He opposed the Nixon administration's deployment of the anti-ballistic missile, a position which put him at odds with then Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird. Pete Williams, a Wyoming native and a former Hansen Senate staffer recalled Hansen's " warm Western smile and utter lack of pretense.

Laird noted this in his FY 1971 report, " Except for the major policy decisions, I am striving to decentralize decisionmaking as much as possible ...

" Laird supported the strategic arms talks leading to the SALT I agreements with the Soviet Union in 1972: a five-year moratorium against expansion of strategic nuclear delivery systems, and an antiballistic missile treaty limiting each side to two sites ( later cut to one ) for deployed ABM systems.

As Laird put it, " In terms of United States strategic objectives, SALT I improved our deterrent posture, braked the rapid buildup of Soviet strategic forces, and permitted us to continue those programs which are essential to maintaining the sufficiency of our long-term strategic nuclear deterrent.

A Laird is a member of the gentry ; historically Lairds rank below a Baron and above an Esquire in the non-peerage table of precedence in the Statutes of 1592 and the Baronetcy Warrants of King Charles I.

The most comprehensive collection of Chemehuevi history, culture and mythology was gathered by Carobeth Laird ( 1895 – 1983 ) and her second husband, George Laird, one of the last Chemehuevi to have been raised in the traditional culture.

Carobeth Laird, a linguist and ethnographer, wrote a comprehensive account of the culture and language as George Laird remembered it, and published their collaborative efforts in her 1976 The Chemehuevis, the first and, to date, only ethnography of the Chemehuevi traditional culture.

During this tour, Peters first met her long-time accompanist, conductor and arranger Marvin Laird, who was the assistant conductor for the tour.

In his later years he made his home with his daughter, Elizabeth Montgomery Laird, and her family in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The jumper, Robert Cecil Laird, shot his ex-wife, Sheryl Laird ( 39 ), multiple times at her home in Lakeland before depositing her body in the vehicle's trunk and driving approximately 60 miles to the bridge, where he set the car afire and jumped to his death.

Bea's stand-in ( actress Edna Laird ) then plays Kate " full back " to the camera, with Bea again providing only her voice.

Her television work included a regular role on the Gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows early in her career, and after her rise to fame, guest appearances on Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Rowan & Martin's Laugh In and Cheers, plus the role of Suzi Laird on several Fame episodes.

In 2007, Reece and her husband Laird Hamilton, appeared in the ABC reality television series Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, featuring a dozen celebrities in a stock car racing competition.

The Head Ranger, Duncan McKay, instantly takes a fancy to her, but Stella takes a fancy to Laird Archie MacDonald.

But Laird Archie MacDonald has different ideas, he gets housekeeper Lexie McTavish to use her looks and charm to convert Fleming's feelings about Glenbogle.

Alan arrives at ex-girlfriend Katrina Finlay's house in order to win back her heart, but she has already taken a fancy to Laird Archie MacDonald.

On the Friday after, 22 February, he and the Archibald, 5th Earl of Argyll met the William, 6th Earl of Morton and the Laird of Lethington at " Dawkethe ", and on 16 April he signed the letter from the Duke of Châtellerault to Queen Elizabeth, praying her to come to an agreement with Mary.

The Pretender was, accordingly, led by the Laird of Redgauntlet to the beach, and Lilias offered to accompany her uncle in his voluntary exile.

On March 18, Cat recorded her 115th career win over Notre Dame to pass Andaya and tie Jennifer Stewart ( University of Oklahoma ) and Shelley Laird ( University of Alabama ) for 12th place ; the next day, she recorded her 116th career win over the University of Arizona Wildcats to pass Stewart and Laird and tie Kristin Schmidt ( Notre Dame / LSU ) and Debby Day ( UTA / Arizona ) for 11th place.

The phrase was also used to describe California in the 1860s, and by Clement Laird Vallandigham to describe the land of the Mississippi plains None of these remained a widely used to describe a region, though it is still occasionally used to describe the United States overall.

Laird paid special attention to two important interdepartmental bodies: the Washington Special Action Group ( WSAG ), composed of senior Defense, State, and CIA officials, which gathered information necessary for presidential decisions on the crisis use of U. S. military forces ; and the Defense Program Review Committee ( DPRC ), which brought together representatives from many agencies, including DoD, State, the Council of Economic Advisers, and the Office of Management and Budget, to analyze defense budget issues as a basis for advising the president, placing, as Laird commented, " national security needs in proper relationship to non-defense requirements.

