While on his first cross-country tour, he appeared on the Grand Ole Opry and defied that conservative show's ban on using drums of any sort.

While it was able to establish itself on some islands, such as Barbados, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, other introductions, such as in Cuba before 1900 and in 1946, and on the islands of Dominica and Grand Cayman, were unsuccessful.

While still in high school, he worked as a cub reporter for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, covering courts, the high school, the mortuary and civic organizations.

While the original Grand Guignol attempted to present naturalistic horror, the performances would seem melodramatic and heightened to today's audience.

While staying at the Grand Hotel et de Milan in Milan, Verdi had a stroke on 21 January 1901.

While leading at the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, he ran out of fuel at Clearways and Rindt passed him to take the win while Brabham coasted to the finish in second place.

While other Electors had gained other titles, becoming either Kings or Grand Duke, the Elector of Hesse-Kassel alone retained the anachronistic dignity.

Historian and Forrest biographer Brian Steel Wills writes, “ While there is no doubt that Forrest joined the Klan, there is some question as to whether he actually was the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan .” The KKK ( the Klan ) was formed by veterans of the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1866 and soon expanded throughout the state and beyond.

While beginners sometimes assume that the dealer ( sometimes called the " Chairman ", the " Mao " or the " Grand Master ") and other experienced players are simply making up possibly inconsistent rules ( as in the game Mornington Crescent ), the rules of Mao are consistent within each game and can be followed correctly.

While most of Utah is deeply Republican, Grand County has become a swing county in recent years.

While many of The Fulton's regulars are Lancaster County natives who are delighted at the chance to return home to perform, nearly all quickly fall in love with the " Grand Old Lady " and her charm.

While publicly trying to appease tensions between France and the Republic, making ambassador William Temple avow friendship to Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt, he secretly schemed to seduce Louis to a campaign against the Dutch.

While some assume that this boat followed the Banks dory shape, the Grand Banks cod fisheries for which the Banks dory was designed didn't start operating until the 1830s.

While the west part of the Vosges is flat sedimentary land ( well suited for mineral waters ), the east is dominated by the Vosges Mountain range ( including the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Reserve ) of which the Grand Ballon at 1424m is the highest peak.

While the fleur-de-lis has appeared on countless European coats of arms and flags over the centuries, it is particularly associated with the French monarchy in a historical context, and continues to appear in the arms of the King of Spain and the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and members of the House of Bourbon.

While Grand Bay is unincorporated, the area is served by the Grand Bay Water Works Board for water service and an active volunteer fire department for fire protection.

While controversy surrounds the origin of the name of Griffith for the town, the one generally accepted theory today centers on a railroad surveyor for the Grand Trunk, a Mr. Benjamin Griffith, who set the grade for that railroad.

While forests managed for wood production commonly yield between 1 and 3 cubic meters per hectare per year, plantations of fast-growing species commonly yield between 20 and 30 cubic meters or more per hectare annually ; a Grand Fir plantation at Craigvinean in Scotland has a growth rate of 34 cubic meters per hectare per year ( Aldhous & Low 1974 ), and Monterey Pine plantations in southern Australia can yield up to 40 cubic meters per hectare per year ( Everard & Fourt 1974 ).

While the present-day Vought plant on Jefferson Avenue is part of a small strip within the Dallas city limits, it was originally in Grand Prairie.

While the constitution of Luxembourg formerly required the Grand Duke's signature on a new law for it to take effect, this right was stripped from him in 2008 after the monarch informed his prime minister that he could not in good conscience sign a bill to permit euthanasia in the country.

While Amaterasu is enshrined at the Honden Shrine or " Grand Shrine ", which is at the entrance to the Ise Shrine, Susano ' o is enshrined at Kumano Taisha located in Shimane ( formerly the Izumo region ), where he descended when banished from heaven.

While the Grand Prix motor racing scene still evaded German tracks, the circuit from 1922 was also the site of motorcycle races.

While touring with the latter album, during 2007 and 2008, Moya recorded several collaborations and guest vocals on albums by Iona, Joanne Hogg and with Grand Canal on Ireland's Official Olympic Anthem, " Green to Gold.

