* 1958 – Jim Steinmeyer, Illusion creator

Jim Steinmeyer said in his book, Hiding the Elephant, that every magician of the 20th century was haunted by Robert-Houdin, "… who cast an enormous shadow over their generation.

Noted illusion designer and historian Jim Steinmeyer identifies the beginning of this phenomenon as coinciding with the introduction of the " Sawing a woman in half " illusion.

Modern magic inventor Jim Steinmeyer has written that a description of the illusion was published by the great French magician Jean Robert-Houdin in 1858, but Robert-Houdin's idea remained just that, a written description of an effect.

Illusions were by Jim Steinmeyer and John Gaughan, and pyrotechnic design was by Tyler Wymer.

Some of these issues are overcome in Modern Art, an illusion created by Jim Steinmeyer.

Invented by Jim Steinmeyer with collaboration of John Gaughan and Jonathan Pendragon, and was originally staged, choreographed and performed by The Pendragons, it has since become a part of many illusionists ' routines, including David Copperfield and Siegfried & Roy.

Radio historian Jim Harmon attributes the show's popularity in The Great Radio Heroes to the fact that it was the only radio show to deal with and appeal to young children.

A theory advanced by Geologist Jim Berkland, formerly with the U. S. Geological Survey, attributes the strandings to radical changes in the Earth's magnetic field just prior to earthquakes and in the general area of earthquakes.

Jim attributes this extraordinary phenomenon to his being left-handed and asserts that in fact all left-handers possess a larger left thumb, though this is factually inaccurate. Some of Mr Philips finer moments on air include ranting the stupid people are in control after the 04 election, reveling in joy after the death of any noteworthy conservative / republican and calling 81 year old callers old bats.

The musical was also revived with great success in 1996, starring Nathan Lane as Pseudolus ( replaced later in the run by Whoopi Goldberg and also by David Alan Grier ), Mark Linn-Baker as Hysterium, Ernie Sabella as Lycus, Jim Stanek as Hero, Lewis J. Stadlen as Senex, and Cris Groenendaal as Miles Gloriosus.

In the 1970s the comic strip artist Jim Davis authored a strip, Gnorm Gnat, which met with little success.

A few earlier syndicated programs were hosted by prominent Democrats who were not experienced broadcasters, such as Jim Hightower, Jerry Brown, Mario Cuomo and Alan Dershowitz ; these met with limited success, and Air America has been faced with various legal and financial problems.

Aniston's biggest box office success to date was her appearance in 2003's Bruce Almighty, in which she played the live-in girlfriend of Jim Carrey's title character.

The same year, in London, he made a success at the Haymarket Theatre, in the character role of Baron Harzfeld in Jim the Penman by Charles Young.

Scot Symon continued Struth's success, winning six league championships, five Scottish Cups and four League Cups, becoming the second manager to win the domestic treble in season 1963 – 64, the era of ' Slim ' Jim Baxter, one of the club's greatest players.

There is a report that Johnson even fought and KO'd Jim Jeffries ' brother Jack, and taunted him about it to force a fight, with no success.

Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin throughout the 1970s and developed a compelling image as the charismatic rock-and-roll front man, similar to his contemporary in The Who, singer Roger Daltrey ( who adopted the look in the late 1960s ), Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, and his other fellow contemporary, Jim Morrison of The Doors.

Other attempts to bring comic strip characters to TV did not have anywhere near as much success until one of the Peanuts directors, Phil Roman, brought the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield to TV starting in 1982, resulting in 11 specials and a long-running animated series.

## success as a songwriter or producer: e. g. Buffy Sainte-Marie, Mickey Newbury, J. J. Cale, Jim Steinman, Norman Smith, and McFadden & Whitehead

In addition, some pitchers ( such as Jim Bouton ) have had success as knuckleballers after their ability to throw hard declined.

Racing a mid-engined car, Scotsman Jim Clark was second in his first attempt in 1963, dominating in 1964 until suffering suspension failure on lap 47, and completely dominating the race in 1965, a victory which also interrupted the success of the Offy, and offering the 4. 2 litre Ford V8 its first success at the race.

Those who benefited from this approach included Steve Douglas, Jim Horn and Larry Knechtel who all went on to achieve great success as studio musicians.

Major success came in 1963 with the Lotus 25, which — with Jim Clark driving — won Lotus its first F1 World Constructors Championship.

At the peak of its success the band was originally selected to perform on the television show that became The Monkees, and also gained an added bit of publicity when Butler replaced Jim Rado in the role of Claude for a sold-out four-month run with the Broadway production of the rock musical Hair.

The song's success in the U. S. was championed by WMEX jock and friend of Chapin's Jim Connors who in part inspired the song.

If the separation were voluntary on the part of the colored people that would be a different thing but for them to accept Jim-Crowism and then work to make the Exposition a success is a thing in which I do not believe .” While Dr. Booker T. Washington was invited and attended as a prominent guest, many African Americans attending the exposition resented being forbidden by law to patronize its restaurants ; the exposition enforced Virginia's legal racial segregation and other Jim Crow laws.

At the height of Rice's success, The Boston Post wrote, " The two most popular characters in the world at the present are Victoria and Jim Crow.

The success of " Jump Jim Crow " is indicative: It was an old English tune with fairly standard lyrics, which leaves only Rice's dance — wild upper-body movements with little movement below the waist — to explain its popularity.

