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Edström's right-hand man Bo Ekelund, secretary general of the IAAF and head of the Swedish Athletics Federation, approached the Finnish officials and stated that he might be able to arrange for Nurmi to participate in the marathon outside the competition.
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And, after becoming the right-hand man of Enver Pasha, he is sent by the latter to pave the way for a new Turkish Empire embracing `` the union of all Turks throughout Central Asia from Adrianople to the Chinese oases on the Silk Trade Route ''.
Barnard's younger brother Marius, who also studied medicine, eventually became Barnard's right-hand man at the department of Cardiac Surgery.
In addition to being anticommunist, some Kuomintang members, like Chiang Kaishek's right-hand man Dai Li were anti-American, and wanted to expel American influence.
Heinrich Himmler, together with his right-hand man, Reinhard Heydrich, consolidated the power of the organization.
First, he gives practical assistance in the conduct of his cases ; he is the detective's right-hand man, acting variously as look-out, decoy, accomplice and messenger.
He appeared in a significant supporting role in the 1997 Luc Besson film The Fifth Element, playing the right-hand man " Right Arm " to evil businessman Mr. Zorg.
Heydrich's right-hand man Eichmann was to take the minutes.
Zanuck eventually became a top producer for the studio and between 1928 and 1933 served as Jack Warner's right-hand man and executive producer, with responsibilities including the day-to-day production of films.
Sereno E. Brett, Patton's right-hand man and commander of the 326th Tank Battalion, took command of the brigade in Patton's absence.
* Rosco Purvis Coltrane ( James Best ) is the bumbling sheriff of Hazzard County and right-hand man and brother-in-law of its corrupt county administrator, Jefferson Davis " J. D.
Richard Burton played the squad's commander, with Eastwood as his right-hand man.
As the right-hand man to Admiral Adolf von Trotha, the Navy's commander, Raeder played a prominent role in rallying support for the putsch.
Dupuy's ' right-hand ' man was Robert Fletcher Shaw, the deputy commissioner general and vice-president of the fair's corporation.
* Fred Brooks's The Mythical Man Month quotes the exchange between Harriman and his chief engineer as an example of a " technical director as boss and producer as right-hand man " relationship.
Some kaiju are elite warriors which serve as the right-hand man to the greater villain and are destroyed by the heroic forces.
The arrest of Jiang Qing was credited to the president and one of the leading people of the country at that time, Li Xiannian, who was the right-hand man of Hua Guofeng.
Ford's right-hand man Ernest Breech was asked what he thought, and told Henry II, " What we're being offered here, Mr. Ford, isn't worth a damn!
* Gary Busey as Commander Krill, a corrupt, psychopath Executive Officer of the USS Missouri who serves as Strannix's right-hand man.
* Dale Dye as Captain Garza, Admirial Bates ' right-hand man
Johnny tells Cole and Campbell that Deverell's right-hand man, Donald Cunningham ( John M. Jackson ), is the new killer who has been making his killings look like Maynard's work.
Francesco Pacelli was the right-hand man for Pietro Gasparri during the Lateran Treaty negotiations
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham was Richard's right-hand man and sought personal advantage through the new king.
He remained on Foch's staff when his patron was appointed Supreme Allied Commander in the spring of 1918, and was Foch's right-hand man throughout his victory at the Second Marne ( for which Foch was promoted Marshal of France ) in the late summer and until the end of the war.
Rank thus became the first paid member of the psychoanalytic movement, and Freud's " right-hand man " for almost 20 years.
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Besides his secretary, advisor and right-hand man Jeeves, he does not seem to have any close confidants.
Andrew Kettle, his ' right-hand man ', became honorary secretary.
" Onténiente later became his right-hand man and his private secretary.
... Joan Alexander is Ellen Deering, Vance's secretary and right-hand woman .”
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In this context it is commonly moved onto the right-hand side of the equation, and defined with a proportionality factor of 8: Λ = 8ρ < sub > vac </ sub >, where unit conventions of general relativity are used ( otherwise factors of G and c would also appear ).
An often cited shortcoming of bullpups is that, by design, their ejection ports are close to the face, generally making it difficult for left-handed shooters to use because firearms in general have their ejection port on the right-hand side and eject spent cartridge casings towards the right.
Ed Barrow: Frazee's right-hand man, Barrow served as general manager and field manager.
The coup was engineered by Ojok, Museveni, and others acting under the general direction of Paulo Muwanga, Obote's right-hand man and chair of the Military Commission.
After being directed to the whereabouts of Alastor ( Jim Cummings ), Lucifer's right-hand and final general, Daniel is warned that Alastor is already aware that he is being pursued and his own elite soldiers are prepared and waiting.
Notice the expression on the left-hand side depends only on r, whereas the right-hand expression depends only on t. As a result, this equation is valid in the general case if and only if both sides of the equation are equal to a constant value.
Blount's friend and right-hand man Fred Richardson continued on as general manager until the railroad was sold to George E. Bartholomew, a former Edaville employee, in 1970.
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With the powerful Macro gone, Caligula appoints Tiberius's former adviser Longinus ( John Steiner ) as his right-hand man, and pronounces the docile Senator Chaerea ( Paolo Bonacelli ) as the new head of the Praetorian Guard.
The right-hand column, comprising the New Zealand Infantry Brigade under Brigadier-General Francis Johnston, would head for Chunuk Bair.
On his final run the right-hand drive chain broke at a speed of, causing a fatal head injury.
He was the right-hand man of Muhammad Deif, head of Hamas ' military-terrorist wing, and had an important role in Hamas ' plot to sabotage the Oslo Accords.
* In the Marseilles Deck, the card shows Prince Paris of Troy choosing between Hera ( wearing a crown, on the left-hand side ) and Aphrodite ( on the right-hand side wearing a wreath of flowers on her head ).
This has sometimes been drawn as Aphrodite ( on the right-hand side wearing a wreath of flowers on her head ) introducing Queen Helen ( on the left-hand side wearing a gold crown ) to Prince Paris ( in the middle ) while Cupid ( hovering above ) points his bow and arrow at Paris.
* Captain Lysandra Aristedes ( codename: Perseus ) — Sergeant Frith's right-hand woman and eventual head of security.
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