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Devastated by European diseases to which they had no immunity, and civil wars, in 1532 the Incas were defeated by an alliance composed of tens of thousands allies from nations they had subjugated ( e. g. Huancas, Chachapoyas, Cañaris ) and a small army of 180 Spaniards led by Francisco Pizarro.
Devastated by the breakup, Peckinpah fell into a self destructive pattern of almost continuous alcohol consumption, and his health was unstable for the remainder of his life.
Devastated by his friend's death, Moe nevertheless decided that the Three Stooges should continue.
Devastated by Levi's assessment, Bruckner revised the work, sometimes with the aid of Franz Schalk, and completed this new version in 1890.
Devastated by Fonda ’ s confession, and plagued by emotional problems for many years, Frances went into the Austen Riggs Psychiatric Hospital in January 1950 for treatment.
Devastated by the death of his mother seven months earlier, Hart died in New York City of pneumonia from exposure on November 22, 1943, after drinking heavily.
Devastated by the Vandals and other Germanic tribes, Cerdanya was part of the Visigothic kingdom of Toulouse and later Toledo, until eventually it was conquered by the Muslims.
Devastated by fire in 1959, the Gym was rebuilt with the support of trustees, business and civic leaders, and friends.
" Devastated by Brooks ' rejection, Bundy traveled to Colorado and then further east, visiting relatives in Arkansas and Philadelphia, and enrolling for one semester at Temple University.
Darkness in El Dorado ( subtitled: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon ) is a book written by author Patrick Tierney in 2000 that accuses geneticist James Neel and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon of exacerbating a measles epidemic among the Yanomamo people of the Amazon Basin and conducting human research without regard for their subjects ' well-being.
Devastated again, she was encouraged out of her depression by her friend James Baldwin.
Devastated by the English king in AD 948 as a warning to the Archbishop of York, only the crypt of Wilfrid ’ s church survived but today this tiny 7th century chapel rests complete beneath the later grandeur of Archbishop Roger de Pont l ’ Evêque ’ s 12th century minster.
Devastated during the Thirty Years ' War, the town was allotted to the Brandenburg Province of Pomerania by the 1653 Treaty of Stettin.
Devastated by these losses, she returned to New York for a number of years, living in a Fifth Avenue apartment and taking a few acting roles amid a busy social life.
Devastated by his actions, Mimic swears never to kill again.
Devastated, Attalus sought to punish Pausanias of Orestis, and did so by getting the man drunk, and then submitting him to a rape.
The last party was in 1914 at the outbreak World War I. Devastated by the carnage of the war, Alfred's health began to fail and he died in 1918.
Devastated by her sister's statement, Selina fails to realize they have both been heading for a trap.
Devastated by his losses, Tijerina could not sleep.
Devastated by the news, the brothers disbanded and SAR Records folded.

Devastated and was
Devastated that she rarely saw her husband, and anxious that she was not bearing an heir to Catholic England, Mary became bitter.
Devastated, Niobe fled back to Mount Sipylus and was turned into stone, and, as she wept unceasingly, waters started to pour from her petrified complexion.
Devastated by grief, Bearclaw faced Madcoil himself, and was subsequently killed, but not before he could pass the chieftainship to his son.
Devastated by these blows ( and by his own unrelenting alcoholism ), Fitzgerald had settled in suburban Baltimore by 1932, and had finally decided what he was going to write his novel about – a man of almost limitless potential who makes the fatal decision to marry a beautiful but mentally ill woman, and who ultimately sinks into despair and alcoholism when their doomed marriage fails.
Devastated by his son's death, Mario Rodrigues died a few months later of a stroke, and shortly after that the family newspaper was closed by military forces supporting the Revolution of 1930, which the newspaper had fiercely opposed in its editorials.
Devastated, Serra abandoned Ulgrotha and went on a journey of mourning, during which she was critically corrupted during a planeswalker battle when a wizard mistook her wedding ring for a powerful artifact.
Devastated and ruined, the once-great supervillain was forced into poverty.

