Dennis Morgan, Eddie Albert, Robert Preston, and Franchot Tone were also considered for the Drake role.

The Prospect community is general considered to cover as far east as Preston and Red Hill Rd., and as far North as Old Maxton / Red Spring Rd.

In 1768, he was elected to the House of Commons for Preston, and for the next few years he occupied himself chiefly with his parliamentary duties, in which he was remarkable for his general outspokenness and, in particular, for his attacks on Lord Clive, who was at the time considered the nation's leading soldier.

Preston goes on a rampage, fighting his way to DuPont's office, which is filled with artwork and ornate furniture, items that would be considered illegal.

Historians generally consider the expedition to have been a wasted opportunity: as a result of this, Owen Roe O ' Neill considered Castlehaven to be incompetent and Thomas Preston also developed a dislike of him.

His loyalty is remarkable, though even he considered a 1952 offer from Italian club Palermo that included a £ 10, 000 personal signing-on fee and high pay and perquisites, but Preston asked for the then record fee of £ 50, 000.

South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks, a relative of Butler, considered this an attack on his family honor.

The position was formalised in 1272 with the raising of Sir Gilbert of Preston to Chief Justice, and from then on it was considered a formally appointed role similar to the positions of Chief Justice of the King's Bench and Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

Davies was also considered a candidate to become assistant manager to boss David Moyes, a role which came vacant when Alan Irvine left to take charge of Davies's old club Preston.

Downtown Preston is commonly considered to be bounded on the north by the entrance to Riverside Park on King Street, and on the south by the King and Bishop plaza.

This Tudor styled home was considered the first of many large homes built in what is now termed the Old Preston Hollow area.

He was subject of a bid of £ 500, 000 from Preston North End in the summer of 2010, an offer which Doncaster immediately refused, with Woods now considered one of Rovers most important players.

In the end, Preston chose PJ Spillman over Rachel Veltri, who was considered the season's major antagonist.

Preston Gates was ranked among the top 100 law firms in the United States by both The American Lawyer magazine and the National Law Journal, and was traditionally considered, along with Perkins Coie, one of the two leading Seattle-based law and lobbying firms.

Mr. Richard Preston, executive director of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, in his remarks to the Governors Conference on Industrial Development at Providence on October 8, 1960, warned against the fallacy of attempting to attract industry solely to reduce the tax rate or to underwrite municipal services such as schools when he said: `` If this is the fundamental reason for a community's interest or if this is the basic approach, success if any will be difficult to obtain ''.

Based on work done in the US, Nancy Niedzielski and Dennis Preston describe a language ideology that appears to be common among American English speakers.

Preston King reintroduced the Wilmot Proviso, but this time the exclusion of slavery was expanded beyond merely the Mexican territory to include " any territory on the continent of America which shall hereafter be acquired ".

This colour choice is thought to be in homage to Preston North End who had recently done The Double.

When the time came for Barassi to be signed up, Melbourne picked him up from Preston Scouts in 1952 and he became only the second player signed under the new rule.

However, despite the villagers ' being allowed to keep the church, the lead was stripped from the nave, and until 1618 when George Preston, a landowner at nearby Holker Hall, provided considerable finances to allow the roof to be reinstated, the villagers actually worshipped in the choir, rather than the nave of the church.

What is now known as New Preston came to be inhabited by the Wyantenock tribe of Native Americans, who spent summers at Lake Waramaug, establishing a pattern of seasonal residence that is widely repeated by New Preston's present-day occupants.

The Washington Environmental Council hired environmental consultants, who demonstrated that the plan would be particularly harmful to New Preston and Lake Waramaug.

At a Zappa concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Mothers Of Invention keyboardist Don Preston climbed up to the legendary venue's pipe organ, usually used for classical works, and played the signature riff ( this can be heard on the 1969 Zappa album Uncle Meat ).

Up until 1777, pots had to be carried on the short journey from Etruria, over the top of Kidsgrove Hill, and to the other side, where the canal had been constructed to Preston Brook.

During the shearing, Preston breaks out of the machine, revealed by Wendolene to be a malfunctioning " cyber-dog ", built by her father to serve as a pet but " turned out evil !".

