English writer Douglas Adams, who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, used the metaphor of a living puddle examining its own shape, since, to those living creatures, the universe may appear to fit them perfectly ( while in fact, they simply fit the universe perfectly ).

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However, last night the tapes were not run at all during the evening hours and all we got on TV were a few snatches which Douglas Edwards and Huntley and Brinkley could squeeze into their programs.

* General Douglas McArthur lived his last 14 years in the penthouse of the Waldorf Towers, a part of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Douglas L. Holt, the State Extension Specialist for Food Safety at the University of Missouri, notes that no reported cases of potato-source solanine poisoning have occurred in the U. S. in the last 50 years, and most cases involved eating green potatoes or drinking potato-leaf tea.

His only challenger, Ray Watson of the United States, gave up before the last lap and Nurmi was able to slow down and coast to victory ahead of Willy Schärer, Henry Stallard and Douglas Lowe, still breaking the Olympic record by three seconds.

* July 19 – Battle of Halidon Hill: Edward III defeats Sir Archibald Douglas, during the last of the Wars of Scottish Independence.

The last was rapist Douglas Thorne, on April 20, 1962.

* Montez is featured prominently in Spider Dance by Carole Nelson Douglas, the last work in her Irene Adler mystery series.

This horror film was also the last for two of his most prominent castmates, Melvyn Douglas and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Among our members now living are Mr. Douglas Inglis of Worcester, Mass., Mr. Raymand Cave of Watertown Mass., Dr. Stanton Burgess of Boston Mass., Mr. George Murry of Quincy Mass., Mr. Ronald Cragg, last known address in Pennsylvania, James Grearson Sr. of this city, Mr. William Cheeney of Northfield, Vt. Other members of our troups I now recall their names ere Carl and Earl Burgess, brothers of the above mentioned doctor.

1984 saw the departure of the last Douglas DC-8 in the fleet and the addition of a third Boeing 747.

* James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton ( c. 1525 – 1581 ), younger brother of 7th Earl of Angus ; the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI

Even though an English prisoner, David retained influence in Scotland and Robert had his Guardianship removed by parliament and given jointly to the earls of Mar and Ross and the lord of Douglas — this did not last and Robert was once again appointed Guardian by the Parliament of February 1352.

The MD-95, a modern regional airliner closely resembling the DC-9-30, was the last McDonnell Douglas designed commercial jet produced.

Built from 1988 – 2000, the MD-11 was the last McDonnell Douglas widebody aircraft.

Her last appearance is said to have been as Lady Randolph in John Home's Douglas at Covent Garden in 1798.

Guests including Jimmy Fallon, Michael Bublé, Don Rickles, Josh Groban, Joe Biden, Robert DeNiro, Joan Rivers, David Letterman, Adam Sandler, Michael Douglas, Donald Trump, Bret Michaels, Lou Holtz, Liam Neeson, and Tony Bennett returned for one last sit-down with Philbin and Ripa, sharing recollections of the times they've shared on Live!

In his last fight of 1983 Douglas was dominating opponent Mike White, only to lose the fight when White knocked him out in the ninth round.

Gonzaga also has an Army ROTC Ranger Challenge team, which has won 15 championships in the last 16 years, and is a multiple winner of the Douglas MacArthur Award, given annually to the best Army ROTC program in the Western United States.

Douglas continued to develop new aircraft, including the successful four-engined DC-6 ( 1946 ) and its last prop-driven commercial aircraft, the DC-7 ( 1953 ).

The last Long Beach-built commercial aircraft, the Boeing 717 ( a third generation version of the Douglas DC-9 ), ceased production in May 2006.

The last member of the Blackwood family to run the company was Douglas Blackwood.

Her last appearance was on 9 June 1819 as Lady Randolph in John Home's Douglas.

These feral camels continued to be sighted through the early 20th century, with the last reported sighting in 1941 near Douglas, Texas.