At the outbreak of the Civil War, Johnston was the commander of the U. S. Army Department of the Pacific in California.

At the American publisher's insistence, Burgess allowed their editors to cut the redeeming final chapter from the U. S. version, so that the tale would end on a darker note, with Alex succumbing to his violent, reckless nature — an ending which the publisher insisted would be ' more realistic ' and appealing to a U. S. audience.

At 2. 5 troy oz ( 78 g ) gold, this is the largest ( by weight ) coin ever produced by the U. S. Mint.

At that time, the ENIAC was considered to be the first computer in the modern sense, but in 1973 a U. S. District Court invalidated the ENIAC patent and concluded that the ENIAC inventors had derived the subject matter of the electronic digital computer from Atanasoff ( see Patent dispute ).

At a meeting of the U. S. House Committee on Science and Astronautics one day after Gagarin's flight, many congressmen pledged their support for a crash program aimed at ensuring that America would catch up.

* 1969 – At the U. S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.

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 the time, war was considered likely between the U. S. and France.

At one point in the post-WWll / Cold War era, the U. S. Embassy in Bonn was America's largest, " comparable, with its thousands of staff, to the Baghdad embassy today.

At the end of his presidency, Clinton moved to New York and helped his wife win election to the U. S. Senate there.

At about the same time a U. S. businessman, Milton Reynolds, saw a Biro pen in a store in Buenos Aires.

At 253rd Street, NY 9A joins with U. S. 9 and Broadway.

At the time of the Executive Order, for example, the U. S. was not a belligerent in Vietnam, so U. S. advisers serving with the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces would not have been eligible for the award.

At the end of the Mexican-American War, 80, 000 Spanish-Mexican-Indian people were forced into sudden U. S. habitation.

At the request of the U. S. Air Force he began formalizing his Process Maturity Framework to aid the U. S. Department of Defense in evaluating the capability of software contractors as part of awarding contracts.

At this time, it only outlawed U. S. assistance to the contras for the purpose of overthrowing the Nicaraguan government, while allowing assistance for other purposes.

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

At the Geneva Conference Eisenhower presented a proposal called " Open Skies to facilitate disarmament, which included plans for Russia and the U. S. to provide mutual access to each other's skies for open surveillance of military infrastructure.

At that time the French and Chinese reconvened Geneva peace talks ; Eisenhower agreed the U. S. would participate only as an observer.

At the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, rather than waiting for the draft, he volunteered for the U. S. Army to have some choice in assignments.

Records like " Play At Your Own Risk " by Planet Patrol, " One More Shot " by C Bank, " Al-Naafiyish ( The Soul )" by Hashim, and " I. O. U. " by Freeez became hits.

At the peak of Bruce Springsteen's megastardom following the Born in the U. S. A. album and Born in the U. S. A. Tour in the mid-1980s, there were no less than five Springsteen fanzines circulating at the same time in the UK alone, and many others elsewhere.

At the same moment Wheeler Fiske fired the rifle Mike had given him and another guerrilla was hit.

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

At first I thought he had missed.

At the last second I dropped my sights from the bare chest and bright red circle to the chest of his pony.

At last, when I put it to him directly, the clerk was forced to admit that the delay in my case was unusual.

At one and the same time, she was within it but still searching for the drawbridge that would give her entry.

At the moment, the three men were not saying much of anything.

At first Matilda could not believe her own eyes.

At these words of sympathy and understanding, Harmony said generously, `` I don't mind setting here along with Gran while you go out and join in the games ''.

At the sight of Sally's happy face and carefree expression, Harmony's dark, brooding eyes quickly brightened with unshed tears.

At the first restaurant he sensibly pulled up to go in for his dinner, and as a consequence did not see Cobb strike the open range at the mouth of the canyon and head straight across the swells for Antler.

At the first shot Russ had hurled his mount to the left toward the side of the winding draw.

At the prearranged time, Greg started the engine and taxied out.

At the pool's far end was the little cabana Joyce had mentioned, and on the water's surface floated scattered lavender patches of limp-looking lather.

At her door, two or three hours later, Mary Jane whispered, `` Everyone is asleep ''.

At least, the wheels dug in.

At first, I thought he was out of his head, talking wildly like this.

At a nod from Songau, four lithe and muscular girls darted to Frayne's side and seized him by the arms.

At first it had been just a romantic dream of his, the same as the idea of finishing Oxford after the war.

`` 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 least for South Florida ''.

At nightfall he had been able to sneak down a hillside and into the jungle, reeking of death.

At last he reached for the knife.

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 same time, all suggestions that some sort of societal responsibility existed for the welfare of the people within the territorial state was strongly resisted.