In 1990 Franco Zeffirelli, whose Shakespeare films have been described as " sensual rather than cerebral ", cast Mel Gibson — then famous for the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon movies — in the title role of his 1990 version, and Glenn Close — then famous as the psychotic " other woman " in Fatal Attraction — as Gertrude.

After protests by heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis ( then stationed at Fort Riley ) and the help of Truman Gibson ( then an assistant civilian aide to the Secretary of War ), Robinson also openly criticized segregated hotels and restaurants that served the Dodger organization ; a number of these establishments integrated as a result, including the five-star Chase Park Hotel in St. Louis.

He returned to Shakespeare with Hamlet, casting the then – action hero Mel Gibson in the lead role.

The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman agreed with this assessment, writing: " The Gibson character was presented as a man who refused to get involved until his own family was hurt — then, he went to war for personal revenge .... As Lind said, the truth is that that's more or less the opposite of patriotism, which is about making sacrifices for the national good, not serving your personal motives or interests.

Pfeiffer then appeared as chic restauranteuse Jo Ann Vallenari in Tequila Sunrise ( 1988 ) opposite Mel Gibson and Kurt Russell, but experienced creative and personal differences with director Robert Towne, who later described her as the " most difficult " actress he has ever worked with.

Gibson said there would have been a battle there and then, had he been present.

Olson practiced law first as an associate and then as a partner in the Los Angeles, California office of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

In the summer of 1857, First Lieutenant Horatio G. Gibson, then serving at the Presidio of San Francisco, established a military post on the Mendocino Indian Reservation approximately one and one-half miles north of the Noyo River.

Chartered as a town on March 12, 1803, Port Gibson is Mississippi's third-oldest European-American settlement, being occupied in 1729 by French colonists, as it was then within French-claimed territory, La Louisiane.

In 1721, Henry Edmunds was elected as a Fellow by 9 votes to 3 ; his election was rejected by Provost George Carter, and on appeal, by the Visitor, Edmund Gibson, then Bishop of Lincoln.

* 1958 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Reissue – Also played by Joey Santiago up through Surfer Rosa ( before he acquired his own ) and then by Kelley Deal in The Breeders.

'" The script was written in English by Gibson and Benedict Fitzgerald, then translated by William Fulco, S. J., a professor at Loyola Marymount University, into Latin, reconstructed Aramaic, and Hebrew.

Sandhurst Lodge was erected in about 1858 by Robert Gibson and leased to John Walter, of the Times Newspaper, and then Sir William Farrer, solicitor to Queen Victoria and The Duke of Wellington.

In the years since then, Perrine has worked in lower-profile projects, although she did have a small supporting role in the 2000 Mel Gibson film What Women Want.

Gibson and Glover then flew home to pack, and, returning to Los Angeles, began an intensive two months of physical training and preparation.

The Gibson Les Paul was the first guitar to use humbuckers in substantial production, but since then, even some models of Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters, traditionally fitted with single-coil pickups, are factory-equipped with humbuckers.

Since then, Angus has collaborated with Gibson to make the Angus Young SG which features a custom-designed Humbucker in the bridge position, a ' 57 Classic in the neck position and the lightning-bolt inlays.

* Alan F. Gibson, Head of Transistor Group at RRE, then the first Professor of Physics at the University of Essex in 1963, and later Head of Laser Division of Rutherford Laboratory ( 1975 – 1983 ).

The Ellice Islands were declared a protectorate by Captain Gibson, RN of HMS Curaçao between 9th and 16 October of the same year ; Banaba Island ( or Ocean Island ) was included within the protectorate in 1900 and then in the colony in 1916.

Although Reeves could not speak Afrikaans, this was remedied by the South African composer and songwriter Gilbert Gibson, who would stand behind Reeves and whisper the words of the song to Reeves, who would then sing the same words into the microphone.

Couric, Gibson and Williams made appearances together on all three major network morning shows, first on CBS's Early Show, then on NBC's Today and finally on ABC's Good Morning America.

On September 2, 2009, ABC announced that Mr. Gibson would retire from broadcasting at the end of 2009, and then be succeeded by Diane Sawyer.

Paul Hogan went from painter on the Sydney Harbour Bridge to local TV star, then global film star with his hugely successful Crocodile Dundee in 1986 ( a film which begins with scenes of Sydney ) while theatre institutions like the Sydney Theatre Company and National Institute of Dramatic Art nurtured the budding careers of actors Mel Gibson, Judy Davis, Geoffrey Rush and Cate Blanchett and elsewhere actors Nicole Kidman and Russel Crowe forged their early careers in the city.

In the early 1980s, Gibson, faced with excess production capacity and, some claim, a difficult relationship with its labor union, closed its historic Parsons Street factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan and relocated much of its production to its factory in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Cardinals faced the New York Mets, and Gibson entered the game as a relief pitcher in the fifth inning.

