She originally wanted to study sociology or economics, but was prevailed upon by her father to study medicine instead.

" She prevailed on us to attend the meetings Methodist revival being preached by George Lane, and almost the whole family became interested in the matter and seekers after truth.

She is said to have married for a fourth and final time to John de Dunbar, who died before 1371, but Boardman shows that this was not the case, but that rather she was prevailed upon by King David II to grant him the Lordship of Fife.

She had some difficulty in winning pre-selection, at one point seeking the advice of soon-to-be Chief Minister Shane Stone, but eventually prevailed.

She prevailed, however, and Elferink was given MacDonnell as consolation.

She stood quite still, trying to focus upon a direction in which to turn, a path to follow, a clue to guide her.

She has rarely been photographed with him and, except for Carl's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration in Chicago in 1953, she has not attended the dozens of banquets, functions, public appearances, and dinners honoring him -- all of this upon her insistence.

She designed and supervised the building of the Harbert, Michigan, house, most of which was constructed by one local carpenter who carried the heavy beams singly upon his shoulder.

She had done it last year, and the year before, and the year before that, and she, and her people were dependent upon these cans for food.

She it was who had looked to see if I was wearing shoes upon learning that I couldn't drive.

She kissed him passionately upon his reappearance.

She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a " locomotive of women's history " and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France.

She did write for a few television shows under her married name, but upon marrying Thomas Reggie ( who was not a writer ) in 1963, she ceased writing entirely.

She threatens to kill him if he does not join, but he rides off and dies of the disease she sent upon him, and his young bride dies of a broken heart.

She believed that it was this inferior education that turned them into foolish people, but women " could easily be concentrated and solidified upon objects of great significance " if given the chance.

She wrote of the Americans, " The boy learns to make advances and rely upon the girl to repulse them whenever they are inappropriate to the state of feeling between the pair ", as contrasted to the British, where " the girl is reared to depend upon a slight barrier of chilliness ... which the boys learn to respect, and for the rest to rely upon the men to approach or advance, as warranted by the situation.

She did not lack company, however, as she passed the time with her mother and sister, Beatrice ; and upon meeting Elisabetta Gonzaga, her 18-year-old sister-in-law, the two women became close friends.

America sees the absurdities -- she sees the kingdoms of Europe, disturbed by wrangling sectaries, or their commerce, population and improvements of every kind cramped and retarded, because the human mind like the body is fettered ' and bound fast by the chords of policy and superstition ': She laughs at their folly and shuns their errors: She founds her empire upon the idea of universal toleration: She admits all religions into her bosom ; She secures the sacred rights of every individual ; and ( astonishing absurdity to Europeans!

She then formed the World Women's Wrestling Association in the early 1950s and recognized herself as the first champion, although the championship would be vacated upon her retirement in 1956.

She had to back out of the role of Abby McDeere in The Firm ( 1993 ), with Tom Cruise, upon discovering that she was pregnant with her second child ( son Hopper Penn ).

She also stated she never asked for non-public records and that upon the request of the college showed her California Driver ’ s License bearing her full name and address.

She happens upon the monk Rustico, and he deflowers her under the pretense of teaching her how to better please God.

She believed that comedy was more difficult to play than drama because it required more precise timing and said that more emphasis should be placed upon comedy as part of an actor's training.

She wrote to a friend, Charlotte Murchison, in November that year: " Perhaps you will laugh when I say that the death of my old faithful dog has quite upset me, the cliff that fell upon him and killed him in a moment before my eyes, and close to my feet ... it was but a moment between me and the same fate.

She rides upon a horse called Hofvarpner, that runs through the air and over the sea.

She gave him the phone number of her neighbour Olga Volkova who resided below.

She stirs up even the shiftless to toil ; for a man grows eager to work when he considers his neighbour, a rich man who hastens to plough and plant and put his house in good order ; and neighbour vies with his neighbour as he hurries after wealth.

" She has scored orchestrations for dozens of pop releases over the years, and both scored and produced the album Voice for her neighbour Alison Moyet.

She signed her first contract with long-time friend and neighbour, Terry McCann, but this contract was never honoured, because it was signed when she was under-age, and her father subsequently signed her with Brian Epstein.

She has also invited her neighbour Susan ( Sue ), divorced for three years, whose fifteen-year-old daughter Abigail is holding a party back in their house.

She uses this fact to manipulate new neighbour Cathy Cole ( Rebecca Front ), a wheelchair user with multiple sclerosis whose husband Don ( Angus Deayton ), a womanising doctor, Jill has become obsessed with.

She pretends that items such as statues, cups, and sofas are particularly expensive, so as to show off to the neighbours, a pretence that causes problems with her nervous neighbour, Elizabeth, who is constantly fearful of breaking her collectible china cups.

She and her husband had moved to Poolesville, Maryland, in 1970, where was studying to become a stockbroker, when a neighbour abandoned some kittens, and Newkirk decided to take them to an animal shelter.

She has also appeared in Nickelodeon's children's TV comedy Genie in the House as the Norton's nosey neighbour Peggy.

She is best friends with neighbour Rosnah.

She has left with a neighbour, Dr. Ray Ernest, taking a sizeable quantity of cash and securities.

" She reportedly told another neighbour, " Jack the Ripper is taking a rest.

She appeared in A Kind of Loving in 1962 as Thora Hird's neighbour, as well as The Dresser in 1983, Camille in 1984, Little Dorrit in 1988 and Mary Reilly in 1996.

She becomes pregnant with a neighbour in series one, marries and divorces him in series two and has an affair with a teacher in her sixth form in series three.

She is best known for starring in the BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989 – 1998, in which she played Dorien Green, the Jewish next-door neighbour of the main characters Sharon and Tracy.

She referred to socialism as " the simple idea that if someone helps their neighbour, their neighbour will help them ".

She defends Ahmed Sékou Touré, the former president of neighbour country Guinea, saying his bad reputation as a dictator and his attempts at exterminating the Fulas from the Fouta Djalon in Guinea is due to propaganda and mis-information.

She specialised in portraits of the many celebrities who visited her neighbour Lord Tennyson at Farringford.

She was up against neighbour Len Fairclough, who during a debate accused Annie of being a mouthpiece for snotty women.