In any case, Flynn and Blake were perceived to be poor hitters ; thus, the crowd believed that Casey had little chance for a potential game-winning at bat.

Comparison of the IQ distributions indicated that the mean IQ-scores on the test had increased by 9. 7 points ( the Flynn effect ), the gains were concentrated in the lower half of the distribution and negligible in the top half, and the gains gradually decreased as the IQ of the individuals increased.

Also, if the Flynn effect has ended for the majority in developed nations, it may still continue for minorities, especially for groups like immigrants where many may have received poor nutrition during early childhood or have had other disadvantages.

Bogart's disputes with Warner Bros. over roles and money were similar to those the studio had with other less-than-obedient stars, such as Bette Davis, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland.

Flynn later articulated his own views on the Close Up television programme in an interview with Paul Henry, suggesting that the Sunday Star-Times had grossly misrepresented his opinions.

The town of Spokane, Washington had outlawed street meetings, and arrested Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a Wobbly organizer, for breaking this ordinance.

He had supporting roles in several major films: Rose-Marie ( 1936 ), Dodsworth ( 1936 ), The Charge of the Light Brigade ( 1936 ), The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1937 ); and leading roles in The Dawn Patrol ( 1938 ), Three Blind Mice ( 1938 ), and Wuthering Heights ( 1939 ), playing opposite such stars as Errol Flynn, Loretta Young and Laurence Olivier.

According to his autobiography, he and Errol Flynn were firm friends and had decided to rent Rosalind Russell's house at 601 North Linden Drive as a bachelor pad.

In seventeenth century England, Irish Dr. Peter Blood ( Errol Flynn ) is summoned to aid Lord Gildoy, a wounded patron who had participated in the Monmouth Rebellion.

It was an unusually extravagant production for the Warner Bros. studio, which had made a name for itself in producing socially conscious low-budget gangster films, but their adventure movies starring Flynn had generated hefty revenue and Robin Hood was created to capitalize on this.

When Flynn became a naturalised American citizen on 15 August 1942, he also became eligible for the military draft, as the United States had entered World War II eight months earlier.

Grateful to the country that had given him fame and wealth, Flynn attempted to join every branch of the armed services, but he had several health problems.

By the 1950s, Flynn had become a parody of himself.

His final book, My Wicked, Wicked Ways, was written from August to October 1958 with the aid of ghostwriter Earl Conrad as Flynn, who was suffering from depression, anxiety and alcoholism, had long lost the discipline to write.

Flynn had a reputation for womanizing.

In Hollywood, he tended to refer to himself as Irish rather than Australian ( his father Theodore Thomson Flynn had been a biologist and a professor at the Queen's University of Belfast in Northern Ireland during the latter part of his career ).

She had already met and fallen in love with Clark Gable, but she liked Flynn and invited him to her extravagant soirees.

Errol Flynn had his debut in In the Wake of the Bounty, 1933.

Frank Flynn, leader of the Flynn Faction, had effectively begun paying local law enforcement officers employed by both the Hot Springs Police Department and the Garland County Sheriff's Office to collect unpaid debts, as well as to intimidate gambling rivals.

Among his opponents were Fireman Jim Flynn, the only boxer ever to beat Dempsey by a knockout when Dempsey lost to him in the first round ( although many boxing historians, including Monte Cox, believe the fight was a " fix "), and Gunboat Smith, formerly a highly ranked contender who had beaten both World Champion Jess Willard and Hall of Famer Sam Langford.

He was married to dancer Kay Flynn and they had one daughter, Jobyna.

Tasmania's Errol Flynn had his debut in In the Wake of the Bounty, 1933.

Surviving the Great Depression, Flynn guided the organisation, lobbying both politicians and his church, to take the service nationwide.

Also in 1994, Mik Lamming and Mike Flynn at Xerox EuroPARC demonstrated the Forget-Me-Not, a wearable device that would record interactions with people and devices and store this information in a database for later query.

The six-member line up of Moore, Irvine, Lunny, O ’ Flynn, Hill and Linnane were joined by Matt Molloy and keyboardist Bill Whelan and when the band went into the studio in the spring of 1980 to record the album “ The Woman I Loved So Well ”.

Boner Records is a Berkeley, California based independent record label, run by Tom Flynn.

