Avco-Embassy Pictures, the film's financial backer, preferred either Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones to play the role of Snake Plissken to Carpenter's choice of Kurt Russell, who was trying to overcome the " lightweight " screen image conveyed by his roles in several Disney comedies.

Lothair was given the choice of which partition he would inherit and he chose the eastern, including Italy, leaving the western for Charles.

Gilliam also attempted to direct a version of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, which collapsed due to disagreements over its budget and choice of lead actor.

Furthermore, the terms of Charles ' will stipulated that Anjou was to be offered the choice of the whole Spanish Empire or nothing ; if he refused, the entire inheritance was to go to Anjou's younger brother Charles, Duke of Berry or to Archduke Charles of Austria if the Duke of Berry refused.

After its selection by Charles II of England as the vessel of choice to return to Britain from Holland for his restoration, it came to be used to mean a vessel used to convey important persons.

Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana was the obvious choice, since conservatives thought highly of him, yet he managed not to offend the party's more progressive elements.

Clement had no choice but to crown Charles Holy Roman Emperor in return for his help in retaking the city.

According to Creasy, the Muslims ' best strategic choice would have been to simply decline battle, depart with their loot, garrisoning the captured towns in southern Gaul, and return when they could force Charles to a battleground more to their liking, one that maximized the huge advantage they had in their mailed and armored horsemen.

Hunold, who originally resisted acknowledging Charles as overlord, soon had little choice.

In fact, Niven had been Bond creator Ian Fleming's first choice to play Bond in Dr. No. Casino Royale co-producer Charles K. Feldman said later that Fleming had written the book with Niven in mind, and therefore had sent a copy to Niven.

" The choice of poem was based on Charles Dawes being descended from William Dawes, who rode with Paul Revere.

The year 1752 brought another major commission to Gluck, when he was asked to set Metastasio's La clemenza di Tito ( the specific libretto was the composer's choice ) for the nameday celebrations of King Charles VII of Naples ( later Charles III of Spain ).

When Charles Atkinson, one of the major landowners in the area, was offered the choice of naming the town Moline (" City of Mills ", from the French moulin, as suggested by a local surveyor P. H.

It was Charles Lindbergh's first choice for his flight across the Atlantic, but other factors ruled this out ; however, one of Bellanca's planes, piloted by Cesare Sabelli, made one of the first trans-Atlantic flights in 1934.

* Charles McRae-NFL 1st round draft choice, All-American football tackle ( attended University of Tennessee )

( Early on, it is revealed that Nick's father, Dr. Bertram Charles, has never been overly impressed with his son's unusual career choice, so this gives Nick an opportunity to change his father's mind.

Charles I had no choice but to agree to a truce, under which the Scottish army in northern England would be paid daily expenses, pending a final treaty of peace.

Essex is often looked upon as a surprise appointment to his key treasury role, but, based on his experience in Ireland and his ability to go ' toe to toe ' with Danby on financial matters, it was in fact a sensible choice for Charles, and gave him the best option for balancing his financial options as the events leading to the Popish plot and Exclusion began to unfold.

His only serious rival for the position of premier was Charles Wilson Cross, who opposed conscription and was therefore not a palatable choice for much of the Liberal establishment.

Charles felt he had no choice but to nothing for it but to accompany Hammond to Carisbrooke Castle.

With no other choice, Elaine begins a desperate campaign for re-election against Charles ( who, unsurprisingly, reveals himself to be none other than LeChuck in disguise ).

" The left-wing New Statesman magazine reported that the US administration had " concerns about Cameron among top members of the team " and quoted David Rothkopf in saying that the issue " makes Cameron an even more dubious choice to be Britain's next prime minister than he was before and, should he attain that post, someone about whom the Obama administration ought to be very cautious.

Toynbee expressed some discomfort with this embrace, adding, " I don't suppose the icebergs had much choice about being hugged by Cameron either.

