J. Bowyer Bell, in his The Irish Troubles, describes Maguire's opinion in 1986, " abstentionism was a basic tenet of republicanism, a moral issue of principle.

Some recent research has raised the possibility that fewer than forty British soldiers were in the vicinity and that Maguire's column was forced to abandon their weapons with only one British officer wounded.

Likewise in the aftermath of the 1986 split in the Republican Movement, Maguire signed a statement in 1986 but was issued posthumously in 1996, he conferred this " legitimacy " on the Army Council of the Continuity IRA ( who provided a firing party at Maguire's funeral in 1993 ).

In The Irish Troubles, J. Bowyer Bell describes Maguire's opinion in 1986, " abstentionism was a basic tenet of republicanism, a moral issue of principle.

It was in that same season that he qualified for the World Championship for the first time, losing 6 – 10 in the first round to Ronnie O ' Sullivan, but O ' Sullivan admitted to being impressed by Maguire's performance and tipped him to be a future World Champion.

Maguire's first event of 2010 was the Masters.

In a 2004 Grand Prix match, Murphy was involved in having one of Maguire's frames forfeited.

On January 9, 2011, it was reported by Entertainment Weekly that ABC would be teaming up with Salma Hayek and her production company to create a TV miniseries of " Wicked " solely based on Gregory Maguire's novel.

Maguire's death led to a by-election in early 1981, when the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike was underway.

Mickey Kaus of Slate. com, referring to Tom Maguire's " Two Attas " theory, speculates that " the ' Atta ' fingered by Able Danger was really the first, ' Abu Nidal ' Atta, and not the second, 9 / 11 ' Al Qaeda ' Atta ," and that this may help explain this Able Danger issue.

In Gregory Maguire's revisionist Oz novels Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and Son of a Witch, " Pastorius " was the widower of Ozma the Bilious, who died from an apparently accidental poisoning, and father to Ozma Tippetarius, who was approximately the same age as Elphaba.

It is not officially stated whether the Nome King, or other figures undeniably real in Baum's Oz such as Lurline, actually exist in Maguire's Oz.

In Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, she is initially called " Galinda ," and ( through her mother ) is descended from the noble clan of the Arduennas of the Upland.

Glinda also appears in Son of a Witch, Maguire's sequel to Wicked, now widowed from Sir Chuffrey.

As in Gregory Maguire's revisionist novel, Glinda is characterized by her popularity and goes by the name of Galinda Upland ( who hails from the Upper Uplands ).

The love triangle between Glinda, Fiyero and Elphaba is what primarily distinguishes the Wicked musical incarnation of Glinda from Gregory Maguire's novel.

One political issue in Maguire's novels is the oppression of the Animals ( Maguire distinguishes speaking Animals from non-speaking animals by the use of initial capital letters ).

Gregory Maguire's most recent book, A Lion Among Men, is told primarily from the Lion's viewpoint, and its plot is centered around Brrr's account of his own origins, or lack thereof ( he is unsure, as his narration begins, of the whereabouts of his parents, herd, etc.

Various interest groups, beginning with the Anti-Defamation League, accused Maguire's Mercury of ongoing and increasing Jew-baiting, particularly when it drew a number of purportedly anti-Jewish comments from the writings of Mencken himself back for reprint.

He becomes a more prominent character in Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which purports to show the lives of some of Baum's characters from another perspective, and more prominent still in the Broadway musical Wicked which is based on Maguire's novel.

When the majority of IRA and Sinn Féin decided to abandon abstentionism in the 1969 – 70 split, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and Dáithí Ó Conaill sought and secured Maguire's recognition of the Provisional IRA as the legitimate successor to the 1938 Army Council.

The town's oldest building is the Maguire's stone castle, built by Hugh the Hospitable who died in 1428.

This display gave rise to several hobbyist and research wearables, including Gerald " Chip " Maguire's IBM / Columbia University Student Electronic Notebook, Doug Platt's Hip-PC and Carnegie Mellon University's VuMan 1 in 1991.

Maguire's flying column then made for the Partry Mountains.

His co-workers are touched by his honesty and greet him with applause, but the management sends Bob Sugar ( Jay Mohr ), Maguire's protégé, to fire him.

Indianapolis Colts Owner Jim Irsay makes a cameo as Jerry Maguire's boss.

Maguire's role at Nine expanded when he became the host of The Footy Show ( AFL ) in 1994.

According to the revisionist version of the Oz history chronicled in Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the slippers were given to Nessarose, the future Wicked Witch of the East, by her father.

