Then, instead of continuing on to Baghdad with the caravan, Ibn Battuta started a six-month detour that took him into Persia.

Thomas took a six-month break from his studies in 1988 to collaborate with his brother on the program.

Both of them took six-month leaves of absence from the university to campaign.

The critic Michael Billington, summarising these events, wrote: " In 1960 the twenty-nine-year-old Peter Hall formally took charge at Stratford-upon-Avon and set about turning a star-laden, six-month Shakespeare festival into a monumental, year-round operation built around a permanent company, a London base and contemporary work from home and abroad.

Events took place throughout a six-month period from May through until October, and like the Games themselves, were often considered part of the Exposition Universelle, a world's fair held in Paris from 15 April until 12 November 1900.

However, the Minamoto were not prepared to assault Shikoku ; a six-month pause thus ensued during which the Minamoto took the proper steps.

By 1986, the pressures of playing at the top had become too much for McEnroe to handle, and he took a six-month break from the tour.

Kostroma was twice ravaged by the Poles ; it took a six-month siege to expel them from the Ipatiev monastery.

In mid-2009, Moore took a six-month hiatus from wrestling.

Pack took up the post in September 2006 at the end of a six-month notice period.

Despite his claim that he " never took a dime from anyone ", he was found guilty on a charge of commercial bribery, receiving a $ 500 fine and a six-month suspended sentence.

Jennison took out a mortgage of £ 300 to pay off the £ 80 mortgage on the Strawberry Gardens and spent the remainder on a trial six-month lease of the Belle Vue property, in June 1836.

During this period he also took a six-month leave in England, and spent time on Bermuda.

In 1921, eager to study the plight of migrant farm workers firsthand with a view to organizing them for the Communist Party, Ware took a six-month trip around the United States, working the harvests through the South to the Midwest to the Northwest and then back east again through the Upper Midwestern states.

So with drummer Eric Lavansch (" Eric Loso ") and Anthony Wilson (" Eddie Loso ") on bass Sek took his new band to Thailand for a six-month tour.

During this six-month wait, Treasure took the opportunity to rework some aspects of the North American version of the game.

The warning — a result of violent activity springing from Mexico's drug cartel debacle — took college campuses by storm, with some schools going so far as to warn their students about the risks of travel to Mexico over spring break.

In a break with tradition, a " home " fixture against Argentina took place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 23 May 2005, before the Lions went to New Zealand.

Crowded House took a break after the Canadian leg of the Temple of Low Men tour.

While they continued to play live shows during 1983 and 1984, they took a break from releasing new records to concentrate on the Alternative Tentacles record label, which would become synonymous with DIY alternative culture.

Brooks took a brief break from retirement early in 2005 to perform for several charity causes.

And Herman's drug habit became public domain: In 1977 for instance the Wild Romance played a gig in a highschool in Almelo, the Christelijk Lyceum ; during the break Brood was caught on the toilet taking heroine or speed ( there are different reports on the type of drug, but it is a wellknown story amongst former students ), the rest of the concert was cancelled, and this also was the last time a rockconcert took place at this school for many years.

In 1974, Led Zeppelin took a break from touring and launched their own record label, Swan Song, named after an unreleased song.

This break took a number of forms.

After finishing a 27 minute recording for the armed services, Davis took a break outside the club.

In 1984, the band took a long break as members pursued other interests and recovered from the two years of constant touring they'd done in support of both albums.

While Abdul took a break from the music industry, she remained busy behind the scenes.

The Patriots took the second quickest lead in Super Bowl history after linebacker Larry McGrew recovered a fumble from Walter Payton at the Chicago 19-yard line on the second play of the game ( the Bears themselves would break this record in Super Bowl XLI when Devin Hester ran back the opening kickoff for a touchdown ).

It may be connected with the root of break, for its early uses are confined to broken pieces or bits of bread, the Latin crustum, and it was not until the 12th century that it took the place — as the generic name for bread — of hlaf ( in Gothic: modern English loaf ), which appears to be the oldest Teutonic name.

