At first they were only feathers and dark indistinguishable faces and bodies, hunched over their horses' heads.

For men who had left cattle alone after getting their first notices had received no second.

For ten minutes they ran beneath the squall, raising their arms and, for the first time, shouting and capering.

If we examine the three types of change from the point of view of their internal structure we find an additional profound difference between the third and the first two, one that accounts for the notable difference between the responses they evoke.

Mother and son recognize each other and, in Mann's version of this legend, make a remarkable confession of guilt to each other, the confession of unconscious motive and unconscious knowledge of their true identities from the time they had first set eyes on each other.

These narratives of coarse action and crude language appeared first in local newspapers, as a rule, and later found their way between book covers, though rarely into the planters' libraries beside the morocco-bound volumes of Horace, Mr. Addison, Mr. Pope, and Sir Walter Scott.

approaching shore their masts appeared first.

If `` Jack the Courtier '' is really to be taken as Swift, the following remark is obviously Steele's comment on Swift's change of parties and its effect on their friendship: `` I assure you, dear Jack, when I first found out such an Allay in you, as makes you of so malleable a Constitution, that you may be worked into any Form an Artificer pleases, I foresaw I should not enjoy your Favour much longer ''.

When they were first written, there was evidently no thought of their being published, and those which refer to the writer's love for Mrs. Meynell particularly have the ring of truth.

We find, in the first place, that the students overwhelmingly approve of higher education, positively evaluate the job their own institution is doing, do not accept most of the criticisms levelled against higher education in the public prints, and, on the whole, approve of the way their university deals with value-problems and value inculcation.

There were several men of ninety or more whom I knew first or last, all of whom were still productive and most of whom knew one another as if they had naturally come together at the apex of their lives.

A good many pages of the first section are taken up with an account of the dogged determination of the prisoners to write to their wives and families -- even when it becomes clear that the Germans are simply allowing the letters to blow away in the wind.

And there must be many Soviet citizens who know what is going on and who realize that before they can hope to enjoy the full life promised for 1980 they and their children must first survive.

These microfossils indicate the swamp was `` formed during the Lower Cretaceous period when dinosaurs were at their heyday and when the first flowering plants were just appearing.

Escalation is their first love and their last ; ;

Thus, when the Russians sent up their first sputnik, American chagrin was human enough, and American determination to put American satellites into orbit was perfectly understandable.

John's first impulse was to denounce their blasphemy.

Since ordinary breakfast-table conversation was impossible, it was at least something that they were able to offer Eugene the sugar bowl with their sugar in it, and the plate of bread and butter, and that Eugene could return the pitcher of hot milk to them handle first.

of their first engagement at Falling Waters after Old Jack's First Brigade had destroyed all the rolling stock of the B & O Railroad.

The Pilgrims gathered to thank the Lord for His benevolence during their first year in the new land.

By 1853, the new partnership announced the precision vernier caliper as the first fruit of their joint efforts.

He was an ardent champion of the Brown & Sharpe Apprentice Program and personal counselor to countless able men who first developed their industrial talents with the company.

Demand for parts for home entertainment was strong in the first half, but purchases were cut back to lower levels during the fall as set manufacturers reduced their own operating rates.

Now the riflemen and the Marylanders followed up their beginning and closed in on the British, giving them another telling round of fire.

They refused to be separated from him, and built their cells round that of their spiritual father.

Prior to the year 1878, all apostolic letters and briefs requiring for their validity the leaden seal were engrossed upon rough parchment and in Gothic characters ( round letters, also called Gallicum and commonly Bollatico, but in Italy today Teutonic ) without lines, or diphthongs, or marks of punctuation.

At the beginning of each round, up to three players place their bets in the " betting box " at each position in play.

A minute is typically spent between each round with the fighters in their assigned corners receiving advice and attention from their coach and staff.

Each boxer enters into the ring from their assigned corners at the beginning of each round and must cease fighting and return to their corner at the signaled end of each round.

According to Strabo, writing two centuries after the events, rather than being destroyed by the Romans like their Celtic neighbours, " the Boii were merely driven out of the regions they occupied ; and after migrating to the regions round about the Ister, lived with the Taurisci, and carried on war against the Daci until they perished, tribe and all — and thus they left their country, which was a part of Illyria, to their neighbours as a pasture-ground for sheep.

