He rose at 4:00 A.M. the year round and was apt to stride through camp crowing like a cock to wake his men.

The grave, about half-way between his home and the blue turrets of a small church, rose above the forms and spaces of gently undisciplined pastures of green, the sounds of birds, the silence of other graves and the casual paths through small forests.

The azaleas were as large as shrubs, and their myriad blooms, many still tight in the bud, ranged in color from purple through fuchsia and rose to the palest pink, along with many white ones too.

In 2007, cash remittances through bank transfers rose by 37 percent to a record-high level of $ 1. 32 billion USD.

Because in early Anglo-Latin writing, paterfamilias (" head of a family, householder ") usually referred to a ceorl, Donald A. Bullough suggests that Alcuin's family was of cierlisc status: i. e., free but subordinate to a noble lord, and that Alcuin and other members of his family rose to prominence through beneficial connections with the aristocracy.

The idea eventually rose through the military bureaucracy and gained supporters.

Coming from modest beginnings in Savona, Liguria, the family rose to prominence through nepotism and ambitious marriages arranged by two Della Rovere popes, Francesco della Rovere, who ruled as Pope Sixtus IV ( 1471 – 1484 ) and his nephew Giuliano ( Pope Julius II, 1503 – 1513 ).

Born to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia, Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become cavalry commander to the Emperor Carus.

He rose quickly through the ranks, becoming Shadow Scottish Secretary in November 1983.

Organizations like the Boy Scouts of America rose, even amidst concerns by opponents of the progressive movement in the United States, because some people felt that social welfare of young men should be maintained through education alone.

McQuaid soon rose through the ranks to become Executive Producer for the EverQuest franchise and emerged during development of EverQuest as a popular figure among the fan community through his in-game avatar, Aradune.

Hundreds of small manufacturing firms, the traditional backbone of Honduran enterprise, began to go out of business beginning in the early 1990s, as import costs rose and competition through increasing wages for skilled labor from the mostly Asian-owned assembly industries strengthened.

He rose to prominence through his service in the First World War, receiving numerous honours and decorations, and continued his military career through various British campaigns across Europe and Asia.

It was honored with the President's Award in 2000 by All American Rose Selections, Inc., which is presented to one public garden in the United States each year for superior rose maintenance and display: “ For contributing to the public interest in rose growing through its efforts in maintaining an outstanding public rose garden .”

* John Ford ( bishop ) ( born 1952 ), English curate, chaplain and diocesan missioner who rose through Church of England hierarchy to become Bishop of Plymouth in 2006

Vasiliy rose through the ranks of the Soviet air force, officially dying of alcoholism in 1962 ; however, this is still in question.

Major took up a post as an executive at the Standard Chartered Bank in May 1965, and he rose quickly through the ranks.

A former aide recalled that Ribbentrop threw the German Embassy into chaos due to his erratic personality: He rose, muttering bad-temperedly ... Dressed in his pyjamas, he received the junior secretaries and press attachés in his bathroom ... He scolded, threatened, gesticulated with his razor and shouted at his valet ... As he took his bath, he ordered people to be summoned from Berlin, accepted and cancelled, appointed and dismissed, and dictated through the door to a nervous stenographer ... He cursed people in their absence, calling them saboteurs and communists ... It was my task to put his calls through ; his valet stood within splashing distance holding a white telephone ... Ribbentrop believed only ministers ranked above him: everyone else, including his ambassadorial colleagues, had to kept waiting on the line.

Chernenko then steadily rose through the Party ranks, becoming the Director of the Krasnoyarsk House of Party Enlightenment then in 1939, the Deputy Head of the AgitProp Department of Krasnoyarsk Territorial Committee and finally, in 1941 he was appointed Secretary of the Territorial Party Committee for Propaganda.

Conditions improved slightly upon the death of Peter II, and Euler swiftly rose through the ranks in the academy and was made professor of physics in 1731.

A compass rose, sometimes called a windrose, is a figure on a compass, map, nautical chart or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions — North, East, South and West-and their intermediate points.

The compass rose is an old design element found on compasses, maps and even monuments ( e. g. the Tower of the Winds in Athens, the pavement in Dougga, Tunis, during Roman times ) to show cardinal directions and frequently intermediate direction.

The rose cut is omitted, but it could be considered intermediate between the old single and Mazarin cuts.

He rose through the ranks of all grades and joined Sydney's Eastern Suburbs team in 1968.

Born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stewart went to sea at the age of thirteen as a cabin boy and rose through the grades to become master of a merchantman.

Stone rose up through the grades at St. George, playing in the premiership winning Under-23s side in 1974, his first year as a graded player.

The percentage achieving English, Maths and 5 + A *-C grades rose from last year's 65 % to 66 % ( provisional with remarks pending ).

He eventually rose to the rank of colonel in the reserves.

" He rose to the highest rank of Eagle Scout.

LaGuardia took office on March 4, 1917 but soon was commissioned in the United States Army Air Service ; he rose to the rank of major in command of a unit of Ca. 44 bombers on the Italian-Austrian front in World War I. LaGuardia resigned his seat in Congress on December 31, 1919.

In 1822 Polk joined the local militia and rose to the rank of captain, and was soon promoted to colonel.

He rose to the rank of major and was later brevetted lieutenant colonel and colonel.

They were the creation of millionaire Percy Nilsson and quickly rose to the highest rank in the early to mid-1990s and won two Swedish championships, but for a number of years have found themselves residing outside of the top flight.

Iori served with distinction in putting down the rebellion and gradually rose to the rank of karō — a position equal to a minister.

His paternal grandfather, Marcus Salvius Otho, whose father was a Roman knight but whose mother was of lowly origin and perhaps not even free-born, was raised in Livia's household and rose to senatorial rank through her influence, although he did not advance beyond the rank of praetor.

His brother, Lawrence Heinlein, served in the Army, the Air Force, and the Missouri National Guard and rose to the rank of major general.

During his 11 years with the SS, Heydrich truly " rose from the ranks ", being appointed to every rank from private to full general.

He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in the British Army, was noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars, and served as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.

His brother Francis Clere Hitchcock went on to join the British army and fought during World War I where he was awarded the Military Cross and rose to the rank of Colonel.

At the beginning of Season 2, he was promoted to Lieutenant and named Chief Engineer ; in Season 3, he rose to Lieutenant Commander and has retained this rank for the duration of the series and movies.

He rose through military service to consular rank under the later Antonines.

" He rose to no higher rank in the church than that of presbyter.

Vespasian was descended from a family of equestrians, who rose into the senatorial rank under the Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

Eventually, Washington rose to the rank of First Sergeant in the Air Force.

" Even while a Captain, Rickover did not conceal his opinions, and many of the officers he regarded as dumb eventually rose in rank to be admirals and were assigned to the Pentagon.

He rose to the position of regimental adjutant and the rank of first lieutenant, serving in the army of Zachary Taylor, although he personally did not participate in combat.

De Camp eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant commander in the U. S. Navy as a reserve officer.

He rose to the rank of SS-Gruppenführer in the Allgemeine-SS and SS-Brigadeführer in the Waffen-SS.

In the fighting on the Western Front during World War I, he rose to the rank of brigadier general, was again nominated for a Medal of Honor, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross twice and the Silver Star seven times.

During World War II, he rose to the rank of Captain in the Welsh Guards.