King was a major shareholder in the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad ( later the Long Island Rail Road ) and therefore had a conflict of interest and stood to benefit by the compensation payments to the railroad from the tax assessment.

Some major races, such as the Singapore Grand Prix, Monaco Grand Prix ( sanctioned by Formula One ) and the Long Beach Grand Prix ( sanctioned by Indycar ), are held on temporary street circuits.

*. 32 Long Colt Originally chambered in small frame Colt revolvers and the Marlin model 1892 rifle, this cartridge used a heeled bullet with a case the same diameter as the major diameter of the bullet.

Wolf Messing is a major character in Steve Englehart's series of Max August novels, beginning with The Point Man in 1980, and continuing through The Long Man and The Plain Man.

Now recognized as a major talent, Altman had critical breakthroughs with McCabe & Mrs. Miller ( 1971 ), known for its gritty portrayal of the American frontier ; The Long Goodbye ( 1973 ), a remake of a Raymond Chandler novel ; Thieves Like Us ( 1974 ), and Nashville ( 1975 ).

Steinway Street, one of the major streets in the Astoria and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens, is named after the company.

U. S. President Bill Clinton's treasury secretary, Robert Rubin, also feared that a Russian collapse could create a panic on world money markets ( and it indeed did help bring down one major US hedge fund Long Term Capital Management ).

For example, the battle at Xiang River “ which the official history of the Long March identifies as the longest and most heroic battle of the entire campaign, was in fact a major defeat for the Communists, with casualties and desertions reducing the First Army from 86, 000 to 30, 000 people .”< ref > Pye, Lucian.

Two major motion pictures have been filmed in Montgomery: The Long Walk Home, set during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Big Fish, partially shot at Huntingdon College.

The region is also home to Los Angeles International Airport, the second-busiest airport in the United States by passenger volume ( see World's busiest airports by passenger traffic ) and the third by international passenger volume ( see Busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic ); San Diego International Airport the busiest single runway airport in the world ; Van Nuys Airport, the world's busiest general aviation airport ; major commercial airports at Orange County, Ontario, Burbank and Long Beach ; and numerous smaller commercial and general aviation airports.

Keyboard duties were taken over by highly-rated singer-keyboardist Paul Carrack, a former member of British soul-pop band Ace, who scored a major international hit with the song " How Long.

William Shea played a major role in bringing a hockey team to Long Island.

Dories were built all over New England from the Long Island Sound to the shores of Nova Scotia, with major production centers north of Boston, from Massachusetts to the New Hampshire border.

Long a major tourist destination in the city, the Forum is open for foot traffic along the ancient Roman streets which are restored to the late Imperial level.

Of his first novel, A Long Day's Dying, David Daiches wrote: " There is a quality of civilized perception here, a sensitive and plastic handling of English prose and an ability to penetrate to the evanescent core of a human situation, all proclaiming major talent.

In the 1930 legislative session, Long proposed another major road-building initiative as well as the construction of a new capitol building in Baton Rouge.

After the major merger of five councils to form the Long Rivers Council, the plans for additional camps on the undeveloped east side were scrapped.

With a major rail yard within its borders, Commerce has also benefited greatly from the huge expansion in international trade traffic through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, albeit at the expense of severe air pollution caused by truck congestion on the Long Beach Freeway.

The Clark heirs arranged for Donald Douglas to build a major plant adjacent to the airport in Lakewood and Long Beach.

" Long " Jim Barnes was resident professional of the course at the time ( James Kelly Thomson was the course's first pro ), and every major golfer of the day competed in the event except for Bobby Jones.

The land was owned by the Richmond Timber Company, a major supplier of Dade County Pine ( a denser, harder, sub-species of Pinus Palustris, or Long Leaf Pine ).

Donnelly is in the Long Valley of Valley County, on the northeast shore of Lake Cascade ( Cascade Reservoir ), between the two major cities in the county.

Quincy is a major terminal for the commuter boat system that crosses Boston Harbor to Long Wharf, Hull, Rowe's Wharf, Hingham, and Logan Airport.

Sayreville is near several major roadways-the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike ( Interstate 95 ), Interstate 287 which becomes Route 440 — providing access to Staten Island and Long Island, New York points — U. S. 1, U. S. 9, Route 18, Route 34, Route 35 and Route 36.

The town is also the home to the Hawksnest State Park, as well as a marina and several beaches, including two on Long Pond.

* Long Lake ( town )

Starting from town it heads along the river and racecourse towards Welford-on-Avon and Long Marston with a cycle hire and cafe available at the start of the Greenway at Seven Meadows Road.

Bob briefly returns in " At Long Last Leave " ( season 23, 2012 ), where he attends a town meeting to decide on if the Simpson family should be banished or not, and he expresses his desire for the former to happen.

Despite the limited land mass, there has also been a tendency for place names to be repeated ; there are, for instance, two islands named " Long Island ", three bays known as " Long Bay " and the town of St. George is located within the parish of St. George on the island of St. George ( each known as St. George's ), whereas Bermuda's capital, the City of Hamilton, lies in Pembroke Parish, not Hamilton Parish, on the largest island, " Main Island ", which itself is sometimes called " Bermuda " ( or " Great Bermuda ").

Other named minor communities and geographic locations in the town are Brookfield Junction, Candlewood Lake East, Candlewood Shores, East Iron Works, Huckleberry Hill, Iron Works, Long Meadow Hill, Obtuse, Pocono Ridge, Prospect Hill, West Iron Works, and Whisconier.

New London is bounded on the west and north by the town of Waterford, on the east by the Thames River and Groton, and on the south by Long Island Sound.

Long known as Tywappity, the town started out as a trading post and became a river landing by 1803.

Simon's concerns for his native town are reflected in the founding of St Leonard's Hospital in 1372, a place of respite, towards Long Melford, for lepers.

* Long Point campground-Access is via the historic gold mining town of Hillgrove.

Long was born on August 30, 1893, in Winnfield, the seat of Winn Parish, a small town in the north-central part of the state.

The hill that the city is named after is 365 feet ( 110 m ) above the surrounding town of Long Beach.

On May 15, 1656, the Court of the Colony of Connecticut in Hartford affirmed that the town of Stratford included all of the territory inland from Long Island Sound, between the Housatonic River and the Fairfield town line, to include the southern portion of present-day Monroe.

It flows through the town and ends in Long Island Sound in neighboring Westport.

The Metacomet Ridge, a mountainous trap rock ridgeline that stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border, runs through the center of the town, cutting off Salisbury Plain to the east, which used to lie under the ancient, glacial Lake Hitchcock.

Van Sinderen, and modeled after a town on Long Island, was quickly commenced.

The town is bordered by the towns of Essex, Clinton, Deep River, and Old Saybrook, where the Connecticut River empties into Long Island Sound.

Branford is a shoreline town located on Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, east of New Haven.

The town features the Mill River, which runs from the northern part of town, is dammed to form Lake Whitney, and flows from there to Long Island Sound.

Madison is a town in the southeastern corner of New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, occupying a central location on Connecticut's Long Island Sound shoreline.

The town abuts the Niantic bay, fed by the Niantic River, and the Long Island Sound.

Groton Long Point ( GLP ) is a political subdivision of the town of Groton, on Long Island Sound in New London County, Connecticut, United States.