They duplicated almost exactly all the significant features of the PC architecture, facilitated by various manufacturers ' ability to reverse engineer the BIOS using a " clean room design " technique.

West of the Allegheny Mountains, the two systems duplicated each other at almost every major point ; east of those cites the two hardly touched.

In 1991, several manufacturers announced specifications for what would become known as MUSE Laserdisc, representing a span of almost 15 years until the feats of this HD analog optical disc system would finally be duplicated digitally by HD DVD and Blu-ray.

Vander Meer was an incidental witness when his Cincinnati team-mate, Ewell Blackwell, almost duplicated his consecutive no-hit feat in 1947, by pitching a no-hitter against the Braves, then in his next appearance held the Dodgers without a hit until the ninth inning when he gave up two hits.

He came under heavy fire for these comments from press and politicians alike, especially since he himself lost almost 10 % of the Bavarian vote – a dubious feat in itself as Bavarians tend to consistently vote conservatively.

Despite its odd plot and mixed critical reception, the film was a major box-office success, grossing nearly $ 100, 000, 000 in the U. S. alone, almost becoming the first non-Disney animated film to achieve that feat.

The year before this he had been elected as a member of the school debating society, no mean feat for a boy who at this time suffered from a speech impediment which was almost paralytic.

Internationally, Norris is credited with having " managed, almost single-handedly, to overthrow the anti-homosexuality law which brought about the downfall of Oscar Wilde ", a feat he achieved in 1988 after a fourteen year campaign.

Other discoveries with VLT's signature include the detection of carbon monoxide molecules in a galaxy located almost 11 billion light-years away for the first time, a feat that had remained elusive for 25 years.

" While there is debate as to whether the peak they saw was Mount Waddington ( Don Munday observed that the feat is impossible ), they almost certainly saw a peak in the Waddington Range, and this led the Mundays to explore that area.

Worthy of special mention is the bearer of the Badge of Honour of Saxony-Anhalt, Benno Schmidt ( b. 1932 )-also known Brocken Benno-of Wernigerode, who has climbed the mountain since 1989, almost daily, with more than 6, 000 ascents ( as at 21 May 2010 ) and whose feat has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Kenny goes on to state that " it was no mean feat to have placed almost all of Clough's poetry in the public domain within a decade, and to have secured for it general critical and popular acclaim.

Following enduring popularity over the Christmas period, the single rebounded up the chart and became their first number one hit in January 1999, seven weeks after it initially charted, a feat almost unheard of during the pre-and post-millennium era.

The album features six songs and sold almost 100, 000 copies worldwide, a feat that is unheard of for a Hong Kong indie band without backing from a major label.

In 2001, she repeated this feat with American Pie 2, which opened to $ 45 million dollars and grossed over $ 145 million in the US, almost 50 % more than its predecessor.

Some sources state that Lincoln himself piloted the first steamship up the Sangamon to Springfield, accomplishing this feat with many men, almost as large as Lincoln, with axes to chop through whatever trees impeded the journey.

Pellew swam out to the wreck with a line and helped rig a lifeline which saved almost all aboard: for this feat he was, on 18 March 1796, created a baronet.

To venture outside, when travelling at 200 miles an hour, at a great height and in intense cold, was an almost incredible feat.

In recent years, Greytown Cricket has been the powerhouse of the Wairarapa competition, with all 3 Senior teams winning their respective competitions in the 2005-2006 season, and almost repeating the feat ( 2 out of 3 ) in 2006-2007.

J. R. was also elected chairman of West Star Oil, a feat he had spent almost fifteen years fighting to achieve.

As a coach he has been in charge of FF Lillehammer and Brumunddal Fotball, and has been managing Kongsvinger IL with success, securing promotion in 2003, and almost repeating the feat in 2004.

" No mean feat ... driving at almost twice today's maximum ( UK ) speed limit into a steep turn, assaulted by the g-force induced by 30 degree banking twice every minute, using Forties technology, leaf spring suspension and narrow crossply tyres ... Johnson remarked that the car felt so good it could have gone on for another week, an off-the-cuff comment that sowed the seed for another idea.

A special effort, an effort of self-awareness is needed — that almost impossible feat of thought recoiling upon itself: almost impossible but not quite.

Within the crystal, D ' ken seemed capable of almost any feat, from altering his physical form and firing energy blasts, to controlling the matter all around.

As an almost ever-present during a period when England played a relatively large number of internationals, Walker became the fastest player in history to reach 50 caps, a feat he accomplished in just over four years.

His team, which included later NBA great Bob Cousy, almost repeated this feat in 1948, losing in the semifinals.

It presently has a capacity of approximately 18, 500 all seated, which is quite large relative to the population of Monaco ( about 30, 500 ); it can seat almost two-thirds of the country's population, a feat no other stadium can boast.

For this reason, none of Ralph Nader's perfect games have been officially recognized despite his staunch, almost violent, affirmation of such a feat.

From the 1890s, the economy had been based almost entirely on the export of frozen meat and dairy products to Britain, and in 1961, the share of New Zealand exports going to the United Kingdom was still at slightly over 51 %, with approximately 15 % more going to other European countries.

