He overcame the opposition, and went to learn from François Boucher ( 1703 – 1770 ), the leading painter of the time, who was also a distant relative.

* The Tuskegee Airmen ( 1995 ), the story of how a group of African-American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest U. S. fighter groups in World War II, flying P-51s, although the 99th Squadron would have used P-40 and P-39 during their North African stint.

The choice overcame opposition from Montreal's surrounding municipalities, and also prevented land speculation.

In January 1953, Nasser overcame opposition from Naguib and banned all political parties, creating a one-party system, the Liberation Rally, whose purpose was to function as a national movement that would replace all parties.

While it looked as if co-operation between these parties would not be feasible a shared opposition to Fianna Fáil and Éamon de Valera overcame all other difficulties and the coalition government was formed.

Smant ( 1991 ) finds that Burnham overcame sometimes heated opposition from other members of the editorial board ( including Meyer, Schlamm, William Rickenbacker, and the magazine's publisher William A. Rusher ), and had a significant impact on both the editorial policy of the magazine and on the thinking of Buckley himself.

In December 1741, the daughter of Peter the Great, who, from her habits was a favourite with the soldiers, excited the guards to revolt, overcame the insignificant opposition, and ascended the throne as empress Elizabeth.

Amin's troops easily overcame the disorganized opposition to the coup, and Amin almost immediately initiated mass executions of Acholi and Langi troops, whom he believed to be pro-Obote.

To do this he overcame hostility and opposition from much of the scientific community.

Generally in remote areas, the White League's show of force and outright murders always overcame opposition.

Watanabe declined an interview request, but his memoirs describe how he overcame Ministry of Education opposition to the TOEIC by taking cover " behind the ministry of trade shield.

Never one to let obstacles stand in his way, Sims overcame the opposition by writing directly ( in 1902 ) to President Theodore Roosevelt.

He was closely followed by the men of his company and speedily overcame all opposition.

In 1841, his desire to paint overcame his parents ' opposition.

Wisla 5-1 in their first round tie, with two of the goals being scored by Julian Nash, and even more impressively overcame PSL stalwarts New Hampshire Phantoms by the same scoreline in the second round, despite the game being Chicago's first ever match against professional opposition.

On the grounds of his holding a prebend, he was deprived of his fellowship in 1579, but was reinstated in 1581, at the instance of Lord Burghley, the chancellor, who, moved by the representations of Richard Barnes, the Bishop of Durham, the Earl of Huntingdon, and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, overcame the opposition of John Hatcher, the vice-chancellor, and Edward Hawford, master of Christ's.

It was a hard fought infantry battle in which the British infantry overcame tough Ottoman opposition.

Eymard overcame a number of difficulties to reach his goals, including poverty in his family and in his newly founded community, his father's initial opposition to his only son ’ s desire to be a priest, years of serious illness and pain, a Jansenistic striving for inner perfection and the difficulties of getting diocesan and later papal approval for his new religious community.

This time his popularity had risen to such that he easily overcame his opposition to secure the nomination.

As Viola sat there, a playful impulse overcame her to remove the shoes and socks from the unidentified feet and, as a prank, insert rosebuds between the toes.

It would appear that the subsidizing of southern populations by the import of wheat from the north of the Empire temporarily overcame this problem, and it seems to have allowed economic recovery and a growing population within this region.

The Berlin airlift, conducted by the three western Allies, overcame this blockade by supplying food and other supplies to the city from 24 June 1948 to 11 May 1949.

He overcame a series of revolts — both from an elder brother and from several dukes.

The weight of cannon distributed to lower decks of the ship increased its stability immensely, effectively providing ballast, and a row of cannon on a lower deck produced the broadside, where the weight of shot overcame the inherent inaccuracy of firing cannons from a ship at sea.

In its eleven years in power, the Sandinista government never overcame most of the economic inequalities that it inherited from the Somoza era.

