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In short, the traditional epithet for Milton of ' Lady of Christ's ', while eminently fitting, rests only on this baffling passage in the midst of the most treacherous piece of writing Milton left us.
The First Lady appointed a Fine Arts Advisory Committee for the White House, to locate authentic pieces as well as to arrange ways to acquire them.
The AID has undertaken the redecoration of the White House library as a project in connection with the work being done by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Fine Arts Advisory Committee to secure antiques for the presidential home.
It was the first in the series of `` Concerts for Young People by Young People '' to be sponsored by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy at the White House.
The Lady Da, naked in the dusty plain, waved a hospitable hand and showed that there was a place for him to sit beside her.
Time stood still for these people, and their load of pleasure was so commingled with the shocks and pains of the dromozoa that the words of the Lady Da took on very remote meaning.
Abigail's self-styling as a handmaid led to Abigail being the traditional term for a waiting-woman, for example as the waiting gentlewoman in Beaumont and Fletcher's The Scornful Lady, published in 1616.
He would sometimes write songs with someone in mind, for instance, " I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face " from My Fair Lady was written with Rex Harrison in mind to complement his very limited vocal range.
In a 1979 interview on NPR's All Things Considered, Lerner went into some depth about his lyrics for My Fair Lady.
Clinton decided to remain as Arkansas governor ( following consideration for the potential candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton for governor, initially favored – but ultimately vetoed – by the First Lady ).
Before he entered parliament, Disraeli was involved with several women, most notably Henrietta, Lady Sykes ( the wife of Sir Francis Sykes, 3rd Bt ), who served as the model for Henrietta Temple.
On his return to Naples, Nelson was greeted with a triumphal procession led by King Ferdinand IV and Sir William Hamilton and was introduced for only the third time to Sir William's wife Emma, Lady Hamilton, who fainted violently at the meeting, and apparently took several weeks to recover from her injuries.
Bo Diddley was one of the first American male musicians to include women in his band, including " The Duchess " Norma-Jean Wofford, Peggy Jones ( aka " Lady Bo "), Cornelia Redmond ( aka Cookie ), and Debby Hastings, who led his band for the final 25 years of his performing career.
Lady Fortune with the Wheel of Fortune in a medieval manuscript of a work by Giovanni Boccaccio | Boccaccio ; Consolation of Philosophy was responsible for the popularity of the goddess of Fortune and the wheel of fortune in the Middle Ages
This group is best known for their ballads, such as " Easy " and " Three Times a Lady ", but, for the most part, the group mainly recorded funky, driven dance-floor hits which include " Brick House ", " The Bump ", " Fancy Dancer ", and " Too Hot ta Trot ".
He prepared for death by retiring to his cave on the mountain-side overlooking the Trebbia, where, according to a tradition, he had dedicated an oratory to Our Lady ( Montalembert, " Monks of the West ", II, 444 ).
CND's growing support in the 1980s provoked opposition from several sources, including Peace Through Nato, the British Atlantic Committee ( which received government funding ), Women and Families for Defence ( set up by conservative journalist Lady Olga Maitland to oppose the Greenham Common Peace Camp ), the Conservative Party's Campaign for Defence and Multilateral Disarmament, the Coalition for Peace through Security, the Foreign Affairs Research Institute, and The 61, a private sector intelligence agency.
Another version of the story is that he canvassed with Nancy, Lady Astor, MP for Plymouth Sutton, and received an embarrassingly friendly welcome at boarding houses who were used to renting rooms by the hour to sailors and their lady companions.

Lady and Day
* Our Lady of the Angels Day ( Costa Rica )
In addition to his three directing wins, Capra received directing nominations for three other films ( Lady for a Day, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It's a Wonderful Life ).
Capra's final theatrical film was with Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, named Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961 ), a remake of his 1933 film Lady for a Day.
** Historic start of the new year ( Lady Day ) in England, Wales, Ireland, and the future United States until the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in 1752.
Until 1751 in England and Wales ( and all British dominions ) the new year started on 25 March – Lady Day, one of the four quarter days ( the change to 1 January took place in 1600 in Scotland ).
* Children's Day or Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida ( Brazil )
* Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Victories or il-Vittorja ( Malta )
The Discontinuity Guide, written by Paul Cornell, Keith Topping, and Martin Day, suggests that " was a precocious young Time Lady, and her name for travel capsules caught on.
The day after Shrove Tuesday was Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent when all were to abstain from eating and drinking certain things. 24 March: Lady Day or the feast of the Annunciation, the first of the Quarter Days on which rents and salaries were due and payable.
A cultural icon, Nancy Drew has been cited as a formative influence by a number of women, from Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O ' Connor and Sonia Sotomayor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former First Lady Laura Bush.
* Perfect Day, a song by Lady Antebellum starts off with the singer seeing " a Cajun man with a red guitar singing on the side of the street " and throwing " a handful of change in his beat up case and play me a country beat ".
Lady for a Day is a 1933 American comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra.
Runyon was pleased with the changes and later said, " Lady for a Day was no more my picture than Little Miss Marker, which, like the former picture, was almost entirely the result of the genius of the scenario writers and the director who worked on it.
The " Apple Annie " story transformed into Capra's Lady For A Day ( and Pocketful of Miracles ) has long been considered a natural source for a stage musical and a number of prominent writers, including Jerry Herman, David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr ; the team of John Kander and Fred Ebb have all worked on unfinished and unrealized adaptations.
Lady for a Day was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film but lost to Cavalcade.
* Lady for a Day on Lux Radio Theater: May 1, 1939
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The serious financial crisis it created for Columbia Pictures damaged the partnership between Capra and studio head Harry Cohn, as well as the friendship between Capra and screenwriter Riskin, whose previous collaborations had included Lady for a Day, It Happened One Night, and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.
Nonetheless, May Robson had received a Best Actress nomination ( Lady for a Day, 1933 ) for her performance in a clear supporting role.
She then joined Glenn Ford and Ann-Margret for the Frank Capra film A Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961 ) ( a remake of Capra's 1933 film, Lady for a Day ), based on a story by Damon Runyon.
President of the United States Calvin Coolidge, First Lady of the United States Grace Goodhue Coolidge, and Senator Curtis on their way to the United States Capitol | Capitol building on Inauguration Day, March 4, 1925.
* Lady Day ( 25 March )
Lady Day was also the first day of the year in British dominions ( excluding Scotland ) until 1752 ( when it was harmonised with the Scottish practice of 1 January being New Year's Day ).

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