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.

She also was the original GOP national committeewoman from New Jersey in the early 1920s following adoption of the women's suffrage amendment.

In American history important spokesmen included Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur ( 1735 – 1813 ), and John Taylor of Caroline ( 1753 – 1824 ) in the early national period.

Together with earlier arrivals to the United States ( including the indigenous American Indians, Hispanic and Latino Americans, particularly in the West, Southwest, and Texas ; African Americans who came to the United States in the Atlantic slave trade ; and early colonial migrants from Britain, France, Germany, Spain, and elsewhere ), these new waves of immigrants had a pro profound impact on national or regional cuisine.

After the Congressional hearings in early 2005, and with the scrutiny of the sports and national media upon this issue, Selig put forth a proposal for a stricter performance-enhancing drug testing regime to replace the current system.

It is particularly valuable for the trustworthy notices of the early history of Scotland which are embedded in the lives of the national saints.

TAP Air Portugal the Portuguese national carrier operates a daily service from Lisbon to Sal with late evening departures returning after midnight and reaching Lisbon in the early morning.

Ideas for a cross-Channel fixed link appeared as early as 1802, but British political and press pressure over compromised national security stalled attempts to construct a tunnel.

The holiday was initially not dominant in the national calendar ; up to the early 20th century, Canadians thought themselves to be primarily British, being thus less interested in celebrating distinctly Canadian forms of patriotism.

CND's membership increased rapidly, and in the early 1980s it claimed 90, 000 national members and a further 250, 000 in local branches.

As CND did not have a national membership until 1966, the strength of public support in its early days can be estimated only from the numbers of those attending demonstrations or expressing approval in opinion polls.

The Celliwig of Culhwch and Olwen appears in the Welsh Triads as well ; interestingly, this early Welsh material places Wales ' greatest leader outside its national boundaries.

It was the first national DJ-published music magazine, created on the Macintosh computer using extensive music market research and early desktop publishing tools.

In the national elections held in early months of 2008 the DPP won less than 25 % of the seats ( 38. 2 % vote share ) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin ( 41. 55 % vs. 58. 45 %).

Notably, the early history of national environmental regulation in the United States ( at the time the world leader in environmental regulation ) was marked by relative political unity.

The early national conservation movement shifted emphasis to scientific management which favored larger enterprises and control began to shift from local governments to the states and the federal government.

The National Meteorological Services of Member States and Co-operating States use ECMWF ’ s products for their own national duties, in particular to give early warning of potentially damaging severe weather.

Then in the early 1980s there were major changes in the Australian brewing industry, including the merger of Castlemaine ( Brisbane ), Swan ( Perth ) and Toohey's ( Sydney ) into a national brewing group, as a result of acquisitions by Perth entrepreneur Alan Bond.

" Glazer describes how " John's accidental transformation from drifter to national figure parallels Capra's own early drifting experience and subsequent involvement in movie making ... Meet John Doe, then, was an attempt to work out his own fears and questions.

During the peak of the age of sail, beginning in the early 17th century, it has been customary ( and later a legal requirement ) for ships to carry flags designating their nationality ; these flags eventually evolved into the national flags and maritime flags of today.

The force was formalized as the Popular Militia ( Milices Populaires ) in the early 1960s, given distinctive uniforms, and linked to the developing civic service, which was engaged on national development tasks.

From then on until the early 1950s, both national and international competitions involved a changing variety of exercises gathered under the rubric, gymnastics, that would seem strange to today's audiences and that included for example, synchronized team floor calisthenics, rope climbing, high jumping, running, and horizontal ladder.

The planned national uprising, after authorities in the partitions had found out about secret preparations, ended in a fiasco in early 1846.

Yahweh, later the national god of both Israel and Judah seems to have originated in Edom and Midian in southern Canaan, and may have been brought north to Israel by the Kenites and Midianites at an early stage.

An authoritative survey by a leading builder of how early harpsichords were built and how the harpsichord evolved over time in different national traditions.

Countries within the EU are required to adopt the directive in national legislation by early 2013.