As we began to converse in the lounge of his Fifth Avenue hotel, his restlessness and sensitivity to light and sound became immediately apparent.

Now it became increasingly apparent that there were to be no dogs in the picture.

Although slab stock appeared first, it soon became apparent that for the production of cushions with irregular shapes, crowned contours, or rounded edges, the cutting of slab stock is a wasteful and uneconomical process.

With the return of our soldiers, it soon became apparent that the belief was not shared by the great majority of citizens.

At one time I became disturbed in the faith in which I had grown up by the apparent inroads being made upon both Old and New Testaments by a `` Higher Criticism '' of the Bible, to refute which I felt the need of a better knowledge of Hebrew and of archaeology, for it seemed to me that to pull out some of the props of our faith was to weaken the entire structure.

Alexander became heir apparent ( as Tsarevich ) with Nicholas's sudden death in 1865.

When it became apparent that Johnson would lose his seat, an effort began by ally George W. Jones to put forward Johnson's name for governor.

It became apparent that, as the slavery issue took center stage, the slaveholding states were more reluctant to agree with the bill, with the primary antagonists being the senators in Virginia, Texas, North Carolina and Alabama.

As the President's leniency toward the South became more apparent, the former secessionists responded with more arrogance.

As education became an apparent need and reading, as well as printing, developed advertising expanded to include handbills.

Ironically, it soon became apparent that it had been Lascoe, an old pro ... who had made her feel like an amateur.

During the analysis of the bubbles it became apparent that the products contain chemicals which could be seen as undesired in food.

The French government relocated from Paris to Bordeaux very briefly during World War II, when it became apparent that Paris would soon fall into German hands ( as in 1870 during war against Prussia and at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war ).

However, the disadvantages of this historical interpretation soon became apparent.

After Germany's failure to destroy the Soviets before the winter of 1941, the strategic failure above the German tactical superiority became apparent.

The bequest of a collection of books, engraved gems, coins, prints and drawings by Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode in 1800 did much to raise the Museum's reputation ; but Montagu House became increasingly crowded and decrepit and it was apparent that it would be unable to cope with further expansion.

The limitations of such sets soon became apparent, and a number of ad hoc methods were developed to extend them.

The animals ’ brains were analysed once any symptoms became apparent.

Eventually the limits of the symbolic AI research program became apparent.

The deficiencies of valence bond theory became apparent when hypervalent molecules ( e. g. PF < sub > 5 </ sub >) were explained without the use of d orbitals that were crucial to the bonding hybridisation scheme proposed for such molecules by Pauling.

According to one, his gifts became very apparent at the age of three when he corrected, mentally and without fault in his calculations, an error his father had made on paper while calculating finances.

However, after the deaths of Caligula's wife and daughter, it became apparent that Cassius intended to go beyond the terms of the conspiracy and wipe out the Imperial family.

After the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican ( Vatican II ) closed in 1965, it became apparent that the Code would need to be revised in light of the documents and theology of Vatican II.

The full significance of this soon became apparent as the club recorded net losses of over £ 13 million in the past financial year.

However, when Henry died of suspected typhoid ( or possibly porphyria ) at the age of 18 in 1612, two weeks before Charles's 12th birthday, Charles became heir apparent.

The initials " DC " came from the company's popular series Detective Comics, which featured Batman's debut and subsequently became part of the company's name.

Despite the official names " National Comics " and " National Periodical Publications ", the line used the logo " Superman-DC " throughout ( the DC logo could be seen on their covers and ads as early as 1940 ), and the company became known colloquially as DC Comics for years before the official adoption of that name in 1977.

* In 1962, his home in Anacostia ( Washington, DC ) became part of the National Park System, and in 1988 was designated the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.

George Westinghouse and Edison became adversaries because of Edison's promotion of direct current ( DC ) for electric power distribution instead of the more easily transmitted alternating current ( AC ) system invented by Nikola Tesla and promoted by Westinghouse.

In what became known as " Red Summer " of 1919, numerous industrial cities across the Midwest and North had severe race riots, in which ethnic whites led riots and killed numerous blacks, and thousands more were left homeless when property was destroyed, as in Chicago, Omaha, Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia.

Barton naturally became President of the American branch of the society, which held its first official meeting at her I Street apartment in Washington, DC May 21, 1881.

His four children with Nancy are: Nancy Moore Thurmond ( 1971 – 1993 ), a beauty pageant contestant who was killed when a drunk driver hit her in Columbia, South Carolina ; James Strom Thurmond Jr. ( born 1972 ), who became U. S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina and is the current South Carolina 2nd Judicial Circuit Solicitor ; Juliana Gertrude ( Thurmond ) Whitmer ( born 1974 ), a married homemaker in Washington, DC ; and Paul Reynolds Thurmond ( born 1976 ), elected member of the Charleston County council.

In 1994, corporate cousin DC Comics became the publisher for comics featuring all the classic Warner Bros. cartoon characters, and while not getting his own title, Daffy has appeared in many issues of Looney Tunes.

Some time later, other clients such as DCTC ( Direct Connect Text Client ) and DC ++ became popular.

As the volume of published work within the DC Universe became larger and as the original stories of characters receded in time, the task of reconciling plot points grew.

Because of the extensive and substantial changes that Crisis on Infinite Earths implemented on many titles published by DC Comics, the series became a defining and critical moment in DC Comics ' long-standing continuity.

As a result, the series and its events eventually became known simply as " The Crisis ", an informal title that would persist among fans, readers, and even the DC editorial staff, for almost 20 years.

" After Bridwell returned it with extensive editorial changes Beck attempted to draw the rewritten version but became so dissatisfied with it that he tore up the artwork he had drawn thus far and returned the Bridwell draft to DC.

The Sandman became a cult success for DC Comics and attracted an audience unlike that of mainstream comics: half the readership was female, many were in their twenties, and many read no other comics at all.

Though the initial grade was not amended, Maggin became a writer for DC.

In 2005, Morel became part of Bob Mould's new touring unit ( along with another notable DC musician, Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty ), formed to support the release of Mould's Body of Song album.

Jet airliners were added in 1960, with the introduction of the Douglas DC-8 and four years laters Eastern beacme the launch customer of the Boeing 727 and the shuttle became all-jet in 1968 with a fleet of dedicated Boeing 727s and DC – 9s.

In the early 1940s, the DC Comics line was dominated by super-power endowed male characters such as the Green Lantern, Superman ( its flagship character ), as well as Batman who became known for his high tech gadgets.

As Robin, Dick Grayson made regular appearances in Batman related comic books and other DC Comics publications from 1940 through the early 1980s until the character set aside the Robin identity and became the independent superhero Nightwing.

After the forced retirement of Tim Drake ( by his father ) as Robin, Drake's on-and-off girlfriend, and an established DC Comics character named Stephanie Brown ( alternatively known as the Spoiler ) became the fourth incarnation of Robin and the first in-continuity female version of the character.

When Shadow rights holder Condé Nast increased its licensing fee, DC concluded the series after 31 issues and one annual ; it became the longest running Shadow comic series since Street and Smith's original 1940s series.

Alan Moore has credited The Shadow as one of the key influences for the creation of V, the title character in his DC Comics miniseries V for Vendetta, that later became a Warner Bros. big-budget feature film released in 2006.

These mature readers comics, both those that became Vertigo and those that did not, often had the DC bullet printed in a smaller than usual size.