He claimed that the release of the preliminary findings was ' prejudicial to his position ' ''.

A lone pro-Hearst voice from New York City was that of William Devery, who had been expelled as a Tammany leader but still claimed strong influence in his own district.

Potemkin's Army of Ekaterinoslav, totaling, it was claimed, 40,000 regular troops and 6,000 irregulars of the Cossack Corps, had invested Islam's principal stronghold on the north shore of the Black Sea, the fortress town of Oczakov, and was preparing to test the Turk by land and sea.

When, in March, 1640, the two towns were united under Coddington, Gorton claimed the union was irregular and illegally constituted and that it had never been sanctioned by the majority of freeholders.

Adams was not breaking new ground when he claimed that the worship of an unseen power was in reality a reflection of man's inability to cope with his environment.

Its ground for this recommendation was that, while petitioner claimed before the local board August 17, 1956 ( as evidenced by its memorandum in his file of that date ), that he was devoting 100 hours per month to actual preaching, the headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses reported that he was no longer doing so and, on the contrary, had relinquished both his Pioneer and Bible Student Servant positions.

Not only were the court costs prohibitive, but I was subjected to crippling fines, in addition to usurious interest on the unpaid `` debts '' which the government claimed that Metronome and I owed -- a severe financial blow.

Spokesmen for the nation's tradition-minded sculptors promptly claimed that Udall was exiling the statue because of his own hostility to this art form.

) The sorry fact about this young man, who was barely of age when he broke into major-league baseball, was that he really was a better ball player than he was given credit for being -- never so good as he claimed, and always an irritant to his associates, but a good steady performer when he could fight down the temptation to orate on his skills or cut up in public.

The Texans made themselves a comforting break on the opening kickoff when Denver's Al Carmichael was jarred loose from the ball when Dave Grayson, the speedy halfback, hit him and Guard Al Reynolds claimed it for Dallas.

Agrarianism claimed agriculture was the source of all wealth and called for the wide distribution of land as the foundation of democracy and freedom.

Philippus claimed descent from Alexander the Great, and was elected consul in 56 BC.

In later life Ampère claimed that he knew as much about mathematics and science when he was eighteen as ever he knew ; but, a polymath, his reading embraced history, travels, poetry, philosophy, and the natural sciences.

Collins, who has a history of alcohol abuse, claimed that the song was able to " pull her through " to recovery.

Caracalla, it was claimed, tried to counter this influence by invoking his ancestral spirits.

Despite being quite religious, he was also interested in mathematics and science, and sometimes is claimed to have contradicted the teachings of the Church in favour of scientific theories.

Sargon was claimed to be the son of La ' ibum or Itti-Bel, a humble gardener, and possibly a hierodule, or priestess to Ishtar or Inanna.

Brooks has claimed that of all the songs he has recorded, " The Dance " is his favorite.

Although the shooter claimed an obsession for " Goth ", his favorite music list was described, by the media, as a " who's who of heavy metal.

( 1969 ), which Brando later claimed as his personal favorite, was a commercial failure.

Bradbury claimed a wide variety of influences, and described discussions he might have with his favorite poets and writers Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, Aldous Huxley, and Thomas Wolfe.

His musical influences are varied ; Sondheim has claimed that he " loves Bach " but his favorite period is Brahms to Stravinsky.

Tissaphernes claimed to have killed the rebel himself, with the result that Parysatis later took cruel vengeance upon the slayer of her favorite son.

Lost creator and Star Trek director J. J. Abrams claimed the episode as his favorite, saying, " episode is a beautiful demonstration of the burden of adulthood, told in The Twilight Zone, which everyone thinks is a scary show, but it's actually a beautiful show ," and " The Twilight Zone at its best is better than anything else I've ever seen on television.

In 1997 Johnny Chung, a Democratic political donor, claimed that O ' Leary met with Chinese oil officials after he gave $ 25, 000 to O ' Leary's favorite charity Africare in 1995.

On March 15, 2010, Trey inducted one of his favorite bands, Genesis, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and claimed " It's impossible to overstate what impact this band and musical philosophy had on me as a young musician.

In later years, Novak claimed the movie was her " best " performance and that it was her " favorite " movie of all.

In August 1936, singer Vallee, then the dean of variety show hosts, claimed that Lights Out was his favorite series.

Martin Scorsese has claimed that the film is one of his favorite movies of all time.

Malle later claimed his documentary on India was his favorite film

Lyra's most famous compositions include " Coisa Mais Linda ", " Você e Eu ", " Maria Ninguém " ( once claimed by Jacqueline Kennedy to be her favorite song ), and " Influência do Jazz ".

It has been claimed that this movie was one of Kenji Mizoguchi's favorite projects, even though it was under financed.

Of all the characters in Ozy and Millie, Simpson has claimed that Llewellyn is her favorite.

Later, she claimed that he tried to kill her, and successfully deposed him, putting her favorite son Alexander on the throne as co-regent with her.

Douglas had an onscreen feud with Flair, who was a favorite target of his during his ECW interviews, where Douglas had claimed " Dick Flair ", as he referred to him, held down his career.

One of McManus ' friends, restaurateur James Moore, claimed he was the inspiration for the character Dinty Moore, the owner of Jiggs ' favorite tavern.

Many friends of Abbey have claimed the author called Black Sun his favorite of his works.

An eccentric brother of his mother claimed the naming of her children, and called them after his favorite historical heroes, in Lamar's case the Roman statesman Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus.

Ironically, during its oldies years, WWTC claimed to be the first commercial station in the Twin Cities area to play music from local favorite Prince.

Hart later claimed that he felt the need to " step up and do the right thing " and that he " had a change of heart ", and his intervention led to him becoming a babyface, or crowd favorite.

The Simpsons writer and producer Mike Reiss claimed that this episode is Australia's least favorite, and that " whenever we have the Simpsons visit another country, that country gets furious, including Australia ".