A significant clue to its nature is provided by an account of the Stone's recovery in 951 AD after it had been stolen 21 years earlier ; according to a chronicler, the Stone was identified by its ability to float in water.

Large portions of Victor Stone's body have been replaced by advanced mechanical parts ( hence the name Cyborg ), granting him superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and leaping ability.

The student will speak into a microphone and speech recognition software will correct mispronounced words, according to Reilly Brennan, Rosetta Stone's Director of Public Relations.

Those opposed to Stone's public appearances tore down posters announcing her engagements and burned cayenne pepper or threw finely ground pepper around the lecture hall to try to drive out listeners.

Sly recruited the teenagers directly out of high school to become Little Sister, Sly and the Family Stone's background vocalists.

* In Robert Stone's novel Children of Light, a troubled actress refers to a suicide-by-drowning scene she has just acted out as " Lupe Velez takes a dunk.

Allmusic described the album as " bland ", while Rolling Stone's David Wild gave it four out of five stars, stating, " Pilgrim is the work of someone who has learned in the hardest way imaginable that although he cannot change the world, he might be able to change himself.

Stone's exposé of the FBI for The Nation during the war caused a sensation and deeply embarrassed J. Edgar Hoover, when Stone revealed the bigotry of the questions the FBI asked to ferret out subversives from the civil service: " Does he mix with Negroes?

As she tried out in an audition to be accepted into the Royal Dance Academy in London, one of the best dance schools in the world, she met Lt. Stone's stuck-up niece Jenny, who was also a dancer, and auditioned for the spot.

The surviving Doors members were all to one degree or another unhappy with the final product, and were said to have heavily criticized Stone's portrayal of Morrison as an " out of control sociopath ".

It was in this context that Sly and the Family Stone's trumpet player Cynthia Robinson yelled out in the hit " Dance to the Music ": " All the squares go home!

Chase Philbrick and approximately 20 men to carry out Stone's order.

While the messenger was going back to Col. Devens with this new information, Colonel and U. S. Senator Edward Dickinson Baker showed up at Stone's camp to find out about the morning's events.

" Devens carried out Stone's orders and made the difficult crossing on three small 10-man boats, taking him four hours to accomplish.

Following the conviction of Levi Bellfield for two murders of young women ( both in blunt instrument attacks ) and the attempted murder of a third ( with the use of a vehicle ) in February 2008, a website campaigning in favour of Michael Stone's innocence named Bellfield as a suspect for the Russell case, pointing out that Josie's description of the man fitted that of Bellfield and was quite different to the appearance of Michael Stone.

Mary Bridget walked out on the marriage soon after Stone's birth and Cyril Alfred enlisted in the Merchant Navy, leaving the infant Michael in the care of John Gregg and his wife Margaret ( Cyril's sister ) who lived in Ballyhalbert.

In 1966 they recorded the album " I love The Lord " for the Gopsel label and a 45 for the Music City label called " He's Alright " When Vaetta's older brother Sylvester aka Sly Stone formed Sly and the Family Stone with their brother Freddie, and friends Larry Graham, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, and Greg Errico, The Heavenly Tones were recruited directly out of high school to become Little Sister, Sly & the Family Stone's background vocalists for their recording.

The truth about Stone's sexuality then comes out after Curtis accidentally lets it slip to journalist Paul Hankin.

Willis was slated to play U. S. Army general William R. Peers in director Oliver Stone's Pinkville, a drama about the investigation of the 1968 My Lai Massacre.

This leads Kyle to give a short speech about the ethics of censorship, which reiterates Parker and Stone's sentiments of " Either it's all okay, or none of it is " in regards to whether or not any subject should remain off-limits to satire.

Regardless, the band continued the tour and played about 25 more Lollapalooza shows, frequently playing a cover of Sly and the Family Stone's Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey as a duet with Ice-T and Body Count as part of the set.

One of the better known analyses of the 1920 election is in author Irving Stone's book about defeated Presidential candidates, They Also Ran.

" Stone's friends often felt differently about the issue ; " Nettee " Brown wrote to Stone in 1853 that she was not ready to accept the idea, even if both parties wanted divorce.

Later stories about Stone's feminine tax resistance involved tales of a much grander auction that included sentimental items such as a baby cradle and carriage, and even the whole house.

This was Stone's second of three films about the American presidency, made four years after JFK about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and followed thirteen years later by W., the story of George W. Bush.

Stone ( 1907 – 1989 ), known for his writings about McCarthyism and Vietnam War in The Nation and in his own newsletter I. F. Stone's Weekly.

Shortly after Stone's death, in a memorial ceremony held June 30, 2003, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, it was observed that the two most famous ships of all time were Noah's Ark and the Titanic, and that Stone had written Broadway musicals about both of them ( Noah's Ark being the topic of Two by Two ).

