He had to make Jess talk, and he had to do it before Stacey Black got curious and came to investigate.

By 1783 her legions had managed to annex the Crimea amid scenes of wanton cruelty and now, in this second combat with the Crescent, were aiming at suzerainty over all of the Black Sea's northern shoreline.

Potemkin's Army of Ekaterinoslav, totaling, it was claimed, 40,000 regular troops and 6,000 irregulars of the Cossack Corps, had invested Islam's principal stronghold on the north shore of the Black Sea, the fortress town of Oczakov, and was preparing to test the Turk by land and sea.

He knew all about it and had put it down in journal form in The War In A Black Shirt, a wonderful book not, for some strange reason, published in the U.S..

But it had, as was usual in southern cities of this sort, a Black Bottom, a low region near the river where the Negroes lived -- servants and laborers huddled together in a region with no sewage save the river, where streets and sidewalks were neglected and where there was much poverty and crime.

And while less than ten years earlier the wayward Black Sox -- all of them top performers in their positions -- had toiled for stingy Charles Comiskey at salaries ranging from twenty-five hundred dollars to forty-five hundred dollars a year, stars now were asking ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, yes, even fifty thousand dollars a season.

The item said Mr. and Mrs. Black had moved to Jackson, his home town -- so the lovely Lisa had been with him a year ago.

He wondered how long it would be before they had a signed confession from Lionel Black.

Charles A. Black, COAHR chairman, said Friday that three theater representatives had agreed to meet with the students on Oct. 31 but had failed to show up.

The marriage of John and Mary Black had clearly reached the breaking point after eight years.

They failed to reach the Anatolian coasts of the Black Sea however, as another Indo-European people, the Kaskians, had established a kingdom there in the 17th Century BC, displacing earlier Palaic speaking Indo-Europeans.

During the 1st century BC the Armenians in what had been Urartu established the powerful Armenian kingdom under Tigran who reigned throughout much of eastern Anatolia between the Caspian, Black Sea and Mediterranean.

The score was written within a couple of weeks by Goodwin who was approached by George Pollock after Pollock had heard about him from Stanley Black.

Black had worked with Pollock on " Stranger in Town " in 1957 and years previously Stanley Black had used Ron Goodwin as his orchestrator.

Ptolemy's view of Germans in the region indicates that the tribal structure had lost its grip in the Black Forest region and was replaced by a canton structure.

Plate armour became cheaper than mail by the 15th century as it required much less labour and labour had become much more expensive after the Black Death, though it did require larger furnaces to produce larger blooms.

Black powder had many disadvantages as a propellant ; it has relatively low power, requiring large amounts of powder to fire projectiles, and created thick clouds of white smoke that would obscure the targets, betray the positions of guns and make aiming impossible.

Torrio had gone there to resolve some family problems his cousin's husband was having with the Black Hand and killed them.

Similar to other forested regions, the Black Forest has had areas that were annihilated by mass logging.

Anacharsis (; ) was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BC and made a great impression as a forthright, outspoken " barbarian ", apparently a forerunner of the Cynics, though none of his works have survived.

It also is known as the " Black Forest Cherry Cake " or " Black Forest Gateau " and is made with chocolate cake, cream, sour cherries and Kirsch.

The Black Forest variety of Flammkuchen is a Badisch specialty made with ham, cheese and cream.

The first series, made in 1983, was called The Black Adder ( set in the fictional reign of " Richard IV ").

It is sometimes made with cola, in which case it is referred to as a Dirty Black Russian, as opposed to Clean when without it.

* The Black Magic, a sour twist on the Black Russian, can be made by adding a dash of lemon juice and a lemon twist garnish.

One change made that constituted a concession to the Presbyterian Exceptions, was the updating and re-insertion of the so-called Black Rubric, which had been removed in 1559.

The crew is made up of four unique characters: Jet Black, a former ISSP police officer who retired following a mob hit that cost him his arm, Spike Spiegel, a laid-back exiled hitman of the ruthless Red Dragons ' Syndicate, Faye Valentine, a beautiful amnesiac con artist who awakened into the future world after a lengthy period of cryogenic hibernation, and Radical Edward, a hyperactive and barefooted preteen girl with a reputation as a prolific computer hacker.

Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte ( Black Forest cake, made with cherries ) is probably the most well-known example of a wide variety of typically German tortes filled with whipped or butter cream.

Black powder made with less-expensive and more plentiful sodium nitrate ( in appropriate proportions ) works just as well but is more hygroscopic than powders made from Potassium nitrate — popularly known as saltpeter.

In 1995, Ice-T made a guest performance on Forbidden by Black Sabbath.

Zork made a cameo appearance as an easter egg in Activision and Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Will Smith made a song called " Men in Black ", for the movie Men in Black in 1997, and " Black Suits Comin ' ( Nod Ya Head )" for its sequel in 2002.

* 1337 – Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England.

Among the earliest hardcore bands, regarded as having made the first recordings in the style, were Southern California's Middle Class and Black Flag.

Lovering went on to become a magician and made occasional appearances as " The Scientific Phenomenalist ", performing experiments on stage and occasionally opening for Frank Black and The Breeders.

Scott made Someone to Watch Over Me, a romantic thriller starring Tom Berenger and Mimi Rogers in 1987, and Black Rain ( 1989 ), a police drama starring Michael Douglas and Andy García, shot partially in Japan.

Professor Sue Black and her team of forensic anthropologists from Dundee recreated his face from the cast made of his skull.

James made his first appearances in Night Beat and Black Memory ( 1947 ), both crime dramas.

