The shows ' writers initially depicted the Bajorans as an oppressed people who were often forced to live as refugees, whom they likened to a variety of ethnic groups, with Rick Berman, who helped to originally conceive them, comparing them to " the Kurds, the Palestinians, the Jews in the 1940s, the boat people from Haiti — unfortunately, the homeless and terrorism are problems every age.

According to writer Ronald D. Moore, co-creator Rick Berman originally intended the Dominion War to be the focus of three or four episodes, but Behr intended to expand the plotline all along.

Rick Berman, Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr originally expected to open Season Four with the two-part adventure, postponed from the end of Season Three, that ultimately became " Homefront " and " Paradise Lost ".

Rick Berman originally pictured that the Dominion War would last for a limited number of episodes before a prompt resolution.

Their studio time was originally reserved for a Silver Jews recording, but frontman David Berman walked out in frustration and the trio decided not to waste prepaid recording time.

According to producer Rick Berman, it was originally intended that a younger version of T ' Pau would be the Vulcan officer serving on the titular starship in Star Trek: Enterprise.

Neuberger Berman was originally founded as " Neuberger & Berman ", in 1939, by Roy R. Neuberger and Robert Berman, to manage money for high-net-worth individuals.

The series was originally created by Dennis Spooner and produced by Monty Berman.

According to Manny Coto, a new executive producer during the fourth season, his fellow producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga never fully planned out the Temporal Cold War storyline.

On January 22, 2009, Berman announced via the official Drag City messageboard that he planned to retire from music and that the Silver Jews would play their final show on Bluegrass Underground at Cumberland Caverns in McMinnville, Tennessee at 3 pm on January 31, 2009.

Originally, Berman planned to record this album with Malkmus, Nastanovich, and the Scud Mountain Boys, but both sessions were scrapped after a few days.

The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created / paralleled a dedicated market for " independent " or " alternative comics " in the U. S. The first such comics included the anthology series Star Reach, published by comic book writer Mike Friedrich from 1974 to 1979, and Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, which continued sporadic publication into the 21st century and which Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini adapted into a 2003 film.

Executive producer Doug Berman said the best material from 25 years of past shows would be used to put together " repurposed " shows for NPR to broadcast.

" When Berman was killed in a hit on Berman's boss, Dutch Schultz, Runyon quickly assumed the role of damage control for his deceased friend, correcting erroneous press releases ( including one that stated Berman was one of Schultz's gunmen, to which Runyon replied, " Otto would have been as effective a bodyguard as a two-year-old.

The first one Jaxon Xavier ( played by Andy Berman ) who was also a top scientist in one of Lex's companies called Lex Labs, entrapped Lois and Clark in a virtual reality world to steal information for mind control before the two with the help of Jimmy Olsen tricked him into letting them out by stealing his wrist watch escape window leaving him stranded.

According to co-creator Berman, he and Piller had considered setting the new series on a colony planet, but they felt a space station would both appeal more to viewers and save money that would be required for on-location shooting for a " land-based " show.

Little news was forthcoming for months as Berman and Brannon Braga developed the untitled series, known only as " Series V ", until February 2001, when Paramount signed Herman Zimmerman and John Eaves to production design Series V. Within a month, scenic designer Michael Okuda, another long-time Trek veteran, was also signed.

Berman was joined by fellow ESPN analyst Steve Young, while ESPN's Mike Tirico was on hand for the post-game presentation of the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

* In the United States, Modern Orthodox rabbis Avi Weiss and Saul Berman created an advanced educational institute for women called Torat Miriam.

As reported by editor Ruth Berman ( issue # 1, Inside Star Trek, July 1968, pp. 15 – 16 ), " ardent rock hound and amateur lapidary " Roddenberry came up with the Vulcan philosophy after he presented Leonard Nimoy with a unique " hand-crafted piece of jewelry ," a " pendent " ( sic ) of polished yellow gold ( circle ) and florentined white gold ( triangle ), with a stone of brilliant white fabulite — an artificial gem " developed by the laser industry and used in space mechanisms for its optical qualities ," and thus well-suited as a gift for an actor in a science fiction show.

According to Ruth Berman of Science Fiction Studies, the lists of suggested reading published for juvenile readers never contained Baum's work.

During that redistricting process, Sanchez hired lobbyist Michael S. Berman, brother of California Democratic Congressman Howard Berman, for " redistricting consulting " on her behalf.

She paid Berman $ 20, 000 for his work.

Jim and Marian Jordan as caricatured by Sam Berman for 1947 NBC promotional book.

* After network executives, especially executive producer Gail Berman, criticized her appearance and the roundness of her face, Cho starved herself for several weeks.

The form of Seidler's work changed as building technology changed: from his timber houses in the 1950s, to reinforced concrete houses and buildings in the 1960 – 1980s, and the development of curves with advances in concrete techhnology in the 1980s and later, as well as developments in steel technology that allowed for curved rooves in the 1990s onwards ( e. g. Berman House ).

