Described by peers as gentle, self-effacing, and ambivalent toward politics, Henry Swift was Minnesota's third governor for less than a year, completing the second term of Alexander Ramsey, who had been elected United States Senator.

Described as a " flamboyant " and " gregarious " player who " never did anything without flair ", Yardley had a stellar 7-year career, making the NBA All-Star team every year except for his rookie season.

Described by the Los Angeles Times as " one of the best poets in the nation ," her 2009 book, Dearest Creature, was named one of the notable books of the year by the New York Times.

Described as a cross between The People's Court and Bowling for Dollars, the show had participants play against each other to settle feuds and win nearly worthless prizes ( in the second 1998 episode, a player received merchandise for a radio station that had been defunct for two years ; gift certificates for Old Country Buffet were common that year ).

Described as a " gentleman of the old school ", Bland died in his bed from " a disease of the heart " in Annapolis, Maryland on November 16, 1846.

Described as having " a traditional, old fashioned feel ", the ground has three sides of terracing.

Described as having " a traditional, old fashioned feel ", the ground has three sides of terracing and one all-seater Main Stand, the latter with a capacity of around 1, 000.

Described by Shaw as " a genial and fairly presentable old blackguard of a woman ".

* Uncle Grandfather ( Matt Maiellaro ) – Described by producer Matt Harrigan as a " bald, pot-bellied, dirty old man ," Uncle Grandfather is Gerald's father figure of sorts.

Described in the late 19th century as an old village 6 miles from Sheffield, it was noted for the manufacture of nails.

Lummis took photographs of the buildings and published them in his own book, Home of Ramona: Photographs of Camulos, the fine old Spanish Estate Described by Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson as the Home of " Ramona ".

Described by Samuel Pepys as " the prettiest woman in the whole house " and " the handsomest man ", the rumor of the time had him playing female roles off stage as well.

Described as " a woman of formidable character and ambition ... Clémentine dominated her husband and spoilt her children.

Described as " skilled as a goddess ", " fair " and " proud ", Hecamede was not a concubine but a serving woman.

Described as a drifting, curious child, his earliest pursuits included copious amounts of drawing and hearing ghost stories from a local woman he nicknamed " Nononba ".

Described in press reports of her death as " the oldest person in England " and the " oldest woman in the UK ", Reeves was survived by both Lucy d ' Abreu of Scotland, aged 113, and Judy Ingamells of Enfield, born one month before her and recognized as England's oldest woman by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Described as counterculture patriots, they were ardent conspiracy theorists, government watchdogs and computer hackers who frequently assisted central X-Files characters Mulder and Scully, though they sometimes had their own adventures.

Described as a " rumpled, eccentric poet ", and sometimes considered a rather ineffectual person, he was close to the Bloomsbury Group, who called him ' Bob Trevy '.

Described as " the most eclectic and unpredictable of the literary world's annual gongs ", Michelle Pauli posed the question in relation to the longlist for the 2004 edition: " Where would you find Michael Dobbs and Tony Parsons up against Umberto Eco and Milan Kundera for a € 100, 000 prize?

Described as the " East Lothian answer ", the plan would allow English MPs to discuss " England only " bills in a grand committee that would then vote on the bill.

Described by Riley as " the unalloyed sting of a romantic perfidy ", " I Don't Believe You ( She Acts Like We Never Have Met )" would be dramatically rearranged for a full-electric rock band during Dylan's famous 1966 tour with The Hawks.

Described by his ministerial colleagues as a man " driven by his strong ideological beliefs and professionalism ", Zapatero is said to have chosen Alonso on the grounds that the latter would fight terrorism without compromising human rights.

Described by her contemporary Joan Hambidge, as the Pablo Neruda of Afrikaans, Krog would publish her first book of verse, Dogter van Jefta ( Daughter of Jephta ) at the age of seventeen.

Described as " a big house on five acres ," Adams also claimed that this house would have " horse stables, lake views, mountain views, golf club views " and that Preston Hollow is " a town outside Dallas.

Described by Young ( 1995: 4 ) as a " radical and original thinker " remembered for his books Ideas Have Consequences ( a recurring phrase in conservative intellectual and political discourse ) and The Ethics of Rhetoric, his writings remain influential, particularly among conservative theorists and scholars of the American South.