While not exactly a villain, Dorothy is not the hero in Gregory Maguire's revisionist 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.

In both Baum's original book and Maguire's revision, Dorothy spends her first night in Oz at the house of a munchkin farmer named Boq.

While Dorothy is present in the Broadway musical Wicked ( based on Maguire's book ), she is never actually seen ; when the main characters interact with her, they speak in the direction of the wings or into a trapdoor, as if she is sitting offstage and out of the view of the audience.

Dorothy features somewhat more prominently in Son of a Witch, Maguire's 2005 sequel to Wicked.

* In author Gregory Maguire's Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West ( a 1995 revisionist novel based on the inhabitants of Oz ) and in the 2003 Broadway musical Wicked ( based on Maguire's novel ), the Wizard is a tyrannical ruler who uses deceit and trickery to hide his own shortcomings.

Tip makes a cameo appearance In Son of a Witch, the second volume of " The Wicked Years ", Gregory Maguire's revisionist take on Oz.

In Maguire's version of Oz, Mombey has kept Ozma in the form of the boy Tip for almost a century.

In Gregory Maguire's revisionist Oz novels Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and Son of a Witch, Quadling Country is described as a largely undeveloped, swampy region, with the ruddy-faced Quadlings being portrayed as artistic and sexually free.

In Gregory Maguire's revisionist Oz novels Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and Son of a Witch, this area is called the Vinkus, and it is revealed that " Winkie " is considered a derogatory term.

Important as was Mr. O'Donnell's essay, his thesis is so restricting as to deny Faulkner the stature which he obviously has.

He was then a slightly built young man of pleasing appearance, medium stature, and handsome face.

I called the other afternoon on my old friend, Graves Moreland, the Anglo-American literary critic -- his mother was born in Ohio -- who lives alone in a fairy-tale cottage on the Upson Downs, raising hell and peacocks, the former only when the venerable gentleman becomes an angry old man about the state of literature or something else that is dwindling and diminishing, such as human stature, hope, and humor.

Ward died in 1903, not knowing the national stature his music would attain, as the music was only first applied to the song in 1904.

Another character, Father Paneloux, uses the plague as an opportunity to advance his stature in the town by suggesting that the plague was an act of God punishing the citizens ' sinful nature.

Agesilaus was of small stature and unimpressive appearance, and was lame from birth.

Many writers report that a peace treaty, known as the Peace of Callias, was formalized in 450 BC, but some writers believe that the treaty was a myth created later to inflate the stature of Athens.

Catherine was quite short in stature with long red hair, wide blue eyes, a round face, and a fair complexion. She was descended, on her maternal side, from the English royal house ; her great-grandmother Catherine of Lancaster, after whom she was named, and her great-great-grandmother Philippa of Lancaster were both daughters of John of Gaunt and granddaughters of Edward III of England.

While he hadn't yet had a hit record on RCA Victor his stature was growing.

Dollfuss was a very short man and his diminutive stature ( 155 cm = 5 ' 2 " or 150 cm = 4 ' 11 " according to the New York Times ) was the object of satire ; among his nicknames were ' Millimetternich ' ( making a portmanteau out of millimeter and Metternich ), and the " Jockey ".

In contrast to his own diminutive stature, his personal assistant and secretary Eduard Hedvicek, who later played a significant role in the unsuccessful attempt to save his life was a very large and tall man ( 200 cm

Gary Wayne Coleman ( February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010 ) was an American actor, known for his childhood role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff ' rent Strokes ( 1978 – 1986 ) and for his small stature as an adult.

Pope Boniface VIII his extraordinary shortness of stature led the pope to believe he was kneeling, and to ask him three times to rise, to the immense merriment of the cardinals ; and that he had a daughter, Novella, so accomplished in law as to be able to read her father's lectures in his absence, and so beautiful, that she had to read behind a curtain lest her face should distract the attention of the students.

Princip, however, was rejected by the komite in Belgrade because of his small physical stature.

It was also the year in which Pei's firm changed its name to Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, to reflect the increasing stature and prominence of his associates.

In the late 1980s, the Japanese government was making a concerted effort to enhance its diplomatic stature, especially in Asia.

The Talmud suggests that this was a result of Divine Providence: God had granted the Jewish people another leader of great stature to succeed Rabbi Akiva.

The film was a success, and The New York Times Bosley Crowther singled its star out for praise: " It is Mr. Cagney's performance, controlled to the last detail, that gives life and strong, heroic stature to the principal figure in the film.