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At about 350 BCE the Persian-empire satrap, Mausolus ( a Carian ) planned a magnificent new city on the steep slopes of Mycale, where it would be, it was hoped, a permanent deep-water port ( similar to the many Greek island cities, which seem to delight in being located on and up seaside escarpments ).
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`` At 200, 300, 400 feet under the water, when he must be paying very much attention, he will be thinking about what you are telling him.
At noontime, remembering what the teacher had said about maybe playing with the kids, Jack stayed close to the schoolhouse while all the other big boys, except Charles, went off out the road to play ball.
At the moment he was excited about his son's having received the Prix De Rome in archaeology and was looking forward to being present this summer at the excavation of an Etruscan tomb.
At a party an English intellectual -- so-called -- asked me why I write always about distress.
At about the age of twelve I became a Spencerian liberal, and I have always considered myself a liberal of some kind even though the definition has changed repeatedly since Spencer became a reactionary.
At the same time, you have to face facts and realize that a man who's been in the Marine Corps all his life doesn't understand much about politics.
At the same time, his voice betrayed uncertainty about their being here, and conveyed an appeal to whatever is reasonable, peace-loving, and dependable in everybody.
At their meeting he told her not to bother about `` where '' -- he would attend to that.
At that time, he afforded me the courtesy of his busy workday for such length as I may need, to speak about my background, my hopes, my views on various national and local topics, and any problems that I may have been vexed with at the time.
At present it's available in one model, the fine and familiar Smith & Wesson Magnum revolver ( about $110 ), long a top-quality handgun among target arms.
At one time about 10,000 people lived there.
At Yalta he thought more about the six million Germans who would have to leave, trying to find work in Germany, and Roosevelt objected to the Western Neisse River being chosen in the south, instead of the Eastern Neisse, both of which flow into the Oder.
At about the time the Marsden enterprise was getting under way, the Vail Light and Lumber Company started construction of a chair stock factory on the site of the present Bennington Co-operative Creamery, intending to use its surplus power for generating electricity.
At that moment, Holden almost slammed on the brakes to go back to Cooper and ask if Ferguson was about.
At the opening of the trial, the jury panel was questioned as a group by Mr. Weaver about Ku Klux Klan connections.
At the same time, there was increased reason for a quick meeting lest the Soviet leader, as a result of those episodes, come to a dangerously erroneous conclusion about the West's ability and determination to resist Communist pressure.
At 3:57 a.m., with the plane about twenty minutes out of El Paso, passenger Robert Berry, a San Antonio advertising man, glanced up and saw the man and boy, accompanied by a stewardess, walking up the aisle toward the cockpit.
At one time, while still under the impression that he was dealing with a Cuban plot, the President talked about invoking a total embargo on trade with Cuba.
At least 60 stations devote all of their time to reaching this audience in about half of the 50 states.
At about the age of eighteen, he went to Athens to continue his education at Plato's Academy.
At about 2: 30 p. m., while leading one of those charges against a Union camp near the " Peach Orchard ", he was wounded, taking a bullet behind his right knee.
At about the same time, in the colonies which remained linked to the crown, the Church of England began to appoint colonial bishops.
At twelve, he was accepted into Mikhail Botvinnik's prestigious chess school, though Botvinnik made the following remark about the young Karpov: " The boy does not have a clue about chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession.
At the beginning, it was considered a sort of Taoist sect, and there was even a theory about Laozi, founder of Taoism, who went to India and taught his philosophy to Buddha.
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At a council in 350, Athanasius was replaced in his see.
At one point, Newton attempted to desert and was punished in front of the crew of 350.
At their peak, 350, 000 Aztec presided over a wealthy tribute-empire comprising 10 million people, almost half of Mexico's estimated population of 24 million.
At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Volusus, Cossus, Fidenas, Ambustus, Maluginensis and Rutilus ( or, less frequently, year 350 Ab urbe condita ).
At the time of first European contact, it has been estimated the existing population was at least 350, 000, while recent archaeological finds suggest that a population of 750, 000 could have been sustained.
At the time of filming, the original 250 GT California model was worth $ 350, 000.
" At the time the city had 350, 000 residents while the rural county had 30, 000.
At any time, between 350 and 400 county residents are enrolled in higher education of some form.
At that time there were 350 inhabitants.
At the store's opening in October 1955, in addition to substantial displays and a payroll of 350, it contained the " Hampshire Room " — a luncheonette seating 90 and a community room to hold about 200.
At Polykovichi, an urban part of Mahilyow, there is a 350 metre tall guyed TV mast, one of the tallest structures in Belarus.
At this moment Colonel Seth Warner's 350 Green Mountain Boys arrived to confront Breymann's men.
At the company's inception in 1954, the plant covered and together with the Milwaukee plant had an annual production capacity of 350, 000 cars.
At the time of his death, Colt's estate, which he left to his wife and three-year-old son Caldwell Hart Colt, was estimated to be valued at around $ 15 million ($ 350 million by 2009 standards ).
At the moment of the vote, the confidence is awarded if the candidate receives a majority of votes in the first poll ( currently 176 out of 350 MPs ), but if the confidence is not awarded, a second vote is scheduled two days later in which a simple majority of votes cast ( i. e., more " yes " than " no " votes ) is required.
At least $ 350 trillion in derivatives and other financial products are tied to the Libor.
At its peak in 1998, FUBU grossed over $ 350 million in annual worldwide sales.
At Rugby Park, Hamilton ( the site of today's Waikato Stadium ), on 25 July, about 350 rioting protesters invaded the pitch after pulling down a fence using sheer force.
At the 2000 census, there were 3, 564 people, 1, 350 households and 984 families residing in the village.
At 1200 UTC that day, the system developed into Tropical Depression Three about 350 miles ( 560 km ) south-southwest of the Mississippi River Delta.
At the age of 12, McCutcheon obtained her first acting role and was paid £ 350 to appear in an American television commercial for the drink, Kool-Aid, which was followed by modelling assignments and bit parts in TV shows such as in the ITV police drama The Bill.
At a typical length of only 190 bytes ( including protocol overhead ), more than 350 of these messages per minute can be transmitted at the same data rate as a usual voice call ( 9 kbit / s ).
At the time, the show held the world's record for the longest waiting list for tickets in show-business history – there were 350 seats available for each show, and a wait time of two-to-three years after requesting a ticket.
At present, it is the largest of the forward-deployed U. S. fleets, with 50 to 60 ships, 350 aircraft and 60, 000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
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