Eight and a half years before writing the book, Conrad had been appointed by a Belgian trading company to serve as the captain of a steamer on the Congo River.

After defeating the remnants of the Ming forces, the Manchu Banner Army of approximately 200, 000 strong at the time was evenly divided ; half was designated the Forbidden Eight Banner Army () and was stationed in Beijing.

Eight years later, in 1730, the eastern half of northwestern Connecticut was transferred to the jurisdiction of Hartford County.

Eight and one half feet of snow fell in the month of February 2010, which broke the previous record set back in the 1890s.

Chen Shui-bian who was elected ROC president had been one of the defense lawyers, while his running mate, Annette Lu had been one of the “ Kaohsiung Eight .” She was sentenced to 12 years, of which she served five and one half.

Some principles that summarize a century and a half of development practice were encapsulated in 2004 by Consultative Group to Assist the Poor ( CGAP ) and endorsed by the Group of Eight leaders at the G8 Summit on June 10, 2004:

Eight percent are Hispanic, 1. 5 percent are Asian, and less than half a percent are Native American.

The Hudson wheel cover was flat with a lip half way to the middle and the center would say " Hudson ", " Hudson Eight ", or " Terraplane ".

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Centaur, after the half-human, half horse Centaur of Greek mythology:

The Cotillion, which has been held since thoroughbred racing began in Pennsylvania in 1969 at the old Liberty Bell Park in Northeast Philadelphia, is a ( Eight and a half furlong ) race, is held ( as of 2010 ) on the first Saturday in October as part of a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity with races featuring female jockeys called " Parx Racing Ladies Day at the Races "

Eight million people rode the monorail during the half year the fair was open ; today, annual ridership is around 2 million.

Eight months later, James traded his half of the business to Tom for a used Volkswagen Beetle.

Eight and a half kilograms of plastic explosive with two alarm-clock fuses were fixed to the keel of the ferry, SF Hydro, which was to carry the railway cars with the heavy water drums across Lake Tinnsjø.

It is also the setting for the base of Buffy Summers in the first half of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight.

Eight years after the telenovela's original run, the highly anticipated return of the original version of Yo Soy Betty, La Fea delivered impressive ratings for the network, attracting over one million viewers, more than half a million of which were adults aged 18 – 49.

This tactic was first made public on 7 May 1957 at Eglin AFB, when a B – 47 entered its bombing run at low altitude, pulled up sharply ( 3. 5 g ) into a half loop, releasing its bomb under automatic control at a predetermined point in its climb, then executed a half roll, completing a maneuver similar to an Immelmann turn or Half Cuban Eight.

* P8 is the abbreviation of Perfect Eight, the Perfect octave, interval between one musical note and another with half or double the frequency

Eight of the twenty were destroyed by September, half to accidents.

Eight bus routes operate through Caterham, with half being operated by Metrobus.

An active second half of July continued when, on July 28, the other part of the disturbance became Tropical Depression Eight.

Eight years ago while we were going through the mud-sweat-and-tears construction period, we were each solaced by the vision of early morning dips and evening home-comings to a cool family collected around the pool with a buffet table laid out nearby for the lord and master's delectation.

Eight or ten years ago, a couple of French hoods stole a priceless Khmer head from the Musee Guimet, in Paris, and a week later crawled into the Salpetriere with unmistakable symptoms of leprosy.

* 1962 – Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.

Eight years have passed, and the city of Genoa is still trying to recover from the many damages provoked by the rioters, mainly devoted to crash cars, setting stores on fire, robbing banks and using any heavy or pointed object as a means to provoke damage to people and objects.

Eight years later African-born slaves arrived in the West Indies.

In July 2007 and with six rounds remaining in the home and away season, Essendon was placed just outside the top Eight and on the brink of making the finals once again when it was announced that Kevin Sheedy's contract would not be renewed after 27 years.

Eight years later, after William's death in 1120, a much more momentous union was made between Henry's daughter, ( the former Empress ) Matilda and Fulk's son Geoffrey Plantagenet, which eventually resulted in the union of the two realms under the Plantagenet Kings.

Eight years earlier he was released from a TBS-clinic after being treated for child molestation.

Eight thousand years ago, south of the great mountain ranges in what is now the Sahara Desert, a vast savanna supported Neolithic hunters and herders whose culture flourished until the region began to desiccate as a result of climatic changes after 4000 BC.

Eight hundred years after the last outbreak, the plague returned to Europe.

Eight years later, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office which was eventually moved as the section was expanded.

A story arc in Season Eight has Buffy travel 200 years into the future to battle and kill Dark Willow.

Eight years after the release of " Angels ", in February 2005 the British public voted it as the " Best Single of the Past Twenty-Five Years " at the 2005 BRIT Awards.

Eight years before her death, she had reportedly placed two-thirds of her money into trusts, for the benefit of her great-grandchildren.

Eight or nine years after its foundation, Mr. Charles Majoribanks, M. P.

Eight years later, in 1879, it was restored as France's national anthem, and has remained so ever since.

Eight years later, Congress replaced that law with the Atomic Energy Act Amendments of 1954, which for the first time made the development of commercial nuclear power possible, and resolved a number of other outstanding problems in implementing the first Atomic Energy Act.

Eight of the 22 had died before reaching 20 years of age-testifying to the hardness of hunter-gatherer life in the cold north.

Eight years later Wallace apologized for not having understood the true situation at Magadan.

" Eight years later, Abraham Lincoln would express the same sentiment.

Eight years after the events of Prelude, Seldon has worked out the science of psychohistory and has applied it on a galactic scale.

; At The End Of The Day: Eight years later.

Eight years later, the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, along with two other awards, were each combined into their own single category recognizing achievement in film.