The complexities of Venetian politics eluded him, but the story of the revolution itself is told in restrained measures, with no superfluous passages and only an occasional overemphasis of the part played by its leading figure.

Andy Warhol ( August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987 ) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.

His denunciation of the royal dynasty of Israel, and his emphatic insistence on the worship of Yahweh and Yahweh alone, illustrated by the contest between Yahweh and Baal on Mount Carmel, as told in 1 Kings 18, form the keynote to a period which culminated in the accession of Jehu, an event in which Elijah's chosen disciple Elisha was the leading figure.

At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure in the 780s and 790s.

She expressed reservations over the eventual winner David Cameron, feeling that he did not, like the other candidates, have a proven track record, and she was later a leading figure in parliamentary opposition to his A-List policy, which she has said is " an insult to women ".

Not long after, Bosschaert had married and established himself as a leading figure in the fashionable floral painting genre.

Aquino, a former Senator and a leading figure of the political opposition, was assassinated in 1983 at the Manila International Airport ( now the Ninoy Aquino International Airport ) upon returning home from exile.

He became a leading figure among the New Democrats.

His political philosophy was largely shaped by his father Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, a leading figure in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement ( United Maharashtra movement ), which advocated the creation of a separate linguistic state of Maharashtra.

Although he was a major figure in the protectionist wing of the Conservative Party after 1844, Disraeli's relations with the other leading figures in the party, particularly Lord Derby, the overall leader, were often strained.

Lord John Manners, friend of Disraeli, and leading figure in the Young England movement

Columba is credited as being a leading figure in the revitalization of monasticism, and " His achievements illustrated the importance of the Celtic church in bringing a revival of Christianity to Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.

Kaplan had been a leading figure at JTS for 54 years, and had pressed for liturgical reform and innovations in ritual practice from inside of the framework of Conservative Judaism.

Mordecai Waxman, a leading figure in the Rabbinical Assembly, writes that " Reform has asserted the right of interpretation but it rejected the authority of legal tradition.

Preobrazhensky ( pictured ) was a leading figure of the Central Committee in the 1920s, but was killed during the Purge

When Stalin died on 5 March 1953, Georgy Malenkov, a Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers succeeded him as Chairman and as the de facto leading figure of the Presidium ( the renamed Politburo ).

Khrushchev was able to consolidate his powers within the party machine after Malenkov's resignation, but Malenkov remained the de facto leading figure of the Party.

The College also offers 26 club and intramural sports such as rugby, water polo, figure skating, boxing, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, and cricket, leading to a 75 % participation rate in athletics among the undergraduate student body.

The leading figure of the double bass in the early 20th century was Serge Koussevitzky, best known as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, who popularized the double bass in modern times as a solo instrument.

During his period in Canada Sapir came into his own as the leading figure in linguistics in America.

Gabriel García Moreno was a leading figure of Ecuadorian conservatism.

He was given the title El Cid ( The Master ) and served as a leading figure in a vibrant Moorish force consisting of Muladis, Berbers, Arabs and Malians.

Moderate Catholics felt that he had been a leading figure in attempts to reform the Church, while Protestants recognized his initial support for Luther's ideas and the groundwork he laid for the future Reformation.

Cecil B. DeMille was a leading figure in the increased use of the Insert, and by 1918 he had reached the point of including about 9 Inserts in every 100 shots in The Whispering Chorus.

The leading figure in the full development of reverse-angle cutting was Ralph Ince.

The Center for Women's Global Leadership reported in 2011 that the expectation that this economic shift would increase the global food supply resulted in the strengthening of powerful transnational companies through heavy subsidization, while overall food security faltered as " developing countries withdrew investment in agriculture and rural development, leading to a decline in their long-term productive capacity and transforming them into net food importers.

Daugherty was fired by the University of Washington less than a month earlier despite leading the Huskies to six NCAA Women's Tournaments, including her last season at the school.

At the International Women's Open in Eastbourne, United Kingdom, Mauresmo defeated sixth-seeded French woman Alizé Cornet in the first round, 6 – 1, 4 – 6, 7 – 5, but lost in the second round after retiring due to injury from her match with Australian Samantha Stosur while Mauresmo was leading 2 – 1.

In 1971, Friedan joined other leading feminists to establish the National Women's Political Caucus.

It has played leading roles in the NUS Women's and LGBT Campaigns, championing its policies on liberation and international solidarity within them, securing their representation within the NUS and working with groups such as OutRage!

In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan to found the National Women's Political Caucus.

In 1994 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and was honored, on March 6, 1997, at the United Nations as a leading female environmentalist.

From 1925 to 1931, Dewson served as president of the New York Consumers ' League, working closely with Eleanor Roosevelt ( ER ), leading the lobbying effort of the Women's Joint Legislative Conference and playing a central role in the passage of a 1930 New York law limiting women to forty-eight-hour work weeks.

These include professional clubs where the student body strengthens and builds relationships with world-leading external companies ( examples include the consulting, investment banking and marketing clubs ), athletic clubs where students have the opportunity to compete against both other Kellogg teams and students from other leading business schools ( examples include basketball, flag football, hockey, rugby and soccer ), cultural clubs where students can connect with other students with similar backgrounds ( examples include the India Business Club, Asian Business Association, Hispanic Management Association, Black Management Association, Women's Business Association and the Gay & Lesbian Management Association ) and social / community service clubs where students have the opportunity to enjoy similar passions in a setting conducive to forming strong bonds with their peers ( examples include Brew n ' Q, Kellogg Cares, Cork & Screw and Kellogg Volunteers ).

The Women's Social and Political Union ( WSPU ) was the leading militant organisation campaigning for Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.

He also secured Medicare coverage for clinical trials, and was a leading Republican advocate of the Women's Health Initiative and efforts to strengthen and reform the U. S. Food and Drug Administration.

In 1933, Packer started the Australian Women's Weekly and then transformed The Daily Telegraph into one of Australia's leading newspapers.

In Berlin, Meseret was leading the 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10, 000 metres until the last 50 metres when her legs appeared to dramatically tie up, handing the gold medal to Kenya's Linet Masai and was passed by three other athletes, finishing with a time of 30: 52. 37.

She then ran in the 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres final and was leading at the top of the home straight, but was passed by two Kenyan with metres to go, Vivian Cheruiyot and Sylvia Kibet.

This 1902 illustration from the Hawaiian Gazette newspaper humorously illustrates the Anti-Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union's campaign against the producers and sellers of beers in HawaiiThe Anti-Saloon League was the leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century.

In her latter years Rathebe was a leading light in Pretoria's Ikageng Women's League.

The ANZ Ladies Masters and MFS Women's Australian Open have long been the leading events on the tour, with both being co-sanctioned with the more prestigious Ladies European Tour ( LET ) which helps attract a higher quality field.

The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf, currently the only tournament classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.

The Women's Challenge bicycle race ( most commonly known as the Ore-Ida Women's Challenge, after its leading sponsor of " Ore-Ida " brand frozen potato products ) was held annually in and around southern Idaho beginning in 1984 until its demise in 2002.

Women's lower backs are often viewed by people as an erotic body part, leading to the association of lower-back tattoos with sexuality.

Recently, he has appeared in Pro Wrestling Unplugged, leading a group called Team PIT featuring wrestlers, Aramis and former Women's Champion, Annie Social.

In 2004 – 05 the sides played two ODIs in the weeks leading up to the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup which was being held in South Africa, two years after they had hosted the men's competition.