This, however, does not take into account former Premiership mainstays which currently are in The Football League, such as Wimbledon ( who became Milton Keynes Dons in 2004 on their relocation from South London to Milton Keynes ), Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry City and Leeds United, who were founding members of the Premiership and stayed there for between nine and 12 years before going down, and have yet to return.

Bicycles and horse buggies were the two mainstays of private transportation just prior to the automobile, and the grading of smooth roads in the late 19th century was stimulated by the widespread advertising, production, and use of these devices.

Whaling and seal hunting were once traditional mainstays of Greenland's economy.

While his mainstays were the Arbiter Fuzz Face and a Vox wah-wah pedal, Hendrix experimented with guitar effects as well.

Tourism, petroleum transshipment, and offshore finance were the mainstays of the Netherlands Antillean economy, which was closely tied to the outside world.

Today's staples — sweet potatoes and pigs — were later arrivals, but shellfish and fish have long been mainstays of coastal dwellers ' diets.

The mainstays of the passenger pigeon's diet were beechnuts, acorns, chestnuts, seeds, and berries found in the forests.

Skyhooks were an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in March 1973 by mainstays Greg Macainsh on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Imants " Freddie " Strauks on drums.

Other mainstays of the organizing committee were Judy Miller, Jack Waluska, Steve Gerrie and Brenda Howard of GLF.

Other mainstays of the staff of the City News Bureau were Arnold Dornfeld, Paul Zimbrakos and Bernard Judge.

Livestock and farming were the mainstays of Emery County's economy for much of its history.

Logging and tourism were the economic mainstays of Weaverville for many years.

The former mainstays of Florence's economy were logging, commercial fishing, and agriculture, but today tourism is increasingly significant to generate revenue.

The Jordans were featured on several Alan Freed stage shows and were mainstays on all the important East Coast TV programs, especially in the Tri-State area. Their biggest hit, in 1966, was " Gimme Some Lovin.

Until recently, logging and Weyerhaeuser's milling operations were the mainstays of the local economy.

Rankin House, former home of Miramichi lumber baron Alexander Rankin at Douglastown ( IR Walker 1983 ) Although subsistence farming constituted one part of the new settlement's economy, the thin, acid soils of the Miramichi were not conducive to agriculture ; thus, the lumber industry and Atlantic salmon fishery were the mainstays.

They became mainstays of film courses in the English-speaking world, but were never updated or revised.

The local Raglan economy was supported initially by flax and timber exports, these were followed by farming and dairy which are still the mainstays of the area.

Two aircraft, the B-17 Flying Fortress, and the B-24 Liberator, were the mainstays of this command.

Yardley was again the captain and the other mainstays were Hutton, Lowson, Lester, Halliday, Wilson, Watson, Sutcliffe, Brennan, Wardle, Leadbeater and the fast-medium bowler Bill Holdsworth who was effectively Trueman's stand-in.

Otherwise, the mainstays were as before: Yardley, Hutton, Lowson, Lester, Halliday, Watson, Wilson, Sutcliffe, Brennan and Wardle.

Many of these wrestlers were regular mainstays of the Grand Olympic Auditorium wrestling promotion in Los Angeles, who would compete in Dallas regularly, as did Fritz and several Texas-based wrestlers doing the same for Gene and Mike LeBell's promotion in L. A.

" He later appeared in the persona of a Vegas-style " impressionist " who would pay great praise to showbiz mainstays such as talk show host Mike Douglas and singers Tony Orlando and Dawn — and then speculate how they'd react if steel needles were plunged into their eyes.

Much of the Alpine culture is unchanged since the medieval period when skills that guaranteed survival in the mountain valleys and in the highest villages became mainstays, leading to strong traditions of carpentry, woodcarving, baking and pastry-making, and cheesemaking.

Farming and forestry continue to be mainstays of Alpine culture, industries that provide for export to the cities and maintain the mountain ecology.

Eventually, the Indians traded Barker to the Atlanta Braves for Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby, who would become mainstays of the team for the remainder of the decade.

Nucleic acid amplification tests ( NAAT ), such as polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ), transcription mediated amplification ( TMA ), and the DNA strand displacement amplification ( SDA ) now are the mainstays.

It included later mainstays such as " Frog and toad — the main road " and " Apples and pears — stairs " as well as many that later grew more obscure, e. g. " Battle of the Nile — a tile ( vulgar term for a hat )", " Duke of York — take a walk ", and " Top of Rome — home ".

Comedy is now one of the mainstays of the Fringe, with numerous notable comedians getting their ' break ' here, often through receipt of the Edinburgh Comedy Award.

The law and its corollaries would not apply to discussions covering known mainstays of Nazi Germany such as genocide, eugenics or racial superiority, nor, more debatably, to a discussion of other totalitarian regimes or ideologies, if that was the explicit topic of conversation, since a Nazi comparison in those circumstances may be appropriate, in effect committing the fallacist's fallacy.

Apparel exports and gambling-related tourism are mainstays of the economy.

Foot was one of the mainstays of the " no " campaign in the 1975 referendum on British membership of the European Economic Community.

The repertoire included many bebop mainstays, standards from the Great American Songbook and the pre-bop era, and some traditional tunes.

Many of the magazine's mainstays began retiring or dying in the 1980s.

In recent years Anguilla has become an up-market tourist destination, and tourism is one of the mainstays of the economy.

The concepts of civil liberties and pluralism introduced in the province became mainstays of American political and social life.

* Looney Tunes included the cartoon character Marvin the Martian ( 1948 ), a comic foil to Warner Bros. mainstays Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in several animated shorts.

Intensive Care is one of the mainstays of respiratory therapy.

Opened in 2002, the Ohio Glass Museum is located in historic downtown Lancaster and dedicated to recording the history of the glass industry, which for over 100 years has been one of the mainstays of the economy of Fairfield County.

He has also been featured on several of Paisley's albums in bonus comedy tracks along with other Opry mainstays such as George Jones and Bill Anderson.

She has also become a regular presence on network television, guest starring in such television mainstays as " Touched by an Angel ", " King of the Hill ", " NYPD Blue ", " JAG ", " Batman ", " Criminal Minds ", and " The Event ".