In September 1977, veteran actress and authoress Dulcie Gray played the Miss Marple character in a stage adaptation of A Murder Is Announced at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, England that featured also Dinah Sheridan, Eleanor Summerfield, Patricia Brake and Barbara Flynn.

With a turn of the television dial, viewers around the globe could variously have seen shows and occasional specials featuring Dinah Shore, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Julie Andrews, The Carpenters, Olivia Newton-John, John Denver, John Davidson, Mac Davis, Bobby Goldsboro, Lynda Carter, Johnny Cash, Sonny and Cher, Bob Monkhouse, Carol Burnett, Rod Hull and Emu, Flip Wilson, Lawrence Welk, Glen Campbell, Donny & Marie Osmond, Barbara Mandrell, Judy Garland, The Captain & Tennille, The Jacksons, The Keane Brothers, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Mary Tyler Moore, Dean Martin, Tony Orlando and Dawn, The Smothers Brothers, Danny Kaye, Des O ' Connor, Buck and Roy, Roy Hudd, Billy Dainty, Max Wall or The Muppet Show.

It would be the final lineup change for the group as they went on to sing background for Dinah Washington, Ray Charles, and Barbara Lewis (" Hello Stranger ", 1963 ).

Initially, the two heroines featured were Barbara Gordon ( formerly " Batgirl ") and Dinah Lance ( currently " Black Canary ").

In 1988, McNichol played Barbara Weston on the NBC sitcom Empty Nest, a spin-off of The Golden Girls, along with Richard Mulligan and Dinah Manoff.

Eldest daughter Carol ( Dinah Manoff ) was a neurotic and high-strung recent divorcée, while middle daughter Barbara ( Kristy McNichol ) was a tough undercover police officer.

• Singers: Barbara Cook, Franco Corelli, Régine Crespin, Victoria De Los Angeles, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Eileen Farrell, Nicolai Gedda, Dolores Gray, Mahalia Jackson, Carol Lawrence, George London, Gordon MacRae, Ethel Merman, Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Birgit Nilsson, Roberta Peters, Leontyne Price, John Raitt, Dinah Shore, Risë Stevens, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Leslie Uggams, Jon Vickers, and Gretchen Wyler.

The cast also included Dinah Christie, Henry Beckman, Gordon Clapp, Barbara Hamilton, Elizabeth Hanna, Kathleen Laskey, Jeff Pustil, Simon Reynolds, Aaron Schwartz and Tonya Lee Williams.

Other influential early interpreters of the Great American Songbook include Fred Astaire, Mildred Bailey, Tony Bennett, June Christy, Rosemary Clooney, Nat " King " Cole, Perry Como, Barbara Cook, Chris Connor, Bing Crosby, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Doris Day, Blossom Dearie, Billy Eckstine, Alice Faye, Helen Forrest, The Four Freshmen, Judy Garland, Eydie Gorme, Johnny Hartman, Dick Haymes, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Joni James, Jack Jones, Al Jolson, Cleo Laine, Frankie Laine, Steve Lawrence, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Dean Martin, Tony Martin, Johnny Mathis, Carmen McRae, Mabel Mercer, Helen Merrill, Anita O ' Day, Patti Page, Dinah Shore, Bobby Short, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, Keely Smith, Kay Starr, Jo Stafford, Barbra Streisand ( particularly in her earlier work ), Maxine Sullivan, Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Margaret Whiting, Andy Williams, Joe Williams and Nancy Wilson.

The issue has been further confused by Birds of Prey # 109, in which Barbara Gordon incorrectly identifies Shado as Connor Hawke's mother when running down a list of women whom Oliver Queen cheated on long-time girlfriend Dinah Lance with.

He appeared on all of the major television networks, Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts ( CBS ), Dave Garroway ( NBC ), Johnny Cash Show ( ABC ), Tennessee Ernie Ford Show ( ABC ), Tom Snyder Show ( NBC ), Dinah Shore Show ( NBC ), Hee Haw ( CBS ), Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters ( NBC ), Statler Brothers Show ( TNN ), and on the 700 Club, PTL and TBN.

