Sighting a line from the bridge to a small field directly to the side, I pitched the tent that evening on the stateless `` line '', digging a small trench around it as best I could with a toy spade donated by a neighborhood child.

As the field on which my tent was pitched was a favorite natural playground for the kids of the neighborhood, I had made many friends among them, taking part in their after-school games and trying desperately to translate Grimm's Fairy Tales into an understandable French as we gathered around the fire in front of the tent.

According to the chronicler Widukind of Corvey, Otto " pitched his camp in the territory of the city of Augsburg and joined there the forces of Henry I, Duke of Bavaria, who was himself lying mortally ill nearby, and by Duke Conrad with a large following of Franconian knights.

He pitched the idea by simply saying, " I want to do a play about a guy who goes to a ballroom.

The origin of the term is in a 1980s commercial for Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup, in which two spokesmen successively pitched the over-the-counter medication with the line, " I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV.

He remarked that his slider was his best pitch, just like the no-hitter I pitched for Detroit six years ago.

Sure enough, it pitched exactly where I had anticipated, and, hooking it to the square-leg boundary, I established the only record upon which I had set my heart.

I pitcher at Duke and first professional pitcher to face Michael Jordan in the minor leagues, pitched in one Major League game May 6, 1995 for the Cincinnati Reds.

Csupó drew some sketches of possible monsters on a piece of paper and successfully pitched the idea to the network: " I wanted them silly and not too skillful – and the idea worked.

By ratifying Buford's defensive plan and engaging his I Corps infantry, Reynolds essentially selected the location for the Battle of Gettysburg for Meade, turning a chance meeting engagement into a massive pitched battle, committing the Army of the Potomac to fight on that ground with forces that were initially numerically inferior to the Confederates that were concentrating there.

Also, I pitched until I was 44.

According to writer Tony Bedard he originally " pitched it as L. E. G. I. O. N.

Tradition seems to be at fault in putting Guy's adventures anachronistically in the reign of Athelstan ; the Anlaf of the story is probably Olaf Tryggvason, who, with Sweyn I of Denmark, harried the southern counties of England in 993 and pitched his winter quarters in Southampton ; this means the King of England at the time was Æthelred Unready II.

He said, " I think you could split this four ways ," referring to his feeling that the MVP should be awarded to the four White Sox starting pitchers who pitched four consecutive complete games in the ALCS.

In 1642 King Charles I was staying in Wellington ( in a building that stood in what is now Crown Street, next to the former Crown Inn, which is now the premises of Wellington News ), shortly before the first pitched battle of the English Civil War, when he said in his Wellington Declaration that he would uphold the Protestant Religion, the Laws of England, and the Liberty of Parliament.

When the band signed to I. R. S., the idea was pitched to do a cover along the lines of the children's toy where magnetic shavings are manipulated by a magnet to make different hair styles.

The concept was based on a suggestion from managing editor John Sanders and, according to writer Pat Mills " I did this really as a favour and as a way of pissing off the managing editor who pitched an idea to me about ex-servicemen with super powers who deal with disasters.

" I pitched setpiece to Tim when we were pitching around ideas ", Selman said in the episode's DVD commentary.

I think I have pitched my book to the level of a person who finished high school math satisfactorily and perhaps went on to a couple of college courses ...."

Mayne, who later said he had never pitched at any level, responded, " Yeah, I can pitch.

`` I know you've got a grudge against me, and maybe I can't blame you.

`` I won't force Beth to come against her will.

`` I ain't drawin' against you '', Jess said thickly.

I was standing beside her, watching the outspread palms and wondering about the old horsehair sofa against the wall on which he sometimes napped.

Prior to 1954 I imagine that a majority of Southerners would have voted against the Confederacy.

`` As an independent American I considered all who were not for us, and you amongst the rest, as against us, yet be assured that John Jay never ceased to be the friend of Peter Van Schaack ''.

This combined experience, on a foundation of very average, I assure you, intelligence and background, has helped me do things many well-informed people would bet heavily against.

`` It was then I knew that they were making war against Man, the individual within!!

Seeing their hesitation, I said, `` Well, until I have permission to enter Germany, or a visa to re-enter France, I shall be obliged to remain here on the line between two countries '', whereupon I moved to the side of the road, parked my backpack against the small guardhouse on the sidewalk, sat down, took out my typewriter, and began typing the above conversation.

Consequently, on October 31, 1896, Mrs. King wrote to Thompson, quite against her daughter's wishes, asking him not to `` recommence a correspondence which I believe has been dropped for some weeks ''.

yet the tide is too strong against us, and I fear ( if the framer of hearts help not ) it will force me to little Patience, a little isle next to your Prudence ''.

There had been something sinister about him that warned me against him, -- I had never felt that way about any other boy, -- but when he uttered his name on the telephone I had forgotten this and I was glad to do what he asked of me.

Without really changing the general subject, I take this opportunity to confess that I am troubled by doubts, not only about pacifism, but also when asked to join in the protest against a law that most of those who consider themselves humane and liberal seem to regard as obviously barbarous ; ;

I know a man who held resentment against a neighbor for more than three decades.

Once Peter asked, `` How oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him??

But it seems that pressures against him are coming from somewhere -- in the first place from China, but perhaps also from that `` China Lobby '' which, I was assured in Moscow nearly two years ago, exists on the quiet inside the party.

Facing a prosecution which has demanded the death penalty, he said: ' I have participated in the war against Communism in Korea and at Dienbienphu, and I have helped in the evacuation of North Vietnamese to the free world.

The Paige / Dickson duet " I Know Him So Well " became a major UK # 1 hit, and Murray Head's " One Night in Bangkok " gave Andersson / Ulvaeus a US # 3 hit.

In his induction speech in 1966, Williams included a statement calling for the recognition of the great Negro Leagues players: " I've been a very lucky guy to have worn a baseball uniform, and I hope some day the names of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson in some way can be added as a symbol of the great Negro players who are not here only because they weren't given a chance.

* " It's My Party ," a re-make of the Lesley Gore hit by young German pop singer Allison Paige Paige " I ' ts My Party " single BMG Germany 1999

From 3 May 2000 to 5 January 2002, the Palladium played The King and I starring Elaine Paige and Jason Scott Lee.

The duet " I Know Him So Well " by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson held the Number One spot on the U. K. singles charts for 4 weeks, winning the Ivor Novello Award in the process as the Best Selling Single (' A ' Side ).

In 1985, Paige released " I Know Him So Well " with Barbara Dickson from the musical Chess, which remains the biggest-selling record by a female duo.

In 1985, Paige released " I Know Him So Well ", a duet from Chess, singing with Barbara Dickson.

Continuing her role in the production Paige did not miss a show, and stated, " When I did the show I became very emotional.

I did have quite a lot of reference material to work out " Paige commented.

She asked Colossus what happened and he replied " I don't know Paige "

Others in the cast included Michele Lee, John Davidson, Eve McVeagh, and Janis Paige ( who sang " I Won't Dance " with a male chorus ).

She has also continued to record infrequent secular material and in 1987, Houston and her daughter Whitney recorded a duet titled " I Know Him So Well ", a cover of the original by Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige from the Broadway show, Chess.

She later took over the lead role of Anna in the stage musical The King and I in London's West End, replacing Elaine Paige.

Paige Johnson, a spokeswoman for Chapel Hill based Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina stated, " I don't discount the work that they do for women who know they want to keep their babies.