Unaware his leg had been fractured, Gibson faced three more batters before his right fibula bone snapped above the ankle.

In the World Series, Stottlemyre faced Bob Gibson three times in a seven-game Series.

Solly Hemus announced a switch in his starting pitcher, from Bob Gibson to Ernie Broglio, for several reasons: 1 Broglio's 4-0 won-lost record and 1.24 earned-run mark against Pittsburgh a year ago ; ;

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review commented that the " constant, unadulterated " hipster-technocrat, cyber-MTV " lingo overdone and inappropriate " On the technology, Cory Doctorow found Gibson's use of watermarks and keystroke logging to be hollow and has noted that " Gibson is no technologist, he's an accomplished and insightful social critic ... and he treats these items from the real world as metaphor.

On May 9, 1921, under manager George ( Mooney ) Gibson, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the London Tecumsehs 8-7 at Tecumseh Park before 3, 500 people in an exhibition baseball game.

One of the early stars to emerge from Tecumseh Park was London West resident, George Gibson, a young bricklayer-homebuilder turned catcher who enjoyed a lengthy playing career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning the World Series in 1909 by beating Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers.

Gibson first signed a pro contract in 1903 and joined the Pittsburgh Pirates two years later.

With the near-collapse of the Pittsburgh Crawfords, Josh Gibson returned to the Grays in 1937, combining with slugger Buck Leonard to power the Grays to nine consecutive ( and a total of ten ) Negro National League Championships and three Negro League World Series titles.

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Also, Torrance ’ s influence can be seen in the thinking of Matthew Baker of Fordham University ; Elmer Colyer of the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, one of the founding Directors of the T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship and author of a number of works on Torrance ; Gary Deddo, Senior Editor at InterVarsity Press and founding President of the T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship and author of a number of works on Torrance ; George Dion Dragas, Professor of Patrology and Patristics, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts ; Eric Flett of Eastern University, St. David ’ s, Pennsylvania and author of a book on the Theology of Culture as understood through the thinking of Torrance ; Michael Gibson of Vanderbilt University ; Myk Habets of Carey Baptist College, Auckland, New Zealand, author of a number of works on Torrance, including a book on Torrance and Theosis ; George Hunsinger, Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and author of a number of works on Torrance as well as an important book on the Eucharist, influenced by Torrance ; Christian Kettler of Friends University, Kansas, the current President of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship and author of a number of books that demonstrate Torrance ’ s influence ; Paul D. Molnar, Professor of Systematic Theology at St. John ’ s University in Queens, New York, past President of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship and author of a number of works on Torrance including a book on Torrance ’ s trinitarian theology ; and Andrew Purves, Chair in Reformed Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

While there were sports broadcasts from 1912, the first sports commentary was broadcast in April 1921 by Florent Gibson of the Pittsburg Star newspaper covering the fight between Johnny Ray and Johnny " Hutch " Dundee at the Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh.

*** East: Sam Streeter ( Pittsburgh Crawfords ) ( L ), Bertram Hunter ( Pittsburgh Crawfords ), George Britt ( Homestead Grays ) and Biz Mackey ( Philadelphia Stars ), Josh Gibson ( Pittsburgh Crawfords )

** West: Ray Brown ( Homestead Grays ), Leroy Matlock ( Pittsburgh Crawfords ), Ted Trent ( Chicago American Giants ), Bob Griffith ( Columbus Elite Giants ), Sug Cornelius ( Chicago American Giants ) ( W ) and Josh Gibson ( Pittsburgh Crawfords )

*** East: Leroy Matlock ( Pittsburgh Crawfords ) ( W ), Bill Byrd ( Washington Elite Giants ), Satchel Paige ( Pittsburgh Crawfords ) and Biz Mackey ( Washington Elite Giants ), Josh Gibson ( Pittsburgh Crawfords )

The streak-ending ninth game with the Pittsburgh Crawfords came on July 28, 1934, a face-off that saw Hall-of-Famers Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson, James “ Cool Papa ” Bell, and Oscar Charleston all play in regular-season tilt.

In — a season also marked by the final campaign of the Cardinals ' longtime superstar, Stan Musial — the Redbirds surged into contention, sparked by the acquisition of shortstop Dick Groat from the Pittsburgh Pirates, 18-win seasons from pitchers Gibson and Ernie Broglio, the comeback of left-handed starter Curt Simmons ( who had been signed off the scrap heap by Devine ), and the strong campaign of young catcher Tim McCarver.

( London-born George ( Mooney ) Gibson, catcher for the 1909 World Series Champions, the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a nephew of the Southams ).

On May 9, 1921, under manager George Gibson, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the London Tecumsehs 8-7 at Tecumseh Park before 3, 500 people in an exhibition baseball game.