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The most irreconcilable of Bruce's Scottish enemies also came: Ingram de Umfraville, a former Guardian of Scotland, and his kinsman the Earl of Angus, as well as others of the MacDougalls, MacCanns and Sir John Comyn of Badenoch, the only son of the Red Comyn, who was born and raised in England and was now returning to Scotland to avenge his father's killing by Bruce at Greyfriars Kirk in Dumfries in 1306.
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With most Bolshevik leaders either supporting Bogdanov or undecided by mid-1908 when the differences became irreconcilable, Lenin concentrated on undermining Bogdanov's reputation as a philosopher.
According to the majority viewpoint for most of the 20th century, Jesus ' teaching in John is largely irreconcilable with that found in the Synoptics, and scholars consider the Synoptics to be more accurate representations of the teaching of the historical Jesus.
This apparently irreconcilable clash of views is most acute for the questions of the greatest contemporary political significance ( such as the promise of land by God to Abraham ) and theological import ( the Virgin Birth and Resurrection of Jesus ), which are also the " events " that have proved the least susceptible to extra-biblical confirmation.
Nina Reiser filed for divorce three months later, citing irreconcilable differences and saying that their children " hardly know their father " because he was out of the country on business for most of the year, according to court records, and was granted sole legal custody of the children and shared physical custody of them with her husband.
Although he was then chairman of the Institute, the most irreconcilable opponent of the removal never questioned his absolute impartiality.
While certain members of the cabinet were prepared to accept the British suggestion, the more irreconcilable elements refused to submit to what they considered as foreign intervention in Greek internal affairs, and the cabinet accordingly resigned, and was replaced by one composed exclusively of members of the Revolutionary Committee and of the republican group which formed the committee's most active supporters.
" I have come back ," he wrote to Basil Williams, " finally and immutably a convert to Home Rule ... though we both grew up steeped in the most irreconcilable sort of Unionism.
The Imperial Gazetteer of India states that throughout the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Gurjars and Ranghars ( Muslim rajpoots ) proved the " most irreconcilable enemies " of the British in the Bulandshahr area.
Regarded as one of the most irreconcilable of the Boer leaders, he took part, however, in the preliminary peace negotiations at Klerksdorp in April 1902, but was prevented by illness from signing the Treaty of Vereeniging at Pretoria on 31 May.
In 2005, Lehman resigned from the presidency, citing irreconcilable differences with the leadership of the Cornell Board of Trustees — an announcement that came as a surprise to most of the Cornell community and to outsiders.
In 2005, Percy Luzio and another co-worker left the organization for irreconcilable differences between Percy and other workers in the organization, most namely, Marina Mora who was 2nd runner up at the Miss World 2002 pageant.
Therefore, when it happened there was a great deal of speculation as to why, and of course the most prominent was that which cited the irreconcilable differences with the Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.
Among the eight theological statements which the advertisement briefly laid out were: " Nazism is not a Christian phenomenon "; " Humanly irreconcilable differences between Jews and Christians will not be settled until God redeems the entire world as promised in Scripture "; and the statement which generated the most controversy in Jewish circles, " Jews and Christians worship the same God ".
He was amnestied in 1932 and eventually showered with Soviet awards ( the 1943 Stalin Prize, the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour ) to demonstrate the ability of the Soviet state to win over even its most irreconcilable enemies.
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As a result he, along with outspoken young goaltender Glenn Hall, was promptly traded to Chicago ( which was owned by James D. Norris, Bruce's elder brother ) after his most productive year.
His wife and daughters and other women of the party were sent to Kildrummy in August 1306 under the protection of Bruce's brother Neil Bruce and the Earl of Atholl and most of his remaining men.
Bruce, with a small following of his most faithful men, including Sir James Douglas and Gilbert Hay, Bruce's brothers Thomas, Alexander and Edward, as well as Sir Neil Campbell and the Earl of Lennox fled.
By this point, Bruce's allies Alfred Pennyworth, Lucius Fox, Commissioner Gordon, Leslie Thompkins, Renee Montoya and Detective Bullock, as well as most of his rogues gallery, have died.
Though for most viewers Nigel Bruce formed their vision of Dr. Watson, Holmes purists have long objected that the Watson of the books was intelligent and capable ( although not an outstanding detective ), and that Bruce's portrayal made Watson far dimmer and more bumbling than his literary original.
