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He sucked in his breath and kept quiet while Killpath laid down the sheet again, wound the gold-wire stems of his glasses around his ears and then, eying the report as it lay before him on the desk, intoned, `` Acting Lieutenant Gunnar Matson one failed to see that the station keeper was properly relieved two absented himself throughout the entire watch without checking on the station's activities or the whereabouts of his section sergeants three permitted members of the Homicide Detail of the Inspector's Bureau to arrogate for their own convenience a patrolman who was thereby prevented from carrying on his proper assignment four failed to notify the station commander Acting Captain O. T. Killpath of a homicide occurring in the district five frequented extralegal establishments known as after-hours spots for purposes of an unofficial and purportedly social nature and six '' -- he leaned back and peeled off his glasses `` -- failed to co-operate with the Acting Captain by returning promptly when so ordered.
Acting only as interpreter Carla, her hands folded on her lap, was utterly impersonal.
Sanford Meisner on Acting New York: Random House.
Acting on the information, Mary waited outside Elizabeth's room and caught her husband leaving it late at night.
German Acting Federal Foreign Minister, H. E. Mr. Guenter Gloser on March 11, 2009.
* 1967 – Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, " We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking ... We are making progress.
Acting on this advice, Orhan selected a thousand of the finest boys from conquered Christian families.
* Bloggingheads. tv interview by economist Tyler Cowen on the book ; The Life You Can Save about Acting Now To End World Poverty
Acting on the advice of his associate Karl von Eberstein, who was von Osten's friend, Himmler interviewed Heydrich.
In 1917, the Chinese Acting President Feng Kuo-Chang declared war on Germany in the hope of recovering its lost province Shandong, then under Japanese control.
Acting as commander-in-chief of Ohio's militia, Governor Lucas, along with General John Bell and about 600 other fully armed militiamen, arrived in Perrysburg, Ohio, ten miles ( 16 km ) southwest of Toledo, on March 31, 1835.
By 1966 all non-degree courses were moved to the Manchester Polytechnic which is now known as Manchester Metropolitan University, and in 1966 the name finally changed to the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology on the initiative of Acting Principal Frank Morton.
* November 28 – Acting on the ordinance passed by the Jackson government, the Confederate Congress admits Missouri as the 12th Confederate state.
* May 22 – Acting Prime Minister of South Korea Ro Jai-bong resigns in the wake of rioting following a beating death of a student by police on April 26.
** Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports he was given on November 13, U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells his nation that, while much remained to be done, " We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking ... We are making progress.

Acting and behalf
Abbott received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting ( posthumously ) from the Garden State Film Festival in 2006 and was accepted on his behalf by his daughter Vickie Abbott Wheeler.
General James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn GCB, PC ( 6 February 1762 – 18 January 1837 ), known as Sir James Erskine, Bt, between 1765 and 1789 and as Sir James St Clair-Erskine, Bt, between 1789 and 1805, was a Scottish soldier, politician, and Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, on behalf of King George IV.
Acting on behalf of the Foreign Office Ralf Dahrendorf developed his " guiding principles for foreign cultural policy ".
Acting, so he alleged, on behalf of Edward, Earl Patrick evicted William, took the Eday the rents for himself and profited from the extraction of building stone from Towback quarry.
* May 30 – Acting on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, three members of the Japanese Red Army attack passengers at Lod Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, with assault rifles and hand grenades, killing 26 people and injuring 80.
Acting on behalf of a group of Huguenots in New York, Leisler brokered the purchase of the land upon which they would settle.
Acting on behalf of shareholders, the Dutch FortisEffect has started its court action against the Dutch and Belgian governments, Fortis and Fortis Bank Nederland, with a trial date hopefully in May.
President Quezon appointed him Acting President with full authority to act in the name of, and on behalf, of the President of the Philippines in areas unoccupied by the Japanese.
Acting on behalf of the station, John Lefebvre ( who had been the SU president in the 1970s ) asked the CRO whether he had cast a ballot in the initial vote.
Acting on Anthony Bland's behalf, the Official Solicitor appealed this decision.
Finally, the Government, on behalf of the ( Acting ) Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the CCPA in the Supreme Court.

