While the presence of a long-term professional minister has sometimes created " significant de facto ministerial authority " and led to conflict between the minister and the elders, the eldership has remained the " ultimate locus of authority in the congregation ".

The long-term importance of the Resolutions lies not in their attack on the Alien and Sedition Acts, but rather in their strong statements of states ' rights theory, which led to the rather different concepts of nullification and interposition.

Most historians treat it as a singular event with few long-term consequences, but Pugh says it accelerated the movement of working-class voters to the Labour Party, which led to future gains.

In the 1920s, the public flouting of Prohibition laws, mob violence, and police involvement in illegal activities led to the appointment of Brigadier General Smedley Butler of the U. S. Marine Corps as director of public safety, but political pressure prevented any long-term success in fighting crime and corruption.

Heat pumps are already at a price disadvantage when it comes to initial investment ( not long-term savings ) compared to conventional heating solutions like boilers, so the drive towards more efficient heat pumps and air conditioners is often led by legislative measures on minimum efficiency standards.

Bermuda has enjoyed steady economic prosperity since the end of World War II, although the island has experienced recessions, including during the early 1990s, when the contraction of the economy led to a population reduction of 2, 000 people ( as many long-term residents found their work permits were not renewed ), and a mild recession in 2001 – 02, both paralleling recessions in the United States.

The strong Quaker tradition of pacifism against strong Virginia support for both this war and the next, led to long-term stifling of the Quaker population.

Funding for the long-term development plan for the revitalization of the city and county was led by the Charles Rice Family and Foundation.

The results led to an initial decline in the overall tax burden and suggested that the long-term NJ property tax issue could be addressed.

Liverpool's failure to qualify for the Champions League led to speculation about Owen's long-term future.

Hamilton led a group of like-minded nationalists, won Washington's endorsement, and convened the Annapolis Convention in 1786 to petition Congress to call a constitutional convention to meet in Philadelphia to remedy the long-term crisis.

They noticed that long-term exposure led to a down-regulation of binding sites.

These agreements were the basis for a rapid improvement in the relations between east and west and led, in the long-term to the dismantlement of the Warsaw Treaty and the Soviet Unions control over Eastern Europe.

The ZOG project was as an outgrowth of long-term artificial intelligence research led by Allen Newell and funded by the Office of Naval Research.

In 1992, economist Milton Friedman concluded that abandonment of the bimetallic standard in 1873 led to greater price instability than would have occurred otherwise, and thus resulted in long-term harm to the US economy.

In recent decades however, large budget deficits and the resulting increases in debt have led to heightened concern about the long-term sustainability of the federal government's fiscal policies.

Repeated training in some subjects has led to long-term improvement, and in one exceptional case, even to the complete elimination of the phantom limb between the hand and the shoulder ( so that the phantom hand was dangling from the shoulder ).

In June 2002 the CIX service was outsourced by Telenor to Parkglobe, a company specially set up for the purpose by several long-term staffers and directors led by Graham Davies.

The lack of a long-term strategy and divisive military command structure, led to many mistakes in the operational and technical ability of the Lufwaffe in the war ans were key to the continued loss of German air superiority as the war progressed.

In particular, Boycott's place on both the team and the committee led to feelings of distrust from both – though Boycott denies this – which led to the loss of support from long-term ally Sid Fielden.

Problems set in during a tour of the UK to promote Talk Hard, when constant touring and personal matters external to the band exacerbated Glass's mental health problems ( including long-term problems with Bulimia nervosa and self-injury ); this reportedly led to tensions within the band.

Persons such as Francisco de Miranda, a long-term Venezuelan expatriate, and Simón Bolívar, a young, Criollo aristocrat — both influenced by Age of Enlightenment ideas and the example of the French Revolution — led the movement.

Variations between various thromboplastin preparations have in the past led to decreased accuracy of INR readings, and a 2005 study suggested that despite international calibration efforts ( by INR ) there were still statistically significant differences between various kits, casting doubt on the long-term tenability of PT / INR as a measure for anticoagulant therapy.

