While Sheffield led Florida to a World Championship in 1997, Hoffman would be the next franchise player behind Dave Winfield and Tony Gwynn.

Dustin Hoffman commented that he " doubted whether he, Robert De Niro, or Al Pacino, would have become actors without Mr. Kazan's influence.

Hoffman would later cite Marcuse's influence during his activism and his theories on revolution.

Not to be dissuaded, Hoffman vowed to levitate the Pentagon claiming he would attempt to use psychic energy to levitate the Pentagon until it would turn orange and begin to vibrate, at which time the war in Vietnam would end.

Hoffman sent couriers among the tribes, warning that the post would be gained by force if they or their allies chose to resist.

As America ’ s ( and Bob Hoffman ’ s ) influence in the world of weightlifting was declining and in order to combat the growing influence of Weider, Hoffman started another magazine ( Muscular Development ) which would be focused more on bodybuilding and the fast-growing interest in ‘ odd-lift ’ competitions.

Brooks was aware of the film, which co-starred Brooks ' wife, Anne Bancroft, and, skeptical that Hoffman would get the role, agreed to let him audition.

Hoffman then wrote a column for The Hollywood Reporter speculating that Lehman would make a good screenwriter, and within a week Paramount called Lehman, inviting him to Los Angeles for talks.

Scott Hoffman, the Chief Administrative Officer of the Camp Meeting Association at the time, said that the association considers the Pavilion to be as much of a religious structure as the Tabernacle or the Youth Temple and that it would not permit same-sex civil union ceremonies to be conducted there, arguing that this was the position of the United Methodist Church.

Daugherty and Kiley were soon replaced in what would become Mumps classic long term line up: Lance Loud, Kristian Hoffman, Rob Duprey, Kevin Kiely, and Paul Rutner.

She thought it would be funny to cast Beatty against type as the Hope part, the bumbler of the duo, while the costar, possibly Dustin Hoffman, would play the self-assured ladies ' man that Crosby usually took.

Hoffman was finally persuaded by Beatty's assurances that he would provide May with the room she needed to work.

Another frequently related incident, related by production designer Paul Sylbert but disputed by others on the film, concerns the dunes where scenes with Beatty and Hoffman lost in the desert would be shot.

Vincent said he would do it, but Beatty said if he did then he and Hoffman would leave the uncompleted film as well.

" Dustin Hoffman also defended the film, stating that he would " do it again in a second.

Judge Hoffman became the favorite courtroom target of the defendants, who frequently would insult the judge to his face.

Abbie Hoffman ( no relation ) told Judge Hoffman " you are a ' shande fur de Goyim ' in front of the gentile s. You would have served Hitler better.

According to Elaine Hoffman, Gropius had approached the Dutch architect Mart Stam to run the newly founded architecture program, and when Stam declined the position, Gropius turned to Stam's friend and colleague in the ABC group, Hannes Meyer.

Glen Benton, 2009 Deicide was formed in Tampa, Florida on July 21, 1987, after guitarist Brian Hoffman called Glen Benton, replying to an advertisement the latter had placed in a local music magazine.

He also had a leading role as the head of an eccentric family in the ensemble cast film The Royal Tenenbaums and in yet another Grisham legal drama, Runaway Jury, at long last getting to make a picture with his longtime friend Dustin Hoffman.

Hoffman visited Zolochiv with his adult son ( by then a parent of a five-year-old ) in 2006 and found that the attic where he had hidden was still intact, but the storeroom had been incorporated, ironically enough, into a chemistry classroom.

By 1995 Sears had completely vacated the building, moving to a new office campus in Hoffman Estates.

Managed by Bruce Bochy and aided by the talents of players such as Tony Gwynn, Ken Caminiti, Wally Joyner, Steve Finley, pitcher Andy Ashby and premier closer Trevor Hoffman ( 4 – 2, 1. 48 ERA and 53 saves ) – who tied the then-National League record for saves in a single season and finished second in the Cy Young voting that year – the Padres had their best year in history, finishing 98 – 64 and winning the NL West division crown.

As a reference to this episode, during the episode featuring the Itchy & Scratchy movie, Lisa claims that Dustin Hoffman had a cameo in that movie but didn't use his real name.

Hoffman also played the title role of Captain Hook in Steven Spielberg's Hook ( also 1991 ), earning a Golden Globe nomination ; in this movie, Hoffman's costume was so heavy that he had to wear an air-conditioned suit under it.

