`` we've got Father and Mother and each other '' said Beth on the first page of Louisa Alcott's Little Women ; ;

It was probably at this period that Littlepage got his first good look at the ordinary Russian soldier.

Even to be `` from hope and fear set free '' is at least better than to have lost the first without having got rid of the second.

I hated the goddamn army from the first day I got in anyhow.

It seems to me, the first thing you've got to do, to be happy, is to face up to your problems, no matter what they may be.

When he finally got the coughing under control, he realized that Pete ( all he gave was his first name ) was still waiting for an answer -- he didn't even seem to wink as he continued to stare.

The Orioles got a run in the first inning when Breeding, along with Robinson, the two Birds who got a pair of hits, doubled to right center, moved to third on Russ Snyder's single to right and crossed on Kunkel's wild pitch into the dirt in front of the plate.

Jensen got only six hits in 46 at-bats for a batting average in the first 12 games.

The first incident occurred before the trial got under way when Judge H. Hobart Grooms told the jury panel he had heard reports of jury-tampering efforts.

A young real estate salesman, Kern first got seriously interested in the problems posed by Communism when in the Navy Air Force.

A few drops of rain just before midnight, when Sarah Vaughan was in the midst of her first number, scattered the more timid members of the audience briefly, but at this hour and with Sarah on the stand, most of the listeners didn't care whether they got wet.

and in the third place, it would cost a fortune to reproduce in the first place -- you've got six colors there including gold ''.

The first time the nurse took him out of the lung, she said if he got frightened, she'd put him back for a second.

Her first class wasn't until ten, but she always got up to have breakfast with me.

Carroll and the sisters got there first, as they walked the fastest.

It was at Anah that the emperor Julian met the first opposition on his disastrous expedition against Persia ( 363 ), when he got possession of the place and transported the people ; and there that Ziyad and Shureih with the advanced guard of Ali's army were refused passage across the Euphrates ( 36 / 657 ) to join Ali in Mesopotamia ( Tabari i. 3261 ).

However, when, under manager Jack Kirwan, the club got promoted to the top flight of Dutch football for the first time in 1911 ( then the Eerste Klasse or ' First Class ', later named the Eredivisie ), Ajax were forced to change their colours because Sparta Rotterdam already had exactly the same outfit.

Even though other clubs had taken part in the competition in the intervening decade, the team which got to this final was still the first English side to do so.

Michael got Lara his first job at Angostura Ltd. in the marketing department.

The anonymous sleeve notes accompanying the 1956 Decca album " Rock Around The Clock " describe Haley's early life and career thus: " Bill got his first professional job at the age of 13, playing and entertaining at an auction for the fee of $ 1 a night.

In his 20s he attended barber school, got married, and moved first to Roy, New Mexico then returned to Turkey in Hall County ( now considered his home town ) to work as a barber at Hamm's Barber Shop.

" ( KJV ) The Watchtower states: " Note that Jesus first got baptized with water.

* The webcomic Achewood refers to Catullus as " the first poet who ever got his Bone on.

In the UK and North America, generations of teenagers have got their first jobs delivering newspapers by bicycle.

Just as I got to my knees, there was again the sound of the fence stretching, and I had time only to start taking my kneeling posture seriously.

He got off to an exceptional start last season, and under the circumstances probably won't duplicate it.

In going away Debonnie got behind several lengths, stalling at the start -- she is a little fussy.

Ulyate drew back with a start, and put finger to lips, almost afraid to move or whisper lest it set her off, `` The dogs have got her bayed.

Since 1949, the only National League club that got off to a hot start and made a runaway of the race was the '55 Dodger team.

The Symphony Of The Air, greatly assisted by Van Cliburn, last night got its seven-concert Beethoven cycle at Carnegie Hall off to a good start.

Says Keys: `` Maybe if the idea got around again that obesity is immoral, the fat man would start to think ''.

A tremendous religious movement swept the U. S. in the early 19th century, marked by the growth and popularity of churches and religious revivals that got their start in Kentucky and Tennessee.

In early, the offense got off to a poor start.

Trumbo got his professional start working for Vogue magazine.

In week five, with starting wide receiver Roy Williams sidelined by injury, receiver Miles Austin got his first start of the season and had a record setting day ( 250 yards receiving and 2 TDs ) to help lead Dallas to an overtime win over Kansas City.

Zoff's career got off to an inauspicious start, when at the age of fourteen he had trials with Inter Milan and Juventus F. C., but was rejected due to a lack of height.

Director John Carpenter decided to add the original scenes into the special edition release as an extra only: " After we screened the rough cut, we realized that the movie didn't really start until Snake got to New York.

Many of the pioneers of RPG zinedom got their start in, or remain part of, science fiction fandom.

" The former term plays off the fact that those not familiar with geocaching are called muggles, a term borrowed from the Harry Potter series of books which was rising in popularity at the same time Geocaching got its start.

The company reportedly got its start with a bequest from an anonymous benefactor.

Dozens of other cultural and popular icons got their start in the Village's nightclub, theater, and coffeehouse scene during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, notably besides Bob Dylan, there were Jimi Hendrix, Barbra Streisand, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Bette Midler, The Lovin ' Spoonful, Simon & Garfunkel, Liza Minnelli, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Eric Andersen, Joan Baez, The Velvet Underground, The Kingston Trio, Carly Simon, Richie Havens, Maria Muldaur, Tom Paxton, Janis Ian, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, and Nina Simone among others.

Giger got his start with small ink drawings before progressing to oil paintings.

The Astros got off to a slow start and the pitching and hitting averages were down.

Before Lanier took over, fans were accustomed to Houston's occasional slow starts, but with Lanier leading the way, Houston got off to a hot start, winning 13 of their first 19 contests.

It is the block where Hyman once lived with bandmate Dee Dee Ramone, and is near the former site of the music club CBGB, where the Ramones got their start.

Picked by many to win their division in 2004 after faring well in the free agent market, the Royals got off to a disappointing start and by late June were back in a rebuilding mode, releasing veteran reliever Curtis Leskanic and trading veteran reliever Jason Grimsley and superstar center fielder Carlos Beltrán for prospects, all within a week of each other.

The beginning of the modern, free, open access libraries really got its start in the U. K. in 1847.

His prime minister was Rolandas Paksas, whose government got off to a rocky start and collapsed within seven months.

In fact, when protests were raised, Jeschonnek himself said, " First we've got to beat Russia, then we can start training!