Almost immediately after the order of Kotaka was placed, Fernando Villaamil, second officer of the Ministry of the Navy of Spain where he was put in charge of developing the concept of a new ship designed to combat torpedo boats, placed an order for a large torpedo gunboat in November 1885, with the British builder James and George Thompson, of Clydebank, not far from where the Yarrow shipyards would move from London 20 years later.

Stith Thompson made a major attempt to index the motifs of both folklore and mythology, providing an outline into which new motifs can be placed, and scholars can keep track of all older motifs.

A service was held in her honor at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C., and her ashes were placed there next to her constant companions, Anne Sullivan and Polly Thompson.

Thompson was placed on the National Committee, but gave up the on third party strategy in August and supported Abraham Lincoln so as not to risk a Democratic victory in Indiana.

Like other authors, Thompson placed A. cyathiferum in this section, but Oyama and Baum, following earlier authors, suggest that it should be reclassified in genus Pseudorontium, while Mohavea confertiflora and M. breviflora should be included.

Jason Thompson, a freelane editor with deep involment in the manga industry, stated that although manga companies never mention them, they have placed paying increasing amounts of attention towards scanlations as a means of gauging a title's popularity and the presence of a fanbase.

Thompson had placed a pole at Snake River junction with the Columbia, about five miles upriver from Yellepit's village.

In his autobiography, Maya Archaeologist ( 1936 ), Thompson referred to the friezes as " a sort of giant jigsaw puzzle made worse by the fact the stones had been carved before being placed in position " accurately describing his first field experience.

The Thompson Twins were placed ninth.

John Radclive was Canada's first professional executioner, placed on the federal payroll as a hangman by a Dominion order-in-council in 1892, on the recommendation of the justice minister Sir John Thompson: Radclive had trained under British hangman William Marwood.

The leaders of de Windt's heat included first place finalist Shawn Crawford of the United States ( 10. 02 seconds ) and Barbados ' Obadele Thompson, who placed second and set his season best ( 10. 08 seconds ).

In his 1974 lieutenant governor campaign, Stoner placed signs on the Macon Transit Company buses, which Mayor Thompson ordered removed.

On January 9, 1923 in Holloway Prison, 29-year-old Thompson collapsed in terror at the prospect of her hanging and, unconscious, had to be supported on the gallows by four prison warders, who half carried her to the scaffold, where she had to be held upright while the noose was placed around her neck.

The search, which visited all areas of the station, was to find the office of salesman Courtney Thompson ( which was actually placed far into the recesses of the record library ) near the offices of music director Clyde Allen, FM Programmer Doug Ordunio, and assistant programmer Steven de Mena.

After negotiations between the Victory and PSV stalled over the financial terms of the deal, Thompson was officially placed on six-month loan to PSV Eindhoven on 13 January 2006.

J. Eric S. Thompson stated that when a Long Count of, say, 9. 15. 10. 0. 0 is placed in the 9th baktun, we are almost certainly committing an error, like placing the year 2009 in the 2nd millennium.

However, Thompson then placed substantial orders with two outside builders: Vulcan Foundry and the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow.

* 21 August — John Morrissey defeats George Thompson in the 11th round at Mare Island, California and claims the Heavyweight Championship of America, which has been vacated by the now-retired Tom Hyer.

Thompson was thrown out at second base by Díaz in the 4th, 6th and 9th innings and was picked off by pitcher John Franco in the 11th inning.

Thompson made an official report of the killings, and was interviewed by Colonel Oran Henderson, the commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade ( the parent organization of the 20th Infantry ).

He knocked out George Thompson in the 11th round, earning $ 5. 000.

** 1986 Bronze 11th British Open in London, Heavyweight ( Lost to Michael Thompson )

An influential arena for the great split screen movies of the 1960s were two world's fairs-the 1964 New York World's Fair, where Ray and Charles Eames had a 17-screen film they created for IBM's " Think " Pavilion ( it included sections with race car driving ) and the 3-division film To Be Alive, by Francis Thompson, which won the Academy Award that year for Best Short.

When Cermak challenged the incumbent " Big Bill " Thompson in the 1931 mayor's race, Thompson, representative of Chicago's existing power structure, responded with ethnic slurs:

Producer William Alland was attending a dinner party during the filming of Citizen Kane ( in which he played the reporter Thompson ) in 1941 when Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa told him about the myth of a race of half-fish, half-human creatures in the Amazon river.

* Mickey Thompson ( deceased ), race car driver, murdered at his estate in Bradbury

Thompson has the highest-banked race track ( Thompson International Speedway, a 5 / 8 mile oval ) in New England.

Thompson had stated he would drop out of the race if he did not finish either first or second in the Ames straw poll on August 11, 2007.

On August 12, Thompson officially announced he would drop out of the race.

In November, he defeated former Congresswoman Jill Long Thompson by a 51-46 margin, in a race that included campaign appearances by President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and other top Republicans, to assist his bid.

Stanford professor Richard Thompson Ford has argued that the race card can be played independent of the person making the claim, or the race in question.

Thompson a candidate of the governing Liberals in a tough race.

Herman Talmadge defeated Thompson in the 1948 Democratic gubernatorial primary, and two years later he defeated Thompson in a race for a full gubernatorial term as well.

When Thompson opted not to run for a second full Senate term in 2002, 5th District U. S. Congressman Bob Clement ran for Thompson's seat, resulting in the first open-seat race in the 5th District since a 1987 special election.

Dever ran on a reform platform and Thompson withdrew from the race in favor of Arthur C. Leuder, who was easily defeated by Dever.

He also broke with John Thompson, his first campaign manager, fairly early in the race.

* The Quilties are a fictional race in the novel The Gnome King of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson

James Thompson ( racing driver ) | James Thompson's SEAT Leon leads the field into Paddock Hill Bend during a British Touring Car Championship | BTCC race in April 2006.

In the 1927 mayoral race, Thompson beat Dever by a relatively slim margin.

They finished a lap behind Jacky Ickx and Richard Thompson, who drove a Ford Mirage ( race car ).

Thompson remained in the race and was defeated in the general election by the Democrat George D. Busbee.

In 1962 Mickey Thompson entered three John Crosthwaite designed cars in the Indianapolis 500 Unusually they used a stock V8 Buick engine and it was in the rear unlike the front engined, race tuned, Offenhauser powered cars used by most competitors.

Shortly after losing that election, Alioto-Pier announced that she would try again in 1998, but withdrew from the race in deference to fellow Democrat ( and eventual winner ) Mike Thompson.