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Clayton looped the reins in a knot over the veranda post and patted the warm flesh of his neck.
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Clayton and reins
Joe Clayton, former CEO of Global Crossing, took the reins until Mel Karmazin, former President of Viacom, replaced him in 2004.
In 2006 Tim Ginever, who was Cahill ’ s assistant in 2005, took over the reins as senior coach and Mark Clayton as the new captain of the club.
By the time Powell handed the reins of the church to his son Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. in 1937, the Abyssinian Baptist Church was the largest Protestant congregation in the United States, with more than 10, 000 members.
Clayton and over
When the Achaeans entertained Wednesday last at their annual Carnival masquerade ball, Miss Margaret Pierson was chosen to rule over the festivities, presented at the Muncipal Auditorium and chosen as her ladies in waiting were Misses Clayton Nairne, Eleanor Eustis, Lynn Chapman, Irwin Leatherman of Robinsonville, Miss. and Helene Rowley.
On 20 May 1776 the British forces under the command of Lt. Clayton formally took their leave of Port Egmont, while leaving a plaque asserting Britain's continuing sovereignty over the islands.
Wide receivers Mark Clayton ( 73 receptions, 1, 389 yards, 18 touchdowns ) and Mark Duper ( 71 receptions, 1, 306 yards, 8 touchdowns ) became the first teammates ever to each gain over 1, 300 receiving yards in one season, while Clayton's 18 touchdown catches broke the NFL single season record of 17 set by Don Hutson in 1942.
Wilson helped end the long battles over the trusts with the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914.
* April 19 – Clayton – Bulwer Treaty is signed by the United States and Great Britain, allowing both countries to share Nicaragua and not claim complete control over the proposed Nicaragua Canal.
On April 29, 1865, a messenger galloped in with news that General Benjamin H. Grierson, Commanding General of over 4, 000 Union cavalrymen, was approaching from Clayton, Alabama, to the west.
Clayton lost the election by a margin of 846 votes of over 34, 000 votes cast.
In 1925, the Swartz Creek Community Fire Association was formed but by 1952 was forced to dissolve and handed over to the two townships, Clayton and Gaines.
The municipal court trial, presided over by Judge Clayton W. Horn, ran from August 16 to September 3, 1957.
Later, he presided over the issue of refusing to seat Representative Adam Clayton Powell ( D-NY ).
MARTA formerly operated bus service to Farmers Market in Clayton County as well as Forest Park before the now-defunct C-TRAN took over operation in the mid-2000s.
Former Wales and Manchester United star Clayton Blackmore, who signed for the club as a player earlier in the season, took over as manager but was sacked after three months due to a string of poor results.
By 1992, there was evidence that the fish were breeding in the river, and naturally bred brown trout were found between Denby Dale and Clayton West in 1994, for the first time in over 100 years.
He kept his winning ways in 1999, winning three fights, among them, a twelve round decision over Aristead Clayton and a five round knockout over Juan Luis Torres in a rematch.
Ireland has dominated the event over the past decade, winning the championship in 1999 ( Marty Moloney and Revelin Minihane ), 2001 ( Peter Bayly and William Atkinson ), 2003 ( Chris Clayton and Craig Martin ) and 2005 ( Ross Kearney and Adam Mc Cullough ) although the last two world championships have been won by British pairings.
The township faced controversy following the 2010 municipal election, in which then-incumbent mayor Larry O ' Connor was reelected by a margin of just 13 votes over Clayton.
He had five RBI ( including a game-winning three-run home run against Clayton Kershaw ) in a 9 – 2 victory over the Dodgers on August 23.
* Waterways: canals and navigable rivers, mainly taken over from canal companies, like the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company and Fellows Morton and Clayton, but also including those bought out earlier by the pre-nationalisation railways.
The river passes into geographic Ramsay Township in the municipality of Mississippi Mills on the lake, and leaves over the Clayton Lake Dam at the settlement of Clayton.
Her vessel was named after her home city and the university which contributed over £ 40, 000 and inestimable expertise to make it possible for Clayton to realise her dream.
Sir Gilbert Clayton, who visited King Yahya in Sanaa in an earnest attempt to win him over in 1925 and during his short stay in the capital, was impressed by this ruler's administration, his military preparedness, and organization.
It continues up Southfield Lane by the side of the cemetery and over fields to the south of the village, and up Clayton Lane to the North.
Clayton and post
The Clayton post office was established in September 1835 with John F. Keener as postmaster.
File: Clayton Alabama Post Office 36016. JPG | The post office in Clayton ( ZIP Code: 36016 ).
The official name of the post office name changed to Clayton, Indian Territory on April 5, 1907.
At the end of 1944, Clayton was named the first Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, a post that allowed him to promote the free trade policies that he believed in.
Truman appointed Clayton as the first Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, a post Clayton held for 1946-47.
In 1869 Clayton moved to Wellington to take up a post as the first ( and only ) Colonial Architect, in which position he became central to the public works projects of prime minister Julius Vogel ( Clayton's daughter Mary had married Vogel in 1867 ).
His success in completing these projects led to Rhodes being commissioned for WPA projects in other states, including post office murals at Clayton, Missouri ( now at the Federal Building in Des Moines ), and Glen Ellyn, Illinois ; and a cafeteria mural in the main U. S. Navy building in Washington, D. C.
Clayton and .
Clayton tried to call back the face of the man he had known.
Gavin's lips moved so that Clayton had to stoop to catch the words.
He wiped his lips with a sleeve, then stared at Clayton in a childish kind of wonder.
Clayton choked, shook his head, murmuring, `` No ''.
The old man beckoned with one finger and Clayton went forward to him.
Clayton freed himself from the embrace and stepped back.
`` You take it easy, boy '', Clayton whispered.
Clayton called to him and he came slowly down the steps.
Clayton lifted him gently into the saddle, like a child.
Clayton swung into the saddle and whacked the stallion's rump.
Clayton is with him, takin him out of the valley.
His wife had said to him: `` Nellie is in love with Clayton Roy.
It was the night Clayton had tricked them in the poker game.
The mare began to tire and Clayton felt the spray of snow from the hoofs of Gavin's stallion.
`` John Clayton will see to that ''.
I've got to take Danny away from Clayton before I lose him altogether.
And their arrival caught John Clayton and Charles Ansley off guard.
Dan could hear Clayton Burnside and Eben Jackson summing up their final reckoning for rental on the oxen.
This claim, as submitted to the District Court and dismissed by it, 126 F.Supp.235, alleged violation not only of 7 of the Clayton Act, but also of 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.
Mrs. Clayton Nairne, whose daughter, was among the court maids, chose a deep greenish blue lace gown.
Principal Clayton W. Pohly said he would allow a further collection between classes today, and revealed that Y-Teen Club past surpluses had been used to provide a private hospital nurse Monday for Mrs. Kowalski.
His bill, allegedly aimed at Hoffa, would amend the Sherman, Clayton and Norris-LaGuardia acts to authorize the issuance of federal injunctions in any transportation strike and would make it illegal for any union to act in concert with any other union -- even a sister local in the same international.
In 1914, the Clayton Act attempted to take labor out from under the anti-trust legislation by stating that human labor was not to be considered a commodity.
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