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The Jefferson Davis Presidential Library was established at Beauvoir Plantation, the white-columned Biloxi mansion that was Davis's final home, in 1998, after its use for some years as a Confederate Veterans Home.
* Jefferson Davis's final resting place
Unfortunately, Evans ' orchestral scores from the Porgy and Bess sessions were later found to be incomplete ( or simply lost ), and Quincy Jones and Gil Goldstein attempted to reconstruct these for Miles Davis's final 1991 concerts at Montreux, recorded as Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux.
Davis's 18 – 12 victory over Doug Mountjoy in the final confirmed bookmakers ' early predictions, and in celebration his manager Barry Hearn charged across the arena to lift him up in the air.
At the 1986 World Championship, Davis defeated White 13 – 5 in the quarter-finals and Thorburn 16 – 12 in the semi-finals, Davis's opponent in the final was Joe Johnson, who had started the tournament as a 150 – 1 outsider.
The writers depicted the couple leaving to go on an extended second honeymoon ( their departure in a limousine in the episode " New Beginnings " was Davis's only scene in that episode and his final appearance on the show ) when it became obvious that Davis could no longer continue to work.
The Battle of Hatchie's Bridge, also known as Davis's Bridge or Matamora, was fought on October 5, 1862, in Hardeman County and McNairy County, Tennessee, as the final engagement of the Iuka – Corinth Campaign of the American Civil War.
Manchester United also paid tribute to him after their victory in the 2004 FA Cup Final, when after the final whistle and before the presentation they changed into jerseys printed with Davis's name and squad number ( 36 ) on the back.
The book remained in print and subsequent cheaper printings assisted it in selling well in the decades following Davis's death, thus providing some income for his widow in her final years, though her employment as an editorial writer and a modest income from rental of remaining family properties provided the mainstay of any financial comfort she enjoyed.

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All This and Heaven Too ( 1940 ) was the most financially successful film of Davis's career to that point, while The Letter ( 1940 ) was considered " one of the best pictures of the year " by The Hollywood Reporter, and Davis won admiration for her portrayal of an adulterous killer, a role originated by famed actress Katharine Cornell.
At 29, McQueen got a significant break when Frank Sinatra removed Sammy Davis, Jr., from the film Never So Few after Davis supposedly made some mildly negative remarks about Sinatra in a radio interview, and Davis's role went to McQueen.
In the 1980 federal election, Davis's criticism of Clark's budget was used by the Liberal Party in official campaign documents and it played a role in the federal Tories ' losses in Ontario ; the swing in support enabled the Liberals to regain government.
Davis's role in the constitutional negotiations of 1981 were pivotal in achieving a compromise that resulted in the passage of the 1982 Constitution.
Davis's life, death and legacy was remembered in Victor, a two-hour film, that was written by the Canadian former swimmer Mark Lutz, who appeared in the title role.
Astor further followed Davis's advice and sported a brazenly bobbed hairdo for the role.
In 1971, he returned to Broadway to portray the title role in Ossie Davis's musical Purlie, for which he won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
When Davis's health improved it was intended to bring her back, however, with Baxter on board fulfilling the series matriarchal role it was decided to make Davis ' character an offscreen character, who though mentioned, was never seen.
According to IMDb, Davis's first role was in a 1993 episode of The Detectives.
She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Separate Tables ( 1956 ); she won another Tony in that category for The Night of the Iguana ( 1962 ), playing the luminous Hannah Jelkes ( a role played by Deborah Kerr on film ) opposite Bette Davis's Maxine Faulk.
Davis played an instrumental role in the group being signed by Chess Records who were mainly interested in Davis's songwriting ability.

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In August 1943, Davis's husband, Arthur Farnsworth, collapsed while walking along a Hollywood street and died two days later.
He was appointed as a parliamentary assistant in Davis's government in 1978, and was promoted to Minister without portfolio on August 30, 1979.
After a brief stint with the triple A Rochester Redwings, Davis's return to action was delayed when, while he was sitting in the dugout during an Orioles game on August 1, he was hit in the head by a line drive foul ball of the bat of teammate Jeffrey Hammonds.
Wiseman was appointed as a minister without portfolio in Davis's government on January 21, 1978, and on August 30, 1979 was promoted to Minister of Government Services.
After a brief period in the government backbenches, he was appointed to Bill Davis's cabinet on August 18, 1978 as Minister of Labour.
Prior to Citadel's takeover of the station in August 2007, Davis's show was a full three hours, 9: 00 A. M. to 12: 00 P. M. As a result, Limbaugh, Hannity and Levin were all forced to air on a one hour tape delay ; in the case of Limbaugh, this is especially rare.
He entered Bill Davis's cabinet on January 21, 1978 as Minister of Energy, and was named Minister of Culture and Recreation on August 18, 1978.
He defeated Robinson again with an increased majority in the 1977 election, and was named a minister without portfolio in Bill Davis's government on August 30, 1979.

