There is, of course, nothing new about dystopias, for they belong to a literary tradition which, including also the closely related satiric utopias, stretches from at least as far back as the eighteenth century and Swift's Gulliver's Travels to the twentieth century and Zamiatin's We, Capek's War With The Newts, Huxley's Brave New World, E. M. Forster's `` The Machine Stops '', C. S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength, and Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, and which in science fiction is represented before the present deluge as early as Wells's trilogy, The Time Machine, `` A Story Of The Days To Come '', and When The Sleeper Wakes, and as recently as Jack Williamson's `` With Folded Hands '' ( 1947 ), the classic story of men replaced by their own robots.

The inability of the messengers to reach communities outside Israel before mid-month High Holy Days ( Succot and Passover ) led outlying communities to celebrate scriptural festivals for two days rather than one, observing the second feast-day of the Jewish diaspora because of uncertainty of whether the previous month ended after 29 or 30 days.

Noted for his ritual backflip before Opening Days, All-Star Games, and postseason games, Smith chose this occasion to perform it for one of the last times.

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign took an amphibious approach, landing his Army of the Potomac on the Virginia Peninsula in the spring of 1862 and coming within of Richmond before being turned back by Gen. Robert E. Lee in the Seven Days Battles.

( 1955 ) before scoring a big success as Phileas Fogg in Michael Todd's production of Around the World in 80 Days.

Days later he was answered by Francisco de Bustamante, head of the Colony's Franciscans and guardians of the chapel at Tepeyac, who delivered a sermon before the Viceroy expressing his concern that the Archbishop was promoting a superstitious regard for a painting by a native artist, Marcos Cipac de Aquino:

with the clouds of the heavens someone like a son of man happened to be coming ; and to the Ancient of Days he gained access, and they brought him up close even before that One.

Among ancient Christian pseudepigrapha, one Book of Enoch states that He who is called “ Son of man ,” who existed before the worlds were, is seen by Enoch in company with the “ Ancient of Days ”

* Morning star has also been used to describe the star Sirius, which appears in the sky, just before sunrise, at a time known in the ancient world as the Dog Days, due to Sirius ' appellation as the " Dog Star " in the constellation of Canis Major.

* In " All The Way ," the first episode of the television sitcom Happy Days ( set in the 1950s ), Potsie gives Richie a copy of the book to study before his date with a girl with " a reputation.

" Eight Days a Week " is noteworthy as one of the first examples of the in-studio experimentation that the band would use extensively in the future ; in two recording sessions totalling nearly seven hours on 6 October devoted exclusively to this song, Lennon and McCartney tried one technique after another before settling on the eventual arrangement.

Novelist Kevin J. Anderson presents approximately the last Earth year before Krypton's destruction in the novel The Last Days of Krypton.

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean, and in the Levant during the historical events of 1815 – 1838 ( from just before the Hundred Days to the reign of Louis-Philippe of France ).

Days before Hamren's arrival Knut Thorbjørn Eggen announced his immediate resignation.

* Pound Heritage Days is held annually the week before Labor Day in Pound.

matr., c. i ) made the provisions more precise: before the celebration of any marriage, the names of the contracting parties should be announced publicly in the church during Mass, by the parish priests of both parties on three consecutive Holy Days.

Days before, the standard Soviet gondolas were changed to bigger ones brought from Finland without any precautions.

Days and Recollections of North Stonington, Cyrus Henry Brown, paper read before the Rhode Island Historical Society, November 9, 1916.

Days before any actual fighting, Napoleon had given the impression to the Allies that his army was in a weak state and that he desired a negotiated peace.

The annual city festival is Gladiolus Days which is always held the weekend before labor day in August.

It only lasted two weeks on top before being knocked off by another single from Apple, Mary Hopkin's " Those Were the Days " ( a song which, incidentally, if not penned was actually produced by McCartney ).

The band followed it up by extensive touring for two years before releasing their third album, Seventeen Days, in 2005.

Rhonda also co-starred in numerous sitcoms from playing the Fonzs ’ girlfriend on Happy Days to the sexy neighbor on Married with Children, before making her mark as a comedian.

Days before, at an Entmoot in Fangorn Forest, the Ents, furious over the destruction Saruman had wrought upon the forest, had begun marching on Isengard, intending to destroy it with Merry and Pippin.

Days before, the Duke had intimidated the judges who were raising legal objections to the " devise ": In full Council he had lost his temper, " being in a great rage and fury, trembling for anger " and saying " that he would fight in his shirt with any man in that quarrel ".

Her best known roles include Eve Lambert on Port Charles, Billie Reed on Days of our Lives and Janet Ciccone on As the World Turns.

