Ironically no president we have had would have regretted more than President Eisenhower the possibility to which his own words, in the press conference held at the beginning of August, testified: that unable as he was himself to say his running was best for the country, unconsciously he had placed his party before his nation.

Ironically, the act was promoted by the South Sea company itself before its collapse, in an effort to prevent the increasing competition for investors which it saw from companies springing up around it.

( 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, Ryun did all of this before he was permitted to run for the school he attended, University of Kansas, since NCAA rules at the time did not allow freshmen to compete in NCAA competition.

Ironically, given her role in galvanizing Hollywood resistance to Soviet influence, de Havilland was denounced that same year ( along with Danny Kaye, Frederic March, and Edward G. Robinson ) as a " swimming-pool pink " by Time magazine and called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1958 due to her vocal liberal activism in this period.

Ironically, according to Carroll Quigley, the Cliveden Set had been strongly anti-German before and during World War I.

Ironically, the song was not even written by the band, but by Keith Forsey, who offered the song to Billy Idol and Bryan Ferry before Simple Minds agreed to record it.

Ironically, the paintings that had brought him fame before 1960 had eliminated all such depth.

Ironically, AMC was never stronger than just before its demise.

Ironically, Chevreul began to study the effects of aging on the human body shortly before his death at the age of 102, which occurred in Paris on 9 April 1889.

Ironically, Chapuys had liked George, before he became aware who he was.

Ironically — given the fact that it is an indoor stadium, even more so because a new roof was installed before the 1976 season — the Astrodome suffered a rainout on June 15, 1976.

Ironically, the Special Corps is composed almost entirely of former criminals — Inskipp himself was a legendary fugitive known as " Inskipp the Uncatchable " before becoming the Corps ' commander.

Ironically, Ambassador A. A. Agada of the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington D. C., U. S., was more forthcoming in recognizing the case of Amina and stated on 29 August 2003: " the Embassy wishes to inform that Malama Amina Lawal has three levels of courts of appeal before the final determination of her case.

Ironically, shortly before Kennedy's 1991 death, he confessed to having ' provided certain information regarding Dr. King and Civil Rights to CIA ', in the seminal documentary " ' Who Killed Martin Luther King?

Ironically, Yorty's place in the history books had been assured when Kennedy had told his supporters only moments before he was shot, " Mayor Yorty has just sent me a message that we've been here too long already.

Ironically, the album was the biggest chart dropper on the top 40 in the music history of UK when, in its 58th week on the charts it leapt from No. 79 to No. 3 before falling to No. 37 the following week.

Ironically, both had plans that were considered highbrow and both suffered launch problems with low audience ratings and financial difficulties that led to outside parties taking large stakes in the companies and significant changes in business strategy before stability was achieved.

Ironically, one of the Coliseum's last functions before being shuttered was as a shelter for people fleeing New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in the fall of 2005.

Ironically, only two years before, McDougald was struck in the left ear during batting practice by a ball hit by teammate Bob Cerv.

Ironically, the injury, which will put Jeff Scheel out of commission for a few weeks, came less than a week before Junkie XL leader Tom Holkenborg injured his back in an onstage accident.

Ironically, when the Garden Festival closed, the land remained derelict for some time, before being re-developed partly into public parkland and partly for retail and leisure.

Ironically, before the war, Marlowe had been a railroad building engineer.

Ironically he died shortly after the formal entry of the US into the war before the issue of his status could be dealt with.

Ironically a segment of The Nine Ages of Nakedness had ended with Marks ’ alter-ego ‘ The Great Marko ’ being brought up before a crooked Judge ( Cardew Robinson ) on obscenity charges.

Ironically, on the final stage from Dunkirk to Paris, the Frenchman's supporters along the route who were expecting victory over the Belgian were the reason he was prevented from launching a breakaway.

( Ironically, these episodes will never air in France on the French channel that carries the show, as it was canceled there prior to these episodes airing, but French fans were able to pick them up on satellite channels from Germany ).

Ironically, although the transport protocols were different, much of the on-screen functionality of Antiope was recreated in the extended so-called Hi-Text Level 2. 5 version of the European standard, first broadcast in 1994 by the bilingual French-German channel ARTE.

Ironically, the first time this scene was shown in the US was when it played on cable channel AMC in July 2004.

Ironically, nowhere in Berkshire County, Massachusetts is WNYA currently on channel 4.

Ironically, of course, Viacom had been the owner of the majority of channel 57's schedule back in 1985, and in fact was one of Grant's former creditors and a part-owner of Combined.

Ironically, Fox Sports purchased another channel named SportSouth from Turner in 1996, changing its name to FSN South.

Ironically, the original low power translator in Simi Valley operated on channel 44, which caused interference with full power " cousin " station KRPA ( now KXLA ) which prompted the change to channel 33.

Ironically, the Ipatiev House has the same name as the Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma, where Mikhail Romanov had been offered the Russian Crown in 1613.

Ironically, Geldof had previously refused to allow the video to be shown, due to time constraints, and had only relented when Bowie offered to drop the song " Five Years " from his set as a trade-off.

Ironically, Romney had once been offered Nance's job.

Ironically, he had applied only some months earlier, on February 8, 1937, for a leave of absence from the University in order to accept a position offered him at Stanford.

Ironically, Galactus turned to the Fantastic Four for aid: he offered to help them defeat the Sphinx if they would in turn promise to subdue Tyros.

Ironically, two of the longest standing and formerly most prominent Appleby team sports are no longer offered.

Ironically, Duesterberg was offered a position in Hitler ’ s cabinet when Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, but Duesterberg flatly refused the proposal.

Ironically, in his preferred version of the Treaty that was rejected, the republicans ' leader Éamon de Valera had offered in Article 8 to allow the same status in the same ports, but only for a period of five years.

Ironically, Marisa was present when she received the invitation and even offered Caroline some advice on what to wear for their “ Lunch à deux ”.

Ironically Hadden came close to playing football, with trials with both Queens Park Rangers and Forfar Athletic, as well as being offered a contract by Raith Rovers.