Following the self-release of its debut album, Motorcade of Generosity, the band was signed to Capricorn Records in 1995 and released its first single, " Rock ' n ' Roll Lifestyle ", which hit number 35 on the Modern Rock Tracks music chart and was featured on MTV's 120 Minutes ; French and Nelson then left the band, and were replaced by Todd Roper and Victor Damiani.

The county seat of Washington Co. was moved to Plymouth from Lee's Mill, as Roper, North Carolina was then known, by special act of the NC General Assembly on January 31, 1823.

Louis Harris had been in the field of public opinion since 1947 when he joined the Elmo Roper firm, then later became partner.

Roper then signed under his own name-Roper-and released the album Brace Yourself for the Mediocre on 5 Minute Walk Records.

Also, in keeping with his jokes made about the reunion, Reese Roper recently made a video for Five Iron Frenzy where he announces the new album and then eats a handful of what appears to be mayonnaise.

Shabazz then knocks out Roper during their ongoing melee inside the ring, Sultan then steps over Roper's unconscious body, and promotes the next fight — Shabazz vs Roper.

Daniel Calhoun Roper graduated from Duke University ( then called " Trinity College ") in 1888, and received his bachelor of laws from National University in 1901.

The highway then continues south passing the Roper Highway, the Carpentaria Highway and the Buchanan Highway to the Barkly Highway at Tennant Creek.

Turning east, the party explored the Elsey, Roper and Macarthur Rivers, then travelled back to Brisbane by way of the Flinders, Burdekin, Fitzroy and Burnett Rivers.

Roper then moved to handcuff Bieber, who-facing imprisonment for various offences in the UK and possible extradition to Florida-drew a 9 mm handgun and fired an initial four shots at the unarmed police officers, who tried to flee.

Things then got worse for Roper.

This year was best known as when Tony Roper turned into Grissom's bumper and hit the wall head-on at Texas Motor Speedway, then hitting Roper's truck as it slid down the track.

Cousins was soon replaced by drummer Tim Roper and former Flamin ' Groovies roadie, Nick Garvey, also joined.

Roper was joined in the legislature by Aylmer Liesemer, a Calgary schoolteacher.

Roper had joined the CCF at the provincial level as well and ran under its banner in the 1940 election, finishing seventh of nineteen candidates on the first ballot and being defeated once again.

Elmer Roper would be leader of the CCF for thirteen years, but he would not have to sit as its lone MLA that long: after the 1944 election, he was joined in the legislature by Aylmer Liesemer of Calgary.

Cheryl James and Sandra Denton formed Salt-N-Pepa in 1984 and Deidre Roper joined in 1986.

To this end, he organised a group of managers for Merrick: music hall proprietor J. Ellis, travelling showman George Hitchcock, and fair owner Sam Roper.

The group, consisting of Cheryl James (" Salt "), Sandra Denton (" Pepa ") and Deidra Roper (" DJ Spinderella "), was one of the first all-female rap crews.

It was nominated for a Grammy Award, and the strength of that single catapulted the album to platinum sales in the US with one million sold, making Denton, James, and Roper the first female rap act ( group or solo ) to go gold or platinum.

In another episode, Janet, Chrissy, and Mrs. Roper participated in a group nudity protest against a public beach's dress code ; at risk of arrest and unable to retrieve their clothes, they had to streak a considerable distance back to the apartment.

One of the online forums spawned by this group is the Roper Board in which many fans of both Roper and Reese's previous band Five Iron Frenzy congregate.

Deidra Muriel Roper ( born August 3, 1971 ), known as DJ Spinderella, is an American DJ and rapper who was a member of the hip-hop group, Salt-N-Pepa.

Roper replaced DJ Latoya Hanson after Hanson missed several rehearsals and group appearances.

Since she was sixteen at the time of joining, the group needed her parent's permission for Roper to travel around the country ; which her parents gave.

The group were formed from a local outfit called The Scrincers, and comprised Dugi Bell on guitar, Martin Roper on lead vocals, Russell Maw and Eddie Barke.

A self-titled singles retrospective surfaced a year later, but the group split in 1984 following the firing of Roper.

This was the first album to feature Roper on vocals as well as DJ ' ing.

Roper was selected as the group's DJ, taking the name Spinderella, around the time the group's first album was being released.

The band reformed in 2012, with a line up of Martin Roper ( Vocals ), Ollie Hoon ( Lead Guitar ), Kev Nixon ( Drums ) and new member Ben Hanson ( Bass ).

She is a member of the rap trio Salt-n-Pepa, which also includes Pepa ( Sandy Denton ) and Spinderella ( Deidra " Dee Dee " Roper ).

It was produced by Cheryl James ( Salt ), Sandy Denton ( Pepa ), Dee Dee " Diedra " Roper ( Spinderella ), and Hurby Azor.

" The King, while there, became the first monarch of Canada to personally receive the credentials of an ambassador, that being Daniel Calhoun Roper as the representative of the United States.

On the first three releases Roper wrote most of the lyrics and Kerr supplied the musical portion.

Nixon and Roper released their first album in 1985 on Enigma Records, Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper.

Roper has stated that the band originally planned to make a story arc that would go across three albums, but the band is in talks to create more music in the future beyond their first three albums.

In 1942, the Alberta CCF clubs formally merged with the Labour Party and Elmer Roper became the new leader after becoming the party's first Alberta MLA as a result of an upset victory in a 1942 by-election.

The first spin-off was fashioned for actors Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce who played the popular George and Mildred Roper on the series.

Steve Roper called this route " one of the classic routes of the Sierra, partly because of its spectacular location and partly because it was the first really big wall to be climbed in the range.

The 1940 Alberta election saw no CCFers elected despite winning 11 % of the vote ; Ronning stepped aside as leader in favour of Elmer Roper who won a 1942 by-election to become Alberta's first elected CCF MLA.

Roper placed third of thirty candidates on the first ballot, but as Premier Ernest Manning's large number of surplus votes was redistributed to the riding's other Social Credit candidates ( and James Harper Prowse's only slightly smaller surplus was redistributed to other Liberals, Roper fell out of the top seven, where he needed to remain in order to be re-elected.

William Roper (" son Roper ," as he is referred to by Thomas More ) produced the first biography of the statesman / martyr, but his homage to his father-in-law is not remembered as well as his wife's efforts at comforting and honoring More.

Roper was the first non-royal woman to publish a book she had translated into English.

Roper was the third NASCAR driver to perish from racing related injuries in 2000, the first two being Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin, Jr., respectively.

He won his first career race at Texas Motor Speedway, ( a race that unfortunately marked the death of Tony Roper ) and having 16 top tens, finishing 9th in the points.