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It is a tribute to her talents that she was able to talk the District Attorney into having her removed from the prison to a hotel room, with her meals taken at Vesuvio's, an excellent Italian restaurant.
He was named Pompeii as a tribute to his heritage, and he couldn't have cared less about that either.
It was the kind of thing that could ruin a man's life, and it was a tribute to John's strength of character and very real business ability that it hadn't ruined his.
The mortal turned out to be a beautiful young woman, Amethystos, who was on her way to pay tribute to Artemis.
The wars which attended his accession both in Hungary and in Persia terminated unfavourably for the empire, and its prestige received its first check in the Treaty of Zsitvatorok, signed in 1606, whereby the annual tribute paid by Austria was abolished.
Of all the causes of defection, that connected with arrears of tribute and vessels, and with failure of service, was the chief ; for the Athenians were very severe and exacting, and made themselves offensive by applying the screw of necessity to men who were not used to and in fact not disposed for any continuous labor.
It was from tribute paid to the league that Pericles set to building the Parthenon on the Acropolis, replacing an older temple, as well as many other non-defense related expenditures.
The tribute was fixed at 30 talents.
Raimi's use of the Introvision process was a tribute to the stop-motion animation work of Ray Harryhausen.
The celebration of deeds of ancient Danish and Swedish heroes, the poem beginning with a tribute to the royal line of Danish kings, but written in the dominant literary dialect of Anglo-Saxon England, for a number of scholars points to the 11th century reign of Canute, the Danish king whose empire included all of these areas, and whose primary place of residence was in England, as the most likely time of the poem's creation, the poem being written as a celebration of the king's heroic royal ancestors, perhaps intended as a form of artistic flattery by one of his English courtiers.
Sydney was named as a tribute to one of Lara's favourite grounds, the Sydney Cricket Ground, where Lara scored his first Test century-the highly acclaimed 277 in the 1992 – 93 season.
In 2002, a tribute album was released under the name Yüreğimdeki Barış Şarkıları (" Peace's Songs In My Heart ", also " Peace Songs In My Heart ") featuring 15 extremely popular Turkish artists of such diverse genres as arabesque, pop and rock ( both Anatolian and western style ) demonstrating his wide range of influence.
After the funeral service, a tribute concert was held at the Martin Luther King Center, also in Gainesville, and featured performances by his son and daughter, Anthony McDaniel and Evelyn Kelly, long-time background vocalist Gloria Jolivet, co-producer Scott " Skyntyte " Free, Diddley's touring band, The Debby Hastings Band, and guest artist Eric Burdon.
He was posthumously awarded a Doctor of Fine Arts degree by the University of Florida for his influence on American popular music and in its " People in America " radio series about influential people in American history, the Voice of America radio service paid tribute to him, describing how " his influence was so widespread that it is hard to imagine what rock and roll would have sounded like without him.
In Hollywood, a screening of a restored version of How to Make Movies was held at his former studio, and in Japan, he was honoured with a musical tribute.
However, with the exception of the Grammy Award-winning " Nightshift " (# 3 in the U. S., a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson ; in 2010 a new version was recorded dedicated to Michael Jackson ), the band never achieved the same level of success it had enjoyed with Richie.
In a tribute, Mike Brown named the stadium after his father during a time when it was a trend in the NFL to accept corporate offers to have the stadium renamed for a corporation.
Mail was introduced to China when its allies in Central Asia paid tribute to the Tang Emperor in 718 by giving him a coat of " link armour " assumed to be mail.
When the Northern Expedition was complete, Kuomintang Generals led by Chiang Kai-shek paid tribute to Dr. Sun's soul in heaven with a sacrificial ceremony at the Xiangshan Temple in Beijing in July 1928.
According to the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba he was killed by Causantín either in 871 or 872 when he returned to Pictland to collect further tribute.
For the Aztecs, the most important tribute was the acquisition of sacrificial victims for their religious rituals.
In 1967 a tribute song called " Chet's Tune " was produced for his birthday, with contributions by a long list of RCA / Victor artists including Eddy Arnold, Connie Smith, Jerry Reed, Willie Nelson, Hank Snow, and others.