At the end of the film, Gromit is exonerated from all charges of the thefts, Wallace has rebuilt Preston back to how he used to be and a remote control, and Wendolene stops by to thank him.

This allowed Virgin's VHF ( Very High Frequency ) timetable to be progressively introduced through early 2009, the highlights of which are a three-trains-per-hour service to both Birmingham and Manchester during off-peak periods, and nearly all Anglo-Scottish timings brought under the 4 hours 30 minutes barrier — with one service ( calling only at Preston ) achieving a London-Glasgow time of 4 hours 08 minutes.

Several of the remaining unelectrified branches of the WCML in the North West are scheduled to be electrified by 2016 such as the Liverpool to Wigan, Manchester to Preston and Preston to Blackpool branches.

* In 1948 Preston Tucker modified a helicopter flat-six to be rear-mounted in his Tucker Torpedo

Preston Manning asserted however that the Reform Party was committed to ensuring that all Canadians would be able to access health insurance and health services.

The advertisement was harshly criticized by the other party leaders including accusations that Preston Manning was " intolerant " and a " bigot " for having permitted the advertisement to be aired.

Cynthia has been educated in France, and it gradually becomes apparent that she and her mother have secrets in their past, involving the land agent from the great house, Mr. Preston ( Iain Glen ), who is rumoured to be a gambler and a scoundrel.

* Preston North Ends wins the inaugural Football League championship unbeaten, an achievement that will not be equalled until 2003 – 04 by Arsenal.

After a raid on a group of rebels, Preston notices his partner, Errol Partridge ( Sean Bean ), taking a copy of Yeats poems instead of leaving it to be incinerated.

DuPont tries to convince Preston to spare him, asking if taking his life is worth the emotional cost knowing he is killing someone who is " feeling " and knows how beautiful life can be.

Passenger services are usually operated by Class 158 DMUs, although Class 153 and Class 156 units can also be used ( the former to add additional capacity on certain services and the latter on the seasonal DalesRail trains from Preston and Blackpool ).

* 1938 – The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.

Thomas Bell patented the technique of printing by copper rollers in 1783, and the first machine was set up by Livesey, Hargreaves & Co near Preston in 1785.

* 1958 – The Preston bypass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time.

In the 2006 offseason, the team signed Preston Wilson and moved Berkman to first base, ending the long tenure of Jeff Bagwell.

In 1888 the team won the trophy for the first time, beating strong favourites Preston North End 2 – 1 in the final.

* October 11 – NBC airs the first episode of Saturday Night Live ( George Carlin is the first host ; Billy Preston and Janis Ian the first musical guests ).

By this time they had started to build a sizeable following in Manchester, and their first gig in the North of England at Clouds in Preston attracted a large audience, but descended into a riot after technical problems and friction between the bands on the bill.

The Preston area near Poplar Neck in Caroline County contained a substantial Quaker community, and was probably an important first stop during Tubman's escape.

Meanwhile, Liz is stunned when she encounters first her mother, and then her future self – a cold, emotionless, scientist going by the name Beth ( Mary Preston ) – working in the Ice Box.

* This was the first time Preston Sturges and Eddie Bracken worked together on a feature film, although Bracken had appeared in Safeguarding Military Information, a 1942 propaganda short that Sturges wrote.

Livesey opened the first temperance hotel in 1833 and the next year founded the first temperance magazine, The Preston Temperance Advocate ( 1834 – 37 ).

Palmes swung his cudgel first at Montgomery, hitting his arm, and then at Preston.

Preston was among the first writers to popularize the genre of safe sex stories, editing a safe sex anthology entitled Hot Living in 1985.

The first club to achieve a double was Preston North End in 1889, winning the FA Cup and the Football League in the inaugural season of the league.

The first Commonwealth's Attorney was William Ballard Preston, a nephew of John Floyd, who would later serve as Secretary of the United States Navy.

This annual celebration has been held during the month of May almost every year since that first Centennial celebration in 1876 and is now held on the first weekend in May every year. Preston Castle ( Ione, California ) | Preston Castle

During the booming economy of the late 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century, the gentrification of New Preston shifted into high gear.

The Ecclesiastical Society of Preston was first organized in 1698, with the first meetinghouse located in present-day Preston City.