Among his gangland buddies, he said, were Joseph ( Joey ) Glimco, a mob labor racketeer, and four gang gambling chiefs, Gus ( Slim ) Alex, Ralph Pierce, Joe ( Caesar ) DiVarco, and Jimmy ( Monk ) Allegretti.

Patron Lemoine Pierce said of Alston's work: " Never thought of as an innovative artist, Alston generally ignored popular art trends and violated many mainstream art conventions ; he produced abstract and figurative paintings often simultaneously, refusing to be stylistically consistent, and during his 40-year career he worked prolifically and unapologetically in both commercial and fine art.

In his speech " Our Cause ", Pierce said:

Both Kember and Pierce were unhappy with the production on the album, feeling it suffered from Lamb ’ s unsympathetic production ; they later said they much preferred their versions on the Northampton demo tape.

Reportedly, Kember and Pierce both said little.

* M * A * S * H ( 1968, 1970 ) — In both the book and film, the character Hawkeye Pierce is said to have played football at Androscoggin College, a fictional school based on the alma mater of author Richard Hooker, Bowdoin class of 1945.

Pierce also said he was bringing back some effects used on debut album Sinner, but not on the previous two albums.

In the same interview, Jason Pierce also said that the album was partly inspired by the experiences of performing " Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space " live in its entirety.

In Pierce v. Society of Sisters, the Supreme Court said:

In 1995, Ward was passed over for a Bond girl role, learning that even though then-Bond Pierce Brosnan was 42, the casting director said " What we really want is Sela, but Sela ten years ago ".

Johnson was said to have admired the political style of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., but was to Long's political right.

Florida state law chapter 3658, approved February 12, 1885, incorporated the Key West Street Car Company, owned by Walter C. Maloney, Edward H. Gato, Lewis W. Pierce, George G. Watson, John White, and Charles B. Pendleton, to construct and operate a line of railway or railroads on any or all the streets in the city of Key West, as per charter granted by the Board of Aldermen of said city of Key West, Fla., and the right to extend or build said road upon any and all the avenues, streets or roads leading into said city of Key West, and upon all roads on the island of Key West ; and said company shall further have the right to operate said line or lines of railroad, or any of them, with steam or horse power.

Inspired by the Season 7 episode of M * A * S * H, C * A * V * E, where Hawkeye Pierce admits that he is claustrophobic and refuses to go into a cave, " If I were a turtle I would be afraid of my own shell ", he said.

Long ( 1918 – 2003 ) of Louisiana, son of the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr. Hansen, thereafter as ranking member of the committee, said that Long was a " fair " chairman and one of " my dearest friends.

The 1996 – 97 team was said by many to be one of the greatest teams in history, featuring future NBA players such as Paul Pierce, Jacque Vaughn, Raef LaFrentz, and Scot Pollard.

As of May 2006, Elkland have split, supposedly on what singer Jon Pierce has said were amicable terms.

Pierce did not believe so, at least not until Latham was killed and, with his dying breath, said he'd been attacked by a wolf woman.

In parallel to the efforts of Pierce, Silcott's lawyers requested access in November 1990 to his original interview notes, so that the seven pages from his crucial fifth interview — the notes he said were fabricated — could be submitted for an Electrostatic Document Apparatus ( ESDA ) test.

Early the next year he sent Francis Pulsky to meet with the incoming U. S President Franklin Pierce and obtain support for intervention in Europe.

His edition of Piers Plowman in three parallel texts was published in 1886 ; and, besides the Treatise on the Astrolabe, he edited numerous books for the Early English Text Society, including the Bruce of John Barbour, Pierce the Ploughman's Crede, the romances of Havelok the Dane and William of Palerne, and Ælfric's Lives of the Saints ( 4 vols .).

" Early last fall we hired an ace mechanical engineer, Roger Rogers ... He has spent about 2000 hours since then exploring every single aspect of the instrument ... The initial circuits of the BiroTron were designed on a computer by England's top Moog technician Phil Pierce ..."

* Pierce Early Childhood Center

* " Absalom, Absalom " is the title of a song on the 1996 Compass CD Making Light of It by singer / songwriter Pierce Pettis, incorporating several elements of the biblical narrative.

