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unusual facts about Benjamin M. Palmer


Louisiana State Lottery Company

The prominent Presbyterian minister of First Presbyterian Church, Benjamin M. Palmer, delivered an anti-lottery speech on June 25, 1891 at one of the League's largest meetings at the Grand Opera House in New Orleans.


Afton Down

It was the site of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, where the Guinness Book of Records estimates 600,000 to 700,000, and possibly 800,000 people, flocked to see the musical talents of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Free, The Who, The Doors, Ten Years After and Jimi Hendrix.

Allison R. Palmer

Allison Ralph (Pete) Palmer (9 January 1927 in Bound Brook, New Jersey) is an American paleontologist and geologist.

B. J. Palmer

The house that B.J. and Mabel Palmer lived in is located at 808 Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa.

Benjamin M. Bitanga

He upholds BLTBCo’s status as one of the country’s best transportation enterprises at present that services people from the southern part of Luzon and Leyte/Samar.

Cato Unbound

The following is a partial list of notable people that have contributed to Cato Unbound: Peter Thiel, Tom G. Palmer, Bryan Caplan, Matthew Yglesias, Richard Thaler, John Cochrane, Robin Hanson, James C. Scott, William Easterly, Jonathan Zittrain, Lawrence Lessig, Charles Murray, and Michael Huemer.

Charles D. Palmer

Palmer went to Europe in 1944 as chief of staff of the 2nd Armored Division, and continued in that role during the Normandy invasion, the breakout from Saint-Lô, and crossing the Siegfreid Line.

Charles G. Palmer-Buckle

In 2002 he apologized on behalf of Africans for the part Africans played in the slave trade, and the apology was accepted by bishop John Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee.

Charles M. Palmer

He would be business manager of the company from 1895 to 1899 and would be president of the Boston Record for Hearst for several years.

Compass Point Studios

Other well-known artists who recorded there include: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Serge Gainsbourg, The Rolling Stones, Grace Jones, Shakira, Celine Dion, U2, Robert Palmer, Thompson Twins, Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads, Dire Straits, Electric Light Orchestra, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, James Brown, Iron Maiden, Roxy Music, Bonnie Tyler, The B-52's and David Bowie.

David Laibson

He received an A.B. (summa) from Harvard in 1988, studying under Benjamin M. Friedman, and went on to study at the London School of Economics (MSc. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics) where he was a recipient of a Marshall Scholarship.

Delta Sigma Chi

On November 6, 1913, B.J. Palmer was initiated into the brotherhood of Delta Sigma Chi.

Eben Swift

On May 18, 1880 he married Susan Bonaparte Palmer, daughter of Brigadier General Innis N. Palmer, and had five children.

Eboardmuseum

Among the exhibits there are numerous preliminary models and unique items such as a Hohner Clavinet, Rhodes Piano, Mellotron as well as original instruments from international stars like Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), Geoff Downes (Asia), Peter Wolf (Frank Zappa) and Tangerine Dream.

Elizabeth Crocker Bowers

Under A. M. Palmer's management she appeared in Lady Windermere's Fan (1893), and later she was a supporting actress for Rose Coghlan and Olga Nethersole.

Etruscology

Other scholars who focus more on the Etruscan influence on Rome include, R. E. A. Palmer, John F. Hall, and H. H. Scullard.

Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring

The other nominees were Cy Coleman for Theme from The Garden of the Finzi Continis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer for Pictures at an Exhibition, Quincy Jones for Money Runner, Henry Mancini & Doc Severinsen for Brass on Ivory, and Santana for Caravanserai.

Guitar Garden

Guitar Garden's latest album is Secret Space (2006), inspired by the many progressive rock and jazz-rock bands of the 1970s, such as Yes, ELP, and Mahavishnu Orchestra, as well as contemporary acts like The Flower Kings.

Hoedown

"Hoe-Down" has been covered by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on their album Trilogy and by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones on their albums Outbound and Live at the Quick.

