On the east side of the island of Manhattan the indifferent hawk knew the East River that connected New York Bay with Long Island Sound.

On the western tip of Long Island protruded Brooklyn Heights.

Along Wappinger Creek in Dutchess County, past the white church at Fishkill, past Verplanck's Point on the east bank of the Hudson, to the white salt-crusted roads of the Long Island Rockaways there was a watching and an activity of preparing for something explosive to happen.

More than 25 carefully selected cities were visited, including New York, Brooklyn, Long Island City, Newark, Elizabeth, Stamford, Waterbury, New Haven, Bridgeport, Boston, Cambridge, Worcester, and Waltham.

More typical is the case of a suburban Long Island housewife described by a marriage counselor.

But it should be pointed out that some of the new watering places -- Fire Island, Nantucket, Westhampton, Long Island, for example -- tend to be homogeneously Jewish.

Later, Shea owned and operated the Long Island Indians, a minor league professional football team.

Prior to that he was associated with Long Island University in Brooklyn.

Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv, a utility outfielder, share an apartment in Jamaica, Long Island, not far from New York International Airport.

In Nassau County, for example, the heavily settled Long Island suburb of New York City, the system is credited by the state with serving one million persons, a figure that has doubled since 1950.

And on northern shores indomitable sailors from Long Island to Lake Michigan will beat around the buoys in dozens of frostbite races.

Mr. Willis bought Zenith Plastic Products, a skeleton corporation of sorts which had undergone many vicissitudes and whose principal assets were a couple of electronics plants on Long Island engaged in working out government contracts, and installed Freddy in an executive position.

* 1776 – The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.

* 516: 958 Hempstead / Long Island, NY

* 516: 968 Hempstead / Long Island, NY

The Cobble Hill Tunnel ( popularly the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel ) of the Long Island Rail Road is an abandoned railroad tunnel beneath Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn, New York City.

It was built mainly to satisfy public demand for creation of a grade-separated right of way for the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad ( later Long Island Rail Road ) on its way to the South Ferry at the foot of Atlantic Street ( later Atlantic Avenue ), where passengers could catch ferries to Manhattan.

The railroad connected Lower Manhattan via the South Ferry to Greenport on the North Fork of Long Island, where a ferry connected to Stonington, Connecticut to a rail link that continued to Boston.

The Cobble Hill Tunnel and the Long Island Railroad remained the primary means of access to most of central Long Island from Manhattan and New York City.

King was a major shareholder in the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad ( later the Long Island Rail Road ) and therefore had a conflict of interest and stood to benefit by the compensation payments to the railroad from the tax assessment.

But its glory, after enduring in great splendor for a season, has now vanished — at least its Long Island Railroad glory has.

The first team he played for was the Long Island Lizards until 2003.

It is also home to the Mitchel Athletic Complex, which hosts the Long Island Rough Riders, an amateur soccer team, and the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse.

* The Baltimore Bayhawks win the Steinfeld Cup over the Long Island Lizards.

The Long Island Lizards are the Bayhawks biggest rival.

In 2001, the Bayhawks won the National Division crown, but fell short in the championship game to the Long Island Lizards.

The team defeated the Boston Cannons 13-9 in the semifinals, and won the Steinfeld Trophy for the third time with another 13-9 victory, this time over their archrivals, the Long Island Lizards.

The Bayhawks main rival is the Long Island Lizards.

The Long Island Lizards are a Major League Lacrosse ( MLL ) professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hempstead, New York, USA, located on Long Island.

The Rochester Rattlers ( gold ) vs. the Long Island Lizards ( white ) at PAETEC Park in 2008.

* The Long Island Lizards win the Steinfeld Cup over the Baltimore Bayhawks.

" Team Warrior " by Nathan Solomon, a 14-year-old Chesapeake Bayhawks fan from Alpharetta, Georgia and " Team Authority " by Michael Hatala, a 13-year-old Long Island Lizards fan of Glen Cove, New York, selected the teams on the Friday night before the game.

