In his introduction to the 2003 revised edition of his novel The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, Stephen King revealed that the film was a primary influence for the Dark Tower series, and that Eastwood's character specifically inspired the creation of King's protagonist, Roland Deschain.

* Piano Concerto ( revised version ) Roland Pöntinen and the AVANTI!

Hungarian-American architect Roland Wank ( 1898 – 1970 ) revised the initial plans from Bureau of Reclamation engineers, and gave the poured-concrete Norris Dam a modernist style, which was controversial and advanced for the era of construction, but the result would eventually succeed in elevating Roland Wank to the position of Chief Architect for TVA from 1933 through 1944.

On February 6, a revised calendar was announced, with the Argentine Grand Prix moved to April 9, despite the fact it had now received official clearance from FIA safety inspector Roland Bruynseraede.

Of the teams that did appear, all had completely new chassis to cope with the revised Technical Regulations, which stipulated a variety of changes including the reduction of engine capacity and the size of aerodynamic wings, the introduction of more stringent crash testing, the raising of the cars ' ride height, and more rigorous testing of fuel specifications all with the aim of reducing speeds and increasing driver safety, a process which had begun in the aftermath of the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna during the weekend of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

The French car manufacturer Peugeot commissioned a ' Roland Garros ' limited edition version of its 205 model in celebration of the tennis tournament that bears his name.

Due to the success of this special edition, Peugeot later created Roland Garros editions of its 106, 206, 207, 306 and 806 models.

Nevertheless, semiologist Roland Barthes, in a Spanish edition of his book " La chambre claire ", " La cámara lúcida " ( Paidós, Barcelona, 1989 ) shows a picture from 1822, " Table ready ", a foggy photo of a table set to be used for a meal.

* La Chanson de Roland ( critical edition, 1872 )

In The Song of Roland ( Oxford edition ), the peers are: Roland, Olivier, Gerin, Gerier, Berengier, Oton, Samson, Engelier, Ivon, Ivoire, Anseïs, and Gérard de Roussillon ( Charlemagne's trusted adviser Naimes and the warrior-priest Turpin are, however, not included in the 12 peers in this text ; neither is Ganelon the traitor ).

While in the UK, he briefly gained fame for the similarity of his name to that of TV puppet Roland Rat, with whom he appeared in an edition of TV-am and whose branding briefly appeared on his car.

The new edition included comments by Roland Reuss and Peter Staengle ( a main source for these notes ).

* The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, edited by Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmeyer, and Roland E. Murphy, Prentice Hall 1990, update of 1968 edition, see John S. Kselman and Ronald D. Witherup, " Modern New Testament Criticism ," sections II & III on Bultmann and reactions, pp. 1137 – 1142.

* Rat on the Road ( 1983 ) introduced Errol the Hamster in the final edition although Roland had ordered him by walkie-talkie to " Run VT " whenever it was time for the cartoon to air.

There was also a Roland Garros special edition with a White leather interior and metallic green paintwork, this model was only made in the Ryton factory.

Revised and expanded edition, Roland Barthes: A Very Short Introduction, OUP, Oxford, 2001.

* La chanson de Roland ( critical edition, 1920 )

Comet Arend – Roland was the subject of the very first edition of the BBC's long running astronomy program The Sky at Night on April 24, 1957.

The young Albanian director Eno Milkani ( His documentary " Edeni i braktisur "-script by Roland Gjoza, a " G & G FilmPro " production-participated in the 38th edition of Karlovy Vary film festival ) has written the script of his upcoming movie " Shenjtorja " ( The Saint ) based on Keko's " Dymbëdhjetë shenjtorë, një profet dhe disa njerëz " ( Twelve Saints, a Prophet and Some People ).

Roland Bainton in " Here I Stand after a Quarter of a Century ," his preface for the 1978 edition of his Luther biography, concludes: " I am happy that the Church of Rome has allowed some talk of removing the excommunication of Luther.

* Gelatt, Roland, The Fabulous Phonograph, Collier Books, New York, 1977.

John Collier, Jr. wrote the first standard textbook in the field in 1967, and many visual anthropologists of the seventies relied on semioticians like Roland Barthes for essential critical perspectives.

Category: Books by Roland Barthes

Category: Books by Roland Barthes

Category: Books by Roland Barthes

Roland Perry in his book, The Fifth Man ( London: Pan Books, 1994 ) makes a circumstantial case against Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild, who was a friend to both Burgess and Blunt.

