In 2010, Wallace, Jr., failed by a wide margin to win the GOP nod to regain his former position as state treasurer.

" I think it's fair to say unless I was being considered for a future leadership position in the team then someone with significantly more experience, like Mark would have been given the nod to be the team's vice-captain.

Although many people were mentioned as possibilities for this new position, Ruckelshaus got the nod based upon the strong recommendation of the U. S. Attorney General, John Mitchell.

Standing in her way is Republican Congressman Shelley Runyon ( Gary Oldman ) of Illinois, who believes she is unqualified for the position, and backs Hathaway for the nod.

The uniforms from 1978 – 91 was a classic nod to their 1967 uniforms, except that the road color is red and the home lettering is blue with red trim.

Recently, with the newly finished New College Residence Hall garnering design awards for its red-bricked nod to New Urbanism, the College is an attractive home to university life in the campus ' west-end.

Its title was a nod to its creation by Wallinger working alone in a home recording studio.

In 2008, Banks released a charity wine called Ernie Banks 512 Chardonnay, a nod to his 512 career home runs, with all of his proceeds donated to his foundation.

In 2008, Murray released a charity wine called Eddie Murray 504 Cabernet, a nod to his 504 career home runs, with all of his proceeds donated to the Baltimore Community Foundation.

As a nod to Crosley Field, the Reds ' home from 1912 – 1970, a monument was created in front of the main entrance to highlight the park's famous left-field terrace.

Track " Gospa Mica gazdarica " managed to create minor controversy due to the slightly risque lyrics written from the perspective of a young man imploring his older female landlord to allow him into her bed-a nod to Čolić's life at the time since he was living away from home in sublet apartments.

He was batting. 312 with eleven home runs and fifty RBIs at the 1982 All-Star break to earn the second All-Star nod of his career.

The album title as a whole is a punning nod to the city of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, home to several famous 60s soul recording studios.

Losman was out for the next two games and was available for the October 21 home game against the Baltimore Ravens, but Dick Jauron chose to give Edwards the nod, just for the week.

Thompson continued his hot hitting into, hitting thirteen home runs and batting. 354 through the month of May to earn the third All-Star nod of his career.

" ( the final character, however, is reversed, which is a nod from Jung who pledges in the past to welcome them back ) Delighted that their home civilization is alive and well after so long, the pilots abandon their mecha to land on the planet.

He batted. 340 with nine home runs and 24 RBIs in June to earn National League Player of the Month honors and his second consecutive All-Star nod.

On the trip to his home to meet with his brother Henry ( also a heroin addict, however far more on the nod ) Roland / Eddie realize they are being tailed by both the DEA and Balazar's henchmen-and thus decide to keep an open eye and be prepared for anything.

Motor Trend ’ s 1970 head-to-head review of the Eldorado vs. the Mark III gave the nod, barely, to the Mark III, beginning an annual " King of the Hill " series that ran for years.

In its second annual King of the Hill contest Motor Trend ( July, 1971 ) again gave the Continental Mark III the nod by a wider margin than 1970 despite the Lincoln being basically a warmed over 1968 model while the Cadillac was all-new from the ground up.

His character, a " lovable con-man ", was a nod to his most famous role as Harold Hill in The Music Man.

* Coal Hill School and a book on the French Revolution are shown, a nod to the book that Barbara Wright loaned to Susan Foreman in the first episode of Doctor Who ; Ace battles a Dalek in Barbara's classroom where Susan was a pupil.

In recent episodes of the TV series, Edward has been portrayed as a bank engine, to help engines up Gordon's Hill – a reminiscent nod to the Season 1 Story Edward and Gordon.

) The following year it commemorated the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mary Wollstonecraft, attaching a large banner to the railings outside the building, proclaiming it the " birthplace of feminism ", in a nod to the formative years that she spent worshipping there.

“ Wintour ’ s approval can signal a commercial career for designers via investors who need a nod from a big gun like her to get their cheque books out ,” says stylist Sharmadean Reid.

As a nod to 2CH's Christian roots, the station carries Christian announcements during most commercial breaks on Sundays, amongst its regular music programming and commercials.

There are also more subtle references, such as an apartment hidden within the game with blood on the bathroom walls and a chainsaw ( in a nod to the film's " chainsaw torture " scene ), or the pair of detectives which come chasing Vercetti in a car resembling the Ferrari Testarossa after a three-star wanted level is attained, which look like characters portrayed by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice.

The large number of posts in Internet newsgroups about Doom led to the SPISPOPD joke, to which a nod was given in the game in the form of a cheat code.

As a nod to the sport of Snidget-hunting, which was also popular at the time, Bragge brought a Snidget to the game and released it from its cage.

When he created the game show Wheel of Fortune, he gave a nod to Califon when naming the production company which was specifically responsible for the show.

One particular honor was when Howe, Phil Esposito, and Jean Ratelle were selected to the mid-season all-star game by coach Scotty Bowman, as a nod to their storied careers before they retired.

The criteria for choosing the venue are subjective ; for the most part, cities with new parks and cities who have not hosted the game in a long time or ever tend to get the nod.

With the Phillies, he continued his role as a reliable relief pitcher, earning his second career All-Star nod in his first season in Philadelphia, though he did not appear in the game.

Sansom made a horrible error for the only goal of the game, toeing an attempted clearance high into the air and putting pressure on his fellow defenders, from which John Aldridge won a header for Ray Houghton to nod the ball past Peter Shilton.

" The slogan not only honored the 40-year history of the game, but was a nod to Detroit's traditional role as the center of the U. S. automotive industry.

Nintendo Power also listed Pokémon Puzzle Challenge as the 13th best Game Boy / Game Boy Color video game, calling the gameplay only second in addictiveness to Tetris, ultimately giving the nod to this version of the gameplay over Tetris Attack because of a few extra features.

A nod to Laserburn — the 15 mm tabletop game Warhammer 40, 000 evolved from — the Redemptionists have an extreme hatred of mutants and deviants from the Imperial creed.

In 1998 he earned first Pro Bowl nod after starting every game at strong safety and leading the team in tackles with 151 stops.

In most versions of the game, halflings were especially good at being thieves / rogues, a nod to Bilbo the thief in The Hobbit.

Also, the third game opens with the human Empire pillaging and exploiting the newly-discovered lands of the peaceful Srrathi snakemen, in an obvious nod to the historical European conquest of the Americas.

He was soon slotted into the quarterback role where he narrowly missed out on being a four-year starter at Purdue, as a game day decision before his first game as a freshman led to Scott Campbell getting the nod over Everett.

In the video game Halo 3 a soldier is named " Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds " in a nod to Malcolm Reynolds, and was also voiced by Fillion.

The film featured four actors from the 1992 video game Mortal Kombat II: Ho Sung Pak as Lang ( the role being a nod to and a play on words for his MKII character Liu Kang ), Richard Divizio ( a nod to Kano ), Daniel Pesina ( a nod to Johnny Cage ) and Katalin Zamiar ( a nod to Mileena ).

While not directly linked, the game Spelunky is an obvious nod with similar elements of game play, and mechanics.