The earliest descriptions of a global communications network came long before the World Wide Web entered popular awareness, though not before traditional science-fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke and some social commentators such as James Burke began predicting that such networks would eventually form.

He seized Augusta in March 1780, with the aid of an Upper Creek war-party, but reinforcements from the Lower Creeks and local white Loyalists never came, and Georgia militia led by Elijah Clarke retook Augusta in 1781.

While the theme was used effectively by Clarke in the novel, McAleer observes that " it was not science fiction based on science, which he came to advocate and represent ".

By the time training camp came around it was clear that Clarke was the best player on the team, and he quickly became a fan favorite.

Clarke has stated that the inspiration for Fred Dagg came primarily from his uncles who would talk in such a way, using intonation and speech rhythm, to cause laughter without the standard telling of jokes.

Clarke came to work with John Major very closely, and quickly emerged as a central figure in his government.

Roach's most significant innovations came in the 1940s, when he and jazz drummer Kenny Clarke devised a new concept of musical time.

Clarke, previously the main songwriter and keyboard player for Depeche Mode, also came from Basildon.

Bodine's career was marked by controversy surrounding Bodine's relationship with the FBI during its investigation of the USS Cole bombing: The PBS Frontline documentary The Man Who Knew included interviews with officials such as Richard A. Clarke ( the Clinton administration's counterterrorism chief ) and Barry Mawn ( a former head of the New York FBI office ) who stated that John P. O ' Neill ( an FBI agent and al-Qaeda expert ) came into a personal conflict with Bodine over different perspectives on Yemen.

Standing for the leadership of the party in 2001, Portillo came a narrow third place behind Iain Duncan Smith and Kenneth Clarke.

In 1840 Borrow's career with the Bible Society came to an end, and he married Mary Clarke, a widow with a grown-up daughter called Henrietta, and a small estate in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

The two independent candidates who had also joined the coalition were defeated, although former NPA councilor Nancy Chiavario came close to keeping her council seat after being pushed out by supporters of Jennifer Clarke at the NPA nominating meeting.

Her father, Richard Clarke, and her brothers came soon after.

Here, the comedy came from the couple's difficulties in adjusting to their daughter's boyfriend's family, especially his father ( Lenny Clarke ), and most notably from Philip's notion that his daughter was dating someone " beneath her ", both socially and culturally.

He views “ Africadian ” literature as “ literal and liberal — I canonize songs and sonnets, histories and homilies .” Clarke has stated that he found further writing inspiration in the 1970s and his “ individualist poetic scored with implicit social commentary ” came from the ‘ Gang of Seven ’ intellectuals, “ poet-politicos: jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, troubadour-bard Bob Dylan, libertine lyricist Irving Layton, guerrilla leader and poet Mao Zedong, reactionary modernist Ezra Pound, Black Power orator Malcolm X and the Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau .” Though flawed, Clarke found “ as a whole, the group ’ s blunt talk, suave styles, acerbic independence, raunchy macho, feisty lyricism, singing heroic and a scarf-and-beret chivalry quite, well, liberating .”

Clarke was educated at Dundalk Grammar School and while there twice came first in the Senior Chemical, Physical, and Mathematical section of the Young Scientist Exhibition.

The GPO, the Easter Proclamation and the tricolour ( which later came to be seen as the flag of the republic, replacing the original green flag, which is now on display in the National Museum of Ireland ) are the three most identifiable symbols of the Easter Rising, alongside the leaders, Thomas J. Clarke, Seán Mac Diarmada, Thomas MacDonagh, P. H. Pearse, Éamonn Ceannt, James Connolly and Joseph Plunkett.

Clarke also came to admire the work of more avant-garde poets as Ezra Pound and Pablo Neruda, both of whom he wrote poems about.

In the first ballot of Conservative MPs on 18 October 2005, Cameron came second, with 56 votes, slightly more than expected ; David Davis had fewer than predicted at 62 votes ; Liam Fox came third with 42 votes and Kenneth Clarke was eliminated with 38 votes.

Dickie was Clarke's election agent at the 2010 General Election where Clarke came a distant fourth with just 5. 8 % of the vote, barely saving his deposit.

While having trained in classical guitar and piano at an early age, Bracegirdle's earliest influences in electronic music came from melodic composers such as Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis, and synthpop pioneer Vince Clarke ; a further influence was the dance hit " Anthem " by the house music group N-Joi.

Lawrence, Kansas came under attack on August 21, 1863, by guerrillas led by William Clarke Quantrill.

