For Dunedin, George Smith Duncan further developed the Hallidie model, introducing the pull curve and the slot brake ; the former was a way to pull cars through a curve, since Dunedin's curves were too sharp to allow coasting, while the latter forced a wedge down into the cable slot to stop the car.

Hague's successor, Iain Duncan Smith, made a concerted drive at one point to resurrect the European Democratic Group, but backed off when it became clear that Conservative MEPs would not move voluntarily.

* 1914 – W. G. G. Duncan Smith, English pilot ( d. 1996 )

For example, Tony Blair met Leader of the Opposition Iain Duncan Smith and Leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy on privy council terms to discuss the evidence for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

* Professional basketball players Steve Nash ( who was an award winning player " MP3 " according to Ali G and unable to speak proper English due to being Canadian ), Ben Wallace ( who he accuses of " playa-hating "), Shaquille O ' Neal ( who he argued with about the meaning of the NBA, Ali thinking it stood for Nationwide Basketball Society ), Tim Duncan ( from whom tried to get a pair of free sneakers ), Robert Horry, Dwyane Wade ( who he didn't realise was an NBA player, claiming he had snuck in to " hang with mah man Shaquille O ' Neal "), Richard Jefferson ( whom he called Thomas Jefferson his son ), Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller

* Iain Duncan Smith, portrayed as a blank faced zombie

Iain Duncan Smith has been the sitting MP since 1992.

* William Duncan Smith ( 1825 – 1862 ), career United States Army officer

Despite opinion polls showing he was the most popular Conservative politician with the public, he lost in a final round among the rank-and-file membership, a new procedure introduced by Hague, to a much less experienced, but strongly Eurosceptic rival, Iain Duncan Smith.

After choosing not to fight for the leadership after Duncan Smith departed in 2003, in the interests of party unity, he returned to fight the 2005 election.

The city offers recreational and leisure programs and operates the Aquacourt Water Park, the City Auditorium, Lake Hastings, Chautauqua Pavilion, Duncan Field, the Pioneer Spirit Trail, Smith Softball Complex, Brickyard Park Amphitheater, and Heartwell Lake.

The town is home to the Helen Woodruff Smith Bird Sanctuary and Annie Duncan State Forest.

* Iain Duncan Smith, British politician

George Iain Duncan Smith ( born 9 April 1954 ; often referred to by his initials " IDS ") is a British Conservative politician.

Duncan Smith was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and served in the Scots Guards from 1975 to 1981, with service in Northern Ireland and Rhodesia.

When William Hague resigned as Conservative Party leader in 2001, Duncan Smith won the subsequent leadership election, bolstered by the support of Margaret Thatcher and his Eurosceptic ideology.

Duncan Smith was the first Roman Catholic to serve as Conservative Party leader, and the first born in Scotland since Arthur Balfour.

In 2003, the Conservative Party passed a Vote of No Confidence in Duncan Smith, as many considered him unable to return the party to government.

As a backbencher, Duncan Smith founded the Centre for Social Justice, a centre-right think tank independent of the Conservative Party and became a published novelist.

On 12 May 2010, Conservative leader and Prime Minister David Cameron appointed Duncan Smith to serve in the cabinet as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Duncan Smith was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1954.

He is the son of W. G. G. Duncan Smith, a Royal Air Force Group Captain highly decorated in World War II, and Pamela Summers, a ballerina ; they married in 1946.

Through Captain Shaw, Duncan Smith is also a distant relative ( 3rd cousin once removed ) of George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright and socialist.

Duncan Smith was educated at St. Peter's RC Secondary School, Solihull until the age of 14, 6 years before that school was created in 1974 and was subsequently educated at HMS Conway, a merchant navy training school on the isle of Anglesey ( where he allegedly played rugby union in the position of fly-half alongside Clive Woodward at centre ) until he was 18.

On leaving the Guards, Duncan Smith joined the Conservative Party and took up employment at the General Electric Company in 1981.

Alan Duncan MP, then the shadow transport secretary, said in Parliament that this aspect of the affair-which was not dealt with in the shareholders ' case in the High Court-was " perhaps the most shameful scar on the Government's honesty " and " an absolute scandal ".

The first Europeans to find it are said to be timber cutters Alexander ( Sandy ) Duncan and Din Guinea.

Outlining the scale of the problem, Duncan Smith said almost five million people were on unemployment benefits, 1. 4 million of whom had been receiving support for nine or more of the last 10 years.

In June 2010, Duncan Smith said that the Government will encourage people to work for longer by making it illegal for companies to force staff to give up work at 65.

In July 2010, Duncan Smith said that more workers will have to wait until they are 68 to claim their state pension as the Government speeds up plans to raise the retirement age saying the move would save billions of pounds.

Duncan Smith said workers would have to accept even quicker increases as Britain tightens its belt.

" After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair ," said Duncan Smith.

In November 2010, as Work and Pensions Secretary, Duncan Smith said a major shake-up in the welfare system would benefit all those who " play by the rules ".

Duncan Smith said simplifying the welfare system would ensure " work always pays more " than relying on the state by easing the rate at which benefits are withdrawn as income rises.

Duncan Smith said benefit claimants “ must take responsibility for themselves ” and their families.

In January 2012 Duncan Smith said that imposing a planned £ 26, 000-a-year benefits cap would not lead to a rise in homelessness or child poverty.

Mr Duncan Smith said: " For people who fall out of work, we have always said there will be discretionary measures to make sure that this does not punish people but we make sure that we help them to change their circumstances.

Duncan Smith, said that Labour ’ s strategy to spend more than £ 150 billion in extra benefit payments for poor families had failed to stop child poverty.

Duncan Smith said he was keen to explore ways in which similar approaches could be encouraged in Britain.

Duncan Smith said in February 2011 that it is " absurd and damaging " for ministers not to extol the benefits of marriage for fear of stigmatising those who choose not to marry.

Duncan Smith said: " We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.

In July 2011 Duncan Smith said that tighter immigration controls are vital if Britain is to avoid “ losing another generation to dependency and hopelessness ”.

In November, it was reported that Liminha would return to the fold, while Karina Zeviani was said to replace Duncan as the band's female vocalist.

Duncan said " from early childhood I have considered the freedom of my body essential to rhythm of movement ".

Later, when Duncan played against opposing Houston Rockets Hall-of-Fame power forward Charles Barkley, Barkley was so impressed he said: " I have seen the future and he wears number 21.

Duncan said of the victory: " We were all confident that something would happen, that we would turn the game to our favor, and it did ", but felt sad that Robinson retired after winning his second championship ring.

A confrontation between Moyes and Duncan Ferguson at Everton's training ground was said to be symptomatic of the problems at the club.

Duncan Kyle's novel has a few special twists that are worth waiting for, Thomas Lask said in The Times in 1971.