The distinctive red plume, worn in contrast to the white plume of other Highland regiments, was authorized for the Black Watch by King George III in recognition of a daring exploit during the French Revolutionary Wars.
For his daring exploit, Hamilton was made a knight by letters patent, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (2 January 1815), and eventually became a baronet (20 October 1818).
Like an impossible feat that begins with silence and a drum roll, the Big Apple Circus braces for its most daring exploit yet - survival.
U.S. naval officer who won acclaim for his daring exploits for the Union during the American Civil War (1861 65).
William Barker Cushing, (born Nov. 4, 1842, Delafield, Wis., U.S. died Dec. 17, 1874, Washington, D.C.), U.S. naval officer who won acclaim for his daring exploits for the Union during the American Civil War (1861 65).
Their most daring exploit was to hijack trucks laden with food meant for the poor that was being taken to be sold for profit at the market by corrupt officials.
Their designs were often very daring, exploiting all the latent and previously unexplored possibilities of iron.
The daring exploits of the fearless but charming Englishman in foreign parts was both a staple of popular fiction and also the recreational side of late-Victorian imperialism.
They were the hub around whom novels, short stories, films and TV series were made to satisfy the hunger of audiences for their adventures, their good deeds and daring exploits against despots and exploiters; romantic heroes women yearned after because they were free, mysterious, dashing, fearless, righteous and appeared and disappeared at will.
Hornung's popularity, in fact, rivaled that of his brother-in-law, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Raffles's daring exploits were dramatized for the stage with great success and later brought to the screen in film versions starring Ronald Colman and David Niven.
Then again, did Dolan banish Lin — who was about 20 minutes from being a former N.B.A. player while vegetating on the end of the Knicks' bench early last season — from New York on the grounds of his being an ingrate and daring to exploit his leverage for what could be the one time in his basketball career?
