Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Almost Persuaded Cover Artist David Houston singer David Houston from Album Almost Persuaded B side We Got Love Released June 1966 small United States U.S. small Format 7 inch single 7 Recorded January 1966 Genre Country music Country Length 2 56 Label Epic Records Epic Writer Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton Producer Billy Sherrill Last single Sammy br 1966 This single Almost Persuaded br 1966 Next single Where Could I Go? But to Her br 1966 Almost Persuaded is a song written by Glenn Sutton and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Muscle Shoals songwriter Billy Sherrill and first recorded by David Houston singer David Houston in 1966. It is not to be confused with the Christian hymn of the same name. ref cite web url http hymntime.com tch htm a l m almostpe.htm title ALMOST PERSUADED at the Cyber Hymnal accessdate 2010 02 16 ref The song is about a married man who, while patronizing a tavern, sees a beautiful young woman and is instantly smitten. Forgetting that he is married, he nearly succumbs to temptation. However, when the two share a slow dance on the floor, he sees the reflection of his wedding band and, remembering his vows to his wife, leaves. Legacy Almost Persuaded spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs Hot Country Singles chart starting in August 1966 ref cite book title The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits 1944 2006, Second edition last Whitburn first Joel authorlink Joel Whitburn year 2004 publisher Record Research page 162 ref and has since gone on to become a country standard. The song was also a moderate Billboard Hot 100 pop hit, reaching twenty four on the Billboard pop chart and was David Houston s only Top 40 entry on the pop charts. ref cite book title The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits Eighth Edition last Whitburn first Joel authorlink Joel Whitburn year 2004 publisher ... Persuaded, although two songs 1999 s Amazed by Lonestar and 2003 s It s Five O Clock Somewhere ... more details
Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name I Could Be Persuaded Cover Artist The Bellamy Brothers Album Reality Check B side Released 1990 Format Recorded Genre Country music Country Length Label MCA Records MCA Curb Records Curb Writer David Bellamy, Howard Bellamy, Don Schlitz Producer Emory Gordy, Jr. Last single The Center of My Universe br 1989 This single I Could Be Persuaded br 1990 Next single She Don t Know That She s Perfect br 1991 Misc I Could Be Persuaded is a single by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers . Released in 1990, it was the first single from the album Reality Check . The song reached 7 on the Billboard magazine Billboard Hot Country Songs Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. ref cite book title The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits 1944 2006, Second edition last Whitburn first Joel authorlink Joel Whitburn year 2004 publisher Record Research page 43 ref It was their duo s last Top 10 hit. Chart performance class wikitable sortable align left Chart 1990 align center Peak br position align left U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks align center 7 align left Canadian RPM Country Tracks align center 11 References reflist Category 1990 singles Category The Bellamy Brothers songs Category Songs written by Don Schlitz Category Songs produced by Emory Gordy, Jr. 1990s country song stub ... more details
Win loss may refer to Win loss analytics , analysis of the reasons why a visitor to a website was or wasn t persuaded to engage in a desired action Win loss record pitching , the number of wins and losses a pitcher has accumulated either in his career or a single season disambig ... more details
unreferenced date October 2006 The Tariff of 1792 was the third of Alexander Hamilton s protective tariff s in the United States first was the Hamilton tariff of 1789, second was the Tariff of 1790 . Hamilton had persuaded the United States Congress to raise duties slightly in 1790, and he persuaded them to raise rates again in 1792, although still not to his satisfaction. Protectionism was one of the fulfillments of Hamilton s Report on Manufactures . US tax acts Category 1792 in law Category 1792 in the United States Category United States federal taxation legislation Category United States federal trade legislation 1792 ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2010 The Roche Institute of Molecular Biology was created on July 14, 1967 when Jim Burns, then the vice president of research at Hoffman La Roche , persuaded biochemist Sidney Udenfriend to leave the National Institutes of Health and help him create a basic science institute at the Hoffman La Roche, Nutley, New Jersey facility. It lasted for 28 years and was associated with a number of well known and regarded scientists. Category Biological research institutes Category Research institutes established in 1967 ... more details
Cape Douglas coor dm 80 55 S 160 52 E is an ice covered cape marking the south side of the entrance to Matterson Inlet , on the west side of Ross Ice Shelf . Discovered by the Discovery expedition 1901 04 and named for Admiral Sir Archibald Douglas , Lord of the Admiralty, who persuaded the Admiralty to assign naval seamen to the expedition. usgs gazetteer DEFAULTSORT Douglas Category Headlands of the Ross Dependency Category Shackleton Coast ShackletonCoast geo stub ... more details
