Gone are the days when the Hoffman House flourished on Madison Square, with its famous nudes by Bouguereau ; when barrooms were palaces, on nearly every corner throughout the city ; when Steve Brodie, jumping from Brooklyn Bridge, splashed the entire country with publicity ; when Bowery concert halls dispensed schooners of beer for a nickel, with a stage show thrown in ; when Theis's Music Hall still resounded on 14th Street with its great mechanical organ, the wonder of its day, a place of beauty, with fine paintings and free company and the frankest of female life.

The town had previously faced negative publicity following a controversial speech in 2004 by BNP leader Nick Griffin at Morley Town Hall where he allegedly aired racist views.

Cruella de Vil appears and tells the crooks in charge of Hell Hall to slaughter and skin the dogs as soon as possible because of the publicity surrounding the theft of the Dearlys ' puppies.

Although Beebe and Barton performed no dives in 1933, their work gathered a large amount of publicity when the Bathysphere was displayed in a special exhibit for the American Museum of Natural History, and later at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, where they shared the fair's Hall of Science with Auguste Piccard.

In spite of the fact that Hall was a staunch Oldham Athletic fan, during the 1957 / 58 English football season, Hall took Lenny to The Den which was then the home of Millwall Football Club and allowed Lenny to pose with his " Fellow Lions " for publicity shots, much to the delight of all present in the ground.

He did, however, later depart City Hall after adverse publicity concerning his personal life arose from the publication of letters of a damaging nature.

Hall moved back to Union Theatres, running publicity for the State Theatre in Sydney, and being heavily involved in the campaign against the proposed entertainment tax from Stanley Bruce's government.

As a former premier, Hall was much more proficient than Eastick at dealing with the press, and used his skills to generate more media publicity, prompting Eastick to claim bias.

Some of the people Fraser brought in to bring publicity to the program were Major League Baseball Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Stan Musial, as well as announcer Joe Garagiola.

The company received unwanted media publicity in the 1980s when rumors spread that the moon-and-stars logo was a satanic symbol.

While STS-51-F's primary payload was the Spacelab-2 laboratory module, the payload which received the most publicity was the Carbonated Beverage Dispenser Evaluation, which was an experiment in which both Coca-Cola and Pepsi tried to make their carbonated drinks available to astronauts.

The publicity that Cuero received following this event has led to some suggesting changing the town's mascot.

The network canceled the show after 26 episodes, despite the worldwide publicity her show received.

As part of pre-release publicity, Tanaka solicited script ideas from the public with 5, 000 entries being received.

The incident received publicity in Finland, for example in the large newspapers Helsingin Sanomat and Ilta-Sanomat.

In 2006 " glass filled rubies " received publicity.

Rumors that he had bribed the board and concern that he would be likened to Jack Dempsey, who had received negative publicity for failure to serve in World War I, led Greenberg to be reexamined, and he was found fit to serve.

This publicity would pale in comparison to the attention that the Humvee received for its service in Gulf War Operation: Desert Storm, the following year.

In the early 1990s, as public awareness grew of the Internet and Usenet, Parry received a great deal of national publicity, including a cover story in Wired magazine, and mentions in Playboy and Time magazine.

The 1972 Dolphins defensive unit, called the No-Name Defense because Miami ’ s impressive offense received much more publicity, was the league ’ s best that year.

Although the experience of the Spanish Civil War received more publicity, the more sophisticated petroleum warfare tactics of the Finns were not lost on British commanders.

In the early 1980s, Hedgehog brand flavored crisps were widely on sale and received much publicity.

The record received good reviews, and the video for " Liverpool " featured Leonard Nimoy, which helped to generate further publicity.

In the winter, the Red Sox traded right fielder Ben Chapman to the Cleveland Indians to make room for Williams on the roster, with Williams inheriting Chapman's number 9 on his uniform opposed to Williams ' number 5 in the previous spring training, even though Chapman had hit. 340 in the previous season, which led Boston Globe sports journalist Gerry Moore to quip, " Not since Joe DiMaggio broke in with the Yankees by " five for five " in St. Petersberg in 1936 has any baseball rookie received the nationwide publicity that has been accorded this spring to Theodore Francis Williams ".