Cameron stalwart Arnold Schwarzenegger was frequently linked to the project as the director's choice for Dr. Octopus.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was the original choice to play Reese while director James Cameron intended to use a thinner, more ordinary looking actor as the Terminator, his first choice being Lance Henriksen.

Somerset's Director of Cricket, Brian Rose paid tribute to White, saying " It was a difficult choice with the new ruling about only one overseas player because Cameron has also done tremendous things for us.

Eircom NI have won significant contracts thus far, the largest being the € 100m " Network NI " contract for the Northern Ireland Civil Service, with other significant contracts as operator of choice for Northern Ireland Water and Viridian.

There is a choice between four possible detection taggant chemicals which must be added to plastic explosives under the 1998 International Civil Aviation Organization's Convention on the Marking of Explosives for the Purpose of Identification.

Dixon's choice was Donald R. Smith, a Republican who was the ranking Civil Service employee in the State Treasurer's office and who had agreed not to run for reelection.

In the Civil War storyline, Tatterdemalion was among the supervillains who were apprehended and given a choice between jail or assisting the Thunderbolts.

It was an interesting choice of in-laws ( adfines ) since Brutus refused to speak to Pompeius Magnus until the Civil War, detesting him as a tyrant and the murderer of his father.

An extensive review and opinion advocating the adoption of civil marriage in Israel, written by Prof. Pinhas Shifman and published in July 2001 by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, mentions Mamzer among the categories of Israelis which Professor Shifman believes should have a right to marry a spouse of their choice and argues current Israeli law interferes with and denies that right.

Following his long exile from Spain, since the Spanish Civil War ( 1936 – 39 ), Luis Buñuel was invited back to his country of origin in 1960 by General Francisco Franco and asked to direct a movie of his choice.

The choice of the " Old Defenders " to do this was made as an open appeal to heal the wounds of the Civil War.

When Peter Sutherland was appointed the Republic of Ireland's European Commissioner, Labour demanded the choice of the next Attorney General.

Although several Māori names have been used, Maori Language Commissioner Erima Henare sees Te Ika-a-Māui as the most likely choice.

Although several Māori names have been used, Maori Language Commissioner Erima Henare sees Te Wai Pounamu as the most likely choice.

New England threatened legal action against Parcells and the Jets, but NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue brokered a deal between the two sides, with New England releasing Parcells from his contract and the Jets giving New England a third and fourth round pick that year, a second round pick the next year and a first round draft choice the year after that.

Under international law, ultimate " duty " or " responsibility " is not necessarily always to a " Government " nor to " a superior ," as seen in the fourth of the Nuremberg Principles, which states: This Nuremberg Principle of " moral choice ," " morality ," or " conscience " being the higher authority was subsequently formulated into International Law by the United Nations as we see in this quote: In 1998, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights document called “ Conscientious objection to military service, United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998 / 77 ” recognized that “ persons performing military service may develop conscientious objections ” while performing military service.

This involved the establishment of the position of the Essential Services Commissioner, which created a regulatory body that could deal with individual complaints, and the introduction of choice in dealing with retail electricity companies.

Johnson served on the NFL Commissioner search committee in which a list of 185 candidates to succeed Paul Tagliabue was narrowed down to the final choice of Roger Goodell.

Although several Māori names have been used, Maori Language Commissioner Erima Henare sees Te Wai Pounamu as the most likely choice.

Recent speakers at Pioneer's major events have included: former Washington, D. C. Mayor Anthony Williams, national school choice advocate Kevin Chavous, Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance Director Paul Peterson, education policy expert Jay Greene, presidential historian and Clinton speechwriter Jeff Shesol, former Massachusetts Education Commissioner David Driscoll, Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist, former Louisiana Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek, Hoover Institution Fellow Bill Evers, former US Education Dept.

Fall ’ s choice for Commissioner of Indian Affairs was Charles H. Burke, former congressman from South Dakota and author of the Burke Act which chilled Native American citizenship hopes and emasculated the trust features of allotment in severalty by making access to restricted allotments a matter of administrative discretion.