History In the 1880 hymn Aberystwyth , Joseph Parry made reference to the Penrhos Knights as terrwyn llaes boneddigaidd , or brave and noble . In 1981 Aberystwyth University then called the University of Wales, Aberystwyth published excerpts of Parry s diary, claiming that Parry himself may have been a Penrhos Knight. Principles and activities Penrhos Knights are believed to have had a large influence on the historical socio political spectrum of Aberystwyth. In 1636 the group persuaded Charles I to open a Royal Mint in the grounds of Aberystwyth Castle . The mint was opened the following year but, during the English Civil War, the Knights allowed Oliver Cromwell to slight the entire castle in 1649 in the understanding that the townspeople could use the stone to build new homes. An article published in 2005 by a local newspaper, the http www.cambrian news.co.uk Cambrian News claimed that the Penrhos Knights had persuaded the British Government to choose Aberystwyth as a location to store the crown jewels during World War II . Category Secret societies Category Organisations based in Wales ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 In Greek mythology , Pandorus was a son of Erichthonius II of Athens and Praxithea . Pandorus was also the sibling of Metion and Cecrops . Pandorus was a very accomplished archer who fought in Homer s Iliad . Typically archers were seen as inferior soldiers compared to swordsmen. In Book IV, he was persuaded by Minerva to break the truce by firing an arrow at Menalaus . He did his job, and incited Agamemnon to rouse his troops. He is later wounded in Book XI when Ajax goes on a great rampage. References Iliad Category Greek mythology greek myth stub bn el fr Pandoros ru ... more details
In Greek mythology , Nomos is the Daemon mythology daemon of laws, statutes, and ordinances. By one account, Nomos wife is Eusebeia Eusebia Piety , and their daughter is Dike mythology Dike Justice . The Nomos is also the making of the human law in the Ancient Greek. The Sophists were persuaded that the Nomos wasn t especially the best in Greek but had as first the idea that it was equal but different of other cultures External links http www.theoi.com Daimon Nomos.html Category Greek mythology Category Greek gods Greek deity stub es Nomos he pt Nomos mitologia ... more details
The Bergthal Colony was a Mennonite settlement in the southern part of the former Russian Empire , now Ukraine that emigrated to Manitoba , Canada . The colony consisted of five villages Schoenfeld, Heuboden, Bergthal, Schoenthal, and Friedrichsthal. The villages were settled during the years 1836 to 1852 by 149 landless families from the Chortitza Colony. The settlement was located on the Bodni, a small tributary of the Berda River about 200 km southeast of Zaporizhia . During the 1870s, bishop Gerhard Wiebe persuaded the entire colony consisting of about 500 families, to emigrate to Manitoba. References Schroeder, William. The Bergthal Colony. 2nd ed. Winnipeg CMBS, 1986. Category Mennonitism in Ukraine Category History of Ukraine ... more details
Rumangabo is a military base of the Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo located north of Goma in Nord Kivu province. 3.5 km south of the military base is the headquarters of the Virunga National Park . On October 7, 2008, it was captured from the FARDC Congolese Army by members of Laurent Nkunda s faction, the National Congress for the Defense of the People . On the 10th, Nkunda s forces were persuaded by MONUC to withdraw from the military base. The fighting severely threatened the lives of the rangers at the nearby park station. Again on October 26, it was again captured by rebels. They are further advancing both in north and south axis toward Rutshuru and Goma. Category Nord Kivu Province Category Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... more details
The First Congregational Church of Manistee, Michigan , United Church of Christ , was founded on July 20, 1862 with ten charter members. The Rev. George Thompson who had recently returned to Michigan following missionary work in Africa was persuaded to preach the first sermon and organize the new church. One of the first churches to be organized in the community, the wikt congregation congregation worshiped in the fire hall and eventually purchased the building for their own meeting space. References Reflist External links http www.uccmanistee.org First Congregational Church Michigan struct stub coord missing Michigan Category Religious organizations established in 1862 Category United Church of Christ churches in Michigan ... more details
refimprove date February 2011 Henry Nicol 1845 1880 was a philologist specialized in French phonology. ref cite journal journal Modern English biography volume 2 year 1897 title Nicol, Henry pages p. 1146 url http books.google.com books?id IVmAAAAMAAJ ref Cousin of Henry Sweet , Nicol was persuaded in 1871 by Frederick James Furnivall to take over the editorship of OED but was prevented by ill health and other problems to do so. References reflist Lexicography and the OED pioneers in the untrodden forest. Lynda Mugglestone. External links Wikisource author inline Category 1845 births Category 1880 deaths ... more details
