They had courage but their meager training consisted of weekend hops in good weather, in and out of established airports, And the increasingly cold weather soon raised hob with the water cooled engines of their World War 1, planes.

Speakers of the Akkadian language seem to have already been present in Mesopotamia at the dawn of the historical period, and soon achieved preeminence with the first Dynasty of Kish and numerous localities to the north of Sumer, where rulers with Akkadian names had already established themselves by the 3rd millennium BC.

The firm soon established a reputation in more serious music circles by championing the works of Franz Schubert.

Then he removed to Sura, on the Euphrates, where he established a school of his own, which soon became the intellectual center of the Babylonian Jews.

* The Andrei Sakharov Archives and Human Rights Center, established at Brandeis University in 1993, will soon cease to exist unless Congress and university officials act to save it.

Even before the completion of the new house, the pattern of the royal couple's life in the Highlands was soon established.

The Spanish established kurtrice and tobacco as Cuba's primary products, and the island soon supplanted Hispaniola as the prime Spanish base in the Caribbean.

" His films soon established Capra as a " bankable " director known throughout the industry, and Cohn raised Capra's initial salary of $ 1, 000 per film to $ 25, 000 per year.

The former text established an Italian protectorate over Ethiopia, which Menelik discovered soon afterwards.

French buccaneers established a settlement on the island of Tortuga in 1625, and were soon joined by like minded English and Dutch privateers and pirates, who formed a lawless international community that survived by preying on Spanish ships and hunting wild cattle.

A former Minister of Health who had earned a reputation as a humanitarian while serving as an administrator in a U. S .- funded anti-yaws campaign, Duvalier ( known as " Papa Doc ") soon established another dictatorship.

The hegemonic ambitions of the Propaganda Ministry were shown by the divisions Goebbels soon established: Press, radio, film, theatre, music, literature, and publishing.

They soon established good relations with the British East India Company in 1775.

The Balochis established a large kingdom in the 15th century, but it soon declined and the region fell to Afghan and Iranian.

Diplomatic relations were formally established on 25 June 1975, soon after Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal.

Diplomatic relations were formally established on 25 June 1975, soon after Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal.

Following the end of World War II, ambassador-level diplomatic relationships between France and Burma were established in 1948, soon after the Burmese nation became an independent republic on January 4, 1948, as Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu as its first Prime Minister.

Following the idea established in Yellowstone there soon followed parks in other nations.

They soon established themselves as the second most popular UK band ( after The Beatles ) and led a second wave of the " British Invasion " of the US pop charts.

Singapore became numerically dominated by immigrant ethnic groups soon after Sir Stamford Raffles established a trading post on the island in 1819.

* Slovenia's 10th battalion for international cooperation, established in 1996 as its primary " out-of-country " operation unit, will soon be upgraded to a NATO-interoperable rapid reaction peacekeeping force ;

The Boy Scout movement swiftly established itself throughout the British Empire soon after the publication of Scouting for Boys.

In 83 BC, at the invitation of one of the factions in the interminable civil wars, he invaded Syria, and soon established himself as ruler of Syria, putting the Seleucid Empire virtually at an end.

The group adopted a Middle Eastern theme and soon established Temples meeting in Mosques ( though the term Temple has now generally been replaced by Shrine Auditorium or Shrine Center ).

Comstock intended Syracuse University and the hill to develop as an integrated whole ; a contemporary account described the latter as " a beautiful town ... springing up on the hillside and a community of refined and cultivated membership ... established near the spot which will soon be the center of a great and beneficent educational institution.

They soon gained a reputation for brutality, as the RIC campaign against the IRA and Sinn Féin members was stepped up and police reprisals for IRA attacks were condoned by the government.

The PDFLP soon gained a reputation as the most intellectual of the Palestinian fedayeen groups, and drew heavily on Marxist-Leninist theory to explain the situation in the Middle East.

In a notoriously corrupt institution, Melville soon won the reputation of being the only honest employee of the customs house.

He soon acquired a reputation in jazz because of extended stays at high-profile New York venues.

He soon acquired reputation by a number of publications on the civil and Scottish law, and was one of the leaders of the Scottish Enlightenment.

He soon gained a reputation as a reformer.

The Ballroom soon proclaimed itself the " temple of mambo ", for the city's best dancers — the Mambo Aces, " Killer Joe " Piro, Augie and Margo Rodriguez, Paulito and Lilon, Louie Maquina and Pedro " Cuban Pete " Aguilar — gave mambo demonstrations there and made a reputation for their expressive use of arms, legs, head and hands.

His reputation for learning was such as to obtain for him, soon after his arrival, the degree of doctor of divinity from both universities, and in 1690 he received from Bishop Gilbert Burnet the more substantial honour of the treasurership and a canonry in Salisbury Cathedral.

Planning for an official biography of Menzies began soon after his death, but it was long delayed by Dame Pattie Menzies ' protection of her husband's reputation and her refusal to co-operate with the appointed biographer, Frances McNicoll.

The company soon developed a reputation for safe and reliable cars, with a notable competition history.

In 1776 Paisiello was invited by the empress Catherine II of Russia to St Petersburg, where he remained for eight years, producing, among other charming works, his masterpiece, Il barbiere di Siviglia, which soon attained a European reputation.

Many of the students came from the surrounding farms and villages of the Western Reserve, but Hiram soon gained a national reputation and students began arriving from other states.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a penniless peasant and Buddhist monk who joined the Red Turbans in 1352, but soon gained a reputation after marrying the foster daughter of a rebel commander.

* 1959: the Moulin Rouge is transformed with the creation and fitting out of new kitchens so as to offer the increasingly international clientele a dinner-show with a gastronomic menu and revues that soon acquire a worldwide reputation.

They soon gained a local following and reputation in South Wales.

Le Petit Cénacle soon gained a reputation for extravagance and eccentricity, but also for being a unique refuge from society.

Similarly, in 1917, the Diccionari Ortogràfic de l ' Institut was published ; it soon became a dictionary of spelling norms irredeemably tied to the reputation of former Institute Director Pompeu Fabra.

" The collection soon had a worldwide reputation.

The city soon gained a reputation as a hotbed of anti-Savoy republican agitation ( having its climax in 1849 with the Sack of Genoa ), although the union with Savoy was economically very beneficial.

From the moment she sets eyes on him, Helen feels curiously attracted by Messenger, but she soon learns about his reputation as a womaniser.

Warren soon gained a statewide reputation as a tough, no-nonsense district attorney who fought corruption in government ; a 1931 survey voted listed him as the best district attorney in the country.

The operation saved many lives ; however, the Operation damaged the reputation of Moïse Tshombe as it saw the return of white mercenaries to the Congo soon after independence and was a factor in Tshombe's loss of support from president of Congo Joseph Kasa-Vubu who dismissed him from his position