Some notable persons either born in or who resided in Columbia County include: Oliver Hardy ( comedian, born in Harlem ), Paul Hamilton Hayne ( poet and author ), Henry Louis Benning ( Confederate general for whom Fort Benning is named ), William Few, Abraham Baldwin, George Walton, George W. Crawford, William H. Crawford ( presidential candidate in 1824 ), Thomas Watson ( populist leader and Georgia senator born in Thomson when it was still in Columbia County ), George McDuffie ( South Carolina governor and senator in the early 19th century ), Jesse Mercer ( a long-time preacher in the county for whom Mercer University is named ).

Few persons can have been known under a greater variety of Christian names than Buckingham was during his comparatively short life, the following being the names used by him on various occasions: Leicester, Leicester Ambrose, Leicester Silk, Leicester Forbes Ambrose, Leicester Stanhope, Leicester Stanhope Forbes, Leicester Stanhope Forbes Young, and Leicester Stanhope Forbes Young Ambrose.

Few persons are aware that the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge have done, and are still doing, more to ruin the Book trade than all the change of times, the want of money, the weight of taxes, and even the law of Libel have accomplished ; yet they-a committee of Noblemen and pretended Patriots-are permitted to go on in their unfeeling, nay, considering the hundreds of thousands engaged in the Book trade, we may add brutal, career, without interruption.

Few persons dared dispute a pedigree with Henry VIII., and Cranmer granted a dispensation for nearness of kin between Henry VIII.

Few of the native Jews who had lived in Lublin were still in the ghetto.

Few who have painted the scenes around them have done so with so little bitterness.

Few lawyers practice trial law or complex litigation and typically refer such cases to those who have the time, resources and experience to handle a complex trial and the commitment involved to complete a trial successfully.

Few details are known about the SQVII relaunch, save that there was one very ardent supporter, who later left Vivendi.

His life and the sacrifices he made to keep going despite pain and impending death were the subject of the 1942 British film, The First of the Few produced and directed by Leslie Howard, with Howard in the starring role of R. J. Mitchell, and David Niven as ' Geoffrey Crisp ', based on the Supermarine test pilot Jeffrey Quill who flew the aerobatic sequences for the film in a Spitfire MkII.

Few would argue that changing this aspect of natural class division would improve things, except those motivated primarily by jealousy or envy, and / or those who are incurably intolerant of individual diversity.

Few places demarcate small craft areas from snorkelers, unlike for regular bathers who may have areas marked by buoys.

Few further attempts to bring counterfactual history into the world of academia were made until the 1991 publication of Plausible Worlds: Possibility and Understanding in History and the Social Sciences by the Cambridge sociologist Geoffrey Hawthorn, who carefully explored three different counterfactual scenarios.

Few men have come so close to the throne as York, who died not knowing that in only a few months his son Edward would become king.

The actress who appeared under the stage name of Suzanne Clair, in " Pimpernel " Smith and First of the Few in minor roles, acted as his secretary, but died in 1942 of pneumonia in her early 30s, six months before Howard's death.

Few people who took up golf after their 50th birthday have left as many positive impressions on the game during the history of golf.

George Walton, the Virginia-born statesman who signed the Declaration of Independence, resided in what would become Columbia County, as did William Few and Abraham Baldwin.

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He followed this success with roles in major films like A Few Good Men ( 1992 ), Lightning Jack ( 1994 ), Outbreak ( 1995 ), Men of Honor ( 2000 ), Rat Race ( 2001 ), and The Fighting Temptations ( 2003 ) in which he co-starred alongside Beyoncé Knowles who portrays his love interest.

Few other American symphonies have acquired such a position in the standard performance repertory as has this one, due in large part to the championing of the piece by Leonard Bernstein, who recorded it.

James Brown, who early in his career had opened shows for John, recorded a tribute album, Thinking about Little Willie John ... and a Few Nice Things.

Few other artists used the technique until Degas, who made several, often working on them further after printing ( Beside the Sea, 1876-7 ); Pissarro also made several.

* Never So Few ( 1959 ) ( Sinatra, Lawford, and initially Davis, who was replaced by Steve McQueen )

Few classmates recall Saldívar, who was a classmate of Ram Herrera, who graduated in 1978, and Emilio Navaria, who graduated in 1980.

Few Protestant groups today still view the pastor, bishop, and elder as synonymous terms or offices ; many who do are descended from the Restoration Movement in America during the 19th century, such as the Disciples of Christ and the Churches of Christ.

Few local citizens would join Brady's posse, which enlisted a gang of outlaws known as the Jesse Evans Gang.

Few people were surprised when, after a long, drawn out mental struggle, he left Elton to follow his hero Newman and join the Roman Catholic Church in November 1845.

In 1959, Frank Sinatra invited the Englishman to join " The Rat Pack " and also got him a role in Never So Few.

" Few intellectuals " dared oppose " the party " even if they did not join.

Few reminders of Murphy's early heyday remain ; one structure still in use is the First Baptist Church of Murphy, built in 1901.

Few wished for the revival of the absolute kingship, of the absolute authority of a single House of Parliament, or of the Laudian system of governing the Church .... The living forces of England — forces making for the destruction of those barriers which he was himself breaking through, buoyed him up — as a strong and self-confident swimmer, he was carried onward by the flowing tide.

Few clergy read out the indulgence in Church.

* A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Musical System of the Church, with a Plan of Reform ( 1849 )

Few public commissions by Sassoferrato exist, and, like Carlo Dolci he seems to have concentrated on producing multiple copies of various styles of devotional image for private patrons, a demand fuelled by the Counter-Reformation of the Catholic Church.

Few meters away from the Parish Church there is the church of the Holy Ghost ( L-Ispirtu s-Santu ), where ne of the three altars in this church is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.

Few members of the Church of England would dissent from such a position.

Few students are really so faceless in the not-so-lonely crowd of the swelling population in our institutions of higher learning.

Few records are available concerning the subject prior to 1940.

Few areas, if any, are as good as prepared shelters but they are worth knowing about.

Few rural areas are protected by zoning.

Few things are more perilous for the State Department than a displeased congressman.

*" Above all, the prophets remind us of the moral state of a people: Few are guilty, but all are responsible.

Few estimates of population density are available.

Few philosophers are as associated with induction as David Hume ; but Hume himself rarely used the term and when he did, he used it to support a point he was arguing.

Few of his operas are without such admixtures, frankly introduced in the form of arias or overtures.

Few of the forests are fully mature because of previous overcutting and also because of several violent storms during the 1960s, which snapped or uprooted millions of trees.

Few of these are recognized in modern treatments of the family.

Few people ever realize when they are acting according to their own beliefs and when they are meekly submitting to authority … To permit myself to be drafted with the understanding that I am submitting to authority's demand to do something very wrong would make me frightened of myself … I am fully prepared to go to jail if I am not granted Conscientious Objector status.

Few meteorites are large enough to create large impact craters.

Few people have the ability to be a Mentat ; thus, those with the discipline are prized in whatever role they choose.

Few Roman remains are visible today ; a fragment of the old city wall can be seen near the casino and the foundations of the amphitheatre are traced in the paving of the present-day Rembrandtstraat.

Few synthetic polymers are entirely crystalline.

Few hospitals and universities are capable of maintaining such systems, and most clinical PET is supported by third-party suppliers of radiotracers that can supply many sites simultaneously.

Few jurists after the mid-3rd century are known by name.

Few syllabaries have glyphs for syllables that are not monomoraic, and those that once did have simplified over time to eliminate that complexity.

Few film scores survive intact from this period, and musicologists are still confronted by questions when they attempt to precisely reconstruct those that remain.