As Davis explained in his memoir The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, he believed that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.

" Davis explained that he worked at the nightclub and refused to move.

Countering Gould, Davis further explained that Goddard proposed that the low IQs of the sub-normally intelligent men and women who took the cognitive-ability test likely derived from their social environments rather than from their respective genetic inheritances, and concluded that " we may be confident that their children will be of average intelligence, and, if rightly brought up, will be good citizens.

The director, Robert Aldrich, explained that Davis and Crawford were each aware of how important the film was to their respective careers and commented, " It's proper to say that they really detested each other, but they behaved absolutely perfectly.

Davis later explained her actions with the observation, " when I was most unhappy I lashed out rather than whined ".

The director, Robert Aldrich, explained that Davis and Crawford were each aware of how important the film was to their respective careers and commented, " It's proper to say that they really detested each other, but they behaved absolutely perfectly.

Davis ' negative ads against Riordan and a variety of other equally important factors explained on the 2002 election page, led to Riordan's defeat in the Republican primary by the more staunchly conservative candidate Bill Simon.

This quantitatively explained the observed Leo Davis protons.

Mark Evanier recently explained that the reason Arlene only appeared once in the series was that Jim Davis had a very specific idea of how the Arlene character should be and told the writers that if they couldn't be faithful to it, they shouldn't use her.

" However, in his October 2004 Geography article, " That Certain Feeling: Mike Davis, Truth and the City ," Kevin Stannard held that this " controversy is explained by Davis's ambiguous balancing of academic research and reportage ," although that same balance has also been noted for its informative readability and effectiveness ( see above ).

Similarly, historian William C. Davis explained the Confederate Constitution's protection of slavery at the national level as follows:

The driver explained to the trooper that she was driving the Famous Davis Sisters to a concert and they were late.

Clive Davis later explained the thinking behind releasing the song as the debut single from the album:

Rutherford, who was 70 years old when the first film was made, insisted that she wear her own clothes during the filming of the movie, as well as having her real-life husband, Stringer Davis appear alongside her as the character ' Mr Stringer '.

Parton's initial success came as a songwriter, writing two top ten hits with her uncle Bill Owens: Bill Phillips's " Put it off Until Tomorrow " and Skeeter Davis ' 1967 hit " Fuel to the Flame ".

Upon leaving Wagoner's organization in 1974, Parton formed her own " Travelin ' Family Band ", made up largely of siblings, cousins and other family members, and touring with a number of other acts, including Willie Nelson and Mac Davis.

At least 70 new members entered the latter, with 20 seats going to Fatah representatives from the Gaza Strip, 11 seats filled by women ( the highest number of votes went to one woman who spent years in Israeli jails for her role in the resistance ), four seats went to Christians, and one was filled by a Jewish-born convert to Islam, Uri Davis, the first Jewish-born person to be elected to the Revolutionary Council since its founding in 1958.

" For the next several decades, Davis claimed she was fired, and although Cukor never understood why she placed so much importance on an incident he considered so minor, he never worked with her again.

She bequeathed Davis her plantation before her death in 1878, as well as additional funds for his support.

For eight years following Sarah's death, Davis was reclusive ; he worshipped her memory.

Knowing she was severely ill, in 1878 Dorsey made over her will, leaving Beauvoir and her financial assets to Jefferson Davis and, in the case of his death, to his only surviving child, Winnie Davis.

Davis ' mother, Cleota Mae ( Henry ) Davis, wanted her son to learn the piano ; she was a capable blues pianist but kept this fact hidden from her son.

In 1929, her mother married Loyal Davis ( 1896 – 1982 ), a prominent, politically conservative neurosurgeon who moved the family to Chicago.

At the time of the adoption, her name was legally changed to Nancy Davis ( since birth, she had commonly been called Nancy ).

Following her graduation, Davis held jobs in Chicago as a sales clerk in Marshall Field's department store and as a nurse's aide.

" In 1951, Davis appeared in her favorite screen role, Night Into Morning, a study of bereavement starring Ray Milland.

" MGM released Davis from her contract in 1952 ; she sought a broader range of parts, but also married Reagan, keeping her professional name as Davis, and had her first child that year.

