This part of New York was in the so-called " Burnt Over District ," which earlier in the 19th century had generated much religious excitement, including the beginnings of Mormonism, and social causes, such as abolitionism and support for the Underground Railroad.

The afikoman — an integral part of the Seder itself — is used to engage the interest and excitement of the children at the table.

Kristiana Gregory's book The Great Railroad Race ( part of the " Dear America " series ) is written as a diary by Libby West, who chronicles the end of the building of the railroad and the excitement which engulfed the country at the time.

Rivers realised that part of the effects-mental and physical-that substances had were caused psychologically by the excitement of knowing that one is indulging.

According to NASA, it was in part because of the excitement over McAuliffe's presence on Challenger that the accident had such a significant effect on the nation.

It was then that Paul Smith knew he wanted to be part of this colourful world of ideas and excitement.

Several factors contributed to this decision, including both excitement at being part of the zoo, and the sense that his studies were putting too much of a strain on his family's finances.

Subsequent celebrity chefs have brought a sophistication to British cooking which was not a part of Fanny ’ s repertoire, however they have acknowledged her pioneering work, when purple piped potato brought excitement to a Britain of liver and bacon suppers.

An invasion of Denmark itself had not been part of the original programme of the allies ; but on February 18 some Prussian hussars, in the excitement of a cavalry skirmish, crossed the frontier and occupied the village of Kolding.

To avoid excitement, both on the part of the prisoner and the public, the court sat in one of the corridors of the Town Hall.

The greatest excitement was caused all over Germany and in the German part of Upper Silesia by the intimation that the Council of the League of Nations had handed over the matter for closer investigation to a commission, consisting of four representatives — one each from Belgium, Brazil, Spain, and China.

Kiefer, for his part, spends much of his time in search of excitement and adventure, and has found a kindred spirit in the Hero, whom he considers his closest friend.

On his work in Washington: " This is an excitement to us, a feeling of being in on it, and whichever part of the Washington milieu we come from, we want to play a part.

) This area was part of the " Burned-over district ," which earlier in the 19th century had generated much religious excitement, including the formation of the Mormon movement, and social causes, such as abolitionism and support for the Underground Railroad.

So part of the joy and excitement and happiness would have gone out of me if she had not been on board 100 percent.

These celebrations often last straight through the game for those who do not have tickets but still come to take part in the socializing and excitement of the homecoming atmosphere.

This book, which roused a vast amount of excitement and controversy at the time, exercised an immense influence on opinion within the Roman Catholic Church, and the principles it proclaimed were put into practice by the rulers of that Church in various countries during the latter part of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century.

This excitement was partly fuelled by the Warner Bros. itself ; American newspapers wrote at length about a mysterious author who took part incognito in the filming of the film based on his own book.

The excitement of the event was dampened by Marvel Comics ' timing, as most of the series involved had launched with all or part of their new creative teams a month before the event, even though the " Revolution " logo was still printed on the May issues, and Uncanny X-Men did not join the " Revolution " event until its June 2000 issue.

He said: " A part of me can see the excitement and challenge of being a manager, definitely.

It is possible, although hard to observe and demonstrate, that excitement and thrills play a part in the decisions of some spies.

Between the time of Veatch ’ s discovery and the working of sulfur, a minor mining excitement led to the discovery of cinnabar in the northern reaches of Napa County ( of which Lake County was then a part ).

" DeCinces said years later that the game and his home run " triggered something " and that " the emotion just multiplied from there ," adding that the ensuing atmosphere of excitement was in no small part due to the excited call of the home run by announcers Bill O ' Donnell and Charley Eckman on the Orioles ' radio network.

Competitors came to receive higher percentage of General Motors business in later years, but it is `` likely '' that this trend stemmed `` at least in part '' from the needs of General Motors outstripping Du Pont's capacity.

However, any hesitancy on the part of Erasmus stemmed, not from lack of courage or conviction, but rather from a concern over the mounting disorder and violence of the reform movement.

The progression towards violence in anarchism stemmed, in part, from the massacres of some of the communes inspired by the ideas of Proudhon and others.

The popularity of Merlot stemmed in part from the relative ease in pronouncing the name of the wine as well as its softer, fruity profile that made it more approachable to some wine drinkers.

Much of Beckett's work – including Godot – is often considered by philosophical and literary scholars to be part of the movement of the Theatre of the Absurd, a form of theatre which stemmed from the Absurdist philosophy of Albert Camus.

It had destroyed what were the two former foremost military powers, the Sassanid Empire, which it absorbed completely, and the greater part of the Byzantine Empire, including Syria, Armenia and North Africa, although Leo the Isaurian stemmed the tide when he defeated the Umayyads at the Battle of Akroinon ( 739 ), their final campaign in Anatolia.

There were instances of very capable eunuchs, who were valuable advisers to their emperor, and the resistance of the " virtuous " officials often stemmed from jealousy on their part.

A large part of the resentment between the sisters allegedly stemmed from Fontaine's perception that de Havilland was their mother's favorite child.

Scherr told him that " German-Chinese friendship stemmed in good part from the hard struggle of both for independence.

:: The second part is the escutcheon of the family Kervyn Volkaersbeke: saber in a twill together right in the head by an acorn, stemmed and browsed in two pieces, left in the mind of a six-pointed star, everything from gold and the one point eagle leg of silver.

Sandwich had a personal vendetta against Wilkes that stemmed in large part from embarrassment caused by a prank of Wilkes involving the Earl at one of the Hellfire Club's meetings ; he was delighted at the chance for revenge.

Due to deadlocked negotiations for government which stemmed in part from Labour Party's refusal to be part of a coalition which would include the liberal conservative Progressive Democrats and due to John Bruton ruling out Labour's preference for Democratic Left to be included in the government, the Labour Party chose to enter into a new coalition with Fianna Fáil.

According to the " Committee on the Establishment of a Permanent Organization for the Improvement of the Law ," part of the law's uncertainty stemmed from the lack of agreement on fundamental principles of the common-law system, while the law's complexity was attributed to the numerous variations within different jurisdictions.

Brownlee's opposition stemmed in part from investigations that Greenfield's government had already undertaken into the subject: information was gathered from similar experiments in New Zealand and New South Wales, leading to the conclusion that, while there would be some benefit to a provincially owned bank, Alberta " had neither the economic nor constitutional base to consider such a scheme ".

His distaste for the Boers stemmed in part from their depiction as a ' mixed ' race, descended from various European stock and intermarried with African locals.

Schacht told him that " German-Chinese friendship stemmed in good part from the hard struggle of both for independence.

In 1986 a prominent Czechoslovak economist argued that industry's problems stemmed in part from inadequate specialization, insufficient use of foreign licenses, and cumbersome restraints on research projects.

This, in part, stemmed from the fact that he had not sold the programme to them as two three-part stories —" in case they told me not to do it !".

In large part, the intense media interest stemmed from the media's belief that soccer moms had become the most sought-after group of swing voters in the 1996 elections.

Roosevelt's decision stemmed from his belief that Presidential papers were an important part of the national heritage and should be accessible to the public.

Joel McCrea's work ethic was in part attributed to his Scottish heritage and it also may have stemmed from his friendship in the 1930s with fellow personality and sometime actor, Will Rogers.

The controversy stemmed from the fact that many supporters of the religious endowment were part of the tory ruling class.

Bolland's Joker fascination stemmed in part from his having " recently seen the excellent silent movie The Man Who Laughs ," and he therefore wanted to do a " Joker story with the Batman as a more distant, peripheral character.