He and other Scottish Enlightenment thinkers developed what he called a ' science of man ', which was expressed historically in works by authors including James Burnett, Adam Ferguson, John Millar and William Robertson, all of whom merged a scientific study of how humans behave in ancient and primitive cultures with a strong awareness of the determining forces of modernity.

Mary Martin told Dylan to visit the group at the Yonge Street club called the Le Coq d ' Or Tavern – though Robbie Robertson recollects it was the Friar's Tavern, just down the street.

That leads to a single form for the metric tensor, called the Friedmann – Lemaître – Robertson – Walker metric

Control of these new double agents fell to Thomas Argylle Robertson ( usually called Tar, from his initials ), a charismatic MI5 agent.

In a letter to Haig, Robertson called Lloyd George " an awful liar " who lacked the " honesty and truth " to be Prime Minister, claiming he had misled the Cabinet in his claim that the French had originated the proposal.

Robertson has repeatedly called for the legalization of marijuana, saying that it should be treated in a manner analogous to the regulation of alcohol and tobacco.

In an effort to defend the names of the former employees Robertson had unsuccessfully tried to have arrested for embezzlement, former-CEO Kevin Carmony launched a website critical of Robertson called Freespire. com in February 2008.

Robertson began bringing American settlers to his Nashville colony ( later called Robertson's Colony ).

Scottish Enlightenment thinkers developed what Hume called a ' science of man ' which was expressed historically in works by such as James Burnett, Adam Ferguson, John Millar and William Robertson, all of whom merged a scientific study of how humans behave in ancient and primitive cultures with a strong awareness of the determining forces of modernity.

According to Robertson Davies in his book The Manticore, the Canadian arms had toned down the genital aspects of the lion and the unicorn, who in previous times had been represented with what Davies called " saucy pizzles.

Shortly after leaving, he started a band called Wild Horses with Brian Robertson, Jimmy Bain and Kenney Jones.

Before the adoption of luck at the end of the Middle Ages, Old English and Middle English expressed the notion of " good fortune " with the word speed ( Middle English spede, Old English spēd ); speed besides " good fortune " had the wider meaning of " prosperity, profit, abundance "; it is not associated with the notion of probability or chance but rather with that of fate or divine help ; a bestower of success can also be called speed, as in " Christ be our speed " ( William Robertson, Phraseologia generalis, 1693 ).

Immediately after committing Jamaican troops to Ronald Reagan's invasion of Grenada in 1983, Seaga called a snap election – two years early – on the pretext that Dr Paul Robertson, General Secretary of the PNP, had called for his resignation.

The 1957 war film Seven Thunders ( also called The Beasts of Marseilles ) included an almost identical character, Dr. Martout, played by James Robertson Justice.

Dining with Wilson and French the night before, Lloyd George criticised Robertson and called Haig ’ s recent paper ( 8 October ), which predicted that “ decisive success is expected next year ” provided Russia continued to pin down as many German divisions as currently, “ preposterous ”.

Haig thought “ Wilson is playing the tune called by Lloyd George ” and Robertson, who opposed efforts against Turkey thought it “ d ----- d rot in general ”.

Only the third tallest on his team, but called " easily the No. 1 player in college basketball today ", " the best amateur basketball player in the United States ", and " The White Oscar Robertson ", he scored 41 points in a 80 – 78 loss to Michigan, then led Princeton to the Final Four after defeating heavy favorite Providence by 40 points.

Also in the 2000 campaign for the Republican nomination, Arizona Senator John McCain stated, “ Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right .” This was similarly seen as a repudiation of the religious right ; columnist Jacob Weisberg called it " a pungent Sister Souljah moment.

Lisa Robertson wrote a book of poems called XEclogue.

In graph theory, the Robertson – Seymour theorem ( also called the graph minor theorem ) states that the undirected graphs, partially ordered by the graph minor relationship, form a well-quasi-ordering.

Geoffrey Robertson QC, a noted human rights author and barrister called the arrest “ an affront to democracy ” and called on the Speaker of the House to resign if it should prove that he had authorised the police search of Green's office.

Scottish National Party MP Angus Robertson called for an investigation on the report to the House of Lords authorities and the police.

Robertson was appointed and Garfield's victory on behalf of the Executive over the Senate on this issue was clear.