On 27 January 1973, two days before Laird left office, the negotiators signed a Vietnam settlement in Paris.

A tournament took place before James at Stirling, on 25 February 1449, between James, master of Douglas, another James, brother to the Laird of Lochleven, and two knights of Burgundy, one of whom, Jacques de Lalain, was the most celebrated knight-errant of the time.

Professor Ian S. Holbourn, the last Laird of Foula, describes the disaster of 8 September 1914, when the White Star Line RMS Oceanic hit the Shaalds o ' Foula, becoming a wreck within two weeks.

In 2000, the company placed it back into production in two variants ; the Etsong Lubao QE6400 Ruby and Etsong Lubao QE6440 Laird, built in a brand-new, specially constructed factory in Qingdao, China.

Though signifying the same as Lord, the two terms are not interchangeable and Laird is not a title of nobility.

His grandson, Robert, died in 1904, leaving no heir-for the first time in 600 years-but twin daughters, the elder of whom, Ella, married William Cunninghame, 14th Laird of Caprington, descendant of the Earls of Glencairn, in 1918, and their two sons, Robert and John Fergusson-Cuninghame, now live at Caprington, Robert, the elder, inheriting the castle and property.

The first five series of Monarch of the Glen told the story of young restaurateur, Archie MacDonald, trying to restore his childhood home in the Scottish Highlands, starring Alastair Mackenzie, Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire and Dawn Steele, whilst the final two series of the show focused on new Laird Paul Bowman trying to modernise the estate, primarily starring Lloyd Owen, Tom Baker, Alexander Morton and Susan Hampshire.

In 1832, the company sent two small ships to the Niger, the Alburkah, a paddle-wheel steamer of fifty-five tons designed by Laird, the first iron vessel to make an ocean voyage.

While searching for a local underground newspaper to publish his work, he began a profressional relationship with Peter Laird and the two collaborated for a short while on various comics projects.

During the recording of the piece, a long-standing tension between Rick Laird and Jerry Goodman boiled over into a full brawl, with the two of them knocking Jan Hammer and his keyboards over during the struggle.

Ruffner had, a short time prior to this ; upon the surrender of Hull, sent his wife and child to Licking County, to a Mr. Lair, or Laird, an uncle, who lived about one and a half miles ( two kilometres ) from Utica.

In the same year Todd, Kitson & Laird built two examples for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, one of which, LMR 57 Lion, has been preserved.

A Lairdship carried voting rights in the ancient pre-Union Parliament of Scotland, although such voting rights were expressed via two representatives from each county who were known as Commissioners of the Shires, who came from the Laird class and were chosen by their peers to represent them.

The electoral district was one of three royally proclaimed by Lieutenant-Governor David Laird on November 13, 1880 The other two electoral districts were Salisbury, named after the Marquess of Salisbury and Kimberley name after the Lord of Kimberley.

He shot a 10 under par round of 63 on day two and held the lead until the very end, winning by three strokes over Martin Laird.

In October 1863 John Laird and his shipbuilding company were caught making two naval ram vessels for the Confederate States Navy: El Toussoun and El Monastir.

The names of these two ships do not appear to hold any significance in the confederacy which leads to the possibility that this was a covert contract between Laird and the Confederate navy.

The naval historian Sir William Laird Clowes, who knew him well, wrote that '... he was a natural diplomatist, and an unrivalled tactician ; and, to a singular independence and uprightness of character, he added a mastery of technical detail, and a familiarity with contemporary thought and progress that were unusual in those days among officers of his standing '.

In 2008, college professor Kerry Laird was ordered by Temple College to remove the quote, " Gott ist tot " ( God is Dead ), a famous quote from Nietzsche, from his office door.

Laird Brown, the company's senior strategist, attributes its success to a widespread mistrust of big corporations and the " proprietary nature of almost everything.

In 1992, big wave surfers such as Laird Hamilton and Darrick Doerner introduced a cross over sport called tow in surfing.

Laird Hamilton, a prominent figure in the invention of big wave tow-in surfing, later discovered the foilboard's capability to harness swell energy with the use of a jet ski, pulling the rider into a wave.

Noll ( with Laird Hamilton and Jeff Clark ) also provides his entertaining perspective on Hawaiian big wave surfing that is indexed as a commentary track found in the Riding Giants DVD.

1, # 6 by having the gator-man tumble into the underground gorge with the evil big game hunter but Turtle's creator Peter Laird nixed the idea opting to have Leatherhead survive and return to the sewers with the Turtles.