Editor and founder Robert Sengstacke Abbott played a major role in influencing the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North by means of strong, moralistic rhetoric in his editorials and political cartoons, the promotion of Chicago as a destination, and the advertisement of successful black individuals as inspiration for blacks in the South.

In August 2012 the BBC Trust ruled that payments to Abbott for her appearances on " This Week " were made in breach of BBC guidelines which banned payments to MPs who were representing their political parties.

One Nation became subject to a political campaign by Abbott, who established a trust fund called " Australians for Honest Politics Trust " to help bankroll civil court cases against the Party ( see Tony Abbott # Action against the One Nation party ).

The direct descendants of Abbott and Hamilton Gray include John Kimble Hamilton (" Kim ") Abbott, a political commentator and lobbyist and a WWII Royal Canadian Airforce pilot in the infamous " Demon Squadron ".

Since 2003, Portillo has appeared in the BBC weekly political discussion programme This Week with Andrew Neil and, until September 2010, Labour MP Diane Abbott.

Starting 14 October 2010, Clarke has occasionally joined Michael Portillo on the sofa at This Week as the guest political pundit following the departure of Diane Abbott to take up her post as Shadow Minister for Public Health.

Prominent Catholics in the Liberal-National coalition, the main centre-right political force in Australia, include Tony Abbott, currently leader of the opposition.

Abbott pioneered the process of incorporating sociological data relating to child labor, juvenile delinquency, dependency and statistics into the lawmaking process ; she spent much of her time as a political lobbyist for social issues in Washington, D. C .. She was associated with the Social Security Administration from 1934 until her death in 1939 ; during that time period, Abbott helped in the drafting of the Social Security Act and chaired several government committees on child welfare and social issues.

She began her progress up the political ladder when she was nominated to the Treasury Select Committee in 1997, replacing Diane Abbott.

During his university days, Abbott gained media attention for his political stance opposing the then dominant left-wing student leadership.

A student newspaper editor with political views opposed to those of Abbott took him to court for indecent assault after he touched her during a student debate.

During his career as a Minister, Abbott acquired a reputation as a robust parliamentary debater and political tactician.

Abbott completed an Ironman Triathlon event in March 2010 at Port Macquarie, New South Wales and in April set out on a 9 day charity bike ride between Melbourne and Sydney, the annual Pollie Pedal, generating political debate about whether Abbott should have committed so much time to physical fitness.

* William Abbott ( legislator ) ( before 1875 – after 1891 ), Australian political figure ; represented Electoral district of Upper Hunter 1889 to 1891

2002 saw Abbott experimenting with a new genre when he wrote the political thriller State of Play, which was directed by David Yates and produced for the BBC by Hilary Bevan-Jones.

Abbott ’ s political career began in Houston, where he served as a state trial judge in the 129th District Court for three years.

In 2000, he starred in the opening episode of the BBC drama Clocking Off, written by Paul Abbott, with whom he would work again in 2002, when he starred as ' Cal McCaffrey ' in the multi award-winning political thriller series State of Play.

Major Todd, the senior British political officer stationed in Herat ( in Afghanistan ) dispatched Captain James Abbott, disguised as an Afghan, on Christmas Eve, 1839, for Khiva.

In 1940, Universal signed Abbott and Costello to their first film, One Night in the Tropics.

One of the show's running gags involved Abbott perpetually nagging Costello to get a job to pay their rent, while Abbott barely lifted a finger in that direction.

:: Abbott: " Give Me One Reason.

:: Abbott: " Give Me One Reason.

* One Night in the Tropics ( 1940 ) with Allan Jones and Abbott & Costello

One is Poirot's use of ratiocination, the other is the channel of gossiping, practised by almost all inhabitants of King's Abbott, in particular, Caroline.

* In Australia's One Nation Party case, it has been revealed that Federal Cabinet Minister Tony Abbott controlled " slush funds " which were used to lay the groundwork for party leader Pauline Hanson's prosecution, and to guarantee a private lawsuit against the party.

Other Las Colinas companies with offices in Las Colinas include Abbott Laboratories, AAA-Texas, AT & T, The Big 12 Conference Headquarters, Citigroup, General Motors, Microsoft, NEC America, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Oracle, Research in Motion, Stellar, Verizon, Zale Corporation, VHA Corporation, PNM Resources, Inc., First Choice Power, Westwood One, TRT Holdings, Inc. Flowserve.

