For several decades after his death, Long's personal political style inspired imitation among Louisiana politicians who borrowed his colorful speaking style, vicious verbal attacks on opponents, and promises of social programs.

This story doesn't quite correspond with most personal histories of the controversy but it makes a colorful tale.

If you can ’ t be good, be colorful .— Conrad's personal motto.

The colorful halo always surrounds the observer's own shadow, and thus was often taken to show the observer's personal enlightenment ( associated with Buddha or divinity ).

Watterson was called " the last of the great personal journalists ", writing colorful and controversial editorials on many topics under the pen name " Marse Henry ".

The Houston Chronicle described Vandiver as " a colorful and articulate man with much personal charm ".

His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, and status as one of America's most influential Founding Fathers, have seen Franklin honored on coinage and money ; warships ; the names of many towns, counties, educational institutions, namesakes, and companies ; and more than two centuries after his death, countless cultural references.

The show is noted for its colorful, psychedelic setting designed specifically by the creators to appeal to the attention spans of infants or unlock different sections of the mind while also educating young children and toddlers of transitions that can be expected in life.

" Whedon intended Willow to be realistically introverted, saying " I wanted Willow to have that kind of insanely colorful interior life that truly shy people have.

The play casts criticism on authoritarian religious leaders and also depicts the positive and colorful view of life and generous spirit of a character in the play, which is in stark contrast to that of another character, an authoritarian religious leader.

While there is substantial first-hand oral history about Buddy Bolden, facts about his life continue to be lost amidst colorful myth.

Like earlier artists, they portrayed the colorful New Mexican landscape and cultural influences, such as the " timelessness they perceived in Puebloan culture and the deep connection to the land they noted in the everyday life of both Native Americans and Hispanics influence experimentation and innovation in their own art.

* Bonhomme had a colorful life.

The novel takes place in the Netherlands, and is a colorful fictional portrait of early nineteenth-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.

Also Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art holds a Neapolitan Presepio, Handcrafted between 1700 and 1830, the presepio teems with lifelike figures and colorful details that re-create the Nativity within a vibrant and detailed panorama of 18th-century Italian village life.

However, Blache sees Ray mainly as an colorful example of lower-class life and a source of inspiration for her literary writings.

Newman was unappreciated as an artist for much of his life, being overlooked in favour of more colorful characters such as Jackson Pollock.

The life of Bobbejaan is also a lucky bag of colorful anecdotes.

The novel painted a colorful picture of Chinese rural life with a fast moving plot that centered on the relationship and romance of a French missionary and the young wife of a Chinese Viceroy.

The Upper West Side has been a setting for many movies and television shows because of its pre-War architecture, colorful community and rich cultural life.

In 1886, Cohl produced his most bizarre and characteristic work in the Incoherent vein: Abus des metaphors, a collection of more than a dozen colorful expressions brought to life.

Father Peter Gallagher, priest from 1865 to 1898, was a colorful and charismatic leader, dominating island life and even getting into a fistfight with one of his parishioners in the island chapel.

" A letter written in 1799 by Goethe recounts: "... when it was time for dessert, the prince's entire livery ... carried a generous-size torte with colorful flaming candles-amounting to some fifty candles-that began to melt and threatened to burn down, instead of there being enough room for candles indicating upcoming years, as is the case with children's festivities of this kind ..." As the excerpt indicates, the tradition at the time was to place candles for each year of the individual's life with some added candles ' indicating upcoming years '.

With her colorful life, beautiful family and a career spanning 35 years, Victoria Ruffo has not only achieved her dream of being known all over the world but has remained to be one of the brightest and most bankable stars in Latin American TV.

A four-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, she entered politics late in life and was renowned for her energy and colorful enthusiasm.

The film documents Muntz's life, paying particular attention to his colorful career, and includes interviews with people who knew him and home movie footage contributed by his children.

His colorful life took him across Europe, Asia and North Africa, where he embroiled himself in political intrigues, flirted with secret societies and contributed to the birth of ethnology — he was one of the first to study the precursors of the Slavic peoples from a linguistic and historical standpoint.

Provideniya has an Arctic climate, although winters are not as severe due to the coastal location, and colorful flowers help bring the tundra to life during the summer.

It is filled with life and colorful characters and great lines of dialogue, and De Niro, in his debut as a director, finds the right notes as he moves from laughter to anger to tears.

He was also known for his colorful personality and humor throughout his career and life.

The relatively long and often colorful selections in this anthology enable the reader to become genuinely absorbed in what is said, whether he responds with anger or applause.

They keep their wings and feet pressed tightly against their bodies, and in spite of their often colorful attire you may very well mistake them for lumps of dirt.

Games often used this feature to render high resolution text in one area of the screen, while displaying more colorful graphics with less resolution in the gameplay area.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, the computer press had often sought Commodore, one of the industry's leading players, and its colorful management for information, despite the company's notorious reputation.

Such etymologies often have the feel of urban legends, and can be much more colorful than the typical etymologies found in dictionaries, often involving stories of unusual practices in particular subcultures ( e. g. Oxford students from non-noble families being forced to write sine nobilitate by their name, soon abbreviated to s. nob., hence the word snob ).

Women would embroider the edges of the garments and often stitch small colorful stone beads on them as well.

His art is best described as pop-art, often very colorful and graffiti-inspired screen prints, and he achieved some commercial success and notoriety by, for instance, creating murals in various public spaces in and around Amsterdam.

The post-war motels, especially in the early 1950s to late 1960s, sought more visual distinction, often featuring eye-catching colorful neon signs which employed themes from popular culture, ranging from Western imagery of cowboys and Indians to contemporary images of spaceships and atomic era iconography.

He was a highly sophisticated contrapuntist, often using strict canonic techniques ; in addition, he used colorful sonorities, changes of meter between sections, and colorful chromaticism, showing an acquaintanceship with contemporary secular practice as well as the work of the Venetian School.

In Western cultures, birthday parties are often accompanied by colorful decorations, such as balloons and streamers.

Children and even adults often wear party hats ( colorful cone-shaped paper hats ) at a birthday party.

The peacock, with its elaborate and colorful tail feathers, which the peahen lacks, is often referred to as perhaps the most extraordinary example of a dimorphism.

While Spock represented " extreme logic, extreme science " and Kirk symbolized " extreme emotion and intuition ", McCoy's role as " a very colorful doctor, essentially a very humanistic scientist " represented the " two extremes that often served as the glue that held the trio together.

Sinhala cinema is often made colorful by the incorporation of songs and dance adding more uniqueness to the industry.

Tour and VIP class long-distance buses tend to be luxurious, while city-and other-class buses are often very colorful with paint schemes and advertising.

Jumper courses often are colorful, and at times, quite creatively designed.

Costumes are often colorful to enhance the character's visual appeal and frequently incorporate the superhero's name and theme.

" Now often recast as " Getting there firstest with the mostest ," this misquote first appeared in print in a New York Tribune article written to provide colorful comments in reaction to European interest in Civil War generals.

Large, often colorful, jellyfish are common in coastal zones worldwide.

Most of the large, often colorful, and conspicuous jellyfish found in coastal waters throughout the world are Scyphozoa.

There is also dancing with colorful costumes, often with skull-shaped masks and devil masks in the plaza or garden of the town.

Lutheran churches often either remove colorful adornments and icons, or veil them with drab cloth.