In April 1959, Lee's parents decided to send him to the United States to stay with his older sister, Agnes Lee ( 李秋鳳 ), who was already living with family friends in San Francisco.

Lee's Ferry is the principal starting point for rafting trips through the Grand Canyon, which are said to offer " a trip backwards through time " as the river cuts through progressively older strata.

As the venue serves alcohol, attendance at concerts and events at Lee's Palace is generally restricted by the laws of the province of Ontario to those 19 years of age or older, although the venue occasionally hosts all-ages shows ( usually on weekend afternoons or early evenings ) where alcohol is not served.

Paul McCartney was introduced to Peggy Lee's music by his older cousin, Bett Robbins, who would occasionally baby-sit the two McCartney brothers.

When Yuna Lee's mother moves to Germany to pursue a music degree, Yuna is left to stay with her father, a university professor, and her three older brothers, who are overprotective of her.

Paddy Chayefsky's Academy Award-winning Marty was the most notable examination of working class Bronx life was also explored by Chayefsky in his 1956 film The Catered Affair, and in the 1993 Robert De Niro / Chazz Palminteri film, A Bronx Tale, Spike Lee's 1999 movie Summer of Sam, centered in an Italian-American Bronx community, 1994's I Like It Like That that takes place in the predominately Puerto Rican neighborhood of the South Bronx, and Doughboys, the story of two Italian-American brothers in danger of losing their bakery thanks to one brother's gambling debts.

: Examples include Hud starring Paul Newman ( 1963 ); Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway ( 1972 ) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ( 1974 ); Simon Wincer's Quigley Down Under ; Robert Rodríguez's El Mariachi ( 1992 ); John Sayles ' Lone Star ( 1996 ); Tommy Lee Jones ' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ( 2005 ); Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ); Wim Wenders ' Don't Come Knocking ( 2005 ); and the Coen brothers Academy Award – winning No Country For Old Men ( 2007 ).

Several of Evander Lee's brothers followed him to the area.

Jepson, Plunkett & the Dickinson brothers were reunited-supposedly for the first time since the band's split-at Michael Lee's funeral in December 2008.

According to Richard, Ricky Lee's tenure as lead vocalist was " a bad time " for the band given his opposition to Richard's opinions, although Richard was still surprised to hear of the brothers ' departure, and said, " I tried everything I could to get them to stay.

And she felt amply rewarded for her suffering when the evidence of Lee's quack shenanigans, gathered by the tape recorder under her friend's clothing, proved adequate in court for convicting Franklin D. Lee.

He was replaced by George Meade, who followed Lee into Pennsylvania for the Gettysburg Campaign, which was a victory for the Union, though Lee's army avoided capture.

He fought several battles of attrition against Lee through the Overland Campaign to seize Richmond, though in the face of fierce resistance he altered his plans and led the Siege of Petersburg which nearly finished off the rest of Lee's army.

However Yuen Wah was Lee's main stunt double for the film, most notably for the more acrobatic feats in the film, such as flipping over the abbot's arms at the beginning and the scene where Lee does a backflip when O ' Hara catches his leg during their fight.

In Texas, " Confederate Heroes Day " is celebrated on January 19, the birthday of Robert E. Lee ; Jefferson Davis ’ birthday had been officially celebrated on June 3 but was combined with Lee's birthday in 1973.

Arguably Stuart's most famous campaign, Gettysburg, was marred when he was surprised by a Union cavalry attack at the Battle of Brandy Station and by his separation from Lee's army for an extended period, leaving Lee unaware of Union troop movements and arguably contributing to the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Lee's nephew, Fitzhugh Lee, also arrived at the academy in 1852.

By this time, Lee had been promoted to the commanding officer of all Confederate forces ; the remaining armies soon capitulated after Lee's surrender.

One of Lee's great-great grandparents, Henry Lee I, was a prominent Virginian colonist of English descent.

Lee's family is one of Virginia's first families, originally arriving in Virginia from England in the early 1600s with the arrival of Richard Lee I, Esq., " the Immigrant " ( 1618 – 64 ).

* Connelly, Thomas L., " Robert E. Lee and the Western Confederacy: A Criticism of Lee's Strategic Ability.

In Lee's Resolution on the 7th of June 1776 during the Second Continental Congress, Lee put forth the motion to the Continental Congress to declare Independence from Great Britain, which read ( in part ):

Mr. Lee also wrote the Gamelords ' supplement " Lee's Guide to Interstellar Adventure " in the early 1980s.

