Critic Alistair Cooke observed that Capra was " starting to make movies about themes instead of people.

The doughnut claim has since been repeated by media such as the BBC ( by Alistair Cooke in his Letter from America program ), The Guardian, MSNBC, CNN, Time magazine, and The New York Times ; mentioned in several books about Germany written by English-speaking authors, including Norman Davies and Kenneth C. Davis ; and used in the manual for the Speech Synthesis Markup Language.

Taking as an example some comments made by Alistair Cooke in 1935, where Cooke claimed to be without politics as a critic, Anderson responded:

* 1908 – Alistair Cooke, British-born journalist ( d. 2004 )

* November 20 – Alistair Cooke, English-born American journalist ( d. 2004 )

In February, 1972, Elizabeth R first aired in the United States on Masterpiece Theatre which was hosted by Alistair Cooke on PBS.

The series was hosted by British / American broadcaster / journalist Alistair Cooke until 1992 ; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Russell Baker hosted from 1992 to 2004.

In The Manchester Guardian, Alistair Cooke wrote, " Stanley Holloway distils into the body of Doolittle the taste and smell of every pub in England.

* Letter from America ( 1946 – 2004 ): Commentary on American news and events by Alistair Cooke.

Alfred Alistair Cooke KBE ( 20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004 ) was a British / American journalist, television personality and broadcaster.

Alistair Cooke divorced Ruth in 1944, and married Jane White Hawkes, a portrait painter and the widow of neurologist A. Whitfield Hawkes, the son of Albert W. Hawkes, on 30 April 1946.

In 1991, Alistair Cooke received a special BAFTA silver award for his contribution to Anglo-American relations.

Alistair Cooke said that, of all his work, America was that of which he was most proud ; it is the result and expression of his long love of America.

After Alistair Cooke's death the Fulbright Alistair Cooke Award in Journalism was established as a tribute to the man and his life and career achievements.

UK recipients of the Fulbright Alistair Cooke Award are listed below:

* A William March Omnibus: with an introduction by Alistair Cooke ( 1956 )

* Fun & Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements ( 1996 ) ISBN 1-55970-327-X

* Alistair Cooke's America ( 22 Nov 1973 ) BBC Books, London ISBN 0-563-12182-3 ; ( 13 Nov 2003 ) Phoenix ISBN 1-84188-229-1-updated edition with new introduction and final chapter written by Alistair Cooke

* America Observed: The Newspaper Years of Alistair Cooke / selected and edited by Ronald A.

* The Marvellous Mania: Alistair Cooke on Golf ( 2007 ) ISBN 978-0-7139-9996-9

* An Evening With Alistair Cooke at the Piano, an LP record first released in 1955, later rereleased in 1973 by Columbia Special Products ( catalogue number B00110SXCK ).

* An interview with Alistair Cooke

In Alistair Moffat's book, A History of the Borders from Early Times it is stated that there was a widely held 13th century belief amongst Scots that Englishmen had tails.

The current Rector of the University of St Andrews is Alistair Moffat the author, who was elected in October 2011.

The basic principle of fairness was set out by Listener setter Afrit ( Alistair Ferguson Ritchie ) in his book Armchair Crosswords ( 1946 ), wherein he credits it to the fictional Book of the Crossword:

* Alistair Overeem, mixed martial arts champion, was born in Hounslow

A failed early promotional attempt for the single was later recalled by The Beatles ' personal assistant Alistair Taylor.

Similar to the acquisition of Pride Fighting Championships, the Strikeforce purchase was significant in Zuffa acquiring more top-ranked fighters such as former Strikeforce champions Alistair Overeem, Dan Henderson, Ronaldo Souza, Nick Diaz and current champions Luke Rockhold, Gilbert Melendez, Daniel Cormier, and Nate Marquardt as well as Strikeforce's female division including notables Cristiane " Cyborg " Santos, Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate, Julie Kedzie, Sarah Kaufman, Marloes Coenen and Gina Carano.

Alistair Horne describes the torture Ravaillac suffered: " Before being drawn and quartered ... he was scalded with burning sulphur, molten lead and boiling oil and resin, his flesh then being torn by pincers.

Labour critics such as the future Cabinet Minister & Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman, considered that PFI was really a back-door form of privatisation ( House of Commons, 7 December 1993 ), and the future Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, warned that " apparent savings now could be countered by the formidable commitment on revenue expenditure in years to come ".

Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and Alistair Cooke's America, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theater from 1971 to 1992.

Originally named Alfred, he changed his name to Alistair when he was 22.

The manuscript did not arouse much interest immediately after the war, but it was discovered a few weeks before his death in 2004 and published as The American Home Front: 1941 – 1942 in the United States ( and as Alistair Cooke's American Journey: Life on the Home Front in the Second World War in the UK ) in 2006.

He achieved his greatest popularity in the U. S. in this role, becoming the subject of many parodies, including " Alistair Cookie " in Sesame Street & No. 39's " Monsterpiece Theater " (" Alistair Cookie " was also the name of a clay animated cookie-headed spoof character created by Will Vinton as the host of a video trailer for The Little Prince and Friends ); Alistair Quince, from The Carol Burnett Show, introducing the " The Family " sketches, which eventually became Mama's Family ; and, arguably, Leonard Pinth-Garnell, in Saturday Night Live & No. 39's " Bad Conceptual Theatre ".

Under a plan devised by Alistair Irwin and approved by General Sir Mike Jackson, on 16 December 2004 it was announced that the Black Watch was to join with five other Scottish regiments-the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders-to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland, a single regiment consisting of 5 regular and 2 territorial battalions.

A new laser-scanning technology developed by Alistair Carty and his company Archaeoptics was then employed by English Heritage that developed accurate three-dimensional records of the timbers, allowing archaeologists to create a virtual model of the whole site.

In 1962, another of Geelong's star players, Alistair Lord won the Brownlow Medal playing in the centre.

Although impressionists experienced a lull in popularity in the 1990s, the recent success of Dead Ringers ( another BBC Radio cross-over ) and Alistair McGowan's Big Impression has been notable.

* There is talk of two dramas based on his life: one from Tom Bower and Andrew Lloyd Webber and another from Alistair Beaton.

In " Tablet of Time ," Alistair would build another Slayer called the " Mega Slayer ", a heavily armed humanoid robot operated by remote.

The following fall, another Cragg brother died and Alistair dropped out of SMU.

The McLaren team was considered very " multi national " for the times and consisted of team owner and leader Bruce McLaren, fellow New Zealander Chris Amon and another " Kiwi " and the 1967 Formula One World Champion, Denny Hulme, Team Manager Teddy Mayer, Mechanics Tyler Alexander, Gary Knutson, Lee Muir, George Bolthoff, Frank Zimmerman, Tom Anderson, Alan Anderson, David Dunlap, Leo Beattie, Donny Ray Everett, and Haig Altoonian ( all from the USA ), Don Beresford, Alec Greaves, Vince Higgins, and Roger Bailey ( UK ), Tony Attard ( Au ), Cary Taylor, Jimmy Stone, Chris Charles, Colin Beanland, Alan McCall and Alistair Caldwell ( NZ ).

Alistair later found another employer in Alisha Silver, who sought to restore her father to adulthood in exchange for funds to revive Alistair's father.