Her hat had come off and fallen behind her shoulders, held by the string, and he could see her face more clearly than he had at any time before.

Then Kerr, a graduate student from Illinois, moved past him on a straightaway and held off Mills's challenge on the final turn.

The Pirates jumped off to an 11-3 start by May 1 last year, when the Redbirds as well as the Dodgers held them even over the season.

President Eisenhower held an 8:30 a.m. meeting with top military and foreign-policy advisers, decided to break off diplomatic relations immediately.

Frog-marched off the airplane at 1:48 p.m., the Beardens were held in bail of $100,000 each on charges of kidnapping and transporting a stolen plane across state lines.

For ships, a kedge may be dropped while a ship is underway, or carried out in a suitable direction by a tender or ship's boat to enable the ship to be winched off if aground or swung into a particular heading, or even to be held steady against a tidal or other stream.

One of the Berbers held on to Abd al-Rahman's vessel as it made for al-Andalus, and allegedly had his hand cut off by one of the boat's crew.

The Chinese Cheka detachments stationed in Kiev reportedly would attach an iron tube to the torso of a bound victim and insert a rat in the tube closed off with wire netting, while the tube was held over a flame until the rat began gnawing through the victim's guts in an effort to escape.

Catherine's English subjects held her in high esteem, thus her death set off tremendous mourning among the English people.

But in a crossbow the string is held back mechanically, so there is no advantage in providing a let off.

Each September the Sardinia Cup sailing regatta is held off the coast.

Under coach Vince Lombardi the Packers dominated the 1960s, defeating the Cowboys in four regular-season meetings and two playoff games ; on January 1, 1967 the Packers held off a late Cowboys drive inside the ten yard line to win 34-27 on a game ending interception of a Meredith pass in the endzone.

The blazing sun softened the wax which held the feathers together and they came off.

The Lusitanii, a pre-Celtic people dominating the lands northwest of Iberia, successfully held off the Roman Empire for many years with a variety of innovative tactics and light weapons, including iron-bladed short spears and daggers modeled after Iberian patterns.

Food was generally eaten by hand, meats being sliced off large pieces held between the thumb and two fingers.

" Around four days later, an army of well-trained Georgian troops arrived to the town after hearing of Gurgīn's death but Mirwais and his Afghan forces successfully held off the town.

Under a red flag bearing Skanderbeg's heraldic emblem, an Albanian force held off Ottoman campaigns for twenty-five years and overcame sieges of Krujë led by the forces of the Ottoman sultans Murad II and Mehmed II.

When her husband was captured in 1509 and held hostage in Venice, she took control of Mantua's military forces and held off their invaders until his release in 1512.

While a controversial player both on and off the field at times, Botham also held a number of Test cricket records, and still holds the record for the highest number of wickets taken by an England bowler.

In the 1982 Finnish Grand Prix, held in Imatra under very wet conditions, Taylor and Johansson's bike slid off the road and collided with a telephone pole along the course.

On December 31, 2001, he was transferred to the USS Bataan, where he was held until January 22, 2002, when he was flown off the Bataan to begin the journey back to the United States to face criminal charges.

Any object gravitationally held by the rotating Earth – Moon system will be attracted to the barycenter to an equal and opposite degree as its tendency to fly off into space.

After this Johan III held off on his pursuit for more land due to Muscovy obtaining lands that Sweden controlled.

In one instance, he indefinitely held off a crowd of at least 30 super criminals for Captain America with help from Falcon.

The ninth round of the season was the European Grand Prix and Montoya held pole for most of qualifying only for both Michael and Ralf Schumacher to bump him down to third in the final seconds.

Räikkönen held off Michael Schumacher to finish 3rd.

The running order was Alonso, Räikkönen, Schumacher until the second set of pitstops where Räikkönen was demoted to third by Schumacher, a position he held until the end of the race.

The race was won by defending World Champion Michael Schumacher for Ferrari, becoming just the eighth driver to win the event three times since it was first held in 1928.

Mansell held on for the race victory, ahead of Senna in second, who's McLaren car ran out of fuel shortly after crossing the finish line and Michael Schumacher in third.

As Schumacher also held the fastest lap, this meant he scored the first Grand Chelem of his career, and he was the first driver other than Alain Prost or Ayrton Senna to win the Monaco Grand Prix since 1983.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen took his maiden Formula One win driving for Williams after he held of a late charge from Michael Schumacher.

Braking later than Schumacher, Villeneuve held the inside line and was ahead on the track when Schumacher turned in on him resulting in a collision.

Häkkinen resisted pressure from Schumacher during the second stint and narrowly held on to his lead during the second round of pit stops.

Frentzen held off Ralf Schumacher in the less powerful Williams, with Mika Salo giving the home crowd some cheer with third place in his Ferrari.

Coulthard deliberately held up Schumacher, costing him several seconds.

Many laps passed in this way with Schumacher disappearing off into the distance and faster cars being held up by slower ones until many started disappearing one by one.

Schumacher held off Barrichello with Fisichella, Häkkinen, Verstappen and Trulli who held off Coulthard getting the remaining points.

Michael Schumacher cruised home first for his 9th win of the season, equalling a record he jointly held with Nigel Mansell ( 1992 )

M Schumacher thus safely held the advantage going into the first corner.

Coulthard made the most of a sluggish start from Montoya to take the lead into Sainte-Devote for the first time, as Michael Schumacher held third position from his brother.

On lap 17 Jacques Villeneuve's BAR came to a halt with a hydraulic failure before Michael Schumacher pitted, and was passed by Montoya while in the pits, who had been able to do a quicker lap while not being held up by Schumacher.

On lap 46, Ralf Schumacher finally passed Webber for fourth place, but was too far behind third-placed Montoya who had not been held up by Webber.

There was also a special " World Champions Challenge " race held between 2004 Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher and 2004 world rally champion Sébastien Loeb, which Schumacher won.