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Former colonial governors of Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward, as well as the Reverend Isaac Backus and the Reverend Samuel Stillman, were among those who played an instrumental role in Brown's foundation and later became American revolutionaries.
The influence of these policies, along with the US invasion of Panama, was instrumental in drawing Panama into the Central American model of neoliberalism.
In a crucial contribution to the economic stability of post-War Europe, Attlee's cabinet was instrumental in promoting the American Marshall Plan for the economic recovery of Europe.
" Machine Gun ", the instrumental title track from the band's debut album, became a staple at American sporting events, and is similarly featured in many films, including Boogie Nights and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
Erin Brockovich-Ellis ( born June 22, 1960 ) is an American legal clerk and environmental activist who, despite the lack of a formal law school education, or any legal education, was instrumental in constructing a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company ( PG & E ) of California in 1993.
It won three Academy Awards, including his second for Best Writing ( Adapted Screenplay ) ( with Puzo ), Best Picture and Best Actor ( for Brando ) and a nomination for Best Director and was instrumental in cementing his position as a prominent American film director.
* Lotus ( American band ), a 2000s instrumental rock band
* 1762 – Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and teacher of vocal and instrumental music ( d. 1820 )
Structuralist philosopher Julia Kristeva, seen as a theorist who was instrumental in providing the philosophical basis for American political correctness, denounced political correctness in 2001 in New York Times and said her works have been distorted by Americans.
The founding fathers of American polo were instrumental in establishing and nurturing the sport of polo in the United States.
Roosevelt was instrumental in preparing the Navy for the Spanish – American War and was an enthusiastic supporter of testing the U. S. military in combat, at one point saying, " I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one ".
Roosevelt was instrumental in conserving about of American soil among various parks and other federal projects.
American heavy metal band, Metallica has run " The Ecstasy of Gold " as prelude music at their concerts since 1985 ( except 1996 – 1998 ), and recently recorded a version of the instrumental for a compilation tribute to Morricone.
While he had been instrumental in advancing the career of the able Dwight D. Eisenhower, he had also recommended the swaggering Lloyd Fredendall to Eisenhower for a major command in the American invasion of North Africa during Operation Torch.
Medill and the Tribune were instrumental in Lincoln's nomination for the Presidency, and were equally supportive of the Union cause during the American Civil War.
It is an instrumental song inspired by Manzanar and the Japanese American incarceration.
After working with several smaller unions, including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Debs was instrumental in the founding of the American Railway Union ( ARU ), the nation's first industrial union.
During the American Revolution, Philadelphia played an instrumental role as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787.
MCI's history, combined with the histories of companies it has acquired, echoes most of the trends that have swept American telecommunications in the past half-century: It was instrumental in pushing legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT & T monopoly that dominated American telephony ; its purchase by WorldCom and subsequent bankruptcy in the face of accounting scandals was symptomatic of the Internet excesses of the late 1990s.
Millicent Rogers was instrumental in the promotion of the Native American culture.
This system came to be known as armory practice or the American system of manufacturing, which spread throughout New England aided by skilled mechanics from the armories who were instrumental in transferring the technology to the sewing machines manufacturers and other industries such as machine tools, harvesting machines and bicycles.
The idea of selling one's soul for instrumental skills pre-dates the American South as several virtuoso classical musicians such as Paganini had stories told about selling their soul for music prowess ( and that story may reference back to medieval troubadour doing something similar ).
* Florida East Coast Railway, an American railroad instrumental in the economic development of Florida

American and jazz
He met with enthusiastic audience approval, especially when he swung from jazz to Latin American things like the Mambo.
* 1927 – Gerry Mulligan, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger ( d. 1996 )
* 1960 – John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, songwriter, singer and bandleader
* 1892 – Johnny Dodds, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist ( d. 1940 )
* 1940 – Herbie Hancock, American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer
* 1923 – Percy Heath, American jazz musician ( Modern Jazz Quartet ) ( d. 2005 )
* Adrian Rollini ( 1903 – 1956 ), American multi-instrumentalist best known for his jazz music
Category: American jazz guitarists
* 1938 – Booker Little, American jazz trumpeter ( d. 1961 )
* 1943 – Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist ( The Free Spirits and The Eleventh House )
* 1924 – Shorty Rogers, American jazz musician and arranger ( d. 1994 )
* 1925 – Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist ( d. 1974 )
* 1999 – Charles ' Buddy ' Rogers, American actor and jazz musician ( b. 1904 )
* 1913 – Earl Bostic, American jazz musician ( d. 1965 )
* 1937 – Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist ( d. 2001 )
* 1938 – Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter ( d. 2008 )
In 1994 Branford Marsalis, the American jazz saxophonist, included samples of Fela's " Beast of No Nation " on his Buckshot LeFonque album.
The series ' art direction centers on American music and counterculture, especially the beat and jazz movements of the 1940s – 1960s and the early rock and roll era of the 1950s – 1970s, which the original soundtrack by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts defines.
Watanabe, however, made no secret that, in addition to Lupin III, the series paid subtle tribute to his favorite American films and series, which were shown in Japan during the 1970s and ' 80s including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( the relationship between Spike and Jet ), Bruce Lee films ( Spike's martial-arts practice ), films with blues or jazz soundtracks ( the music of the series ), as well as Blaxploitation films ( the series has a very racially diverse supporting cast ).
He recorded smooth jazz guitar still played on American airwaves today.
African American dances are those dances which have developed within African American communities in everyday spaces, rather than in dance studios, schools or companies and its derivatives, tap dance, disco, jazz dance, swing dance, hip hop dance and breakdance.
In Occupied France, jazz and bebop music plus the jitterbug were banned by the Nazis as decadent American influences, so members of the Resistance met at hidden underground dance clubs called discotheques ( fr.
* 1929 – Barry Harris, American bebop jazz pianist
* 2011 – Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz musician ( b. 1929 )

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