In 1945, probably almost every American not only knew who Sam Spade was, but had some kind of emotional feeling about him.

Sam Rayburn was a good man, a good American, and, third, a good Democrat.

Sam Rayburn took unnumbered secrets with him to the grave, for he was never loquacious, and his word, once given, was not subject to retraction.

Mr. Truman has only to recall the `` hopeless '' campaign of 1948 to remember what a loyal partisan he was and the first experience of Mr. Kennedy with Congress would have been sadder than it was had not Mr. Sam been there.

Under any name -- Mr. Speaker, Mr. Democrat, Mr. Sam -- he was a good man.

`` Uncle Sam '' was, indeed, a rich uncle to Prokofieff, in those opulent, post-war victory years of peace and prosperity, bold speculations and extravaganzas, enjoyment and pleasure: `` The Golden Twenties ''.

The charge that the federal indictment of three Chicago narcotics detail detectives `` is the product of rumor, combined with malice, and individual enmity '' on the part of the federal narcotics unit here was made yesterday in their conspiracy trial before Judge Joseph Sam Perry in federal District court.

) But Speaker Sam Rayburn, after huddling in Palm Beach with President-elect Kennedy, decided that this year something had to be done about the Rules Committee -- and that he was the only man who could do anything effective.

He'd have to think, but the main thing, the imperative necessity, was to leave before Sam Bentley was up and about, and before Millie detained him with sympathy.

One month later, Johnston was promoted to major and the position of aide-de-camp to General Sam Houston.

" When the final payment on the farm was owed, Sam May refused to cover his brother-in-law's debts, as he often did, possibly at Abby May's suggestion.

The Ark was taken by the Philistines ( 1 Sam.

The people of Ashdod were smitten with hemorrhoids ; a plague of rats was sent over the land ( 1 Sam.

The affliction of boils was also visited upon the people of Gath and of Ekron, whither the Ark was successively removed ( 1 Sam.

The Ark was set in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and the Beth-shemites offered sacrifices and burnt offerings ( 1 Sam.

David's plan of building a temple for the Ark was stopped at the advice of God ( 2 Sam.

The Ark was with the army during the siege of Rabbah ( 2 Sam.

11: 11 ); and when David fled from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's conspiracy, the Ark was carried along with him until he ordered Zadok the priest to return it to Jerusalem ( 2 Sam.

* Uncle Sam ( initials U. S .) is a common national personification of the American government that according to legend came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson a meat packer in New York, who supplied rations for the soldiers.

He was of great service to David, especially at the time of the rebellion of Absalom ( 2 Sam.

When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he escaped, and bearing with him the ephod, he joined David, who was then in the cave of Adullam ( 1 Sam.

He is fired by the network in the first episode of series 2, although he is never shown on screen in that episode ; the real reason for this is that Lawrence died of lung cancer between the filming of series 1 and series 2, forcing the writers to create a new executive producer character, Sam ( see below ).

In the episode's epilogue, Sam is shown to have returned to Beth, appearing to her as himself, assuring her that Al is safe and will return to her ; this results in Al and Beth remaining happily married in the future, while Sam never returns to the future.

Democratic cartoon from 1833 showing Jackson destroying the bank, to the approval of the Uncle Sam like figure to the right, and annoyance of the bank's president, shown as the Devil himself

Harsh as it seems the command to blot out Amalek's memory, its justification was seen in the leniency shown by King Saul, the son of Kish, to Agag, the king of the Amalekites ( I Sam.

Bugs runs into a room, Sam and the dragon follow, then Bugs sneaks out and locks the door to what is now shown as the explosives room.

* On CBS, the part where Yosemite Sam climbs the rope and gets hit by Bugs ' croquet mallet ( the scene shown at the top of this page ) and his subsequent sliding up and down the rope was cut.

A running gag throughout the series are the numerous jokes made about the enormous size of Norm's tab at Cheers ( e. g., several large binders are shown as being just a portion of it – in the episode Home Malone ( season 9, episode 25 ), when Woody's rich, naive girlfriend Kelly waitresses at Cheers to gain " real-life experience ", Norm convinces her that the tab is a record of the beers for which he has already paid, and for each new beer a mark should be erased – and in the finale Sam has to have his total tab for the series calculated by NASA ).

Currently in his late forties / early fifties ( Sam Vimes noted in Feet of Clay that the Patrician was about the same age as him, and it is shown in Night Watch that he was a student Assassin at the time of the main events of the book, when Vimes was 16 ), Lord Vetinari is tall, thin and dresses all in dusty black, including a black skullcap.

Sam is then shown on Utopia talking with Cyclops having lost his confidence in his leading.

Sam is then shown tied up surrounded by dynamite, while Dani is being tortured in s room close by.

His secretary, Sam, was shown only from the waist down to display her beautiful legs.

However, at the end of the issue, Sam is shown conscious, alert, and speaking clearly to Iceman.

After the events of New Krypton lead to Kryptonians being banned from Earth, it is shown that the General Sam Lane is keeping tabs on Icon.

She appears alongside her brother Sam Guthrie ( Cannonball ) in the X-Men episode Hidden Agenda, though she is shown without her powers.

However, he follows an " ends justifies the means " policy in his mission, and in Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters # 1 is shown cold-bloodedly killing a drug dealer in front of the man's young son at the boy's birthday party ( he had infiltrated the drug dealer's home disguised as one of his own action figures ).

Meanwhile, Sam battles with his sexuality, shown mostly through his relationship with the radio voice of The Escapist, Tracy Bacon.

* In the episode " TV Or Not TV " of the 1960s cartoon series The Jetsons, a segment was shown with a character named " Soapy Sam " who hit George Jetson in the face with a pie.

While tension clearly exists between them, Josh often comes to Hoynes ' defense ( though he also gives tacit support to an abortive plan to cut Hoynes from the 2002 ticket in favor of Admiral Fitzwallace, and it's shown that Hoynes ' top defender amongst the senior staffers is Sam, which is possibly due to Sam's staunch idealism and strict loyalty to those around him ).

Only a fleeting line by actor Sam Neill alludes to an America without communications, but the loss of technology is effectively presented: no radios are heard playing, television is shown only in the Soviet leaders ' offices, one scene in a church is lit completely by candlelight, and a woman is seen using an old sewing machine operated by foot pedal.

* The part where Bugs places a whip in Yosemite Sam's hands and begs him not to beat him, then comes in as Abraham Lincoln and accuses Sam of whipping slaves was previously used as the end gag in the 1949 Daffy / Elmer cartoon Wise Quackers, which, much like Southern Fried Rabbit, has rarely been shown on American TV uncut due to its references to black slavery.

He often uses Sam and puts him under pressure to make him crack, this is shown in the pilot episode when the boys refuse to clean until their dad re-hires a maid.

Sam Taylor-Wood's early installation pieces are good examples where specially filmed elements are shown as a series of serial projections.

Mayor Lincoln and Ahearn are now close friends ; Dori and Sam are shown teaching Danny how to rock-climb ; and Diane is a prima ballerina and married to Nikolai.