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Henry Ford spoke of me as `` utterly astounding ''.
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They were not diplomats or jazz musicians, or even organizers of reading-rooms and photo-montage displays, but rugged capitalist entrepreneurs like Henry Ford, Hugh Cooper, Thomas Campbell, the International Harvester Co., and David W. Griffith.
But Henry Ford used the planetary transmission in his Model T and earlier cars and, in 1905, as a precautionary measure, took out a license from the man who claimed to be its inventor.
Henry Ford was the first to master the moving assembly line and was able to improve other aspects of industry by doing so ( such as reducing labor hours required to produce a single vehicle, and increased production numbers and parts ).
According to Henry Ford:
* 1598 – Nine Years ' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford – Irish forces under Hugh O ' Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
* 1947 – Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist, founder of the Ford Motor Company ( b. 1863 )
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were the Henry Ford and Louis Chevrolet of their times, who capitalized on ideas already commonly known before they started in the business.
* On Higher Ground: Selections From the Walter O. Evans Collection, group show, 2001, Henry Ford Museum, Michigan
* 1940 – Childe Wills, early associate of Henry Ford, one of the first employees of the Ford Motor Company, and a contributor to the design of the Model T ( b. 1878 )
He received his middle name in honor of Henry Ford, as he was born at the Henry Ford Hospital.
In 1926, Henry Ford displayed an experimental single-seat aeroplane that he called the " sky flivver ".
One notable design, Henry Smolinski's Mizar, made by mating the rear end of a Cessna Skymaster with a Ford Pinto, disintegrated during test flights, killing Smolinski and the pilot.
Henry Ford II had wanted a Ford at Le Mans since the early 1960s.
Enzo cut the deal off out of spite and Henry Ford II, enraged, directed his racing division to find a company that could build a Ferrari-beater on the world endurance-racing circuit.
He acquired goats, a rooster he called " Henry Ford ", and a poodle puppy he called " Marx " and settled down to animal husbandry and writing Homage to Catalonia.
Henry Ford ( July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947 ) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
Henry Ford's siblings include Margaret Ford ( 1867 – 1938 ); Jane Ford ( c. 1868 – 1945 ); William Ford ( 1871 – 1917 ) and Robert Ford ( 1873 – 1934 ).
Henry and spoke
The English Biblical scholar Robert Henry Charles ( 1855 – 1931 ) reasoned on internal textual grounds that the book was edited by someone who spoke no Hebrew and who wished to promote a different theology from John's.
In the aftermath of Wallingford, Stephen and Henry spoke together privately about a potential end to the war ; Stephen's son Eustace, however, was furious about the peaceful outcome at Wallingford.
Sir Thomas Boleyn, being the son of the eldest daughter, felt the title belonged to him and protested to his brother-in-law, the Duke of Norfolk, who spoke to King Henry about the matter.
A well-known legend tells of Count Henry of Champagne, returning from Armenia, spoke with Hassan at Alamut.
It is widely believed that Henry VIII often spoke to Anne as a friend, and that she advised him on many matters during their friendship and his reign, especially where matters of trust were raised amongst his council.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger spoke with Fischer urging him to play the match, and chess was at its apex.
Her first son, Henry Pole, was created Baron Montagu, another of the Neville titles ; he spoke for the family in the House of Lords.
A possible source was Dr John Argentine, an opponent of Richard who became a member of Henry Tudor's court once he became Henry VII and who spoke Italian.
In the aftermath of Wallingford, Stephen and Henry spoke together privately about a potential end to the war ; Stephen's son Eustace, however, was furious about the peaceful outcome at Wallingford.
After signing a petition for Progressive Party presidential candidate Henry A. Wallace, Hay spoke with other gay men at a party about forming a gay support organization for him called " Bachelors for Wallace ".
Although Theobald spoke out against the manner of election, he took little active part in the subsequent electoral disputes, which resulted eventually in the deposition of FitzHerbert and his replacement at York by Henry Murdac.
Also in 1860, Barnum introduced the " man-monkey " William Henry Johnson, a microcephalic black dwarf who spoke a mysterious language created by Barnum.
The two novels sketched the life and importance of Henry IV of France and were acclaimed by his brother Thomas Mann, who spoke of the " great splendour and dynamic art " of the work.
