* Morton's toe

This is an inherited trait in humans, where the dominant gene causes a longer second toe (" Morton's toe " or " Greek foot ") while the homozygous recessive genotype presents with the more common trait: a longer hallux.

Motley in 1839 wrote a novel, Morton's Hope, or the Memoirs of a Provincial about life in a German university in which he described Bismarck as a reckless and dashing eccentric, but also as an extremely gifted and charming young man.

Morton aimed a weapon at Standish, which the captain purportedly ripped from Morton's hands.

** The Middle Level currently lies between the Ouse Washes and the Nene, but historically lay between the Ouse Washes and Morton's Leam, a fifteenth century canal which runs north of the town of Whittlesey.

In 1989, she shot a pilot for NBC entitled Morton's By the Bay, which aired as a one-time special in May of that year.

His financial work brought him a less enviable notoriety, though history has deprived him of the credit which is his due for " Morton's Fork.

" He was the chief of the ecclesiastical statesmen of Morton's school, believed in frequent parliaments, and opposed the spirited foreign policy which laymen like Surrey are supposed to have advocated.

Hobson's choice is often misused to mean a false illusion of choice, but it is not a choice between two undesirable options, which is a Morton's fork.

However, by mounting an indirect attack, in which the major premise is that the 1932 film is based on the book, plaintiffs apparently hoped to impale MGM with a ' Morton's Fork ': either the 1981 film followed the 1932 film, thereby infringing the book, or the 1981 film did not follow the 1932 film, thereby breaching the 1931 Agreement.

Though his sympathies were with the reformers, he took no part in the combination of Protestant reformers in 1565, but he headed the armed force which took possession of Holyrood palace in March 1566 to effect the assassination of David Rizzio, and the leading conspirators adjourned to Morton's house while a messenger was sent to obtain Queen Mary's signature to the " bond of security ".

In July 2003, Morton joined the Open Source Development Labs under an agreement with his then-employer Digeo Inc. ( makers of the Moxi home entertainment media center ), in which OSDL supported Morton's Linux kernel development work while he continued in his official role as principal engineer at Digeo.

Visitors will find historical items such as the diaries of original settlers ( Alfred Morton's dating back to 1878 ), button hooks for ladies boots, and ice-saws and ice-tongs which were used for harvesting ice from the Birdtail River in the winter.

A controversial role in the first two series of Kay Mellor's successful Band of Gold ( 1995 ) resulted in a lot of tabloid interest, some of which focused on Morton's upbringing and personal life.

This, in fact, was an authentic model of John Morton's 300 bhp BRE-Datsun 240Z which won the 1970 and 1971 SCCA class C / P championships.

Today, Joy Morton's original Thornhill Estate, which he acquired in 1910, has been transformed into a living history museum of over 4, 000 different types of trees, shrubs and other woody plants.

Morton's resignation in October 2001 was no surprise to many in the railway industry as he was not a man to stick around when he was getting the blame for things which he could not control.

Diana's careful efforts to make sure that Morton's revelations were not traceable directly to her — which included using a friend, James Coldhurst, to run Dictaphone recordings to Morton — had paid off.

Mathias ' seat was also more likely to stay under Republican control, unlike Morton's seat, which was located on the socially conservative but Democratic-voting Eastern Shore of Maryland.

He also built a " nullifier " rifle which is able to neutralize and reverse the effects of the alchemy gun, and Arch Morton's transmutation powers.

Morton's followers, particularly Josiah C. Nott and George Gliddon in their monumental tribute to Morton's work, Types of Mankind ( 1854 ), carried Morton's ideas further and backed up his findings which supported the notion of polygenism – the premise that the different races were separately created by God.

Morton's theorem should be contrasted with the fundamental theorem of poker, which states that a player wants their opponents to make decisions which minimize their own expectation.

Burnand adapted the libretto for this " triumviretta " from John Maddison Morton's famous farce, Box and Cox, which had premiered in London in 1847, starring J.

Morton's refusal to give up his many business interests while as leader led many to accuse him of being a ' part-time leader ' and together with his second election loss, eroded confidence in his leadership.

Landry eventually settled on Morton for most of the second half of the season, because he felt less confident that Staubach would follow his game plan ( Landry called all of Morton's plays ).

Josiah C. Nott and George Gliddon carried Morton's ideas further.

And still others, like Thomas Morton, cared little for the church ; Morton's The New English Canaan mocked the religious settlers and declared that the Native Americans were actually better people than the British.

He also wrote " In Lord Morton's famous hybrid from a chestnut mare and male quagga, the hybrid, and even the pure offspring subsequently produced from the mare by a black Arabian sire, were much more plainly barred across the legs than is even the pure quagga.

The collection comprises more than 3. 900 volumes, including all foreign-language editions of the People's History of England, and many contain notations by A. L. Morton's own hand.

Ruth's Chris is currently the largest luxury steak company, larger than other restaurants such as The Palm and Morton's chains in number of locations, operating income, and overall profit.

In 1989, BBC Radio 4 broadcast the first of three series based on Morton's work.

On first down, linebacker Ted Hendricks deflected Morton's pass, and then running back Duane Thomas was tackled for a 1-yard loss on the next play.

Mrs. Mary Winder served as Morton's first postmistress ( 1924 – 1943 ).

As his piano style continued to evolve, his 1921 phonograph recordings of his own compositions, Harlem Strut, Keep Off the Grass ", and Carolina Shout, were ( along with the Jelly Roll Morton's Genett recordings of 1923 ) among the first jazz piano solos to be put onto record.

But perhaps the most memorable music in Strangers is the calliope music heard first at the fairground and again, later, when Bruno is strangling Mrs. Cunningham at Senator Morton's soirée and experiences his unfortunate flashback and subsequent fainting spell.

His activity was confined to political and especially diplomatic channels ; during John Morton's lifetime, Foxe was his subordinate, but after the archbishop's death he was first in Henry's confidence, and had an important share in all the diplomatic work of the reign.

She drew attention to the role of " Morton's Toe " -- one or both of two abnormal, inherited conditions of the first metatarsal bone of the foot — and its responsibility for causing physical pain throughout the body.

These were published in book form along with other examples of Morton's American poetry in " New English Canaan " ( 1637 ); and based on the criteria of " First ," " American " and Poetry ," they make Morton ( and not Anne Bradstreet ) America's first poet in English.

Morton's first successful public demonstration of ether as an inhalation anesthetic was such an historic and widely-publicized event that many consider him to be the " inventor and revealer " of anesthesia.

The first post office was situated on the railway station, next door to Mrs Morton's Tea Room.

Ted Morton's elevation to the cabinet of the Progressive Conservative government of Alberta and later to the position of Finance Minister in the Ed Stelmach government and Energy Minister in the first Alison Redford-led government is another perceived route of influence for the School.

After Toni Fritsch kicked a 31-yard field goal on Houston's first drive, Denver marched 80 yards in 13 plays to score on quarterback Craig Morton's 7-yard touchdown pass to running back Dave Preston.

After hearing Jelly Roll Morton's first tune 1900 plays a piece so simple and well known (" Silent Night ") that the self-proclaimed inventor of jazz feels mocked.

John is married to the actress Helen Atkinson-Wood who, on first hearing People Like Us on the radio, rang the BBC in praise of the programme and was given Morton's phone number.

Morton's first farce, My First Fit of the Gout, was produced in London in 1835.

Many of Morton's pieces enjoyed great success and contributed to building up the reputations of leading comic actors such as John Buckstone ( who was Box in the first representation of Box and Cox ), Henry Compton and the Keeleys.

Their first big success was John Maddison Morton's Box and Cox.