He gained his bachelor's degree at Eastman in 1959, and in 1961 a master's degree in double bass performance from the Manhattan School of Music.

Observation of double stars gained increasing importance during the 19th century.

Although many had gained riches from the war ( Dutch prizes taken during the war, about 1200 merchantmen or 8 % of their total mercantile fleet, amounted to double the value of England's entire ocean-going merchant fleet ), trade as a whole had suffered.

In 1992 – 93 Adams gained the distinction of being the captain of the first English side to win the League Cup and FA Cup double, lifting the European Cup Winners ' Cup the following year.

In July 2008, Lime Village gained notoriety when it was reported that their gasoline prices were more than double of the already-high national average of over $ 4 / gallon with Lime Village selling regular unleaded gasoline at $ 8. 55 / gallon.

In 2010 / 2011, in what is now commonly referred to as the Invictus season, the college Rugby team under the leadership of Tom Blight achieved a perfect season, winning 10 games from 10 and in doing so gained a double promotion.

Text in the book The Great Rock Discography said that it was released after the band had gained popularity, saying " Slayer had finally made it into the metal big league and summing up the first blood-soaked chapter of their career, the group duly released the live double set.

At the 2011 general election it gained 37 of the 166 seats in Dáil Éireann, almost double its total of 20 at the 2007 general election, making it the second largest political party in the 31st Dáil.

The film slowly gained a cult following through word of mouth when it was distributed as the b movie in a double feature with Mario Bava's Black Sunday and eventually with The Last Woman on Earth.

Having gained respect in the NCAA, Owens faced double coverage more frequently during his senior year, and was limited to 43 receptions for 667 yards and one touchdown.

The Colt quickly gained favor over the S & W and remained the primary US military sidearm until 1892 when it was replaced by the. 38 Long Colt caliber Colt Model 1892, a double action revolver with swing-out cylinder.

In the First Division with Taylor as manager, Watford gained its highest-ever victory ( 8 – 0 against Sunderland, with Luther Blissett scoring four ) as well as the " double " over Arsenal, an away win at Tottenham Hotspur, and home victories over Everton and Liverpool ; this resulted in Watford finishing runners-up in the entire Football League.

For most of the time it was on air, it also gained double exposure throughout the country by screening a new episode each Sunday evening, and then repeating it the following Saturday evening.

Born Ruth Shirley Wohl in Brooklyn, New York, Wallis began her career singing jazz and cabaret standards-with such bands as Isham Jones and Benny Goodman on road tours for a couple of months ; but gained fame in the 1940s and 1950s for her risqué, satirical songs, rife with double entendre that she wrote herself.

Predictably, this was also the seat in which the Alliance gained the highest share of the vote, at 37. 2 %, more than double their best efforts elsewhere.

A single round-robin was played instead of a double, and the points gained in the final phase were not added back to the points in the group stage.

In the early years, the airfield had gained 19 small, fighter-type pan hardstandings and 14 double pens.

Playing one of these cards before starting a challenge will double the amount of Kudos gained or lost during that attempt.

Kishimoto gained popularity for her commercials, including a Manzai double act with Kirin Kiki in the 1980s, Fujifilm, Orient Finance and her performance alongside Sonny Chiba in Toyota Carina commercials.

Although Craig's record as the youngest captain in Test history has now surpassed, he remains the youngest Australian to have scored a double century, gained Test selection and the national captaincy.

Bruce was then tagged in by Goldberg where he gained an early advantage over Bagwell for a short time, but was then double teamed by Totally Buffed.

Sir Nigel Gresley gained her double chimney and Kylchap double blastpipe on 13 December 1957.

Gregory adhered to Augustine's double predestination and famously condemned unbaptised infants to Hell, for which he gained the nickname Infantium Tortor ( torturer, or tormentor, of infants ).

