A stepped-up war effort that year brought about some successes such as the burning of Washington D. C., but many influential voices such as the Duke of Wellington argued that an outright victory over the US was impossible.

Numerous memorials have been dedicated to Duke Ellington, in cities from New York and Washington, D. C. to Los Angeles.

Washington Duke at Duke University, Ezra Cornell at Cornell University, Johns Hopkins at Johns Hopkins University, Leland Stanford at Stanford University, and Cornelius Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt University are several notable examples of Andrew Carnegie's gospel of wealth mentality and Carnegie Mellon University is one such result.

Peer institutions of Carnegie Mellon's institutional research and analysis program include Caltech, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Georgia Tech, MIT, Northwestern, Princeton, Rice, RPI, Stanford, Penn and Washington University.

The university's rank of research impact in Biology & Biochemistry placed 5th in the US by Thomson Reuters, surpassing Washington University, Stanford, Duke, and UCSF.

The show included entertainers such as Frankie Lymon, The Supremes, Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, LaVern Baker, Harry Belafonte, James Brown, Godfrey Cambridge, Diahann Carroll, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Bill Cosby, Count Basie, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bo Diddley, Rocío Dúrcal, Duke Ellington, Lola Falana, The 5th Dimension, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Dick Gregory, W. C. Handy, Lena Horne, The Jackson 5, Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Moms Mabley, Johnny Mathis, The Miracles ( later known as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ), Melba Moore, The Platters, Leontyne Price, Richard Pryor, Lou Rawls, Della Reese, Nipsey Russell, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, The Temptations, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Tina Turner ( at the time known as " The Ike & Tina Turner Revue "), Leslie Uggams, William Warfield, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Flip Wilson, Jackie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Stevie Wonder.

At a press conference, a promoter named George Washington Duke ( Richard Gant ) tries to goad Rocky into fighting Union Cane, the new # 1 contender for the championship in Tokyo, but with Adrian insisting on her husband's retirement, Rocky decides, at least for the time being, not to take the fight with Cane.

* Richard Gant – George Washington Duke

Morrison's nickname in boxing was " The Duke " similar to George Washington Duke, who becomes his manager in the movie.

George Washington Duke ( Richard Gant ) is the main antagonist of the film, and based on Don King.

In the credits, Burton is credited as playing " Tony ," as opposed to " Duke " ( perhaps to avoid confusion with the George Washington Duke character ) Rocky V is the second time in the series to do so, with the first being Rocky II as Apollo asked " What are you afraid of, Tony?

Washington's achievements included appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival ( 1955 – 59 ), the Randalls Island Jazz Festival in New York City ( 1959 ), and the International Jazz Festival in Washington D. C. ( 1962 ), frequent gigs at Birdland ( 1958, 1961 – 62 ), and performances in 1963 with Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, with References to the Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia.

Tatum, Haynes, Babe Presley, Ermer Robinson, Duke Cumberland, Clarence Wilson, Pop Gates, Frank Washington, Ted Strong and other current team members appear in the film as themselves.

Washington is also home to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, founded in 1974 and part of the DC public school system.

Washington has been home to many jazz pioneers, perhaps none better known than Duke Ellington, but also singer and pianist Shirley Horn, pianist Billy Taylor, and saxophonist Frank Wess.

On September 4, 2011, Brown was honored by the National Symphony Orchestra, as the NSO paid tribute to Legends of Washington Music Labor Day concert-honoring Brown's music, as well as Duke Ellington and John Philip Sousa-with a free concert on the West Lawn of the Capitol.

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Throughout the Academy ’ s history, 10, 000 fellows have been elected, including such notables as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John James Audubon, Joseph Henry, Washington Irving, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Willa Cather, T. S. Eliot, Edward R. Murrow, Jonas Salk, Eudora Welty, and Duke Ellington.

Recalled by the newly-elected Jimmy Carter in 1977, Duke briefly worked as a laetrile farmer before being appointed as the manager of the Washington Redskins, ostensibly for his experience in " sports medicine " i. e. performance-enhancing drugs.

