Poirot also bears a striking resemblance to A. E. W. Mason's fictional detective — Inspector Hanaud of the French Sûreté — who, first appearing in the 1910 novel At the Villa Rose, predates the writing of the first Poirot novel by six years.

Northern Neck is also home to Mason's only Starbucks, located in its first floor.

The Harpe Brothers who were allegedly America's first serial killers, were highwaymen, on the run from the law in Tennessee and Kentucky and briefly, joined Samuel Mason's gang at Cave-In-Rock.

Fife, and then in 1881 the first Professor of Geology at Mason's College, later the University of Birmingham, where he taught until his retirement.

In popular usage, especially since the Missouri Compromise of 1820 ( apparently the first official use of the term " Mason's and Dixon's Line "), the Mason – Dixon Line symbolizes a cultural boundary between the Northeastern United States and the Southern United States ( Dixie ).

Mason's first replacement, Judge Charles Shuler of Pennsylvania, refused the assignment.

The design concept for utilizing quartz crystals as a filtering component was first established by Walter Cady in 1922, but it was largely Walter Mason's work in the late 1920s and early 1930s that devised methods for incorporating crystals into LC lattice filter networks which set the groundwork for much of the progress in telephone communications.

One of the first well known anti-Barney songs was Tony Mason's " Barney's on Fire " ( often miscredited to " Weird Al " Yankovic, who denied writing the song ).

Mason's books modify Carvic's characters so much that only the names will be recognisable to readers of the first five books.

Hunt read and agreed with most of Lt. Mason's recommendations, and consequently issued General Order No. 292 on March 23, 1882, establishing the Office of Naval Intelligence as part of the Bureau of Navigation, with Mason himself as its first " Chief Intelligence Officer ".

* Zachary Mason's The Lost Books of the Odyssey ( 2007 ) is a series of short stories that rework Homer's original plot in a contemporary style reminiscent of Italo Calvino.

Mason's successor Horner proved to be extremely unpopular as governor and his tenure was very short.

Other instances are Roy Mason's Xanadu House ( 1979 ), and a rare excursion into the field by Herzog & de Meuron in their Allianz Arena ( 2005 ).

George Mason's racial breakdown in the 2008-09 class was 73 % White ( Not Hispanic ), 11. 6 % Asian or Pacific Islander, 9 % Hispanic, 6. 2 % Black, and 0. 1 % Other.

Other Chinese Associations affiliated with the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association located on Mott Street are Hoy Sing Ning Yung Association, Lin Sing Association, Chinese Merchants Association, Chinese Free Mason's, Kuomintang Eastern Region Office / Kuomintang of China in America ( New York ), Hok Shan Society, Chinese Aviation Development Association, Eng Suey Sun Association, Lee's Family Association, Yee Tung Association, Chew Lun Association, Soo Yuen Association, Leung Chung How Realty Corp., Hoy Yen Association, Hoy Ping Hong Hing Association, Jin Lan Association, Fung Loon Benevolent Association, Goon Shee Association, and Lum Sai Ho Association.

After World War II, she appeared in Alexander Korda's An Ideal Husband ( 1947 ), from the Oscar Wilde play, but her remaining film appearances were in supporting roles, usually maternal, such as in Tom Brown's Schooldays ( 1951 ) and as the secretive mother ( of James Mason's character ) in Island in the Sun ( 1957 ).

Mason's good friend, filmmaker Blake James, also frequently appeared in his films.

Hamilton appeared in a Perry Mason TV series episode " The Case of the Deadly Double " ( air date March 1, 1958 ) as the shadowy boyfriend of a woman with a split personality whose brother was Mason's client on trial.

This was Mason's third U. S. film, after having appeared for director Ophüls in Caught, then Madame Bovary.

In 1977, Mason's performance in Simon's smash hit film, The Goodbye Girl, won her a second Best Actress Academy Award nomination.

