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After spending some time visiting relatives and studying in New York, Hindman went back to Ripley and commenced his law studies under Orlando Davis, a notable local attorney and Whig Party politician.
Davis was admitted to the bar in Pope County, Arkansas and commenced private practice of law in Russellville.
Once the controversy and battles among students, faculty, and administration commenced — featuring lively figures such as Herbert Schiller, Herbert Marcuse, and Angela Davis -- the future of Third College would be in a turmoil that didn't fully clear until it finally received its official name, Thurgood Marshall College, in 1993.
According to The History of Jefferson County, Iowa ( 1879 ), " This was a strip of land on the west bank of the Mississippi River, the western boundary of which commenced at the southeast corner of the present county of Davis ; thence to a point on Cedar River, near the northeast corner of Johnson County ; thence northwest to the neutral grounds of the Winnebagoes ; thence to the Mississippi to a point above Prairie du Chien ..." Still another history describes it as extending from the Yellow River in the north to the Des Moines River in the south.

Davis and remarks
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.
After hearing Archie's racist remarks, Davis asks for a photograph with him.
About his last years, Davis ( 2002 ) remarks:
Many members praised Applewhite in their final messages ; Davis describes their remarks as " regurgitations of Do's gospel ".
A production of The People of Clarendon County — a Play by Ossie Davis, & the Answer to Racism, presenting Aesthetic Realism as the educational method that explains and changes prejudice and racism, was staged in the Congressional Auditorium of the US Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC on October 21, 2009, with introductory remarks given by House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn.
The remarks stated that the general was now convinced that the initial reports of cowardice by Davis ' men " had been misrepresented " and that their retreat had been " not only excusable, but absolutely justifiable ".
Jackson availed himself of this offer, writing an extensive letter in which he implied that Adair had masterminded a conspiracy to misrepresent Thomas ' remarks as Jackson's and cover up the cowardice of Davis ' men.
" Michele Davis, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council, told Newsweek that it was impossible to determine whether the dissent from the DIA and questions raised by the CIA were seen by officials at the White House prior to the president's remarks.
Davis also stated that President Bush's remarks were " based on what was put forward to him as the views of the intelligence community " and that those views came from " an aggregation " of sources.
In a 1969 episode of Bewitched Samantha, attending a game at Shea Stadium to see the New York Mets host the Dodgers, remarks " Willie Davis just hit a grand slam!

Davis and by
A constant problem confronting Davis on any proposals for new taxes will be the charge by his foes that he has not tried to economize.
Lincoln's followers organized a campaign team led by David Davis, Norman Judd, Leonard Swett, and Jesse DuBois, and Lincoln received his first endorsement to run for the presidency.
Considered by Confederate President Jefferson Davis to be the finest general officer in the Confederacy before the emergence of Robert E. Lee, he was killed early in the Civil War at the Battle of Shiloh and was the highest-ranking officer, Union or Confederate, killed during the entire war.
Eastern Tennessee was held for the Confederacy by two unimpressive brigadier generals appointed by Jefferson Davis, Felix Zollicoffer, a brave but untrained and inexperienced officer, and soon to be Maj. Gen. George B. Crittenden, a former U. S. Army officer with apparent alcohol problems.
An adjacent marker was erected by the San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of The Republic of Texas and the Lee, Roberts, and Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederate States of America.
* 1959 – Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.
In recent years, the tea has been popularized by Wade Davis ( The Serpent and The Rainbow ), English novelist Martin Goodman in I Was Carlos Castaneda, Chilean novelist Isabel Allende, writer Kira Salak, author Jeremy Narby ( The Cosmic Serpent ), author Jay Griffiths (" Wild: An Elemental Journey "), and radio personality Robin Quivers.
Other productions within Europe waited until the end of the Second World War, some notable ones being in January 1963 in London at Sadler's Wells Opera conducted by Colin Davis and in Berlin in September 1977 by the Komische Oper.
Saron, in Davis Street, Aberaman, was used for regular services by a small group of members until 2011.
The track with Cher also resulted in a music video directed by Tamra Davis and Yvette Kaplan.
As a Raider assistant, Walsh was trained in the vertical passing offense favored by Al Davis, putting Walsh in Davis's mentor Sid Gillman's coaching tree.
" Speaking of Milt Brown and himself working with songs done by Jimmie Davis, the Skillet Lickers, Jimmie Rodgers, and others, and songs he'd learned from his father, he said that " We'd pull these tunes down an set ' em in a dance category.
If you admired a necklace worn by Bette Davis in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, you could buy a copy from Joseff of Hollywood, who made the original.
Cannibalism was reported by the journalist Neil Davis during the South East Asian wars of the 1960s and 1970s.
Some strips which are still in affiliation with the original creator are produced by small teams or entire companies, such as Jim Davis ' Garfield, however there is some debate if these strips fall in this category.
The famous murder of William Davis by strike breakers, and the seizing of the New Waterford power plant by striking miners led to a major union sentiment that persists to this day in some circles.
This animal, initially given the name the Elmendorf Beast, was later determined by DNA assay conducted at University of California, Davis to be a coyote with demodectic or sarcoptic mange.
He was succeeded in 1978 by Tom Davis of the Democratic Party.
by Natalie Zemon Davis.
Instead, it was 1927 Le Mans winner, S. C. H. " Sammy " Davis who was brought in as a track design advisor in July 1946 although the layout was partly dictated by the existing roads.
Many original television theme songs of the era also showed a strong disco influence, such as " Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow " ( theme from Baretta, performed by Sammy Davis, Jr. and later a hit single for Rhythm Heritage ), Theme from " S. W. A. T.