There are currently 4 chapters in the metropolitan New York City area, one in upper New York state, three in Massachusetts, three in California, and one each in Durham, North Carolina, Fort Collins, Colorado, Norman, Oklahoma, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Olympia, Washington, and Alpena, MI.

Fudan University has established exchange relationships with more than 200 universities and research institutions in about 30 countries and regions, including Oklahoma State University, Beloit College, Washington University in St. Louis, Harvard University, Yale University, Trinity College ( Connecticut ), Tulane University, Durham University Business School, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Rochester, Georgetown University, Instituto de Empresa ( IE Business School ), University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Diego, University of California, Irvine, the University of Toronto, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada, University of Sydney, Rhodes University, K. U. Leuven at Leuven, Flanders, Europe, Tokyo University, National University of Singapore, the London School of Economics, the University of Manchester, ESSEC, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Sciences Po Paris and Institut d ' études politiques de Lille.

The Carolinian train connects Charlotte with New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Durham and Greensboro.

Durham is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States.

These include Washington, DC's Dischord Records in 1980, Seattle's Sub Pop Records in 1986 and New York City's Matador Records and Durham, North Carolina's Merge Records in 1989.

* Durham – Washington – Pelaw line.

The AICPA maintains offices in New York City ; Washington, DC ; Durham, NC ; and Ewing, NJ.

Washington is located geographically at an equal distance from the centres of Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland, hence it has close ties to all three cities.

Plaque in Durham Cathedral's cloisters for John Wessington | John Washington, who was Prior there.

In 1970, Washington hosted the English Schools Athletic Association ( ESAA ) annual National Championships, attended by the then Lord Lieutenant of County Durham.

Bell was born in Washington Hall, County Durham, England-now known as Dame Margaret Hall-to a family whose wealth enabled her travels.

Stanford Law graduates include several of the first women to occupy Chief Justice or Associate Justice posts on supreme courts: current Chief Justice of New Zealand Sian Elias, retired U. S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O ' Connor, and the late Chief Justice of Washington Barbara Durham.

* Barbara Durham ( 1968 ), Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court ( 1995 – 1998 )

In 1840 while he was on one of his missions from the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada the Earl of Durham to the British Minister at Washington he met Marie Christine Waggaman, daughter of George Augustus Waggaman, a former Whig senator from Louisiana.

It is based on the design of the coat of arms of George Washington, first used to identify the family in the twelfth century, when one of George Washington's ancestors took possession of Washington Old Hall, then in County Durham, north-east England.

Lambton grew up on the family estates centred on Lambton Castle near Washington in County Durham, actually living at the nearby Biddick Hall.

Chester-le-Street was one of eight non-metropolitan districts into which County Durham was divided, and was formed form the areas of the abolished urban district of Chester-le-Street along with the bulk of Chester-le-Street Rural District, namely the parishes of Bournmoor, Birtley ( reduced in size ), Edmondsley, Great Lumley, Lambton, Little Lumley, North Lodge ( created from the part of Harraton outside Washington New Town ), Ouston, Pelton, Plawsworth, Sacriston, South Biddick ( reduced in size ), Urpeth and Waldridge.

* Roland Boyes ( 1937 – 2006 )-left-wing MP for Durham from 1979 to 84 and Houghton & Washington 1983-97.

In 1880 the Dukes were residing in Durham, and Washington was living with his son James and two sisters-in-law: Bettie Roney ( born c. 1830 ) and Annie Roney ( born c. 1846 ).

The coat of arms of George Washington, President of the United States of America from 1789 to 1797, were first used to identify the family in the twelfth century, when one of George Washington's ancestors took possession of Washington Old Hall, then in County Durham, in North East England.

( John Wessington ( also Washington ) ( died 1451 ) was an English Benedictine who became prior of Durham Abbey.

Jeffreys was born in Fatfield, Washington, County Durham, England.

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