Joe Henry described the funeral, which was " 2 and a half hours long, included many eulogies, some spontaneous gospel singing ; some shouting, some wailing, a fainting, and a daughter who hopped on the balls of her feet and spoke in tongues as punctuation to her scripted remarks.
In referring to this code, Sir Henry Maine spoke of Livingston as “ the first legal genius of modern times ”.
He was initially on friendly terms with John Henry Newman, but they fell out as the divergence in their views became apparent ; Newman later spoke of his Catholic University as continuing in Dublin the struggle against Whately which he had commenced at Oxford.
As Master of Pierson College, he subsequently hosted his old boss Henry Luce – with whom Hersey had reconnected after their falling-out years prior – when Luce spoke to the college's undergraduates.
DeLeon was on the committee which nominated Henry George ran for Mayor in that same year, and he spoke in public several times on George's behalf during the course of the campaign.
On 17 August French met General Charles Lanrezac, commanding the French Fifth Army on his right-they conferred in private despite the fact that Lanrezac spoke no English and Sir John could speak little French, Henry Wilson being eventually called over to translate.
He spoke in support of the evolutionist Thomas Henry Huxley at the famous 1860 Oxford evolution debate.
It was here that Henry met with the Bishop of Évreux who spoke on Becket's behalf.
Mikoyan spent three months in the United States, where he not only learned more about its food industry but also met and spoke with Henry Ford and inspected Macy's in New York.
Gerard's reaction was negative, and he wrote to Henry Garnet and George Blackwell asking them to put a spoke in the wheels of the plot.
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-- Henry said that he'd take my arm and get me right there.
This basic principle, the first in a richly knotted bundle, was conveyed to me by Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr., at the University of Buffalo, where he heads the world's first department of anthropology and linguistics.
* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – " Give me Liberty, or give me Death!
In a letter, Wilde said the main characters were reflections of himself: " Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry is what the world thinks me: Dorian is what I would like to be — in other ages, perhaps ".
In the 1890 edition, Basil tells Henry how he " worships " Dorian, and begs him not to " take away the one person that makes my life absolutely lovely to me.
" He began changing his answering machine greeting every couple of weeks to various quotes by Patrick Henry such as " Give me liberty or give me death.
A few came in the form of jury instructions, such as the statement issued on April 23, 1776, by Chief Justice William Henry Drayton of South Carolina: " the law of the land authorizes me to declare ... that George the Third, King of Great Britain ... has no authority over us, and we owe no obedience to him.
* March 23 – American Revolution: Patrick Henry, a delegate to the Second Virginia Convention after the Virginia House of Burgesses was disbanded by the Royal Governor, delivers his " Give me Liberty, or give me Death!
Leopold's brother Henry ( surnamed Jasomirgott, allegedly from his favourite oath, " So help me God!
The writer Al Aronowitz, while working on a profile of Jane Fonda for The Saturday Evening Post in the 1960s, asked Henry Fonda about Method acting: " I can't articulate about the Method ", he told me, " because I never studied it.
On one occasion, as related by Roger of Wendover, when King Henry met with papal prelates, he said, " If prelates knew how much I, in my reverence of God, am afraid of them and how unwilling I am to offend them, they would trample on me as on an old and worn-out shoe.
In 1775, Patrick Henry delivered his famous, " Give me Liberty or Give me Death ", speech in St. John's Church in Richmond, crucial for deciding Virginia's participation in the First Continental Congress and setting the course for revolution and independence.
" Turner " communicated the great work laid out for me to do, to four in whom I had the greatest confidence " – his fellow slaves Henry, Hark, Nelson, and Sam.
* 1316 Falstaff's speech on Honour – ' Hal, if thou see me down in battle /' Tis not due yet ...' from Henry IV, Part 1 ( Shakespeare ) ( 3555 / E161 ).
Henry led the opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765 and is remembered for his " Give me Liberty, or give me Death!
" And Virginia Woolf, writing to Lytton Strachey, asked, " Please tell me what you find in Henry James.
I thought it was funny, and so first I walked around with Maciunas and with Henry with a card, then I went inside and joined the circus ; so both groups got angry with me.
A year later, Farley's daughters Maria Farley and Rebecca Parke Farley sold their shares to Patrick Henry of Virginia, the man who delivered the " Give me Liberty, or give me Death!
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