However, since the contras failed to win widespread popular support or military victories within Nicaragua, since opinion polls indicated that a majority of the U. S. public was not supportive of the contras, since the Reagan administration lost much of its support regarding its contra policy within Congress after disclosure of CIA mining of Nicaraguan ports, and since a report of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research commissioned by the State Department found Reagan's allegations about Soviet influence in Nicaragua " exaggerated ", Congress cut off all funds for the contras in 1985 by the third Boland Amendment.

McGoohan also stated that he was influenced by his experience from theater, including his work in Orson Welles ' 1955 play Moby Dick Rehearsed and the 1962 BBC teleplay The Prisoner by Bridget Boland.

The screenplay is an adaptation by Bridget Boland, John Hale and Richard Sokolove of the 1948 play by Maxwell Anderson ; Anderson's blank verse format was retained for only portions of the screenplay, such as Anne's soliloquy in the Tower of London, but then again, Anderson did not use blank verse throughout the play either, only in portions of it.

Michael Burger was chosen as host of this revived version of the show, while Paul Boland served as its announcer.

The other side, including what became the town of Little Mountain, was owned by Abraham N. Boland.

Abraham Noah Boland was appointed as postmaster of the Little Mountain Post Office in 1888.

The town was incorporated and Boland became the first mayor of the town.

Later a one-room school building was built on an acre of land donated by Noah Boland.

The first of the chiefs was Fearchar, Earl of Ross from the O ' Beolain ( Ó Beólláin, Boland, Bolan ) family, also known as ' Fearchar Mac-an-t-sagairt ' ( meaning " son of the priest ") of Applecross.

Boland resigned in sympathy, while Micheál Ó Móráin was dismissed one day earlier in a preemptive strike to ensure a subservient Minister for Justice was in place when the crisis broke.

The Boland Amendment was the name given to three U. S. legislative amendments between 1982 and 1984, all aimed at limiting U. S. government assistance to the Contras in Nicaragua.

The first Boland Amendment was to the House Appropriations Bill of 1982, which was attached as a rider to the Defense Appropriations Act of 1983, named for the Massachusetts Democrat, Representative Edward Patrick Boland, who authored it.

Poet Eavan Boland said: " I was not then, nor am I now, comfortable with the idea of belonging to something where there are exemptions involved ," although she added that she would " hate to see it disappear ".

It was based on the 1958 novel by John Boland and adapted by Bryan Forbes, who also starred in the film.

The decision in the late 1950s to demolish a row of Georgian houses in Kildare Place and replace them with a brick wall was greeted with jubilation by a republican minister at the time, Kevin Boland, who said they stood for everything he opposed.

Four ministers, Charles Haughey, Neil Blaney, Kevin Boland and Micheál Ó Móráin, were either sacked, or resigned, or simply retired from the government due to the scandal that was about to unfold.

Blaney was unimpressed with the choice and, with the support of the like-minded Kevin Boland, he threw his hat in the ring, declaring himself to be the " Radical Republican " candidate.

Boland resigned in sympathy, while Micheál Ó Móráin was dismissed one day earlier in a preemptive strike to ensure that he was not the Minister for Justice when the crisis broke.

Following his expulsion from Fianna Fáil, Kevin Boland tried to persuade Blaney to join the Aontacht Éireann party he was creating but Blaney declined.

Gerald Boland (; 25 May 1885 – 5 January 1973 ) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

While some of his supporters started chanting ‘ We want Boland ’, Hillery, who by this stage had grabbed the nearest microphone, started shouting down the Boland faction with the immortal line ‘ Ye can have Boland but ye can ’ t have Fianna Fáil .’

Shortly afterwards he set up the accountancy firm of Haughey, Boland & Company with Harry Boland, son of Fianna Fáil minister Gerald Boland.

The hawks in the cabinet were seen as Kevin Boland and Neil Blaney, both sons of founding fathers in the party with strong Old IRA pasts.

Both ministers were sacked after some initial procrastination on Lynch's part, his innocent Minister for Justice, Micheál Ó Móráin, retired the day before and a fourth minister, Kevin Boland and his Parliamentary Secretary, resigned in sympathy with Haughey and Blaney.

and amendment H. AMDT. 974 to it by Representative Edward P. Boland passed with a recorded vote of 411-0 to prohibit the CIA or Defense Department to use the funds of the bill for military purposes in Nicaragua.

Boland was enrolled in the Irish Republican Brotherhood ( IRB ) along with his younger brother Harry in 1904, following in the footsteps of his father Jim, uncle Jack and, probably, grandfather Patrick.

Following the official surrender, Boland was arrested and interned at Frongoch in Wales where he came into contact with other notable revolutionary leaders such as Michael Collins.

Boland remained involved with the IRB during the War of Independence and was opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.

Fianna Fáil remained in power with an increased mandate following the 1933 general election and Boland was promoted to the position of Minister for Posts and Telegraphs.

He took over at a time when the IRA were enjoying a resurgence and Boland was charged with the task of crushing the organisation.

Boland subsequently introduced tougher measures by setting up a military court with the death penalty with no provision for appeal except for a review by the government.

Boland resigned in solidarity with them and in protest to the government's position on the North.

" At this point the government supporters went ecstatic with cheering and Boland was carried out of the hall.

From the mid-60s, Davis and Griffin also performed together as part of The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, along with other, mainly European, jazz musicians.

In the 1960s, Severinsen also recorded with the Clarke / Boland Big Band and the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis band.

* 3 February-Irish candidate Frederick Henry Boland receives the support of the United States for the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

* 3 February-Éamon de Valera, the leader of Sinn Féin, and two other prisoners escape from Lincoln Prison in England in a break personally arranged by Michael Collins and Harry Boland.

James P. Boland saw Mr. Habibullah on Dec. 3, he was in one of the isolation cells, tethered to the ceiling by two sets of handcuffs and a chain around his waist.

** Veronica Grace Boland ( D ), from November 3, 1942

Boland started 28 games for the Tigers, had 13 complete games, 3 shutouts, and went 16-11 on the season with a 2. 68 ERA.

Boland finished his career with a record of 68-53 and a 3. 25 ERA.