In 2004 Roenick came under investigation after paying a Florida sports-gambling operation between $ 50, 000 and $ 100, 000 for betting tips and services, however at the time the NHL did not prohibit players from betting on sports, other than hockey, and Roenick stated that he stopped gambling after a warning from Flyers GM Bobby Clarke.

The killing of Clarke inflamed European-Americans, and there were widespread calls for revenge.

Although the rising failed, Britain's General Maxwell executed fifteen of the Rising's leaders, including Pearse, MacDonagh, Clarke and Connolly, and arrested some 3000 political activists which led to widespread public sympathy for the rebel's cause.

A number of his works achieved notoriety and widespread criticism from the conservative end of the political spectrum, including Scum ( 1977 ), dealing with the subject of borstals ( youth prisons ), which was banned by the BBC, and subsequently remade by Clarke as a feature film in 1979 ( the original television version was eventually screened after his death ).

Their tabletop model was spotted by a public relations officer who brought it to the attention of Deputy Post Commander Bruce Clarke, who suggested the construction of a larger statue to serve as a symbol of Fort Dix.

The public correspondence of Samuel Clarke with the English freethinker Anthony Collins in 1707 and 1708 was a debate on the nature of consciousness.

Whiston says that, some time before publication, a message was sent to him from Sidney Godolphin " that the affairs of the public were with difficulty then kept in the hands of those that were for liberty ; that it was therefore an unseasonable time for the publication of a book that would make a great noise and disturbance ; and that therefore they desired him to forbear till a fitter opportunity should offer itself ,"— a message that Clarke entirely disregarded.

Clarke also stated that he didn't enjoy the public aspects of success, such as touring and interviews, and found himself frequently at odds with his bandmates, particularly on the tour bus.

Clarke attended public schools as well as Tutwilder's Academy in Greenbrier, Alabama.

Most of Orono's youth residents who attend public school move onto The Pines and Clarke High School, located just off the Highway 115 on the border of Newcastle ; both are among the oldest active Middle and Secondary schools in the area.

Clarke departed from the Hollies in December 1971, a move which surprised both the band's fans and the public in general.

In 1929, the Markeaton Hall and twenty acres ( 81, 000 m² ) of its gardens were given to the Corporation by the Reverend Clarke Maxwell who had inherited the estate from the late Mrs Mundy, on condition that the whole area would be used as a public park and that the mansion would be maintained for cultural purposes, for example a museum or and art gallery.

A conflict between the Curator, a Dr Clarke, and the " vile and disorderly mob that contaminates our room on public nights " with their " obscene conversations indelicate and blasphemous retorts " reminds us that delivering education to the people can be a challenging undertaking!

Clarke and his communications with the Bush administration regarding bin Laden and associated terrorist plots targeting the United States were mentioned frequently in Condoleezza Rice's public interview by the 9 / 11 investigatory commission on April 8, 2004.

On March 24, 2004, Clarke testified at the public 9 / 11 Commission hearings.

Clarke also described many of these events in his almost 20 hours of testimony under oath before the 9 / 11 Commission, a portion in its public hearings.

He was banned from returning by British Home Secretary Charles Clarke stating that Bakri's presence in Britain was " not conducive to the public good.

* The Papers of William Clarke, who worked in Room 40, are held at Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge and are accessible to the public.

In 1962 the company purchased Richard Clarke & Co of Stockport, adding 60 public houses to the firm.

Two weeks later a public " wrecking ball ceremony " attended by some of the athletes who made the building famous such as Hockey Hall of Famers Bernie Parent and Bob Clarke of the Flyers and Hall of Famer Julius Erving of the 76ers, was held in the adjacent parking lot " H " on November 23, 2010 to formally begin its external demolition.

The stadium was originally built in 1938 on land deeded to the City for the purpose of constructing public sports fields by Mackenzie King ( a personal friend of then Mayor Clarke ).

The former Home Secretary Charles Clarke banned Bakri from the United Kingdom on 12 August 2005 because it was alleged that his presence was " not conducive to the public good.

Clarke later conceded that the Association won the public relations exercise.

In 2004, public assertions by Bush's former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O ' Neill and counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke raised questions about the credibility of the Bush administration's pre-war claims.

Andrew's Clarke's son, also named Andrew Clarke, held a number of important public positions for the colony of Victoria, and was a for a time a Member of its Legislative Assembly.

Collingwood has a highly successful debating and public speaking program, led by public speaking and debating coach Julia Clarke, which has won dozens of provincial, national and international tournaments.