* One Night in the Tropics ( 1940 ) ( film debut of Abbott and Costello )

In 1998, Abbott established a trust fund called " Australians for Honest Politics Trust " to help bankroll civil court cases against the One Nation party and its founders, Pauline Hanson and David Ettridge.

One of the ideas included putting the now vacated WCW Title on the shoot fighter Tank Abbott, a former UFC fighter.

Nicholle Tom is the twin sister of David Tom, who is best known for his role as Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless from 1999-2002 and his role on One Life to Live as Paul Cramer from 2004-2005 and the younger sister of Heather Tom, who is best known for her role as Victoria Newman McNeil Howard on The Young and the Restless from 1997-2003, on One Life to Live as Kelly Cramer Buchanan from 2003-2006, and Katie Logan Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful from 2007 – present.

David played Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless and also co-starred with her on One Life to Live as her brother, Paul Cramer.

One of the greatest threats to Victor and Nikki's union is arguably Ashley Abbott, as some time later, Victor fell in love with her, who happens to be the sister of his archenemy Jack Abbott.

One of Gilford's specialties was pantomime, and this talent was put to good use by director George Abbott when he cast Gilford as the silent King Sextimus in Once upon a Mattress ( Off-Broadway, 1959 ).

One of the most successful was HUMIRA ( adalimumab ), discovered by Cambridge Antibody Technology as D2E7 and developed and marketed by Abbott Laboratories.

One of the first women to play with the band was Martha Carroll, who played the lyre, and a marimba player named Marjorie Abbott.

* In 2010, the satirical newspaper featured a centrefold of Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott posed as an underwear model.

Celebrities impersonated by Levy on SCTV include: Perry Como, Ricardo Montalban, Alex Trebek, Sean Connery, Howard Cosell, Henry Kissinger, Menachem Begin, Bud Abbott, Milton Berle, John Charles Daly, Gene Shalit, Jack Carter, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Tony Dow, James Caan, Lorne Greene, Rex Reed, Ralph Young ( of Sandler and Young ), F. Lee Bailey, Ernest Borgnine, former Ontario chief coroner Dr. Morton Schulman, Norman Mailer, Neil Sedaka, and Howard McNear as “ Floyd the Barber ”.

Abbott served in the Howard Government as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs from 1996 – 1998 and Minister for Employment Services from 1998-2001.

When Abbott was promoted to Cabinet in 2000, Prime Minister Howard described him as an effective performer with an endearing style, whereas the Opposition described him as a " bomb thrower.

" Howard appointed Abbott to the key Health Portfolio in 2003, during a period of contentious Medicare reform and a crisis in Medical Indemnity Insurance, which was forcing doctors out of practice.

According to Sydney Morning Herald Political Editor Peter Hartcher, prior to the defeat of the Howard Government at the Australian Federal Election, 2007, Abbott had opposed the Government's centrepiece Workchoices industrial relations deregulation reform in Cabinet, on the basis that the legislation exceeded the government's mandate ; was harsh on workers ; and was politically dangerous to the government.

As indigenous affairs spokesman, Abbott said that it had been a mistake for the Howard Government not to offer a National Apology to the Stolen Generations.

During this period in Opposition, Abbott wrote Battlelines-a biography and reflection on his thoughts on the Howard Government, and a discussion of potential future policy directions for the Liberal Party.

Abbott claimed that this was an effect of the Rudd Government's easing of border protection laws and accused Kevin Rudd of ineptitude and hypocrisy on the issue of boat arrivals, particularly during the Oceanic Viking affair of October 2009, and said " John Howard found a problem and created a solution.

From 1880 to 1886, he taught at Uppingham School in Rutland, where Howard Candler, a friend of Edwin Abbott Abbott's, also taught.

Hockey was a Minister in the Howard Government and is currently the Shadow Treasurer under Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in the Liberal / National Coalition.

A second Royal Commission was appointed by the Howard government, and during 2004 Howard government ministers, particularly Tony Abbott, repeatedly accused the ALP of improperly profiting from the alleged " rort " of the lease.

The " worm " has been used in televised debates for Australian federal elections, including those between then Australian prime minister John Howard and then-leader of the opposition Kevin Rudd in 2007 and between prime minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott in 2010.

In 1949, Besser appeared in the Abbott and Costello movie Africa Screams, which also featured Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges.

Other islands include Elcho Island, Rimbija Island ( the most outlying island ), Guluwuru Island, Raragala Island, Stevens Island, Burgunngura Island, Djeergaree Island, Yargara Island, Drysdale Island, Jirrgari Island, Graham Island, Alger Island, Abbott Island, and Howard Island.