One school of thought supports the Norman case that Edward always intended William the Conqueror to be his heir, accepting the medieval claim that Edward had already decided to be celibate before he married, but most historians believe that he hoped to have an heir by Edith at least until his quarrel with Godwin in 1051.

Not long after the conclusion of The Reader, a former editor, Norman Lockyer, decided to create a new scientific journal titled Nature, taking its name from a line by William Wordsworth: " To the solid ground of nature trusts the Mind that builds for aye ".

The Norman chronicler William of Poitiers recorded that Edward sent Harold to tell William that Edward had decided William should succeed him as king of England upon his ( Edward's ) death.

Having decided against using the Norman system of horse litters, he settled on two-or four-wheeled horse-drawn wagons, which were used to transport fallen soldiers from the ( active ) battlefield after they had received early treatment in the field.

Having built his play on Becket's being a Saxon ( when he was actually a Norman whose family was from near Caen and called Becquet, Bequet, Becket in Old Norman ), Anouilh could not recast the play to accord with historical facts, so he decided to let it stand.

Soon after Birthday for Shakespeare was performed, Norman decided to produce his own works.

While Norman decided to leave Capitol Records in protest, because he had a different audience in mind, he cooperated with the re-release of Upon This Rock.

Despite the offer of a revised contract from Capitol Records, in 1971 Norman decided to sign with MGM Records, who had decided to sign Norman on the basis of his work on Street Level and Bootleg, but Norman accepted a publishing agreement with Capitol.

In 1989 Norman explained why Home at Last, the third album in his Second Trilogy, was released before the other two albums: " When it was suggested that my " comeback ", after ten years absence, might be a difficult passage back into the public arena, it was decided that Stranded in Babylon might be too radical a message for the first release.

After these successful shows at the stadium, Norman decided to open a branch of Solid Rock Records in the city.

According to Norman, they were divorced because " My wife had decided she wanted to marry somebody else.

For the 1983 season, the show's producers and research staff decided they would explain Mr. Hooper's death to their preschool audience, instead of recasting the role: the writer of that episode, Norman Stiles, said, " We felt we owed something to a man we respected and loved ".

When Washoe was five, the Gardners decided to move on to other projects, and she was moved to the University of Oklahoma's Institute of Primate Studies in Norman, Oklahoma, under the care of the Foutses.

However, Dinsdale's fear of Spiny Norman proved to be their undoing, as he decided to solve the problem once and for all by detonating his nuclear device at Luton Airport in February 1966.

Britten and Norman made a detailed analysis of the aviation market and decided there was a demand for a twin-engined utility aircraft with the minimum of complex systems that could operate from short, rough airstrips as well as be used for high-density commuter flights.

The pylons were rejected on grounds of cost, but following further consultation with leading architect Richard Norman Shaw it was decided to erect monumental bronze statues above the piers, and Alfred Drury, George Frampton and Frederick Pomeroy were appointed to design appropriate statues.

At a Government meeting it was decided that Norman Tebbit should persuade the Bank of England to cooperate with the main creditors in the hope that a recovery plan and new management would end the threat of receivership.

Additionally, three of the twenty-six Progressive Conservative Senators, Lowell Murray, Norman Atkins and William Doody, decided to continue serving as Progressive Conservatives, rejecting membership in the new party.

Norman, who once notably sang it at the end of a large outdoor rock concert for Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday, stated, " I don't know whether it's the text — I don't know whether we're talking about the lyrics when we say that it touches so many people — or whether it's that tune that everybody knows.

When the United States entered World War I, Eastman organized with Roger Baldwin and Norman Thomas the National Civil Liberties Bureau to protect conscientious objectors, or in her words: " To maintain something over here that will be worth coming back to when the weary war is over.

From 1184 to 1186, the Hohenstaufen empire under Frederick I Barbarossa reached its peak in the Reichsfest ( imperial celebrations ) held at Mainz and the marriage of his son Henry in Milan to the Norman princess Constance of Sicily.

It follows the Saxon protagonist, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king, Richard I of England.

* Bernoulli, Newton, and Dynamic Lift Norman F. Smith School Science and Mathematics vol 73 Part I: http :// onlinelibrary. wiley. com / doi / 10. 1111 / j. 1949-8594. 1973. tb09040. x / pdf Part II http :// onlinelibrary. wiley. com / doi / 10. 1111 / j. 1949-8594. 1973. tb08998. x / pdf

His agent in the Sicilian borderlands was the Norman ruler Roger I.

In 1063 admiral Giovanni Orlando, coming to the aid of the Norman Roger I, took Palermo from the Saracen pirates.

" Literature scholar Norman Holland argued that post-structuralism was flawed due to reliance on Saussure's linguistic model, which was seriously challenged by the 1950s and was soon abandoned by linguists: " Saussure's views are not held, so far as I know, by modern linguists, only by literary critics and the occasional philosopher.

Following Henry's death Rhys revolted against Richard I and attacked the Norman lordships surrounding his territory, capturing a number of castles.

Henry II died in 1189 and was succeeded by Richard I. Rhys considered that he was no longer bound by the agreement with King Henry and attacked the Norman lordships surrounding his territory.

Robert I ( 11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329 ), popularly known as Robert the Bruce ( Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis ; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis ; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys ), was King of Scots from 25 March 1306, until his death in 1329.

This complex is now grade I listed and known as the Norman Shaw Buildings.

William I ( Old Norman: Williame I ; circa 1028 – 9 September 1087 ), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes as William the Bastard ( Guillaume le Bâtard ), was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.

Robert also married his half-sister Bertha to the king of France, Philip I, who was opposed to Norman power.

William II ( Old Norman: Williame II ; – 2 August 1100 ), the third son of William I of England, was King of England from 1087 until 1100, with powers over Normandy, and influence in Scotland.

* 1120: On November 25, William Adelin, the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England, drowns in the White Ship Disaster, leading to a succession crisis which would bring down the Norman monarchy of England.

* 1185: Andronicus I Comnenus is deposed and, on September 12, executed as a result of the Norman massacre of the Greeks of Thessalonika.

* 1066: Edward the Confessor dies ; Harold Godwinson is killed in the Battle of Hastings, while the Norman Bastard is crowned William I of England.

* 1070 – William I of England commissioned the Norman monk William of Jumièges to extend the Gesta Normannorum Ducum chronicle.

* March 26 – Henry I of England's forces defeat Norman rebels at Bourgtheroulde.

After a failed call for a crusade to the princes of northern Europe, and after obtaining the support of other Norman princes such as Landulf VI of Benevento and Richard I of Capua, Gregory was able to excommunicate Robert in 1074.

Because of his size at the time, Norman couldn't help when he had the chance ( he was unable to lift his father's war-axe ), and thus blamed himself for the tragedy ; at his father's grave, he vowed to become the greatest warrior that ever lived ( cf.

One day it was really busy when Norman couldn't get through the crowd .... one of the customers yelled to him " Throw the dang thing !".

A similar solution was used to defeat Norman Osborn when he was given the powers of the Super-Adaptoid, the combined attack of all of the Avengers and New Avengers members overloading Osborn's system and causing him to become comatose as his body couldn't cope with so many different powers.

Wally was introduced in Christmas 1998 when Norman gave Ralph a dog because he couldn't afford something.