A western starring Kris Kristofferson and Christopher Walken, Heaven's Gate had an unusually protracted shooting schedule ( Cimino reportedly wanted 50 takes for a single scene, for instance ) which generated adverse publicity about runaway costs and Cimino's autocratic style.

Unfortunately for those who chose to attempt to farm new lands in such places as Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Eastern Colorado, the unusually rainy years of the early 1880s which had buoyed land prices gave way to a protracted drought beginning in the summer of 1887, bringing an end to the giddy, speculative boom.

The plundering of the cemetery and the unusually conciliatory meaning of the name Hotepsekhemwy may be clues of a dynastic struggle.

Such repair work, a reduction in height, and unusually high snowmelt and heavy spring rains combined to cause the dam to give way on May 31, 1889 resulting in twenty million tons of water to sweep down the valley causing the Johnstown Flood.

Krakatoa is directly above the subduction zone of the Eurasian Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate where the plate boundaries make a sharp change of direction, possibly resulting in an unusually weak crust in the region.

In China, unusually low temperatures in summer and fall devastated rice production in Yunnan, resulting in widespread famine.

A more modern theory attributes tree growth during a time of global cold temperatures during the Little Ice Age associated with unusually low solar activity of the Maunder Minimum, circa 1645 to 1750, during which cooler temperatures throughout Europe are believed to have caused stunted and slowed tree growth, resulting in unusually dense wood.

Closeness of the peninsula to the Gulf Stream leads to unusually high temperatures in winter, resulting in significant temperature variations between land and the Barents Sea and in fluctuating temperatures during high winds.

At that time the old northbound platform was reconstructed, so that the track runs down the other side of the tunnel ( to allow cross-platform interchange ), resulting in unusually large tunnel mouths ; this also produced an apparently mysterious door in the wall opposite the platform-the original access to the platform is concealed behind the door.

The Hyperbar name comes from the unusually high boost pressure of 7. 5 bar and the resulting mean effective pressure of 32. 1 bar.

A paper written by Benjamin Franklin in 1783 blamed the unusually cool summer of 1783 on volcanic dust coming from Iceland, where the eruption of Laki volcano had released enormous amounts of sulfur dioxide, resulting in the death of much of the island's livestock and a catastrophic famine which killed a quarter of the Icelandic population.

Poor maintenance, unusually high snowmelt and heavy spring rains combined to cause the dam to give way on May 31, 1889, resulting in the Johnstown Flood.

In 1994, with the initial plot outline now lost, Williams claims to have had an unusually vivid dream which compelled him to start writing — resulting in the completion of the first chapter.

In the end, the backup engine did fire, though for 25 seconds too long, resulting in an unusually steep trajectory and loads of 10 Gs to be endured by the crew.

In the end, the backup engine did fire, though for 213 seconds, 25 seconds too long, resulting in an unusually steep trajectory and loads of 10 G's to be endured by the crew.

In order to avoid the serious levels of power loss then typical in small-engined cars with automatic transmission the manufacturers incorporated a new carburettor and a higher compression ratio in the new 1965 automatic transmission cars: indeed a press report of the time found very little power loss in the automatic 1100, though the same report expressed the suspicion that this might in part reflect the unusually high level of power loss resulting from the way in which the installation of the transversely mounted " normal " manual gear box had been engineered.

Sometimes, modern lounge suit coats with an unusually long skirt are referred to by ready-to-wear makers as a ' frock coat ' but these lack the waist seam, resulting in the fuller drape more typical of a modern overcoat or a lounge suit jacket.

The school also has an unusually large grant and scholarship system that is the legacy of the Doyle family, resulting in one of the largest trusts for any community college in the nation.

In dry beer, the yeast is encouraged to consume more fermentables, resulting in a crisper finish and an unusually subtle hop flavor.

They are named for minerals of the serpentine group, resulting in serpentine soils, with unusually high concentrations of iron, chromium, nickel and cobalt.

An unusually hot September and dress parade uniforms produced a significant loss due to heat stroke, resulting in a one year break in the program.

Under heavy pressure from Washington, López Gutiérrez allowed an unusually open campaign and election.

Later as president, Madison was told by some of his former constituents that, had it not been for unusually bad weather on election day, Monroe likely would have won.

The United States presidential election of 1856 was an unusually heated contest that led to the election of James Buchanan, the U. S. ambassador to the United Kingdom.

The procedure pioneered by the Rhine League for dealing with robber barons – to besiege, capture and destroy their castles – survived long after the League self-destructed from political strife over the election of a new Emperor and military reversals against unusually strong robber barons.

The period of time between the announcement of the elections and the election date itself was considered " unusually short ", making it difficult for opposition parties and election officials to prepare.

An orchestrated effort of ' election engineering ' in several polling stations located in areas with large numbers of non-francophone voters resulted in unusually large proportions of rejected ballots.

Taking into account that the general turnout of the election was only 64, 39 %, the election results in these regions seem to be unusually high and one-sided.

Other than the unusually high number of candidates, the election was notable for the rabidly negative nature of the campaign.

* 1980: Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, " That, perhaps, is the most pressing reason why so many of America's friends want, unusually in a presidential election, to see a change at the top, even one laden with risk.

The unusually intense rainstorms that hit south-central Alaska in October 2006 were termed " Pineapple Express " rains locally.

It was in an unusually shaped building locally referred to as " Noah's Ark.

Much of his west lawn grew into the Redbud Woods, which retains many original Manning design elements and boasts locally rare yellow oak and hackberry trees as well as an unusually dense stand of redbuds.

Foxe was born in Boston, in Lincolnshire, England of a middlingly prominent family and seems to have been an unusually studious and devout child.

Sylvano Bussotti ( born 1 October 1931 ) is an Italian composer of contemporary music whose work is unusually notated and often creates special problems of interpretation.

Moose's son Enzo, born to mother Chelsea Marvin-also a Jack Russell-was a closer match and turned out to have unusually similar facial markings to his father ; later in the series he was used as a stunt double to perform the more physically challenging tricks for his aging sire.

Born with quicker, more human-like minds than most half-ogres, they are slighter of build than ogres ( unusually thin for their heights ), and often born with minor deformities, such as club feet, uneven eyes, hair lips, misshapen faces, or extra fingers or toes.

Lyte was a tall and " unusually handsome " man, " slightly eccentric but of great personal charm, a man noted for his wit and human understanding, a born poet and an able scholar.

Babies with glutaric acidemia type 1 often are born with unusually large heads ( macrocephaly ).

Sir Martyn Arbib ( born 1939 ) is a British businessman who led the Perpetual fund management company very successfully during the late 20th century, unusually based in Henley-on-Thames, England rather than London.

When he caught any unusually coloured rats, he bred them, to establish new colour varieties.