Artists and groups that were important to the formative years of this genre include: Clifford Curry, Artie Shaw, Wynonie Harris, Ruth Brown, Little Willie John, Earl Bostic, The Drifters, Jimmy Cavallo, Wilbert Harrison, Clyde McPhatter, Billy Ward and His Dominoes, Hank Ballard, James & Bobby Purify, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, The Tams, Bob and Earl, The Tymes, The 5 Royales, The Coasters, Fats Domino, Jimmy McCracklin, Brenton Wood, Solomon Burke, Sam Cooke, Jimmy James, The Platters, The Four Tops, Louis Prima, Arthur Alexander, Stick McGhee, Jackie Brenston, Wilbert Harrison, Tyrone Davis, Big Joe Turner, Bruce Channel, Wilson Pickett, Clarence Carter, Dinah Washington, Billy Stewart, The Temptations, The Impressions, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The O ' Jays, The Spinners, Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Etta James, The Checkers, The Clovers, Barbara Lewis, Don Covay, Mary Wells, Garnet Mimms and The Enchanters, Ben E. King, Major Lance, Willie Tee and Ernie K-Doe.

The films Primary and Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment ( both produced by Robert Drew ), Harlan County, USA ( directed by Barbara Kopple ), Dont Look Back ( D. A. Pennebaker ), Lonely Boy ( Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor ) are all frequently deemed cinéma vérité films.

At present, there are five living former first ladies: Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter ; Nancy Reagan, widow of Ronald Reagan ; Barbara Bush, wife of George H. W. Bush ; current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of Bill Clinton ; and Laura Bush, wife of George W. Bush.

Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, Barbara Gowdy, Timothy Findley and Margaret Atwood have all produced works that are notable exemplars of this form.

Linguists who have been active in this field are Jennifer Jenkins, Barbara Seidlhofer, Christiane Meierkord and Joachim Grzega.

Basia ( a female name, diminutive of Barbara ) and her father are fictional characters supposed to evoke a sentimental image of women and elderly men waiting for Polish soldiers to return home and liberate their fatherland.

Nucleoli are formed around specific genetic loci called nucleolar organizing regions ( NORs ), first described by Barbara McClintock.

The ghost of Barbara Radziwiłł by Wojciech Gerson: ghosts are a common form of undead in folklore

The song, the rights to which are owned by Nicks ' late mother Barbara, has always been very special to Nicks, and she was devastated when told about the omission after the decision had been made.

The Burnhams ' new neighbors are retired United States Marine Corps Colonel Frank Fitts ( Chris Cooper ) and his introverted wife, Barbara ( Allison Janney ); their teenage son, Ricky ( Wes Bentley ), is a secret marijuana smoker and drug dealer whom the colonel subjects to a strict disciplinarian lifestyle.

She also has many friends, Boris and Barbara Bear, who first appeared in 1989 and are boyfriend and girlfriend, Poppy Pig, who appeared in 1977, and her niece Grunty, Snuffy, who appeared in 1969, and other bunnies such as Aggie and Melanie.

Dr. Barbara L. Fredrickson, Principal Investigator of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab and Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, argues that hope "... comes into play when our circumstances are dire ", when " things are not going well or at least there ’ s considerable uncertainty about how things will turn out ".

Vizcaino traveled the coast naming many of the cities that are important to the California coast today such as San Diego, Santa Barbara and Monterey.

His parents are Jack, a musician, and Barbara Bundy McCammon.

In the file for Mildred Pierce, neither Bette Davis nor Barbara Stanwyck's names are mentioned for the role at any stage.

In the performing lineup are Haven, Barbara Jean, Linnea and her choir, Bill, Mary and Tom, Sueleen, and Winifred who has shown up again hoping for a chance to sing.

Barnett strenuously protects Barbara Jean's career, but when they are together their relationship is strained and he privately bullies her into a nervous wreck.

Several characters are based on real country music figures: Henry Gibson's Haven Hamilton is a composite of Roy Acuff, Hank Snow, and Porter Wagoner ; Ronee Blakely's Barbara Jean is based on Loretta Lynn ; the black country singer Tommy Brown ( played by Timothy Brown ) is based on Charley Pride ; and the feuding folk trio is based on Peter, Paul and Mary ; within the trio, the married couple of Bill and Mary were inspired by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, who later became Starland Vocal Band .< ref >

Barbara Kessler and Relient K are two artists who have referred to the show in their songs.

The similar winds in the Santa Barbara area occur most frequently in the late spring to early summer, and are strongest at sunset, or " sundown ," hence their name, sundowner.

* In Tracy Letts ' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County, Bill Fordham uses the phrase to describe his marital problems with his wife Barbara when he says to her: " Just because you and I are struggling with this Gordian knot doesn't make me any less of a --"

For instance, Sylvie Dubois and Barbara Horvath found that speakers in one Cajun Louisiana community were more likely to pronounce English " th " as ( or as ) if they participated in a relatively dense social network ( i. e. had strong local ties and interacted with many other speakers in the community ), and less likely if their networks were looser ( i. e. fewer local ties ) This is because not only class, but class aspirations, are important.

