* 1954 Offered but declined, Ministerial office in Irish Government

Offered the post of U. S. Secretary of the Navy by President John Tyler in 1841, he declined the offer, but worked successfully to gain support for the construction of an advanced steam warship with a battery of very heavy guns.

Offered the captaincy of the MCC for the 1907 / 1908 Ashes tour, Foster declined because business commitments were monopolising his attention.

Offered the throne in 1448, but declined.

Offered a job by Toronto Telegram publisher John Bassett, he began freelancing as a political columnist.

Offered from 1974 to 1985, the De Ville was conceived by Robert Jankel to appeal to the taste of nouveau riche customers, including singer Elton John and actor Oliver Reed.

Offered the song by Dylan, Sheryl Crow later recorded an up-tempo cover of " Mississippi " for her The Globe Sessions, released in 1998, before Dylan revisited it for Love and Theft.

Offered at $ 34 a ton, Chinese cement is pricing itself out of the market as Thailand is asking as little as $ 20 for the same quality.

Offered a professional contract as a ballplayer, he turned it down, stating that he preferred to play for the love of the game.

Offered the role of Heathcliff in Samuel Goldwyn's production of Wuthering Heights ( 1939 ), he travelled to Hollywood, leaving Leigh in London.

Offered the position of keeper at Ashmolean, he took it with a tremendous burst of enthusiasm and energy.

Offered to Oxford by James Murray and the Philological Society, the " New English Dictionary " was a grand academic and patriotic undertaking.

Offered only in 12-ounce bottles, the cola's sales were disappointing due largely to the inability of the RC bottling network to get distribution for the product in single-drink channels and it was quickly discontinued with the exceptions of Australia, New Zealand and France.

Offered a position ( and $ 10, 000 in gold ) as adjutant general of the army of Benito Juárez of Mexico, who was then in a struggle with the Mexican Emperor Maximilian I ( a satellite ruler of French Emperor Napoleon III ), Custer applied for a one-year leave of absence from the U. S. Army, which was endorsed by Grant and Secretary of War Stanton.

Offered a job by Tyrone Guthrie, he made his first professional appearance in London at the Old Vic on 14 September 1936, playing Ferdinand in Love's Labours Lost.

Offered the opportunity to write her autobiography, she took a role in the BBC television film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, alongside Dame Judi Dench and Olympia Dukakis.

Offered a seat by 30 constituencies, Plimsoll was an unsuccessful candidate in Sheffield Central in 1885.

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Offered a scholarship to work on a Master of Arts degree, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend the George Peabody College for Teachers, but later dropped out.

Offered a reward at the top, Dorsaz asked for the mule on which Napoleon was riding.

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Offered a fellowship to the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Kertész studied with Fernando Previtali while his wife, Edith Kertész-Gabry sang at the Bremen Opera.

Offered aid on his arrival, he replied: " The little I have will suffice until I learn something of the language.

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Offered a role in film as a prize for winning a magazine beauty competition in 1921, she appeared in several silent films before being offered her first leading role in Das Spielzeug von Paris ( 1925 ) by Hungarian-born director Michael Curtiz, whom she married in 1925 ( they divorced a year later ).

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Offered for the first time were Doctor of Public Administration ( 1998 ), AB Theater Arts ( 1999 ), AB Journalism ( 1999 ), BS Nutrition and Food Technology ( 2000 ), BS Electronics & Communication Engineering ( 2002 ), BS in Information Technology and Graduate Diploma in Information Technology ( 2002 ) and BS Mathematics ( 2002 ).

Serving under Baden, Eugene distinguished himself in the battle, earning commendation from Lorraine and the Emperor ; he later received the nomination for the colonelcy of the Dragoon Regiment Kufstein.

In October Picton was appointed to the colonelcy of the 77th Regiment of Foot.

On his return to England in 1846, he was made a privy councillor, and in 1853 he received the colonelcy of the 50th ( Queen's Own ) Regiment of Foot.

On 29 October 1736, Granville was promoted to the rank of Colonel, taking over the colonelcy of the Carabinier Regiment on 1 February 1737, and the Dragoons Regiment on 10 July 1738.

He was appointed to the colonelcy of the 56th ( West Essex ) Regiment of Foot in 1831, and in 1842 transferred to the colonelcy of his old regiment, the 50th ( Queen's Own ) Regiment of Foot ; he was also made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ( GCMG ).

He was rewarded for his military services by his appointment to the colonelcy of the 89th ( The Princess Victoria's ) Regiment of Foot on 28 May 1874, and became a full general on 1 Oct. 1877.

It remained there until 1742, with the name changing with the colonelcy: Kerr's Regiment of Foot ( Lord Mark Kerr ) in 1725, Middleton's Regiment of Foot ( Brigadier-General John Middleton ) in 1732 and Pulteney's Regiment of Foot ( General Harry Pulteney ) in 1739.

After the war, he declined the offer of a colonelcy in the Regular Army, and was subsequently engaged in Illinois politics, retiring from public life in 1872.

He was obviously unhappy and unsuccessful in his civilian pursuits because, in 1858, he wrote to Secretary of War John B. Floyd to request that his name " be presented to the president Buchanan as a candidate for a lieutenant colonelcy ", but nothing came of his request.

In the following year the colonelcy again changed, with Sir John Jacob choosing to retire.

On General Ferguson's death, the colonelcy of the regiment passed to John Borthwick, the lieutenant-colonel, in October.

However, Borthwick chose to exchange his colonelcy for that of a Dutch regiment under Lord John Dalrymple, who became the regiment's colonel as of 1 January 1706.