As the war progressed, with no hope of joining the rebellion due to power of the Royal Navy ( in the letter he had addressed to Bermudians soliciting the theft of the gunpowder, George Washington had written We would not wish to in volve you in an Opposition, in which from your Situation, we should be unable to support you: -- We knew not therefore to what Extent to sollicit your Assistance in availing ourselves of this Supply ), with increasing numbers of Amercan loyalists in Bermuda ( such as the privateer Bridger Goodrich ), and with their economic opportunities dwindling, Bermudians overcame their sympathies for their erstwhile countrymen and unleashed their privateers ( which, by the middle of the 18th Century already outnumbered those of any of the mainland colonies ) upon American shipping.

Through what amounted to a palace coup, the queen's supporters overcame Fulk, and from 1135 onwards Fulk's influence rapidly deteriorated.

Bentley overcame competition from top actors under the age of 25 to be cast.

The legislation overcame the bitter resistance, particularly from the American Medical Association, to the idea of publicly funded health care or " socialized medicine " by making its benefits available to everyone over sixty-five, regardless of need, and by linking payments to the existing private insurance system.

While Spanish Nueva canción musicians with the fall of the Franco regime finally overcame censorship in the late 1970s musicians from the Southern Cone faced severe censorship and even exile and death by the ruling right-wing military juntas.

Against St. Mirren in the Scottish League Cup, the club overcame a two-men deficit from red cards, a late deciding goal from Kenny Miller securing a record 27th competition victory.

It was in Cilicia that Zeus battled with the ancient monster and overcame him, in a more complicated story: It was not an easy battle, and Typhon temporarily overcame Zeus, cut the " sinews " from him and left him in the " leather sack ", the korukos that is the etymological origin of the korukion andron, the Korykian or Corycian Cave in which Zeus suffers temporary eclipse as if in the Land of the Dead.

In talking to the proprietor, Juan ( Stanley Adams ), Smith learns about the hardships that the nuns, led by the unyielding Mother Maria, overcame to emigrate from Eastern Europe – over the Berlin Wall – only to barely scratch out a meager living on the farm that was willed to their order.

* Ed Furgol, winner of 1954 US Open at Baltusrol, champion golfer who overcame an unbending left arm from a broken elbow at age 12

Weinberger was a sickly child and required close nurturing from his mother ; in time, he overcame his poor health and shyness.

The trajectory change overcame the design flaw for the most part, and data transmission succeeded, although the information from one of the two radio channels was lost due to an unrelated error.

She was saved from immediate sinking by the sighting of another German light cruiser,, to which Beatty gave chase and again quickly overcame.

A revised version, called cumulative prospect theory overcame this problem by using a probability weighting function derived from Rank-dependent expected utility theory.

With their military technology, they overcame the local forces with relative ease, and formed several small Boer republics in areas beyond British control, without a central government.

Farmers soon realised that a milking shed was a good place to feed cows supplementary foods that overcame local dietary deficiencies or added to the cows ' wellbeing and production.

The spread of standard Japanese means the regional languages / dialects are now valued as " nostalgic ", " heart-warming " and " precious local identity " and many locals gradually overcame their sense of inferiority regarding their languages / dialects.

One of Comber's finest sporting moments came on Christmas morning 1991 when local amateur football team Comber Rec., managed by Mervyn Boyce, overcame favourites Brantwood to lift the Steel and Sons Cup for the first time.

She overcame a well funded offensive by local police and firefighter unions to unseat her during the election campaign.

L ' Ouverture overcame a succession of local rivals ( including the Commissioner Sonthonaxa, a French white man who gained support from many Haitians, angering Toussaint ; André Rigaud, a free man of color who fought to keep control of the South ; and Comte d ' Hédouville ).

An 1870 Act of Parliament overcame these legal obstacles by defining responsibilities and for the next three decades many local tramway companies were founded, using horse-drawn carriages, until replaced by cable, steam or electric traction.

Their combined hard work, talents and experience eventually overcame the local Bahamian and Miami Police-assisted standards of investigation and prosecution, as the defense team found serious flaws with the prosecution's case.

He helped Birmingham win the 1963 League Cup, scoring a goal in the final itself as Birmingham overcame local rivals Aston Villa.