Malraux, to be sure, does not abandon the world of violence, combat and sudden death which has become his hallmark as a creative artist, and which is the only world, apparently, in which his imagination can flame into life.

In a sense, the showdown promised by Mr. Hammarskjold's sudden and tragic death has been avoided ; ;

In good time I shall get to the distressing actuality, to Red McIver and Handley Walker, to murder and sudden death.

Alexander became heir apparent ( as Tsarevich ) with Nicholas's sudden death in 1865.

But the sudden death of the king dashed all such hopes.

Birth and death rates of Japan since 1950, with the sudden drop in hinoeuma year ( 1966 )

While living in Venice Salieri continued his musical studies with the organist and opera composer Giovanni Battista Pescetti, then following Pescetti's sudden death he studied with the opera singer Ferdinando Pacini or Pasini.

Maximilian's sudden death came at a time when Dürer was concerned he was losing " my sight and freedom of hand " ( perhaps caused by arthritis ) and increasingly affected by the writings of Martin Luther.

This action may reduce the prevalence of malignant cardiac arrhythmias, and the reduction in sudden death reported in large clinical trials.

These negotiations were complicated by the sudden death of Lord George on 21 September 1848, but Disraeli obtained a loan of £ 25, 000 ( equivalent to about £ as of ) from Lord George's brothers Lord Henry Bentinck and Lord Titchfield.

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.

His sudden death caused an almost unanimous shock in Turkey with millions of people mourning and tens of thousands of people attending his funeral.

There are several causes of sudden cardiac death and it is distinct from cardiac arrest.

The second was to Livia Medullina, which ended with Medullina's sudden death on their wedding day.

Until Henry's sudden death, they had both loved the theater, and she " enthusiastically supported " her husband's theatrical aspirations.

Soon after, he was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923.

About two-thirds of people with chronic symptoms have cardiac damage, including dilated cardiomyopathy, which causes heart rhythm abnormalities and may result in sudden death.

He remained a resident of La Jolla for the rest of his life, doing therapy, giving speeches and writing until his sudden death in 1987.

* 1958 – " Greatest Game Ever Played " – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

After the sudden death of Michael Jackson, whom Parton knew personally, she released a video in which she somberly told of her feelings on Jackson and his death.

On February 11, 2012, after the sudden death of Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton stated, " Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston.

The omnipresent possibility of sudden and painful death increased the religious desire for penitence, but it also evoked a hysterical desire for amusement while still possible ; a last dance as cold comfort.

Huayna Capac's sudden death and followed days later by the Incan heir apparent from a strange disease, described by one smallpox precipitated a bitter power struggle between Huáscar, whose mother was Coya ( meaning Empress ) Mama Rahua Occillo and legetimate heir, and Atahualpa, a son who, borne to a Quitu princess, and reputedly his father's " favorite.

The first was the late 7th century Deuteronomistic reform of official Judean religion under king Josiah, who banned many elements of the old polytheistic cult from the Temple, and the sudden collapse of Assyria and the rise of Babylon to take its place ; the second was exile of the royal court, the priests and other members of the ruling elite following the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem c. 586 BCE.

At about 6 a. m. on April 6, 1862, when Grant's army was surprised and virtually routed by the sudden appearance of the Confederate States Army under Albert Sidney Johnston, Grant sent orders for Wallace to move his division up to support the division of Brig.

There is no more building of sumptuous tombs, owing apparently to some sudden catastrophe, such as an invasion by the neo-Persian power under the Sassanid Empire.

Finding Grant at the end of the day sitting under an oak tree in the darkness and smoking a cigar, Sherman felt, in his words, " some wise and sudden instinct not to mention retreat ".

[...] I must not however conceal from Your Excellency, that the Gentry, well disposed, and heartily desirous as they are, to serve the Crown, and to serve it with Zeal, when formed into regular Corps, do not relish commanding a bare Militia, they never were used to that Service under the French Government, ( and perhaps for good Reasons ) besides the sudden Dismission of the Canadian Regiment raised in 1764, without Gratuity or Recompence to Offices, who engaged in our Service almost immediately after the Cession of the Country, of taking any Notice of them since, tho ' they all expected half pay, is still uppermost in their Thoughts, and not likely to encourage their engaging a second Time in the same Way ; as to the Habitants or Peasantry, ever since the Civil Authority has been introduced into the Province, the Government of it has hung so loose, and retained so little Power, they have in a Manner emancipated themselves, and it will require Time, and discreet Management likewise, to recall them to their ancient Habits of Obedience and Discipline ; considering all the new Ideas they have been acquiring for these ten years past, can it be thought they will be pleased at being suddenly, and without Preparation embodied into a Militia, and marched from their Families, Lands, and Habitations to remote Provinces, and all the Horrors of War, which they have already experienced ; It would give appearance of Truth to the Language of our Sons of Sedition, at this very Moment busily employed instilling into their Minds, that the Act was passed merely to serve the present Purposes of Government, and in the full Intention of ruling over them with all the Despotism of their ancient Masters.

