first twelve games of the season.

Notable in this area is Michael Leyton, professor of psychology at Rutgers University.

A musical child, he sang in the boys ' choir at the Salzburg Cathedral where he is believed to have taken music lessons with Michael Haydn.

His famous series of sixteen great designs for the Apocalypse is dated 1498, as is his engraving of St. Michael Fighting the Dragon.

Michael Meyer argues that the play's theme is not women's rights, but rather " the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she really is and to strive to become that person.

One way of reducing the risk is through the illegal use of inside information, and in fact risk arbitrage with regard to leveraged buyouts was associated with some of the famous financial scandals of the 1980s such as those involving Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky.

Among other composers who set Housman songs were John Ireland ( song cycle, Land of Lost Content ), Michael Head ( e. g. ' Ludlow Fair '), Graham Peel ( a famous version of ' In Summertime on Bredon '), Ian Venables ( Songs of Eternity and Sorrow ), and the American Samuel Barber ( e. g. ' With rue my heart is laden ').

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The political scientist Michael Barkun discussing the usage of this term in contemporary American culture holds that a conspiracy theory is a belief which explains an event as the result of a secret plot by exceptionally powerful and cunning conspirators to achieve a malevolent end.

He had believed that his biological father was Ulf Trier ( 1907 — 1978 ), until his mother revealed to him on her deathbed that he had been conceived as a result of an affair she had with her employer, Fritz Michael Hartmann.

While at least one researcher, Michael Persinger, claims otherwise, Jeffrey Gray states in his book Consciousness: Creeping up on the Hard Problem, that tests looking for the influence of electromagnetic fields on brain function have been universally negative in their result.

However, subsequent analysis by Dave Hone and Michael Benton ( 2007 ) could not reproduce this result.

* 2-Michael Wayne ( Michael Morrison ), 68, film producer ; eldest son of John Wayne, heart failure as the result of complications from lupus

Michael Tadman, in a 1989 book Speculators and Slaves: Masters, Traders, and Slaves in the Old South, indicates that 60 – 70 % of interregional migrations were the result of the sale of slaves.

As a result of that ratings success, Michael Jackson would be tapped to perform at halftime during Super Bowl XXVII, and more big-name talent would follow ( U2, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen performed in subsequent years ).

The result was Batman Returns which featured Michael Keaton returning as the Dark Knight, and a new triad of villains: Danny DeVito ( as the Penguin ), Michelle Pfeiffer ( as Catwoman ) and Christopher Walken as Max Shreck, an evil corporate tycoon and original character created for the film ( similar to Superman IIIs Ross Webster ).

But Gretzky himself dispelled the rumor at the end of one grueling season with the Edmonton Oilers, in which he had suffered a mild concussion as a result of what writer Michael Benson called a " cheap shot " from Winnipeg Jets star centre Dale Hawerchuk.

Michael led a military campaign against the Bulgarians in 813, which ended in defeat, and as a result he abdicated in July and Leo V was crowned emperor.

Michael Byers, a University of British Columbia law professor, has argued that these laws go further than the Rome Statute, providing Canadian courts with jurisdiction over acts pre-dating the ICC and occurring in territories outside of ICC member-states ; “ as a result, anyone who is present in Canada and alleged to have committed genocide, torture [...] anywhere, at any time, can be prosecuted Canada .”

Also, as a result of a downed Blackhawk air assault helicopter, Warrant Officer-Pilot Michael J. Durant from 160th SOAR was held captive for 11 days.

The Secretary of State for Employment, Michael Foot, commented: " A person who declines to fall in with new conditions of employment which result from a collective agreement may well be considered to have brought about his own dismissal ".

He emerged as a soloist from this choral tradition, largely as a result of the admiration of the composer Michael Tippett, who heard him while at Canterbury and recognized the unique beauty of his voice.

Michael W. Pharand, though quoting earlier criticisms, rebutted, " Graves's theories and conclusions, outlandish as they seemed to his contemporaries ( or may appear to us ), were the result of careful observation.

Michael W. McConnell has written that the U. S Supreme Court's decision on December 12 " may have reached the right result for the wrong reason.

As a result of financial difficulties brought on by the failure of Trollinger's hotel in Haw River, Edwin Michael Holt, already one of the state's most successful manufacturers, and his son, Thomas M. Holt, acquired the mill in 1858.

For example, in tidying up loose ends of the classification of finite simple groups around 2004 ( a result which had been claimed, somewhat prematurely, to be proved around 1980 ), Michael Aschbacher devoted an entire volume to proving various infrastructural results, some of which had not previously been proved in print.

The next major effort took place when about a decade later Michael Sadler prepared new legislation to restrict hours of work but before it could go before Parliament he was disenfranchised as a result of changes brought about by the 1832 Reform Act.

Holocaust scholar Robert Michael notes that Niemöller's statements were a result of traditional antisemitism and that Niemöller agreed with the Nazis ' position on the " Jewish question " at that time.

" Bolton manager Sam Allardyce was quoted as saying: " Stop Michael Owen scoring and you are 50 per cent towards getting a result at Anfield " while Owen had admitted to being frustrated at the lack of support play from his teammates.

However, in that same year the collection Heavy Hitters, a set of covers featuring Schenker and a revolving group of heavy metal all-stars, was marketed as a Michael Schenker Group album, with the result that Schenker only received a flat fee.

As a result of pioneering work by Meckling and Michael C. Jensen, one of the talented young faculty members he recruited, and groundbreaking work by other faculty members, the School became known for making enormous contributions in the critical areas of, and theory.

Tangstad fought Michael Spinks for the IBF Heavyweight title on 6 September 1986, losing as a result of a fourth round knock out.

As a result of the Local Governance ( Scotland ) Act 2004, the town is now represented on the council by two Wards, represented by three Councillors each: Billy Hendry ( CON ), Anne McNair ( SNP ) and Una Walker ( LAB ) in Bishopbriggs North & Torrance, with Alan Moir ( LAB ), Gordan Low ( SNP ) and Michael O ' Donnell ( LAB ) in Bishopbriggs South.