* 1955 term citation of phrase " Murphy's Law "

The term is still used in Britain, though in North America the eponymous " Murphy's law " is more popular.

Justice Murphy's two uses of the term " racism " in this opinion, along with two additional uses in his concurrence in Steele v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co., decided the same day, are among the first appearances of the word " racism " in a United States Supreme Court opinion.

During Murphy's last term, the city faced serious fiscal problems from years of financial mismanagement by past city governments ,, problems including an underfunded pension program and a series of credit-score downgrades.

Murphy's last term also saw the opening of PETCO Park, The April 25, 2005 issue of Time Magazine listed him as one of the three worst big-city mayors in the United States.

Nearly two years remained in Murphy's term, which would end January 3, 1939.

Shortly after Murphy's arrest, he began to receive visits from " Mr A " and " Mr B ".

In 1988, however, despite being voted to what would be his final All-Star appearance, Murphy's production began an inexorable slide downward.

In 1866, Murphy's plans began to erode due to events elsewhere in the country and the political maneuvering at the State and National levels.

Following his exit from the United States Navy in 1984, Murphy's older brother Charlie Murphy, whose first post-Navy job was working as security for his famous brother, began hanging out with James, bonding with the singer.

The second, Murphy's Windmill, on the south side of the park, began operation in 1908.

On March 20, 2009, Murphy began starring in his own sketch comedy series Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy on Crackle.

Murphy's production work on Jim Mallon's 1987 horror film, Blood Hook, led to Murphy following Mallon to Minneapolis television station KTMA, where Mystery Science Theater 3000 began airing the following year.

With the release of the film 48 Hours, Murphy's star began to eclipse that of Piscopo.

It has also produced dramas, such as Murphy's Law and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, and in October 2006 its drama series Robin Hood began showing on BBC One.

Murphy's Law which was released by EyeLAshout and Robot Records on December 6, 2011 and is available digitally on both Amazon and iTunes.

" Tokyo Joe " followed in December, blending Hook's trademark high range bass sound and old school punk inflected vocal chant with Murphy's classic synths, guitars and drum machines to produce an indie dance track reminiscent of classic New Order.

Murphy's debut novel, Wolfe's Lady appeared on December 29, 2010 from Evernight Publishing.

* On the December 5, 2009, installment of Weekend Update, Abby Elliott appeared as Brittany Murphy, following a report about Murphy's alleged firing from a recent film, The Caller.

Less than 24 hours before the scheduled meeting time, Latimer indefinitely postponed Murphy's disciplinary council on December 7, 2002.

He was replaced by Eric " Chupacabra " Arce of Murphy's Law, who had previously filled in with the band for tours in 2000 and 2001.

Murphy's son, Vice Admiral Daniel J. Murphy, Jr., later also commanded the Sixth Fleet, from 1998 to 2000.

In 2000, Brettle was granted development funding from the Australian Film Commission to research a 52-minute documentary called Murphy's Law in outback NSW.

Her songs have appeared in such films as Murphy's Law ( 1986 ), which she also starred in, Valerie Flake ( 1999 ), and East of A ( 2000 ), Touched by an Angel ( 2000 ), as well as on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Murphy's ASU teams were consistently present in the national Top 25, including a streak of 100 consecutive weeks in the polls that lasted from 2000 until the middle of 2005.

He was part of Conor Murphy's 1998 election campaign team and as of 2000 he was living in St. Moninna Park, in Meigh.

Classical music was even adapted for disco, notably Walter Murphy's " A Fifth of Beethoven " ( 1976, based on the first movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony ) and " Flight 76 " ( 1976, based on Rimsky-Korsakov's " Flight of the Bumblebee "), and Louis Clark's Hooked On Classics series of albums and singles.

The film grossed around $ 50 million ( US $ in dollars ) domestically, but was overshadowed by Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop.

Fred R. Shapiro, the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations, has shown that in 1952 the adage was called " Murphy's law " in a book by Anne Roe, quoting an unnamed physicist:

In May 1951, in Genetic Psychology Monographs volume 43, page 204, Anne Roe gives a transcript of an interview ( part of a Thematic Apperception Test, asking impressions on a photograph ) with Theoretical Physicist number 3: "... As for himself he realized that this was the inexorable working of the second law of the thermodynamics which stated Murphy's law ‘ If anything can go wrong it will ’.

The name " Murphy's law " was not immediately secure.

Murphy's assistant wired the harness, and a trial was run using a chimpanzee.

" Nichols ' account is that " Murphy's law " came about through conversation among the other members of the team ; it was condensed to " If it can happen, it will happen ," and named for Murphy in mockery of what Nichols perceived as arrogance on Murphy's part.

According to Robert Murphy's account, his father's statement was along the lines of " If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way.

Stapp replied that it was because they always took Murphy's Law under consideration ; he then summarized the law and said that in general, it meant that it was important to consider all the possibilities ( possible things that could go wrong ) before doing a test and act to counter them.

Under proportional representation, Labor could win three of the five New South Wales seats, but if Murphy's seat was also contested, it was most unlikely to win four out of six.

Starting in 1981, there was an influx of new hardcore bands in the city, including Beastie Boys, Murphy's Law, Agnostic Front and Warzone.

Murphy's freedom was short-lived: he was re-arrested immediately for a number of escape attempts and imprisoned, then interned, for three years.

Murphy's inner circle consisted of two people whom Dillon was unable to name for legal reasons but whom he called Murphy's " personal friends ".

He was then dragged into the taxi by Benjamin Edwards and Archie Waller, two of Murphy's gang.

Quinn was murdered in the Glencairn district of the Upper Shankill in the early hours of 7 February 1976 and Rice a few streets from Murphy's home at about 1. 30 a. m. on 22 February 1976, after a butcher's knife had been collected from a loyalist club.

Murphy's main accomplices on both occasions were Moore and Bates, while Edwards was party to the killing of Quinn and another man and two women, whom Dillon did not name, were accessories to the murder of Rice.

Under Murphy's orders, Moore destroyed the taxi and bought a yellow Ford Cortina, which was to be used in subsequent murders.

Murphy's family denied that he had a violent nature or was involved with the Butchers: " My Lenny could not have killed a fly ", said his mother Joyce.

Murphy's headstone was smashed in 1989 and had to be replaced.

Murphy's brother John was heavily involved in the latter incident, along with " Mr A ".