Blaine hoped that he would have more support from Irish Americans than Republicans typically did ; while the Irish were mainly a Democratic constituency in the 19th century, Blaine's mother was Irish Catholic, and he had been supportive of the Irish National Land League while he was Secretary of State.

It was reportedly his idea that Rick Blaine be portrayed as a chess player, which also served as a metaphor for the sparring relationship of the characters played by Bogart and Rains in the movie.

McCown started two games until he threw four interceptions in a lopsided loss to the New York Jets and Blaine Gabbert was named the starter the following week.

One of the main priorities of the new leadership was to improve the team's struggling receiving corps and see improvement from quarterback Blaine Gabbert after a disappointing rookie season.

Blaine starts out with the ram (" There never was a bullier old ram than what he was "), and goes on for four more mostly dull but occasionally hilarious unparagraphed pages.

As the 1876 Presidential election approached, Garfield was loyal to the candidacy of his House Speaker, James G. Blaine.

Between his election and his inauguration, Garfield was occupied with assembling a cabinet that would establish peace between the warring factions of the Republican Party, led by U. S. Sen. Roscoe Conkling and James G. Blaine.

Harrison was nominated on the first ballot with 535. 17 votes to 182. 83 for Blaine, 182 for William McKinley of Ohio, and the rest scattered.

On December 12, 1881, he was appointed United States Secretary of State by President Chester A. Arthur to succeed James G. Blaine, and served until the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland in 1885.

Meanwhile, Charles L. Webster & Co. issued a " fourth edition, revised, corrected, and complete " with the text of Sherman ’ s second edition, a new chapter prepared under the auspices of the Sherman family bringing the general ’ s life from his retirement to his death and funeral, and an appreciation by politician James G. Blaine ( who was related to Sherman's wife ).

A play by Gypsy Rose Lee entitled The Naked Genius ( 1943 ) was the inspiration for Doll Face ( 1945 ), a musical about a burlesque star ( Vivian Blaine ) who wants to become a legitimate actress.

Blaine was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and is of Puerto Rican descent on his father's side, and Russian Jewish on his mother's.

When he was 17 years old, Blaine moved to Manhattan, New York.

On April 5, 1999, Blaine was entombed in an underground plastic box underneath a 3-ton water-filled tank for seven days across from Trump Place on 68th St. and Riverside Drive.

On November 27, 2000, Blaine began a stunt called " Frozen in Time ", which was covered on a TV special.

Rather than remain neutral, Blaine chose to side with Perurvian leader Fracisco G. Calderón, who had been appointed by the Chilean government.

His political rival James G. Blaine was appointed Maine's Senator after Morrill had retired from the Senate and accepted the position of Secretary of Treasury.

Throughout the season, return players Blaine Down, Mike Henderson and newly appointed captain Matt Dzieduszycki led the charge on offense with 73, 68, and 63 points respectively.

Stevens joined the United States Department of State and was appointed successively minister to Paraguay, Uruguay, Sweden and Norway, and finally to Hawaii, an appointment pushed by his old partner Blaine, who had risen to United States Secretary of State.

After Ms. Blaine left for Hayfield Rich Gordon was appointed head coach.

Secretary Goldberg and Sen. Morse will hold a joint press conference at the Roosevelt Hotel at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Blaine Whipple, executive secretary of the Democratic Party of Oregon, reported Tuesday.

James G. Blaine President Garfield's Secretary of StateBrady-Handy 1870-1880

Garfield's Secretary of State James G. Blaine had to contend with Chinese immigration, fishing disputes with Britain, and obtaining U. S. recognition from Korea.

* James G. Blaine, former U. S. Secretary of State from Maine

Image: JamesGBlaine. png | Former Secretary of State James G. Blaine of Maine

The county was named for James Blaine, an American politician who was the Republican Presidential candidate in 1884 and Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison.

Born in Pennsylvania and a resident of Maine, Blaine had served as Secretary of State, U. S. Senator, and Speaker of the House.

It is named after former United States Secretary of State and Republican candidate for the 1884 presidential election, James G. Blaine.

During the James A. Garfield administration ( March 4 — September 19, 1881 ), the anglophobic Secretary of State James G. Blaine wanted to advance the US presence in Latin America.

His personal requests to Garfield and to cabinet members ( as one of many job seekers who lined up every day ) were continually rejected ; on May 14, 1881, he was finally told personally never to return by Secretary of State James G. Blaine ( Guiteau is actually believed to have encountered Blaine on more than one occasion ).

Atop a bust of William Henry Harrison, a raven with the head of United States Secretary of State | Secretary of State James G. Blaine gawks down at the President, a reference to the famous Edgar Allan Poe poem " The Raven ".

1878: Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz accosts U. S. Representative James G. Blaine chopping a tree in the forest

* James Gillespie Blaine, U. S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U. S. Senator from Maine, two-time Secretary of State and nominee for president in 1884, developed Bright's disease and died in 1893.

Harrison ’ s Secretary of State James G. Blaine, who had resigned from the cabinet on June 4, 1892, on the eve of the convention, had his name submitted for consideration by the delegates, but drew little support.

In March 1892 envoy Stevens wrote to United States Secretary of State James G. Blaine, his old newspaper partner, asking how far he might deviate from standard State Department rules if a native revolutionary movement emerged.

Garfield's appointment of Blaine as Secretary of State, and of Windom as Secretary of the Treasury, instead of Levi P. Morton, whose appointment Conkling had urged, angered Conkling and made him unwilling to agree to any sort of compromise with Garfield on the New York appointments.

The five crossing points are two at Blaine ( one at the Peace Arch, located on the Interstate 5 crossing, and the other a commercial and passenger crossing on the Pacific Highway at State Route 543, both to Surrey, British Columbia ), as well as at Lynden ( SR 539, to Aldergrove ), Sumas ( SR 9, to Abbotsford ), and Point Roberts ( Tyee Drive, to Tsawwassen ).

Most Blaine County residents live in the Wood River Valley along State Highway 75 in the western half of the county.

Fairfield's main street is Soldier Road but is accessed by U. S. Route 20, a two-lane undivided highway connecting it to the west with Interstate 84 near Mountain Home, and to the east with State Highway 75 at Timmerman Junction in Blaine County.

* Kilmer Blaine Corbin, Sr., the father of Barry Corbin, was a judge and a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate from 1949-1957.

Into the 1970s Blaine was home to hundreds of commercial purse seiners and gillnetters plying the waters offshore of British Columbia, between Washington State and southeast Alaska.

The latter is reached via Washington State Route 543 which departs I-5 on the south side of Blaine and connects at the border to B. C.

The International Peace Arch, dedicated September 6, 1921 by founder Samuel Hill, is located in Blaine in Peace Arch State Park and is occasionally used as a focal point for peaceful demonstrations and debate, such as the annual setting of crosses for each American killed so far in the Iraq War.

Cleveland's campaign also used the slogan, " Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, The Continental Liar from the State of Maine " in reference to Blaine's discredited railroad deals.

Blaine can be accessed from several major roadways in the Twin Cities, including Minnesota State Highway 65, Interstate 35W, University Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Hamline Avenue, U. S. Highway 10, and Minnesota State Highway 610.

Vancouver Yippies invaded the U. S. border town of Blaine, Washington, on May 9, 1970, to protest Richard Nixon's invasion of Cambodia and the shooting of students at Kent State.