For example, there was sheet music with the word `` jazz '' in the title, to illustrate how a word of uncertain origin took hold.

" This title hails back to England's separation from the See of Rome, when King Henry, as supreme head of the newly independent church, took over all of the monasteries, mainly for their possessions, except for St. Benet, which he spared because the abbot and his monks possessed no wealth, and lived like simple beggars, disposing the incumbent Bishop of Norwich and seating the abbot in his place, thus the dual title still held to this day.

Sargon of Akkad ( Sharru-kin = " legitimate king ", possibly a title he took on gaining power ; 24th century BC ) defeated and captured Lugal-Zage-Si in the Battle of Uruk and conquered his empire.

Afonso, born in 1109, took the title of Prince after taking the throne of his mother, supported by the generality of the Portuguese nobility who disliked the alliance between Galicia and Portugal Countess Theresa had come to, marrying a second time the most powerful Galician count.

Former COO Scott Arnold took the title of interim president and chief executive officer until November 8, 2005, when it was announced that Tod Nielsen would take over as CEO effective November 9, 2005.

When translated into Greek and Latin, the title took on different forms.

Among the tracks he recorded was an early version of " That'll Be The Day ", which took its title from a line that John Wayne's character says repeatedly in the 1956 film The Searchers.

In 1687 Ancillon was appointed head of the so-called Academie des nobles, the principal educational establishment of the state ; later on, as councillor of embassy, he took part in the negotiations which led to the assumption of the title of " King in Prussia " by the elector.

Cleveland went on to defeat the Brooklyn Robins 5 – 2 in the World Series for their first title, winning four games in a row after the Robins took a 2 – 1 Series lead.

Upham took the bait and responded to Poole in a book running five times as long and sharing the same title ( referring to Poole as " the Reviewer.

To avoid being type cast as villainous characters, Sarandon took on various roles in the years to come, portraying the title role in the made-for-television movie The Day Christ Died ( 1980 ).

When the production of Richard Kelly's debut film, Donnie Darko, was threatened, Barrymore stepped forward with financing from Flower Films and took the small role of Karen Pomeroy, the title character's English teacher.

Spurred by the crisis, on 1 April 286, Maximian took up the title of Augustus.

No details survive, but surviving inscriptions indicate that Diocletian took the title Sarmaticus Maximus after 289.

In 1987, Benedict took the title role of Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Abbey Theatre.

Bowie took the title role in the Broadway theatre production The Elephant Man, earning high praise for an expressive performance.

The series took its title from the official government newspaper Pravda.

In 1972 Macias took complete control of the government and assumed the title of President for Life.

When Francis took the title in 1804, the Habsburg lands as a whole were dubbed the Kaisertum Österreich.

It should be noted that after Bulgaria obtained full independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1908, its monarch, who was previously styled " Knyaz ", i. e. Prince, took the traditional title of " Tsar " which in Bulgarian means King and was recognized internationally as such.

His son, Ferdinand I of Castile also took the title in 1039.

Ferdinand's son, Alfonso VI of Castile took the title in 1077.

In 10th century, Gwangjong of Goryeo took the title of emperor himself as a means of enhancing the prestige of the monarchy.

After 1271, the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty also took the Chinese title huangdi, or Chinese emperor.

Dean turned from Susan and took Julia Fortune in his arms.

Mike took the bayonet from Dean's hand and slashed the picket line.

Then, with a shrug of pretended indifference, she took a compact from her purse and went through the motions of fixing her make-up.

He lifted the skirt of Macklin's coat, took his gun from its holster, tossed it onto the desk.

He lurched drunkenly to his feet, lowered his head, and took one step away from the wall.

A weapons carrier took Greg, Todman, Belton, Banjo Ferguson, and Walters and the others the two miles from the bivouac area to the strip.

Bryn Mawr Drive is only two or three miles from the Spartan, and it took me less than five minutes to get there.

Mary Jane took the page from him and began reading it, moving her lips with the words.

She softly let herself into the bed, and took her regular side, away from the door, where she slept better because Keith was between her and the invader.

And, as the others began to crawl out from beneath the desks and tend to those wounded, and mark the several killed, he climbed across the debris to Penny and took her hand in his.

He took his mask from his forehead and threw it, unexpectedly, across the deck.

Folding between his hands the cross that hung from his neck, he took his appeal direct to Headquarters.

Matsuo took the small knife from its scabbard and laid it on the ground, out of the marine's reach and away from their shadows.

In the course of its inquiry, it took testimony from only seven witnesses.

It generally took well into the autumn for the firm to recover from the summer's help.

To exonerate the legislature and thereby extricate himself from a sticky situation, Pike took another course and made it appear that the legislature had been bilked.

In late December, the American army moved from Whitemarsh to Valley Forge, and although the distance was only 13 miles, the journey took more than a week because of the bad weather, the barefooted and almost naked men.

Finally, colleges and clubs took the line that speakers from England were not wanted any longer, even speakers like S.K., so unlike the novelists and poets who had patronized the Americans for many years.

The revolution in jazz that took place around 1949, the evolution from the `` bebop '' school of Dizzy Gillespie to the `` cool '' sound of Miles Davis and Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, and the whole legend of Charlie Parker, had made an impression on many academic and literary men.

The whole thing, from the moment when they jumped heavily off the trucks, spread out and moved into position just behind the cover of that slight rise of ground and then jumped off, took maybe between twenty and thirty minutes.

Smiling at Warren's protestations, the old monk took his grip from him and led him down a corridor to a small parlor.

And then the Amen corner took hold, re-enacting a form of group participation in worship that stemmed from years before the Greek chorus, spreading down through the African forest, overseas to the West Indies, and then here in Alabama.

Stroked him, snaked all through him, the lyrics lifted him, took him from one magic isle to another, stopping briefly at each Brandon.

From the saddlebags, hung on a Hitchcock chair, David took out a good English razor, a present from John Hunter.