After a number of weeks, Ra took on water after its crew made modifications to the vessel that caused it to sag and break apart.

Officers took advantage of the break to train the men.

As a result of this marriage and these excommunications, the first break between the Church of England and Rome took place and the Church of England was brought under the King's control.

The band again took a short break before returning in 1999 with the single " Pumping on Your Stereo ".

This journey involved a break in Leeds, where a group of sympathetic students and graduates took the fragment to Ilkley Moor for an overnight stay, accompanied by renditions of " On Ilkla Moor Baht ' at ".

After guest-starring appearances in The Outer Limits, Promised Land, and Touched by an Angel, Birch took a break from acting.

After these early attempts, the Portuguese took a decade-long break from Indian Ocean exploration.

After the war, Fonda took a break from movies and attended Hollywood parties and enjoyed civilian life.

Johnny Marr was exhausted and on the verge of alcoholism, and took a break from the band in June 1987, which he felt was negatively perceived by the other Smiths.

ELP then took a three-year break to re-invent their music, but lost contact with the changing musical scene.

Davenport took a break from competitive tennis in late 2006 and much of 2007 to have a baby.

Dean turned from Susan and took Julia Fortune in his arms.

Mike took the bayonet from Dean's hand and slashed the picket line.

Then, with a shrug of pretended indifference, she took a compact from her purse and went through the motions of fixing her make-up.

He lifted the skirt of Macklin's coat, took his gun from its holster, tossed it onto the desk.

He lurched drunkenly to his feet, lowered his head, and took one step away from the wall.

A weapons carrier took Greg, Todman, Belton, Banjo Ferguson, and Walters and the others the two miles from the bivouac area to the strip.

Bryn Mawr Drive is only two or three miles from the Spartan, and it took me less than five minutes to get there.

Mary Jane took the page from him and began reading it, moving her lips with the words.

She softly let herself into the bed, and took her regular side, away from the door, where she slept better because Keith was between her and the invader.

And, as the others began to crawl out from beneath the desks and tend to those wounded, and mark the several killed, he climbed across the debris to Penny and took her hand in his.

He took his mask from his forehead and threw it, unexpectedly, across the deck.

Folding between his hands the cross that hung from his neck, he took his appeal direct to Headquarters.

Matsuo took the small knife from its scabbard and laid it on the ground, out of the marine's reach and away from their shadows.

In the course of its inquiry, it took testimony from only seven witnesses.

It generally took well into the autumn for the firm to recover from the summer's help.

To exonerate the legislature and thereby extricate himself from a sticky situation, Pike took another course and made it appear that the legislature had been bilked.

In late December, the American army moved from Whitemarsh to Valley Forge, and although the distance was only 13 miles, the journey took more than a week because of the bad weather, the barefooted and almost naked men.

Finally, colleges and clubs took the line that speakers from England were not wanted any longer, even speakers like S.K., so unlike the novelists and poets who had patronized the Americans for many years.

The revolution in jazz that took place around 1949, the evolution from the `` bebop '' school of Dizzy Gillespie to the `` cool '' sound of Miles Davis and Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, and the whole legend of Charlie Parker, had made an impression on many academic and literary men.

The whole thing, from the moment when they jumped heavily off the trucks, spread out and moved into position just behind the cover of that slight rise of ground and then jumped off, took maybe between twenty and thirty minutes.

Smiling at Warren's protestations, the old monk took his grip from him and led him down a corridor to a small parlor.

And then the Amen corner took hold, re-enacting a form of group participation in worship that stemmed from years before the Greek chorus, spreading down through the African forest, overseas to the West Indies, and then here in Alabama.

Stroked him, snaked all through him, the lyrics lifted him, took him from one magic isle to another, stopping briefly at each Brandon.

From the saddlebags, hung on a Hitchcock chair, David took out a good English razor, a present from John Hunter.