Appearing with the term, and helping spread and sustain its popularity, was a political cartoon depicting a strange animal with claws, wings and a dragon-type head satirizing the map of the odd shaped district.

Appearing with the term, and helping to spread and sustain its popularity, was a political cartoon depicting a strange animal with claws, wings and a dragon-like head satirising the map of the odd-shaped district.

The popularity of Elizabeth was extremely high, but her Privy Council, her Parliament and her subjects thought that the unmarried queen should take a husband ; it was generally accepted that, once a queen regnant was married, the husband would relieve the woman of the burdens of head of state.

Taft's popularity among Progressives officially collapsed when he supported the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act in 1909 abandoned Roosevelt's anti-trust policy and fired popular conservationist Gifford Pinchot as head of the Bureau of Forestry in 1910.

The restaurant rebounded in popularity in the mid-1990s, after a highly successful marketing campaign that featured the fictitious Jack in the Box CEO " Jack " character ( voiced by the campaign's creator, Santa Monica advertising executive Dick Sittig ), who has a ping pong ball-like head and is dressed in a business suit.

The justness of Sir Harry Smith's measures and his popularity among the Boers gained for his policy considerable support, but the republican party, at whose head was Andries Pretorius, did not submit without a struggle.

Hearing of a political and military crisis in France, he returned, leaving his army behind, and used his popularity and army support to mount a coup that made him First Consul, the head of the French government.

The chief circumstance to which Acacius owed this sudden wave of popularity was the adroitness with which he succeeded in putting himself at the head of the particular movement of which Daniel the Stylite was both the coryphaeus and the true inspirer.

A visit to New York in 1934 with Noble resulted in more success, and their recordings first achieved popularity in the USA ; he appeared at the head of an orchestra hand-picked for him and Noble by Glenn Miller ( the band included Claude Thornhill, Charlie Spivak, and Bud Freeman, among others ).

Bern then began urging close friend Irving Thalberg, production head of MGM, to sign Harlow, noting Harlow's pre-existing popularity and established image.

Golfers tend to prefer the visor form of cap which does not cover the head but keeps the sun out of their eyes ; women also traditionally have worn visors casually but a trend towards certain youth subcultures see an increase in visor popularity among both sexes.

1982 was the last year of " full " production, with the custom-styled Triumph T140 TSX and 8-valve Triumph T140W TSS model initiated — although a porous cylinder head made by external contractors and insufficient development quickly eroded the latter's initial market popularity.

The hat reached its zenith of common popularity in the 1960s ; the lower head clearance in American automobiles made it impractical to wear a hat with a tall crown while driving.

The last few years of the first decade of the new millennia gave rise to the popularity of tattoos covering artists from head to toe.

The sport first gained popularity in France, and heavy canvas clothing was worn to protect the body, a metal helmet with a thick glass plate protected the head and face, and the pistols were often equipped with guards on the front of the trigger guard that extended outwards to protect the shooter's hand.

Many commentators, such as Gordon Kirby, suggest that George's actions at the head of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and in creating the IRL to rival the then-dominant CART led to a sharp decline in popularity of open-wheel racing in the United States as it split the fanbase, and gave a significant boost to the national popularity of NASCAR.

Paganism remained in practice until the early 19th century, and Chechen Islam today is often described as lax ( often epitomized by the popularity of tobacco and alcohol ) and is indeed, highly syncretic with Chechens building mosques near streams, and referring to God as Deila, the old head of the Vainakh pantheon.

However, with television's restored popularity of the Three Stooges shorts featuring Curly Howard, it was suggested that Joe shave his head in order to look more like " Curly ".

Newer submersible propeller pumps are gaining popularity and are able to generate large volumes of turbulent water flow without the intensely directed laminar force of a power head.

Gagliano was extremely influential in his time, as could be expected of the Medici's own appointed head of all musical activities at their court ; however his popularity waned after his death, and his music has since been overshadowed by contemporaries such as Monteverdi.