* Neil Gaiman's Sandman character, Charles Rowland, one of the Dead Boy Detectives, is a reference to Childe Roland, particularly in his The Children's Crusade miniseries ( 1993 ), which prominently features a dark tower, a motif later picked up by the Books of Magic series.

Category: Books by Roland Barthes

Category: Books by Roland Barthes

The first of ‘ Chevalier ’ series following the fictional life and adventures of André de Roland in seventeenth century France, it was published by Penguin Books in April 2010.

Ryne Duren and Roland Sheldon, a rookie righthander who posted a 15-1 record last year for the Yanks' Auburn ( N.Y. ) farm club of the Class-D New York-Pennsylvania League, are the probable rival pitchers.

An article in the Albany Times-Union cites Roland Kays, curator of mammals at the State Museum of New York, as contending that preliminary results of DNA evidence in eastern coyotes suggests interbreeding and a genetic makeup of 85 – 90 % coyote, perhaps 10 % wolf and slightly less than 5 % dog.

* TNJBC = The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, Edited by Raymond E. Brown, S. S., Union Theological Seminary, New York ; NY, Maurya P. Horgan ; Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm.

François Roland Truffaut ( 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984 ) was an influential filmmaker and film critic, one of the founders of the French New Wave.

* October 10 – Roland ( Monty ) Burton wins New Zealand air race in under 23 hours.

* Sarti, Roland ( 1974 ) The Ax Within: Italian fascism in action, New York: New Viewpoints, ISBN 0-531-06498-0

Each door opens onto New York City at different periods in time ( 1987, 1964 and 1977, respectively ) and, as Roland passes through these doors, he brings back the companions who will join him on his quest to the Dark Tower.

Roland now reveals to his ka-tet that his mind has become divided by the paradox of having let Jake Chambers die under the mountain after finding him at the Way Station in the desert, and yet also, after having subsequently prevented Jake's earlier death in New York City, having an alternate memory of traveling through the desert and mountains alone.

Paleontologist Roland T. Bird of the American Museum of Natural History in New York spotted the Adams " giant man tracks " in a tourist shop in Gallup, New Mexico, and, while recognizing them as fakes, was still intrigued enough to travel to Somervell County to see the Glen Rose area for himself.

* Musicians Travis Meeks of Days of the New and Duane Roland, a guitarist and founder of Molly Hatchet.

* Roland James -- NFL defensive back for the New England Patriots, 1980 – 1990

* Mousnier, Roland ( 1973 ) The Assassination of Henry IV: The tyrannicide problem and the consolidation of the French absolute monarchy in the early seventeenth century, New York: Scribner ISBN 0-684-13357-1

Digable Planets ' 1993 release Reachin ' ( A New Refutation of Time and Space ) was a hit jazz rap record sampling the likes of Don Cherry, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Herbie Mann, Herbie Hancock, Grant Green, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

* September 24 in New York City – Rocky Marciano retains his World Heavyweight title with a TKO over Roland La Starza in the 11th round.

He was a member of Clark Terry's big band from 1967 into the ' 70s and played in the New York Jazz Quartet ( with Roland Hanna ).

The main equipment Hook used during the early days of New Order was an Alembic F-2B preamp / Roland rack unit / Amcron DC-300A power amp fed through two large custom built 2 x 15 Gauss loaded flightcase cabinets designed and built by Chris Hewitt of Tractor Music.

He moved to New York City where, after a long struggle, his career began to take off, first with some brief success in the world of stand-up comedy with partner, Patrick Stack, and later with Off-Broadway productions at Second Stage Theatre, the Roundabout Theatre, the Manhattan Theatre Club, and his 1982 Broadway debut in a revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter as Roland Maule ( Drama Desk nomination ) with George C. Scott, Kate Burton, Dana Ivey, and Christine Lahti.

New upscale designers, many exclusive in Canada, include Alaia, Jason Wu, Proenza Schouler, Sonia Rykiel, Barbara Bui, Erdem, Roland Mouret, and others.

Metheny later started working with the Roland GR-300 guitar synthesizer and the Synclavier guitar system made by New England Digital.

Her final recordings with Roland and Josh White included two takes of " Shave ' Em Dry ", recorded in New York on Tuesday March 5, 1935.

Other organisations, comics and entrepreneurs including, Maria Kempinska's Jongleurs and Roland and Clare Muldoon's CAST / New Variety added more regular venues bringing the number of gigs per week from 24 in ' 83 to 69 by 1987.