) The plants took zero nights in their stride, with nothing but a mat of straw over the glass to protect them.

Although he was " awed " by Carl's " brilliance, his boyish chatter about stars and dinosaurs ", he took his son's inquisitiveness in stride, as part of his growing up.

In the end, Allen took the rejection in stride, and managed to convince Schuyler and Warner to permit him to accompany the regiment as a civilian scout.

" Allen took the financial loss and the criticism in stride, observing that most of the critics were clergymen, whose livelihood he was attacking.

Harding took his first election loss in stride, saying "...

Burton took it all in his stride and calmed people down with statements like " Don't worry, love.

At the January 2, 2007 funeral of Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush reminisced in his eulogy about how Ford took it in stride when SNL's Chevy Chase made Ford the object of impressions.

Winfield took this in stride noting that a similar thing happened in 1961 when Mantle and Maris competed for the single season home run record.

Aukerman later recalled that the band took his departure in stride:

He seemingly took the demotion in his stride without much ado.

Lü took it in his stride and never worried about life and death!

Nevertheless, director David Seltzer noticed that unlike some of his peers, Haim seemed at ease with his burgeoning heartthrob status: " He took it in stride.

When the Razzie was presented to him on the air, Selleck took it in stride and asked the entire studio audience to " blow me a raspberry.

Wired included the game in its list of " The 15 Most Influential Games of the Decade " at # 10, for popularizing " exploration, puzzle-solving, platforming and story " among first-person shooters, concluding that " breaking the genre free from the clutches of Doom, this GameCube title took one massive stride forward for first-person games.

Cope took his sinking fortunes in stride.

So it was a surprise, but we took it in our stride.

Len suffered near starvation, many mechanical breakdowns, countless punctures and other mishaps, all in searing desert heat, but seemingly took it all in his stride with good humour.

Richard Hughes took over as caretaker manager but the shock resignation of Kirkwood was taken in the stride of the players as they did their talking on the park.

" I observed that there was a sudden, proud and graceful reaction to the rhythm ... White dancers, as I had observed them, took the number in stride.

Aukerman later recalled that the band took his departure in stride:

Badger would imagine these episodes to be psychotic hallucinations, which he took in stride as being no more bizarre than the rest of his life.

When the Nazis came to power in 1933 the city's residents took it in their stride.

It was only after Doreen Davies, who was head of BBC Radio 2, noticed him at a BBC audition that he took a notable stride in his musical career.

Thus the Kriminalpolizei adapted once more to the changes in oversight and accountability and, as with other public servants, took the political and economic change of the post-war years in its stride.

The film took on newfound fame in the 1990s after being featured on an episode of the comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Using his newfound popularity, North took the chance to appoint Lord Sandwich to the cabinet as First Lord of the Admiralty.

The Spartan fleet could now move freely in the Aegean, and took advantage of its newfound superiority by lifting the blockade of Chios and bottling up the Athenians ' Aegean fleet at Samos.

With his newfound humanity, Vic took a leave of absence, moving first to L. A. with Beast Boy and then to Central City.

Five wins in their first six games took them to the US Open Cup for the first time in their history, and although they were comprehensively beaten 5-1 by Arizona Sahuaros in the first round, it was indicative of BYU's newfound status as a regional power.

During this time, he took a year-and-a-half respite from announcing and found religion, appearing on The 700 Club to proclaim his newfound faith, which led to him doing voiceover promos for host Pat Robertson's CBN Cable.

It was in the Victorian era that Boudica's fame took on legendary proportions as Queen Victoria was seen to be Boudica's " namesake.

The sudden rise to national and international fame took its toll on Gagarin.

Further fame was gained later that year, when they took their stand on free speech.

In similar fashion, he lost the chance of an engagement at New York City's famous Cotton Club when he held out for more money ; young Duke Ellington took the job and subsequently catapulted to fame.

" This section is of primary interest for its application to the solar system, and includes Proposition 66 along with its 22 Corollaries: here Newton took the first steps in the definition and study of the problem of the movements of three massive bodies subject to their mutually perturbing gravitational attractions, a problem which later gained name and fame ( among other reasons, for its great difficulty ) as the three-body problem.

King also talks about his fame as a writer, and what it took to get there.

Their fame took a huge leap.

She had died before he rose to fame, and after her death he took an oath of chastity.

The album took a darker and more challenging tone than that of Different Class and lyrical topics-pornography ( the title track ), fame (" Glory Days ") and the after effects of drugs (" The Fear ")-were dealt with more earnestly than on previous records.

Rogers took on the role of Major Tony Nelson which was originally portrayed by Larry Hagman ( of the CBS TV series Dallas fame ) in the TV series when Hagman was unavailable to reprise the character he had originated.

Emil Nikolaisen of indierock / shoegazers Serena Maneesh fame has publicly stated that he is fond of Larry Norman's So Long Ago the Garden, and also took part in several tribute concerts following Larry's death.

But the pressures of fame, public scandals, overwork and a damaging court trial with her secretary, Daisy DeVoe, took their toll on Bow's fragile emotional health.

Maricopa ’ s second moment of fame took place eight miles south of Maricopa Wells and about three miles west of present day Maricopa.

In 1987, a kind of national fame reached the town when a resident noticed what she took to be an image of Jesus appearing on an upright freezer on the porch of her trailer.

But again, Jacob retreated from the growing interest and fame and took nine months off, spending most of her time reading Tolstoy, Balzac, Singer, and several autobiographies.

He soon leapt into fame as an emotional revivalist ; and the vast majority of sources and historians agree that thousands of peasants eagerly took the cross at his bidding.

Born in London, he made his first film appearance in 1944 but did not achieve lasting fame until the 1970s, when he took the starring role of Compo Simmonite in the long-running British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine.

In 1953, after an attempt to establish a permanent base in Glasgow, Theatre Workshop took up residence at the Theatre Royal in Stratford, east London, where it gained international fame, performing international plays across Europe and in the Soviet Union.

She gained fame after starring in Gustav Machatý's Ecstasy, a film which featured closeups of her character during orgasm in one scene, as well as full frontal nude shots of her in another scene, both very unusual for the socially conservative period in which the bulk of her career took place.

The courtier John Evelyn, who had occasionally corresponded with Browne, took good use of the Royal visit to call upon the learned doctor of European fame and wrote of his visit:

Sondre took to downhill skiing as a recreational activity, rising to local fame for his skills.

In 1967, the Maharishi's fame increased and his movement " really took off " when he became the " spiritual advisor to The Beatles ".

Bondarchuk's western fame lies with his epic production of Tolstoy's War and Peace, which on original release totaled more than seven hours of cinema, took six years to complete and won Bondarchuk, who both directed and acted the role of Pierre Bezukhov, the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968.