Raymond overestimates himself and underestimates his aunt's mental acuity.

Other miracles recounted in Raymond of Capua's biography include her reception of the stigmata and her receiving communion from Christ himself.

To balance this, the king turned from time to time to his uncle, Joscelin III of Edessa, who was appointed seneschal in 1176 ; Joscelin was more closely related to Baldwin than Raymond was, but had no claim to the throne himself.

Scorsese changed the title from Season of the Witch to Mean Streets, a reference to Raymond Chandler's essay " The Simple Art of Murder ", where he writes, " But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.

Raymond had the ability to mythologize himself, to some extent, and some of his stories about his past ... tended to grow as time went by.

Whereas Corwin of the first series was a product of the late 1960s and 1970s and was more of a cross between a hardboiled detective in the vein of Raymond Chandler and a Highlander-like immortal with centuries of experience fighting his way through the stories, Merlin ( a product of the late 1980s and early 1990s when computers had become commonplace ) is a youthful hacker / magician finding himself in increasingly complex situations in the vein of modern hacker protagonists.

Raymond was to act as guardian of the infant heir, and later as regent if Baldwin IV was to expire, but Baldwin IV himself would continue to rule.

Although the Latins came close to capturing Ascalon, Godfrey's attempts to prevent Raymond of St. Gilles from securing the city for himself meant that the town remained in Muslim hands, destined to be a thorn in the new kingdom's side for years to come.

Raymond is described by William of Tyre ( the main authority for his career ) as " a lord of noble descent, of tall and elegant figure, the handsomest of the princes of the earth, a man of charming affability and conversation, open-handed and magnificent beyond measure "; pre-eminent in the use of arms and military experience ; litteratorum, licet ipse illiteratus esset, cultor (" although he was himself illiterate, he was a cultivator of literature " – he caused the Chanson des chétifs to be composed ); a regular churchman and faithful husband ; but headstrong, irascible and unreasonable, with too great a passion for gambling ( bk.

The crusaders heard a rumour that Antioch had been deserted by the Seljuk Turks, so Raymond sent his army ahead to occupy it, offending Bohemond of Taranto who wanted the city for himself.

However, Raymond wanted to occupy Ascalon himself rather than give it to Godfrey, and in the resulting dispute Ascalon remained unoccupied.

When Raymond went north, in the winter of 1099-1100, his first act was one of hostility against Bohemond, capturing Laodicea from ( Bohemond had himself recently taken it from Alexius ).

Meanwhile Raymond had established himself in Tripoli with the aid of Alexius, and was able to check the expansion of Antioch to the south, and so early in 1104, Baldwin and Bohemond passed Aleppo to move eastward and attack Harran.

Raymond often finds himself in the middle of all the problems and arguments and proves himself incapable of taking any sort of stand, especially if there is the chance that it will bring down his mother's wrath on him.

The author, Ernest Raymond, named his narrator Rupert Ray in a thinly disguised reference to himself.

Senator Raymond himself told Clancy, who was coach for 18 games, and re-instated Gorman as coach.

To overcome hum problem for guitars, the humbucking pickup was invented by Joseph Raymond " Ray " Butts, but Seth Lover of Gibson was also working on one himself.

The early 1940s programs opened with Raymond Edward Johnson introducing himself as, " Your host, Raymond ," in a mocking sardonic voice.

Raymond didn ’ t go out of his way to fight or do anything bad, but if someone came to him, he would protect himself.

Pell's former campaign manager and close friend Raymond Nels Nelson, himself an openly gay man, was brutally murdered in Washington D. C in 1981 in a still unsolved murder.

However, Manuel's ambassadors heard the rumours that Melisende ( and Raymond himself ) might have been fathered by someone other than Raymond II, and the marriage was called off ; Manuel married Maria instead.

Raymond has refused to speculate on whether the " bazaar " development model could be applied to works such as books and music, not wanting to " weaken the winning argument for open-sourcing software by tying it to a potential loser ".

Raymond was the wealthier and more powerful of the two, but at first he refused to become king, perhaps attempting to show his piety and probably hoping that the other nobles would insist upon his election anyway.

Raymond had refused to attend the coronation, and in Nablus he suggested that Isabella and Humphrey should be crowned instead, but Humphrey refused to agree to this plan which would have certainly started a civil war.

* Henny refused to go on the road with his solo-album ; he was scoring the 1985-released thriller De Prooi ( The Prey ) and producing albums for others, including Dutch-born, Belgian-raised singer Raymond van het Groenewoud ( a national treasure ).

In Raymond George Murray 1982 7A Crim R48 Sinclair DCJ refused to admit polygraph evidence tending to support the defence.

During the 1988 presidential campaign, he refused to choose publicly between the two right-wing candidates, his two former Prime Ministers Jacques Chirac and Raymond Barre.

The powerful count Raymond VI of Toulouse refused to assist, and openly supported Cathars and their independent movement, so he was excommunicated in May 1207 and an interdict was placed on his lands.

Like Raymond of Toulouse, Raymond-Roger sought an accommodation with the crusaders, but he was refused a meeting and raced back to Carcassonne to prepare his defences.

Georges Clemenceau refused to be received because he feared that he might be received by his enemy, Raymond Poincaré.

Raymond of Toulouse refused to become king.

In 1142 John Comnenus returned to the attack, but Raymond refused to recognize or renew his previous submission, and John, though he ravaged the neighborhood of Antioch, was unable to effect anything against him.

William of Tyre claims that Raymond seduced Eleanor to get revenge on her husband, who refused to aid him in his wars against the Saracens, and that " contrary to royal dignity, she disregarded her marriage vows and was unfaithful to her husband.

Raymond also refused to relinquish his control of the city to Bohemond, reminding Bohemond that he was obligated to return to Antioch and the court of Emperor Alexius, as he had sworn to do.

Raymond was offered the crown of the new Kingdom of Jerusalem, but refused, as he was reluctant to rule in the city in which Jesus had suffered.

On one occasion where he met with relatives of the hunger strike, he refused to meet the family of Bobby Sands, a MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone and O / C of the Provisional IRA hunger strikers, and the first to die on this strike, along with the sister of Raymond McCreesh, who had died on 21 May.

According to the book Images in the Dark by Raymond Murray, Akerman refused to have her work ghettoized, and she denied the New York Gay Film Festival the right to screen Je tu il elle.

This charge was never proven, but Raymond refused to offer any assistance to the crusade, which ended in failure.

Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem was sent to mediate in 1181, with Raynald of Châtillon, Raymond III of Tripoli, Arnold of Torroja, and Roger des Moulins, but Bohemond refused to acquiesce, and expelled the mediators as well as a number of his own nobles.

Prince Raymond and his Christian neighbor Joscelin II of Edessa had been enemies since Raymond had refused to send a relief army to Edessa in 1146.

For their part, Raymond II of Tripoli and the regent, Melisende of Jerusalem refused to aid the Prince of Antioch.

After the France game, he tried to shake French coach Raymond Domenech's hand but the latter refused.