Innis N. Palmer

His son in law was Major General Eben Swift who at one time commanded the 5th Cavalry and his grandson and namesake was Major General Innis Palmer Swift, who commanded the 1st Cavalry Division and I Corps in the South Pacific in World War II.

John F. Palmer

He and Charles B. Ward wrote the popular 1890s song The Band Played On.

John Nitzinger

In 1980, Nitzinger formed the band PM with Carl Palmer, formerly of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and others, which released a single album, One P.M, on Ariola Records.

Joseph Palmer

Joseph B. Palmer (1825–1890), American lawyer, legislator, and Confederate general in the American Civil War

Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health

When Rosenberg pointed to their recent "significant advances" and suggested the trend would continue, Justice Richard N. Palmer asked: "Is that your argument—give them more time and they'll do better?"

Love Beach

Love Beach is the seventh studio album by English progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1978.

Motoaki Takenouchi

He has cited King Crimson, Yes, Frank Zappa and Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer as some of his favorite musicians and influences.

Pitman shorthand

The protagonist of David R. Palmer's novels 'Emergence' and 'Tracking' purportedly writes her journals in Pitman Shorthand, declaring it the "best, potentially fastest, most versatile of various pen systems".

Raymond A. Palmer

An unsuccessful operation on Palmer's spine stunted his growth (he stood about four feet tall), and left him with a hunchback.

In 1948, Palmer and Curtis Fuller co-founded Fate, which covered divination methods, Fortean events, belief in the survival of personality after death, predictive dreams, accounts of ghosts, mental telepathy, archaeology, flying saucer sightings, cryptozoology, alternative medicine, warnings of death, and other paranormal topics, many contributed by readers.

Richard Palmer

Richard N. Palmer (born 1950), Associate Justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court

Rick van der Linden

Rick left Ekseption in 1974 to form Trace, a smaller rock trio along the lines of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

Scott B. Palmer

On October 4, 2006, in the midst of the Mark Foley scandal, Palmer publicly denied the assertion by Kirk Fordham, the onetime Chief of Staff for former U.S. Representative Mark Foley, that Fordham had told Palmer about Foley's inappropriate contacts with male pages in 2003 or earlier and had asked Palmer to intervene.

Sheff v. O'Neill

Justice David Borden authored the dissent, with Justices Robert Callahan and Richard Palmer concurring with the dissent.

Students for a Libertarian Society

Others active in the organization were Williamson Evers, Chris Sciabarra, Mark Brady, Mark Joffe, Eric Garris, and David Beito, who were members of the national board, and Paul Jacob, a prominent draft registration resister, Tom G. Palmer, and Dave Nalle, the publications director and editor of Liberty magazine.

Tamara Natalie Madden

She met her mentors Charly "Carlos" Palmer and WAK (Kevin A Williams) while living in Atlanta.

The Breakfast

On Dec. 31, Spears played his final show as The Breakfast's bassist at Electric Company in Utica, N.Y. At Spears's second-to-last show two nights prior at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT, Giangreco joined The Breakfast for four songs to close the performance, including a stellar version of one of the band's most highly regarded songs, Mooboo's Voodoo (Episode 2), and then a cover of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "Karn Evil 9", with Spears on lead vocals.

The Three Fates

The Three Fates is a three-part suite, written and performed by Keith Emerson, which opens the second side of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's eponymous debut album released in 1970.

Tony Tyler

Back in London in 1969, he became publicist for EG Management, who cared for the careers of T. Rex, King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

Vivacitas

The album mostly consists of versions of pieces which had been live favourites during The Nice's heyday between 1967 and 1970, some pieces performed by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and a 2001 interview with Emerson, Lee Jackson and Brian Davison by Chris Welch.

Williston B. Palmer

After two days of confusion, the U.S. embassy in Vientiane said the announcement had been incorrect and made without instructions from Washington, D.C.


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