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Davis's only public response to her daughter's allegations was an open letter to her daughter published in the actress's own book, This ' N That ( 1987 ).
He left Davis's band in 1987 after recording only one album, You're Under Arrest, with them.

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Its discovery was brought to Davis's attention on the following day.
Luxton was not initially supportive of Premier Robert A. Davis ( 1874 – 1878 ), but endorsed the Davis ministry after brought John Norquay into cabinet ( Davis's early supporters were primarily from the francophone community, and Norquay's presence gave the ministry greater credibility among the anglophone population ).
" Fortunately, the Meltzer translation was soon supplanted by a better one prepared by Elliott Mendelson for Martin Davis's anthology The Undecidable ; but it too was not brought to Gödel's attention until almost the last minute, and the new translation was still not wholly to his liking ... when informed that there was not time enough to consider substituting another text, he declared that Mendelson's translation was ' on the whole very good ' and agreed to its publication .< sup > 3 </ sup > Afterward he would regret his compliance, for the published volume was marred throughout by sloppy typography and numerous misprints.
McCague served as parliamentary assistant to the Treasurer just before the 1977 election, and was brought into Bill Davis's cabinet on September 21, 1977 as Minister of Government Services.

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" Carl Laemmle, the head of Universal Studios, considered terminating Davis's employment, but cinematographer Karl Freund told him she had " lovely eyes " and would be suitable for The Bad Sister ( 1931 ), in which she subsequently made her film debut.
He mocked Davis's description of her contract as " slavery " by stating, incorrectly, that she was being paid $ 1, 350 per week.
" Davis's counsel presented her complaints — that she could be suspended without pay for refusing a part, with the period of suspension added to her contract, that she could be called upon to play any part within her abilities regardless of her personal beliefs, that she could be required to support a political party against her beliefs, and that her image and likeness could be displayed in any manner deemed applicable by the studio.
The film was a success, and Davis's performance as a spoiled Southern belle earned her a second Academy Award, which led to speculation in the press that she would be chosen to play a similar character, Scarlett O ' Hara, in Gone with the Wind.
In contrast to Davis's success, her husband, Ham Nelson, had failed to establish a career for himself, and their relationship faltered.
" In one of the film's most imitated scenes, Paul Henreid lights two cigarettes as he stares into Davis's eyes and passes one to her.
Critics responded positively to Davis's performance and several of her lines became well-known, particularly, " Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night.
When it received lukewarm reviews and failed at the box office, Hollywood columnists wrote that Davis's comeback had petered out, and an Academy Award nomination for The Star ( 1952 ) did not halt her decline.
Few of Davis's films of the 1950s were successful and many of her performances were condemned by critics.
Davis's grandson was impressed that she was the subject of a hit song and Davis considered it a compliment, writing to both Carnes and the songwriters, and accepting the gift of gold and platinum records from Carnes, and hanging them on her wall.
Upon her return, she learned that Hyman had published a memoir, My Mother's Keeper, in which she chronicled a difficult mother-daughter relationship and depicted scenes of Davis's overbearing and drunken behavior.
Mike Wallace rebroadcast a 60 Minutes interview he had filmed with Hyman a few years earlier in which she commended Davis on her skills as a mother, and said that she had adopted many of Davis's principles in raising her own children.
Davis's adopted son, Michael Merrill, ended contact with Hyman and refused to speak to her again, as did Davis, who also disinherited her.
Edwin Schallert for the Los Angeles Times praised Davis's performance in Mr. Skeffington ( 1944 ), while observing, " the mimics will have more fun than a box of monkeys imitating Miss Davis ", and Dorothy Manners at the Los Angeles Examiner said of her performance in the poorly received Beyond the Forest ( 1949 ), " no night club caricaturist has ever turned in such a cruel imitation of the Davis mannerisms as Bette turns on herself in this one ".
Angela Lansbury summed up the feeling of those of the Hollywood community who attended her memorial service, commenting after a sample from Davis's films were screened, that they had witnessed " an extraordinary legacy of acting in the twentieth century by a real master of the craft ", that should provide " encouragement and illustration to future generations of aspiring actors ".
* 1934: Davis's performance in Of Human Bondage ( 1934 ) was widely acclaimed and when she was not nominated for an Academy Award, several influential people mounted a campaign to have her name included.

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