They walked slowly past the sherbet-colored cottages -- eleven lemon, nine mint, seven orange -- around the curve to a deserted stand with an `` Eats '' sign jiggling in the wind.

Chapters seven to nine include visions that YHVH gave Amos as well as Amaziah's rebuke of the prophet.

He offered the Athenians peace, however, under the condition that Athens would send seven young men and seven young women every nine years to Crete to be fed to the Minotaur, a vicious monster.

There are nearly 20, 000 known species of bees in seven to nine recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher.

A Doric column can be described as seven diameters high, an Ionic column as eight diameters high and a Corinthian column nine diameters high.

The 1971 CHOGM lasted for nine days, and the 1977 and 1991 CHOGMs for seven days each.

The simple groups of low 2-rank are mostly groups of Lie type of small rank over fields of odd characteristic, together with five alternating and seven characteristic 2 type and nine sporadic groups.

A tradition exists among some families to serve twelve different dishes at Wigilia symbolizing the Twelve Apostles, or perhaps, an odd number of dishes for good luck ( usually five, seven, or nine ).

In synchronised diving events, there is a panel of seven, nine, or eleven judges ; two or three to mark the execution of one diver, two or three to mark the execution of the other, and the remaining three or five to judge the synchronisation.

In the UK, he has been awarded nine Platinum album certifications, 11 Gold and eight Silver, and in the US, five Platinum and seven Gold certifications.

After reading a pamphlet by Doctor James Wilson, who operated a hydropathic establishment with James Manby Gully at Malvern, he stayed there for " some nine or ten weeks ", after which he " continued the system some seven weeks longer under Doctor Weiss, at Petersham ", then again at " Doctor Schmidt's magnificent hydropathic establishment at Boppart " ( at the former Marienberg Convent at Boppard ), after developing a cold and fever upon his return home.

When this warming or cooling occurs for only seven to nine months, it is classified as El Niño / La Niña " conditions "; when it occurs for more than that period, it is classified as El Niño / La Niña " episodes ".

The film comprises a continuous narrative over seven scenes, rendered in a total of nine shots.

Generally, a layer of plaster will require ten to twelve hours to dry ; ideally, an artist would begin to paint after one hour and continue until two hours before the drying time — giving seven to nine hours working time.

The sellout streak is driven by the Red Sox's loyal fan base, the success of the Red Sox during this time ( a winning record over nine seasons, during which time the team achieved at least 90 wins seven times, six playoff appearances and two World Series Championships ), and Fenway Park's low capacity: fourth lowest in seating capacity and second lowest in total of all MLB stadiums ; it is one of the seven MLB ballparks that cannot accommodate at least 40, 000 spectators.

The stars were paid $ 75, 000 per episode in season three, $ 85, 000 in season four, $ 100, 000 in season five, $ 125, 000 in season six, $ 750, 000 in seasons seven and eight, and $ 1 million in seasons nine and ten.

For well over a century guitars featuring seven, eight, nine, ten or more strings have been used by a minority of guitarists as a means of increasing the range of pitch available to the player.

The standard guitar has six strings but four -, seven -, eight -, nine -, ten -, eleven -, twelve -, thirteen-and eighteen-string guitars are also available.

" His seven later books are the chief Danish authority for the times which they relate ; his first nine, here translated, are a treasure of myth and folk-lore " ( Elton, Introduction ).

Although accounts of its length vary, it is usually now believed to have been seven to nine feet long (~ 2. 1 – ~ 2. 7m ).

The Roman Curia consists of a complex of offices that administer church affairs at the highest level, including the Secretariat of State, nine Congregations, three Tribunals, eleven Pontifical Councils, and seven Pontifical Commissions.

Writing in 1585, he noted some word similarities between Sanskrit and Italian ( these included devaḥ / dio " God ", sarpaḥ / serpe " serpent ", sapta / sette " seven ", aṣṭa / otto " eight ", nava / nove " nine ").

Hell, I gave him the first decent job he ever had, six, seven -- how many years ago was it, Rob ''??

He was thinking, big deal: skipper on his drunken fishing parties for seven years and no better off than when I started.

Certainly no other seven American statesmen from any later period achieved so much in so concentrated a span of years.

First The Life Of John Bright appeared and seven years later Lord Grey Of The Reform Bill.

Today, seven years after the date of my initial induction as a draftee, I am Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Science at St. Michael's College.

Within a few years various Du Pont manufactured items were filling the entire requirements of from four to seven of General Motors' eight operating divisions.

The engineer had more than seven years of experience in the firm, was well trained, was considered a hard worker, was respected by his fellow engineers for his technical competence and was regarded as a `` comer ''.

In about seven years Griffith either invented or first realized the possibilities of virtually every resource at the disposal of the film maker.

It permits the state to take over bank accounts, stocks and other personal property of persons missing for seven years or more.

A study of major denominational membership statistics over a twenty-year period revealed the appalling fact that nearly 40 per cent of those who joined the Church were lost to the Church within seven years.

`` Standard years -- eighty-four years, seven months, three days, two hours, eleven and one half minutes.

The 1827 publication of Ampère ’ s synoptic Mémoire brought to a close his work over the previous seven years on the new science of electrodynamics.

AEGON has replaced ABN AMRO as the new head sponsor for a period of at least seven years.

Road construction first became a priority after 1750, when Zurich and Bern began appointing a governor for seven years.

* 1967 – Greek military junta of 1967 – 1974: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d ' état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.

After this event Aegisthus reigned seven years longer over Mycenae, until in the eighth Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, returned home and avenged the death of his father by putting the adulterer to death.

With the exception of the first term, it has been held by the Labour Party, and for seven years was held by Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister in 1924 and from 1929 to 1935.

* In Nizhny Novgorod, there is a Sakharov Museum in the apartment on the first floor of the 12-storeyed house where the Sakharov family lived for seven years.

When the trade association began, it had seven members and its main goal was to eliminate all duties and restrictions on the majority of their trade within 12 years.

This time he went to Rome, and spent seven years there before returning to Alexandria.

In its first seven years, the Werkbund came to be regarded as the authoritative body on questions of design in Germany, and was copied in other countries.

The tree is Nebuchadnezzar himself, who for seven years will lose his mind and live like a wild beast.