Rather than retreat as his Union predecessors had done, Grant flanked Lee's Army of Virginia to the southeast and attempted to wedge the Union Army between Lee and Richmond at Spotsylvania.

Unable to break Lee's line of defense after repeated attempts, Grant flanked Lee to the southeast east again at North Anna, a battle that lasted three days.

Lee's Cantonese birth name was Lee Jun-fan ( 李振藩 ).

Lee's given name Jun-fan was originally written in Chinese as 震藩, however, the Jun ( 震 ) Chinese character was identical to part of his grandfather's name, Lee Jun-biu ( 李震彪 ).

Lee's father, Lee Hoi-chuen, was one of the leading Cantonese opera and film actors at the time, and was embarking on a year-long Cantonese opera tour with his family on the eve of the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong.

Lee's elder brother Peter Lee ( 李忠琛 ) would also join him in Seattle for a short stay before moving on to Minnesota to attend college.

Linda Lee recalls Bruce Lee's waist fluctuated between 26 and 28 inches ( 66 to 71 centimetres ).

According to Lee's wife Linda, Lee met producer Raymond Chow at 2 pm at home to discuss the making of the film Game of Death.

Don Langford, Lee's personal physician in Hong Kong, had treated Lee during his first collapse.

Inosanto holds the 3rd rank ( Instructor ) directly from Bruce Lee in Jeet Kune Do, Jun Fan Gung Fu, and Bruce Lee's Tao of Chinese Gung Fu.

Other Jeet Kune Do instructors since Lee's death have been certified directly by Dan Inosanto, some with remaining Bruce Lee signed certificates.

This film is one of Bruce Lee's most influential works, as it is one of the main reasons behind the shift in Hong Kong cinema from swordplay to empty-handed fighting, which initiated the informally-recognised " Golden era of Kung Fu cinema " of the 1970s.

Although the plot involves an unsuccessful legal defense similar to one undertaken by her attorney father, the 1931 landmark Scottsboro Boys interracial rape case may also have helped to shape Lee's social conscience.

Jim Lee's X-Men designs would be the basis for much of the X-Men animated series and action figure line as well as several Capcom video games.

Also inspired by the success of James Bond ; specifically the Asian-influenced You Only Live Twice, martial-arts-themed action movies exploded onto the western cinema screens with Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon ( 1973 ), and his imported films like Way of ( or Return of ) the Dragon ( 1972 ).

He also starred in, and performed action choreography for, Daniel Lee's Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, with Andy Lau and Maggie Q.

His timely action, coupled with the military incompetence of Butler, bottled up the Union army, nullifying its threat to Petersburg and Lee's supply line.

Some in Taiwan believed that Lee's action was a deliberate attempt to sabotage the Kuomintang to ensure victory for Chen, who represented the DPP.

Col. Lee's Legion and 60 Virginia Riflemen making in their whole 700 men which will be ordered with the Militia to harass the enemy in their advance, check their progress and if possible give us opportunity to retire without general action.

Warren Davis, a programmer hired to work on the action game Protector, noticed Lee's ideas, and asked if he could use them to practice programming game mechanics: randomness and gravity.

President Bill Clinton made a recess appointment of Bill Lann Lee as Assistant Attorney General for civil rights, when it became clear that Lee's strong support of affirmative action would lead to Senate opposition.

During the Battle of Chancellorsville, his corps faced Fredericksburg in an initial holding action while Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's other four corps maneuvered against Robert E. Lee's left flank.

The Lee-Metford rifle ( a. k. a. Magazine Lee-Metford, abbreviated MLM ) was a bolt action British army service rifle, combining James Paris Lee's rear-locking bolt system and ten-round magazine with a seven groove rifled barrel designed by William Ellis Metford.

Lee's bolt action mechanism was a great improvement over other designs of the day.

Also, Stanley Kwan stated that he was talking with Lee's family to make a movie about the late action movie icon.

Military historian Jon L. Wakelyn praises Lee's performance in this action, saying " he was the hero of the battle of Champion Hills.

The upcoming action in support of Lee's assault at Glendale would offer him another opportunity.

The rearguard action at Shepherdstown discouraged any further significant Federal pursuit of Lee's retiring army, ending the Maryland Campaign.

Silliphant was involved in the early part of Bruce Lee's movie and TV career in America, and suggested him for action choreography work on productions like A Walk in the Spring Rain, a Silliphant-scripted film.

The Lee's magazine system was improved over the prior navy rifle, the M1885 Remington-Lee, by incorporating a charger-loaded magazine system and an action capable of handling high-velocity, small-caliber smokeless cartridges.