Devastated and later
Devastated, they return to Siam a week later.
Devastated, Yuriko would later embrace her father's ideals and go on a quest to track down the person who dishonored him.
Devastated by Lennon's murder, Starr did not have the heart to record Lennon's songs ( which would later be released on posthumous Lennon albums ).

Devastated and .
Devastated, Pasternak went immediately to the offices of Izvestia and begged Nikolai Bukharin to intercede on Mandelstam's behalf.
Devastated, Carangi started abusing drugs.
Devastated, Minos went to war with Athens and won.
Devastated a number of communities in northern New Brunswick.
Devastated, Level 42 took a year off to regroup and rethink.
Devastated over their divorce, she moved to Hollywood in 1975 and tried to forget the relationship.
Devastated and adrift, she joined her brother in Hawaii, where she resumed her singing career, and then moved back to Los Angeles to focus on her writing career.
Devastated, Setsuna awakens Alexiel's soul, causing widespread damage.
* 1919: Committee on Relief for Protestant Churches in Devastated Regions in Europe in World War I.

by and fire
It was partially cemented by ages and pressure, yet it crumpled before the onslaught of the powerful streams, the force of a thousand fire hoses, and with the gold it held washed down through the long sluices.
My friends and I come from a ship which was destroyed by fire.
The first news stories had it that this blaze was started by a bolt of lightning, as though Miriam could call down fire from heaven like a prophet of the Old Testament.
A picket guard of about 350, mostly Hessians, were attacked by the Americans under Lafayette, and driven back to their camp, some twenty to thirty of them falling before the riflemen's fire.
The chancellor of the Exchequer wrote on the petition: `` in myn opinion it is very resonable and conscionable for hir maiestie to graunt in relief of this towne twise afflicted and almost wasted by fire ''.
Mr. Podger opened his cocoon and emerged, tucking Alacrity under his arm to bring her in by the fire.
The present attempts of the politicians to contaminate ordinary Britons shows that this British common sense is unwilling to pull somebody else's chestnuts out of the fire by new military adventures ''.
Top scientists have warned that an area hit by an atomic missile of massive power would be engulfed in a suffocating fire storm which would persist for a long time.
As they waited for supper they sat by the fire, glasses in hand, while Byron philosophized as much for his own entertainment as hers.
This can be accomplished substantially by a continued trend toward better facilities and techniques for fire control and more resources to cope with critical fire periods, and a more intensive application of a program of prevention, detection, and control of insect and disease infestations.
Joseph Brown continued in business by himself, quickly rebuilding the establishment which had been lost in the fire and beginning those first steps which were to establish him as a pioneer in raising the standards of accuracy of machine shop practice throughout the world.
The only cardinal sin which may be committed in warming a wine is to force it by putting it next to the stove or in front of an open fire.
Ever since the fire of 1812 destroyed the beautiful furniture assembled by President Thomas Jefferson, the White House has collected a hodgepodge of period pieces, few of them authentic or aesthetic.
It was in 1814 that Abraham Wharf and his sister sat by a meager fire in their house on Dogtown Common, a desolate place even then.
Most of the fire was directed by Cotten against Dallas and Sen. Parkhouse.
The fire department here has been torn for months by dissension involving top personnel and the fight between the fire fighters association and the teamsters union.
At the same time that I thought I understood her at long last and pitied her, underneath this knowing had there burned unquenched by my pity a fire of hate, an enduring envy that burst out in that ghastly outcry??
The minimalist soundtrack features a memorable deep-toned electronic " heartbeat ", which quickens as the asteroid density is reduced by the player's fire.
The second Temple was completely destroyed by fire on the 9th of Av, 70 AD.
The tradition of the church, by reference to certain texts of scripture, speaks of a " cleansing fire " although it is not always called purgatory.
* 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
He is defined by Thomas Carlyle as " a failure of a Fritz ," with " features " of a Frederick the Great in him, " but who burnt away his splendid qualities as a mere temporary shine for the able editors, and never came to anything, full of fire, too much of it wildfire, not in the least like an Alcibiades except in the change of fortune he underwent ".
The city was destroyed partially — and in some parts completely — during the fighting, mostly by American artillery fire and demolitions carried out by the Waffen-SS defenders.

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