Spanky McFarland's only starring feature-film vehicle was the 1936 Hal Roach film General Spanky, an unsuccessful attempt to move the Our Gang series into features.

In the gang, Beckett played George " Spanky " McFarland's best friend and partner in mischief.

Coupled with a brief suspension in Spanky McFarland's work permit, Our Gang went into a four-month hiatus, during which the series was revised to a format similar to its original style and German-born ' Gus Meins was hired as the new series director.

However, it proved to have a positive effect on DeLorean's attention to engineering detail, and after four years at Packard he became McFarland's successor as head of research and development.

City won compensation from Derby and installed another England international Trevor Cherry as McFarland's replacement.

In his younger days he worked as a clerk at the New York Tribune, and while there witnessed the fatal shooting of the reporter Albert Deane Richardson by Daniel McFarland on November 25, 1869, and was a witness at McFarland's murder trial.

In 2008 Orchises Press brought out a selection of McFarland's poems, Over the Summer Water, with an introduction by Hoffman, who continues to live in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

After Democratic Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas was defeated in 1950 due to his link with Truman's administration, McFarland's Democratic colleagues chose him as majority leader.

An episode of television sitcom Will & Grace revolved around Jack McFarland's fear of the Gay Mafia, with singer Elton John as its boss.

Elizabethtown was named after James McFarland's wife.

Plaques of " Then and Now " covering McFarland's 150 years of history were placed at the McFarland High School, the local Culver's restaurant, the E. D.

McFarland's overall crime rate in 2006 was 156. 3, compared to the U. S. rate of 176. 7.

Thanks to McFarland's successor, Lyndon Johnson, the Senate Democratic leadership became much more consolidated and more powerful.

McFarland's efforts failed while he was a senator ; however, they laid a critical foundation for the eventual passage of the CAP in the late 1960s.

According to the Arizona Republic, Senator Goldwater, Senator Hayden, the Udalls Representative Morris Udall and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and other Arizona leaders teamed up on the successful passage of what was McFarland's visionary and intended legislation that became the CAP, " probably the state's most celebrated bipartisan achievement of the 20th century.

It remained in the hands of McFarland's family until 1999.

In 1949, Packard's 50th anniversary, McFarland's Ultramatic Drive became available as a $ 199 option.

In May, McFarland's campaign manager Ed Rollins made personal life charges against Spencer, to which the latter responded, " Shame on you.

It was there that Kendrick adopted the ring name Spanky, a nickname he was given due to his method of staying awake during long drives on the indy circuit.

Breezy's mother refers to him as " Brisbane " in the films Readin ' and Writin ' and Spanky, the only shorts in which that name appears ; the kids refer to him as " Breezy ," presumably as a nickname for Brisbane.

But the nickname never stuck and Gehrig was no match for Ruth in `` color '' -- which is sometimes a polite word for delinquent behavior on and off the field.

The title refers to the nickname given his wife by the composer, who is also a member of the National Film Board of Canada.

* Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician ( born 1952 )

As king, Afonso IV is remembered as a soldier and a valiant general, hence the nickname the Brave.

Arizona State University's Division I athletic teams are called the Sun Devils, which is also the nickname used to refer to students and alumni of the university.

* Molly Pitcher was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Battle of Monmouth, who is generally believed to have been Mary Ludwig Hays McCauly.

Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State.

There is a Mozart reference in the title — A Little Night Music is an occasionally used translation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, the nickname of Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525.

One well-known association the town has is with the ' Accrington Pals ', the nickname given to the smallest home town battalion of volunteers formed to fight in the first world war.

Strictly speaking, the ' Accrington Pals ' battalion is properly known as the ' 11th East Lancashire Regiment ': the nickname is a little misleading, since of the four 250-strong companies that made up the original battalion only one was actually composed of men from Accrington.

However, the nickname is also factually accurate, as the city ’ s tree coverage percentage is at 36 %, the highest out of all major American cities, and above the national average of 27 %.

The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed " Fort Apache ".

The city was referred to as " Hüdavendigar " ( meaning " God's Gift ") during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is " Yeşil Bursa " ( meaning " Green Bursa ") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surrounding region.

A common nickname for the intentional walk is four-finger salute, since most managers call for an intentional walk by holding up four fingers.

Other names were sometimes used before Boston officially adopted the nickname " Braves " in ; the club eventually left Boston for Milwaukee and is now playing in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ẓahīr ad-Dīn Muḥammad (, also known by his royal titles as al-ṣultānu ' l-ʿazam wa ' l-ḫāqān al-mukkarram bādshāh-e ġāzī ), is more commonly known by his nickname, Bābur (< big > بابر </ big >).

In the 2006 anime Black Lagoon, the nickname of the local Russian mob boss is " Balalaika ".

According to Hippolytus of Rome, John Mark is not Mark the Cousin of Barnabas, and Barnabas did not dispute with Paul because of personal favor to a blood relative, but due to his character as his nickname Barnabas (" Son of Encouragement ") indicates.

This area of Manhattan is often called the Theater District or the Great White Way, a nickname originating in the headline " Found on the Great White Way " in the February 3, 1902 edition of the New York Evening Telegram.

" Great White Way " is a nickname for a section of Broadway in the Midtown section of the New York City borough of Manhattan, specifically the portion that encompasses the Theatre District, between 42nd and 53rd Streets, and encompassing Times Square.

" The Big Apple " is a nickname for New York City.

It is possible that the writer simply understood " Big Apple " as an appropriate nickname for any large city: