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 the beginning of the game, each player receives $ 6000 in cash.

At his death, his last $ 30, 000, 000 was given to foundations, charities, and to pensioners.

At $ 90, it was much less expensive than the Lynx, without the color or custom chips.

At trial, he was fined $ 1, 000 and sentenced

*" Families Of 39 Lost At Sea Begin $ 20-Million Suit Here ", The New York Times, June 4, 1969.

At a cost of almost $ 1, 000, 000, Chaplin felt it was the best film he had made to that point.

At that same period total financial value of goods and services imported by Cyprus was about $ 8. 689 billion.

At the close of 2006, the government had exceeded its budget for electricity subsidies, spending close to U. S. $ 650 million.

At the time of the announcement, the country had $ 5. 65bn in cash reserves.

At 14, he was painting portraits for $ 5 apiece.

* 2006 – At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £ 53m ( about $ 92. 5 million or € 78 million ) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.

At least $ 100 million ( and much more by some estimates ) was spent on the project, which never became operational.

At independence, Ghana had a substantial physical and social infrastructure and $ 481 million in foreign reserves.

" At the height of his fame on Diff ' rent Strokes, he earned as much as US $ 100, 000 per episode.

At seventeen he was grossing $ 2, 400 a year — a handsome sum for the times.

At the time of the Society ’ s dissolution, its net worth was $ 1. 2 million.

At the end of that year, the 241 largest hedge fund firms in the United States held $ 1. 335 trillion.

At the age of 17, Tracy received the Social Security death-benefit money for the death of his father to rent an apartment for $ 90 a month.

At the time, Burr was serving as vice president under Thomas Jefferson and desperately needed the purchase price of $ 62, 500.

At the time of his death in 1848, Astor was the wealthiest person in the United States, leaving an estate estimated to be worth at least $ 20 million.

* 2002 – At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens ' painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £ 49. 5million ( US $ 76. 2 million ) to Lord Thomson.

At last word, her attorneys were examining a challenge to the Constitutional validity of massive statutory damages, where actual damages would have been $ 24.

At the beginning of February, Grammer and Walsh booked the ballroom at the Plaza Hotel for their wedding, at a cost of more than $ 100, 000 for the reception, despite rumors of Grammer's divorce not being finalized.

At the same time, Firestone arranged a $ 5 million private loan to Liberia.