Almost without exception in early literature, blind people could bring this condition down upon themselves through sin or trespasses against the gods, but were never the sole instruments of its reversal.

Almost all of Bahá ' ís accepted the determination of the Hands of the Cause that upon the death of Shoghi Effendi, he died " without having appointed his successor ".

Almost immediately upon landing, the 48 SEALs came under withering fire from the PDF stationed at the airfield.

Almost the entire structure of the Internet is based upon a client – server model.

Almost at the same time Broglie fell upon a part of the Austrians left on the Vltava and won a small, but morally and politically important, success in the action of Sahay, near Budweis ( 24 May 1742 ).

Almost any material when subjected to high pressure will compact itself into a denser form, for example, quartz, also called silica or silicon dioxide will first adopt a denser form known as coesite, then upon application of more temperature, form stishovite.

Almost immediately upon his arrival, Lancelot falls in love with the Queen, and one of his very first adventures is rescuing Guinevere from Arthur's enemy, Meleagant ( however, in Le Morte D ' Arthur, this rescue takes place after the adventures of the Sangreal ).

Almost all were promptly arrested and put on trial upon the assumption of power by the EPRDF.

Almost immediately upon his arrival in Louisiana, where the legal system had previously been based on Roman, French and Spanish law, and where trial by jury and other particularities of English common law were now first introduced, he was appointed by the legislature to prepare a provisional code of judicial procedure, which ( in the form of an act passed in April 1805 ) was continued in force from 1805 to 1825.

Almost immediately upon marrying Romanos, the fifty-year-old Zoe tried desperately to fall pregnant.

Almost opposite is the former Odeon Cinema, now Habitat, with its iconic façade which carries high upon it a large sculptured medallion of the now almost-forgotten William Friese-Greene, who claimed to have invented celluloid film and cameras before any subsequent patents.

Almost always these electronic versions are available to subscribers immediately upon publication of the paper version, or even before ; sometimes they are also made available to non-subscribers, either immediately ( by open access journals ) or after an embargo of anywhere from two to twenty-four months or more, in order to protect against loss of subscriptions.

Virgil told the San Francisco Examiner two months later that upon getting off the train in Tucson, " Almost the first men we met on the platform there were Stilwell and his friends, armed to the teeth.

Almost immediately upon becoming operational on the Sentry in 1991, the squadron was deployed on operations over the Balkans.

Almost immediately upon graduating from medical school, Woodworth was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Union Army.

Almost immediately upon coming of age, Sebastian began plans for a great crusade against the Moroccans of Fez.

Almost immediately upon arriving in ECW for his third stint in September, 1999, he shocked the wrestling world by winning the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at Anarchy Rulz by defeating the reigning champion Taz and arch nemesis Masato Tanaka in a three-way dance, which was signed on the spot.

Almost without exception, the introduced species have been detrimental to the native flora and fauna but some, such as sheep and cows and the clover upon which they feed now form a large part of the economy of New Zealand.

Almost immediately upon return, Glinski became Grand Duke's vice-regent in Utena.

Almost immediately upon his return from Europe, on the very day the Great Strike broke out, Franklin Gowen instituted massive layoffs of brakemen across the railroad, in effect both sanctioning and reinforcing the other railroads ' moves while he was gone.

Almost all pre-revolutionary designs were based upon the concept of building an elevated metro system, similar to the Paris or Vienna metros, however, as was later discovered through the experience of operating open ( ground level ) metro lines in St. Petersburg, such schemes would likely have resulted in a poor metro service.

Almost at once he declared war upon the Swedes, but in October 1636 he was beaten at Wittstock ; and Saxony, ravaged impartially by both sides, was soon in a deplorable condition.

Almost every election in Great Grimsby at this period was followed by a petition from the defeated candidates alleging bribery, although that of 1701 seems to have been the only one which was acted upon.

Almost immediately upon winning the title he underwent a gimmick change, losing the dress and instead adopting martial arts-style trunks, a headband, and wrestling without shoes.

Almost nothing is known of George Taylor ’ s life before his arrival in Philadelphia in 1736, although there is general agreement regarding northern Ireland ( possibly Ulster ) as his birthplace.