Rathbone, however, spoke highly of Bruce's portrayal, saying that Watson was one of the screen's most lovable characters.
Bruce's leadership has shaped most of the firm's most recognized projects, ranging from high-rise, multi-use complexes to cultural institutions and private homes.
A few characters from the original series pop up, most notably Winston Egbert, who invested in a dot-com venture with Bruce Patman ( also a major character in this book, Bruce's personality changed dramatically when both of his parents passed away suddenly, making him a more caring, sensitive person ).
Not much is known about Chill except that he is, in most versions of Batman, a petty mugger who kills Bruce's parents Thomas and Martha while trying to take their money and jewelry ; when he demands Martha's necklace, Thomas moves to protect his wife and Chill kills him ; he then kills Martha when she screams for help ( In most versions of the story, Chill declares " This'll shut you up!
Bruce's next and most recent appearance in the renamed WWE was at the WrestleMania XXVI PPV, where he was the surprise Special Guest Referee for his brother Bret's first WWE match in 13 years, a No Holds Barred Lumberjack match against the WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
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More than 250 Scottish Rite Masons and guests gathered in their House of the Temple to pay tribute to their most prominent leader, Albert Pike, who headed the Scottish Rite from 1859 to 1891.
C. Wheeler Barnes of Denver, head of the Scottish Rite in Colorado, praised Pike as a historian, author, poet, journalist, lawyer, jurist, soldier and musician, who devoted most of his mature years to the strengthening of the Masonic Order.
Rhoticity was further supported by Hiberno-English, West Country English and Scottish English as well as the fact most regions of England at this time also had rhotic accents.
Brochs include some of the most sophisticated examples of drystone architecture ever created, and belong to the classification " complex Atlantic Roundhouse " devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s.
Burns suppers are most common in Scotland and Northern Ireland but occur wherever there are Burns Clubs, Scottish Societies, expatriate Scots, or aficionados of Burns ' poetry.
The split with Mebyon Kernow was down to the same debate that was occurring in most of the political parties campaigning for autonomy from the United Kingdom at the time ( for example the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru ), whether to be a centre-left party appealing to the electorate on a social democratic line, or whether to appeal emotionally on a centre-right cultural line.
Today, the game is most firmly established in Canada, having been taken there by Scottish emigrants.
He was one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment.
The Declaration made a number of much-debated rhetorical points: that Scotland had always been independent, indeed for longer than England ; that Edward I of England had unjustly attacked Scotland and perpetrated atrocities ; that Robert the Bruce had delivered the Scottish nation from this peril ; and, most controversially, that the independence of Scotland was the prerogative of the Scottish people, rather than the King of Scots.
But the most noticeable of his productions is A Discourse of Wit ( 1685 ), which contains some of the most characteristic metaphysical opinions of the Scottish philosophy of common sense.
The Britannica was primarily a Scottish enterprise ; it is one of the most enduring legacies of the Scottish Enlightenment.
The term " Hun " is also used by Catholics in Northern Ireland as a derogatory term to refer to Northern Irish Protestants, most of whom are descended from English and Lowland Scottish settlers, who historically spoke English and Scots respectively ; both Germanic languages.
The Declaration has also been seen as one of the most important documents in the development of a Scottish national identity.
After the Restoration, Charles ' Scottish affairs were managed by senior noblemen, the most prominent of whom was John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, his Secretary of State and High Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament.
In literature the most successful figure of the mid-nineteenth century was Walter Scott, who began as a poet and also collected and published Scottish ballads.
In the second half of the 20th century the Labour Party usually won most Scottish seats in the Westminster parliament, losing this dominance briefly to the Unionists in the 1950s.
Many major Scottish post-war novelists, such as Muriel Spark, with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( 1961 ) spent much or most of their lives outside Scotland, but often dealt with Scottish themes.
Samhain was the first and the most important of the four quarter days in the medieval Irish and Scottish calendar and, falling on the last day of autumn, it was a time for stock-taking and preparation for the cold winter months ahead.
Harkins believes the most credible theory of the term's origin is that it derives from the linkage of two older Scottish expressions, " hill-folk " and " billie " which was a synonym for " fellow ", similar to " guy " or " bloke ".
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