Davis and general
This delay allowed Jefferson Davis finally to send reinforcements from the garrisons of coastal cities and another highly rated but prickly general, Braxton Bragg, to help organize the western forces.
Jefferson Davis considered him the best general in the country ; this was two months before the emergence of Robert E. Lee as the pre-eminent general of the Confederacy.
* 2002 – Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American Air Force general ( b. 1912 )
In recognition of Davis ' bravery and initiative, commanding general Zachary Taylor is reputed to have said, " My daughter, sir, was a better judge of men than I was.
" On May 17, 1847, President James K. Polk offered Davis a Federal commission as a brigadier general and command of a brigade of militia.
" On January 23, 1861, Pettus made Davis a major general of the Army of Mississippi.
Davis wanted to serve as a general in the Confederate States Army and not as the president, but accepted the role for which he had been chosen.
Davis was fascinated by Paris and its cultural environment, where black jazz musicians, and African Americans in general, often felt better respected than they did in their homeland.
* 1940 – Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
* 1954 – Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
It is the work of the famous geographer William Morris Davis who not only made important contributions to the establishment of discipline in his country, but revolutionized the field to develop geographical cycle theory which he proposed as a paradigm for Geography in general, although in actually served as a paradigm for Physical Geography.
Arthur Jensen and Bernard Davis argued that if the g factor ( general intelligence factor ) were replaced with a model that tested several types of intelligence, it would change results less than one might expect.
In 1959, the Legislature promoted the " Farm " and " Experiment Station " to the rank of " general campus ", creating, respectively, UC Davis and UC Riverside.
** Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general ( b. 1912 )
" John Abt, general counsel of the Communist Party USA, was one of the first attorneys to represent Davis for her alleged involvement in the shootings.
He met with Confederate President Jefferson Davis at the executive mansion on June 22, 1861, where he was informed that he had been appointed a brigadier general with date of rank on June 17, a commission he accepted on June 25.
By 1872 Jacob Samuels, William Jesse Boaz, and William Henry Davis had opened general stores.
* Steward Machine Company v. Davis, 301 U. S, 548 ( 1937 ) held, in a 5 – 4 decision, that, given the exigencies of the Great Depression, " is too late today for the argument to be heard with tolerance that in a crisis so extreme the use of the moneys of the nation to relieve the unemployed and their dependents is a use for any purpose narrower than the promotion of the general welfare ".
Johnny Davis was named head coach, while Brad Greenberg took over as general manager.
* Watts Woodland Airport, UC Davis University Airport and Yolo County Airport are three general aviation airports located within Yolo County.
Bette Davis refused to work with him again after he called her a " goddamned nothing no good sexless son of a bitch "; he had a low opinion of actors in general, saying that acting " is fifty percent a big bag of tricks.
Davis won the 1998 general election for Governor with 57. 9 % of the vote, defeating Republican Dan Lungren who had 38. 4 %.

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