At Oxford, he won three Blues in rugby and is credited with popularizing the overarm throw ( originally called the " Yankee torpedo pass ") into the lineout.

At first they were only feathers and dark indistinguishable faces and bodies, hunched over their horses' heads.

At headquarters -- sufficiently far from the firing line to make you forget occasionally that you were in a war -- Lewis found that the Commander in Chief's only desk was his knees ( and his only comb, his fingers ).

At certain critical stages, and only for sound diagnostic reasons, it may be important to accompany family members in their use of these resources if their problem-solving behavior is to be constructive rather than defeating.

At each step of the calculation the operating variables of only one stage need be varied.

At last count, sixteen former Rhodes Scholars ( see box on page 13 ) had been appointed to the Administration, second in number only to its Harvard graduates.

At Oxford one hundred years ago there were very few Catholics, partly because religious tests were removed only in 1854.

At best only an approximation could be arrived at.

At dinner one night, when he was fourteen, Richard announced, `` There is only one god ''.

At first he insists that he does not belong in Oran, and his only thought is returning to the woman he loves in Paris.

At the close of the second last day's play, Australia were 113 – 2, needing only 64 more runs.

The school taught only reading, writing, and spelling and he left this school at the age of 10. At age 13, his uncle, Reverend Tillotson Bronson, invited Alcott into his home in Cheshire, Connecticut to be educated and prepared for college.

At the time of Kennedy's proposal, only one American had flown in space — less than a month earlier — and NASA had not yet sent an astronaut into orbit.

: At that time, one shekel's worth of oil was only one-half quart,

At length Haakon, weary of delay, attacked, only to encounter a terrific storm which greatly damaged his ships.

At the time, only the dress rehearsal and opening night performance were held, and the play was not revived until after Jarry's death.

* At the height of his career, Carnegie was the second-richest person in the world, behind only John D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil.

At this apparent slight, R. Ḥiyya manifested chagrin, and R. Abbahu hastened to comfort him by comparing himself to the pedler of glittering fineries that always attracted the eyes of the masses, while his rival was a trader in precious stones, the virtues and values of which were appreciated only by the connoisseur.

At that moment, the nominal ruler of al-Andalus, emir Yusuf ibn ' Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri ( another member of the Fihrid family, and a favorite of the old Arab settlers ( baladiyun ), mostly of south Arabian or ' Yemenite ' tribal stock ) was locked in a contest with his vizier ( and son-in-law ) al-Sumayl ibn Hatim al-Qilabi, the head of the new settlers ( shamiyum, the Syrian junds or military regiments, mostly of north Arabian Qaysid tribes, which had arrived only in 742 ).

At best, the technique is only effective at extremely close ranges of five to ten feet, since the recoil would make it hard to keep both weapons straight, and using the sights on the guns is next to impossible.

At its peak, Li ' l Abner was read daily by 70 million Americans ( the U. S. population at the time was only 180 million ), with adult readers far outnumbering children.

At magnitude 5. 5, it is only 1 / 370th as bright visually as Antares A, although it shines with 170 times the Sun's luminosity.

At present the canal does not flow in district Gurgaon, but only in Faridabad, which was earlier a part of Gurgaon.

At the start of the Cold War, bombers were the only means to take nuclear weapons to enemy targets, and had the role of deterrence.

At that time test-match referees came from the home nation, substitutions took place only if a doctor found a player unable to continue and there were no video cameras or sideline officials to prevent violent play.

At one point in the game when the skinny old man in suspenders who was acting as umpire got in the way of a thrown ball and took it painfully in the kidneys, he lay there unattended while players and spectators wrangled over whether the ball was `` dead '' or the base runners were free to score.

At the end of the game, all players liquidate their stock in order to determine which player has the most money.

At the same time, a " gentlemen's agreement " was struck between the clubs to exclude non-white players from professional baseball, a bar that remained until 1947.

At high levels of play, especially in singles, the sport demands excellent fitness: players require aerobic stamina, agility, explosive strength, speed and precision.

At high levels of play, the formations will generally be more flexible: the top women players are capable of playing powerfully from the back-court, and will happily do so if required.

At the beginning of each round, up to three players place their bets in the " betting box " at each position in play.

At the start, players choose from advances such as pottery, the wheel, and the alphabet to, near the end of the game, nuclear fission and spaceflight.

At championship-standard association croquet, players can often make all 26 points ( 13 for each ball ) in two turns.

At the third level, players earn a special ability, depending on the type of improvement.

At first Essendon was regarded as a junior club, and even after the formation of the VFA in 1877 the side was sometimes allowed ' odds ' of, for example, twenty-five players as against twenty, when confronted by the leading teams of the time.

At the start of 1986, Essendon were considered unbackable for three successive flags, but a succession of injuries to key players Paul Van der Haar ( only fifteen games from 1986 to 1988 ), Tim Watson, Darren Williams, Roger Merrett and Simon Madden led the club to win only eight of its last eighteen games in 1986 and only nine games ( plus a draw with Geelong ) in 1987.

At creation, players select each character's adventuring occupation ( such as a wizard, ranger, or cleric – called a class – see below for particulars ), a patron deity, and starting city.

At the turn of the 21st century, the game was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport.

At DAIMI, the CS department at Aarhus University, three CS students, avid players of XPilot and of Sid Meier's Civilization, which was a stand-alone PC game for DOS, decided to find out whether the two could be fused into an X-based multiplayer Civilization-like strategy game.

At some point, the server may be ordered to start a game ; in response, it creates game players ( nations ) and the game map, and assigns every player to either a Freeciv client or a computer player, as specified by the configuration.

At the FIDE Congress in 1961, GM Milan Vidmar said that the regulations " made it possible to award international titles to players without sufficient merit ".

At the time of Brown's death, his band included three guitarists, two bass guitar players, two drummers, three horns and a percussionist.

At a time when only a handful of black players existed in mainstream college football, this made UCLA college football's most integrated team.

At first there was considerable controversy about the sport, because the players were of both genders.

At the beginning of the 2012 season Sporting started a perfect 7 – 0 – 0, and with the new addition of players such as Bobby Convey the team has remained on top of the league, setting an MLS record for most minutes played without allowing a shot on goal.

At 39, he was one of the oldest players ever to play for Liverpool.

At the end of the season, Attanasio stated that he and General Manager Doug Melvin would have to make some decisions about returning players for the 2007 season.

At the same time, Davis recruited the players for a formation that became known as his " first great quintet ": John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums.

At the end of the last betting round, if more than one player remains, there is a showdown, in which the players reveal their previously hidden cards and evaluate their hands.

At times, even seasoned players may need additional time to figure what draws are possible for their hand.