-- The Gov. Jimmie H. Davis administration appears to face a difficult year in 1961, with the governor's theme of peace and harmony subjected to severe stresses.

But if all alternatives should be clearly blocked off, it can be expected the Davis administration will take steps to trim spending at the spring session of the state Legislature.

Church official Philip G. Davis noted that the administration and Colonnade buildings had not been fully used for many years and that vacancy increased after staff reductions in 2004.

Santa Cruz History of Consciousness professor Angela Davis and Princeton sociologist Bruce Western have claimed that the high rate ( compared to Europe ) of incarceration in the U. S. – specifically 1 in 37 American adults is in the prison system – heavily promoted by the Clinton administration, is the neoliberal U. S. policy tool for keeping unemployment statistics low, while stimulating economic growth through the maintenance of a contemporary slave population and the promotion of prison construction and " militarized policing.

Under the Davis administration, California began recognizing students for outstanding academic achievement in math and sciences on the new Golden State Exam.

Under the Davis administration, California and Baja California signed a " Memorandum of Understanding " expanding cooperation in several policy areas.

Under the Davis administration, California purchased for urban parks.

During the electricity crisis, the Davis administration implemented a power conservation program that included television ads and financial incentives to reduce energy consumption.

During the economic boom years of the Davis administration, the California budget expanded to cover Davis ' new programs.

Under the Davis administration, taxes were cut by over $ 5. 1 billion that included a $ 3. 5 billion cut in sales tax and a reduction in the vehicle licensing fees.

Davis ' tendency to micromanage his administration made it difficult for people to present opposing views and even drove some out of service.

Many of Davis ' opponents were furious over the signings of these measures so late in his administration.

Davis mentioned what he defined as the accomplishments of his administration such as improvements in education, environmental protection and health insurance for children.

Lynn A. Davis, the temporary head of the Arkansas state police during the Winthrop Rockefeller administration, cleared Hot Springs of illegal gambling in 1967.

* Neil Thomas ( 1892 – 1963 ), sheriff of Jackson Parish from 1928 – 1948 ; state parole director under the second Jimmie Davis administration, originally a barber in Jonesboro ; father-in-law of Bob Reese

Toombs was the only member of the Davis administration to voice reservations about the attack on Fort Sumter.

The administration of President Franklin Pierce, strongly influenced by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, saw an opportunity to acquire land for the railroad, as well as to acquire significant other territory from northern Mexico.

Following the formation of the Confederate States of America in 1861, he was appointed by President Jefferson Davis to three different Cabinet posts in his administration.

On June 20, 2003 the Davis administration reinstituted the full vehicle license fee, and to date the action has withstood legal challenge.

In 1862, Stephens first publicly expressed his opposition to the Davis administration.

When Wittpenn's administration began facing troubles, including Fagan's discovery of a Pennsylvania Railroad property that had paid no taxes for four years, Wittpenn blamed Davis.

When the Confederate States of America was formed, he was named Secretary of the Navy in the administration of President Jefferson Davis.

They were at least partially balanced by Representative Henry S. Foote, a persistent critic of secession and everything that the entire Davis administration had done.

The strip originally centered on Jon, being rejected by the King Features, Post-Hall and the Chicago Tribune-New York News agencies, all which asked Davis to focus on the cat, who in their opinion, got the better lines.

They chose to juxtapose Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address with that of Confederate president Jefferson Davis ; they debated removing Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and labor-leader César Chávez and rejected calls to include more Hispanic figures, in spite of the high Hispanic population in the state.

Warner offered her services to Selznick as part of a deal that also included Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, but Selznick did not consider Davis as suitable, and rejected the offer, while Davis did not want Flynn cast as Rhett Butler.

In Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, a state court rejected the suit, agreeing with defense attorney T. Justin Moore that Virginia was vigorously equalizing black and white schools.

He should have been concerned about his age, for he was rejected despite the fact that his scores were well above the scores of an average admittee at University of California Davis medical school.

Allan Bakke applied to University of California, Davis School of Medicine in 1973 and 1974, but was rejected in both years, although " special applicants " were admitted with significantly lower academic scores than Bakke's.

The show assumed the previously rejected Extended Play moniker in 2001 after ZDTV changed to TechTV and the partnership with Ziff Davis ' GameSpot ended.

Both Davis and his military advisor, Robert E. Lee, rejected these plans as being impractical.

Davis never rejected Bradley ’ s endorsement during the campaign and after winning the primary claimed that Bradley ’ s endorsement played no role in the outcome, though Bradley asserted the contrary.

Geary County, Kansas, was renamed in honor of John W. Geary in 1889 ( previously named Davis County for Jefferson Davis, it was renamed at the insistence of its citizens ; in 1893, the county electorate rejected an attempt to restore the Davis County name ), as is Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, a major artery in that city, Geary Avenue on the field at Gettysburg, Geary Street in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania ( where Geary owned a home ), Geary Street in Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, and Geary Hall, an undergraduate dorm building in East Halls at Pennsylvania State University.

Rosewall, during the Challenge Round of the Davis Cup, tried to convince his partner Hoad to do the same, but he rejected the proposition.

In 1984 the government of Premier William Davis extended full funding to include the last three ( Grades 11 – 13 ( OAC )) years of Roman Catholic secondary schools after having rejected that proposal fifteen years earlier.

The members rejected his idea, but Davis was persistent.

After consulting with Elmer Davis, the director of the Office of War Information, Roosevelt rejected Earle's conclusion, saying that he was convinced of the responsibility of Nazi Germany, and ordered Earle's report suppressed.

Resentful that his former West Point roommate was giving him orders, he submitted a letter of resignation to President Davis on November 6, but Davis rejected the request.

A draft penned by James DeMonaco and Kevin Fox was rejected by producer John Davis, who hoped to give the film an original approach by setting it on Earth.

Consultation with New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis resulted in a composite design that merged some key features of the three winning entries, but it was rejected as being too expensive.

these include TEN SECOND FILM ( 1965 ), an advertisement for the New York Film Festival which the Festival rejected as being " too fast ," BREAKAWAY ( 1966 ), featuring music sung by and danced to by Toni Basil ), THE WHITE ROSE ( 1967 ), documenting the removal of fellow artist Jay DeFeo's magnum opus from her San Francisco apartment, with Miles Davis ' " Sketches of Spain " as the soundtrack ), and LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS ( 1967 ), a three minute color wild ride with music by the Beatles.

Hunt's apology to Davis was initially rejected, and only accepted later in the week after a face-to-face meeting.

Though character designs by Marc Davis survive, Walt Disney personally rejected the pitch, and the film was never put into production or animation tests.