The Chumash are a Native American people who historically inhabited the central and southern coastal regions of California, in portions of what is now San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties, extending from Morro Bay in the north to Malibu in the south.

Commissioners are, W. C. Jarman, Chairman, Paul Buchanan, Vice-Chairman, Barbara M. Ikner, William H. Keller III, and Lionell Midgett.

Commissioners are, W. C. Jarman, Chairman, Paul Buchanan, Vice-Chairman, Barbara M. Ikner, William H. Keller III, and Lionell Midgett.

Barbara asked, as they heard the front door close.

It then passed between the White Mountains and the Mountains of Shadow through the ancient capital of Gondor, Osgiliath, before swinging past the harbour of Harlond close to the Rammas Echor south of Minas Tirith ( Barbara Strachey, in Journeys of Frodo, places the harbour just outside the wall ), and the Emyn Arnen and down past the port of Pelargir, entering the Great Sea in the Bay of Belfalas in a broad delta known as the Mouths of Anduin.

One choice was actress Barbara Pepper, who was a close friend of Lucy's.

After Barbara had left home Annie stood for elections, and served as a Labour councillor, a role which she kept quite secret from even her close family.

In A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century, Barbara Tuchman states that his close advisors would later maintain that he died of a " profound chagrin ".

After reading The Fountainhead and exchanging letters and phone calls with Ayn Rand, Branden and his then girlfriend Barbara Weidman visited Rand and her husband Frank O ’ Connor at their Los Angeles home in 1950, and the four became close friends, with Branden and Rand in particular sharing a vivid interest in philosophical exploration and development.

Branden married Barbara Weidman in 1953, with close friends Ayn Rand and Rand ’ s husband Frank O ’ Connor in attendance.

Barbara Castle Way ( named after the former Blackburn MP ) runs from Montague St to Eanam Roundabout, passing close to the town centre, the road is also called " The Orbital Route " even though it does not go around the town.

Lucille Ball had wanted either Bea Benaderet or Barbara Pepper, both close friends, to play the role.

Along with Bayard Rustin, a civil rights leader and close confidante of Martin Luther King, Jr., Barbara Jordan is remembered for her advocacy of progressive politics.

In A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century, Barbara Tuchman states that his close advisors would later maintain that he died of a " profound chagrin ".

The Anglo-French biographer David Bret, a close friend of Barbara, wrote at her behest " Les Hommes Bafoués ", a song about AIDS prejudice.

Glover was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Honor Ellen Morgan ( née Wyatt ), a BBC journalist and a close friend of novelist Barbara Pym, and Claude Gordon Glover, a BBC radio producer.

When Bathsheba " Sheba " Hart is hired as an art teacher, Barbara immediately senses that they might become close friends.

She is distraught and furious, not least because Barbara has written about events she did not personally witness, and made judgements about people close to Sheba.

Callwood ghost-wrote close to ten autobiographies for such prominent Americans as broadcaster Barbara Walters, film director Otto Preminger and Dr. Charles William Mayo.

His heirs, who had not reached their legal age at the time of the death of their father, were given the domain of Bruntál in 1506 by the Princess Barbara of Opava, Ratiboř, and Krnov upon a condition of being a close ally to the Principality of Krnov.

Terry and Max remain close, but their relationship is never shown to exceed the boundaries of friendship, which is in contrast to the relationship between Barbara and Bruce, who later got romantically involved with each other.

Due to the discovery and then the extraction of the azogue ( mercury ) in a hill close to the actual location of the city, the Santa Barbara mine became famous in the new world and its activity led to the Viceroy of Peru, Francisco de Toledo, to establish the city in 1572 with the name of Villa Rica de Oropesa.

Her close friendships with poets resulted in illustrations and covers for books by John Ashbery, William Corbett, Barbara Guest and James Schuyler.

She is a close friend of Cassandra Cain and Barbara Gordon.

As the second child of Georg Adam Liszt and Barbara Schlesak he was born in Edelstal ( Nemesvölgy ), a village close to the Austrian border in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Barbara was no longer in evidence, as the role of close friend and cohort was now occupied by next-door neighbor Annie Steck ( Judith Kahan ), also a family woman raising teenage daughter Rebecca ( played in one episode by Paula Hoffman ).