From 1959 to 1960 series Loopy De Loop and The Flintstones, softly orchestrated themes, some of them almost sounding concrete music and some played only by accordion, were used in other H-B cartons between 1961 and 1963 – like Top Cat, Snagglepuss, Touché Turtle, Wally Gator and the Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound 1961 seasons and all of its segments – and eventually between 1964 and 1967, and rarely then until the eighties.

From 1961 ( and almost exclusively in Europe ), VW offered an optional version of the Saxomat semi-automatic transmission — a regular 4-speed manual transaxle coupled to a electromagnetic clutch with a centrifugal clutch used for idle.

The town gradually enlarged, having its largest population increase between the years of 1951 and 1961, when the population of about 7, 000 residents almost doubled.

The population of the village has almost trebled over the past hundred years since the first census in 1881, rising from 311 in 1881 to 1, 027 in 1961.

Nordland covers almost 5 ° latitude, but temperatures are moderated by proximity to the temperate sea ; the annual mean only varies from 5. 6 ° C ( 42 ° F ) on the southern coast to 4 ° C ( 39 ° F ) on the northern coast ( 1961 – 90 ).

The city was almost entirely destroyed in 1961 when Hurricane Hattie swept ashore on 31 October.

In 1961, David Hobbs fitted a Hobbs Mecha-Matic 4-speed automatic transmission to an Elite, and became almost unbeatable in two years ' racing – he won 15 times from 18 starts.

General Hassan Pakravan, Director of Savak from 1961 – 1965, had an almost benevolent reputation, for example dining with the Ayatollah Khomeini while Khomeini was under house arrest on a weekly basis, and later intervened to prevent Khomeini's execution, on the grounds it would " anger the common people of Iran ".

Other familiar titles are: Anzio by Edward Dmytryk, in 1968, his last Hollywood film appearance ; The North Star ( 1943 ), directed by Lewis Milestone with a script by playwright Lillian Hellman, with Erich von Stroheim ; Edge of Darkness ( 1943 ), also by Milestone, his first film role, where he played his first film German soldier role, opposite Judith Anderson ; Wilson ( 1944 ), where he played the German ambassador to Washington, D. C. during World War I, Count von Bernstorff ; The Cross of Lorraine ( 1943 ), with Gene Kelly ; The Hitler Gang, playing the Nazi official Alfred Rosenberg and Romanoff and Juliet ( 1961 ), written, directed and starring Peter Ustinov, and an Italian-American adaptation of Homer's Iliad, Helen of Troy ( 1956 ), directed by Robert Wise, with Rossanna Podesta, Jacques Sernas, and in two featured roles, Tonio Selwart playing opposite a then almost unknown Brigitte Bardot, in 1956.

David Attenborough owns an almost complete eggshell, dating from 6-700 CE, which he pieced together from fragments that were given to him while making his 1961 BBC series Zoo Quest to Madagascar.

In the period from 1961 to 1969, the Warren Court examined almost every aspect of the criminal justice system in the United States, using the 14th Amendment to extend constitutional protections to all courts in every State.

For 1961 the model name was changed to RS 61 although it was almost identical to the RS 60.

In dry years such as 1902, 1905, 1928, 1961, 1965 and 2002, almost the whole basin reported totals.

Between 1961 and 1971, almost 83, 000 jobs were lost in the five boroughs in the Docklands area ( Greenwich, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Southwark ).

In 1961 and 1962, Cepeda had strong years ; however, he had serious problems with the team's manager Alvin Dark, to the point of almost skipping some games.

Art Modell, a New York advertising executive, bought the team in 1961 for almost $ 4 million ($ today ).

It was almost completely destroyed during World War II, but was rebuilt from 1957 to 1961 as a housing estate project of international master architects like Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer etc., called Interbau.

The squadron began almost immediately to upgrade yet again to the Vulcan B2, taking delivery of the first on 1 September 1961, although its high-level strategic bombing role remained unchanged until the advent of effective Soviet Surface-to-Air Missiles forced Bomber Command to re-assign V-bombers from high-altitude operations to low-level penetration operations in March 1963, when the squadron's Vulcans adopted a mission profile that included a ' pop-up ' manoeuvre from 500 – 1, 000 ft to above 12, 000 ft for safe release of Blue Steel.

When the uniform gauge railway between Sydney and Melbourne opened in 1961, the parliamentarian deserving most of the credit-William Charles Wentworth-was unable to leave parliament since his vote was needed in an almost hung parliament.

It was noted that the school had almost as many entering freshmen in 1969 as it had overall students in 1961.

On 1 July 1961, Cockburn Road District became a Shire following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1960, and on 24 January 1971, almost exactly 100 years after the formation of the Fremantle Road District, it became a Town in recognition of its increasingly urban nature.

With Gilmar between the posts, Santos conquered almost every championship they competed in: they won five São Paulo State Championships ( 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 ), five National Championships ( 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 ), two Libertadores Cups ( 1962 and 1963 ) and two Intercontinental Cups ( 1962 against Eusébio's Benfica and 1963 against Milan ).

The Dodge Lancer, which had been almost identical to the Valiants of 1961 – 62, was replaced in 1963 by the Dart.