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unusual facts about Christopher P. West



1884 Republican National Convention

When Maine, Blaine’s state, was called, the cheering lasted ten minutes, during which time William H. West came to the platform and gave a rabble-rousing speech to second the nomination.

Absolom M. West

For that party and for the Anti-Monopoly Party, West was a candidate for Vice President on the ticket of Benjamin Franklin Butler in 1884.

Aguanga, California

Col. Joseph R. West, mentioned the abandoned station location was now called Giftaler’s Ranch, (after its German owner Joseph Giftaler) in a journal of his units march to Fort Yuma on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route.

Artemis Pebdani

Weekly, a sketch show at I.O. West in Hollywood, California based upon the events of the previous seven days.

Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music

"The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon" is an instrumental, its title references Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band's 1967 hit single "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago".

Barzillai J. Chambers

Chambers was nominated for Vice President by the reunited party, as was Absolom M. West of Mississippi; Chambers was victorious on the first ballot, by 403 votes to 311.

Bathroom sex

According to Mark D. West, people in these hotels often engage in bathroom sex "with the tap on".

Beverly Hills Film Festival

The venues for screening include premier spots like the AMPAS, Writers Guild, Chinese Theater and The Clarity Theatre.

Carol W. Greider

In the mid-1990s, Greider was recruited by Michael D. West, founder of biotechnology company Geron (now CEO of BioTime) to join the company's Scientific Advisory Board.

Charles Edward Pogue

From 1997-2001, Pogue served on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, west.

Charles F. West

West was nominated, and elected as a Democrat to the seventy second and seventy third congresses, he took up this role between March 4, 1931 and January 3, 1935.

Chris Higgins

Christopher P. Higgins (1830–1889), American army captain and businessman

City of Lights, City of Angels

COLCOA was created in 1996 by The Franco-American Cultural Fund, a unique collaborative effort of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association of America, the Writers Guild of America, West, France’s Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique.

Delta B

Syncom-2 subsequently became the first geosynchronous satellite, and was placed at 55° west of the Greenwich Meridian.

Dominion Land Survey

The Fifth Meridian at 114° west, which runs through Calgary, Alberta (Barlow Trail is built mostly on the meridian) and Stony Plain, Alberta (48th Street).

East, West

Rushdie's collection of short stories East, West is loaded with references to Bollywood, beginning by the tragic character Ramani in "The Free Radio."

France and Germany Star

The qualifying sea area is the North Sea south of a line from the Firth of Forth to Kristiansand (South), in the English Channel and in the Bay of Biscay east of longitude 6° west, provided such service was directly in support of land operations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands or Germany.

IRN/USA Radio Network

The remaining two channels are aboard the SES Americoms AMC-3 Satellite located at 87° west longitude and utilizes a DVB MPEG-2 Compliant technology.

The first channel is located aboard the SES Americom's AMC-8 Satellite located at 139° west longitude and utilizes the StarGuide Satellite Transmission System.

ITV Westcountry

During the summer of 1996, Westcountry prepared to float the company on the stock market, which resulted in HTV, United News & Media, Carlton Communications and Canwest bidding to buyout Westcountry.

John B. West

After working as a postdoctoral fellow with Hermann Rahn at Buffalo in 1961-62, he returned to London as Director of the Respiratory Research Group at Postgraduate Medical School (1962-67) and was promoted to University Reader there in 1968.

As a physiologist, he joined Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan scientific and mountaineering expedition in 1960-61.

After election to membership in American Physiological Society in 1970 and to Council in 1981, in 1983 he became president elect, and became the 57th APS President for 1984-85.

He graduated in medicine (M.B.B.S., 1952) from the University of Adelaide, Australia.

Joseph R. West

In January 1863, Mangas Coloradas decided to personally meet with U.S. military leaders at Fort McLane, near present-day Hurley in southwestern New Mexico.

Justice West

Jesse F. West, an Associate Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Larry Arnhart

Arnhart has debated the leading advocates of intelligent designMichael Behe, William Dembski, John West, Jonathan Wells, and Richard Weikart—all of whom are fellows of the Discovery Institute.

Lisa Aziz

From 16 February 2009, she became co-presenter of the pan-regional news programme The West Country Tonight, which replaced The West Tonight (ITV West) and Westcountry Live (ITV Westcountry) alongside Steve Scott.

Lisa Victoria

Her previous career includes stage and television performances for BBC Wales, HTV and S4C, as well as the leading role of the character Kelly in the BBC Radio Wales soap Station Road.

Milton H. West

As a child he attended the local public schools in Gonzales County and later enrolled at West Texas Military Academy in San Antonio, Texas.

Montgomery Bell

In addition to this institution, a state park not the one at the Narrows property but another one about 15 miles (25 km) west, located on the site of several iron works in which he may have had an interest is named in his honor and the Montgomery Bell Bridge over the Harpeth River just above its confluence with the Cumberland River near Ashland City, Tennessee on Tennessee State Route 49.

Nilesat 101

Nilesat and Eutelsat have agreed in September 2005 to lease capacity on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 4 satellite after relocating it to 7° West and renaming it to Nilesat 103, the satellite is scheduled to be repositioned to this location in second quarter 2006 after the launch and entry into service of Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 7A and Hot Bird 8 satellites.

Northampton County High School – West

In the late 1980s, the district decided to consolidate and open a new high school which was closer to the portion of Northampton county that borders Lake Gaston.

Students at NCHS-West STEM primarily live in the communities of Gaston, Garysburg, Pleasant Hill and Henrico, North Carolina.

The football team pulled off a 13-1 record in 2006 before losing to Manteo High School in the Eastern Finals, and a 14-2 record that landed them in the 2005 State Championship game against Elkin High School.

Offense-Defense All-American Bowl

A number of marquee players have participated in the O-D competition, including DeAndre' West Dez Bryant, Aaron Corp, Kodi Burns, Jarrett Lee, et al.

Steve West

Steven L. West, American research scientist and rehabilitation counselor

Steven L. West

is an American research scientist and rehabilitation counselor specializing in addictions issues among persons with disabilities.

Sweets for My Sweet

In 1968 Cashman Pistilli & West remade "Sweets for My Sweet" under the name Central Park West.

The Big Match

Other ITV regions had their own shows, but would show The Big Match if they were not covering their own match – particularly often in the case of Southern and HTV.

Togo D. West, Jr.

West returned to private practice in 1981 with the firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler and later worked as senior vice president for government relations of the Northrop Corporation until he became a member of the Clinton administration.

W. S. West

Walter Scott West (1872–1943), US Marine Corps private, recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the Spanish–American War

Wang Shifu

Wang, Shifu, Edited and Translated with an Introduction by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema; with a Study of Its Woodblock Illustrations by Yao Dajuin.

Ziaulhaq

Air Force Master Sergeant Patrick W. Boyd, Major Christopher P. West and a third GI plead guilty shortly after the Afghans were apprehended.


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