; Negro league executives ( 4 ): Effa Manley ; Alex Pompez ; Cum Posey ; J. L.

A Negro league umpire, Henry Moore, advised Eagles ' owners Able and Effa Manley to give Doby a tryout.

" Effa Manley, business manager for the Eagles, believed her club's close relationship with the New York Yankees might put Doby in a Yankees uniform, but they did not take interest in her second basemen.

Newark Eagles business manager, Effa Manley, would not let Rickey sign Irvin without compensation.

Effa Manley, business manager for the Eagles, agreed to let the Dodgers ' Branch Rickey sign Newcombe to a contract.

Abe Manley and his wife Effa Manley, owners and founders of the Brooklyn Eagles, purchased the Newark Dodgers franchise and combined both teams ' assets and player rosters.

* Effa Manley, Negro League Baseball owner

* Died: Effa Manley, 84, Negro League baseball team owner and manager ( Newark Eagles ); baseball HOF in 2006

Team management was left to Effa, making the Eagles the first professional team owned and operated by a woman.

Under Effa Manley's guidance, the 1946 team won the Negro League World Series, upsetting the Kansas City Monarchs in a 7-game series.

As for the author of the Englishman, Mrs. Manley sarcastically deplores that the sole defense of the Protestant cause should be left to `` Ridpath, Dick Steele, and their Associates, with the Apostles of Young Man's Coffee-House ''.

There are two international airports in Jamaica with modern terminals, long runways, and the navigational equipment required to accommodate the large jet aircraft used in modern air travel: Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston and Sangster International Airport in the resort town of Montego Bay.

In 1961, Jamaican Chief Minister Norman Washington Manley proposed the replacement of Empire Day with Labour Day, a celebration in commemoration of May 23, 1938, when Alexander Bustamante led a labour rebellion leading to Jamaican independence.

Beginning February 29, 1928 on NBC, Socony Oil reached radio listeners with a comedy program, Soconyland Sketches, scripted by William Ford Manley and featuring Arthur Allen and Parker Fennelly as rural New Englanders.

The Redskins defense was led by 6-foot-7 296-pound defensive tackle Dave Butz, who anchored the line, along with defensive ends Dexter Manley and Tony McGee, who each recorded 6. 5 sacks.

Their line was anchored by defensive ends Charles Mann, who led the team with nine and a half sacks and recovered a fumble, and Dexter Manley, who recorded eight and a half sacks.

Basil at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas ( with John Manley, Architect ; 1992 )

Unsung pioneers of the art include: WLW's Fred Smith ; Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll ( who popularized the dramatic serial ); The Eveready Hour creative team ( which began with one-act plays but was soon experimenting with hour-long combinations of drama and music on its weekly variety program ); the various acting troupes at stations like WLW, WGY, KGO and a number of others, frequently run by women like Helen Schuster Martin and Wilda Wilson Church ; early network continuity writers like Henry Fisk Carlton, William Ford Manley and Don Clark ; producers and directors like Clarence Menser and Gerald Stopp ; and a long list of others who were credited at the time with any number of innovations but who are largely forgotten or undiscussed today.

Along with Delarivier Manley and Eliza Haywood, she is sometimes referred to as part of " The fair triumvirate of wit.

Starting with the town of Burnett and moving on through Wilkeson, Carbonado, Montezuma, Fairfax, and finally Manley Moore, these settlements sprawled up the valley to the very boundary of Mt.

At Oxford, Bridges became friends with Gerard Manley Hopkins, who is now considered a superior poet but who owes his present fame to Bridges ' efforts in arranging the posthumous publication ( 1918 ) of his verse.

* Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins ( 1918 ), edited with notes by R. B.

Gerard Manley Hopkins is particularly identified with the device, which renders his poetry susceptible to parody:

Political unrest also played its part, with the 1972 election campaign of Michael Manley targeting the support of Jamaica's ghetto communities.

They made McKenna the favourite with 7 to 2 odds beating Scott Brison ( 8 to 1 ), Martin Cauchon ( 10 to 1 ), Michael Ignatieff and John Manley ( each 15 to 1 ) among others.

Manley and his fourth wife Beverly ( formerly Beverly Anderson ) with US president Jimmy Carter in 1977.

Manley developed close friendships with several foreign leaders, foremost of whom were Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Olof Palme of Sweden, Pierre Trudeau of Canada and Fidel Castro of Cuba.

Ten years later, under the leadership of its founder's son, Michael Manley, it returned to office committed to democratic socialism and a foreign policy focused on strengthening relations with the Global South.

He is married to Judith Manley with whom he has three children: Rebecca, David and Sarah.

In the end, Manley declined the ambassadorial appointment, apparently because it would take him out of the country and " out of the loop " for fundraising and other political activities with a long-term view towards his own eventual bid for the Liberal leadership someday.

On October 12, 2007, Manley was appointed by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to head an independent, non-partisan panel reviewing Canada's mission and future role in Afghanistan, a position he had discussed with Liberal leader Stéphane Dion beforehand.

Blankers-Koen sped to the finish line in 11. 9, easily beating her opponents Dorothy Manley and Shirley Strickland, who took second and third.

He recited the poem " The Leaden Echo and The Golden Echo " by Gerard Manley Hopkins at her funeral, requested by Taylor herself.

Despite her efforts to build support among women, minority groups and the party's left-wing, she began and ended the leadership contest well behind the overwhelming favourite, Paul Martin, whose supporters controlled the party machinery ; John Manley departed from the running before the vote.

:"... from a purely business standpoint, Mrs. Manley felt that Branch Rickey was obligated to compensate her for my contract.

She lives with her husband Jody Smith and her children, a son named Manley and a daughter named E ’ mon.

She was the first alumna to be elected president of the college, carrying on the legacy of her husband Dr. Albert E. Manley, who was the first African-American and male president of Spelman College from 1953 to 1976 .< ref >

Lieutenant Commander Elliot was killed aboard Manley ( DD-74 ) on 19 March 1918 when her depth charges exploded in collision with a British ship in the convoy Manley was escorting.

Then, just prior to the Queen's pan-country tour to celebrate her Golden Jubilee the following year, Manley ( at that point the designated minister in attendance for the sovereign's arrival in Ottawa ) again stated his preference for a " wholly Canadian " institution to replace the present monarchy after the reign of the Queen ; he was rebuked by other Cabinet members, a former prime minister, and the Leader of the Opposition, as well as a number of prominent journalists.

Alexandra Christina Manley was created Countess of Frederiksborg ( Grevinde af Frederiksborg ) by Queen Margrethe II on April 16, 2005, eight days after her divorce from Prince Joachim.

2008 saw the publication of her autobiography, Golden Girl: The Autobiography of the Greatest Ever Ladies ' Darts Player, which chronicles her ongoing rivalry with ladies darts superstar and former Olympian Crissy Manley, wife of PDC player Peter Manley.

Outstanding amongst her vocal works are her setting of the Latin hymn, Ave Maris Stella, for unaccompanied SATB ( 1973 ) and Six Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins for contralto and string sextet ( 1958 ).

Fiona is shattered when her boarding house at Manley terrace burns down almost killing Jill in the inferno.

Much of our knowledge about Delarivier Manley is rooted in her insertion of " Delia's story " in the New Atalantis ( 1709 ), and the Adventures of Rivella she published as the biography of the author of the Atalantis with Edmund Curll in 1714.

In January 1694 Manley left her husband and went to live with Barbara Villiers, the 1st Duchess of Cleveland, at one time the mistress of Charles II.

Manley was immediately questioned by the authorities in preparation of a libel case against her.