He saw the most action, beat up more badmen with his bare fists, broke up the most gangs and sent more murderers to the gallows than any other U.S. marshal who lived before or after him.

When the Revolution broke out, he, along with Jefferson and Jay, abandoned his career at the bar, with considerable financial sacrifice.

One day in a bar, so the legend goes, someone put a beer stein with too much force on the monacle and broke it.

It was a dinner party, Lewis had been drinking during the afternoon, and long before the party really got under way, he was quite drunk, with the result that the party broke up even before dinner was over.

Last year, after Trujillo had been cited for numerous aggressions in the Caribbean, the United States and many other members of the Organization of American States broke diplomatic relations with him.

Uncle Randolph and Joel had replanted the bottom lands with difficulty, for more of the slaves, including Annie, had sneaked off when the soldiers broke camp.

The dawn progressed and it seemed that the doctor would never be done with his ministrations when quite abruptly something broke his revery.

But with Welch's relentless pursuit of the subject, Barco finally `` broke '' and started confessing to one murder after another.

But at long last came a time when I broke away from Mother and her society `` chi-chi '' in order to spend a cosy evening with Viola and her chaperon at her home.

When they were refused entrance to his brother's house nearby, they smashed down the door, broke the window, and threw lighted clothes wet with kerosene into the room.

In any case, anyone who fails to make significant distinction between primary and secondary applications of economic pressure would in principle already have justified that use of economic boycott as a means which broke out a few years ago or was skillfully organized by White Citizens' Councils in the entire state of Mississippi against every local Philco dealer in that state, in protest against a Philco-sponsored program over a national TV network on which was presented a drama showing, it seemed, a `` high yellow gal '' smooching with a white man.

He broke into a dogtrot, breathing heavily, streaming with sweat.

End Gene Raesz, who broke a hand in the Owl's game with LSU, was back working out with Rice Monday, and John Nichols, sophomore guard, moved back into action after a week's idleness with an ankle injury.

As roommates, teammates, and home-run mates, Mantle, 29, who broke in with the Yankees ten years ago, and Maris, 26, who came to the Yankees from Kansas City two years ago, have strikingly similar backgrounds.

Although he later broke with the churches because he believed that they were insufficiently outspoken against social evils, he remained a devout Christian.

It is absurd of course to say that that one exclamation estranged me from the family I considered my very own, but there it hangs, a cooling void that broke our close connection with each other.

In 1857 – 58, Douglas broke with President James Buchanan, leading to a fight for control of the Democratic Party.

The operation went broke 9 months later, but never went bankrupt, due to van Vogt's arrangements with creditors.

Australia's ageing post-war team broke up after 1926, with Collins, Charlie Macartney and Warren Bardsley all departing, and Gregory breaking down at the start of the 1928 – 29 series.

The main scholarly outlet has been the journal Annales d ' Histoire Economique et Sociale (" Annals of economic and social history "), founded in 1929 by Lucien Febvre and Marc Bloch, which broke radically with traditional historiography by insisting on the importance of taking all levels of society into consideration and emphasized the collective nature of mentalities.

Febvre broke decisively with this paradigm in 1912, with his sweeping doctoral thesis on Philippe II et la Franche-Comté.

A small group ( with about 200 activists ), dedicated to Jewish resistance to the British administration in Palestine, broke away from the Etzel ( which advocated support for Britain during the war ) and formed the " Lehi " ( Stern Gang ), led by Avraham Stern.

Charles, in contrast, was disposed towards a rigid administration ; he ordered inquests in 1252 and again in 1278 to ascertain his rights Charles broke the traditional powers of the great towns ( Nice, Grasse, Marseille, Arles, Avignon ) and aroused considerable hostility by his punctilious insistence on enjoying his full rights and fees.

The new coalition administration broke diplomatic ties with Cuba and implemented policies that favored local investors and foreign industry.

The Tribune broke the story on Friday, May 29, 2009, that several students had been admitted to the University of Illinois based upon connections or recommendations by the school's Board of Trustees, Chicago politicians, and members of the Rod Blagojevich administration.

Provinces broke free from the central Córdobese administration, and became effectively sovereign states-taifas-under the same governors that had been named by the last Umayyad Caliphs.

When news of the My Lai Massacre broke, Westmoreland resisted pressure from the Nixon administration for a cover-up, and pressed for a full and impartial investigation by Lieutenant General William R. Peers.

The five years of Sherbrooke ’ s administration were dominated by war with the United States, which broke out in June 1812, and matters relating to the colony ’ s defence.

In 1040 an uprising broke out in the area around Durrës under the leadership of the soldier Tihomir following the discontent of the Bulgarian population by the heavy taxes required by the Byzantine administration.

When the story broke simultaneously in the Post and Times on January 27, 1982, it was dismissed as propaganda by the Reagan administration, as it seriously undermined efforts by the US government to bolster the human rights image of the Salvadoran government, which the US was supporting with large amounts of military aid.

His service in Bogotá ended just as the Civil War broke out, as the Abraham Lincoln administration displaced the Buchanan administration.

He blamed Stafford's administration, along with Governor Thomas Gore Browne, for the wars in Taranaki, which broke out when a Māori chief refused to sell his land.

In 1974, political conflict broke out between left-wing academics and the right-wing administration

The death of Fox, who became foreign secretary and leader of the House of Commons, soon, however, broke up the Grenville administration ; and in the spring of 1807 Lord Eldon once more, under the Duke of Portland's administration, returned to the woolsack, which, from that time, he continued to occupy for about twenty years, swaying the cabinet.

In 1914 World War I broke out-not far from Konin battles of Russian and Prussian troops took place and soon the town was taken over by Prussian administration.

Serious protests broke out in Osh and Jalal-Abad, with protesters occupying administration buildings and the Osh airport.

After 1993, the SPS broke away from the coalition with the Radicals and officially opposed the Bosnian Serb government of Radovan Karadžić by passing economic sanctions against it, as Karadžić was opposing peace initiatives and the party officially criticised the discriminatory nationalism of Karadžić's administration.

The alliance broke down one year into Fox's administration and, in the July 2003 mid-term elections and various other local elections held since 2000 ( in particular, the governatorial races in the important states of México and Nuevo León ), the PVEM has allied itself more frequently with the Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ).

After four consecutive election wins, Dunstan's administration began to falter in 1978 following his dismissal of Police Commissioner Harold Salisbury, as controversy broke out over whether he had improperly interfered into a judicial investigation ; the police had been systematically keeping dossiers on left-wing politicians.

A dispute broke out between FSF, who owned the new Savannah, and the maintainers of Savannah, including developers of the Savannah software over the levels of administration the FSF should be given.

They, along with the class sororities, broke up because the administration wanted a more unified student body.

The Patriotic Party broke with the alliance in the early months of Óscar Berger's administration.

On the question of the rechartering of the United States Bank he broke with the Jackson administration, and became a Whig, but was sustained by his constituents.