The truth in their conflicting concepts was expounded by statesmen of the calibre of Webster and Calhoun, and defended in the end by leaders of the nobility of Lincoln and Lee.

This basic principle, the first in a richly knotted bundle, was conveyed to me by Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr., at the University of Buffalo, where he heads the world's first department of anthropology and linguistics.

Victim of the accident was Robert Lee Stansbery, 39.

Stein's fee, Lee said, was 10 per cent of the janitors' pay.

But before anything could happen Frankie Ricco was between them and Eddie Lee had come into the dressing room.

Six days after the surrender of Confederate commanding general Robert E. Lee, however, Lincoln was assassinated by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth.

Burnside, against the advice of the president, prematurely launched an offensive across the Rappahannock River and was stunningly defeated by Lee at Fredericksburg in December.

In the spring of 1863, Lincoln was optimistic about upcoming campaigns to the point of thinking the end of the war could be near if a string of victories could be put together ; these plans included Hooker's attack on Lee north of Richmond, Rosecrans ' on Chattanooga, Grant's on Vicksburg, and a naval assault on Charleston.

Hooker was routed by Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, but continued to command his troops for some weeks.

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.

On April 9, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox and the war was effectively over.

Considered by Confederate President Jefferson Davis to be the finest general officer in the Confederacy before the emergence of Robert E. Lee, he was killed early in the Civil War at the Battle of Shiloh and was the highest-ranking officer, Union or Confederate, killed during the entire war.

Jefferson Davis considered him the best general in the country ; this was two months before the emergence of Robert E. Lee as the pre-eminent general of the Confederacy.

An adjacent marker was erected by the San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of The Republic of Texas and the Lee, Roberts, and Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederate States of America.

The term " allophone " was coined by Benjamin Lee Whorf in the 1940s.

Alarums and Excursions ( A & E ) is an amateur press association started in June 1975 by Lee Gold ( at the request of Bruce Pelz, who felt that discussion of Dungeons & Dragons was taking up too much space in Apa-L, the APA of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society ).

Schools will vary in their approach, but in North America the most popular method taught derives from the " system " of Constantin Stanislavski, which was developed and popularised in America by Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, and others.

Lee Blakeley directed and Andrew George was the choreographer.

Benjamin Lee Whorf ( April 24, 1897 – July 26, 1941 ) was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer.

The son of Harry and Sarah ( Lee ) Whorf, Benjamin Lee Whorf was born on April 24, 1897 in Winthrop, Massachusetts.

Producer Lee Smith was dropped and KRS-One adopted the Teacha moniker and made a deliberate attempt at creating politically and socially conscious Hip-Hop.

Original member Lee Smith, who has co-producer credit on the original 12 ” " South Bronx " single, was the last to be inexplicably jettisoned by KRS-One and the future new label after Scott ’ s death.

These include the Emmy-nominated 1966 Frank Sinatra special A Man and His Music-Part II, and the 1967 NBC Emmy Award nominated for ' Special Classification of Individual Achievements ' by choreographer David Winters TV special Movin ' With Nancy, in which she appeared with Lee Hazlewood, her father and his Rat Pack pals Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr., with a cameo appearance by her brother Frank Sinatra, Jr. and guest star appearance by West Side Story dancer David Winters.

When her family requested she be featured in the following year's ceremony, the Academy stated they did not honor requests and Lee was omitted because her contribution to film and her legacy were not deemed significant enough, although she had been nominated for a Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Pete Kelly's Blues.

It was also nominated for Best Art Direction / Set Decoration ( Leslie Dilley, Anne Kuljian ), Best Cinematography and Best Sound ( Don J. Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton and Lee Orloff ).

The Patriot was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Sound ( Kevin O ' Connell, Greg P. Russell and Lee Orloff ), Best Cinematography, and Best Original Music Score.

No African-American has ever won best director, and only two have ever been nominated: John Singleton for 1991's Boyz n the Hood and Lee Daniels for 2009's Precious: Based on the Novel " Push " by Sapphire.

Murray was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, and John Lee Beatty was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design.

* Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen – Spike Lee ( nominated )

* Golden Palm – Spike Lee ( nominated )

* Best Director ( Motion Picture ) – Spike Lee ( nominated )

* Best Screenplay ( Motion Picture ) – Spike Lee ( nominated )

* Best Original Screenplay – Spike Lee ( nominated )

Since You Went Away won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture ( Max Steiner ) and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Claudette Colbert ), Best Actress in a Supporting Role ( Jennifer Jones ), Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( Monty Woolley ), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ( Lee Garmes ), Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White ( Mark-Lee Kirk, Victor A. Gangelin ), and Best Effects, Special Effects.

During the 2000 presidential election, Lee Teng-hui arranged for Lien Chan to be nominated as Kuomintang candidate for president rather than the more popular James Soong, who bolted from the party and formed his own People First Party after both he and Lien were defeated by Chen Shui-bian in the presidential elections.

Further, Lee's dominance in the party was revealed when the candidates TSU nominated had all been personally approved by Lee beforehand.

The film represents the second time Pacino was nominated for these awards in a movie in which he acted alongside his famed acting teacher, Lee Strasberg, the other being The Godfather Part II.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Song ( for Lester Lee and Ned Washington's " Sadie Thompson's Song ( Blue Pacific Blues )").

The film was nominated for five Saturn Awards and two Independent Spirit Awards, including Sheryl Lee being nominated for Best Actress.

The ruling Kuomintang nominated Lee Teng-hui in August 1995 at its 14th Party Congress after plans to institute a closed primary system by his opponents were thwarted.

* A 1997 documentary about the bombing, 4 Little Girls, directed by Spike Lee, was nominated for an Academy Award for " Best Documentary ".

The party had refused to nominate NCMPs in the past, but this time they nominated Seow and Lee to become NCMPs.

He has worked with very renowned directors like Spike Lee ( 25th Hour ), Oliver Stone ( the documentaries Comandante about Fidel Castro, and Persona Non Grata, about Yassir Arafat, and Alexander starring Colin Farrell ) and Ang Lee ( Brokeback Mountain, one of his most recognized works, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, and Lust, Caution ).