They made it, killed every last one of the Krauts, took the village on schedule.

Before leaving, he took one last, lingering look at the apartment.

When Continental Airlines night-coach Flight 54 took off at 11:30 one night last week, there was no reason to think it would take any longer.

I took the broken length of it around the tractor and I took one of the wrenches from the tool-kit and I struck its head, not looking at it, to kill it at last, for it could never live.

The knowledge kept him from analyzing his scheme to death, and took him through the last hours of that night in a peace of exalted fanaticism.

In the last of Kurosawa's films as an assistant director, Horse ( Uma, 1941 ), Kurosawa took over most of the production, as Yamamoto was occupied with the shooting of another film.

Three years he was occupied in campaigns against the Slavic Wends, who as pagans were considered fair game, and whose subjugation to Christianity was the aim of the Wendish Crusade of 1147 in which Albert took part ; diplomatic measures were more successful, and by an arrangement made with the last of the Wendish princes of Brandenburg, Pribislav of the Hevelli, Albert secured this district when the prince died in 1150.

One of Johnson's last significant acts as President was to grant unconditional amnesty to all Confederates on Christmas Day 1868, after the election of Ulysses S. Grant but before he took office in March 1869.

One parka took a year to make and would last two years with proper care.

The last tour of the amateur age took place in 1993.

Fuller's last filmed interview took place on April 3, 1983, in which he presented his analysis of Simon Rodia's Watts Towers as a unique embodiment of the structural principles found in nature.

The final Allied reinforcements for the cavalry contest to the south were at last in position ; Marlborough ’ s superiority on the left could no longer be denied, and his fast-moving plan took hold of the battlefield.

The last actual bishop was Matthias von Jagow ( d. 1544 ), who took the side of the Reformation, married, and in every way furthered the undertakings of Elector Joachim II.

At last these disorders took the form of a major rebellion of 532, known as the " Nika " riots ( from the battle-cry of " Victory!

Although the Colombian Government ratified the 1988 UN Convention on Narcotics in 1994 — the last of the Andean governments to do so — it took important reservations, notably to the anti-money-laundering measures, asset forfeiture and confiscation provisions, maritime interdiction, and extradition clauses.

Previously there was a de facto moratorium on the death penalty in Turkey as the last execution took place in 1984.

Two days later the girls took the last picture, Fairies and Their Sun-Bath.

The last, in Europe, cavalry vs. cavalry mutual charge took place in Poland during the battle of Krasnobrod when the Polish and German cavalry units charged each other.

The last major remodeling took place in the 2nd century AD under the patronage of Herodus Atticus when the stone seating was built and ( arched ) entrance.

In 1934, after Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. took control of DAT Motorcar Co., the last syllable of Datson was changed to " sun ", because " son " also means " loss " ( 損 ) in Japanese, and also to honour the sun depicted in the national flag, hence the name " Datsun ":.

Defoe took pains to give his history an air of objectivity by giving some space to arguments against the Union but always having the last word for himself.

In its prologue, the author gratuitously insulted Cervantes, who not surprisingly took offense and responded ; the last half of Chapter LIX and most of the following chapters of Cervantes ' Segunda Parte lend some insight into the effects upon him ; Cervantes manages to work in some subtle digs at Avellaneda's own work, and in his preface to Part II, comes very near to criticizing Avellaneda directly.

In contrast, the multiregional hypothesis proposed that Homo genus contained only a single interconnected population like it does today ( not separate species ), and that its evolution took place worldwide continuously over the last couple million years.

To win her favors, her husband first took an additional job, then desperately began to embezzle from his employer.

Apollo helped Admetus win Alcestis, the daughter of King Pelias and later convinced the Fates to let Admetus live past his time, if another took his place.

After winning the First Test by an innings after being controversially sent in by Hutton, Australia lost its way and England took a hat-trick of victories to win the series 3 – 1.

The Peace of Crépy in September 1544 deprived him of this employment, but he had won a considerable reputation, and when Charles was preparing to attack the Schmalkaldic League, he took pains to win Albert's assistance.

As soon as he woke from the dream, the young Aeschylus began writing a tragedy, and his first performance took place in 499 BC, when he was only 26 years old ; He would win his first victory at the City Dionysia in 484 BC.

Then the Giants took control, as Manning threw for two more TD passes to Mario Manningham and Nicks and the defense completed its shutout of the Falcons to give the New York Giants the win, 24-2, and the Falcons their third straight playoff loss with Matt Ryan and Mike Smith.

* L — Loss: number of games where pitcher was pitching while the opposing team took the lead, never lost the lead, and went on to win

* W — Win: number of games where pitcher was pitching while his team took the lead and went on to win, also the starter needs to pitch at least 5 innings of work ( also related: winning percentage )

Certainly the most positive event of the 2011 season for the Orioles, was their involvement in the events that took place on September 28, when they defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3 thanks to 9th inning heroics by both Nolan Reimold, and Robert Andino leading to a walk-off win on an Andino RBI single, and prevented them from earning the Wild Card berth.

Jack Brabham took the team's first win at the non-championship Solitude Grand Prix in 1963.

Graham Hill took his final Formula One win in the unique " lobster claw ". Tauranac signed double world champion Graham Hill and young Australian Tim Schenken to drive for the 1971 season.

Although Hill, no longer a front-runner since his 1969 accident, took his final Formula One win in the non-championship BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone, the team scored only seven championship points.

During the 2008 regular season, the Cardinals traveled to play the Panthers and took a 17-3 lead at halftime, but the Panthers rallied in the 3rd and 4th quarters to win.

The team took a risk by recording and releasing the song before the playoffs had even begun, but were able to avoid embarrassment by going on to win Super Bowl XX by a then-record margin of 46 – 10.

Chelsea took their first European honour, a UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup triumph, the following year, with another replayed win, this time over Real Madrid in Athens.

The No. 3 Goodwrench Chevy team took the flat tire that cost them the win and hung it on the shop wall as a reminder of how close they'd come to winning the Daytona 500.

Backup Steve Beuerlein took over and the Cowboys and finished 11-5, then defeated the Bears for the Cowboys ' first playoff win since 1982.

He needed two soldiers to keep his hands up and when the Danes were about to win, ' Dannebrog ' fell from the sky and the King took it, showed it to the troops and their hearts were filled with courage and the Danes won the battle.

The eight legs are symbolic of the eight wins it took to win the Stanley Cup at the time.

At the same time, Ribbentrop took to shouting at the Turkish Ambassador in Berlin, Mehemet Hamdi Arpag, as part of the effort to win Turkey over as a German ally.

Gurney took the lead driver role, and the team's first world championship win, while Brabham gave up his car to several other drivers towards the end of the season.

At the French Grand Prix at Reims-Gueux, Jack Brabham took his first Formula One world championship win since 1960 and became the first man to win such a race in a car of his own construction.

The win hinged on Bannerman ’ s century and a superb bowling performance by Tom Kendall who took of 7 for 55 in England ’ s second innings.