Radi or Radi fl. 1433 was a wealthy Serbs Serb nobleman with the title Grand Head Grand elnik , who held silver mines in Novo Brdo , during the Serbian Despotate . ref name Rosenqvist64 Rosenqvist, p. 64 ref Hegoumenos Neophytos persuaded Radi to contribute to the restoration of Kastamonitou Monastery . ref name Rosenqvist64 Radi became a monk in Kastamonitou in 1433, where he spent his last years, the monastery then became Serbia n. ref name Rosenqvist64 Sources reflist Jan Olof Rosenqvist, Interaction and isolation in late Byzantine culture , Category 15th century Serbian nobility Category Serbian Despotate Serbia bio stub ... more details
In Greek mythology , Amphilochus was the younger son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle and the brother of Alcmaeon mythology Alcmaeon . Eriphyle persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the Seven Against Thebes raid, though he knew he would die. She had been persuaded by Polynices , who offered her the necklace of Harmonia Greek goddess Harmonia , daughter of Aphrodite and Ares . Amphiaraus reluctantly agreed to join the fatal battle and asked his sons, Alcmaeon and Amphilochus, to avenge his foreseen death. In the battle, Amphiaraus sought to flee from Periclymenus , the son of Poseidon , who wanted to kill him, but Zeus threw his thunder and the earth opened to swallow Amphiaraus together with his chariot. Alcmaeon killed his mother and exiled himself. Argive Amphilochus was a prominent seer, and founded several oracle s, most importantly at Mallus , a pre Greek site in Cilicia , ref Alexander the Great was persuaded of a Greek founding for Mallus see Arrian , Anabasis , 2.5.9. ref and, acting with his half brother Mopsus , the oracle of Apollo at Colophon city Colophon in Lydia . According to Herodotus , Amphilochus travelled farther east and founded a Posideion just beyond the mountain pass gate in the Amanus between Cilicia and Syria. ref Herodotus, 3.91.7 for the disputed location of this Posideion, see Robin Lane Fox, Travelling Heroes in the Epic Age of Homer , 2008 79ff. ref Amphilochus is named among the suitors of Helen of Troy Helen in some accounts. ref Gantz, p. 566. ref After the Trojan War , according to Thucydides 2.68 , not caring for the situation in Argos , he founded Amphilochian Argos and the whole region of Amphilochia on the Ambracian Gulf , a non Greek settlement later Hellenized by its Ambraciot neighbors. Also after the Trojan War, he may have been killed either by Apollo , or by his half brother Mopsus , whom he reciprocally killed in single combat however, these myths may concern his nephew, Amphilochus son of Alcmaeon also named Amphilochus . ref ... more details
unsourced date January 2009 Birbal Dhar lang ks small Devanagari small , small Nasta l q script Nastaleeq small was a leader in the Kashmir i resistance to Afghan people Afghan rule in the early 19th century. He led a deputation which persuaded Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh to invade Kashmir in 1819, which ended Afghan rule. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dhar, Birbal ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dhar, Birbal Category History of Jammu and Kashmir Category Kashmiri people Category Hindu warriors India bio stub ... more details
japanese name H j unreferenced date December 2006 nihongo H j Ujinori 1545 March 22, 1600 was the fourth son of H j Ujiyasu . Very early in his life he became an acquaintance of Tokugawa Ieyasu , because he alike was also at the time a hostage of the Imagawa . Far later, he was persuaded to surrender when Odawara was attacked by the likes of Toyotomi Hideyoshi . He then set off to Odawara in attempts to negotiate peace. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hojo Ujinori ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1545 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1600 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hojo Ujinori Category Go H j clan Category 1545 births Category 1600 deaths samurai stub nl Hojo Ujinori ja zh ... more details
Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick or Burd Bell Child ballad 257 Roud Folk Song Index Roud 107 is a traditional folk song framed with explicit warnings about loving above your station. Synopsis Burd Isabel, a servant, becomes pregnant. When she bears a son, Earl Patrick, the boy s father, resolves to marry her, but is persuaded not to, by his family. Soon, he marries a duke s daughter. He resolves to bring his son to his home, but first he sends his aunt or great aunt and then goes himself, to the same effect Burd Isabel refuses to give her son up. External links http www.sacred texts.com neu eng child ch257.htm Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick Category Child Ballads Folk song stub ... more details
Verity, 1996 Rejoice Christmas Project Verity, 1997 Healing Live in Detroit Verity, 1999 Persuaded ... Gospel Performance, Album Richard Smallwood with Vision Persuaded Live in DC 2001 NAACP Image Award Nomination for Best Gospel Artist, Traditional Persuaded Live in DC 2003 Stellar Award Nomination for Artist Of The Year Persuaded Live in DC Verity 2003 Stellar Award Nomination for Song Of The Year ... in DC 2003 Stellar Award Nomination for Producer Of The Year Persuaded Live in DC 2003 Stellar Award Nomination for Male Vocalist Of The Year Persuaded Live in DC 2003 Stellar Award Nomination for CD Of The Year Persuaded Live in DC 2003 Stellar Award Nomination for Traditional Male Vocalist of the Year Persuaded Live in DC 2003 Stellar Award Nomination for Music Video of the Year Persuaded Live ... more details
