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.

Davis had expected this but waited until he received official notification ; then on January 21, the day Davis called " the saddest day of my life ", he delivered a farewell address to the United States Senate, resigned and returned to Mississippi.

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.

The contract allowed for five aluminium microphone stands to be made, but Davis purchased only two of the three he was entitled to.

The terms of the settlement are confidential, but it was reported that under its terms Davis purchased the McGah family's interest in the Raiders ( approximately 31 percent ), which gave him for the first time a majority interest, speculated to be approximately 67 percent of the team.

In 1872, Jacob Davis, a tailor who frequently purchased bolts of cloth from the Levi Strauss & Co. wholesale house, wrote to Strauss asking to partner with him to patent and sell clothing reinforced with rivets.

In 1852 John Davis purchased in Mecosta Township and John Parish purchased in Big Rapids.

Under the Davis administration, California purchased for urban parks.

Hillsborough is located on the Rancho San Mateo Mexican land grant which was purchased by William Davis Merry Howard, son of a wealthy Hillsborough, New Hampshire shipping magnate, in 1846.

The city was founded by Philadelphia publisher F. A. Davis, who purchased of Hamilton Disston's land around 1911.

Thompson, was purchased from Norm Davis.

The area that would become Almira was first settled in the 1880s by Charles C. Davis purchased land and erected a small store to serve the few settlers living in the area.

When the Greville's purchased the property in 1906, they extensively remodelled the house with the help of Mewes and Davis, architects of the Ritz Hotel.

Joe Davis purchased the Gennett shellac allocation, some of which he used for his own labels, and some of which he sold to the newly organized Capitol Records.

In 2005, David R. Foley purchased the rights from Davis for modification of the suite for a full-sized pinball cabinet based on the Visual Pinball software.

Geffen also arranged Nyro ’ s new recording contract with Clive Davis at Columbia Records, and purchased the publishing rights to her early compositions.

Reportedly, the song was copyrighted under Davis ' name and that of longtime sideman Charles Mitchell, after they purchased it from Rice.

Davis also purchased the country ballad " It Makes No Difference Now " from its composer Floyd Tillman.

In 1982, PolyGram purchased 20th Century Fox Records from 20th Century Fox, which was just recently brought out by oil magnate Marvin Davis, who was not interested in keeping the record company.

Ziff Davis purchased titles like Car and Driver and by gearing content towards enthusiasts and readers who made purchasing decisions for their companies (" brand specifiers "), the company was able to attract advertising money that other, general-interest publications were losing.

Jacob Davis, a Jewish emigrant from Latvia, was a tailor who frequently purchased bolts of cloth made from hemp from Levi Strauss & Co .' s wholesale house.

In 1925, William Davis borrowed $ 10, 000 from his father and moved to Miami, Florida, where he purchased the Rockmoor Grocery.

Davis purchased a hotel in September 1870.

In 1887 he purchased the rights of the other Davis heirs and received a new deed in his name.