* Don Pierce, Beading on a Loom.

The classic film noirs The Maltese Falcon and The Glass Key ( 1942 ) were based on novels by Hammett ; Cain's novels provided the basis for Double Indemnity ( 1944 ), Mildred Pierce ( 1945 ), The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 ), and Slightly Scarlet ( 1956 ; adapted from Love's Lovely Counterfeit ).

Determined to offer the repeal to congress that Monday but reluctant to act without Pierce ’ s commitment, Douglas arranged through Secretary of War Davis to meet with President Pierce on Sunday even though Pierce generally refrained from conducting any business on a Sunday.

President Pierce signed the bill into law on May 30.

Investigators discovered incriminating evidence at his home: ammonium nitrate and blasting caps, the electric drill used to drill out the locks at the quarry, books on bomb-making, a copy of Hunter ( a 1989 novel by William Luther Pierce, the founder and chairman of the white nationalist National Alliance ) and a hand-drawn map of downtown Oklahoma City, on which was marked the Murrah Building and the spot where McVeigh's getaway car was hidden.

* Tom and Jerry, or Life in London, stage play by William Moncrieff based on Pierce Egan's journal

Wilson's Pierce Arrow, which is on display in his hometown of Staunton, Virginia.

Pierce also appeared on an early episode of the hit 80's TV sitcom Designing Women as a steward on a cruise ship.

Most Muckleshoots now live on or near the 15. 871 km² ( 6. 128 sq mi ) Muckleshoot Reservation, between the White and Green rivers southeast of the city of Auburn ( at in King County and Pierce County ).

Pierce and running mate William R. King went on to win what was at the time one of the nation's largest electoral victories, trouncing Scott and his vice-presidential nominee, William Alexander Graham of North Carolina, 254 electoral votes to 42.

Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire, a former Congressman and Senator, did not get on the board until the 35th ballot, when the Virginia delegation brought him forward as a compromise choice.

The " dream cars " which American automobile manufacturers exhibited at the fair included Cadillac's introduction of its V-16 limousine ; Nash's exhibit had a variation on the vertical ( i. e., paternoster ) parking garage — all the cars were new Nashes ; Lincoln presented its rear-engined " concept car " precursor to the Lincoln-Zephyr, which went on the market in 1936 with a front engine ; Pierce-Arrow presented its modernistic Pierce Silver Arrow for which it used the byline " Suddenly it's 1940!

* Originally based on writing by Christopher Mahan as a Pierce College English 101 assignment: christophermahan. com

Pierce College offers courses on more than 100 subjects in 92 academic disciplines, and has transfer alliances with most of the universities in the state.

In October the Foundation sponsors an annual Harvest Festival, featuring tons of pumpkins grown on the Pierce farm, a five-mile ( 8 km ) corn maze, rock climbing, games and rides for the children, a petting zoo, live music and Halloween frights for the whole family.

In her first appearance on this series, Aida Pierce portrayed her elderly alter ego, Virginola, who drinks a bottle of youth serum, and then performs a striptease, taking off her sweater, skirt, scarf, and even her wig, revealing a black sheer bodysuit and pants ... and Pierce herself.

Jayne Loader stated in an interview, “ Had we relied on grants, we would have starved " Pierce Rafferty helped to support the team and the film financially by working as a consultant and researcher on several other documentary films including El Salvador — Another Vietnam, With Babies and Banners, and The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.

The phalanx of men that convened were inexorable about doing something concerning the direction of the Government under Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and to come, James Buchanan, all of whom made no qualms about their stance on the “ slavery question .” The central plank of these conveners was “ to consider upon the measures which duty demands us, as of a Free State, to take in reference to the late acts of Congress on the subject of slavery, and its anticipated further extension .” Commerce in human bondage was construed by these men as “ a great moral, and social, and political evil ;” It was “ Resolved, that, postponing and suspending all differences with regard to political economy or administrative policy … we will act cordially and faithfully in unison ” to fight the approval of slavery, and “ we will cooperate and be known as ‘ Republicans ’ until the contest be terminated .”