Almost immediately they began to sizzle.

Almost immediately she was ashamed of herself for feeling vain, at such a time, in such a place, and she tossed back her long yellow hair, smiling shyly as she entered the room.

Almost immediately Howard and his daughter Debora drove up in the Cadillac.

Almost immediately after, however, Joab, who had been sent away, perhaps intentionally returned and slew Abner at the gate of Hebron.

Almost immediately after publication of the photographs of this sensational archaeological find some claimed that the Anubis Shrine could be the Ark of the Covenant.

Almost immediately after Álvarez's death, four women and seven children ( the last survivors ) were picked up by the US Navy gunship on July 18, 1917.

Almost immediately, Constans was required to deal with a Sarmatian invasion in late 337, over whom he won a resounding victory.

Almost immediately however, the world witnessed division into broad two camps during the Cold War ; one side was led by the U. S., and the other by the Soviet Union, but this situation also led to the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Almost immediately after the order of Kotaka was placed, Fernando Villaamil, second officer of the Ministry of the Navy of Spain where he was put in charge of developing the concept of a new ship designed to combat torpedo boats, placed an order for a large torpedo gunboat in November 1885, with the British builder James and George Thompson, of Clydebank, not far from where the Yarrow shipyards would move from London 20 years later.

" Almost immediately after the federation went into effect, however, these rights began to be abridged or violated.

Almost immediately, Alfonso returned from exile in Toledo and took his seat as king of Castile and León.

Almost immediately, French forces faced defeat on many fronts, and were driven out of their newly conquered territories in the spring of 1793.

Almost immediately the party was plunged into a crisis by the question of German participation in the NATO actions in Kosovo.

Almost immediately after the announcement, a pair of Indian automakers, including Mahindra & Mahindra, expressed interest in purchasing all or part of Hummer.

Almost immediately, however, serious problems with the tower became evident.

Almost immediately, however, a controversy, which had been begun ten years before and been temporarily silenced, broke out more violently than ever.

Almost immediately after Theobald's departure, Richard of Cornwall arrived.

Almost immediately, he accepted a position at Hebrew Union College and subsequently wrote articles for the Jewish Encyclopedia.

Almost immediately after his election as leader he was faced with a serious crisis: the creation in early 1981 of a breakaway party by four senior Labour right-wingers, Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams, David Owen and William Rodgers ( the so-called " Gang of Four "), the Social Democratic Party.

Almost immediately after the recording of Milestones, Davis fired Garland and, shortly afterward, Jones, again for behavioral problems ; he replaced them with Bill Evans — a young white pianist with a strong classical background — and drummer Jimmy Cobb.

Almost immediately, however, the Rio de la Plata Province-now consisting of 800 Europeans-split into two warring factions.

Almost immediately, Gregory began the task of repairing the Walls of Rome, beginning at the Porta Tiburtina.

Almost immediately after his election, Eugene was forced to deal with the heresy of Monothelitism, i. e., that Christ had only one will.

Almost immediately after Serbia's autonomy, the Serbs began seeking expansion and unity with all the rest of Serbs and other Slavs in neighbouring regions ; project of Greater Serbia under the panserbic intellectual influence of Ilia Garasanin and Vuk Stefanovic Kadarzic.

Almost as soon as Jerusalem had been captured, and continuing throughout the 12th century, many pilgrims arrived and left accounts of the new kingdom ; among them are the English Saewulf, the Russian Abbot Daniel, the Frank Fretellus, the Byzantine Johannes Phocas, and the Germans John of Würzburg and Theoderich.

Almost all Chukchis speak Russian, although some have a lesser command than others.

Almost immediately, Berkman began to write a series of pamphlets about the Russian Revolution.

Almost half of phishing thefts in 2006 were committed by groups operating through the Russian Business Network based in St. Petersburg.

Almost all speakers are bilingual in Russian, and most younger members of the ethnic groups associated with the languages speak Russian only.

Almost every Russian city sends, on a regular basis, small units of police ( often composed of OMON members ) for tours of duty in Chechnya lasting several months, while the Chechen Republic also formed its own OMON detachment.

Almost 90 percent of Russia's population were peasants, and there was also the intelligentsia: a unique bunch of people without any class affiliations, who, " unlike other elements of Russian society, were unflawed by the past.

Almost all of the Kamasins had assimilated with the Russian peasantry by the early 20th century.

Almost the entire Soviet population of ethnic Koreans ( 171, 781 persons ) were forcefully moved from the Russian Far East to unpopulated areas of Kazakhstan in October 1937.

Almost fifty years later, on April 23, 1996, during the Russian presidency of Boris Yeltsin, members of the Pannwitz family petitioned for a posthumous verdict of acquittal of the 1946 conviction.

Almost all of the town was burned by Union troops in 1862.

Almost continuously the Campine villages was plundered and besieged ; foreign troops caused severe havoc, and also brought with them diseases such as the Bubonic plague.

Almost all his men are dead and Roland knows that it's now too late for Charlemagne and his troops to save them, but he blows his oliphant anyway, so that the emperor can see what happened to his men and avenge them.

Almost two thirds of the 1, 500-man garrison was captured, and only a few troops escaped across Assunpink Creek.

Almost all of the territory that was designated to form the new Albanian state was currently occupied by either Greece or Serbia, which only reluctantly withdrew their troops.

Almost 60, 000 NATO troops in addition to forces from non-NATO nations were deployed to Bosnia.

Almost all of Haganah's armoured vehicles had been destroyed, the blockade was in full operation, and the Haganah had lost more than 100 troops.

Almost immediately the Spanish Army of Extremadura arrived in the vicinity with some 15, 000 troops under the command of General Mendizabal.

Almost the entire guard was massacred by Imperial troops on the steps of St Peter's Basilica.

Almost immediately after the battle, reports surfaced that British and Loyalist troops had committed atrocities, including the murder of prisoners-of-war and setting fire to the American wounded.

Almost all the troops landed in deep water and their ammunition was soaked and made useless.

Almost daily the Afridis, too wise to risk general engagements, waged a perpetual guerrilla warfare, and the various bodies of troops engaged in foraging or survey duties were constantly attacked.