Also, if we had excluded the ladies we would have to that extent let the whole world know at least that much of where we stood.

The use of letter " i " prefixes and suffixes to denote information technology or interactivity was very much in vogue at this time, notably with the launch of the iMac and the iPod by Apple Computer ; according to the BBC, the " i " in BBCi stood for " interactivity " as well as " innovation ".

His Superman, by contrast, was very much the model of the classic hero who stood up straight and spoke in a more formal and authoritative voice.

There stood there also a brass bronze tube and from it flew much fire against one ship, and it burned up in a short time so that all of it became white ashes ..."

He was much employed by Bismarck in the writing of official despatches, and stood high in the favour of King William, whom he often accompanied on his journeys as representative of the foreign office.

If only because there was a much smaller number of skilled artists, the quantity of icons, in the sense of panel paintings, was much smaller in the West, and in most Western settings a single diptych as an altarpiece, or in a domestic room, probably stood in place of the larger collections typical of Orthodox " icon corners ".

In a much publicized wartime tragedy, the sinking of the USAT Dorchester, the ship's multi-faith chaplains gave up their lifebelts to evacuating seamen and stood together " arm in arm in prayer " as the ship went down.

This degree of unity within the German government with both the diplomats and the military united in their support of Hitler's anti-Polish policy, which stood in contrast to their views the previous year about destroying Czechoslovakia, very much encouraged Hitler and Ribbentrop with their chosen course of action.

It pitted today ’ s majimboists, represented by Odinga, who campaigned for regionalism, against Kibaki, who stood for the status quo of a highly centralized government that has delivered considerable economic growth but has repeatedly displayed the problems of too much power concentrated in too few hands — corruption, aloofness, favoritism and its flip side, marginalization.

During these disorders, the Council of State still assembled at the usual place and the " Lord President Bradshaw John Bradshaw ( judge ), who was present, though by long sickness very weak and much extenuated, yet animated by his ardent zeal and constant affection to the common cause, upon hearing Col Syndenham's justifications of the proceedings of the army in again disrupting parliament, stood up and interrupted him, declaring his abhorrence of that detestable action, and telling the council, that being now going to his God, he had not patience to sit there to hear his great name so openly blasphemed ; and thereupon departed to his lodgings, and withdrew himself from public employment.

A short distance away stood portions of the former Hotel Esplanade, including the Kaisersaal, used at various times as a much scaled-down hotel, cinema, nightclub and occasional film-set ( scenes from Cabaret were shot there ).

" He stood toward the history of the Church in an attitude of piety and reverence that made it much more difficult for him than for Luther to be content with the thought of the impossibility of a reconciliation with the Roman Catholic Church.

The Porte's efforts at modernizing the Ottoman state were met with great hostility in Bosnia, where local aristocrats stood to lose much through the proposed reforms.

Valentino did not back down, and Famous Players realized how much they stood to lose.

In U. S. v. Grinnell, 384 U. S. 563 ( 1966 ), the trial judge, Charles Wyzanski, composed the market only of alarm companies with services in every state, tailoring out any local competitors ; the defendant stood alone in this market, but had the court added up the entire national market, it would have had a much smaller share of the national market for alarm services that the court purportedly used.

" He was the only Confederate cavalryman of whom Grant stood in much dread ," a friend of Grant's was quoted as saying.

As well as the novels, much of Bennett's non-fiction work has stood the test of time.

As it stood in Tiberius Gracchus's time, a good deal of this land was held in farms far in excess of 500 iugera by large landholders who had settled or rented the property in much earlier time periods, even several generations back.

Though it stood through the Civil War, it suffered much damage.

A church has stood on this site since at least Norman times and probably much longer.

Even more remarkably, the remnants of the shallow sea in which they once stood can still be seen in the form of sedimentary dolomite deposits that still lap up gently against the sides of the much harder igneous and metamorphic rocks of the hills.

Although he didn't play in organized baseball until he reached the 11th grade, he learned much about the sport from listening to Cardinals radio broadcaster Harry Caray describe the way major league hitters stood at the plate.

When she realized how much money Barnum stood to make from the tour, Lind insisted on a new agreement, which he signed on September 3, 1850.

Menem also effected drastic cuts to the military budget, and appointed Lt. Gen. Martín Balza as the Army's General Chief of Staff ( head of the military hierarchy ); Balza, a man of strong democratic convictions and a vocal critic of the Falklands War, had stood up for the legitimate government in every attempted coup d ' état throughout his senior career, and gave the first institutional self-criticism about the Armed Forces ' involvement in the 1976 coup and the ensuing reign of terror.

* Established the high school and U. S. open mile record 3: 55. 3 as a senior in 1965, a record that stood as the high school record for 36 years until broken by Alan Webb's 3: 53. 43 in 2001.

With most of their senior officers dead or wounded, the British soldiers, having no orders to advance further or retreat, stood out in the open and were shot apart with grapeshot from Line Jackson.

The line-up contained the most pale of Nordic blonde to the midnight of ebony ; a wide eyed waif and wrinkled senior ; rail thin to pudgy ; tall women stood next to near dwarfs, all to answer the buzzer.

Prior to his departure on September 2, 2003, more than 35, 000 Iraqi police were re-instated, 35 police stations were stood up in Baghdad with several more around the country, the senior deputy interior ministers were appointed and the newly established governing counsel appointed the first Iraqi Minister of Interior, post Saddam Hussein, Nouri Badran.

Following the departure of Burns ' senior staff, the office faced a number of media controversies including a report that one of Burns ' supporters spoke at a campaign rally and referred to one of Burns ' potential Democratic opponents as " that Jew boy " while Burns listened and stood silent.

But within three months he stood again for the position of assembly leader, having received both grassroots support from " all over Wales " and senior party members.

By 1995, only four senior French Vichy officials had been indicted for war crimes, and by that year, only Paul Touvier had stood trial.

His haul of eight senior All-Ireland medals, all won on the field of play, was a record which stood for over a decade until it was equalled by John Doyle.

With its demise all but certain, senior employees and the two owners of the publishing firm stood back from the fray and allowed the untried young editor to take the lead, reshaping the entire book according to what he believed would work.

Actress Suhasini Maniratnam her senior co-star and friend stood with her on this issue.

In this non-combat mission, the casualties stood with twenty one personnel, including two navy fighter pilots, eleven sailors and ten senior officers died in the incident.

As a senior in high school, Washington stood but weighed a mere 150 lbs.

Though several years my senior he never allowed the intervening years or the wisdom for which these stood, to create the slightest impression of conscious superiority.

Shortly before the 2005 party conference the Bow Group published a book, " From the ashes ", a collection of essays detailing the visions held for the future of the party by senior Conservative figures, including the current Prime Minister David Cameron and all who stood in the leadership contest.

In the 2008 general election Norman stood in the Rongotai electorate against senior Labour Cabinet Minister Annette King.

By the time he was a high school senior, Richard stood six feet, eight inches tall ( 2. 03 m ) and weighed.

Although senior Tories promptly called for Lawson's head, his proprietor, Conrad Black, stood by him.

But Sundarji stood by his steps, at one point telling a senior aide, " Please make alternate arrangements if you think you are not getting adequate professional advice.

Following a Council of War, at which all the senior officers present concurred, it was agreed the fleet stood no chance of further damaging the French ships or of relieving the garrison.

Harold Macmillan tried to placate Butler, who had stood against Macmillan as leader, was appointing him to a senior position, that of Home Secretary.

As senior professional, Brookes frequently stood in for Brown as captain in the early 1950s.