Beach sand colour depends on which geologic layer is exposed ; there are beaches with sand or pebbles made of solidified lava of various colours: the Red Beach, the Black Beach, the White Beach, etc.

Among the notable alumni of AFI are: Darren Aronofsky, Jon Avnet, Keith D. Black, Wally Pfister, Stuart Cornfeld, Bill Duke, Edward James Olmos, Carl Colpaert, Rodrigo García, Steve Golin, Patrick Creadon, Amy Heckerling, Marshall Herskovitz, Janusz Kamiński, Matthew Libatique, Mimi Leder, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, John McTiernan, Paul Schrader, Frank Spotnitz, Mark Waters, Gary Winick, Edward Zwick, and Susannah Grant.

Other notable ' 70s slasher films include Bob Clark's Black Christmas ( 1974 ), which was released before Halloween, and was another start of the sub-genre.

Among the most notable: the Black Marble H & R Block fountain in front of Union Station with its synchronized water jets shooting high into the air, the Nichols Bronze Horses at the corner of Main and JC Nichols Parkway at the entrance to the Plaza Shopping District and the unique " family friendly " walk through fountain at Hallmark Cards World Headquarters in Crown Center.

Clement is most notable as the Pope who reigned during the time of the Black Death ( 1348 – 1350 ), during which he granted remission of sins to all that died of the plague.

A notable example is the " Black Bowmore ", released in batches in 1993, 94 and 95 after 29, 30, 31 years in ex-Oloroso sherry casks.

Historically, many Canadian private sector business scandals had come to light only through the intervention of the US SEC or other regulators ( Garth Drabinsky, Conrad Black, Steven Bingham being three notable examples ), due in part to the lack of whistleblower protections, plaintiff-friendly libel laws and a lack of investigative journalism due to these.

Morton is also notable for naming and popularizing the " Spanish tinge " ( habanera rhythm and tresillo ), and for penning such standards as " Wolverine Blues ", " Black Bottom Stomp ", and " I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say ", the latter a tribute to New Orleans personalities from the turn of the 19th century to 20th century.

Just about every notable figure of the period is connected with the events in some way, from " Elephant Man " Joseph Merrick to Oscar Wilde, from the Native American writer Black Elk to William Morris, the artist Walter Sickert to Aleister Crowley, who makes a brief appearance as a young boy in short trousers, sucking on a candy cane, and lecturing the police about magic.

Other notable contributions by NCSA were the Black Hole simulations supporting the development of LIGO in 1992, the tracking of the Hale-Bopp Comet in 1997, and the creation of a PlayStation 2 Cluster in 2003.

In addition to being an active session musician, Hughes also maintains a notable solo career, and currently fronts the supergroup Black Country Communion.

* C. L. Moore's Jirel of Joiry tales, beginning with " Black God's Kiss " ( 1934 ), which introduced the first notable sword and sorcery heroine.

These were Archie's Super Hero Special and Archie's Super Hero Comic Digest Magazine — the latter notable for printing a previously-unpublished revamp of the Black Hood by Gray Morrow and Neal Adams.

It is the setting for Stephen Hunter's fictional Bob Lee Swagger series, the most notable being Black Light, as well as the place where Joel B Reed's fictional character, Jazz Phillips, of the Jazz Phillips mystery series, grew up.

The most notable landmark in Croswell is the " Be Good to Your Mother-In-Law " footbridge, which runs across the Black River.

Linkous was known for his musical collaborations with such notable artists as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Daniel Johnston, Radiohead, Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, Nina Persson, Sean Terrington Wright, David Lynch, Danger Mouse, and Sage Francis.

These meetings produced a considerable number of notable events and characters to JSA history, including Black Canary leaving to join the Justice League, the return of the Golden Age team the Seven Soldiers of Victory, the creation of the Freedom Fighters, ( which incorporated several Quality Comics characters into DC continuity after the characters were purchased by DC Comics ), and the introduction of a number of other alternative Earths to house these other teams.

The episode was notable for being Black Jack's first televised appearance and for bringing an unofficial close to the Princess Knight saga ( although how Pukko ended up in 15th Century Europe is anyone's guess ).

This album was released to a very positive reception, and featured notable songs " The Kiss of Judas ", " Black Diamond " and the title track " Visions ( Southern Cross )", a 10-minute epic that was their longest song at the time.

" The Black Crwth Player ", the most notable of which is " Y Crythor Du a ' r Bleiddiaid " or " The Black Crwth Player and the Wolves ", where a player escapes attack from a pack of hungry wolves by playing in turn forcefully, melodiously and gently.

This region is the birthplace of many notable figures in South Africa's history, such as Pixley ka Isaka Seme ( founder of the African National Congress and the first Black lawyer in South Africa ), John Langalibalele Dube ( founding president of the ANC ), Mangosuthu Buthelezi ( founder of the IFP ), Chief Albert Luthuli ( ANC president and the first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ), Anton Lembede ( founding president of the ANC Youth League ), Jacob Zuma ( current President of South Africa ), and Bhambatha.

At the Lunghin Pass, above Maloja, lies the most notable triple watershed in western Europe, from where the Inn flows via the Danube to the Black Sea, the Maira via the Po to the Mediterranean Sea, and the Julia via the Rhine to the North Sea.

His only notable tokusatsu role following Giant Robo was as the villainous Black Shogun in the 1971 TV series Kamen Rider.

Another notable restriction to attendees is the 7-mile -( 11 km ) long temporary plastic fence that surrounds the event and defines the pentagon of land used by the event on the southern edge of the Black Rock dry lake.

In most species there is no sexual dimorphism in plumage ; the notable exception being the Black Fantail of New Guinea where the male has all-over black plumage and the female is almost entirely rufous.