the `` sober opinion '' of his letter to Noyes, written when Hardy was eighty years old, is essentially that of his first `` philosophical '' notebook entry, made when he was twenty-five: `` The world does not despise us: it only neglects us '' ( Early Life, p. 63 ).

But his first few days with Troop H were full of surprises, beginning with First Sergeant Robert Early.

Agnostida is an order of arthropod which first developed near the end of the Early Cambrian period and thrived during the Middle Cambrian.

* 1965 – Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

Early evidence of their use in Britain includes: an equal hour horary quadrant from 1396, in England, a 1445 inscription on the tower of Heathfield Church, Sussex ; a 1448 inscription on a wooden lych-gate of Bray Church, Berkshire ; and a 1487 inscription on the belfry door at Piddletrenthide church, Dorset ; and in Scotland a 1470 inscription on the tomb of the first Earl of Huntly in Elgin Cathedral.

Early evidence of such practices appears as markings on bones and cave walls, which show that lunar cycles were being noted as early as 25, 000 years ago ; the first step towards recording the Moon ’ s influence upon tides and rivers, and towards organizing a communal calendar.

He also wrote songs, including his Seven Early Songs ( Sieben Frühe Lieder ), three of which were Berg's first publicly performed work in a concert that featured the music of Schoenberg's pupils in Vienna that year.

* A ( Cyrillic ), the first letter of the Early Cyrillic alphabet

Early croquet-like game from The Sports and Pastimes of the people of England, first published 1801.

" Early detective stories tended to follow an investigating protagonist from the first scene to the last, making the unraveling a practical rather than emotional matter.

It lived during the Early Cretaceous, in China, where the first fossil was found in the Junggar Basin.

Early wet cells powered the first telegraph and telephone systems, and were the source of current for electroplating.

* Early endosomes are the first station of the endocytic pathway.

Early electric guitar manufacturers include: Rickenbacker ( first called Ro-Pat-In ) in 1932, Dobro in 1933, National, AudioVox and Volu-tone in 1934, Vega, Epiphone ( Electrophone and Electar ), and Gibson in 1935 and many others by 1936.

The period from 700, 000 – 300, 000 years ago is also known as the Acheulean, when H. ergaster ( or erectus ) made large stone hand axes out of flint and quartzite, at first quite rough ( Early Acheulian ), later " retouched " by additional, more subtle strikes at the sides of the flakes.

According to Robert W. Peterson in his book Pigskin The Early Years of Pro Football, the " passer was George W. ( Peggy ) Parratt, probably the best quarterback of the era ", who played for the Massillon, Ohio Tigers, one of pro football's first franchises.

Early in 1960, Kelly, an ardent Francophile and fluent French speaker, was invited by A. M. Julien, the general administrator of the Paris Opéra and Opéra-Comique, to select his own material and create a modern ballet for the company, the first time an American had received such an assignment.

Early Christianity may be divided into 2 distinct phases: the apostolic period, when the first apostles were alive and led the Church, and the post-apostolic period, when an early episcopal structure developed, and persecution was periodically intense.

The Atharvaveda, a sacred text of Hinduism dating from the Early Iron Age, is the first Indian text dealing with medicine, like the medicine of the Ancient Near East based on concepts of the exorcism of demons and magic.

The Sumerian civilization spanned over 3000 years and began with the first settlement of Eridu in the Ubaid period ( mid-6th millennium BC ) through the Uruk period ( 4th millennium BC ) and the Early Dynastic periods ( 3rd millennium BC ) until the rise of Assyria and Babylonia in the late 3rd and early 2nd millennium BC respectively.

* IBM RAMAC 305 ( vacuum tube logic, first computer with disk storage ; see: Early IBM disk storage )

Early reference to the Chinese export of ivory is recorded after the Chinese explorer Zhang Qian ventured to the west to form alliances to enable for the eventual free movement of Chinese goods to the west ; as early as the first century BC, ivory was moved along the Northern Silk Road for consumption by western nations.