This phenomenon can be demonstrated by removing ice from a freezer in a darkened room, under conditions in which the ice makes cracking sounds from sudden thermal expansion.

The weak parts of this story have been identified as: the sudden and unexplained departure of the Simons ; the subsequent cruel treatment of the child-keeping him in a dark room practically out of sight ( unless any doubt of his identity was possible ), while his sister was in comparative comfort ; the cause of death, declared to be of long standing, but in fact developed rapidly, and the fact that the disease is usually not fatal and is self-limiting ; the insufficient excuse provided for the child's muteness under Gomin's regime ( he had answered Barras ) and the irregularities in the formalities in attending the death and the funeral, when a simple identification of the body by Marie Thérèse would have prevented any doubt of his death.

Also unlike supernovae, novae ignite from the sudden onset of thermonuclear fusion, which under certain high pressure conditions ( degenerate matter ) accelerates explosively.

In the early years he is rather given to sudden and short-lived infatuations, under the influence of which he proposes to Florence Craye ( in Jeeves Takes Charge, the second story in terms of publication and the first in the internal timeline of the books ), to Pauline Stoker, and to Bobbie Wickham.

This reflects the role of a coroner: to determine the cause of death of a deceased in cases where the death was sudden, unexpected, occurred abroad, was suspicious in any way, or happened while the person was under the control of central authority ( e. g., in police custody ).

In 1829, a writer from Wilkes-Barre posted a notice in the Connecticut Mirror, writing, " among the curiosities of our county ( and we have a few ) are Smith's Coal Mines, situated in Plymouth township in this county ... it sends a sudden twinge through a fellow, say, to think himself walking under a mountain fifty feet through, with only here and there a pillar to support it ... those who feel desirous of knowing more about this matter, must do as many others have done-go and see for themselves.

The location of the knot of the hanging rope is a major factor in determining the mechanics of cervical spine injury, with a submental knot ( hangman's knot under the chin ) being the only location capable of producing the sudden, straightforward hyperextension injury that causes the classic " hangman's fracture ".

The G. M. Trevelyan Lectures, under the title The Unfinished Revolution, were published after his sudden and unexpected death in Rome in 1967.

It is rumoured that they are to construe a sudden halt in transmission, particularly of the morning news programme Today, as an indicator that the UK is under attack, whereafter their sealed orders take effect.

When this order was cancelled in February 1979 because of the Iranian Revolution, the British government, under pressure to modernise its tank fleet to maintain a qualitative superiority relative to the Soviet tank forces, decided to use the sudden surplus production capacity to procure a number of vehicles very close in design to the Shir-2, called the Challenger 1.

Seeking shelter from a sudden storm, Forte Gabrielli di Gubbio, count of Baccaresca took cover under the portico of the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Capitoline Hill.

He died of a sudden fever, possibly heat stroke, while inspecting his jagirs and en route to Delhi with one lakh ( 100, 000 ) troops under his command at his camp in the district of Khargon, near the city of Indore.

The reforms, however, were not only too sudden for a China still under significant neo-Confucian influence and other elements of traditional culture, but also came into conflict with Cixi, who held real power.

When changing course in a brisk wind from a run to a reach or a beat, a sailboat that seemed under control can instantly become over-canvassed and in danger of a sudden broach.

The short movement fails to end in limbo though, as after a brief recapitulation a sudden harp arpeggio and gong stroke pull the rug out from under it ; it is consigned to perdition by a final grim utterance from the double basses.

Exanthema subitum ( meaning sudden rash ), also referred to as roseola infantum ( or rose rash of infants ), sixth disease ( as the sixth rash-causing childhood disease ), and ( confusingly ) baby measles, or three-day fever, is a disease of children, generally under two years old, although it has been known to occur in eighteen year olds, whose manifestations are usually limited to a transient rash (" exanthem ") that occurs following a fever of about three day's duration.

Tank development took time, and so the sudden appearance of a new tank threat could not be met quickly enough under such rigid criteria.

An EBW has two main parts: a piece of fine wire which contacts the explosive, and a “ strong ” source of high-voltage electricity — strong, in that it holds up under sudden heavy load.

While some groups advocate PES for risk stratification in all individuals under 35 years old, others only offer it to individuals who have history suggestive of a tachydyshythmia, since the incidence of sudden cardiac death is so low ( less than 0. 6 percent in some reports ).

Gonse set forth the plot " of the Jews " to substitute for Dreyfus Esterhazy, an officer of doubtful character, but whom a minute inquiry had cleared of all suspicion of treachery: who was, however, a nervous man, and who, under the blow of a sudden denunciation, might lose his head and take flight or even kill himself ; and that would mean catastrophe, war, and disaster.