In Singer's opinion, the special — which Stone also wrote and directed — demonstrated Stone's " soul ", and Sonia Manzano called it a good example of what Sesame Street was all about.

The Stone's exposed face measures about by.

A 1960s-1970s Las Vegas boutique named for the character is mentioned in the film Casino when Jennifer Santoro tells Sharon Stone's character Ginger about an article of clothing in the shop.

Stone's fourth studio album was written and recorded in about a week in Devon in early 2008.

Some Senators raised questions about Stone's connection to Wall Street making him a tool of corporate interests.

* In a first season episode of Night Court, Dan Fielding remarks that Judge Stone's age is one of the things he never wonders about, " like is Pinky Lee still alive?

However, many of the 20th Massachusetts were abolitionists, disagreed with Stone's insistence on returning runaways back into slavery, and wrote both their families and their representatives about the incident.

Stone's division numbered about 10, 000 men and was posted around Poolesville, Maryland, about eight miles from Leesburg, with portions of his command at points along the Potomac shore.

Before the end of October 1861, Stone's official report about Ball's Bluff had been leaked to the New York Tribune newspaper, and in it Stone praised Baker's bravery but made clear his shortcomings as a field commander.

He also produced the soundtrack to Oliver Stone's film The Doors, about the group and appeared in a small role in the film.

When she returns to Stone's penthouse, he accuses her of talking to Bannion about his activities and throws boiling coffee in her face.

One of the silversmiths in Arthur Stone's shop was George Porter Blanchard, father of silversmith Porter Blanchard.

In 2012, the album was ranked # 385 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, while Newsweek magazine pronounced it the second best album of its decade.

He announced that, contrary to the expectations of some of his colleagues, he was not going to teach the Theory of Aggregates, nor Stone's Embedding Theorem, nor even the Stone – Čech compactification theorem.

He had a small part in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, playing a ranting inmate during a prison riot ; his part was eventually cut, but can be seen on the Special Edition DVD.

" Ironically, it was the same year that Oliver Stone's movie Wall Street appeared.

Stone's idea ( 1896 ) was to use a bimetallic iron-copper cable which he had patented.

Campbell was tasked with continuing the investigation into Stone's bimetallic cable, but soon abandoned this in favour of the loading coils idea.

Among other accolades, it was ranked number 16 in Q Magazine's " The 50 Best British Albums Ever " in 2004, and number 11 in Rolling Stone's " The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time " as featured in their Mexican edition in 2004.

The Southern phase of the Awakening " was an important matrix of Barton Stone's reform movement " and shaped the evangelistic techniques used by both Stone and the Campbells.

The " tempestuous relationship with a wife who rejects the very values he holds most dear " was the basis of Irving Stone's biographical novel Adversary in the House.

Conversely, the band's transition from lengthy, complex songs to more compact, simplistic, radio-friendly material was not welcomed by critics ; Rolling Stone's review of ... And Then There Were Three ... read: "... this contemptible opus is but the palest shadow of the group's earlier accomplishments.

He was also cast in the title role in Oliver Stone's film Travis McGee, in which he is expected to play a salvage consultant who helps his clients to recover lost property, and is attached to star as a father who kidnaps and tortures the man who kidnapped his daughter in the thriller Prisoners.

When the time came for an architect to be selected for the new Museum of Modern Art, Stone's name was put forth by Harrison, and in turn by Rockefeller, over the objections of Alfred Barr, Jr., the Museum's director.

Stone's career enjoyed a dramatic turn when he was awarded the commissions for the United States Embassy in New Delhi, India and the United States Pavilion for the 1958 International Exposition in Brussels, Belgium.

His first movie appearance was in Chappaqua in 1966, which was followed by several films including Christopher Speeth's and Werner Liepolt's Malatesta's Carnival of Blood, Crazy Joe, Oliver Stone's first film, Seizure, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, and The Forbidden Zone.

In reviewing the film's sequel twenty-three years later, Variety noted that though the original film was " Intended as a cautionary tale on the pitfalls of unchecked ambition and greed, Stone's 1987 original instead had the effect of turning Douglas ' hugely charismatic ( and Oscar-winning ) villain into a household name and boardroom icon -- an inspiration to the very power players and Wall Street wannabes for whom he set such a terrible example.

The Stone's decipherment was a very important development of Egyptology.

He was ranked # 97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.

Bakshi was subsequently contacted by HBO, which was looking to launch the first animated series specifically for adults, an interest stirred by discussions involving a series based upon Trey Parker and Matt Stone's video Christmas card, Jesus vs. Santa.

Stone's career was interrupted by World War I.

Gaye, who composed a three-octave vocal range, was subsequently ranked at number 6 on Rolling Stone's list of the Greatest Singers of All Time in 2008.

Stone's first solo speech was given at the invitation of the local anti-slavery society in celebration of the anniversary of West Indian emancipation.