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 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 for an actor whose roles often comprised playing a drunk, Frinton was a teetotaller, having seen in others the damage that alcohol could do.

Ironically, while the Jackson 5 were noted instrumentalists, none of the members played any of their own instruments on the albums, as Motown had a hired team of West Coast and Detroit musicians playing on their recordings.

Ironically Joseph Blackburne became famous for his heavy drinking of whisky while playing chess.

Ironically, nobles and generals used to playing political games assume Perrin's frankness or long consideration are masks for his true thoughts and actions, unaware he is speaking what he truly believes.

Ironically, one of Danitra Vance's celebrity impersonations was of Cicely Tyson ( in The Pee Wee Herman Thanksgiving Special sketch ), who was known for not playing any role that stereotyped African-American women and, during her hosting stint on the fourth season ( 1978-1979 ), was shocked and disgusted that Garrett Morris was put in lesser roles on the show.

Ironically, when he had the choice of playing either hurling or football at under-12 level with Kilkenny, Carey chose football.

Ironically Blackpool were his next loan destination, joining them for three months, where he made a significant impact, playing in 16 league games and scoring three goals.

Ironically, the stadium had been among the first in the nation to switch from a natural grass playing surface to artificial turf in 1970, and then one of the first of those stadiums to switch back to natural grass in 1984.

Ironically, Aaron's 4th round playing partner at the 1973 Masters, Johnny Miller, recorded a higher score when keeping Aaron's card.

Ironically, Nassif made Top 8 of the 2007 World Championships with a mono-red Dragonstorm deck designed by him and American teammate Patrick Chapin, where he again made a semifinal exit while playing against Patrick Chapin in the mono-red Dragonstorm mirror.

( Ironically, the actor playing Ernest in Season 6 died at the end of that season, so another replacement had to be found for seasons 7-9.

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.

Ironically, the fledgling navy of the Greek revolutionaries was far ahead of the field: they possessed a small warship propelled by steam-powered paddles ( as well as sails ) called the Karteria.

Ironically it is now a field of graves, making it a tourist attraction site.

Ironically, Captain Randolph was serving on the committee to select a name for the new field at the time of his death.

Ironically, Nedney, with the San Francisco 49ers in 2006, kicked a field goal in overtime against the Denver Broncos, knocking them from the playoff picture and giving the Chiefs the final wild-card spot in the playoffs.

Ironically, Pratt was on the field due to a genuinely serious injury to Simon Jones, which has kept him out of international cricket since.

Ironically, one finds within this move almost every iconic paradigm inherent to the gangster image in the U. S. We have a plethora of drugs and guns.

Ironically, they died within 500 feet ( 150 m ) of their spacecraft.

Ironically, while the city of Tulsa claimed to be " Oil Capital of the World " for much of the 20th Century, a city ordinance banned drilling for oil within the city limits.

( Ironically, he and actor John Ritter, who guest starred on the same episode, died within four days of each other in September of 2003.

Ironically, within the hour, Louis and her promoter Bernie call a hysterical Billie with news that they got her Carnegie Hall.

Ironically, however, within a few years the Post Office found that stamps in the old denominations were needed after all, and so, added a 10 ¢ value to the series in 1855, followed by a 5 ¢ stamp the following year.

Ironically, within months he was barred from the House of Lords as a Roman Catholic under the Second Test Act.

Ironically, this spell was found within the Darkhold, the same mystical text containing the spell used to create vampires in the first place.

Ironically, the mosque was constructed too quickly and suffered greatly from disrepair within a few decades of its construction.

Ironically, although the Confederate constitution forbade internal improvements to aid commerce, nothing within it said anything about improvements to aid wartime defense.

Ironically the progenitor of video, 8mm, super 8mm, 16mm and even 35mm film stock is enjoying a revival within the Wedding Videography industry with some studios offering a combination of the video formats with the film formats and others offering film stock only production.

Ironically both East Coast and EMTs services between Lincoln and the capital leave Lincoln within 20 minutes of each other and arrive in Lincoln again within 20 minutes of each other.

Ironically Gall's approach provided a way to studying the mind that would lead to the downfall of his theories.

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, this lawless situation created by samurai encroachments on land, at the height of the war, caused security problems for all landed interests from petty samurai to the kokujin, and provided further impetus among local samurai to seek intermediary ties to the shugo lords in the form of vassalage.

" Prick Up Your Ears " was to be the title of an unreleased play by Orton ; Ironically, Halliwell, who had provided many of Orton's titles throughout his successful years, suggested the title.

Ironically, the flood damage to railway tracks provided the justification to withdraw passenger railway services to Nyngan and the railway station is now a museum.

( Ironically, Little provided the voice for the Pink Panther cartoon character in two experimental 1965 cartoons called Sink Pink and Pink Ice.

Ironically, Fath Ali Shah instead brokered a deal with Britain that provided Persia with military support from Indian-British troops in exchange for preventing any European country from entering India.

Ironically, the safety provided by the town walls led to the neglect of the fabric of the castle.

Ironically, the Protestant church provided more support than the state, allowing meeting spaces and printing facilities.

Ironically, his house has caught fire and his only escape is out a window using a ladder the crowd below has provided for him.

Ironically, after the Supreme Court's decision, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned racial discrimination in public accommodations such as those provided in Hooper's Baltimore restaurant.