Benson has worked with artists as varied as Daughtry, Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson, Three Days Grace, Flyleaf, My Chemical Romance, Theory of a Deadman, Skillet, Seether, Halestorm, Gavin DeGraw, Apocalyptica, All-American Rejects, Papa Roach, Hoobastank, Orianthi, P. O. D., Creed, Blindside, Santana, TSOL, Adam Lambert, Motorhead, and Sepultura.

Over the next few years Benson produced records from acts like Cold, Crazy Town, P. O. D .’ s follow-up to the multi-platinum-selling Satellite, Payable On Death, and really hit his stride with the influential record Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge from My Chemical Romance, after which, he produced numerous multi-platinum records such as The All-American Rejects, Hoobastank, Flyleaf, and Daughtry which has sold well over 5 million records worldwide, Three Days Grace, Seether, Third Day, Theory of a Deadman, Three Days Grace, Adam Lambert, Skillet, Kelly Clarkson, and Santana.

Radio, however, so increased the interest of women in the game that it was hardly necessary even to have `` Ladies' Days '' any longer to enable men to get to the ball park without interference at home.

Olson was working on her second book, The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House ( published October 2001 ) at the time of her death.

Although Douglas was always second billed under Lancaster in these films, their roles were usually more or less the same size with the exceptions of I Walk Alone, in which Douglas played a villain, and in Seven Days in May, where Douglas ' part was larger than Lancaster's but not as dramatic.

Further developed, and fully translated into English, this Communion service was included, one year later, in 1549, in a full prayer book, set out with daily offices, readings for Sundays and Holy Days, the Communion Service, Public Baptism, of Confirmation, of Matrimony, The Visitation of the Sick, At a Burial and the Ordinal ( added in 1550 ).

The Cottage was lived in by Edward Bulwer-Lytton ( who wrote The Last Days of Pompeii ) and other somewhat notable ( and moneyed ) persons until it was destroyed by fire in May 1888.

It was not until the German Army had been forced to retreat in the Hundred Days Offensive of 1918, that cavalry were again able to operate in their intended role.

The 2006 " Days of Syn " was on 26 – 28 August ( UK August Bank Holiday weekend ) and featured a talk on Dr. Syn at the Anglican church at 6: 30 p. m. On Sunday at 3 p. m. there was a church service where Dr. Syn and the cast appeared in period costume.

" Book Of Days " was featured prominently in the movie Far and Away, with an English-lyric version created for the film then replacing the old Irish language version on all pressings of the Shepherd Moons album from 1993 onwards.

In 2000 Warner Music released Enya: The Video Collection on DVD in Europe, South Africa and Asia, collecting all her videos from " Orinoco Flow " up to and including " Wild Child ", except for the video from " Book of Days ", which was replaced by a live TV performance due to licensing complications relating to the video's use of footage from the film Far and Away.

On 26 February 1815, Napoleon abandoned Elba for France, reviving the French Empire for a Hundred Days ; the Allies declared an end to Napoleon's sovereignty over Elba on 25 March 1815, and on 31 March 1815 Elba was ceded to the restored Grand Duchy of Tuscany by the Congress of Vienna.

In the late 1960s, the British motorcycle industry was unable to support a national team to compete in the International Six Days Trial so, Cheney hand built a limited number of ISDT Cheney-Triumphs using his own design of twin down-tube frame with a specially tuned Triumph 5TA engine.

This was followed by The Pilgrims of the Rhine ( 1834 ), The Last Days of Pompeii ( 1834 ), Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes ( 1835 ), and Harold, the Last of the Saxons ( 1848 ).

The Last Days of Pompeii was inspired by Karl Briullov's painting, The Last Day of Pompeii, which Bulwer-Lytton saw in Milan.

Verdi rival Errico Petrella's most successful opera, Jone ( 1858 ), was based upon Bulwer-Lytton's The Last Days of Pompeii, and was performed all over the world until the First World War.

Madero was arrested and a short time later assassinated along with his Vice-President, José María Pino Suárez on the 22nd of February 1913, following the series of events known as the Ten Tragic Days ( la Decena Tragica ).

In Petrograd, Lenin was thwarted during the " July Days " and forced to flee to Finland.

" Down and Out in Paris and London was published on 9 January 1933, as Orwell continued to work on Burmese Days.

He was disappointed when Gollancz turned down Burmese Days, mainly on the grounds of potential suits for libel, but Harpers were prepared to publish it in the United States.

He was writing for the Adelphi and preparing A Clergymans Daughter and Burmese Days for publication.

In June, Burmese Days was published and Cyril Connolly's review in the New Statesman prompted Orwell to re-establish contact with his old friend.

" This was the time of the Barcelona May Days and Orwell was caught up in the factional fighting.