The first two or three days they went home early.

In the early days of a homogeneous population, the public school was quite satisfactory.

But a few days after Fred's return he began hemorrhaging and that was the beginning of early and complete disintegration.

In the early days of this controversy over the theater one of the interested parties, Stephen Gosson, published a little tract in which he objected mildly to the abuses of art, rather than the art itself.

Lewis gave him a guidebook tour of London and, motoring and walking, took him to Stratford, but the London stay was for only ten days, and on the twentieth they took the train for Southampton, where they spent the night for an early morning Channel crossing.

He flew over Rome one day during the early days of Mussolini and scattered leaflets over the city, denouncing the Fascists.

And if the foreigners fighting in the Katanga Army are mercenaries then Lafayette and Von Steuben were mercenaries too, as were also the members of the Lafayette Escadrille in the early part of World War 1, and of Chennault's Flying Tigers in the early days of World War 2.

A light, porous mulch applied now keeps the roots cool and the soil soft during these early days of growth.

This colt arrived at the Raceway early last November, and immediately was put into harness and line-driven for a few days, and then put to cart and broken in very nicely, knowing nothing but trot.

Home air conditioning has come a long way from the early days of overcooled theaters and the thermal shock they inflicted.

Every few days, in the early morning, as the work progressed, twenty men would appear to push it ahead and to shift the plank foundation that distributed its weight widely on the Rotunda pavement, supported as it is by ancient brick vaulting.

Indonesia, in the early days of the Republic, leaned toward the West.

and one of $2,000 under the will of Miss Celia L. Brett of Hamilton, New York, a friend from the early days.

A `` book count '' was the sellin' of cattle by the books, commonly resorted to in the early days, sometimes much to the profit of the seller.

There were mornings when Stanley came in late, afternoons when he left early, days when he didn't come in at all.

The Princess said it was too early to say what would be decided if no agreement was reached after three days.

Stengel probably preached too much in the early days when the kid wanted to pop his bubble gum and sow his oats.

Grandma said it was just like the early mining camp days, and it was the way people ought to live, only she was getting too old to take the pleasure from it that she used to.

Fifteen days early -- isn't that wonderful ''??

Upstream from it and between the Rhine and Abnoba ( in the Black Forest ) are the Ingriones, Intuergi, Vangiones, Caritni and Vispi, some of whom were there since the days of the early empire or before.

The word " allele " is a short form of allelomorph (' other form '), which was used in the early days of genetics to describe variant forms of a gene detected as different phenotypes.

In the earliest Indian astronomy texts, the year was believed to be 360 days long, similar to that of Babylonian astrology, but the rest of the early astrological system bears little resemblance.

The early use of Chinese astrology was mainly confined to political astrology, the observation of unusual phenomena, identification of portents and the selection of auspicious days for events and decisions.

The stylized snake-like " D " logo, also used since the early days for the road uniforms, was slightly redesigned and a completely new shoulder patch introduced.

Some of the main trends in modern Homeric scholarship have been, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Analysis and Unitarianism ( see Homeric Question ), schools of thought which emphasized on the one hand the inconsistencies in, and on the other the artistic unity of, Homer ; and in the 20th century and later Oral Theory, the study of the mechanisms and effects of oral transmission, and Neoanalysis, the study of the relationship between Homer and other early epic material.

He rarely mentioned religion ; a Presbyterian in his early life, historians believe he was closest to the informal Unitarianism typified by Thomas Jefferson.

Along with William Ellery Channing, he was the leader of mainstream Unitarianism of the early and middle 19th century.

In his early career, Andrews Norton helped to establish liberal Unitarianism in New England, and stridently opposed harshly conservative Calvinism and Trinitarianism.

Those who were associated with either Unitarianism or Universalism before the merger of the two, or who were instrumental in early works that lead to either would be better included in: Category: Unitarians or: Category: Christian Universalists

The two linked rings were used as an early symbol for the Unitarian Universalist Association, signifying the joining of Unitarianism and Universalism.