Texize Chemical Company or simply Texize, is a chemical company incorporated in the 1940s which sold industrial cleaners to textile plants, hence the name Texize. It was also one of the first accounts of Henderson Advertising Agency, founded by James M. Henderson in 1946. It was Henderson who persuaded Texize s founder, Jack Greer, to market the company s products for household use. Texize s product line included Janitor In A Drum , Glass Plus , Fantastik , Spray N Wash, Vivid detergent, and many others. Its consumer line was acquired by Dow Chemical Company in 1986 Texize still markets to industrial clients. External Links http www.texize.com Texize Official Website References http www.knowitall.org legacy laureates James 20M. 20Henderson 20.html James M. Henderson at South Carolina Business Hall of Fame Category Chemical companies chemical company stub ... more details
Shishani lang ce i ani Arabic language Arabic Chechen is a common family name among the Chechen people Chechen diaspora , particularly in the Arab world and the United States . Ibrahim Shishani Audio Engineer http www.youtube.com user IbrahimShishani p u 0 fpScb5Kme9M Musician http www.youtube.com user IbrahimShishani p u 0 fpScb5Kme9M Singer From Jordan Mohammad Shishani athlete , soccer athlete Mohammad Shishani educator , President of the World Chechen Congress Murad Batal al Shishani, policy analyist for The Jamestown Foundation Sawla Shishani, Professor of Arabic language at Temple University Sheik Fathi al Shishani, veteran of the Soviet war in Afghanistan Soviet Afghan war who persuaded Ibn al Khattab to come to Chechnya. Category Surnames ... more details
Lawrence Holt , from the Blue Funnel Line Blue Funnel Shipping Line , was co founder of Outward Bound in 1941, along with renowned educator, Kurt Hahn . According to Heathcote 1971 , for five years, Lawrence Holt persuaded his partners to underwrite the loss on the school and to help with staff and stores. When time and experience were ripe for the development of other Outward Bound schools, the Outward Bound Trust was formed to carry on the work. p. 6 . References Heathcote 1971 . Lawrence Holt. Strive , 1 10 , 3 6. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Holt, Lawrence ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Holt, Lawrence Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category Outdoor educators UK business bio stub ... more details
delta was a small poetry magazine which was produced at the University of Cambridge in the late 1950s and 1960s. It was originally edited by Peter Redgrove and Rodney Banister , but Redgrove persuaded Philip Hobsbaum to take over from Issue 3. ref name DarkHorse 1999 Hobsbaum in DarkHorse , Autumn 1999, Ted Hughes at Cambridge ref The magazine introduced various poets including The Group literature The Group figures Edward Lucie Smith ref name DarkHorse 1999 and Peter Porter . ref Kaiser, John R Peter Porter A Bibliography 1954 &ndash 1986 Mansell, London and New York, 1990. ISBN 0 7201 2032 2, page 99 ref Footnotes reflist DEFAULTSORT Delta Magazine Category 1960s disestablishments Category British literary magazines Category Publications associated with the University of Cambridge Category Publications established in the 1950s poetry stub UK lit mag stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Frantz Vitko lang ru . . was the president of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus FPB 2001 2002. ref http www.fpb.by ru menu left about WebCite url http www.webcitation.org 5v9h2tPGL date 2010 12 21 ref Vitko, who had voiced criticism against the government, was persuaded to resign, and was replaced by Leonid Kozik . ref ICFTU Fria Fackf reningsinternationalen . Kr nkningar av fackliga r ttigheter FFI . Stockholm LO TCO bist ndsn mnd, 2003. p. 264 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Vikto, Frantz ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Vikto, Frantz Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category Belarusian trade unionists ... more details
Bartholdy may refer to People Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1776&ndash 1835 , a German Jewish banker and philanthropist Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1809&ndash 1847 , a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor son of Abraham Jakob Salomon Bartholdy 1779&ndash 1825 , a Prussian diplomat educated at the University of Halle Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1841&ndash 1880 , a German chemist and a pioneer in the manufacture of aniline dye son of Felix Jakob Salomon took the additional surname Bartholdy from a property owned by his family on his conversion to Christianity. He persuaded his sister s husband Abraham Mendelssohn to do the same. Places Mendelssohn Bartholdy Park Berlin U Bahn , a Berlin U Bahn station located on the U2 See also Mendelssohn Mendelssohn family surname Category Surnames ... more details
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