The same year, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was reinstated from a lifelong suspension that was instituted by Selig's predecessor Fay Vincent.

George Lenczowski notes " despite the contrast between his relatively modest background and the international glamour of his aristocratic predecessor, had the courage and resolution to reverse the policy that appeared to him naive and dangerous ", which was " in contrast to the immediate, often ad hoc moves and solutions dictated by the demands of the war .".

The beginning of George VI's reign was taken up by questions surrounding his predecessor and brother, whose titles, style and position were uncertain.

The fear that George would be compared unfavourably to his predecessor, Edward VIII, was dispelled.

He defeated George Brown, who was hampered by a reputation as an erratic figure and who was mistrusted by the likes of Denis Healey ( Wilson's predecessor as shadow foreign secretary ) and Anthony Crosland, in a straight contest in the second round of balloting, after James Callaghan, who had entered the race as an alternative to Brown, had been eliminated in the first round.

* Price Bridge ( Passerelle George Price ) spanning Belgium's Canal du Centre near Mons-commemorates George Lawrence Price, who died at its predecessor in the last minutes of World War I

* May 12 – At the coronation of King George VI of the United Kingdom, William Walton's ceremonial march, " Crown Imperial ", originally written for his predecessor, King Edward VIII, is performed for the first time.

The predecessor to The Globe and Mail was The Globe, founded in 1844 by Scottish immigrant George Brown, who would later become a Father of Confederation.

Because his predecessor had failed to meet all of the specific costs of the civil government in accordance with the previous arrangement, it was decided that in return for George III surrendering the hereditary revenues from the Crown Estate to Parliament for the duration of his reign, Parliament would assume responsibility for most of the costs of the civil government.

It was predecessor to George P. Huffman's Huffy Corporation ( NYSE: HUF ), now an American maker of bicycles and other sporting goods.

Despite being seen as less hands-on than his predecessor, George Gawler, his fiscally responsible measures ensured the colony was in good shape by the time he left to govern New Zealand.

In 1929, Dr George V. Allen the new principal took the helm, succeeding his predecessor Dr MacAlister.

The general noticed that the Northern Paiute used the fall, winter and spring seasons to gather food, so he adopted the tactic recommended by a predecessor George B. Currey

George III had purchased Buckingham Housethe predecessor to Buckingham Palacefor his queen back in 1762, and St James ' continued to decline in importance in the first half of the 19th century.

He also agreed with the decision proposed by his predecessor, George Younger, that the new tax should be introduced a year earlier in Scotland than in England because of the political necessity to end the domestic rates.

Its predecessor, the First Continental Congress, had sent entreaties to the British King George III to stop the Coercive Acts and had created the Continental Association to establish a coordinated protest of the Coercive Acts ; in particular, a boycott had been placed on British goods.

In the case of every monarch since and including George IV, at least one year has passed between accession and coronation, with the exception of George VI, whose predecessor did not die but abdicated.

Currently, his predecessor as governor, Republican George Ryan, is also serving a prison sentence of 6 1 / 2 years as a result of the ( commercial ) " licenses-for-bribes " scandal at the Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute, Indiana.

She had previously served as PPS to George Foulkes, Minister of State at the Scotland Office and to his predecessor in that post, Brian Wilson.

A predecessor to fake books was created in May 1942 when George Goodwin, a radio station director, released the first Tune-Dex cards.

George Canning's predecessor as Foreign Secretary, Lord Howick, had tried unsuccessfully to persuade Denmark into a secret alliance with Britain and Sweden.

His predecessor, George Carey described the courses as " superb.

He reversed some of the liberal measures of his predecessor, his father, Alexander II.

Although the assassination did not go exactly as planned, Iruka was killed, and his father and predecessor, Soga no Emishi, committed suicide soon after.

His predecessor Trajan, also Hispanic himself, was a maternal cousin of Hadrian's father.

The moral and general civilizational decline of the Nephites is reflected in the fact that with the exception of Abinadom who writes slightly more than his father Chemish, each successive author from Nephi to Abinadom writes less than his predecessor.

A Roman nobleman, Lucian, is sometimes recognized as his father, although other sources assert that he was the illegitimate son of his predecessor Pope Sergius III ( 904 – 911 ).

KTH's earliest Swedish predecessor was the Laboratorium mechanicum, a collection of mechanical models for teaching created in 1697 by Christopher Polhem, who is considered to be the father of mechanics in Sweden.

Like his predecessor Herodotus, known as " the father of history ", Thucydides places a high value on eyewitness testimony and writes about events in which he himself probably took part.

Even Raymond II the Count of Tripoli hastened northwards to pay homage to John, repeating the homage that his predecessor had given John's father in 1109.

He followed in the steps of his father, Philip IV, in trying to place the French crown on a solid fiscal footing and revoked many of the unpopular decisions of his predecessor and older brother, Louis X.

Born in Lisbon, the son of King Afonso V of Portugal by his wife, Isabella of Coimbra, princess of Portugal, John II succeeded his father in 1477 when the king retired to a monastery, but only became king in 1481, after the death of his father and predecessor.

Grant also advocates that the demonstration was aimed at father and son Robert and Thomas Erskine who held the castles of Edinburgh, Stirling and Dumbarton from Robert's predecessor.

The Emperor favoured his own daughters over those of his elder brother and predecessor, Joseph I, in the succession, ignoring the decree he had signed during the reign of his father, Leopold I. Charles sought the other European powers ' approval.

The Emperor favoured his own daughters over those of his elder brother and predecessor, Joseph I, in the succession, ignoring the Mutual Pact of Succession he had signed during the reign of his father, Leopold I. Charles sought the other European powers ' approval.

Another species of flower, Kimilsungia, is named after Kim Jong-il's father and predecessor, Kim Il-sung.

Some Biblical commentators argue that the statement can be reconciled with extra-Biblical sources by interpreting the term to mean forefather or predecessor, as used elsewhere in Biblical texts, notably referring to the Patriarch Abraham as the father of King David.

This model of residing at Ludlow was copied by Henry VII from the model set by his predecessor / father in law, Edward IV of England.

Like his father and predecessor, Chandragupta II, Kumaragupta was an able ruler.

It came after the month of July, named after his granduncle, adopted father, and predecessor, Julius Caesar, and secondly because of several fortunate events that occurred in Augustus ' life during this month: the Battle of Pharsalus, his first admission to the consulship, his triple triumph, and the deaths of Cleopatra and Mark Antony.

The 17th century Volga Bulgar compilation Ja ' far Tarikh ( a work of disputed authenticity ) represents Atil ' kese ( i. e., Asparuh ) as the son and successor of Kurbat ( i. e., Kubrat ), and as the father and predecessor of Tarvil ( i. e., Tervel ) and Ajjar ( otherwise unknown, but possibly the first of two lost names in the Imennik ).

Kemp has a personal interest in the Royal Anglians, as he is from their recruiting area, and his father served with one of the predecessor regiments of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Norfolk Regiment, in Cyprus.

His predecessor in the seat was his father, Sir Barnett Janner, a former Chairman of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain.

Kan B ' alam took the throne on January 10, 684, several months after the death of his father and predecessor, Pacal the Great.

In the letters, Ashur-uballit refers to his second predecessor Ashur-nadin-ahhe II as his " father " or " ancestor ," rather than his actual father, Eriba-Adad I, which has led some critics of conventional Egyptian chronology, such as David Rohl, to claim that the Ashur-uballit of the Amarna letters was not the same as Ashur-uballit I.