Robertson has been a governing member of the Council for National Policy ( CNP ): Board of Governors 1982, President Executive Committee 1985 – 86, member, 1984, 1988, 1998.

He was then approached by Parkes, and a government was formed with Robertson as vice-president of the Executive Council and representative of the government in the Upper House.

He replaced the previous Chief Executive, Archie Robertson.

* Executive producers: Tim Kelley and Bob Robinson, Robbie Robertson

* Jim Robertson, MLA: Manager of Government Business, Executive Member for Community and Social Development

Parkes was Premier, and Robertson went to the Legislative Council as vice-president of the Executive Council.

In June 1916 Lloyd George succeeded Kitchener ( drowned en route to Russia ) as Secretary of State for War, although he had little control over strategy, as General Robertson had been given direct right of access to the Cabinet so as to bypass Kitchener.

This plot, launched with the full knowledge of Nivelle and the French Prime Minister Aristide Briand, was announced in guarded terms at a War Cabinet meeting on 24 February, to which neither Robertson nor Lord Derby ( Secretary of State for War ) had been invited, then landed on Robertson and Haig without warning at an Anglo-French conference at Calais ( 26-7 Feb ).

The War Policy Committee, which included Lloyd George, Milner, Curzon, Jan Smuts, Law, and the government's chief military adviser General Robertson, was also formed and first met on 11 June 1917.

Asquith, who told Robertson that Kitchener was “ an impossible colleague ” and “ his veracity left much to be desired ”, acted in charge of the War Office, but Kitchener took his seals of office with him so he could not be sacked in his absence.

Kitchener and Asquith were agreed that Robertson should become CIGS, but Robertson refused to do this if Kitchener “ continued to be his own CIGS ”, although given Kitchener ’ s great prestige he did not want him to resign ; he wanted the Secretary of State to be sidelined to an advisory role like the Prussian War Minister.

* Robertson, Linda R. The Dream Of Civilized Warfare: World War I Flying Aces and the American Imagination.

* Robertson, Esmonde ( editor ) The Origins of the Second World War: Historical Interpretations, London: Macmillan, 1971.

In the summer of 1917 the CIGS General Robertson sent Haig a biting description of the members of the War Cabinet, who he said were all frightened of Lloyd George ; he described Curzon as " a gasbag ".

Sir Howard Grubb perfected the device in World War I. Morgan Robertson ( 1861 – 1915 ) claimed to have tried to patent the periscope: he described a submarine using a periscope in his fictional works.

With the closing of the Cold War, some Christian thinkers who accepted this interpretation altered it after the fall of the Soviet Union ( such as Pat Robertson who advocated it in his 1982 book The Secret Kingdom, but in 1992 suggested Gog was " Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan ").

Robertson prevented him having a seat on the War Council.

After the Gotha raids in July 1917 French was able to make a fuss at the War Cabinet ( Robertson complained he could not get a word in edgeways ) and show letters he had written urging greater priority for air defence.

In July 1917 French asked to advise the War Cabinet, fully aware that this was breaking the monopoly of advice on which Robertson insisted.

Haig, Robertson, Hamilton and Smith-Dorrien ( who had travelled from France to pay his respects to a man with whom he had clashed badly ) were pall bearers at his funeral at Westminster Abbey – the first of a major First World War leader. He was buried at Ripple five days after his death.

* William Robertson – Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO ( 29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933 ), Chief of the Imperial General Staff ( CIGS ) from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.

Haig asked him to accept “ as a favour ”, but Robertson was “ staggered ” by Wilson demanding and getting a formal invitation from Haig, Nivelle and the War Cabinet, and a clear statement of his own and Haig ’ s status.

The War Cabinet ( 11 October 1917 ) invited Wilson and French to submit formal written advice, a blatant undermining of Robertson ’ s position.

On 19 February 1918 Wilson was appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff (' CIGS '), after the removal of Robertson and was the principal military adviser to Lloyd George in the last year of the First World War.

What a Lovely War ” ( 1969 ), travelling in a car in August 1914 with a cretinous Sir John French ( Laurence Olivier ) who rejects his offer to arrange an interpreter as it might breach the need for “ absolute secrecy ”, but later being passed over in favour of Robertson for a staff promotion.

George Scott Robertson, medical officer during the Second Anglo-Afghan War and later British political officer in the Princely State of Chitral, was given permission to explore the country of the Kafirs in 1890 – 91.