However, his mother consolidated the Doukas family connection by arranging the Emperor's marriage to Irene Doukaina, granddaughter of the Caesar John Doukas, the uncle of Michael VII, who would not have supported Alexios otherwise.

In the general election, Johnson reluctantly supported John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, the candidate of most Southern Democrats.

John Ferguson's English brigade supported Rowe's left, and moved in perfect order towards the barricades between the village and the river, defended by Hautefeuille's dragoons.

Ronald Reagan spoke at the school in 1980, although the Joneses supported his opponent, John Connally, in the South Carolina primary.

This French supported production with John Eliot Gardiner, conductor, and his Orchestra was directed by Jean Louis Martinoty.

All kings supported King John of England ’ s defiance of Pope Innocent III ninety years after the Concordat of Worms in the matter concerning Stephen Langton.

At its peak of popularity eugenics was supported by a wide variety of prominent people, including Winston Churchill, Margaret Sanger, Marie Stopes, H. G. Wells, Theodore Roosevelt, George Bernard Shaw, John Maynard Keynes, John Harvey Kellogg, Linus Pauling and Sidney Webb.

* The traditionalist view that the epistle is written by Paul is supported by scholars that include Ezra Abbot, Asting, Gaugler, Grant, Harnack, Haupt, Fenton John Anthony Hort, Klijn, Johann David Michaelis, A. Robert, and André Feuillet, Sanders, Schille, Brooke Foss Westcott, and Theodor Zahn.

Economist John Maynard Keynes supported more equal outcomes.

Fearing their ultra-radical ideas, which crystallised in an attack on tithes, the conservative faction led by Major-General John Lambert, supported by the use of troops to deny access to the radical factions, engineered a vote for the dissolution of the assembly, which was passed on 12 December 1653.

During the U. S. Presidential Election of 1864, Douglass supported John C. Frémont.

Tammany, under its boss, John Kelly, had not supported Cleveland's nomination as governor, and disliked him all the more when Cleveland openly opposed the re-election of one of their State Senators.

However, he was following the pressure that was being exerted on him from some members of his cabinet, including Palmerston, who in this rare instance was actually being supported by John Russell, both of whom were in favor of a more aggressive policy against perceived Russian expansion.

Ice-T also speculated that his past affiliation with Body Count could hurt Barack Obama's chances if he endorsed him, so he'd choose instead to ruin John McCain's campaign by saying he supported him.

He supported the ornithologist John James Audubon, the poet / writer Edgar Allan Poe, and the presidential campaign of Henry Clay.

( Smith was a former member of the Secret Six who had supported John Brown ).

In 1997, a $ 325, 000 bronze sculpture ( equal to $ today ) by artists Ralph Helmick, Stu Schecter, and John Outterbridge depicting oversized nine-foot busts of Robinson and his brother Mack was erected at Garfield Avenue, across from the main entrance of Pasadena City Hall ; a granite footprint lists multiple donors to the commission project, which was organized by the Robinson Memorial Foundation and supported by members of the Robinson family.

In his early life, his political views were liberal and he supported President John F. Kennedy, whose death " traumatized " him.

For the remaining years of Richard's reign, John supported his brother on the continent, apparently loyally.

John was supported by the bulk of the English and Norman nobility and was crowned at Westminster, backed by his mother, Eleanor.

To achieve this, John reformed the English feudal contribution to his campaigns, creating a more flexible system under which only one knight in ten would actually be mobilised, but would be financially supported by the other nine ; knights would serve for an indefinite period.

John made no efforts to reinvigorate the Treaty of Falaise, though, and both William and Alexander remained independent kings, supported by, but not owing fealty to, John.

John was supported by his nobles on Cyprus, and by his continental holdings in Beirut, Caesarea, and Arsuf, as well as by the Knights Templar and the Genoese.

