Ironically, she starred in the film adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls as Deena Jones, the front woman of the Dreams, a female singing group based on the Supremes.

Ironically, by today's standard, Gauss's own attempt is not acceptable, owing to implicit use of the Jordan curve theorem.

Ironically the " normal phase " has fewer applications and RPLC is therefore used considerably more.

Ironically, it is also in the Reeve films that Clark Kent's persona has the greatest resemblance to Woody Allen, though his conscious model was Cary Grant's character in Bringing up Baby.

Ironically, the reincarnated Baron is soon haunted by the voice of Alia in his mind.

Ironically, though, Guy is the only character who goes unharmed in the adventure.

" Ironically ," wrote theatre critic Lucy Komisar, " possibly his only true book ... about a successful author who is shown to be a fraud.

Ironically, the OpenContent License is not libre because it forbids making copies for profit.

Ironically, as his decisions affect the fate of an entire nation, it is even more important that a ruler maintains a set of standards, and yet has none.

Ironically, however, it is sometimes easier to get a receiving party to sign a simple agreement that is shorter, less complex and does not contain safety provisions protecting the receiver.

Ironically enough, the President's paranoia and opportunism lead to the establishment of a real resistance movement that is organized through narrow-beam radio transmissions from a mysterious alien near-Earth satellite, by a superintelligent, extraterrestrial, but less than omnipotent being ( or network ) named VALIS.

( Ironically, the Chronicler is very generous to the south Judah and considers it God's will to recover the chosen people that they were destroyed by Babylon and exiled to Babylon.

Ironically, in export markets it is seen as a trendy, premium import and is predominantly drunk by the young.

Ironically, adoption is far more visible and discussed in society today, yet it is less common.

Ironically, Nora's leaving is as much motivated by " the letter " and disclosure of a " past secret " as it is by her own determination to strike out on her own.

Ironically, Kobe, the home city of the largest yakuza syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi, is one of the safest cities in Japan, because " cheap " criminals such as street gangs and thugs are afraid to attract the yakuza's attention so they avoid being active in the city.

Ironically, the pressure now upon them comes from non-renewable resources such as oil, sometimes to make synthetic clothing which is advocated as a humane substitute for fur.

Ironically, there is a saying in Marathi ( language of Maharashtra ) " santh vaahate Krishnamaai " which means " quiet flows Krishna ".

Ironically both of these levels she has been kidnapped ( she is kidnapped by Phoenix Group after discovering their plan ).

Ironically, one of the formulae, which does not represent benzene correctly and was not advocated by Dewar, is sometimes still called Dewar benzene.

Ironically, breeders tend to use the more formal " cavy " to describe the animal, while in scientific and laboratory contexts it is far more commonly referred to by the more colloquial " guinea pig ".

Ironically, it is these paintings, created late in his life, and after the heyday of the Impressionist movement, that most obviously use the coloristic techniques of Impressionism.

Ironically, the relentless God demonstrated in the first chapter becomes the merciful God in the last two chapters ( see 3: 10 ).

Ironically, " Nightshift " won The Commodores their first Grammy for Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals in 1985.

Ironically, the first new film released in Soviet Russia did not exactly fit this mold: this was Father Sergius, a religious film completed during the last weeks of the Russian Empire but not yet exhibited.

Ironically it was preparations for this concert, rather than historical interest, that brought about the first detailed post-Cold War survey of the area with a view to determining what, if anything, was left of Hitler's bunker and any other underground installations.

Ironically, Groucho used an even more risqué line in introducing Chico's piano sequence: " Signor Ravelli's first selection will be, ' Somewhere My Love Lies Sleeping ', with a male chorus.

Ironically, whereas the daisy-wheel printer and pen-plotter struggled to reproduce bitmap images, the first dot-matrix impact printers ( including the MX-80 ) lacked the ability to print graphics.

Ironically, in 1970 ABC's Roone Arledge had asked via telephone about Buck's interests in becoming the first television play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Football, but because of personal animosity surrounding his previous stint with the network, Buck wouldn't return their phone call.

Ironically, the first time the wheel was spun, it landed on Dawson, inspiring four of the panelists ( including Dawson ) to stand up from their places and leave the set momentarily out of disbelief.

Ironically this book was first printed by using the raised letter method of the Haüy system.

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.

Ironically the team that came sixteenth in Accrington's last season were Newton Heath, playing their first season in the league, who were later to become Manchester United.

( Ironically, Blondell, who plays Mansfield's frumpy middle-aged, all-business secretary, was herself a major movie sex symbol some thirty years before — and whose sexuality was one of the first victims of the Hays Code ).

Ironically, the gorse was first introduced to the Oregon Coast by the founder of Bandon, Lord George Bennett, from his native Ireland.

Ironically, considering his fame as a cartoonist who draws a cat, Davis's first wife, Carolyn ( Altekruse ), was allergic to cats, although they owned a dog named Molly.

Ironically, it was Stiff Records, formed from a £ 400 loan from Feelgood ’ s Lee Brilleaux, who went on to release the first British punk single — The Damned ’ s " New Rose ".

Ironically, Rundgren's biggest solo hit was an up-tempo version of Nazz ' first unsuccessful single, " Hello It's Me " from his 1972 Something / Anything?

Ironically, this was the first time Swanson had heard the name of Joseph P. Kennedy, who she would later have an affair with and who would finance her next few pictures including Queen Kelly ( 1929 ).

Ironically, in the first primary towards the end of 1978, he was beaten by Masayoshi Ōhira for the presidency of the LDP, and forced to resign as Prime Minister.

Ironically, between the releases of the first and second sequels, Sony Corporation led a consortium that purchased MGM – giving it distribution rights to the James Bond franchise.

Ironically, the album was Williams ' first studio album not to reach number 1 in the UK, beaten to the top spot by the debut album by JLS, who were runners-up on television's The X Factor in 2008.

Ironically, the first album, Ducks Deluxe, achieved moderate commercial success after the band broke up, because the members had gone on to greater fame in Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Tyla Gang and The Motors.

" Ironically, in making this statement, Dalí was appropriating the words of French poet Gérard de Nerval: " The first man who compared woman to a rose was a poet, the second, an imbecile.

Ironically, the first known usage of the term hashishi has been traced back to 1122 AD when the Fatimid Caliph al-Amir employed it in derogatory reference to the Syrian Nizaris.

Ironically, both Glazunov and Rachmaninoff, whose first symphony Glazunov supposedly had conducted so poorly at its premiere ( according to the composer ), were considered " old-fashioned " in their later years.

Ironically, around the time of the first General Assembly, the Nazarene Church would claim to be Congregational, similar to the Methodist Protestant Church, but has retained much of its Episcopal character to this day.