Historian Paul K. Davis wrote, " Having defeated Eudes, he turned to the Rhine to strengthen his northeastern borders-but in 725 was diverted south with the activity of the Muslims in Acquitane.

After a 33-yard kickoff return by Andre Coleman, the Chargers advanced to the San Francisco 33-yard line, but they turned the ball over on downs when Humphries ' fourth down pass was broken up by Davis.

On the next play, Elway completed a short pass to running back Terrell Davis, who turned it into a 39-yard gain.

The move was made under unfortunate circumstances – as it turned out that Davis had leukemia, and died without ever playing a down in professional football.

Davis traveled to Haiti in 1982 and, as a result of his investigations, claimed that a living person can be turned into a zombie by two special powders being introduced into the blood stream ( usually via a wound ).

Welch denied the claims via his Myspace, stating that Korn had been asking him to rejoin but he had turned down the offers after Jonathan Davis and Munky had refused to meet him when Welch visited Fieldy socially.

However, Davis turned the role down.

An oft-told " attractive myth " is that Strauss initially sold brown canvas pants to miners, eventually dyed them blue, turned to using denim, and after Davis wrote to him, Strauss added rivets to his blue jeans.

Davis, however, was elected to the US Senate from Illinois, resigned from the Court and turned down the commission appointment.

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 ".

In spring 1958, however, Witten's friend Thomas Marston, a Yale librarian, acquired from London book dealer Irving Davis a dilapidated medieval copy of volume 3 of Vincent of Beauvais's encyclopedic Speculum historiale (" Historical Mirror "), which turned out to be the missing link ; the wormholes showing that it had formerly had the map at its beginning and the Relation at its end.

Philadelphia publisher F. A. Davis turned on St. Petersburg's first electrical service in 1897 and its first trolley service in 1904.

The selection of Jefferson Davis as the new nation's chief executive not only dashed Toombs's highest hopes but also turned him into one of the most outspoken critics of the Confederate government and its policies.

The play was turned into a film starring Bette Davis, and again into a made-for-television film starring Katharine Hepburn, under the direction of Williams's close friend George Cukor.

In 1992, she turned down a higher-paying role on Designing Women to co-star in Davis Rules with Jonathan Winters, Randy Quaid, and Audrey Meadows.

Bette Davis initially turned down the script, but Warner Bros. studio production chief Hal B. Wallis convinced her she could make something special out of the character, who had been inspired by one of Davis ' idols, actress Jeanne Eagels.

The studio had originally intended it as a vehicle for Bette Davis and Joan Crawford earlier but Davis had noted that she didn't want to make a " dyke movie " and turned it down.

After a successful run by the Leeds Library Theatre Company, touring the United Kingdom in October and November 2003, the play was turned into a television drama starring Mark Gatiss and Julia Davis, broadcast in October 2006 on BBC Four as one of a series of culinary-themed dramas.

This version of Bizarro was once a Kryptonian experiment ( similar to Davis Bloome / Doomsday ) turned into a wraith, trapped in the Phantom Zone until Clark accidentally released him.

The attacks on both sides turned off voters and suppressed turnout ; Davis ultimately won with 47 % of the vote.

Other Lights Out plays that turned up on various late 1930s variety programs included " Danse Macabre " ( with Boris Karloff ), " Alter Ego " ( with Bette Davis ) and " The Harp.

" 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.

However the Arista deal broke down following artistic disagreements between McLean and the Arista chief, Clive Davis.

Bill Doran and Glenn Davis held down the right side of the field but Lainer rotated the left side.

In April 1863, food shortages led to rioting in Richmond, as poor people robbed and looted numerous stores for food until Davis cracked down and restored order.

For his part, Davis was fully aware of the importance of the project, which he pursued to the point of turning down a job with Duke Ellington's orchestra.

The Chargers then drove to their own 46-yard line, but 49ers defensive back Eric Davis intercepted Humphries ' third down pass in the end zone with 10 seconds left in the half, and the score remained 28-10 at halftime.

The Silver Dollar burnt down and was replaced with Davis Concrete.

Scenes from Two Soldiers, which won the 2004 Academy Award for best live action short film, were filmed in front of Davis Brothers and the old Morse and Wade Building, a turn-of the century building that was on the National Registry but torn down in 2006.

In the 1988-94 cartoon series Garfield and Friends, one episode (" Mystic Manor ") has a scene of Garfield sliding down a fireman's pole in a haunted house, and Davis has, in briefs, himself drawing a cartoon.