Hoffman finally had a chance to work with Gene Hackman in Gary Fleder's Runaway Jury ( also 2003 ), an adaptation of John Grisham's bestselling novel.

Hoffman appeared in Stranger than Fiction ( 2006 ), played the perfumer Giuseppe Baldini in Tom Tykwer's film Perfume: The Story of a Murderer ( also 2006 ), and had a cameo in the same year's The Holiday.

In 2008, although he was reluctant to perform in an animated film, Hoffman had a prominent role as Shifu in the acclaimed film Kung Fu Panda, which was praised in part for his comedic chemistry with Jack Black ( whom he tutored in acting for an important scene ) and his character's poignantly complex relationship with the story's villain.

Hoffman adopted Karina ( b. 1966 ), Byrne's child from a previous marriage, and with Byrne had daughter Jenna ( born October 15, 1970 ).

Hoffman was raised in a middle class household and had two younger siblings.

He was also a student of the Marxist theorist Herbert Marcuse, whom Hoffman said had a profound effect on his political outlook after studying his philosophy.

Tom Forcade was not credited in the book, but Hoffman later admitted that he had taken part in some of the editing before being replaced by Bert Cohen.

When the book was published It took hold among the new left, especially among students on college campuses, such as Brandeis, the school where Hoffman had earlier attended.

The first genuine national ‘ meet ’ was held in September 1964 under the auspices of the York Barbell Company, Ironically, Bob Hoffman, the owner of York Barbell, had been a long-time adversary of the sport.

The first president was Josias Philip Hoffman, but he was accused of being too complaisant towards Moshesh and resigned, being succeeded in 1855 by Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff, one of the voortrekkers, who had previously taken an active part in the affairs of Natal.

Studebaker's strong post-war management team including president Paul G Hoffman and Roy Cole ( vice-president, engineering ) had gone by 1949 and was replaced by more cautious executives who failed to meet the competitive challenge brought on by Henry Ford II and his Whiz Kids.

Among other things, the appeals court found that Judge Hoffman had not sufficiently measured the biases of the jury and that he had exhibited a " deprecatory and often antagonistic attitude toward the defense.

Goulden conducted an in-depth investigation of Judge Hoffman and pointed out that he had an abrasive reputation among Chicago lawyers even before his most famous case.

The Universal Life Church was referenced by Abbie Hoffman in his 1970 book Steal This Book, which encouraged readers to request an ordination from the ULC, receive notification of the ordination, and then cut out and laminate a card indicating the new minister's ordination.

Steal This Book is a book written by Abbie Hoffman.

The main author of the book, Abbie Hoffman was one of the most influential and recognizable American activists of the twentieth century.

As the book ages, the specific details of the various techniques and advice Hoffman gives have become largely obsolete for technological or regulatory reasons, but the book iconically reflects the yippie zeitgeist.

In the book, Hoffman referred to America as the " Pig Empire " and stated that it was not immoral to steal from it.

In the end Hoffman was forced to make a publishing company of his own, Pirate Editions, in order to sell the book, with Grove Press as the distributor.

On the success of the book, Hoffman was quoted as saying, " It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.

The book was adapted as an American movie of the same name ; released in 1973, it starred Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.

John George Hohman ( also spelled Johann Georg Hohman, and his surname sometimes mispelled as Hoffman ), who was active between 1802 and 1846, was a German-American printer, book seller and compiler of collections of herbal remedies, magical healings, and charms.

In 1893 professor Hoffman wrote a book called Puzzles ; Old and New.

* Whore ( 2004 film ), based on the book " Taylor Hoffman "

In his 1971 book Steal This Book, American activist Abbie Hoffman offered tips on how to shoplift and argued that shoplifting is anti-corporate.

Hoffman is also the author of Revolution for the Hell of It which has been called the original Yippie book.

" Weisinger's book was praised by Abbie Hoffman in Steal This Book, and earned its author a place in " Who's Who ".

The book was made into the film Sphere in 1998, directed by Barry Levinson, with a cast including Dustin Hoffman ( Norman Johnson, renamed Norman Goodman ), Samuel L. Jackson ( Harry Adams ), Peter Coyote ( Harold Barnes ), Liev Schreiber ( Ted Fielding ), and Sharon Stone ( Beth Halpern, renamed Halperin ).

He added the " Rising Cards " trick from Professor Hoffman ’ s Modern Magic, the book from which Thurston had learned the rudiments of magic.

The book itself is an early example of LA printer Richard Hoffman.

The penitentiary is sometimes known as Concrete Mama, from a book with the same title, by Ethan Hoffman and John McCoy.