Since attack serves to stimulate interest in broadcasts, I added to my opening statement a sentence in which I claimed that German youth seemed to lack the enthusiasm which is a necessary ingredient of anger, and might be classified as uninterested and bored rather than angry.

Lovecraft emphasised the point by stating in the opening sentence of the story that " The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

The location of the village to which Cervantes alludes in the opening sentence of Don Quixote has been the subject of debate since its publication over four centuries ago.

The opening sentence of the book created a classic Spanish cliché with the phrase (" whose name I do not wish to recall "): (" In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to recall, there lived, not very long ago, one of those gentlemen with a lance in the lance-rack, an ancient shield, a skinny old horse, and a fast greyhound.

Graham Stanton evaluates the opening of the Gospel of Luke as " the most finely composed sentence in the whole of post-Classical Greek literature.

Her " incredible controversy " is characterized by David Hartwell in the opening sentence of a book chapter entitled " New Wave: The Great War of the 1960s ": " Conflict and argument are an enduring presence in the SF world, but literary politics has yielded to open warfare on the largest scale only once.

Maybe the most famous reference is the one contained in the opening sentence of “ Don Quixote de La Mancha ”:

" The Pit and the Pendulum " is a study of the effect terror has on the narrator, starting with the opening line that suggests he is already suffering from death anxiety (" I was sick — sick unto death with that long agony ") and, shortly thereafter, when he loses consciousness upon receiving the death sentence.

: Used to describe a card with the opening line of a sentence, which the sender would then complete.

From 11 April, Paris was placarded with posters headed Analyse de la Doctrine de Baboeuf, Tribun du Peuple, of which the opening sentence ran: " Nature has given to every man the right to the enjoyment of an equal share in all property ", and which ended with a call to restore the Constitution of 1793.

The device of having an apparently successful and famous person being deeply unhappy ( he mentions in the opening sentence that he was considering suicide ) is lightly and effectively done.

the opening sentence, " It was the day my grandmother exploded ") with an interesting treatment of love.

In the opening sentence of his 1880 article Venn declared: " Schemes of diagrammatic representation have been so familiarly introduced into logical treatises during the last century or so, that many readers, even those who have made no professional study of logic, may be supposed to be acquainted with the general nation and object of such devices.

It is the opening sentence of Kafka's The Metamorphosis, where Gregor Samsa finds himself transformed into a giant verminous bug, and Bialystock dismisses it as " too good ".

The opening line of the book is a sentence fragment which continues from the book's unfinished closing line, making the work a never-ending cycle.

These initials lend themselves to phrase after phrase throughout the book ; for example, appearing in the book's opening sentence as " Howth Castle and Environs ".

Vico's name appears a number of times throughout the Wake, indicating the work's debt to his theories, such as “ The Vico road goes round and round to meet where terms begin .” That a reference to Vico's cyclical theory of history is to be found in the opening sentence which is a continuation of the book's closing sentence – thus making the work cyclical in itself – creates the relevance of such an allusion.

" — John Steinbeck, opening sentence, Cannery Row ( 1945 ).

Its opening sentence: " Heaven helps those who help themselves ", provides a variation of " God helps them that help themselves ", the oft-quoted maxim that also appeared previously in Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac ( 1733 – 1758 ).

* The first sentence and a half of the opening narration from this episode is used in the pre-boarding video for Disney's The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attractions.

Although " God " is not mentioned in the Constitution of the United States of America, mention is specifically made of " Nature's God " in the opening sentence of the Declaration of Independence.

His funeral oration on King Louis XIV of France is only noted now for the opening sentence: " Dieu seul est grand.

Ishmael introduces himself in the opening sentence of the novel with the well-known line " Call me Ishmael.

On opening night ( 10 December 1896 ), with traditionalists and the avant-garde in the audience, King Ubu ( played by Firmin Gémier ) stepped forward and intoned the opening word, " Merdre!

On June 21, 2004, Space Ship One became the first privately funded aircraft to make a spaceflight, opening the possibility of an aviation market capable of leaving the Earth's atmosphere.

On Friday 6 August 2010 Woburn held a fundraising evening with extra activities and later opening times.

On its opening weekend, Braveheart grossed US $ 9, 938, 276 in the United States and $ 75. 6 million in its box office run in the United States and Canada.

On the opening date of Lollapalooza in 1995, Love notoriously got into a physical fight backstage with Kathleen Hanna and punched her in the face.

On 31 May 2010, the Coronation Street opening sequence was given a revamp.

On modern band and orchestral drums, the drumhead is placed over the opening of the drum, which in turn is held onto the shell by a " counterhoop " ( or " rim "), which is then held by means of a number of tuning screws called " tension rods " which screw into lugs placed evenly around the circumference.

On the Cowboys opening possession after 49ers punt, Romo found WR Jesse Holley on a 78 yard pass, which set up the game winning field goal by rookie kicker Dan Bailey.

On 20 November, he appeared in public to dedicate the opening of the circus beside his palace.

On the base of the statue were inscribed the opening words of the Scotland Act: " There Shall Be A Scottish Parliament ", a phrase to which Dewar himself famously said, " I like that!

The opening instrumental " Fire On High ", with its mix of strings and blazing acoustic guitars, saw heavy exposure as background music on CBS Sports Spectacular montages, though most viewers had no idea of the song's origins.

On the Eastern Front, Soviet fighter forces were overwhelmed during the opening phases of Operation Barbarossa.

On August 12, the Marlins only had one player from their opening day line-up, Jose Reyes, in the game's starting line-up.

The opening song, " Cattitude " can be heard on the national tour's website, along with two more, " On the Fence ," and " Going Home !".

" On average, opening a business took 204 days.

On these trips, he sought to engage with Canadians through various ceremonies and events ; he was keenly interested in his role as Chief Scout of Canada, and, in preparation for his kicking of the opening ball in the 1946 Grey Cup final, practised frequently on the grounds of the royal and viceroyal residence, Rideau Hall.

On the season finale on November 17, 2006, the group performed as an opening act for Public Enemy.

On March 4, 1987, Reagan returned to the airwaves in a nationally televised address, taking full responsibility for any actions that he was unaware of, and admitting that " what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages.

On opening night, he experienced stage fright and stumbled over his line.

On April 15, 2008, she announced that in 2010 the foundation will be opening a museum devoted to Jackie in Lower Manhattan.

On March 12, 2012, Los Angeles Superior Court took opening statements on the case in which former-JPL employee David Coppedge brought suit against the Lab due to workplace discrimination and wrongful termination.

On the opening ceremony, in Taylor ’ s presence, the SCSL revealed their charge against Taylor which they had kept secret since March, and also issued an international arrest warrant for Taylor.

On the opening day, Bradman wildly hooked at Bill Bowes ' first ball ( a non-bodyline ball ) and was dismissed for a golden duck, leaving the entire stadium in shock.

On the fourth floor, he set up an X-shaped trading desk — designed to maximize his contact with traders and salesmen — from which he worked very long hours, invariably starting his day before 5 am Pacific ( 8 am Eastern, prior to the opening of the markets in New York ).