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The revolution in jazz that took place around 1949, the evolution from the `` bebop '' school of Dizzy Gillespie to the `` cool '' sound of Miles Davis and Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, and the whole legend of Charlie Parker, had made an impression on many academic and literary men.
Davis commenced his remarks by an allusion to the general feeling of opposition which the meeting had encountered from many of the citizens and all the newspapers of the city.
Nearly twenty-five years before, Captain John Davis had noted, as he sailed near the Arctic Circle, `` a very great gulf, the water whirling and roaring, as it were the meeting of tides ''.
Church official Philip G. Davis noted that the administration and Colonnade buildings had not been fully used for many years and that vacancy increased after staff reductions in 2004.
Essendon had tough, but talented players with the likes of " Rotten Ronnie " Ron Andrews and experienced players such as Barry Davis, Ken Fletcher, Geoff Blethyn, Neville Fields and West Australian import Graham Moss.
Bob Davis acknowledges the possibility that had Coleman played, Essendon may well have won, given that Geelong had no true match for him, as Coleman was simply too skilled.
Davis quickly apologized for the poorly timed comic strip, claiming that it had been written a year in advance and that both his brother and son were veterans.
Bogart's disputes with Warner Bros. over roles and money were similar to those the studio had with other less-than-obedient stars, such as Bette Davis, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland.
Davis believed that his company had paid too much for Infocom and initiated a lawsuit against them to recoup some of the cost, along with changing the way Infocom was run.
Bolstered by this success, Brown recruited a new band, consisted of saxophonist J. C. Davis, guitarist Bobby Roach, bassist Bernard Odum, trumpeter Roscoe Patrick, saxophonist Albert Corley, drummer Nat Kendrick and his old band mate Bobby Byrd, who had rejoined Brown's band on organ.
Historians have criticized Davis for being a much less effective war leader than his Union counterpart Abraham Lincoln, which they attribute to Davis being overbearing, controlling, and overly meddlesome, as well as being out of touch with public opinion, and lacking support from a political party ( since the Confederacy had no political parties ).
Both of Davis ' paternal grandparents had immigrated to North America from the region of Snowdonia in the North of Wales ; the rest of his ancestry can be traced to England.
Reportedly the chief liked Davis because of the kind treatment he had shown.
By early 1836, Davis had purchased 16 slaves.
That same year, Davis met Varina Banks Howell, then 17 years old, whom his brother Joseph had invited for the Christmas season at Hurricane plantation.
Within a month of their meeting, the 35-year-old widower Davis had asked Varina to marry him.
Jefferson and Varina Howell Davis had six children ; three died before reaching adulthood.
He had not served a year when he resigned ( in September 1851 ) to run for the governorship of Mississippi on the issue of the Compromise of 1850, which Davis opposed.
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.
Anticipating a call for his services since Mississippi had seceded, Davis had sent a telegraph message to Governor Pettus saying, " Judge what Mississippi requires of me and place me accordingly.

Davis and expected
But if all alternatives should be clearly blocked off, it can be expected the Davis administration will take steps to trim spending at the spring session of the state Legislature.
After the game, the expected heated confrontation between Rozelle and Davis was actually very civil.
Gwin expected that a southern route would be approved — both Davis and Robert J. Walker, former secretary of the treasury, supported it.
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.
The Patriots expected a pass play from the Panthers, but instead running back Stephen Davis ran for 21 yards on the next play to set up kicker John Kasay's 50-yard field goal as time expired in the half, cutting Carolina's deficit to 14 – 10.
In mid-1967, with three gold albums to their credit, The Raiders were Columbia's top-selling rock group ; their Greatest Hits was one of two releases selected by Clive Davis to test a higher list price for albums expected to be particularly popular, along with Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits.
" Asked about a debate Davis moderated with pro alien abduction John Mack, Davis said that many people expected him to support Mack, but they discovered that he was " way on the other side ".
Davis had recently filed a lawsuit against Warners, with part of her protest being the inferior quality of scripts she was expected to play.
When the strip was launched, Jim Davis expected it to become quickly popular, but criticism forced it to end after 3 years in 1989.
Davis had been expected to call an election to seek a further mandate from the voters, but surprised pundits by retiring from political life instead.
Harry L. Davis, then the Governor of Ohio, was expected to attend the games alongside several other notable people of the time.
At 2 p. m., as they waited for sounds of Huger's expected attack, Lee, Longstreet, and visiting Confederate President Jefferson Davis were conferring on horseback when they came under heavy artillery fire, wounding two men and killing three horses.
On 25 November 1971 Stephen Davis wrote in Rolling Stone magazine ; " A surprisingly, fine piece of work from a man who wasn't really expected to come back.
" The court found that the formation of the troops on the west bank was " exceptional ", noting that 500 Louisiana troops supported by three artillery pieces and protected by a strong breastwork were charged with defending a line that stretched only while Davis ' 170 Kentuckians, poorly armed and protected only by a small ditch, were expected to defend a line over long.
Davis was expected to be the Tigers primary center fielder in 1994, however injuries limited him to just 37 games and batting average of just. 183.
With Dylan not expected to release any new material for an extended period of time, CBS Records president Clive Davis proposed issuing a double LP compilation of older material.
After a harrowing trip and a supposed delivery of information to President Jefferson Davis and other Confederate leaders in Richmond, Virginia, they passed on to Savannah, Georgia and ultimately to the expected safety of New Orleans, Louisiana.
At the end of the 2005 – 06 campaign, Davis stated that Portsmouth supporters had yet to see his best form, and expected that after having taken part in a full pre-season, that he would be much more prepared to play a greater role in the coming season.
The reason for not dominated as expected it was the failure of Nick Davis as well as reinforcement of their replacements until he came, of course, Richard Lugo.

Davis and waited
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.
A second take was quickly made with minimal accompaniment while Sammy Davis, Jr. waited outside the studio for his turn behind the microphone.
At the event Davis declared that " All I can say is, honestly, very soon now, every single human being will know the one who was waited for by every religion of all times has actually come.
McElfresh was then shot by John Doe Davis, one of the few Wobblies never to be captured, as he waited his turn outside.
Mawson staggered back into the Cape Denison hut a month later, missing the Aurora by a matter of hours ; she had waited for Mertz, Mawson and Ninnis for three weeks until — concerned by the encroaching winter ice — Davis had sailed her out of Commonwealth Bay and back to Australia.

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