Some multi-track recordings were made on optical sound film, which led to new advances used primarily by MGM ( as early as 1937 ) and Twentieth Century Fox ( as early as 1941 ).

Unlike MGM, RKO allowed Weissmuller to play other roles, though a three picture contract with Pine-Thomas Productions led to only one film, Swamp Fire, being made, co-starring Buster Crabbe.

The success led Irving Thalberg, head of production at MGM, to cast her in a similar role in The Temptress ( 1926 ), based on another Ibáñez novel.

In the US, Connie Francis had a third number one hit in 1962: " Don't Break the Heart That Loves You ", and her immense success led MGM to give her complete freedom to choose whichever songs she wanted to record.

Furthermore, it was Chico's connection with Irving Thalberg of MGM that led to Thalberg's signing the Brothers when they were in a career slump after Duck Soup ( 1933 ), the last of their films for Paramount Pictures.

MGM, led by Kirk Kerkorian ( the company that United Artists had a 10-year distribution deal since 1974 ), made a bid for UA by estimating that MGM would pay UA $ 350 million in distribution fees if the expiring distribution deal was renewed and used the estimated amount to offer the $ 350 million to Transamerica to buy United Artists.

Ironically, between the releases of the first and second sequels, Sony Corporation led a consortium that purchased MGM – giving it distribution rights to the James Bond franchise.

In 1993, he joined the board of MGM Grand, led by his friend Kirk Kerkorian.

Mullin gave a demonstration of his recorders at MGM Studios in Hollywood in 1947, which led to a meeting with Bing Crosby, who immediately saw the potential of Mullin's recorders to pre-record his radio shows.

In 2005, Kerkorian sold MGM once more to a consortium led by Sony.

This led to her discovery by MGM in 1935.

It was one of the films that led to Katharine Hepburn's being labeled " box office poison " in the late 1930s, leading to her move to MGM and her great comeback in The Philadelphia Story.

This led to a contract with MGM and roles in such films as Mata Hari ( 1931 ), Scarface ( 1932 ), The Phantom of Crestwood ( 1932 ), The Mask of Fu Manchu ( 1932 ), Arsene Lupin ( 1933 ) and Dinner at Eight ( 1933 ).

Sir George Shearing, OBE ( August 13, 1919February 14, 2011 ) was an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records.

He performed with the Oscar Pettiford Trio and led a quartet with Buddy DeFranco, which led to contractual problems, since Shearing was under contract to MGM and DeFranco to Capitol Records.

The Tropicana, which had a $ 440 million secured loan against it, was bought from the bankrupt company in July 2009 by its creditors, led by Canadian private equity firm Onex Corporation and former MGM Mirage CEO Alex Yemenidjian, who took over as CEO.

The success of the animated segment of Anchors Aweigh, which was noted as " stealing the show " in contemporary trade reviews, led to two more live-action / animated projects for Hanna and Barbera and MGM: an underwater ballet sequence featuring both Tom and Jerry in Esther Williams ' 1953 film Dangerous When Wet, and the " Sinbad the Sailor " sequence of Kelly's 1956 film Invitation to the Dance.

Beginning in 1960, in addition to the original 114 Hanna-Barbera cartoons, MGM had new shorts produced by Rembrandt Films, led by Gene Deitch in Eastern Europe.

MGM itself was sold to a consortium led by Columbia's parent Sony in 2005, and so Columbia holds some ancillary rights in the U. S. today, including theatrical rights.

Lansing's work at MGM eventually led, after a stint at Columbia Pictures, to an appointment in 1980, at age 35, as the first female president of 20th Century Fox.

As in the previous Marx Bros. MGM films, the movie contains elaborate production numbers, such as the upbeat " Sing While You Sell ," led by a singing, dancing Groucho ; and " Tenement Symphony " sung by Tony Martin and a boys ' choir.

A dispute with MGM over the last of the three, The Silent Stranger, led to it not being released for seven years after production.