The latter included conducting the world premieres of Michael Berkeley's Baa, Baa, Black Sheep and Benedict Mason's Playing Away, which was premiered at the Munich Biennale and won awards for best production and design.

However, Mason's 1983 film written by Simon, Max Dugan Returns, was disappointing.

YPF debts thus rose 142-fold during Suárez Mason's tenure, at the end of which in 1983 the company recorded a US $ 6 billion loss ( the largest in the world at the time ).

* Pukaskwa National Park ( 1983 )-a film covering one of Mason's favourite areas, the Pukaskwa region of Lake Superior.

When painting, Mason's physical eyes are half-closed, while his mind's eye is wide open, and this circumstance accounts in part for the impression he wishes to convey.

It was named for Charles Rogers Fenwick, one of George Mason's founders.

Jacksonville led 14 – 10 at halftime, but the Titans then scored 23 unanswered points on 2 touchdown runs by McNair, a safety, and Derrick Mason's 80-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

When Lucas refused Mason's demand to extradite Two Stickney back to Michigan for trial, Mason wrote to President Jackson for help, suggesting that the matter be referred to the United States Supreme Court.

Her reaction breaks Mason's control over her, and she saves Iceman and disables Mason long enough for Spider-Man to subdue him.

During Samuel Mason's 1797-1799 occupation of Cave-In-Rock and after his departure, the name of Bully Wilson became associated with cave ; a large sign was erected near the natural landmark's entrance, " Liquor Vault and House for Entertainment.

Gardner provided more information about Mason's character in the earlier novels ; knowledge of his character is largely taken for granted in the later works, the television series and movies.

When he goes upstairs, a hit squad composed of corrupt policemen, including Jack Axel ( Boswell ) and Max Quentero ( Richmond ), working for the politician, break in and proceed to murder Mason's wife and shoot him.

Of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States ( two for each state except Nebraska, which has a unicameral legislature ), Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure governs parliamentary procedures in 70 ; Jefferson's Manual governs 13, and Robert's Rules of Order governs five.

* John B. Mason's " Walt Whitman's Catalogues: Rhetorical Means for Two Journeys in " Song of Myself "

The solo, inspired by Mason's performance of Bach's 2nd Brandenburg Concerto with the English Chamber Orchestra, is in a mock-Baroque style for which the piccolo trumpet is particularly suited, having a clean and clear sound which penetrates well through thicker midrange textures.

Mason provided no explanation for his return to America, and nothing more is known of Mason's proposed project.

After Edward J. Mason's death in 1971, Jack Longland, with the assistance of Peter Moore, took over responsibility for compiling most of the questions.

* Mason's Bottom Tavern, a tavern operated by future outlaw Samuel Mason in Wheeling, Virginia, was a training ground for his later, criminal headquarters at Cave-In-Rock.

Charles James Mason ( son of the potter Miles Mason ) took out a patent for " Mason's Ironstone China " in 1813.

Mason's idea was to remove what American railroad men saw as the biggest disadvantages of the Fairlie-its cramped space for fuel and water caused by its double ended design ( not very useful on American railroads where there was always ample room for a turntable or wye ), its cramped cab caused by the joined double boilers, and to some degree its poor riding.

* An aeroplane model referring to the crashing aeroplane used in the DVD Pulse at the end of " On the Run ", perhaps also David Gilmour's and Nick Mason's love for aviation and / or the song " Learning to Fly " or possibly the plane that killed Pink's father and symbolising his mother in " The Trial ", from The Wall

Still some of Mason's followers refused to leave, and stayed at Water Stratford awaiting his resurrection for up to 15 years when they were dispersed by the local militia.

* The attack command word for Dr. Eric Mason's Doberman Pinschers on Season 7, Episode 4 of the television crime drama Columbo

Though Mason's involvement in the Brawley case was not specifically cited, Mason would allege that the ruling was intended to punish him for the Brawley case.