Almost 16 years had passed since the World War II Ninth Air Force 48th Fighter Group's arrival at RAF Ibsley, England, for the D-Day invasion.

Almost immediately after her arrival in Alexandria came devastating news of her brother Oliver's death in a plane crash.

Almost immediately on arrival into Chicago, Curtiss began a career of public service.

Almost immediately after his arrival at Stoke, Pulis Jnr.

Almost immediately after arrival, the Wizard managed Stan Stasiak to defeat Pedro Morales for the WWF Championship in Philadelphia on December 1, 1973.

Almost immediately with its arrival in Bombay on February 3, 1928, the Simon Commission was confronted by throngs of protestors.

Almost immediately on his arrival, a move of God began with men and women calling on God and turning to him.

Almost immediately after his arrival, lion attacks began to take place on the worker population, with the lions dragging men out of their tents at night and feeding on their victims.

Almost as soon as he began his rule, Nur ad-Din attacked the Principality of Antioch, seizing several castles in the north of Syria, while at the same time he defeated an attempt by Joscelin II to recover the County of Edessa, which had been conquered by Zengi in 1144.

Almost immediately, the kingdom was simultaneously invaded by the Seljuks from Syria and the Fatimids from Egypt, although by showing himself ready and willing to defend his territory, Baldwin forced the Muslim army to back down without a battle.

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 without resources, Johanna wrote to the Duke of Weimar a letter in which she narrated her current plight.

Almost immediately, she wrote to her father, Philip the Fair, complaining of Edward's behaviour.

Almost immediately, with the sudden popularity of her first pictures, she became a screen icon.

Almost immediately, Sauvé made it clear that she would use her time as vicereine to promote issues surrounding youth and world peace, as well as that of national unity.

Almost hit by a car as she saves a young child playing in the street, Landry meets the owner, Elena Warwick, a wealthy philanthropist.

Wallace's work onstage includes An Almost Perfect Person in Los Angeles, which she also produced, a tour of the female version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, and productions of Same Time Next Year, Twigs, It Had to Be You, Supporting Cast, Prisoner of Second Avenue, Plaza Suite, Gypsy, Promises, Promises, Born Yesterday, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Steel Magnolias and Last of the Red Hot Lovers – in which she played all three roles at various times.

Some of her most commercially successful work was in the action genre, but Cheung once said in an interview that of all the work she has done, the films that really meant something to her are Song of Exile, Centre Stage, Comrades: Almost a Love Story and In the Mood for Love.

In 2002, Simon recorded a Christmas album, Christmas Is Almost Here, for Rhino Records, while she was in Los Angeles to lend support to her son Ben Taylor and his band.

Almost all of her dialogue prior to line 32 (" If thou be he, then thou art prisoner ") is delivered direct to camera, including her incredulous description of the difference between the real Talbot, and the reports she has heard of him.

Hudson's breakthrough was as Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous ( 2000 ), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress-Motion Picture.

Almost all of his wealth (£ 10, 000 ), as well as the castle, came to him through this marriage but, after leaving Elizabeth in the country residence while he remained in Edinburgh, she committed adultery with a Captain Faukener in 1778.

Almost immediately after her election she was appointed as Judith Hart's Parliamentary Private Secretary.

Almost a year later, Rosie announced that she had falsely accused the two out of jealousy and spite.

In 1988, she was nominated for a Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mississippi Burning ; in 1996, she won the Academy award for Best Actress for her performance as police chief Marge Gunderson in Fargo ; in 2000, she earned her second nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of an overbearing mother in Almost Famous.

Also for Almost Famous, she won the Best Supporting Actress nomination from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics Association, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association, and the Florida Film Critics Circle.

Almost all of her films were produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox, whom she married in 1943.

Almost all of Kiya's monuments were usurped for daughters of Akhenaten, making it fairly certain that she was disgraced some time after Year 11 Akhenaten.

He later based part of his Penny Lane character on her in Almost Famous after discovering that she had been going backstage to Rock and Roll concerts.