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Mulholland and Van
After arriving, both Mulholland and Van Norman began inspecting the area of the leak.
Both Mulholland and Van Norman were convinced that the new leak was not dangerous and that the dam was safe.
Other cast members Sheridan has performed alongside include Aoife Mulholland as Brooke, Denise Van Outen as Paulette, Peter Davison as Professor Callahan.

Mulholland and leaks
Mulholland further testified that leaks in dams, especially of the type and size of the St. Francis, were common.

Mulholland and them
Today, he has the fourth-most pickoffs in baseball history, behind only Kenny Rogers, Terry Mulholland and Andy Pettitte, all of them also left-handed pitchers.

Mulholland and be
The City of Los Angeles and William Mulholland were building the Owens River aqueduct, starting in 1905 and to be finished in 1913.
On 24 October 2007, it was announced that editor Roger Alton was stepping down at the end of the year to be replaced by his deputy, John Mulholland.
In the 2012 Sight and Sound critics poll, In the Mood for Love appeared at number 24, making it the highest ranked film from the 2000s and one of only two films from the 2000s to be listed in the top 50 films of all time, along with David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.
A Senate petition in August 2011 from Mulholland requested that current DLP Senator John Madigan be removed from the Senate, with the petition lodged using a residual standing order of the chamber that has not been deployed successfully by anyone for more than a century.
Mulholland proved to be a brilliant employee who after doing his day's work would study textbooks on mathematics, hydraulics, geology and taught himself engineering and geology.
On March 7, 1928, the reservoir was three inches below the spillway crest and having reached full capacity, Mulholland ordered that no more water be turned into the St. Francis.
Though Mulholland felt that some corrective measures were needed, they could be done at some time in the future.
Mulholland, who was supposed to be in charge of the non-existent records, was never a fan of paperwork and claimed that he had memorized all of the necessary information, including “ the size of every inch of pipe and the age and location of every valve ”.
The Mulholland Highway is destined to be one of the heaviest traveled and one of the best known scenic roads in the United States.
Construction required the already existing Mulholland Highway to be re-routed 1. 1 miles to the south along a new 579-foot-long bridge, the Mulholland Drive Bridge, to span Interstate 405.
The trail leading to the Hollywood Sign can be accessed several different ways, the primary access-point being Mulholland Highway, which connects to the gated and private Mount Lee Drive.

Mulholland and within
The Conservancy zone includes the 155, 000 acre ( 627 km² ) Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, created by Congress in 1978, as well as 40, 000 acres ( 162 km² ) of state parks including Topanga State Park, and parks within Los Angeles ' city limits including the Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park above Tarzana.
Adel is within the Adel and Wharfedale ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds North West parliamentary constituency whose local MP is Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland
Mulholland set up a rugby league team called " Political Animals ", based at Westminster, to bring greater prominence and attention to rugby league within Parliament.

Mulholland and for
*< cite id = tr32-1306 > W G Melbourne, J D Mulholland, W L Sjogren, F M Sturms ( 1968 ), " Constants and Related Information for Astrodynamic Calculations ", NASA Technical Report 32-1306, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, July 15, 1968 .</ cite >
I remember leaving the meeting, getting in my car, and driving for about two hours along Mulholland Drive just so angry.
Nolte's solid work continued with Lorenzo's Oil ( 1992 ) opposite Susan Sarandon, Mulholland Falls ( 1996 ), and Afterglow ( 1997 ) for which his co-star Julie Christie received her third Academy Award nomination.
Mulholland pitched flawlessly and faced the minimum 27 batters, but still did not qualify for a perfect game.
It also won a Razzie Award in a special category called " Worst Screenplay Grossing Over $ 100 Million " while Jami Gertz was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress, eventually losing to Melanie Griffith for her performance in Mulholland Falls.
Director David Lynch interviewed Watts, without having seen any of her previous work, for his psychological thriller Mulholland Drive.
Mulholland Madness closed on October 12, 2010 for its transformation into Goofy ’ s Sky School, based on Walt Disney's short film " Goofy's Glider "; the ride reopened on July 1, 2011.
In the second game of the Series, Dave Stewart was on the mound for Toronto and Terry Mulholland started for Philadelphia.
Terry Mulholland pitched innings, allowing three earned runs, for the win.
William Mulholland had a penchant for thriftiness, an enormous capacity for innovation, and the ability to complete difficult projects on-time and on-budget.
To Mulholland, the location appeared ideal — the reservoir would provide ample water for Los Angeles in the event of a drought or if the aqueduct was damaged by an earthquake or sabotage.
Therefore, the jury determined responsibility for the disaster lay with the governmental organizations which oversaw the dam's construction and the dam's designer and engineer, Mulholland, but cleared Mulholland of any charges, since neither he nor anyone else at the time could have known of the instability of the rock formations on which the dam was built.
* Robert Towne made numerous references to Mulholland, the California Water Wars, the aqueduct, and the St. Francis Dam disaster in his screenplay for the 1974 Neo-noir movie Chinatown.
Once Mulholland was assured a job with the city, he “ promptly intervened with the company ’ s principal stockholder, advising him to accept the city ’ s offer of two million dollars for the system ”.
Mulholland assumed full responsibility for the disaster and retired.
A group known as the " San Fernando Syndicate ", a group of investors who bought land in the San Fernando Valley based on inside knowledge that the Los Angeles aqueduct would soon irrigate it, as well as Fred Eaton, Mulholland and others connected with the project have long been criticized for using deceptive tactics and underhanded methods to obtain water rights and block the Bureau of Reclamation from building water infrastructure for the residents in Owens Valley.
Mulholland Drive is named for him as well.

Mulholland and dam
In the process of designing and building the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Mulholland had considered sections of San Francisquito Canyon as a potential dam site in 1911.
On this same day, Office Engineer W. Hurlbut informed Mulholland that all of the preliminary work on the dam had been completed.
In March of 1925, prior to Mulholland's yearly report to the Board of Public Service Commissioners, Office Engineer W. Hurlbut again reported to Mulholland on the progress of the St. Francis dam and reservoir.
Concerned that the muddy color of the runoff he observed could indicate the water was eroding the foundation of the dam, he immediately alerted Mulholland.
At the Coroner's Inquest, the leak that Tony Harnischfeger had spotted was cited as evidence that the dam was leaking on the day of the break and that both the Bureau of Water Works and Supply and Mulholland were aware of it.
Mulholland told the jury he had been at the dam not only on the day of the break, due to the dam keepers call, but on the day before, as well, on a routine inspection.
** This collection of articles about the dam includes contributions from Catherine Mulholland, William Mulholland's granddaughter, and Dr. J. David Rogers.
William Mulholland refused to authorize the purchase, and he relocated the reservoir and dam location to the Sierra Pelona Mountains near the Santa Clarita Valley, and built the St. Francis Dam.

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