Brown herself claimed that a writer had once summed up her popularity by saying: " In the South Ruth Brown is better known than Coca Cola.

Syme's character is not inaptly summed up in the dedication to him by his old pupil, Dr John Brown, of the series of essays Locke and Sydenham: Verax, capax, perspicax, sagax, efficax, tenax.

Mike Brown, the team's de facto general manager, was rated as among the worst team owners in American professional sports Compounding matters were off-field problems of several players, notably receiver Chris Henry, who was suspended several times during his short professional career and was actually released by the Bengals at one point, but was then re-signed for the season.

Brown retired a wealthy man due to his real estate investments, but refused to watch new movies, as he feared they might cause him to restart his career.

After leaving the Les Brown & His Band of Renown to try a solo career, she started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which would remain her only recording label.

In a career that spanned six decades, Brown profoundly influenced the development of many different musical genres.

Brown began his performing career at the age of 12, forming his first vocal group, the Cremona Trio in 1945, where they won local talent shows at Augusta concert halls such as the Lenox and Harlem theaters.

After stints as a boxer and baseball pitcher in semi-professional baseball ( a career move ended by a leg injury ), Brown turned his energy toward music.

's as well as vocalists such as Edwin Starr, David Ruffin and Dennis Edwards from The Temptations, and Michael Jackson, who, throughout his career, cited Brown as his ultimate idol.

Show and the legendary list of performers ( including a performance by James Brown that many critics have called the best of his career ) marked a high point for Jan and Dean, as they were the hosts and one of the main featured acts as well.

In a speech delivered at Salem, Mass., on January 6, 1860, to raise money for the families of the executed abolitionist John Brown and his followers, Ralph Waldo Emerson calls Brown an example of true chivalry, which consists not in noble birth but in helping the weak and defenseless and declares that " Walter Scott would have delighted to draw his picture and trace his adventurous career ".

Like Dallas Cowboys cornerback Larry Brown, Mike Jones was included on the NFL Network's " Top 10 One-Hit Wonders " list ( Jones was # 10, Brown was # 3 ), although Jones also mirrored Brown in having a solid if unspectacular career outside of his Super Bowl heroics.

" Tori Amos: In the Studio " ( 2011 ) by Jake Brown features an in-depth look at Amos's career, discography and recording process.

During her career, Gilbreth received numerous awards and honors, including 23 honorary degrees from such schools as Princeton University, Brown University, and the University of Michigan.

Fitzgerald and Brown divorced in 1953, bowing to the various career pressures both were experiencing at the time, though they would continue to perform together.

Bridgewater's album Dear Ella ( 1997 ) featured many musicians that were closely associated with Fitzgerald during her career, including the pianist Lou Levy, the trumpeter Benny Powell, and Fitzgerald's second husband, double bassist Ray Brown.

Johnson steered the projects towards contractors that he personally knew, such as the Brown Brothers, Herman and George, who would finance much of Johnson's future career.

His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single " Brown Eyed Girl " in 1967.

Dench's more recent film career has garnered six Academy Award nominations in nine years for Mrs. Brown in 1997 ; her Oscar-winning turn as Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love in 1998 ; for Chocolat in 2000 ; for the lead role of writer Iris Murdoch in Iris in 2001 ( with Kate Winslet playing her as a younger woman ); for Mrs Henderson Presents ( a romanticised history of the Windmill Theatre ) in 2005 ; and for 2006's Notes on a Scandal, a film for which she received critical acclaim, including Golden Globe, Academy Award, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild nominations.

" Yaz " attended Notre Dame on a basketball scholarship ( his career Long Island high school scoring mark at Bridgehampton broke one previously held by Jim Brown ) briefly before embarking on his baseball career.

The New York Times credits bookstore owner Andreas Brown and his store, the Gotham Book Mart, with launching Gorey's career: " it became the central clearing house for Mr. Gorey, presenting exhibitions of his work in the store's gallery and eventually turning him into an international celebrity.

The Virgil I. Gus Grissom Memorial, located just inside of Spring Mill State Park near Mitchell, contains many mementos of Grissom's career, including the space capsule he commanded, " The Molly Brown ", from Gemini 3, and the space suit worn during his Mercury Liberty Bell 7 mission.

* Johnny Mack Brown ( September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974 ) Born and raised in Dothan Alabama, was an All-American college football player and film actor originally billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career.

Joseph R. Brown grew up in the bustle and enterprise of New England between 1810 and 1830.

Throughout their careers, both Mr. Brown and Mr. Sharpe were interested in the problem of setting up standards of measurement for the mechanical trades.

They are generally small monkeys, ranging in size up to that of the Brown Capuchin, with a body length of 33 to 56 cm, and a weight of 2. 5 to 3. 9 kilograms.

Caltech opened its doors to female undergraduates during the presidency of Harold Brown in 1970, and they made up 14 % of the entering class.

The name of the team was at first left up to Paul Brown, who rejected calls for it to be christened the Browns.

As the team built up a 9-3 regular-season record, Brown in 1958 ran for 1, 527 yards – almost twice as much as any other back and a league record at the time.

So after the firing, Paul Brown packed up all his equipment, which he then used for his new team in Cincinnati.

In November 1798, David Brown led a group in Dedham protesting the federal government ; they set up a liberty pole, as people had before the American Revolution.

On September 24, he and Brown, whose company was guarding the road between St. John's and Montreal, met at Longueuil, and, according to Allen's account of the events, came up with a plan in which both he and Brown would lead their forces to attack Montreal.

The second mystery often begins in the Brown garage on Rover Avenue, where Encyclopedia has set up his own detective agency to help neighborhood children solve cases for " 25 cents per day, plus expenses-No case too small.

The Electoral success of New Labour in 1997, which would be led by two Prime Ministers with Scottish connections, Tony Blair ( who was brought up in Scotland ) from 1997 to 2007 and Gordon Brown from 2007 – 10, opened the way for constitutional change.

Brown's concert success, however, remained unabated and Brown kept up with a grueling schedule throughout the remainder of his life, living up to his previous nickname, " The Hardest Working Man in Show Business ", in spite of his advanced age.

One chronicler had not seen " a siege so hard pressed or so strongly resisted ", whilst historian Reginald Brown describes it as " one of the greatest operations in England up to that time ".

Around the same time Kid Rock formed his back up band Twisted Brown Trucker, later recruiting Joseph " Joe C ." Calleja whom he met at a 1994 concert as part of the group.

Then he followed that up by hosting the CMT Awards in June and performed " Cowboy "," Bawitdaba " and " Good Ol Boys " with Hank Williams Jr, Trace Adkins, Martina McBride, Kellie Pickler, Randy Houser, Zac Brown and Jamey Johnson.

They came up with advertising portraying black Americans in a positive light, such as one with a smiling mother holding a six pack of Pepsi while her son ( a young Ron Brown, who grew up to be Secretary of Commerce ) reaches up for one.

Teaming up with Samuel Slater, Moses Brown helped to create the second cotton mill in America, a water-powered textile mill.

He set up office at the Brown House, the Nazi Party headquarters in Munich.

Along with Patton came House, Brown, and pianist Louise Johnson, who would all end up recording sides for the label.

Midway through the third period, Brown made his first interception and returned it 44 yards to the Pittsburgh 18-yard line to set up running back Emmitt Smith's 1-yard touchdown run.

But Brown recorded his second interception on Pittsburgh's next drive, and returned it to 33 yards to the Steelers ' 6-yard line to set up Smith's 4-yard rushing touchdown.