During Holt's term in office, the Vietnam War was the dominant foreign policy issue.

Holt's progressive management of the mill and his leadership of the North Carolina Railroad and the Grange led to a term as governor between 1891 and 1893.

The term " unschooling " probably derives from Ivan Illich's term " deschooling ", and was popularized through John Holt's newsletter Growing Without Schooling.

Holt's use of the term emphasizes learning as a natural process, integrated into the spaces and activities of everyday life, and not benefiting from adult manipulation.

Holt's widow, Helen F. Holt, filled Holt's unexpired term in the West Virginia House of Delegates ( 1955 – 1957 ).

In 1954, he was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates ; Holt's political career was to end where it started, for he died of cancer while in office, on February 8, 1955 at age 49.

Dimondale almost merged with the Eaton Rapids School district, however due to Mr. Wood's prior mentor / student relationship with Holt's Superintendent ( Maurice Pernert ), the merge with Holt's school system took place.

After almost rejecting the group due to him not being initially impressed with the looks of Patsy Holt before Holt and the group sang to him during an audition, which prompted Robinson to change his mind, signing the group and changing the name of both the group ( into The Blue Belles, based from a Newtown subsidiary, Blue Belle Records ) and Holt's own name, from Patsy Holt to Patti LaBelle.

Holt became Columbia Pictures ' most reliable leading man, and scored personal successes in three Frank Capra action dramas, Submarine ( 1928 ), Flight ( 1929 ), and Dirigible ( 1931 ), Holt's no-nonsense characterizations were eclipsed by those of younger, tough-talking actors like James Cagney and Chester Morris, but Holt continued to work in low-budget action features, almost always for Columbia, through 1940.

Menzies ' domination of the party, and the fact that Holt's succession had been established for many years, meant that a secure second rank of leadership had not been developed.

Holt's son Nicholas Holt said that after 37 years there were few surviving witnesses and no new evidence would be presented.

On August 14, 2009, it was announced via Blabbermouth. net that Nothingface would be disbanding, with Maxwell citing Holt's lack of work ethic as the main reason for an unfinished album three years in the making, as well as his decision to leave.

" The Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations " expressed his concerns, including the way his and Sydney Holt's work had been misinterpreted and misused by fishery biologists and managers during the previous 30 years.

As Holt's health began to be an issue, the Warren was subdivided in 1884 with the land around the immediate building's grounds being sold off-and the family returning to Britain for the remaining years of his life, where he passed away in 1888.

Benjamin Holt's wife Anna Brown Holt was a Regent of the University of the Pacific in Stockton for twenty five years.

Six years later, Waters sold it Holt's younger brother William.

In economics, Holt's tenure began with the phasing in of Australia's new system of decimal currency, launched on 14 February 1966, and it was marked by a major realignment of commercial and military ties away from the UK and towards the US and Asia.

Reported in The Australian on 1 July 1966, Holt's speech concluded with a remark which has come to be seen as encapsulating his unquestioning support for Johnson, for America's Vietnam policy and for continued Australian military involvement in the Vietnam War:

On 20 October 1966, President Johnson arrived in Australia at Holt's invitation for a three-day state visit, the first to Australia by a serving U. S. President.

In June – July 1903 she performed sensational high dives in the Coogee scene of Bland Holt's spectacular, The Breaking of the Drought, at the Melbourne Theatre Royal.

* 20 December – John McEwen announced he will not serve in a government led by Liberal Party deputy leader William McMahon, Harold Holt's presumed successor, triggering a leadership crisis for the Coalition.

With Holt's backing, the new ship participated in the Clare Island Survey of 1909 – 1911.

Holt's daughter Elizabeth ( d. 1797 ) married Eleazer Oswald ( 1755 – 1795 ) who was Holt's apprentice in New York.

The Dartmouth Skiway, at Holt's Ledge, ten miles north of the campus, has one of the best terrains in the East, ranging from novice to expert.

In more modern times, Piers Anthony's Xanth books, Robert Asprin's MythAdventures of Skeeve and Aahz books, Terry Pratchett's Discworld, and Tom Holt's books provide good examples, as do many of the works by Christopher Moore.

In the opinion of his biographer Tom Frame, these have tended to obscure the many achievements of Holt's long and distinguished political career.

Harold Holt was the elder of Thomas and Olive ( Williams ) Holt's two children.

Harold Holt's parents divorced in 1918.

Although they remained married until Holt's death in 1967, Zara's memoirs confirmed longstanding rumours that Holt had a number of extramarital affairs.

In 1939 Holt's mentor Robert Menzies became Prime Minister after the sudden death of the incumbent Joseph Lyons and the short-term caretaker ministry of Sir Earle Page.

Holt's energy, dedication and ability earned him rapid promotion and in April 1939 he was appointed Minister without Portfolio assisting the Minister for Supply and Development.

Although the conditions were ripe for industrial unrest — Communist influence in the union movement was then at its peak, and the right-wing faction in Cabinet was openly agitating for a showdown with the unions — the combination of strong economic growth and Holt's enlightened approach to industrial relations saw the number of working hours lost to strikes fall dramatically, from over two million in 1949 to just 439, 000 in 1958.

Holt's personal profile and political standing grew through the 1950s.

Holt's blunder damaged his career and brought the Coalition dangerously close to losing the 1961 election.

Holt's tenure fell during one of the hottest periods of the Cold War era, and his government faced some unenviable foreign policy challenges.

Holt's disappearance at the end of 1967 forced the party to choose a " wild card " successor from the Senate after the leading contender, deputy Liberal leader William McMahon, was unexpectedly eliminated from the contest due to a dispute with their Coalition partners, the Country Party.

He also established the Australian Council for the Arts ( later the Australia Council ), which began the tradition of federal government support for Australian arts and artists, an initiative that was considerably expanded by Holt's successor John Gorton.

In the area of constitutional reform, undoubtedly the most significant event of Holt's time as Prime Minister was the 1967 referendum in which an overwhelming majority of Australians voted in favour of giving the Commonwealth power to legislate specifically for indigenous Australians and to include them in the Commonwealth census.

In terms of party politics, one of the most significant features of Holt's brief tenure as PM is that his unexpected death triggered the beginning of an unprecedented period of turmoil within the Liberal Party and a rapid decline in the Coalition's electoral fortunes.

Some Liberals soon became dissatisfied by what they saw as Holt's weak leadership.

Holt's popularity and political standing was damaged by his perceived poor handling of a series of controversies that emerged during 1967.