Also during 1993, Pryce was set to star alongside River Phoenix and Judy Davis in the film Dark Blood, but production had to be shut down when, 11 days shy of completing production, Phoenix died of a drug overdose.

" Davis was originally scheduled to step down after the 2007-2008 season, but in October 2007, Davis and the PSO mutually agreed to terminate his contract early and for him not to conduct his scheduled concerts in the 2007-2008 season, because of increased demands on Davis ' schedule.

Originally named Girl's Tyme, they were eventually cut down to six members including Támar Davis and sisters Nikki and Nina Taylor.

Mathew Knowles cut down the original lineup to four, with the removal of Davis and the Taylor sisters and the inclusion of LeToya Luckett in 1993.

In the early few minutes of the film, when Davis ' character shoots a man down her porch steps, the Singaporeans gathering round the scene exclaim, " Patay!

Davis sent a commission to Washington with an offer to pay for any federal property on Southern soil, as well as the Southern portion of the national debt.

Determined to offer the repeal to congress that Monday but reluctant to act without Pierce ’ s commitment, Douglas arranged through Secretary of War Davis to meet with President Pierce on Sunday even though Pierce generally refrained from conducting any business on a Sunday.

Convinced that her career was being damaged by a succession of mediocre films, Davis accepted an offer in 1936 to appear in two films in Britain.

Warner offered her services to Selznick as part of a deal that also included Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, but Selznick did not consider Davis as suitable, and rejected the offer, while Davis did not want Flynn cast as Rhett Butler.

On October 16, 1923, Walt Disney accepted Margaret Winkler's, of Universal Studios ' offer to distribute the new Alice Comedies starring Virginia Davis.

Davis, however, remained undaunted, doubling almost every cash advance offer Chapin received from Holzman.

Davis was even said to offer Clarkson $ 10 million to scrap five of her songs, but she refused.

Davis and Durst would often offer suggestions for each other's lyrics ; a lyric written by Durst as " tootin ' on your bagpipe " was changed to " fagpipes " by Davis, who stated " I helped him bag on me better ".

For example, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been supporting an academic major called the University Without Walls-UMass Amherst which is dedicated to helping non-traditional students complete their bachelor's degrees since 1971. Women's colleges also offer programs for older women who would like to return to school, such as Agnes Scott College's Irene K. Woodruff return-to-college program, Mount Holyoke College's Frances Perkins Program, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College's Women's External Degree Program, Simmons College ( Massachusetts )' s Dorothea Lynde Dix Scholars Program, Smith College's Ada Comstock Scholars Program, Bryn Mawr College's Katherine McBride Scholars Program, and Wellesley College's Davis Degree Program.

However, Davis was quoted in The Birmingham News as stating that he did not anticipate such an offer, and would refuse it if made.

In a December 31, 2008 article published on the website of The New York Times, Davis said that he turned down an offer from representatives of Blagojevich to appoint him to the Senate.

Many AFL fans held the belief that had Al Davis been given the opportunity to continue his efforts, the NFL would have been compelled to offer much more favorable terms to its rival, perhaps even accepting a permanent baseball-style " two league system " where the AFL could retain its unique rules and identity.

Lukather turned down an offer to join Miles Davis ' band to accept their invitation.

UC Davis School of Medicine is known for the quality of its student-run clinics, which offer free primary care to the uninsured, low-income and other underserved population of Sacramento and surrounding areas.

The Arlington Heights-Harvard Station via Massachusetts Avenue, 83 Rindge Ave .-Central Square, Cambridge via Porter Square Station, and 96 Medford Square-Harvard Station via George Street & Davis Square Station buses offer full service through Porter.

Davis, who enjoyed working with powerful actresses capable of challenging her to outmatch them in scenes in which they interacted, felt Astor was the best of the lot and insisted studio head Jack L. Warner test her again, this time playing the piano, when producer Hal B. Wallis seemed disinclined to offer her the role.

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.

Davis was keen on accepting an offer to extend his deal, but United manager Alex Ferguson recalled him.

Father Samuel Weber O. S. B was the first to offer a regularly scheduled Mass in that form in the Diocese of Charlotte since 1969, at Davis Chapel.

With a lucrative career as a session musician, Feldman declined Davis ' offer to join the group, and both he and Butler were left behind in California.

Bartow appealed personally to the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, using a new law authored by Louis T. Wigfall of Texas that authorized any citizen to offer any voluntary military force directly, without state mediation, to the Confederate President, who would also determine its military leader.

Hearing that Legion of Super-Heroes, headquartered on Earth, frequently held open tryouts for superhuman teens to join their ranks, E. Davis figured he would offer his services to them.