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* Words and Music: Only four musicals have won the Tony Award for Best Musical when a person had ( co -) written the Book ( non-sung dialogue and storyline ) and the Score ( music and lyrics ): 1958 winner The Music Man ( Meredith Willson – award for Book and Score did not exist that year ), 1986 winner The Mystery of Edwin Drood ( Rupert Holmes – who also won for Book and Score ), 1996 winner Rent ( Jonathan Larson – who also won for Book and Score ), and 2011 winner The Book of Mormon ( Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone also won for Book and Score ).
Robert Goerman wrote in Fate magazine in 1980, that " Carlos Allende " / " Carl Allen " was Carl Meredith Allen of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, who had an established history of psychiatric illness, and who may have fabricated the primary history of the experiment as a result of his mental illness.
On May 31, 1961, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed suit in the U. S. District Court, alleging that the university had rejected Meredith only because of the color of his skin, as he had a highly successful record.
The case went through many hearings and finally to the U. S. Supreme Court, which ruled that Meredith had the right to be admitted to the state school.
Though Meredith was legally entitled to register, the Governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett, tried to block him by having the Legislature pass a law that “ prohibited any person who was convicted of a state crime from admission to a state school .” The law was directed at Meredith, who had been convicted of “ false voter registration .” Since passage of its 1890 constitution, the state had voter registration rules that effectively disfranchised black voters.
After returning to Mississippi to live, in 1972 Meredith ran for the US Senate against the Democratic senator James Eastland, who had been the incumbent for 29 years.
Faced with criticism from the civil rights community for working for the former avowed segregationist, Meredith said that he had applied to every member of the Senate and House offering his services, and only Helms ' office responded.
During a question-and-answer session, a young white male asked Meredith if he had taken part in a formal rush program.
They had one daughter, Jessica Meredith Knight, and three sons: James, John and Joseph Howard Meredith.
Reports surfaced after the 1870s that Stowe had in mind a wealthy cotton and sugar plantation owner named Meredith Calhoun, who settled on the Red River north of Alexandria, Louisiana.
Many of the era's stars including Ethel Barrymore, Joe E. Brown, Claude Rains, Burgess Meredith, and Joan Bennett made appearances on the show, which had an audience of more than 8 million before it left the air in 1942.
Owen's father Maredudd ap Tudur ( English: Meredith ) had been ( together with his two brothers Rhys and Gwilym ) stalwarts of Owain Glyndŵr's uprising of 1400.
Rocky's trainer Mickey ( Burgess Meredith ) initially wants no part of it and admits to the champion that Lang was right, he had handpicked Rocky's opponents to protect him and to ensure Rocky remained successful and healthy.
The character was written out, along with Meredith MacRae, who had played his fiancee, in a wedding episode that was the premiere of 1965 – 66 on CBS.
" Sheela initiated attempts to murder Osho's caretaker and girlfriend, Ma Yoga Vivek, and his personal physician, Swami Devaraj ( Dr. George Meredith ), because she felt they were a threat to Osho ; she had secretly recorded a conversation between Devaraj and Osho " in which the doctor agreed to obtain drugs the guru wanted to ensure a peaceful death if he decided to take his own life.
Loftus married Sarah Bathow, widow of Richard Meredith, bishop of Leighlin, by whom he had four sons and two daughters:
To much laughter from the audience members, he told of a plan in which Barnett had asked that U. S. marshals point their guns at him while Meredith attempted to enroll so that " a picture could be taken of the event.
The outlet of Lake Waukewan provided water power sites, and by 1859 Meredith village had a sawmill, gristmill, shingle mill, blacksmith shop, harness-maker's shop and tannery.
Situated at the outlet of Wickwas Lake, Meredith Center had a sawmill, gristmill and blacksmith shop.

Meredith and little
Having opened the windows onto the terrace, lit the fire, translated the motto, Meredith grinned and took down a little triplet of books bound together in old calfskin.
Meredith and play-by-play announcer Keith Jackson made little mention of his departure during the second half.
Poirot labels the five alternative suspects “ the five little pigs ”: they comprise Phillip Blake (" went to the market "); Philip's brother, Meredith Blake (" stayed at home "); Elsa Greer ( now Lady Dittisham, " had roast beef "); Cecilia Williams, the governess (" had none "); and Angela Warren, Caroline ’ s younger half-sister (" went ' Wee!
Later cast additions included Tony Danza, Cristián de la Fuente, Salli Richardson and little person actress Meredith Eaton as Emily Resnick, an ambitious attorney hoping to make partner.

Meredith and chance
* The Meredith Gift ( a reference to the Stawell Gift ) is a nude running race, with the chance to win The Golden Jocks trophy.

Meredith and winning
IAccording to Bearing the Cross ( 1986 ), David J. Garrow's Pulitzer Prize winning book about the Civil Rights movement, a few days after Carmichael used the " Black Power " slogan at the " Meredith March Against Fear ," he reportedly told King, " Martin, I deliberately decided to raise this issue on the march in order to give it a national forum and force you to take a stand for Black Power.
Following his education at Hellmuth College, the grammar school in London, William Meredith articled with Thomas Scatcherd before winning a two year scholarship to the University of Toronto to study law.
Meredith has two USA South Athletic Conference championships, winning both the soccer and tennis tournaments in the 2008-09 season.
Meredith enjoyed further successes with Manchester United, winning the league title in 1908 and 1911, and the FA Cup in 1909.
Her performance in the show led to actress Meredith Henderson being nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 and winning one in 1999.
He was in hospital having a cartilage operation, and it was his replacement, Trevor Meredith, who scored the final winning goal.
The system was codeveloped by Alex Dobay ' 08 and Meredith Allenick ' 08, and the winning house receives the Dobay Cup, named after Alex Dobay, who died of cancer in August 2008.

Meredith and unless
Tom threatens to sue Meredith and DigiCom for sexual harassment unless Meredith is fired, throwing the merger and his future with the company in jeopardy.

Meredith and Governor
The US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy consulted with Governor Barnett, who agreed to have Meredith enroll in the university.
After the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held both Barnett and Lieutenant Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr. in contempt with fines of more than $ 10, 000 for each day they refused to allow Meredith to enroll, Meredith, escorted by a force of U. S. Marshals, entered the campus on September 30, 1962.
It was settled in 1766 by Jacob Eaton and Colonel Ebenezer Smith, then regranted in 1768 by Governor John Wentworth and named after Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet, a member of Parliament who opposed taxation on the colonies.
Meredith obtained a grant from Lieutenant Governor William Sorell to farm in the area around Oyster Bay.
" Phillips accused outgoing Governor Barnett and Democratic opponent Paul Johnson of " rooster fighting with U. S. martshals " in the 1962 desegregation crisis, which ended in the enrollment of James Meredith as the first African American student and subsequent Ole Miss graduate.
Governor Oliver P. Morton appointed Meredith as the first colonel of the newly named 19th Indiana, despite his lack of previous military experience.
His father, Meredith Miles Marmaduke ( 1791 – 1864 ), was the eighth Governor of Missouri.
While working at the LDF, Bell supervised more than 300 school desegregation cases and spearheaded the fight of James Meredith to secure admission to the University of Mississippi over the protests of Governor Ross Barnett.
Reynolds successor, Governor Meredith M. Marmaduke, urged the creation of a system and building for the care of the mentally ill in his 1844 message to the legislature.

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