Flynn and Gillard's exposé in The Guardian in May 1998 led to an inquiry and a record £ 2 million fine for Carlton from the then regulator, the Independent Television Commission ( ITC ), as well as provoking a passionate debate about truthfulness in broadcast journalism.

* Ray Flynn, Irish mile record holder, grew up in Longford.

After Flynn and Green performed Unchained Melody on the programme, ITV was inundated by people looking to buy the song, and the pair were persuaded by record producer Simon Cowell to record it and release it as a single, a double A-side with White Cliffs of Dover.

Also in 1920, Flynn won the AAU title with a new U. S. record of 9: 58. 2.

They broke this unenviable record at the fourth attempt with Flynn winning a seventh county championship medal following a 2-10 to 1-12 defeat of De La Salle.

Many symphonic poems have entered popular culture through their use in media and film as early as the 1930s, with Erich Wolfgang Korngold's use of excerpts from Liszt's Mazeppa in the Errol Flynn movie Captain Blood and a recurrent use of Les Préludes in the Flash Gordon serial.

By 1928, Flynn had gathered sufficient funds through fundraising activities to launch the experiment of the AMS on 15 May.

Flynn remained the public face of the organisation ( through name changes to its present form ) and helped raise the funds that kept the service operating.

As well as the nursing homes, Flynn instituted travelling ministries-ministers travelling vast distances on horseback through the inland.

Chris Flynn ( Desmond Harrington ), a medical student, is driving through the mountains of West Virginia on his way to a job interview.

Darrin's original design " called for a sweeping frond fender-line that carried right through the doors to the rise of the rear fender, similar to a custom Clipper I built later for Errol Flynn.

* October 20, 2007: LSU defeated Auburn, 30 – 24, when Matt Flynn threw a touchdown pass, through the hands of Auburn defender Jerraud Powers in the end zone, to Demetrius Byrd with one second left, giving the home team eight consecutive victories in the LSU – Auburn series.

Settle made his Broadway debut in a strictly limited engagement in Chicago: The Musical, appearing as Billy Flynn from April 19 through June 13, 2010.

Before Errol Flynn ( who grew up in Australia and New Guinea ) became an actor in 1933, he hiked this trail and commented that it was a rigorous march through leech-infested jungle, in constant fear of ambush, and lying awake at night wondering " whether that crawly sound you heard a few feet away might be a snake, a cassowary or maybe only a wild board razorback ...

In 1999, Sika started up an independent wrestling promotion in Pensacola, Fl called XW 2000, along with its co-founders and therefore original members, Matt Anoai ( aka Roz ), Steve Savage, The Great Samu, Maxwel E Payne, Chief Iron Claw Eddie Pitman, Rick Lamb ( with Manager Mike ' Romeo ' Flynn ), Chris Cody, Deuce Mason among a plethora of young talent to help those in need through Fund Raising events.

The arboretum was established in 1972 mainly through the efforts of Ernest Bauer, Professor L. R. Quinlan ( landscape architect at Kansas State University ), and Bill Flynn ( nurseryman from Abilene ).

The daughter of Ben ( Richard Beymer ) and Sylvia Horne, sister of Johnny Horne ( Robert Bauer ) and half-sister of Donna Hayward ( Lara Flynn Boyle ), her storylines focused on her infatuation with the series protagonist Dale Cooper ( Kyle MacLachlan ), infiltrating the brothel / casino One Eyed Jacks and becoming an activist through civil disobedience.

It ’ s about our relationships to one another and the changes we ’ ve gone through .” Vedera recorded Stages with Epic Records A & R executive Mike Flynn, who co-produced the Fray ’ s double-platinum album How to Save A Life and Augustana ’ s 2008 album Can ’ t Love, Can ’ t Hurt, and Producer / Engineer Warren Huart ( The Fray, Augustana, Howie Day ).

From the numerous flashbacks and memories scattered through the story, Father Flynn is shown to have been an intellectual priest, trained in Rome and having a strong religious vocation, but unable to cope with the mundane daily routine of being a parish priest-which finally led to his collapse.

Joyce's intention in giving this title to the story is far from obvious, though a common theory is that the title comes from the fact that the priest's sisters are shown to be the only ones ( besides the boy ) who really knew and understood what Father Flynn was going through in the monotonous life of a priest in Dublin.