Newly appointed mayor Simon Berman headed a committee that would pay 750 guilders, donated by the residents, for the golden tip, conducted several interrogations, and received praise for the way he handled the affair.

Thus, in 1947, Sam Berman caricatured Bergen and McCarthy for the network's glossy promotional book, NBC Parade of Stars: As Heard Over Your Favorite NBC Station.

On March 12, 2007, Smith joined ESPN as a studio analyst for their NFL pregame coverage alongside Chris Berman, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson, and Chris Mortensen.

* The screenplay for the proposed Dean Stockwell-Herb Berman film After the Gold Rush is reportedly lost.

Kae Williams added four years to Burke's age to avoid having to get the approval of Burke's parents ( thus creating confusion about his age for decades ), and introduced him to Bess Berman, who signed him to her label.

" The concert was documented by several 16 mm film cameras, and Berman has hinted at a possible DVD release of the show at some point in the future.

His first performance was for a school concert, at the age of 13, doing an impression of comedian Shelley Berman.

Berman estimated the archives eight years ' worth of material before anything would have to be repeated.

However, they were certain they did not want the show to be set aboard a starship because Star Trek: The Next Generation was still in production at the time and, in Berman ’ s words, it " just seemed ridiculous to have two shows — two casts of characters — that were off going where no man has gone before.

This would be the final Super Bowl hosted by Musburger, as all subsequent Super Bowls on ABC were hosted by ESPN's Chris Berman following the Disney purchase of ABC ( which included ESPN ), and the subsequent integration of ESPN and ABC Sports ( now ESPN on ABC ).

The character is meant to be Mafia accountant Otto Berman, best friend of writer Damon Runyon.

In this view, according to Rabbi Saul Berman, Orthodox Judaism can “ be enriched ” by its intersection with modernity ; further, “ modern society creates opportunities to be productive citizens engaged in the Divine work of transforming the world to benefit humanity ”.

Executive producer Rick Berman had to be convinced that the introduction of the Defiant would not distract the audience from the main starship of the latest Star Trek production, Star Trek: Voyager.

According to David Rampton in “ Studies in Contemporary Fiction ,” Circe Berman ’ s approaching Rabo with the challenge of making meaningful, moral art is Vonnegut himself directly addressing meaninglessness in art by asking for “ committed art .” Rampton also proposed that Vonnegut may be questioning the possibility of truly moral art by writing about the lack of morality in the lives of many artists.

Berman has falsely quoted the band's name originating from the transcription of a billboard that he saw reading " Silver Jewelry ", although he has stated in an interview that the name was actually intended to be a pseudonym for a conceptual art piece and later evolved into the actual band.

The part had to be slightly rewritten for Siddig as the original " bible " had called for an Hispanic male to play the part, named Julian Amoros, although Berman reports that no other actors were considered for the role.

Various reporters and analysts from ESPN ( such as Chris Berman, Barry Melrose and Steve Phillips ) may also be featured in certain segments.

They both gained the parts with the approval of Berman and Justman, but Roddenberry switched the roles of the actresses as he thought Sirtis would be better suited for the role of the ship's councillor.

Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell would be in the pilot, and Doug Berman would be the executive producer.

In a July 2005 interview, Berman revealed that had the series been renewed, Trip would have survived ; and he and T ' Pol would be back together.

In deciding to drop the matter, Hastings and Berman stated: After reviewing the information gathered during the inquiry, and in light of Representative Conyers ’ cooperation with the inquiry, we have concluded that this matter should be resolved through the issuance of this public statement and the agreement by Representative Conyers to take a number of additional, significant steps to ensure that his office complies with all rules and standards regarding campaign and personal work by congressional staff.

Berman ( 1982 ) suggested that Wiyot and Yurok share sound changes not shared by the rest of Algic ( which would be explainable by either areal diffusion or genetic relatedness ); Berman's conclusion of common sound changes was refuted by Proulx ( 2004 ).

Most weeks, Douglas would be joined by a co-host, including Liberace, Cesar Romero, Jackie Gleason, Joan Fontaine, Anne Baxter, Jimmy Dean, Richard Thomas, Florence Henderson, Brooke Shields, Shelley Berman, Richard Pryor, Dyan Cannon, Suzanne Somers, Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, Minnie Pearl, Shirley Bassey, Bobby Darin, Tony Randall, Kaye Ballard, Totie Fields, David Brenner, Ted Knight, Bernadette Peters, Kate Jackson, Harry Chapin, Rod McKuen, Cicely Tyson, Karen Valentine, Johnny Mathis, Joel Grey, Carol Channing, Anne Murray, Anthony Newley, Marvin Hamlisch, Patty Duke, Cher, Mel Tillis, Steve Lawrence, Martha Raye, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Frankie Avalon, Charlton Heston, Gordon MacRae, Richard Harris, Red Buttons, Billy Crystal, David Steinberg, Hugh O ' Brian, Burt Reynolds, William Shatner, Sly Stone, John Lennon & Yoko Ono.

Council Leader Rodney Berman announced in response that the council's development plans would proceed and that the community poll result was noted but would not be acted upon.