When Felix first opened the door on it, all these shades were tightly drawn and the whole studio was as dark as night.

And while no one expects total democracy on the academic scene, the scholar will be particularly sensitive to a line between first and second class citizenship drawn on any basis other than that of academic rank or professional achievement.

The very first recording was made for RCA Victor in 1929 with Nathaniel Shilkret conducting the Victor Symphony Orchestra, drawn from members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Amphibians breathe by means of a pump action in which air is first drawn into the buccopharyngeal region through the nostrils.

Five matches were played in 1902 but the first two were drawn after being hit by bad weather.

The first half is based mainly on the Soliloquies of St Augustine of Hippo, the remainder is drawn from various sources, and contains much that is Alfred's own and highly characteristic of him.

Anthemius assumes a property of an ellipse not found in Apollonius's work, that the equality of the angles subtended at a focus by two tangents drawn from a point, and having given the focus and a double ordinate he goes on to use the focus and directrix to obtain any number of points on a parabola — the first instance on record of the practical use of the directrix.

In these first works, drawn mostly from the traditions of mid-century opera buffa, Salieri showed a penchant for experimentation and for mixing the established characteristics of specific operatic genres.

The mixing and pushing against the boundaries of established operatic genres would be a continuing hallmark of Salieri's own personal style, and in his choice of material for the plot ( as in his first opera ), he manifested a lifelong interest in subjects drawn from classic drama and literature.

scholasticism in a more systematic direction He also appears to be the first theologian to use more than by mere chance of haphazardly concepts drawn from the Metaphysics of Aristole.

This early use has cast doubt on the origin through expatriates in India, though it is known that it was popular there in the 1870s and that the first rules were drawn up in Poonah in 1873.

These longer strips include The Bash Street Kids Adventures written and drawn by Kev F Sutherland which since 2004 have featured parodies of famous comic strip images, including Amazing Fantasy's first Spider-Man cover, Action Comics ' first Superman cover, and most recently the cover of X Men # 100.

It is the movement of a ' contrite heart ,' drawn and moved by grace to respond to the merciful love of God who loved us first.

A group of bishops and divines met first at Chertsey and then at Windsor in 1548, drawn from both conservatives and reformers, agreed only " the service of the church ought to be in the mother tongue ".

* Instead of oral laws known to a special class, arbitrarily applied and interpreted, all laws were written, thus made known to all literate citizens ( who could make appeal to the Areopagus for injustices ): "... the constitution formed under Draco, when the first code of laws was drawn up.

Similar supports likewise can serve both: painting generally involves the application of liquid paint onto prepared canvas or panels, but sometimes an underdrawing is drawn first on that same support.

Indeed, many years after St. Dominic reacted to the Cathars, the first Grand Inquistor of Spain, Tomás de Torquemada, would be drawn from the Dominican order.

In addition, when Excalibur was first drawn, in the first battle testing Arthur's sovereignty, its blade blinded his enemies.

He was the first regicide to be hanged, drawn and quartered because he was considered by the new government to represent a continued real threat to the re-established order.

If a match is drawn, there is a replay, usually at the ground of the team who were away for the first game.

There is no seeding system in place within rounds other than when teams enter the competition, therefore the home team is simply the first team drawn out for each fixture.

As most European countries and the US were drawn into the war, many of the newer " duration only " volunteers who managed to survive the first years of the war were generally released from the Foreign Legion to join their respective national armies.

After 1899 Finnish-Russian relations worsened, and plans for disengagement from Russia or sovereignty for Finland were drawn up for the first time.

Australia went 2 – 0 up after three Tests, but England won the Fourth Test by 3 runs ( after a 70-run last wicket stand ) to set up the final decider, which was drawn.

The Test Series was eventually drawn 2 – 2.

He finished the series with 237 runs at 59. 25 after scoring 73 * in the drawn third Test.

After taking four wickets in the drawn Second Test in Bombay, Benaud bowled Australia to victory in the Third Test in Calcutta, sealing the series 2-0.

He followed this with 5 / 114 in a drawn Third Test, before a match-winning all round performance in the Fourth Test in Johannesburg.

Benaud's men won the Second Test, before he took 5 / 83 and 4 / 94 in the drawn Third Test.

Six further wickets in the drawn Third Test saw Benaud end the series with 84 runs at 28 and 18 wickets at 21. 11.

The First Test at Edgbaston was drawn with Benaud taking three wickets.

Benaud then took four wickets in the drawn Fifth Test to end the series 2 – 1.

Benaud started the series with seven wickets and a half century as the First Test in Brisbane was drawn.

He then scored 50 in the drawn Second Test and bowled for the first time at Test level, taking 0 / 15.

In the Second Test at Perth, he made 71 and had match figures of 5 / 159 including 5 / 69 in the second innings, then he scored 79 not out in the drawn Third Test at Adelaide.

In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, The Old Grey Whistle Test was placed 33rd.

Having secured the series 2 – 0, Gavaskar was removed from the captaincy for the drawn Sixth Test.

Apart from an unbeaten 147 in the drawn Third Test in Georgetown, Guyana, his next best effort was 32.

Gavaskar scored 91 in the drawn First Test in Madras before withdrawing from the Second Test in Calcutta as he had promised.

Australia regains The Ashes, winning the Test series by 2 – 1 with two matches drawn.

Although he was not picked for the first test, which was drawn, Snow had the advantage of being fully acclimatised by the Second Test.

In the next Test at Lord's, Australia were out for 78 ( Snow 1 / 14 ) and followed on, but the match was drawn because of rain.