One viewpoint is presented in ( Davis and Lineweaver, 2003 ).

ABC had insisted on inviting either William F. Buckley, Jr. or William Rusher of the conservative National Review magazine to have a balanced viewpoint, but Davis declined.

Cannibalism was reported by the journalist Neil Davis during the South East Asian wars of the 1960s and 1970s.

* Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis, journalist

* Henry Rust Mighels, journalist, politician, first husband of Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis

* April 11 – Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author ( b. 1864 )

Among the better-known graduates are screenwriters for the television show Friends David Crane and Marta Kauffman, political activists Abbie Hoffman and Angela Davis, journalist Thomas Friedman, Congressman Stephen J. Solarz, physicist Edward Witten, novelist Ha Jin, political theorist Michael Walzer, actress Debra Messing, philosopher Michael Sandel, Olympic Silver Medalist fencer Timothy Morehouse, social and psychoanalytic theorist Nancy Chodorow, and author Mitch Albom.

Plumstead was also the home of the Peculiar People and a fascinating account of this Protestant sect is recorded in ' Unorthodox London ' by the journalist Dr Davis.

* Evan Davis, journalist

Music journalist Stephen Davis claims the influences of the style can be traced back to acts like Aerosmith, Kiss, Boston, Cheap Trick, and The New York Dolls.

Notable Vassar alumni include first black graduate Anita Florence Hemmings ( 1897 ), poet Edna St. Vincent Millay ( 1917 ), computer pioneer Grace Hopper ( 1928 ), poet Elizabeth Bishop ( 1934 ), physician Beatrix Hamburg ( 1944 ), politician and activist Frances Farenthold, psychiatrist Bernadine P. Healy ( 1965 ), actress Meryl Streep ( 1971 ), CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Chip Reid ( 1977 ), television personality Andrew Zimmern ( 1984 ), actress Lisa Kudrow ( 1985 ), actress Hope Davis ( 1986 ), musician Mark Ronson, journalist Evan Wright ( 1988 ), writer-director Noah Baumbach ( 1991 ), Flickr founder Caterina Fake ( 1991 ), What Not to Wear host Stacy London ( 1991 ), Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn ( 1996 ), actress Lecy Goranson.

* Stephen Davis, music journalist and biographer.

He was survived by his wife Claudia Cockburn ( daughter of journalist Claud Cockburn and Hope Hale Davis ), whom he had married in 1959, and their daughters Laura and Stephanie.

* William Davis ( journalist ) ( born 1933 ), economics editor, BBC presenter, editor of Punch, 1969 – 1977

* David E. Davis ( 1930 – 2011 ), automotive journalist and founder of Automobile magazine

* Warren Davis ( Canadian journalist ), Canadian television journalist

Seth Brundle ( Jeff Goldblum ), a brilliant but eccentric scientist, meets Veronica Quaife ( Geena Davis ), a journalist for Particle magazine, at a meet-the-press event held by Bartok Science Industries, the company that provides funding for Brundle's work.

The suspension system gave the 4200 pound ( 1900 kg ) car the benefits of a both a smooth ride and handling that allowed it, in the words of automotive journalist David E. Davis, to be " tossed about like a Mini.

* S. C. H. " Sammy " Davis ( 1887 – 1981 ), British journalist and motor racing driver

* Glenn Davis ( sports broadcaster ), American sports journalist, soccer player and coach

Past members include actor Essie Davis, Charles Wooley from the Australian 60 Minutes, journalist Helene Chung Martin, and theatre director Roger Hodgman.

* Seth Davis ( born 1970 ), American sports journalist

* Michael DeMond Davis ( 1939 – 2003 ), American journalist

The use of advanced technologies to ensure pollution-free air, Rennie Davis told a journalist, would be a practical demonstration of what it means to have Heaven on Earth.

Originally intended as a fan project based on a suggestion by journalist Cameron Davis in a Zzap! 64 discussion forum, a number of ex-Newsfield writers later volunteered to join the project, including former editors Gordon Houghton, Robin Hogg and Paul Glancey.