DDT became a prime target of the growing anti-chemical and anti-pesticide movements, and in 1967 a group of scientists and lawyers founded the Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF ) with the specific goal of winning a ban on DDT.

England managed to finish top of their group, winning two and drawing one of their fixtures, but exited the Championships in the quarter-finals with a penalty shoot-out defeat to Italy.

While many Goths were subdued and joined the ranks of the Huns, a group of Goths led by Fritigern fled across the Danube and revolted against the Roman Empire, winning a decisive victory at the Battle of Adrianople.

In the 1996 World Cup, he scored 78 and 45 * against New Zealand and Pakistan respectively as South Africa won their group but in the Quarter final with West Indies a Brian Lara century ended their ten game winning streak.

This lineup did only one show — in Viña del Mar, Chile — winning the award for best group at the city's annual International Song Festival.

Still, many favored the Redskins to win the game because of their group of " Over the Hill Gang " veterans, and because Miami had what some considered an easy schedule ( only two Dolphin opponents, Kansas City and the New York Giants posted winning records, and both of those teams were 8-6 ) and had struggled in the playoffs.

In that season he was a member of what was referred to as the " Baby Bombers ", a group of young players ( most notably including Hird, Mark Mercuri, Gavin Wanganeen, Dustin Fletcher, Ricky Olarenshaw, David Calthorpe, Paul Hills and Joe Misiti ) that played a key role in the side winning the premiership that year.

Both these musicians claim trademark ownership of the Bill Haley's Comets name ; this dates back to Lane and Rappa ( during a period when they worked together as one band ) winning a trademark infringement lawsuit against the aforementioned Joey Rand group in 1989.

In late 1965, after numerous car-club dances, juke joint gigs, appearances at the Avalon Ballroom and winning the Teenage Fair ' Battle of the Bands ', the group finally bagged a contract for recording two singles with the newly-created A & M Records label with Leonard Grant as their manager.

Young Rivers's talents led to him being placed a year above others of his age at school and even within this older group he was seen to excel, winning prizes for Classics and all around attainment.

The PAP has held an overwhelming majority of seats in the Parliament of Singapore since 1966, when the opposition Barisan Sosialis ( Socialist Front ), a left-wing group that split from PAP in 1961, resigned from Parliament after winning 13 seats following the 1963 state elections, which took place months after a number of their leaders had been arrested in Operation Coldstore based on charges of being communists.

The team's original name was chosen from the 1992 Disney movie The Mighty Ducks, based on a group of misfit kids who turn their losing youth hockey team into a winning team.

During the summer of 2008, a club takeover was agreed between Cazzola and an American-based consortium ; this was, however, cancelled in the end, following disagreements between the parties, and the club was successively sold to a local group led by new chairman Francesca Menarini, who thus became the second female chairman in the whole Serie A. Arrigoni was confirmed as head coach by the new group, and the start appeared to be particularly impressive, with a surprising 2 – 1 win at San Siro against Milan thanks to a winning goal scored by Francesco Valiani.

Camacho was the fresher of the two and ended up winning a split twelve round decision, joining that exclusive group of world champion boxers who have become three-weight world champions.

While the five winning contestants of Popstars formed Hear ' Say, the five runner-up contestants formed the group Liberty.

The winning name was " X Liberty ", but the group used the entry as the basis for the official title, " Liberty X ".

In 2009, DCide / Templar Label Group released the debut EP's from Shabazz Palaces, the new project from Ishmael Butler, the creator, rapper and producer for the Grammy award winning rap group Digable Planets.

* Victor Wooten, bassist for the Grammy Award winning " Blu-Bop " group Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Currently, the most visible ex-KI kid is Fergie ( Stacy Ferguson ), a former member of pop trio Wild Orchid who currently performs with the Grammy-award winning group The Black Eyed Peas as well as enjoying a very successful solo career.

Entertainment at Turkey Trot has ranged in recent years from famous acts like John Conlee, singer of " Rose Colored Glasses ," and Jeannie Kendall from the Grammy-award winning group The Kendalls, to more local entertainment by area groups such as The Muddles, South 14, Joe Sasser and Friends, and Carnes McCormack.

The group, affiliated with the Photographic Society of America, meets monthly and conducts an annual contest where winning submissions are exhibited in the Tryon Fine Arts Center.

* Daryl Hall, member of the Grammy Award winning American rock group Hall & Oates

The Stuckist art group staged their first demonstration against the prize, dressed as clowns, describing it as an " ongoing national joke " and " a state-funded advertising agency for Charles Saatchi ", adding " the only artist who wouldn't be in danger of winning the Turner Prize is Turner ", and concluding that it " should be re-named The Duchamp Award | archivedate = 8 May 2007

This meant he played in the final group for every major and had perhaps the best chance in history of winning the Grand Slam.

She was moving up to the allowance department after winning a $10,000 claiming event.

In the event that both teams have identical records in the regular season, home field advantage goes to the team that has the winning head-to-head record.

Historically the British have been the dominant force, winning 14 times out of the 20 times the event has been held.

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value ( referred to as " the stakes ") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and / or material goods.

With two wins each, Brabham, Moss and Ferrari's Tony Brooks were all capable of winning the championship at the final event of the season, the United States Grand Prix at Sebring.

In 2008, the German magazine sport auto conducted a test for production cars, with the CCX winning the event in a total time of.

Each Division typically crowns a Divisional Champion in each class, awarded by winning a single event.

The structure of the latter event is such that it … justifies a belief that intelligent design is the cause … Despite the fact that the probability of winning three consecutive 1-in-1, 000 games is exactly the same as the probability of winning one 1-in-1, 000, 000, 000 game, the former event … warrants an inference of intelligent design.

A remarkable boost in the recent development of the country's transportation infrastructure was noticed after winning the right to host a major continental sport event the UEFA Euro 2012.

There is a Friday tasting event with the gold medal winning commercial meads from the previous year, plus feature meads from around the world.

Ko remains the second youngest individual gold medalist after Tara Lipinski in the history of the Olympic Winter Games, winning gold in women's 1500 m event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt lake city, United States, at 15 years and 277 days old.

This system converts the dressage score and all jump penalties on cross-country and show jumping into penalty points, with the horse and rider with the fewest number of points winning the event.

This prevents horses that are simply good in dressage ( for example ) from winning the event with a poor cross-country test.

Newman's first professional event as a racer was in 1972, in Thompson, Connecticut, and he was a frequent competitor in Sports Car Club of America ( SCCA ) events for the rest of the decade, eventually winning four national championships.

While Oldsmobile only sold 725 Limiteds in its three years of production, the car is best remembered for winning a race against the famed 20th Century Limited train, an event immortalized in the painting " Setting the Pace " by William Hardner Foster.

For 2009 the new Sydney Telstra 500 event held the Grand Finale, with James Courtney winning the race.

Ode 13 of the Bacchylides is a Nemean ode performed to honor the athlete Pytheas of Aegina for winning the pancration event of the Nemean games.

In the event of a winning hand after the second community card is revealed, what remains of the player's wager is paid out according to a payout table such as the one given below.

After these Games, Crawford met with further success, winning the 100 metres event at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1977.

In his third event, he again outclassed the field, thus winning all sprint events.

She competed in the 100 m, winning the event in a new Olympic Record of 10. 97 secs.

After these Olympics, Devers concentrated on the hurdles event, winning the World Championship again in 1999, but she had to forfeit for the semi-finals at the 2000 Summer Olympics.