In particular, the successful entrapment of Graham Riddick and David Tredinnick in the " cash for questions " scandal, the contemporaneous misconduct as ministers by Neil Hamilton ( who lost a consequent libel action against The Guardian ), Tim Smith, and the convictions of former Cabinet member Jonathan Aitken and former party deputy chairman Jeffrey Archer for perjury in two separate cases leading to custodial sentences damaged the Conservatives ' public reputation.

* Cash-for-questions affair involving Neil Hamilton, Tim Smith and Mohamed Al-Fayed ( 1994 )

Such musical acts as Echo and the Bunnymen, The Smiths, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Swans, The Germs, and Joy Division have been mentioned by Love, including songs by several of them being covered by Hole in live performances and, in some cases, studio recordings.

Several liberals, including Adam Smith and Richard Cobden, argued that the free exchange of goods between nations could lead to world peace, a view recognised by such modern American political scientists as Dahl, Doyle, Russet, and O ' Neil.

The Tory election win led to the resignation of Neil Kinnock as Labour leader and the election of John Smith as his successor.

Another scandal was " Cash for Questions ", in which first Graham Riddick, and David Tredinnick accepted money to ask questions in the House of Commons in a newspaper " sting ", and later Tim Smith and Neil Hamilton were found to have received money from Mohamed Al Fayed, also to ask questions in the House.

Although Tim Smith stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election, both Neil Hamilton and Jonathan Aitken sought re-election for their seats, and were both defeated, in Hamilton's case by the former BBC Reporter Martin Bell, who stood as an anti-sleaze candidate, both the Labour and LibDem candidates withdrawing in his favour, amidst further publicity unfavourable to the Conservatives.

* 1967 – Neil Smith, English cricketer

Supporters of Jacksonville's bid included NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, President Neil Austrian, Vice President Roger Goodell, Bud Adams of the Houston Oilers, Rankin Smith of the Atlanta Falcons and Ken Hofmann of the Seattle Seahawks.

* 1946 – L. Neil Smith, American author

It saw the Conservative MPs Neil Hamilton and Tim Smith leave the government in disgrace, and a Committee on Standards in Public Life established to prevent such corruption occurring again.

L. Neil Smith established the award in 1979, but it was not awarded regularly until the newly founded Libertarian Futurist Society revived it in 1982.

* 1982 – L. Neil Smith, The Probability Broach

* 1994 – L. Neil Smith, Pallas

* 2001 – L. Neil Smith, The Forge of the Elders

* 2005 – L. Neil Smith ( writer ) and Scott Bieser ( illustrator ), The Probability Broach: The Graphic Novel

Both times, as Neil Smith noted, these approaches " claimed authority over the ' social '".

* The Probability Broach ( 1980 ), by L. Neil Smith, presents both utopian and dystopian views of present day North America, through alternative outcomes of the American War for Independence.

The production-side theory of urban gentrification derives from the work of Professor Neil Smith, explaining gentrification as an economic process consequent to the fluctuating relationships among capital investments and the production of urban space.

The founding director of CBS News, Paul White, for whom the top award given by the broadcast news directors organization Radio Television Digital News Association ( RTDNA ) is named, Kent Cooper, who later became the longtime GM of rival Associated Press, early ABC News president Elmer Lower, Raymond Clapper, originator of the term " smoked-filled room ", Merriman Smith, Helen Thomas, Marie Colvin, Martha Gellhorn, Kate Webb, Henry Tilton Gorrell, Seymour Hersh, Lucien Carr, Neil Sheehan, Brit Hume, Keith Olbermann, New York Times columnists Thomas Friedman and Gail Collins, Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, sportswriter and Untouchables co-author Oscar Fraley, author H. Allen Smith, military author Joe Galloway, Saigon evacuation photographer Hubert van Es, photographer Stan Stearns, 1970s White House photographer David Hume Kennerly, White House spokesmen George Reedy, Ron Nessen and Larry Speakes, longtime Las Vegas bureau manager Myram Borders, onetime CIA Director Richard Helms, who interviewed Adolf Hitler for United Press during the 1936 Olympics, diplomat Edward M. Korry, former UP correspondent to Moscow Eugene Lyons, C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb, ex-Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton, 1980's-90's Singapore President Wee Kim Wee and novelists Allen Drury, Tony Hillerman and Daniel Silva.

The soundtrack features songs by Newman, Bobby Darin, The Who, Free, Eels, The Guess Who, Bill Withers, Betty Carter, Peggy Lee, The Folk Implosion, Gomez, and Bob Dylan, as well as two cover versions — The Beatles ' " Because " performed by Elliott Smith, and Neil Young's " Don't Let It Bring You Down " performed by Annie Lennox.

The reinvention of the Labour Party would take the better part of two decades, at the hands of Neil Kinnock, John Smith and – electorally, most conclusively – Tony Blair.

Wang hired Ted Nolan as coach and Neil Smith as GM, but he fired Smith after a little over a month and replaced him with backup goaltender Garth Snow, who retired to accept the position.

* 1953 – J. Neil Schulman, American writer

* 1987 – Neil Haskell, American dancer

* 1986 – Neil Cicierega, American animator, actor, director, and producer

* 1987 – April O ' Neil, American porn actress

* Maher, Neil M. Nature's New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement ( 2008 ).

The early disco sound was largely an urban American phenomenon with producers and labels such as SalSoul Records ( Ken, Joe and Stanley Cayre ), West End Records ( Mel Cheren ), Casablanca ( Neil Bogart ), and Prelude ( Marvin Schlachter ) to name a few.

#* performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse ; previously unreleased ; different lead vocal dub than version on American Stars ' n Bars

* 1930 – Leon Neil Cooper, American physicist, Nobel laureate

Historically, the American film industry portrayed the Foreign Legion as, in the words of Neil Tweedie of The Daily Telegraph, having " a reputation as a haven for cut-throats, crooks and sundry fugitives from justice " and also having many men escaping failed romances.

* 1927 – Neil Simon, American playwright

* 1966 – Neil Tobin, American magician and writer

* 2001 – Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( b. 1936 )

* 1946 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver ( d. 1994 )

* 1940 – Neil Goldschmidt, American politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon

* 1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer

* 1958 – Neil Allen, American baseball player

* 1945 – Tricia O ' Neil, American actress

* 1977 – Neil Hopkins, American actor

* 1936 – Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter ( d. 2001 )

* 1931 – Neil Postman, American cultural critic ( d. 2003 )

Neil Alden Armstrong ( August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012 ) was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon.

* 1911 – Buck O ' Neil, American baseball player ( d. 2006 )

In Neil Gaiman's award winning novel American Gods, thunderbirds feature prominently.