On May 25, 2008, Texas Stadium hosted the first ever professional lacrosse game in Texas when the two time defending champions Philadelphia Barrage played the Long Island Lizards.

* Baltimore Bayhawks defeated Long Island Lizards 15 – 9 to win the Steinfeld Cup.

Mitchel Athletic Complex ( also called Mitchel Park and Mitchel Field ) was the home to the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse.

He became the Cannons all-time leading assist getter, was chosen Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his game against the Long Island Lizards, and was a MLL All-Star selection.

He was a member of the Long Island Lizards.

On June 14, 2011 it was announced that Grant Jr was traded to the Long Island Lizards for a second round draft pick in the 2012 Collegiate draft, which would become a 4th round pick if Grant Jr does not report.

That year the loss of North Vietnam to the communists and the rejection of his proposed European Defense Community ( EDC ) were serious defeats, but he remained optimistic in his opposition to the spread of communism, saying " Long faces don't win wars ".

Long before then, running out of time and looking for a team with which he could win again, Gretzky had been traded from the Kings at his request.

The Long Fall Back To Earth was nominated for the Grammy to the " Best Pop / Contemporary Gospel Album ", though they didn't win in the category.

In 1997 the Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi beat out ten other international architects to win the competition to execute the redesign of the museum, which after being closed in Manhattan for a time during the process ( a temporary space was opened in Long Island City, Queens ) reopened in 2004.

The Oilers split the first two games in Long Island, but then won three in a row in Edmonton to become the first former WHA team to win the Stanley Cup.

Long after he ceased to win tournaments, Palmer remained one of the highest earners in golf due to his appeal to sponsors and the public.

Tablelands was abolished prior to the 2009 Queensland state election, with Lee Long failing to win the seat of Dalrymple.

To win the Senate seat vacated by the death of Democrat John Holmes Overton, Long first defeated Judge Robert F. Kennon of Minden in the Democratic primary, 264, 143 ( 51 percent ) to 253, 668 ( 49 percent ).

In 1968, Long overpowered a primary rival, Maurice P. Blache, Sr. ( 1917 – 1991 ), to win renomination.

He announced his retirement after the season, which he managed to cap off with a win in Las Vegas, but came out of retirement for a one-time drive with Arrows in at the non-championship Race of Champions at Brands Hatch where he qualified and finished third and at the United States Grand Prix West at Long Beach where he qualified a fine 12th but retired after 58 laps through driver fatigue.

This novel version also won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Long Form, thus becoming the only story to win the same award twice in two differing formats, novel and novella.

* 1930 ( 2 ) Long Beach Open ( tie with Joe Kirkwood, Sr .), one other win

His first full year of IndyCar competition came in 1993 and he won five times with his first win coming at Long Beach and the others at Cleveland, Toronto, Road America and Laguna Seca.

He became the first driver in 32 years to win the first three races of a season, scoring victories in St. Petersburg, Monterrey, and Long Beach.

Long became governor in 1939, after the resignation of Governor Richard Leche, but he failed to win a term of his own in 1940.

To win the first of his two full terms from 1948 to 1952, Long defeated his old rival Sam Jones by a wide margin.

Long term bettors prefer markets that develop throughout a long period of time ( e. g. who will win English Premiership ; who will get relegated from Series A ).

* June 13 – In Long Island City, New York, James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to win the heavyweight championship of the world.

In the playoffs, the heavily favoured Aeros had a bye in the first round, followed by a close best of five series against the Long Beach Ice Dogs, in which Houston prevailed with a win in the decisive fifth game.

2001 was Long's final season and although Essendon made the Grand Final that year, Long aggravated a hamstring during grand final training and was forced to name himself unavailable on the eve of the game, which Essendon lost to the Brisbane Lions who would go on to win three straight premierships.

On June 21, 1932, at the Madison Square Garden Bowl in Long Island City, New York, Sharkey defeated Schmeling in a controversial split decision to win the championship.