There was a measure of protection in its concrete walls and ceiling, but the engineers who hastily installed it were well aware that concrete is not much better than prayer, if as efficacious, when a direct hit comes along.

The clock you heard strike -- it's really the town clock -- was installed last April by Mrs. Shorter, on her birthday ''.

As things happened, Morgan was installed in the Nob Hill residence of a magnate friend, whose kitchen swarmed with cooks of approved talent.

After trimming off the excess on the frames and transom which was used to fasten them to the jig at a working height, the top of the side planking is installed.

A small single switchboard was installed in the Village over Woodcock's hardware store ( later E. H. Hemenway's ).

More aerial and underground equipment was installed as well as office improvements to take care of the expanding business.

An internal police operation managed by Scott McLeod, a former F.B.I. man installed as security officer upon congressional insistence, was part of the vengeance.

Motion picture cameras had been installed to film the audience, the reservation list was being checked out name by name, and a special detail was already at work in the parking lot scrutinizing automobiles for a possible lead.

Seventeen years ago today, German scientist Willy Fiedler climbed into a makeshift cockpit installed in a V-1 rocket-bomb that was attached to the underbelly of a Heinkel bomber.

Presently they had to give up running the furnace at full capacity and depend on the old coal range in the kitchen, which had never been removed when the new gas range was installed, and the fireplaces and an electric heater in Grandma's room.

On the anniversary of her sixteenth year in her shell, Helva was unconditionally graduated and installed in her ship, the Aj.

During this period winter sports were slowly introduced: in 1882 the first figure skating championship was held in St. Moritz, and downhill skiing became a trendy sport with English visitors early in the 20th century, as the first ski-lift was installed in 1908 above Grindelwald.

Jean Boucher's statue of the seated skeptical thinker Ernest Renan, shown to the left, caused great controversy when it was installed in Tréguier, Brittany in 1902.

He called himself " The anointed priest of Anu " and " the great ensi of Enlil " and his daughter, Enheduanna, was installed as priestess to Nanna at the temple in Ur.

The second Eta chapter of Phrateres, a non-exclusive, non-profit social-service club, was installed here in 1958.

Antipope Felix II was installed as Pope in 355 after the Emperor Constantius II banished the reigning Pope, Liberius, for refusing to subscribe the sentence of condemnation against Saint Athanasius.

A Carillon was installed in the tower in the middle of the 20th century, the bells for which were provided by the centuries-old bell manufacturers of Aarau.

The Amir Sher Ali marched up against them from Kandahar ; but in the battle that ensued at Sheikhabad on May 10, he was deserted by a large body of his troops, and after his signal defeat Abdur Rahman released his father, Afzul Khan, from prison in Ghazni, and installed him upon the throne as Amir of Afghanistan.

Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers, destroyers, and frigates.

The first ASROC system using the MK-112 " Matchbox " launcher, was developed in the 1950s and installed in the 1960s.

During this time, Gregory of Cappadocia was installed as the Patriarch of Alexandria, usurping the absent Athanasius.

This drive was one of several types installed into the IBM PC / XT and extensively advertised and reported as a " 10 MB " ( formatted ) hard disk drive.

In 1950, Olive Ann Beech was installed as president and CEO of the company, after the sudden death of her husband from a heart attack on 29 November of that year.

The first known instance of Newton's lines joined to music was in A Companion to the Countess of Huntingdon's Hymns ( London, 1808 ), where it is set to the tune " Hephzibah " by English composer John Jenkins Husband.

He was however made a Companion of the Order of the Bath.

The first publication of a bartenders ' guide which included cocktail recipes was in 1862 — How to Mix Drinks ; or, The Bon Vivant's Companion, by " Professor " Jerry Thomas.

He was commended by Kitchener for his part in the campaign and as a result was made Companion of the Distinguished Service Order ( DSO ).

In 1968 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

The hetairoi ( Companion cavalry ) was considered the strongest of their time.

For his service there, and in particular for his actions in the Loe-Agra operations against the Pathans in Malakand between February and April 1935, Alexander was that year made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India and was mentioned in despatches.

In 1990 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia ( AC ) in recognition of service to science, particularly in the field of neurophysiology.

The first non-Royal woman to be made Lady Companion of the Garter was Lavinia, duchess of Norfolk in 1990, the second was Baroness Thatcher in 1995 ( post-nominal: LG ).

In 1976, she became an Officer of the Order of Canada and was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1991.

The album was included in the third edition of " The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion " that was edited by Jim Irvin and Colin McLear and published in the United States in 2003.

* The Letterboxer's Companion by Randy Hall was published in 2003 and focuses on letterboxing in North America ; ISBN 0-7627-2794-2.

During his retirement, he was called into the public spotlight one final time in 1967 for the inception of the award, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

St. Laurent was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada on 6 July 1967.

Fraser was made a Privy Councillor in 1976, a Companion of Honour in 1977 and a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1988.

In 2004 he was recognised as the Australian Humanist of the Year by the Council of Australian Humanist Societies, and in June 2012 was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for his services to philosophy and bioethics.

On 11 June 2012, Singer was named an Companion of the Order of Australia for " eminent service to philosophy and bioethics as a leader of public debate and communicator of ideas in the areas of global poverty, animal welfare and the human condition.

In 1997 Keating declined appointment as a Companion of the Order of Australia, which has been offered to all exiting prime ministers since the present Australian Honours System was introduced in 1975.