James were formed in 1981 by Paul Gilbertson and Jim Glennie ( after whom the band was named ), recruiting Drama student Tim Booth on vocals and Gavan Whelan on drums ( Gilbertson and Whelan were to leave the band before it attained commercial success ).

The season was viewed as a success on multiple levels, as coach Jim Barker would go on to win the CFL Coach of the Year award, and kick returning standout Chad Owens would bring home the CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams Player award.

Jim is sent to infiltrate and investigate, and discovers the mysterious gray Men behind Cliaand's success, encounters a world of feisty warrior women, and becomes father of twins ( James and Bolivar ).

Songwriters who hail from the Chicago area have had success on the US pop rock charts as well, including Jim Whelan, from Wilmette who co-wrote Belinda Carlisle's Go-Go's first hit.

In addition to Billy Williams, the first Bee inducted into the Hall of Fame, former players who have enjoyed major league success include Sal Bando, Vida Blue ( who struck out a team-record 231 batters in 1968 ), Jim " Catfish " Hunter George Hendrick, Phil Garner, Chet Lemon, Claudell Washington, Hall of Famer Paul Molitor, Randy Ready, Larry Walker, Rubén Sierra, Kenny Rogers, José Vidro, Ugueth Urbina, Javy López, Mark Buehrle, Mike Mordecai, Shawn Estes, Ruben Gotay and Gus Zernial.

A personal influence on Costas has been legendary ABC Sports broadcaster Jim McKay, who hosted many Olympics for ABC from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Disco was an influence on house music, which was also influenced by mixing and editing techniques earlier explored by disco DJs, producers, and audio engineers like Walter Gibbons, Tom Moulton, Jim Burgess, Larry Levan, Ron Hardy, M & M and others who produced longer, more repetitive and percussive arrangements of existing disco recordings.

Conservative gym teacher Kitty Farmer ( Beth Grant ) blames the flooding on the influence of the short story " The Destructors ", assigned by English teacher Karen Pomeroy ( Drew Barrymore ), and begins teaching attitude lessons taken from motivational speaker Jim Cunningham ( Patrick Swayze ).

Though he had no formal students, many artists have cited him as an influence, including Willem de Kooning, Jim Dine, and Mark Rothko.

Jim Emerson, the editor of rogerebert. com, has also noted the influence of Meshes within David Lynch's film, Inland Empire.

The Doors were the supporting act on the last week, and Morrison's influence on The Doors singer, Jim Morrison, was noted by John Densmore in his book Riders On The Storm.

Weiland has stated that his vocal style is influenced by Jim Morrison and David Bowie, who also serves as his main fashion influence.

Mullen's biggest influence in skateboarding at the time was Walker pro skater Jim McCall.

The Beats had a pervasive influence on rock and roll and popular music, including the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison: the Beatles spelled their name with an " a " partly as a Beat Generation reference,

* In Sinclair Lewis's 1927 novel Elmer Gantry, a burly college student named Elmer Gantry who is heavily under the influence of his agnostic friend Jim Lefferts undergoes a seeming miraculous conversion to Baptist Christianity and is immediately invited to speak before an audience.

The UDA has also been riddled by its own internecine warfare, with self-styled " brigadiers " and former figures of power and influence, such as Johnny Adair and Jim Gray ( themselves bitter rivals ), falling rapidly in and out of favour with the rest of the leadership.

* Music hall had a profound influence on The Beatles through Paul McCartney, who is himself the son of a music hall performer ( Jim McCartney, who led Jim Mac's Jazz Band ).

The album demonstrated a blues-rock influence, utilising the record producer Jim Dickinson, who worked with the Rolling Stones.

Other missionaries who have asserted the influence of Jonathan Edwards's biography of Brainerd on their lives include Henry Martyn, William Carey, Jim Elliot, and Adoniram Judson.

The new name honours the well-known author and wildlife conservationist Jim Corbett, who played a key role in creating the reserve by using his influence to persuade the provincial government to establish it.

Metheny's playing ( as well as his tone ) also show significant influence by Jim Hall, Joe Diorio, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, John McLaughlin and other classic jazz players.

Shipley grew increasingly frustrated and disillusioned with the cautious pace of National's leader, Jim Bolger, as well as what she saw as the disproportionate influence of coalition partner New Zealand First.

In addition to his influence in his popular series of articles for Rifle Magazine and his involvement with the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts ( MESDA ) John Bivins trained the outstanding gunmakers Jim Chambers and Mark Silver.

Jim Reeves Drive at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, Texas | Carthage, TexasReeves was elected posthumously to the Country Music Hall of Fame during 1967, which honored him by saying, " The velvet style of ' Gentleman Jim Reeves ' was an international influence.

Jim Crow laws reached their greatest influence during the decades from 1910 to 1930.

Roy's influence on the rock world has also been apparent in recent years, with a tribute song recorded by Jim Keltner and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones, and recent on-stage appearances with The Allman Brothers Band and Page McConnell of Phish.

The Seattle Times reports that " In a statement, Boeing chairman and chief executive Jim McNerney indicated that the addition of Giambastiani, who was the second-highest ranking officer in the U. S. military, is intended [...] to boost Boeing's influence with the Pentagon.