Tettamanzi's position as head of an archdiocese that was historically seen as a step towards the papacy ( and considered one of the wealthiest and most powerful of Italian dioceses ), as well as his charisma and popularity among the people, placed him in the view of the Italian press as one of the overall favorites to become John Paul II's successor.

Hillary Clinton was drafted by the Clinton Administration to head a new Task Force and sell the plan to the American people, a plan which ultimately backfired amid the barrage of fire from the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries and considerably diminished her own popularity.

Romanian sociologist and political commentator Marian Petcu sees its enduring popularity as the consequence of a " head start ", with Adevărul having inherited from Scînteia " the facilities, the subscribers, the raw materials, the headquarters, the superstructure, the network of local correspondents etc.

Their burgeoning popularity may be a result of the closing of the 52nd Street burlesque joints, but curiously enough their atmosphere is almost always familial -- neighborhood saloons with a bit of epidermis.

He had attained local popularity and could draw crowds as a natural raconteur in New Salem, though he lacked an education, powerful friends, and money, which may be why he lost.

Because CCD imagers are linear, image processing may be used to subtract away the effects of light pollution, which has increased the popularity of astrophotography in urban areas.

Disruption in the trade of tin for bronze from Western Europe may have contributed to the increasing popularity of brass in the east and by the 6th – 7th centuries AD over 90 % of copper alloy artefacts from Egypt were made of brass.

* Political capital, means by which a politician or political party may gain support or popularity

The immediate post-1945 period may have been the historical high point for the popularity of communist ideology.

The reason for this misconception may be due to its popularity in Mennonite and Amish groups.

Bruno Latour suggests that the widespread popularity of conspiracy theories in mass culture may be due, in part, to the pervasive presence of Marxist-inspired critical theory and similar ideas in academia since the 1970s.

Although they may only have a short cinema life, cult films often enjoy ongoing popularity through long runs on video, thus being issued in video " runs " with more copies than other movies.

Rail fins evolved into being and surged into popularity as riders ( Simon Anderson, most famously ) sought a solution to two major performance issues of a central " single " fin-both related to engagement of the foil: For one, a centrally-mounted fin is tilted up out of the water as the board is leaned over, and thus it loses more and more of its lift as the lean angle increases-if the lean angle is acute enough, the fin's tip can be the only area left in the water ; the tip may then rapidly stall and, having lost its lift, become disengaged from the water, leaving the board's bottom as the only control surface still operating.

" Foobar may have derived from the military acronym FUBAR and gained popularity because it is pronounced the same.

The Hammond organ was widely used in United States military chapels and post theaters during the Second World War, and returning soldiers ' familiarity with the instrument may have helped contribute to its popularity in the post-war period.

The phrase " little eyases " in the First Folio ( F1 ) may allude to the Children of the Chapel, whose popularity in London forced the Globe company into provincial touring.

Various parts of Libanius ' orations may suggest that both sides were justified to some extent while Ammianus blames Julian for " a mere thirst for popularity ".

Whatever his sources may have been, the immense popularity of Geoffrey's Historia Regum Britanniae cannot be denied.

Since Hite performed her study during the popularity of feminism in the 1970s, she also acknowledged that women may have chosen the political identity of a lesbian.

Although the popularity of rap rock genres is believed to be declining, some believe that rapcore may regain popularity, with younger music fans discovering bands in the genre.

Trip hop may have originated in the mid-1980s in Bristol, UK, during a time when American hip hop started to gain increasing popularity there along with the then exploding popularity of the house music and dance scene.

" In most cases such an appeal can be refuted on the grounds that the " tradition " being advocated may no longer be desirable, or, indeed, may never have been despite its previous popularity.

The unspoken rule of urban exploring is " take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints ", but because of the rising popularity, many individuals who may have other intentions are creating a concern among many property owners.

The overstruck mintmark issues are also scarce and expensive, especially in the higher grades ; even so they may not have the same popularity as overdates found in pre-Washington quarter series.

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