Christopher Einholf, in contrast wrote " For George Thomas, the view that slavery was needed as a way of controlling blacks was supported by his personal experience of Nat Turner's Rebellion.

The significantly increased traction for Q & A from this re-launch grew Symantec's revenues substantially, along with early success for Q & A in international markets ( uniquely a German version was shipped three weeks after the United States version, and it was the first software in the world that supported German Natural Language ) following Turner's having placed emphasis on establishing international sales distribution and multiple language versions of Q & A from initial shipment.

Axworthy supported Turner's bid to become party leader at the 1968 leadership convention.

On other issues, McCay supported Federation, and was one of a number of young politicians who rallied around Alfred Deakin, threatening to bring down Sir George Turner's government if it attempted to block federation.

With the progression of professionalism at the club, continued development of the Turner's Cross stadium and the transition to summer football, the club became one of the biggest and best supported clubs in the country.

In Ancient China, successful men often supported several concubines — for example, it has been documented that Chinese Emperors accommodated numbers in the thousands.

Another feature of NDC rule carried over from the PNDC era is faithfulness to what a leading scholar of Africa has called " one of the most successful neoclassical economic reform efforts supported by the IMF and the World Bank.

The Soviet Union and People's Republic of China supported post – World War II anti-colonial national-liberation movements to advance their own interests but were not always successful.

The Wabash Railroad strike in 1885 was also a significant success, as Powderly finally supported what became a successful strike on Jay Gould's Wabash Line.

However, marketing of services has to be adequately supported financially in order to be successful.

Rapidly rising through the party ranks, Askin soon became President of the Liberals ' Manly branch and supported William Wentworth's successful bid for the new seat of Mackellar at the 1949 election.

Its programs are supported by successful fundraising efforts which have helped it to build substantial monetary reserves.

He pointed to the successful rise of the bourgeoisie, and the necessity of revolutionary violence — a heightened form of class conflict — in securing the bourgeoisie rights that supported the capitalist economy.

) Whatever his original views, Ursus supported Emperor Leo's successful military expedition to recover Ravenna, sending both men and ships.

The resulting Huygens – Fresnel principle was extremely successful at reproducing light's behavior and, subsequently supported by Thomas Young's discovery of double-slit interference, was the beginning of the end for the particle light camp.

Nicks supported the box set with a successful US tour.

Nicks supported the album with a successful tour, although some shows were canceled or postponed because of Nicks ' bout with acute bronchitis.

At that time, Dubček passively supported the union between Czechs and Slovaks in a single Czecho-Slovak federation against the ( ultimately successful ) push towards an independent Slovak state.

" The album was supported with the successful Surprise Tour.

A successful experiment in fresh-water prawn farming, supported by Taiwanese aid, has produced substantial amounts of prawns for the domestic and local markets.

The event was supported by the city, regional and national government and private sector which also ensured that the event was financially successful.

De Havilland mounted a lawsuit in the 1940s, supported by the Screen Actors Guild and was successful, thereby reducing the power of the studios and extending greater creative freedom to the performers.

Its successor, the Mega Drive, which was also successful in Europe, was supported up until this time as well.

The uprising, supported by Theodoric Strabo, Illus and Armatus, was successful, and Verina convinced the Emperor to leave the city.

The result was Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, released in 1989 and supported by a successful tour.

The Romans supported Masinissa's claim to the Numidian throne against Syphax, who was nevertheless successful in driving Masinissa from power until Scipio invaded Africa in 204.

At 10: 00, the Germans began their most successful assault on the perimeter, attacking the southeastern end with infantry supported by newly arrived Tiger tanks.

Rhodes disliked the fact that Hanna had supported the successful Republican candidate, former Illinois Congressman Abraham Lincoln.

An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs, Desperado, Con Air, Armageddon, The Grey Zone, Ghost World and Big Fish ; and the HBO television series The Sopranos.

As an adult, he travelled to Hungary, where in 1046 he supported Andrew I's successful bid for the throne.