In 1981 he landed a contract with Writer's Digest to write a book about scriptwriting.

In 1975, Margaux Hemingway landed a then-unprecedented million-dollar contract as the face of Fabergé's Babe perfume and the same year appeared on the cover of Time magazine, labelled one of the " New Beauties ", giving further name recognition to fashion models.

In 1975, Margaux Hemingway landed a then-unprecedented million-dollar contract as the face of Fabergé's Babe perfume and the same year appeared on the cover of Time magazine, labelled one of the " New Beauties ", giving further name recognition to fashion models.

She then landed a contract with a major label, Virgin Records, recording Play Me Backwards ( 1992 ) for Virgin shortly before the company was purchased by EMI.

The song, and Aguilera's vocals, were so well received that it landed her a recording contract with RCA records.

As a result of their father's salesmanship, Fred and Adele rapidly landed a major contract and played the famed Orpheum Circuit not only in Omaha but throughout the United States.

She won Female Vocalist of the Year at the 1987 Tejano Music Awards and landed a recording contract with EMI a few years later.

While touring Europe with La MaMa, Cuomo landed a recording contract with CBS France, left the troupe in 1971 and settled in Paris with several members of the original Misty Mountain Mormos — Sandy Spencer ( cellist ) and Tobia Taylor ( balalaika ).

Others used drugs as a mind-altering way to boost creativity ; for example, Emil Amos of Holy Sons took drugs daily from age sixteen on, wrote over 1, 000 songs, and landed a record contract with an indie label.

One of the rockets landed next to a B-Hut in a camp located on the west side of the base killing a Bosnian national, who was working at Bagram as a contract firefighter.

She was signed to a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1958 and landed her first English-speaking role in the film Song Without End ( 1960 ) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

During Drucker's term the league expanded from 8 to 14 teams, landed its first national TV contract ( with BET ) and saw franchise values increase from $ 5, 000 to $ 500, 000.

Formed while Aames was in junior high school, the group eventually landed a recording contract with CBS Custom Label.

By the time she was 15, she had formed an all-girl group, ' Milan ', with two fellow students and landed a record contract and a gig touring as the ' warm up ' group for the British boyband, East 17.

After Paul Young landed his own solo contract in 1982, Palladino was brought in as part of his backing band " The Royal Family " resulting in noticeable chart success with the No Parlez album, and major hit singles both in the UK and Europe.

Ross was well connected in Canadian society and eventually landed his first contract in 1903 for 12, 000 Mark I Ross rifles.

Although originally wanting to become an actress on the stage, Darnell was featured in a " Gateway to Hollywood " talent-search and initially landed a contract at RKO Pictures.

Landis landed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox and began a sexual relationship with Darryl F. Zanuck.

The band started in 1968 with three lead vocalists, Danny Hutton ( who got his start with Hanna-Barbera Records in 1965 ), Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells ( who landed a recording contract with Dunhill Records ).

It was five years before Sobule landed another recording contract.

This new iteration of Rough Trade landed a record contract with True North Records in mid-1980, and recorded the group's second album, Avoid Freud, which was released in October 1980.

In 1967 he signed a contract with Columbia Pictures and following a number of guest appearances, including the episode " The Apple " from the second season of Star Trek, he landed the role of Joshua Bolt on the television program Here Come the Brides with co-stars Robert Brown, Bobby Sherman and Bridget Hanley.

He competed on TNN's You Can Be a Star talent contest in 1986, landed a song publishing contract and moved to Nashville in 1987.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she was 14 years old when her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where her beauty landed her a contract with a major modeling agency and then with 20th Century Fox film studios.

They went shopping in the neighborhood, and bought two loaves of bread with the ration coupons they had been given in Blois, and some cheese, and a dozen eggs, and a bag of oranges from a peddler in the Place Redoute -- the first oranges they had seen since they landed.

After Penthesilea's death she, in accord with the former's will, sailed off and eventually landed in Italy, founding the city of Clete.

William ( with a fleet of 200 ships ) landed in Epirus with a strong force ( 80, 000 men including 5, 000 knights ), and marched as far as Thessalonica, which he took and pillaged ruthlessly ( 7, 000 Greeks died ).

The Lunar Module Orion, with Young and Duke inside, landed north and west of the planned landing site at 104 hours, 29 minutes, and 35 seconds into the mission, at 2: 23: 35 UTC on 21 April.

* 2001 – The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter is released.

They landed in Toulon with only Napoleon's pay for their support.

C. Cornelius Gallus was advancing from Paraetonium ; and Octavian himself landed at Pelusium, with the connivance it was believed of Cleopatra.

In 1951 he landed a regular spot at the 708 Club on Chicago's South Side, with a repertoire influenced by Louis Jordan, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters.

López's fourth expedition landed in Pinar del Río province with around 400 men in August 1851 ; the invaders were defeated by Spanish troops and López was executed.

In 563 he travelled to Scotland with twelve companions, where according to legend he first landed on the Kintyre Peninsula, near Southend.

Whiggery had become a dominant ideology following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and was associated with the defence of Parliament, upholding the rule of law and defending landed property.

At approximately 10: 15 pm Scott and Rataczak landed the 727, with the aft airstair still deployed, at Reno Airport.

Beatty did not respond until after surgery on his arm in September 1900 when he wrote, I landed from China with my heart full of rage, and swore I did not care if I ever saw you again, or if I were killed or not.

Bored with administering Central America, Alvarado had set sail for the south without the crown's authorization, landed on the Ecuadorian coast, and marched inland to the Sierra.

Starting with épée in 1936, side-judges were replaced by an electrical scoring apparatus, with an audible tone and a red or green light indicating when a touch landed.

All six are landed on one foot on the right back outside edge ( with counterclockwise rotation, for single and multi-revolution jumps ), but have different takeoffs, by which they may be distinguished.

The Marlins were asked about ace Dontrelle Willis after his Cy Young caliber campaign in 2005 amid the " Market Correction " but rejected an offer from the Detroit Tigers that would have landed them now 4 × MLB All-Star and 2011 AL MVP pitcher Justin Verlander and five-tool outfielder Curtis Granderson, both prospects with some major league experience under their belt.

He steered the boat to land with the axe, then threw it ashore ; a spring appeared where it landed.

He found a good port, landed, repaired and restocked his vessels, then stayed for a time, keeping friendly relations with the natives.

Several demonstrations were made on a flight simulator where a Cessna-trained small-aircraft pilot successfully landed a heavily-damaged full-size concept jet, without prior experience with large-body jet aircraft.

The Foreign Legion landed at Tarragona on 17 August with around 4, 000 men who were quickly dubbed Los Argelinos ( the Algerians ) by locals because of their previous posting.

At the same time he found the church to be a " selfish ... church of the landed gentry " with its establishment " out of touch " with the majority of its communicants and altogether a pernicious influence on public life.