In the next few months of comparative silence, Pike waited patiently until conditions were perfect for a new attack, and then, displaying a remarkable grasp of the subtleties of political infighting, gained from his first bout with Woodruff, he used these changed conditions to excellent advantage.

Although this kind of wholesale objection came at first from some men who were not technically Puritans, still, once the Puritans gained power, they climaxed the affair by passing the infamous ordinance of 1642 which decreed that all `` public stage-plays shall cease and be forborne ''.

As she had done with Means, she gained rapidly at first, but then Baldy began to draw away.

" The Republicans gained majorities in both House and Senate for the first time since Democrats in the 1856 elections, they were to be seated in numbers which Lincoln might use to govern, a national parliamentary majority even before pro-slavery House and Senate seats vacated.

Carnegie later joked that he was " the first casualty of the war " when he gained a scar on his cheek from freeing a trapped telegraph wire.

In 1991, it gained its first South Australian team, Adelaide, which paid five million dollars to enter the AFL.

Akihabara gained some fame through being home to one of the first stores devoted to personal robots and robotics.

With the information contained in Chanute's book, the personal assistance of Chanute himself, and research carried out in their own wind tunnel, the Wright brothers gained enough knowledge of aerodynamics to fly the first powered aircraft on December 17, 1903.

He first gained media attention for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo !, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest.

One could note a certain irony: one of the first acts of many of the newly independent states was to adopt the law of the foreign sovereign from whom independence had just been gained.

Love worked with director Alex Cox on her first two films ; she gained a small part in the Sid Vicious biopic Sid and Nancy ( 1986 ), and was then given the leading role in his following film, Straight to Hell ( 1987 ), which caught the attention of artist Andy Warhol.

Although the first, which emphasizes the potential for energy and resource conservation and health benefits gained from cycling versus automobile use, is relatively undisputed, the second is the subject of much debate.

It was also the first full coalition in Britain since 1945, having been formed 70 years virtually to the day after the establishment of Winston Churchill's wartime coalition, although there had been the " Lib-Lab pact ", an agreement stopping short of a full coalition between the Labour and Liberal parties, from March 1977 until July 1978, when a series of by-election defeats had eroded Labour's majority of three seats which had been gained at the October 1974 election.

The office originally granted the holder the ability to speak first at session on the topic presented by the presiding magistrate, but eventually gained the power to open and close the senate sessions, decide the agenda, decide where the session should take place, impose order and other rules of the session, meet in the name of the senate with embassies of foreign countries, and write in the name of the senate letters and dispatches.

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders soon gained the spotlight with their revealing outfits and sophisticated dance moves, which debuted in the 1972 – 1973 season, but were first seen widely in Super Bowl X ( 1976 ).

It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.

The game gradually gained a following, and the Montreal Football Club was formed in 1868, the first recorded non-university football club in Canada.

In 1998, the Eritrean Church gained its autocephelacy from the Coptic Orthodox Church when its first Patriarch was enthroned by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria.

They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk rock community, and were one of the first American hardcore bands to make a significant impact in the United Kingdom.

Even though Dolly was not the first animal to be cloned, she gained this attention in the media because she was the first to be cloned from an adult cell.

Aeschylus gained thirteen victories as a dramatist, Sophocles at least twenty, Euripides only four in his lifetime, and this has often been taken as an indication of the latter's unpopularity with his contemporaries, and yet a first place might not have been the main criterion for success in those times ( the system of selecting judges appears to have been flawed ) and merely being chosen to compete was in itself a mark of distinction.

He gained his first Method experience at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York City.

The title first gained nationwide recognition in 1877, when newspaper journalist Mary C. Ames referred to Lucy Webb Hayes as " the First Lady of the Land " while reporting on the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes.

Especially so because of the lingering effect of the Swedish and Russian rule in their time, before the Finns first gained autonomy, and because of the precarious powerbalance eastwards, springing from a geographically extended yet sparsely populated state with a traditionally imperialist superpower right across the Eastern border.