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In 1992 the album " A Picture of Nectar ," named as a tribute to the owner, featured a large orange with Nectar's photo superimposed subtly within the orange.
She was not featured in the memorial tribute during the 2002 Academy Awards ceremony.
Actress and singer Carol Channing was featured during the halftime show that paid tribute to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
The halftime show also featured the Longhorn Band, along with Judy Mallett, Miss Texas 1973, playing the fiddle, in a tribute to American music titled " A Musical America ".
The pregame festivities, which paid tribute to George Halas, featured the University of Florida Fightin ' Gator Marching Band and the Florida State University Marching Chiefs.
The pregame festivities featured a tribute to the NFL and an appearance by various team mascots.
The pregame festivities featured a tribute to entertainer Bob Hope, who was approaching the age of 85.
The pre show featured The Rockettes dance company in a tribute to Hollywood, music, and the movies.
The pregame show featured a tribute to " The Great American Music of the 20th Century ".
As well, their song " So Far Away " was featured on an episode of WWE Raw as part of a video tribute to hardcore wrestling legend Mick Foley.
During a January 2006 episode of WWE RAW, a tribute video to then WWE Champion Edge featured the band's song " Right Here ".
American electronic pop duo, Microfilm, did a tribute song to Billy Mackenzie in 2009 titled " I'll Sing Like Billy Mackenzie in Heaven " which featured guitar and additional vocals by Scissor Sisters ' member Del Marquis.
In 1996 a tribute album titled A Small Circle of Friends appeared that featured tracks by Mike Watt, Free Kitten, The Melvins, Meat Puppets, that dog., L7, The Posies, NOFX, Flea, Gumball, and others along with a version of " Circle One " performed by Pat Smear with Hole under the name " The Holez ".
The abbreviated show was a featured segment of Nashville Sings Woody, yet another tribute concert to commemorate the music of Woody Guthrie held during the Folk Alliance Conference.
In 1994, they contributed a cover of the Richard Thompson song, Shoot Out the Lights, to a tribute album to Thompson called Beat the Retreat, which featured David Hidalgo of Los Lobos on electric guitar ; on the same album, Doe sang harmony and played bass and Bonebrake played drums on Bob Mould's cover of Turning of the Tide, and Bonebrake played drums on the title track, which was performed by the British folk artist June Tabor.
On 17 October 2008 at the Volksbuehne in Berlin, Nico's ex-boyfriend Lutz Ulbrich presented another tribute concert, which featured Marianne Rosenberg, Soap & Skin, Marianne Enzensberger and James Young, the keyboardist from The Faction, Nico's last band.
His second film with Hayworth, You Were Never Lovelier ( 1942 ), was equally successful and featured a duet to Kern's " I'm Old Fashioned ," which became the centerpiece of Jerome Robbins's 1983 New York City Ballet tribute to Astaire.
The title is a reference to the song " About a Girl " by Nirvana, a band that is featured in the book, and Patti Smith's tribute to Kurt Cobain, " About a Boy ".
A tribute to Howard Zinn's wife, Roslyn, was prominently featured in the tour program for Eddie Vedder's solo tour of 2008.
In October 2009, a talent-search skit on Australian TV's Hey Hey It's Saturday reunion show featured an Australian tribute group for Michael Jackson, the " Jackson Jive " in blackface, with the Michael Jackson character in whiteface.
He also wrote and produced a tribute to surf music entitled Surfonic Water Revival, which featured performances by Phil Keaggy, Smalltown Poets, Chuck Girard, Paul Johnson, Havalina Rail Co., Rick Altizer, Plumb, The Supertones, All Star United, Skillet, Silage, Rebecca St. James, The Insyderz, and others.
In 2007 she was featured in the film Making Trouble, a tribute to female Jewish comedians, produced by the Jewish Women ’ s Archive.
The tour was in support of Stonehill's Can't Buy A Miracle and Keaggy's all-star tribute to ' 60s rock and roll, Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child ( which also featured Stonehill, Steve Taylor, Derri Daugherty, Mark Heard and others lending a hand ).
As a tribute, Rahman later released an album titled Gurus of Peace, which featured " Allah Hoo " by Khan.

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