Acting and Committee
In January 1972, G. Gordon Liddy, general counsel to the Committee for the Re-Election of the President ( CRP ), presented a campaign intelligence plan to CRP's Acting Chairman Jeb Stuart Magruder, Attorney General John Mitchell, and Presidential Counsel John Dean, that involved extensive illegal activities against the Democratic Party.
Four days after the assassination of the Acting District Commissioner for that area Lewis Yelland Andrews by Galilean members of the al-Qassam group on 26 September, al-Husseini was deposed from the presidency of the Muslim Supreme Council, the Arab Higher Committee was declared illegal, and warrants for the arrest of its leaders were issued, as being at least ' morally responsible ', though no proofs existed for their complicity.
Acting as a liaison between the athletes and the athletic administration, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee is an active part of Cougar athletics.
** Acting 2008 – 2010 — Ruling Committee / Panel: Daniel Marino ( jailed ), Bartolomeo " Bobby " Vernace ( jailed ), and John Gambino.
On February 28, 1973, Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding his nomination to replace J. Edgar Hoover as Director of the FBI.
* George Herbert Wood ( 1925-1932 ): investment dealer, Sec / Supt of Sales, Manager with Dominion Securities Corp ( 1900-1905 ), Chairman of Victory Loans Special Committee 1911-1918, Acting President YMCA Toronto
He was the President ( Chairman of the Executive Committee ) of China from 1948 to 1949 and Acting President from 1968 until 1975 when Zhu De became the succeeding Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress ( formal Head of State ).
She has served as Acting Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board and Chair of the Economic Development and Parks Committee.
In 1947, the United Nations Security Council established the Good Offices Committee for Indonesia to sponsor negotiations between the country and Netherlands, and Timperley was assigned to a Deputy Principal Secretary ( later to an Acting Principal Secretary ) of the committee ( from May 1948?
He remained as a Tutorial Fellow in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford until 1997 ( when he became Acting Master of Balliol ) and combined this with being a Member of the Committee to Review the Functioning of the Financial Institutions, 1977 – 80, a non-executive director of the British Transport Docks Board, 1979 – 82, and a member of the media advisory committee of the IPPR, 1994 – 97.
A member of the Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Canada from 1979 to 1986, he was Chairman of the National Gallery of Canada, of the National Programmes Committee of the National Museums, and at one point Acting Chairman of the National Museum of Natural Sciences, as well as a member of the Board of the National Postal Museum and the Canadian Opera Company.
On 20 April 1944, the Electoral Committee of the Republic of Estonia ( the institution specified in the Constitution for electing the Acting President of the Republic ) held a clandestine meeting in Tallinn.
Tom Devine was a member of the Research Awards Advisory Committee of the Leverhulme Trust from 2003 to 2009 ( adviser on all history fellowship applications ) and holds Adjunct Professorships at the East Carolina University and the University of Guelph, Canada. He was Acting Head of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology from 2008 to 2009 in the University of Edinburgh.

Acting and Royal
From 1922 to 1924, she studied at The Royal Dramatic Theatre's Acting School in Stockholm.
* Acting Pilot Officer, the lowest commissioned grade in the Royal Air Force
Acting on his teacher's advice, McGann enrolled at the Royal Academy and went on to enjoy a successful acting career spanning over two decades.
At the age of 18, Gambon began drama school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA ) in London, where he studied Classical acting for three years, eventually receiving a BA in Classical Acting.
Acting as a NATO observer of Royal Air Force procedure, Petacchi is in SPECTRE's pay to hijack the bomber in mid-flight by killing its crew and flying it to the Bahamas.
Dooge lived a multifaceted existence with his roles including a period as Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Acting President of Ireland ( Presidential Commission ), chairman of the report which led to the Single European Act and the Treaty of Maastricht, Chairman of the Irish Senate, Professor of Engineering in University College Cork and University College Dublin, President of the International Council for Science, President of the Royal Irish Academy and Chairman of the Irish Film Board.
* During World War I, Acting Captain Francis Victor Wallington of the Royal Field Artillery was the first person to be awarded the MC and three bars when he was invested with his third bar on 10 July 1918 ( gazetted 13 September 1918: he had obtained the first three awards as a second lieutenant ).
She took up Acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, UK ( with Distinction ).
Acting Rear-Admiral Whetstone soon returned to Port Royal, having spent 62 days cruising off Hispaniola and preparations were made for the trial.
He attended the Embassy School of Acting in London and appeared in rep. On the outbreak of war in 1939, he joined the Royal Air Force, serving in Bomber Command as a radio operator and front gunner.
In July 1943, commissioned as a Probationary Temporary Acting Sub-lieutenant ( Special Branch, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve ), he started an intensive, six-month radar officer training course at the Royal Navy base, Portsmouth.
During the Great War he served in the East Surrey Regiment and Royal Engineers, reaching the rank of Acting Regimental Sergeant Major.
He further studied a licentiate Diploma in Acting and Perfomance ( Musical theatre ) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ( then RSAMD ) in Glasgow.
He became " Captain ( Acting Major ) William " Bill " Martin, Royal Marines ", born 1907, in Cardiff, Wales, and assigned to Headquarters, Combined Operations.
As a 25-year-old, he was an Acting Captain in the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, British Army, attached 17th ( Service ) Battalion during the First World War.
Acting as second-in-command of the 45th Royal Fusiliers, he earned a bar to his DSO in August, when his attack in the Gorodok operation along the Dvina netted 400 Bolshevik prisoners.
The same is true in the Royal Canadian Navy, with all undergoing basic officer training as Naval Cadets, but upon graduation those who joined with a bachelor's degree receive an immediate promotion to Acting sub-lieutenant while those that do not retain their rank as Naval Cadet until such time as they finish more career-related training.
Acting Major Cloutman was 26 years old and commanding the 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers, when he won his VC.
On 4 October 1917 near Zonnebeke, Belgium and by now an Acting Lieutenant Colonel in The Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ), British Army, Pugh was Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment and aged 36 years when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
He was 28 years old, and an Acting Sergeant in the ' A ' Battery 71 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
When he won his VC he was 31 years old, and an Acting Captain in the Special Reserve, Royal Field Artillery, attached to A Bty., 88th Brigade.
Miller worked at the São Paulo Railway Company becoming the Royal Mail's agent and Acting British Vice-Consul in 1904.
When Wood became an Acting Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioner he initiated many changes.

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