Described as the linguistic approach to the treatment of expressive aphasia, treatment begins by emphasizing and educating patients on the thematic roles of words within sentences .< ref name =" TUF "> Thompson CK, Shapiro LP.

Described on the provincial vehicle-licence plate as Canada's Ocean Playground, the sea is a major influence on Nova Scotia's climate.

Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as " now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater ", his most famous works include ( as composer / lyricist ) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods.

Described as " a typical New York butch " and " a dyke — stone butch ", she had been hit on the head by an officer with a billy club for, as one witness claimed, complaining that her handcuffs were too tight.

Described in detail by eyewitness Thomé Lopes and chronicler Gaspar Correia as one that is unequalled in cold-blooded cruelty, da Gama looted the ship with over 400 pilgrims on board including 50 women, locked in the passengers, the owner and an ambassador from Egypt and burnt them to death.

Described later by Friedrich List, it was designed to allow the fledgling American manufacturing sector, largely centered on the eastern seaboard, to compete with British manufacturing through the creation of tariffs.

Described the schematic eye a mathematical model of the human eye based on his measurements known as the optical constants of the eye.

Described by engineer Earle Mankey as a " frighteningly accurate album " and " sort of like Eraserhead " in comparison to Wilson's lush 1960s oeuvre, the album's playful lyrics ( alternately invoking Johnny Carson, Phil Spector and adolescent interests ) and stark instrumentation ( featuring Moog bass lines and gated reverb-drenched drum patterns reflective of contemporaneous work by David Bowie and Tony Visconti ) failed to impact an audience sated on the ubiquitous Endless Summer sound.

Publications from New Harmony's press include William Maclure's Essay on the Formation of Rocks, or an Inquiry into the Probably Origin of their Present Form and Structure and Observations on the Geology of the West India Islands ; from Barbadoes to Santa Cruz, Inclusive, both published in 1832 ; Thomas Say's Description of New Species of North American Insects, and Observations on Some of the Species Already Described ; Descriptions of Some New Terrrestrial and Fluviatile Shells of North America ; and American Conchology, or Descriptions of the Shells of North America.

Described by Allmovie as " one of the most memorable roles in one of the most memorable films of the decade ", Patrick's portrayal of the T-1000 earned him nominations for Best Villain and Best Supporting Actor at the 1992 MTV and Saturn Awards and was ranked # 39 in the Online Film Critics Society's " Top 100 Villains of All Time " in 2002, and # 29 on Wizard magazine's " Top 100 Greatest Villains Ever " list.

Described by the Chicago Police Department as " more dangerous than a thousand rioters " in the 1920s, Parsons and her husband had become highly effective anarchist organizers primarily involved in the labor movement in the late 19th century, but also participating in revolutionary activism on behalf of political prisoners, people of color, the homeless and women.

Described by the critic Dennis Altman as " part of a major cultural assault on the assumed norms of gender and sexuality which swept the western world in the late 1960s and early 1970s ," the book's major themes are feminism, transsexuality, American expressions of machismo and patriarchy, and deviant sexual practices, as filtered through an aggressively camp sensibility.

Described as " wastefully energetic ", she's an eager student, she's got a crush on K, the popular boy in her class, and she wants to become a voice actress.

Described as the " heart of Ashton ", the market was rebuilt and officially opened on 1 December 2008.

Described in Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of England ( 1848 ) as situated on " on a gentle declivity ", Ashton-under-Lyne lies on undulating ground by the Pennines, reaching a maximum elevation of about above sea level.

The High Priest Not to Be Described is the sole occupant of a remote and ancient monastery on the Plateau of Leng in the Dreamlands.

Deep in the bowels of the monastery, inside a frightening domed room, the High Priest Not to Be Described sits on a throne of gold atop a stone dais in pitch-black darkness.

Described as a " masterpiece of Gupta-Chalukyan art ", the most important sculpture in the caves is the Trimurti, carved in relief at the back of the cave facing the entrance, on the north-south axis.

Described as " the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world's oceans ", each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of marine life.