Further, members of Kolingba's Yakoma tribe in the south posed a potential threat to Bozizé's government because of their widespread boycott of the second round of the legislative elections.

The team hosted ( and lost ) their divisional round match on January 15, 2006 against the Carolina Panthers.

Censuses have evolved in their use of technology with the latest censuses, the 2010 round, using many new types of computing.

At first the traders may have genuinely operated as labour recruiters, but they quickly turned to subterfuge and outright kidnapping to round up their human cargo.

Ireland making their World Cup debut tied with Zimbabwe and defeated Pakistan to progress to the second round, where they went on to defeat Bangladesh to get promoted to the main ODI table.

Once the round has ended, surviving players retain their equipment for use in the next round ; players who were killed begin the next round with the basic default starting equipment.

Killed players become " spectators " for the duration of the round ; they cannot change their names before their next spawn, text chat cannot be sent to or received from live players ; and voice chat can only be received from live players and not sent to them ( unless the cvar < tt > sv_alltalk </ tt > is set to 1 ).

Spectators are generally able to watch the rest of the round from multiple selectable views, although some servers disable some of these views to prevent dead players from relaying information about living players to their teammates through alternative media ( most notably voice in the case of Internet cafes and Voice over IP programs such as TeamSpeak or Ventrilo ).

They have been to the playoffs six times and have won six playoff games, three of which were victories during their run in the 2008-09 NFL Playoffs.

Then the Giants took control, as Manning threw for two more TD passes to Mario Manningham and Nicks and the defense completed its shutout of the Falcons to give the New York Giants the win, 24-2, and the Falcons their third straight playoff loss with Matt Ryan and Mike Smith.

Cleveland then won a playoff game 8-3 against the New York Giants on December 17 behind a pair of Groza field goals, turning the tables on a team that handed the Browns both of their regular-season losses.

The Panthers have played in ten postseason games, wearing the white jerseys in all but their most recent playoff game.

Following the regular season, in which the 12-4 Panthers won their third NFC South division title, they hosted the Cardinals at Bank of America Stadium in the Panthers first home playoff game since January 2004.

The Indians began their playoff run by defeating the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series three games to one.

Losses to an FBS team count against their playoff eligibility, while wins against a Division II opponent do not count towards playoff consideration.

Dallas ended their playoff run after a hard divisional playoff loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

Detroit won their first-round playoff series over the Phoenix Coyotes in seven games.

The Red Wings also made the NHL playoffs extending their streak of 21 straight playoff appearances as the 5th seed.

The Astros would however win the one-game playoff 7-1, and advance to their first post-season.

Advancing to the playoffs as winners of the second half, Houston beat Los Angeles in their first two playoff games at home, but the Dodgers took the next three in Los Angeles to advance to the NLCS.

Additionally, the mid-season addition of Carlos Beltrán in a trade with the Kansas City Royals helped the Astros tremendously in their playoff run.

A dramatic season end included wins in 10 of their last 12 games, but the Astros missed a playoff appearance when they lost the final game of the season to the Atlanta Braves.

These moves along with others saw the Colts began to turn around their fortune with a playoff appearance in 1995 and 1996.

The Colts won their first two playoff games against the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens to return to the AFC Championship Game for the first time since the 2003 game, and they would face the same opponent in the New England Patriots.

The rivalry would in the following years be virtually negated by very poor play of he Colts ; the Colts would win just 117 games in the twenty-one seasons ( 1978 – 98 ) that bracketed their 1977 playoff loss to the Oakland Raiders and the 1999 trade of star running back Marshall Faulk ; this included a 0 – 8 – 1 record during the NFL's strike shortened 1982 season.

For the first time in twenty years since she lost to her sister Susan, Polgár lost her first classical game to a female player as Women's World champion Hou Yifan won their individual game and tied for first before losing the playoff to Nigel Short.

Since their inception the Jaguars have won two division championships and have made six playoff appearances.

In the wild card round, the Jaguars hosted their first home playoff game, a 25 – 10 win over the New England Patriots.

With a 12 – 4 record, the Jaguars earned a wild card and their first playoff appearance since 1999.

Jacksonville looked like a team on the rise coming off of their 12 – 4 season, and was considered a playoff contender entering the season.

The Jaguars defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 – 29 to win their first playoff game in almost eight years and their first road playoff win since 1997.