Ironically, one aspect of American society that the Americo-Liberians recreated was a cultural and racial caste system — however, in this case with themselves at the top instead of the bottom.

Ironically, for an artist considered one of the Italian cinema's greatest and most influential directors, De Sica's sole Academy Award nomination was for acting, when he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod for playing Major Rinaldi in American director Charles Vidor's 1957 adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, a movie that was panned by critics and proved a box office flop.

Ironically, American Stores ' initials were " ASCO ".

Ironically, Cuban popular music during the 1970s incorporated North American jazz, rock, and funk in much more significant ways, than did salsa.

Ironically, Drago comments that Rocky " is not human, he is like a piece of iron " with his own corner reprimanding him for being " weak " in comparison to the " small American.

Ironically, the idealistic museum director is the worst of all, as he isn't interested in personal wealth, but changing North American culture and education to his own ideals, to the " benefit " of society.

" Ironically Pollock's large repetitious expanses of linear fields are characteristic of Color Field painting as well, as art critic Michael Fried wrote in his essay for the catalog of Three American painters: Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Frank Stella at the Fogg Art Museum in 1965.

Ironically, the attack which saw the greatest resistance was that wholly American landing in Morocco.

Ironically, Wroxton Abbey is now owned by Fairleigh Dickinson University, an American college.

Ironically, the issue of forcible quartering of British soldiers is held to be one of the major bones of contention which led to the American Revolution.

Thousands of people came to ride the new ride, and it can be fairly stated that The Great American Scream Machine saved the park from an untimely demise ( Ironically, The Great American Scream Machine was removed in 2010 to make room for the new Green Lantern coaster ).

Ironically, according to Parker's Archive of American Television interview, Ford had originally wanted to cast Parker in Hunter's role in The Searchers but Disney refused to loan him out and Parker didn't hear about until years later ; Parker referred to his loss of that part to Jeffrey Hunter as his single biggest career setback.

Ironically, along with painting over the signature of Spanish painter Salvador Dalí ( he intertwined his name with that of a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer ), D. H. Lawrence ( who drew a phoenix ), they also painted over the signature of Eva Braun.

Ironically, Montgomery would also play the classic American hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe in The Lady in the Lake ( 1947 ).

Ironically, the Harper's Ferry Armory was destroyed during the American Civil War at the incitement of former Springfield resident and abolitionist, John Brown.

Ironically, a person's pursuit of happiness through the " American Dream " will make them unhappier.

Ironically, it does not reproduce an Western American scene, but was taken from a painting of cattle in the Scottish Highlands by John A. MacWhirter ( see also Western Cattle in Storm ).

Ironically, Weaver's ancestral region, Asheville, North Carolina, was not typical of the American South whose virtues he came to revere and extol.

Ironically, later Vassalls in Massachusetts, including William Vassall for whom Vassalboro, Maine was named, turned Loyalist and fled to England during the American Revolutionary War.

Ironically, despite Spanish lyrics, portraying a Mexican image and with a heavy anti-American stance, the majority of the band's members are actually American born, and with some being Swedish or British.

Ironically, Ruggles had been hired to helm it because as an American, it was thought, he was better equipped to handle a musical — despite the fact that nothing in his past had prepared him to work in the genre.

Ironically, before launching the channel, the labels offered to fund MTV in a German speaking version, but were rejected by MTV management at the time who espoused a " one world, one language " programming philosophy ( at least for Europe since their Latin American Channels used Spanish and Portuguese ).

Ironically, although this racial diversity is considered one of the novel's most innovative features, at the time of its first publication ( 1968 ), the inclusion of minority characters proved to be a liability due to the racism inherent in American culture at the time ( see Publishing Status below ).

Ironically, PolyGram descended from British Decca's former Dutch distributor Hollandsche Decca Distributie.

Ironically, considering the attachment of many classical economists to the free market, the largest school of economic thought that still adheres to classical form is the Marxian school.

Ironically, Salieri's music was much more in the tradition of Gluck and Gassmann than of the Italians like Paisiello or Cimarosa.

Ironically, much of the music on the vinyl LP was, in effect, " simulated.

Ironically in view of Byrd's own religious beliefs, it was his Anglican church music which came closest to establishing a continuous tradition, at least in the sense that some of it continued to be performed in choral foundations after the Restoration and into the eighteenth century.

Ironically, Cuban-based music was promoted more effectively worldwide in the 1970s and 1980s by the salsa industry, than by Cuba.

( Ironically, the music style on that album was mento.

Ironically, Derrick May once described Detroit techno music as being a " complete mistake ... like George Clinton and Kraftwerk caught in an elevator, with only a sequencer to keep them company.

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, the usage of Monteverdi in the seconda pratica largely agreed with his book, at least conceptually ; the differences between Monteverdi's music and Artusi's theory were in the importance of the different voices, and the exact intervals used in shaping the melodic line.

( Ironically, none of his music for this film has ever been released.

Ironically, the word came to be used by historians of ideas to refer to music from 1850 onwards, and to the work of Wagner in particular.

Ironically, the novelty song that Boyd declined to record had been written by country music legend Hank Williams.

Ironically, during its oldies years, WWTC claimed to be the first commercial station in the Twin Cities area to play music from local favorite Prince.

Ironically Rebikov is best known by way of his insubstantial music in salon genres.

Ironically, although he would go on to become an acclaimed composer, he found his music classes in elementary school to be " fifty minute sessions of excruciating boredom.

Ironically in hindsight, his later music teacher advised him: " Whatever you do when you grow up, don't do anything with music !".

Ironically, their debut video for the single " Diane " appeared on MTV's 120 Minutes in late December 1990 which was the episode of the final appearance of Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson of The Replacements in sort of a fitting segue between the lesser-known music genres of the two decades.

" Ironically, fire and brimstone were to again become very much a part of Dylan's music, with the release of his gospel rock album Slow Train Coming later in 1979.

Ironically, it is in the musicals of Kander & Ebb — especially Chicago and Cabaret — that the kind of satire embodied in The Beggar's Opera and its immediate successors is probably best preserved, although here, as in Weill's version, the music is specially composed, unlike the first ballad operas of the 18th century.

Ironically, the GDAD tuning is closer to the D < sub > 3 </ sub > A < sub > 3 </ sub > D < sub > 4 </ sub > tuning of the Greek trichordo bouzouki than is the guitar-like tuning C < sub > 3 </ sub > F < sub > 3 </ sub > A < sub > 3 </ sub > D < sub > 4 </ sub > used on the modern Greek tetrachordo, and is particularly well suited to a modal harmonic approach to accompaniment as used in Irish traditional music.

Ironically, sister station WLMG was the original home of the WWL-FM calls during the 1960s and 70s, airing beautiful music.

Ironically, Rolling Stone yearly critic ’ s poll ranked Le Chat Bleu the fifth best album of 1980, and music historian Glenn A. Baker declared it the tenth best rock album of all time.