The Babylonians destroyed the city and the Temple of Solomon, executed the king's sons in front of him before putting out his eyes, and took him and many others into exile.

Boniface IX was defeated in the face of a unified front, and the long controversy was finally settled to the English king's satisfaction.

Outside the palace, the king's functions were limited, amounting only to visiting the Macedonian front to support the morale of the Greek troops.

In an extremely grave crisis, teetering towards civil war, 1386-8, the bishop found himself, at least in formal terms, right at the front of the dangerous attempts by five leading temporal lords to purge the king's advisors and control future policy.

The king's bust is more lifelike, facing the front, and the legend on the obverse is longer, usually — Edward King of England Lord of Ireland.

This was repeated in 1645, but with a plumelet instead of a plume in front of the king's face.

This setup has the flaw that it leaves the pawn in front of the king's bishop undefended, allowing white to threaten mate on the first move.

Most of major official buildings such as Injeongjeon, main hall of Changdeokgung, Seonjeongjeon, king's office, and many of government offices ( 궐내각사, 闕內各司, gwollaegaksa ) are placed in the front parts of the palace, beyond which there are royal private court for king and queen.

Running through the courtyard in front is a three-level walkway whose center path was for the king's use only.

" In September 1343, Herle obtained a pardon of the king's suit for homicides, felonies, robberies and larcenies perpetrated by him and any consequent outlawries, and it is noted that the pardon was sealed personally in front of Edward III and Thomas, earl of Warwick.

The oldest and largest regular military parade in Europe is held on the morning of 14 July, on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris in front of the President of the Republic, French officials and foreign guests.

'" In 1966, he took the microphone in front of 300 sports club guests and criticized the state of distance running in Finland, reproaching the sports executives as publicity seekers and tourists, and demanding the athletes to sacrifice everything in order to accomplish something.

On the wedding day, the bride and the bridegroom garland each other in front of the guests.

Following that, he and Taylor had a great success in Mike Nichols's film ( 1966 ) of the Edward Albee play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?, in which a bitter erudite couple spend the evening trading vicious barbs in front of their horrified and fascinated guests, played by George Segal and Sandy Dennis.

Young peasant women with traditional offering of berries for guests in front of an izba home, 1909.

Since about 3, 000 years ago, Persian Zoroastrians honor their guests with rose extract out of a beautifully designed glass goose-necked bottle, while holding mirror in front of their guest's face.

Noted world-famous guests to Captiva include Teddy Roosevelt, Charles Lindbergh ( who regularly landed his plane on the beach in front of ' Tween Waters Inn ), Anne Morrow Lindbergh and J. N.

A canopied and carpeted walkway extended from the front door to the train enabling the guests to walk to the mansion for the ceremony and return to the train without concern for the weather.

On August 29, 2011, the City of Shawnee opened a new airport terminal building in front of about 75 guests, including several city leaders, state legislators and other government officials.

Springer then enters the stage by sliding down a pole stage right, usually being greeted by audience applause, shaking hands with random guests at the front row and the " Je-rry !, Je-rry!

The Larry Sanders Show mixed video-taped footage of the fictional broadcast show ( which was recorded in front of an actual live studio audience ) with " behind the scenes " footage shot on film ( for example, Larry talking to his guests during the commercial break or the everyday workings of the office between shows ).

He walked through the drawing room of his family home in Eaton Square, London, looking straight ahead, without exchanging a word to anyone, in front of several guests at a party being given by his wife on 22 June 1893 whilst he was supposed to be in a ship of the Mediterranean Squadron, manoeuvering off the coast of Syria.

He attends a secret meeting instead of showing up on time for his concert in front of a count and distinguished guests.

The purpose of walking backwards is to show respect to the gelanggang, and any guests that may be present, by never turning one's back to the front of the area.

Modern teppanyaki grills are typically propane-heated flat surface grills, and are widely used to cook food in front of guests at restaurants.

Sun Tzŭ said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a hundred thousand mail-clad soldiers, with provisions enough to carry them a thousand li, the expenditure at home and at the front, including entertainment of guests, small items such as glue and paint, and sums spent on chariots and armour, will reach the total of a thousand ounces of silver per day.

In front of the paneled walls are seating areas for guests and within the wall are windows which allow translators to watch the proceedings as they work.

To the far end is the High Table, placed on a platform a step above ground level, where fellows and their guests dine ; in front of it are three long benches where students dine, set perpendicular to the High Table and spanning to the entrance.

While Nestor and everyone else is occupied with Irma, Moustache notices one of the guests sitting alone in the front row.

More room is made available in the front of the magazine for columnists, editors, and special guests.

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When he was sacrificing to the gods in Corinth, he sent portions of the meat to Aratus at Sicyon, and complimented Aratus in front of his guests: " I thought this Sicyonian youth was only a lover of liberty and of his fellow-citizens, but now I look upon him as a good judge of the manners and actions of kings.

These observers, graciously received and seated as honored guests right in front of the podium on the floor of the council chamber, did not formally take part in the Council's debate, but they mingled freely with the Catholic bishops and theologians who constituted the council, and with the other observers as well, in the break area during the council sessions.

Since a wheelchair ramp was added to the front of the mansion, guests rarely see this area.

* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking revolution in the Scottish Wars of Independence

Shortly afterward, film's main antagonist, Richie Madano ( William Forsythe ), murders Gino's partner, Bobby Lupo, in broad daylight in front of his wife, Laurie, and his two kids.

In 1992, after the fatal shooting of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis as he left the Cabrini – Green public housing project for school, the Chicago Tribune put every child murder on the front page ( generally no murders were front page news ).

In the confrontation that follows, Hodge murders the brain-dead Candy in front of Warren.

Jose frequently left the alarm system off and the gates open, even after his Mercedes-Benz 560SEL was stolen from the front semi-circular driveway of the house, just weeks before the murders.

After Lupito murders the local sheriff in one of his deranged moments, he is killed by a mob in front of young Antonio.

At the end of the film, after reluctantly agreeing to let Batman take the blame for the murders committed by Harvey Dent in order to preserve Dent's image as Gotham's hero, Gordon hesitantly destroys the signal using an axe in front of various members of the police force and the press.

Angry at being rejected, Jimmy murders Kal-El's adopted parents with his heat vision, in front of an horrified Kal.

As she finishes telling Orpheus his role in the plan, Black Mask murders him by slitting his throat in front of Spoiler.

Under cover of the play they stab Lorenzo and Balthazar to death in front of the King, Viceroy, and Duke of Castile ( Lorenzo and Bel-Imperia's father ); Bel-Imperia kills herself, and Hieronimo tells his audience of his motive behind the murders, but refuses to reveal Bel-Imperia's complicity in the plot.

He then murders the store owners, Harold with a meat cleaver slammed into his chest, and his wife, Edna with one of her own knitting needles through the back of her head, before moving on to a nearby lake front property named Higgins Haven.