While discussing the graphic violence in games such as Counter-Strike, Grand Theft Auto and Half Life, the author Judy Arnall notes that children in many societies, current and historical, often witness events much more horrific than those featured in the games.

While residing here he captivated and seduced the beautiful daughter of the prince, Philippa, sister of the Empress Maria.

While typically employed by commoners, the water pipe is known to have been preferred by Empress Dowager Cixi over snuff bottles or other methods of intake.

While certain court functions remained formal by necessity, the Emperor and Empress nevertheless presided over many basic changes in court life.

While Cao Fang and Cao Shuang were outside the capital on an official visit to Cao Rui's tomb, Sima, with support from a number of anti-Cao Shuang officials, claiming to have an order from Empress Dowager Guo to do so, closed all city gates of Luoyang and submitted a report to Cao Fang, accusing Cao Shuang of dominating and corrupting the government and demanding that Cao Shuang and his brothers be deposed.

While traveling in Shandong province, he used his power as an envoy of Empress Dowager Cixi to extort money from people, which caused great trouble.

While her plea to have her nephew moved to the Imperial Palace in Addis Ababa was vehemently vetoed by both Fitawrari Habte Giorgis and by the Crown Prince, Ras Teferi Makonnen, the Empress took care that Iyasu lived in luxury and was supplied with whatever he desired.

While officially condemning the movement, the Boxers had the unofficial support of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

While some believe Taytu may have played a part in the plot that eventually removed Emperor Iyasu V from the throne in 1916, replacing him with Empress Zauditu, the price for Zauditu's elevation was a divorce from Taytu's nephew Ras Gugsa Welle, who became governor of Begemder.

While the CPR quite rightly receives credit for many of the early hotels of this genre such as The Banff Springs Hotel, The Empress ( hotel ) in Victoria, The Royal York in Toronto, Hotel Vancouver, Quebec City's Chateau Frontenac and Chateau Lake Louise in The Rockies, it was the GTPR that built Ottawa's Chateau Laurier, The Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, and The Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton.

While Gaozu was away, Empress Lü Zhi heard rumours of Han Xin's involvement in the rebellion, and she plotted with Xiao He to lure Han into a trap.

While the Empress Matilda waited in London to prepare her coronation, Matilda and Stephen's brother Henry of Blois had her chased out of the city.

While served in many regular restaurants, it is most often associated with several restaurant chains, such as Empress Chili, Skyline Chili, Gold Star Chili, Camp Washington Chili and Dixie Chili.

While picking tea he received a message that his mother, the Empress Dowager was ill and wished his immediate return to Beijing.

While Li Zhe was in exile, people who rebelled against or plotted against Empress Dowager Wu often used him as a symbol of their resistance.

While initially successful, the young emperor along with the Empress Dowager led a Khitan cavalry force and defeated the Song forces at the Battle of the Qigou Pass in June.

While there was no evidence that he actually intended to do anything of the such, over the next few years, there began to be conspirators against Crown Prince Ju and Empress Wei.

While the Empress and her Lady in Waiting were boarding a steamship to Montreux on September 10, 1898 in Geneva, Lucheni ran over to the former and slammed his body against hers, penetrating her chest with a sharp needle file ( which is now part of the Vienna Sisi Museum's exhibition ).

While the style goes back to the late eighteenth century, the term " Empire silhouette " arose over a century later in early twentieth-century Britain ; here the word empire refers to the period of the First French Empire ; Napoleon's first Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais was influential in popularizing the style around Europe.

While Huo Chengjun was empress, she allegedly tried unsuccessfully several times to poison Empress Xu's son Crown Prince Liu Shi, to make her potential future son the imperial heir.

While the Tower ballroom was being restored at the cost of £ 500, 000, Dixon resumed his schedule in the Empress Ballroom, where in 1935, a 3 / 13 Wurlitzer had been installed.

While Emperor Zhang's adoptive mother Empress Dowager Ma was alive, she selected two daughters of Song Yang ( 宋楊 ) as consorts for Emperor Zhang.

While Emperor He posthumously honored Consort Liang and also rewarded her family with power and wealth subsequently, he rejected a suggestion to posthumously demote Empress Dowager Dou.