These reports, prepared between 1725 and 1732, received widespread publicity.

Although the Kuhl incident received the most publicity, Patton slapped and berated a second soldier, Private Paul G. Bennett of C Battery, 17th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, under similar circumstances on August 10, 1943 at the 93rd Evacuation Hospital.

Subwoofers received a great deal of publicity in 1974 with the movie Earthquake which was released in Sensurround.

The next European to see the species was John M. Wooster, who carved his initials in the bark of the ' Hercules ' tree in the Calaveras Grove in 1850 ; again, this received no publicity.

Although there were rumors that Thorpe received no money, he was paid $ 15, 000 by Warner Bros. plus a $ 2, 500 donation toward an annuity for him by the studio head of publicity.

The competition worked brilliantly as a publicity stunt, and more than 260 entries were received.

Directly after the feud in October 1987, the INLA received more damaging publicity when Dessie O ' Hare, an erstwhile INLA volunteer set up his own group called the ' Irish Revolutionary Brigade ' and kidnapped a Dublin dentist named John O ' Grady.

Stéphane Mallarmé was so pleased with the publicity his verse had received from the novel that he dedicated one of his most famous poems, " Prose pour des Esseintes ", to its hero.

The following year he received a commission to make some movie posters and handle publicity for a movie company.

What irritated Miriam was that Wright had told the papers about a reasonable offer he had made, which he considered she would accept `` when she tires of publicity ''.

The backing from the white town was greater and there was little publicity.

It would be fine publicity for the man who was willing to walk to the mayor's throne over the broken reputation of a helpless girl!!

Although the press reported that he was engaged to vaudeville dancer and choreographer Rose Rolanda in 1924, Hopwood's close friend Carl Van Vechten confirmed in later years that it was all a publicity stunt.

Gauntlett also led the sales team, and after some development and a lot of publicity when it became the world ’ s fastest 4-seater production car, was able to sell the Aston Martin Lagonda in Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar.

Politicians often resent this need for separation – sometimes sending their bodyguards away from them for personal or publicity reasons ; U. S. President William McKinley did this at the public reception where he was assassinated.

The Capp-Saunders " feud " fooled both editors and readers, generated plenty of free publicity for both strips — and Capp and Saunders had a good laugh when all was revealed.

As is usual with collaborative efforts in comic strips, his name was the only one credited — although, sensitive to his own experience working on Joe Palooka, Capp frequently drew attention to his assistants in interviews and publicity pieces.

Anderson and his associate Brit Hume confirmed that Capp was shown out of town by university police, but that the incident had been hushed up by the university to avoid negative publicity.

The acceptance of modernist design into everyday life was the subject of publicity campaigns, well-attended public exhibitions like the Weissenhof Estate, films, and sometimes fierce public debate.

The game was given a large amount of advance publicity in the comics, with story lines often revolving how the characters each acquired his / her vehicle.

In January 1923 the pair announced their engagement ; by July they had separated, leading to speculation that the relationship was a publicity stunt.

There was a vast amount of publicity around the film, with a critic for the New York Times calling it " the most eagerly awaited picture of the year ", and it was one of the biggest money-makers of the era.

While the Switcheroonie was a one-time publicity stunt, for one artist to take over a feature from its originator is an old tradition in newspaper cartooning ( as it is in the comic book industry ).

Barred from Major League Baseball during his prime, Veeck's signing of the aging star in 1948 was viewed by many as another publicity stunt.

Out of the $ 10 million raised, more than $ 1 million was spent on pro-contra publicity.

It was all good publicity for Diocletian, and it aided in his portrayal of Carinus as a cruel and oppressive tyrant.

To promote it in the United States, Mercury Records financed a coast-to-coast publicity tour in which Bowie, between January and February 1971, was interviewed by radio stations and the media.