When the production of Richard Kelly's debut film, Donnie Darko, was threatened, Barrymore stepped forward with financing from Flower Films and took the small role of Karen Pomeroy, the title character's English teacher.

Hodges took a long holiday, and in his absence the managing director Percy Kidner asked Pomeroy to design an engine for cars to be entered in the 1908 RAC and Scottish Reliability Trial, held in June of that year.

The cars were so successful that Pomeroy took over from Hodges.

Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley, after returning briefly to India, finally took over as Governor of Natal, Transvaal, High Commissioner of SE Africa and Military Commander in July 1880.

" Pomeroy joined former Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole at Alston & Bird.

Elected to the U. S. Senate in 1873, succeeding Samuel C. Pomeroy, Ingalls served for 18 years.

Samuel Clarke Pomeroy ( January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891 ) was an American Republican Senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century, serving in the United States Senate during the American Civil War.

Pomeroy also spoke in support of Chase's candidacy in the Senate.

On December 18, 1871, at the urging of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden and after learning of the findings of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871, Pomeroy introduced the Act of Dedication bill into the Senate that ultimately led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.

During the Kansas senatorial election of 1873, it was alleged that Senator Pomeroy paid $ 7, 000 to Mr. Alexander M. York, a Kansas state senator, to secure his vote for reelection to the Senate by the Kansas State Legislature.

Stagg noted that he had Walter Eckersall working on pass plays and saw Pomeroy Sinnock of Illinois throw many passes in 1906.

The Kinsey Reports are two books on human sexual behavior, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male ( 1948 ) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female ( 1953 ), by Dr. Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy and others and published by Saunders.

Conservative gym teacher Kitty Farmer ( Beth Grant ) blames the flooding on the influence of the short story " The Destructors ", assigned by English teacher Karen Pomeroy ( Drew Barrymore ), and begins teaching attitude lessons taken from motivational speaker Jim Cunningham ( Patrick Swayze ).

On July 6, 1893, Pomeroy was struck by a tornado that measured F5 on the Fujita scale.

On July 6, 1893, Pomeroy was struck by a tornado that was later estimated to be F5 on the Fujita scale.

Pomeroy was officially incorporated on February 3, 1886.

On August 21, 2003, following efforts by the Pomeroy Historic Committee, a 10-block section of Pomeroy's downtown was placed on the National Historic Register.

A statue was erected in Pomeroy ( Meigs Co .) Ohio for the effect he had on the town and its people.

One of the New Hampshire grants, St. Albans was chartered by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth on August 17, 1763 to Stephen Pomeroy and 63 others.

In 1895 the name of the denomination was first recommended by Dr. Joseph Pomeroy Widney, a former president of the University of Southern California and an influential figure in the early days of the Church of the Nazarene on the West Coast, where with Bresee, he was elected as a general superintendent for life.

Henry Pomeroy captured the Mount, on behalf of Prince John, in the reign of Richard I. John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, seized and held it during a siege of 23 weeks against 6, 000 of Edward IV's troops in 1473.

At the Battle of Laing's Nek on 28 January 1881, the Natal Field Force under Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley attempted with cavalry and infantry attacks to break through the Boer positions on the Drakensberg mountain range to relieve their garrisons.

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.

The statue of Lady Justice on the dome above the Old Bailey was executed by the British sculptor, F. W. Pomeroy and cast by Singers.

The case of Commonwealth v. Pomeroy was heard in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ( Suffolk County, Boston ) on December 9 and December 10, 1874.

Pomeroy was pronounced guilty on December 10, 1874, with the jury's recommendation of mercy on account of the prisoner's youth.

A psychiatric report on Pomeroy made in 1914, and quoted extensively in the Boston Globe after his death, noted that Pomeroy had made 10 or 12 " determined attempts " to escape, and that handmade tools were frequently found in his possession.

A prison warden reported finding rope, steel pens and a drill that Pomeroy had concealed in his cell or on his person.

Such bills included authoring the Teacher's for Tomorrow ’ s Careers Act with New Jersey Democrat Rush Holt, the Fair Care for the Uninsured Act with Illinois Democrat Dan Lipinski, Rural Access to Emergency Services Act with North Dakota Democrat Earl Pomeroy, the Clean Alternatives for Energy Independence Act with Democrat Colorado Mark Udall, the Emergency Wetlands Loan Act with California Democrat Mike Thompson, the Child Support Enforcement Act with California Democrat Juanita Millender-McDonald, SLAM Act with Oregon Democrat Darlene Hooley to increase penalties on those who traffic and sell meth to our young people.

Westward TV had an Agricultural Advisory committee chaired by R. G. Pomeroy to advise the company on its agricultural output.

Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of February 26 – 27, 1881.

In 1983 teaming up with Rick Dyer, from Advanced Microcomputer Systems, Bluth, Goldman and Pomeroy started the Bluth Group and created the groundbreaking arcade game Dragon's Lair, which let the player control a cartoon-animated character on screen ( whose adventures were played off a laserdisc ).

* February 9 – Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier ( b. 1706 )

Earl Pomeroy supported the House resolution opposing George W. Bush's troop surge plan in February 2007.

In February 1874 at the age of 14, Pomeroy was paroled back to his mother and brother in South Boston.

Pomeroy's attorney, Charles Robinson, filed two exceptions which were overruled in February 1875, at which point Pomeroy was sentenced to hang until dead.

Seth Pomeroy ( May 20, 1706 – February 9, 1777 ) was an American gunsmith and soldier from Northampton, Massachusetts.

As the chief staff-officer under Sir George Pomeroy Colley, he was present at Majuba ( 27 February 1881 ), where he was made prisoner by a Boer patrol and detained until the end of that March.

Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley KCSI CB CMG ( 1 November 1835 – 27 February 1881 ) was a British Army officer who became Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal and High Commissioner

The Pomeroy committee issued a confidential circular to leading Republicans in February 1864 attacking Lincoln, which had the unintended effect of galvanizing support for Lincoln and seriously damaging Chase's prospects.

Designed by William Adair Bugge ( July 10, 1900-November 14, 1992 ), construction of the cantilever truss bridge was completed by the DeLong Corporation, the American Bridge Company, and Pomeroy Gerwick.

from: 1974 till: 1976 shift :(- 10, 20 ) text: John H. Pomeroy

The pediment sculpture is by F. W. Pomeroy, assisted by local carver J. Edgar Winter, and features on the reverse side of the current series of £ 10, £ 20, £ 50 and £ 100 sterling banknotes issued by the Northern Bank .< ref >