Notably, George Huntston Williams, the great categorizer of the Radical Reformation, considered early forms of Unitarianism ( such as that of the Socinians, and exemplified by Michael Servetus as well as the Polish Brethren ), and other trends that disregarded the Nicene christology still accepted by most Christians, as part of the Radical Reformation.

Socinianism was an early form of Unitarianism and the Unitarian Church today maintains a moral influence view of the atonement.

In support of this, stories from the early literature are cited to show that Zen attacks the idea of supernatural power.

Milne was an early screenwriter for the nascent British film industry, writing four stories filmed in 1920 for the company Minerva Films ( founded in 1920 by the actor Leslie Howard and his friend and story editor Adrian Brunel ).

While accompanying Mallowan on countless archaeological trips ( spending up to 3 – 4 months at a time in Syria and Iraq at excavation sites at Ur, Ninevah, Tell Arpachiyah, Chagar Bazar, Tell Brak, and Nimrud ), Christie not only wrote novels and short stories, but also contributed work to the archaeological sites, more specifically to the archaeological restoration and labeling of ancient exhibits which includes tasks such as cleaning and conserving delicate ivory pieces, reconstructing pottery, developing photos from early excavations which later led to taking photographs of the site and its findings, and taking field notes.

A more obvious influence on the early Poirot stories is that of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Martin Buber's early collection of stories of the Baal Shem Tov's life includes several that refer to people reincarnating in successive lives.

Invoking stories of the early life of the Prophet Muhammad, Ibn Yasin preached that conquest was a necessary addendum to Islamicization, that it was not enough to merely adhere to God's law, but necessary to also destroy opposition to it.

Most, however, interpret the genre as epic stories of early Christian miracles and conversions.

Some early ' skyscrapers ' were made in masonry, and demonstrated the limitations of the material – for example, the Monadnock Building in Chicago ( opened in 1896 ) is masonry and just 17 stories high ; the ground walls are almost thick, clearly building any higher would lead to excessive loss of internal floor space on the lower floors.

Robinson writes that the comedian already demonstrated " a special mastery of telling stories in images " at this early stage in his career.

Starting in the early 1930s, comic strips expanded from their mirthful origins to feature adventure stories, as seen in Popeye, Captain Easy, Buck Rogers, Tarzan and The Adventures of Tintin.

There are several stories of his early genius.

" One of the biggest stories of the season transpired as the club made a midseason deal for Fred McGriff, which was drawn out for nearly a month as McGriff debated waiving his no-trade clause, as the Cubs led the wild card race by 2. 5 games in early September.

Also at the centre of many early stories was Ena Sharples ( Violet Carson ), caretaker of the Glad Tidings Mission Hall, and her friends: timid Minnie Caldwell ( Margot Bryant ) and bespectacled Martha Longhurst ( Lynne Carol ).

T. H. White's works exemplify it, L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt's Harold Shea stories are early exemplars.

Her early stories were notable for their emphasis on the senses and emotions, which was highly unusual at the time.

Dubliners is a collection of short stories by Joyce about incidents and typical characters of the city during the early 20th century.

Since early childhood Don Rosa had been fascinated by Carl Barks ' stories about Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck.

Opposing Fu Manchu in the early stories are Denis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie.

He also authored several lesbian stories under the name " Laurajean Ermayne " for Vice Versa and provided publishing assistance in the early days of the Daughters of Bilitis.

The earliest stories of golems date to early Judaism.

Grigory Petrovich Danilevsky, who wrote historical and early SF novels and stories wrote Mertvec-ubiytsa ( Dead murderer ) in 1879.

It is on account of the many strange stories and the folk-tales he reported that his critics in early modern times branded him ' The Father of Lies '.

Fueled by news stories of mountain feuds, such as that in the 1880s between the Hatfields and McCoys, the hillbilly stereotype developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Marco Polo was not the first Westerner to travel to the Orient and return with amazing stories of this different culture, but his accounts published in the late 13th and early 14th centuries were the first to be widely read throughout Europe.

In the course of requesting a veritable library of reading matter from home, Seymour predicts his brother's success as a writer as well as his own death and condemns the ironic " twist " endings in the stories of Anatole France, twist endings being an early Salinger device.