On April 6, 1965, Intelsat ’ s first satellite, the Intelsat I ( nicknamed Early Bird ), was placed in geostationary orbit above the Atlantic Ocean by a Delta D rocket.

Early photos show the Merzbau with a grotto-like surface and various columns and sculptures, possibly referring to similar pieces by Dadaists, including the Great Plasto-Dio-Dada-Drama by Johannes Baader, shown at the first International Dada Fair, Berlin, 1920.

Early results of the first post-independence elections in January 1970 indicated that the BNP might lose control.

* " After an Early Bedtime, Calvin and Hobbes Are Up and Running in a New Collection "-Washington Post book review including broad look at Watterson's career

To achieve a tone and quality that was true to the story as well as reflected the period in which it is set, Spielberg once again collaborated with cinematographer Janusz Kamiński, saying, " Early on, we both knew that we did not want this to look like a Technicolor extravaganza about World War II, but more like color newsreel footage from the 1940s, which is very desaturated and low-tech.

Early in their history Sesame Street and the CTW began to look for alternative funding sources and turned to creating products and writing licensing agreements.

Early tappers like Fred Astaire provided a more ballroom look to tap dancing, while Gene Kelly used his extensive ballet training to make tap dancing incorporate all the parts of the ballet.

In 1992 a number of MPs registered an official complaint about this practice, with some commenting that it " has undoubtedly been retained to deter honourable Members from raising points of order during divisions by making them appear ridiculous and feel acutely embarrassed ".< Ref > Early day motion 1623 In 1998 it was recommended that the opera hat be abandoned, since " although some Members may feel that they look particularly fetching in it, it makes the House of Commons look ridiculous when someone wearing the hat is trying to raise a point of order from a seated position while everyone else is milling around and going to vote.

Early teddy bears were made to look like real bears, with extended snouts and beady eyes.

Early photographs of Leasowe and Egremont show them carrying what look like binnacle shrouds ( the brass lids that sit atop of a binnacle ) on the roof of their wheelhouses and wing cabs.

Early telescopic handlers only lifted in one direction and did not rotate, however, several of the manufacturers have designed telescopic handlers that rotate 360 degrees through a turntable and these machines look almost identical to the Rough Terrain Crane.

Early technical delays and project management issues caused the DOE to begin a comprehensive " Rebaseline Validation Review of the National Ignition Facility Project " in 2000, which took a critical look at the project, identifying areas of concern and adjusting the schedule and budget to ensure completion.

Early mariachi players did not look like those of today ; they played only string instruments such as guitars and harps and dressed in typical peasant clothing: white pants and shirts with huarache sandals.

Early corpse paint designs were intended simply to accent an individual's features and make them look " dead ".

Early 19th Century American pine blanket chest or sugar chest, painted to look like curly maple

In Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative Study Trigger uses an integrated theoretical approach to look at the meaning of similarities and differences in the formation of complex societies in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang of China, Aztecs and Classic Maya of Mesoamerica, Inka of the Andes, and Yoruba of Africa.

* Early in the film, a monk is sent in disguise as part of an entourage to look for the reincarnation of the 14th Dalai Lama.

Early on, Hefner required Playboy centerfolds to be portrayed in a very specific way, telling photographers in a 1956 memo that the " model must be in a natural setting engaged in some activity ' like reading, writing, mixing a drink '...... should have a ' healthy, intelligent, American look — a young lady that looks like she might be a very efficient secretary or an undergrad at Vassar.

Early pots were designed for travel use hence you will see the simple classical look of the pots produced during the Ming Dynasty.

I would do my dressing room in Early American and give lovely presents to my make-up man and hairdresser for making me look so lovely, and so on.

Early 2005 Randy came full circle when he joined ALMOST QUEEN, a look & sound-a-like production of his primary and most prominent childhood influence QUEEN.