He was also personally active in ward politics, and by 1924 O'Banion had acquired sufficient political might to be able to state: `` I always deliver my borough as per requirements ''.

It was an interesting fraternisation of ex-convicts, union racketeers, ward heelers, sold-out officials, and gunmen.

It seemed incredible, as I listened to the monotonous drone of voices and smelled the fetid odors coming from the patients, that technically I was a ward of the state of Illinois, going to a hospital for the mentally ill.

It was just that she felt deeply about every patient on the ward and wanted to believe that they might benefit from their treatment there.

There were no depressingly serious cases: the ward doctor sometimes teamed up with the chaplain to serve as a marriage counselor -- sometimes the Navy sent people back to the States to preserve a marriage -- but mental health as a rule was very high.

There was more to service in the Navy Nurse Corps than the hours in the ward.

The ward was a small one, four beds, kept reserved for female alcoholics.

It was thought wiser to keep them segregated from the patients in the regular charity ward.

Sometime between 1763 and 1764 Salieri suffered the death of both parents and was briefly taken in by an anonymous brother, a monk in Padua, and then for unknown reasons in 1765 or 1766 he became the ward of a Venetian nobleman named Giovanni Mocenigo ( which Giovanni is at this time unknown ), a member of the powerful and well connected Mocenigo family.

It was believed that bunches of dried chives hung around a house would ward off disease and evil.

The balance of Washington's second term was served by 6th ward Alderman Eugene Sawyer.

Each ward was responsible for producing a census.

Due to economic downturn Golden State was forced to sell their entire art collection to ward off its mounting debts and as of spring 2011 the National Museum of African American History and Culture had offered $ 750, 000 to purchase the artworks which led to a controversy regarding the importance of the artworks which have been estimated to be worth at least $ 5 million.

Male chauvinism was found to represent an attempt to ward off anxiety and shame arising from one or more of four prime sources: unresolved infantile strivings and regressive wishes, hostile envy of women, oedipal anxiety, and power and dependency conflicts related to masculine self-esteem.

Although he was against the Vietnam War, Venter was drafted and enlisted in the United States Navy where he worked in the intensive-care ward of a field hospital.

Thomas was admitted to the emergency ward at St Vincent's Hospital at 1. 58am.

* the poet's attempt to ward off the charge of impiety that was later to overtake his friend Socrates ;

Berenguer was later released and his nephew Ramón Berenguer III married El Cid's youngest daughter Maria to ward against future conflicts.

Because the 16th Earl held land from the Crown by knight service, after his father's death on 3 August 1562, Oxford became a royal ward of the 29-year-old Queen, and was placed in the household of Sir William Cecil, her Secretary of State and chief advisor.

According to his own account, it took place in 1940 in a part of the New Forest and was designed to ward off the Nazis from invading Britain by magical means.

His parents died in 86 when Hadrian was ten, and the boy then became a ward of both Trajan and Publius Acilius Attianus ( who was later Trajan ’ s Praetorian Prefect ).

His efforts were inspired after a visit to Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital whilst receiving treatment for a broken toe ; when he took a wrong turn into a children's ward, he was devastated to learn that some of the children had only weeks to live, and why.

In February 1882, Kano founded a school and dojo at the, a Buddhist temple in what was then the Shitaya ward of Tokyo ( now the Higashi Ueno district of Taitō ward ).

Catholics in the Northeast and the Midwest, usually Irish-American, dominated Democratic party politics in big cities through the ward boss system.

The ward today is dominated by the insurance industry, with several brokers and underwriters based there ; prominent buildings include the Lloyd's Register building, 30 St Mary Axe ( formerly the Swiss Re Building ), the Willis Building and the London Metal Exchange.

It's easy to say that Disney dominated rock music in the Twin Cities, and used 93X and Drive 105 / Zone 105 as ' flankers ' to ward off competitors trying to knock off the company's cash cow KQRS.

There is a Birmingham City electoral ward called Handsworth Wood comprising part of Handsworth and nearly all of Handsworth Wood made up of distinct cultures and built environments-the once salubrious Victorian suburb, now " inner-city " Handsworth, consisting of some of the finest Victorian houses in the city, increasingly being refurbished to complement the £ 9 million restoration of Handsworth Park, and Handsworth Wood dominated by characteristically suburban pre-war semi-detached and detached properties.

It differentiates from the ward of Heath in which it lies, by being a busy, hustle and bustle type of area, with rows of small shops and eateries and for the most part being dominated by

The case of the judges in the 58th precinct of the 23d ward had been heard previously and taken under advisement by Karns.

Because it is a part-time position, all able members are expected to assist in the management of the ward by holding delegated lay positions ( for example, women's and youth leaders, teachers ) referred to as ' callings.

A bishop is the president of the Aaronic priesthood in his ward ( and is thus a form of Mormon Kohen ; in fact, a literal descendant of Aaron has " legal right " to act as a Bishop after being found worthy and ordained by the First Presidency ).

Each bishop is selected from resident members of the ward by the stake presidency with approval of the First Presidency, and chooses two counselors to form a bishopric.

It is also usually associated with an unconscious magical ritual to ward off anxiety engendered by these same women .”

Furthermore, in the Enchiridion Augustine attempts to refute skepticism by stating, " y not positively affirming that they are alive, the skeptics ward off the appearance of error in themselves, yet they do make errors simply by showing themselves alive ; one cannot err who is not alive.

Rhalina uses sorcery ( a ship summoned from the depths of the ocean and manned by her drowned dead husband and crew ) to ward off an attack by Glandyth-a-Krae.

The Vijayanagara Empire rose to prominence as a culmination of attempts by the southern powers to ward off Islamic invasions by the end of the 13th century.

Military alliances are also formed by establishing common standards in order to ensure security of the members to ward off outside threats.

Wilfred of Ivanhoe is disinherited by his father Cedric of Rotherwood for supporting the Norman King Richard and for falling in love with the Lady Rowena, Cedric's ward and a descendant of the Saxon Kings of England.

While an antimanic agent such as valproic acid or carbamazepine cannot treat depression directly as the former two drugs can, it is widely thought to help ward off depression in bipolar patients by keeping them out of mania and, thus, preventing their moods from cycling.

In 1197 he became tutor of the future Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, who had been given as ward to Pope Innocent III by the Empress-widow Constance of Sicily.

At the same time, Elizabeth forms an acquaintance with Mr Wickham, a militia officer who claims to have been very seriously mistreated by Mr Darcy, despite having been a ward of Mr Darcy's father.

In his youth, Brandon had fallen in love with his father's ward, but was prevented by his family from marrying her because his father was determined to marry her to his older brother.

Classic traditional woolen slings are still in use in the Middle East by Arab nomads and Bedouins to ward off jackals and hyenas.

In the country, he assumes a serious attitude for the benefit of his young ward, the heiress Cecily Cardew, and goes by the name of John ( or Jack ), while pretending that he must worry about a wastrel younger brother named Ernest in London.

When attacked by packs of hyenas or wild dogs a zebra group will huddle together with the foals in the middle while the stallion tries to ward them off.