His new poem, a love poem, told of a young husband leading his wife upstairs to the bedroom when the lights in the house have failed.

The attempt had failed because, when endeavoring to cut his wrists, this murderer of seven women had fainted at the sight of blood.

Even when the intensity of the shocks was increased gradually, it failed to evoke any signs of pain.

He sucked in his breath and kept quiet while Killpath laid down the sheet again, wound the gold-wire stems of his glasses around his ears and then, eying the report as it lay before him on the desk, intoned, `` Acting Lieutenant Gunnar Matson one failed to see that the station keeper was properly relieved two absented himself throughout the entire watch without checking on the station's activities or the whereabouts of his section sergeants three permitted members of the Homicide Detail of the Inspector's Bureau to arrogate for their own convenience a patrolman who was thereby prevented from carrying on his proper assignment four failed to notify the station commander Acting Captain O. T. Killpath of a homicide occurring in the district five frequented extralegal establishments known as after-hours spots for purposes of an unofficial and purportedly social nature and six '' -- he leaned back and peeled off his glasses `` -- failed to co-operate with the Acting Captain by returning promptly when so ordered.

They had all been laughing, joking, when suddenly the engine had failed.

Keegan, a 6-foot-3-inch 158-pounder, gave up the Orioles' last two safeties over the final three frames, escaping a load of trouble in the ninth when the Birds threatened but failed to tally.

The verdict brought vindication to the dead woman's stepson, Vincent Hengesbach, 54, who was tried for the same crime in December, 1958, and released when the jury failed to reach a verdict.

He abandoned the bill when it failed to garner sufficient Whig supporters.

He tried but failed to write a letter to her, and he still grieves for his loss .</ br > Grand is a neighbor of Cottard, and it is he who calls Rieux for help, when Cottard tries to commit suicide.

A seventh landing mission, the 1970 Apollo 13 flight, failed in transit to the Moon when an oxygen tank explosion disabled the command spacecraft's propulsion and life support, forcing the crew to use the Lunar Module as a " lifeboat " for these functions to return to Earth safely.

The crusaders believed their oaths were made invalid when the Byzantine contingent under Tatikios failed to help them during the siege of Antioch ; Bohemund, who had set himself up as Prince of Antioch, briefly went to war with Alexios in the Balkans, but was blockaded by the Byzantine forces and agreed to become Alexios ' vassal by the Treaty of Devol in 1108.

Andronikos III's attempt to make up for this setback by annexing Bulgarian Thrace failed in 1332, when he was defeated by the new Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Alexander at Rousokastron.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

Arnulf, however, failed to conquer the whole of Great Moravia when he attempted it in 892, 893, and 899.

The plot failed owing to the late arrival of the Athenian force, when Nicodromus had already fled the island.

There was much dispute about the questionability of the reason why there was another AMD treaty when one had failed not many years before.

Despite the Democratic majority in Congress, the effort to create a national health care system ultimately died when compromise legislation by George J. Mitchell failed to gain a majority of support in August 1994.

In the letter to Wanley, Hickes responds to an apparent charge against Smith, made by Wanley, that Smith had failed to mention the Beowulf script when cataloguing Cotton MS. Vitellius A. XV.

The Admiralty, upon receiving Herbert's report, immediately ordered its suppression, but the strict censorship imposed on the event failed when Americans who had witnessed the incident from Nicosians lifeboats spoke to newspaper reporters after their return to the United States.

Kamenev, Trotsky's brother-in-law, was added to the editorial board from the Bolsheviks, but the unification attempts failed in August 1910 when Kamenev resigned from the board amid mutual recriminations.

The Buddha succeeded when the King and all his soldiers failed to eliminate the murderer by force.

He returned when Cecilia was two, but left four years later after his business failed.

The practice has been discontinued due to fatalities, when the participants failed to land onto the safety net.

They indicated that stand-ins and picketing would be started if theater owners failed to cooperate.

In 1758, after a failed plot to poison the drinking water of the plantation owners, he was captured and burned alive at the public square in Cap-Français.

Opposition to Bradshaw's rule began to build, especially by the families and supporters of former estate owners, who founded the People's Action Movement party in 1964, after frustration over a failed demonstration against a raise in electricity rates.

Before even hiring a new General Manager or officially being approved as the new owners, Magowan signed superstar free agent Barry Bonds ( a move which MLB initially blocked until some terms were negotiated to protect Lurie and Bonds in case the sale failed ).

The owners, facing a lawsuit from the City of Ottawa if they moved the Lynx, filed a lawsuit against the City of Ottawa on October 17, 2006, seeking $ 10. 75 million in damages claiming that the city failed to provide enough parking spaces, which, the team alleged, was a violation of its lease.

Individual franchisees took advantage of the AmeriKing failure ; one of BK's regional owners, Miami-based Al Cabrera, purchased 130 stores located primarily in the Chicago and the upper mid-west region, from the failed company for a price of, approximately 88 percent of their original value.

The colony was founded by the owners of the Massachusetts Bay Company, which included investors in the failed Dorchester Company, which had in 1624 established a short-lived settlement on Cape Ann.

Once again, the owners failed to put the station on the air.

On June 5, 2006, the magazine announced plans to build a casino on the Las Vegas Strip north of Circus Circus, but the casino plan failed after local condominium owners complained that the proposed casino would ruin their view.

According to Shirley, the operators failed to inform the owners, who lived in Texas, that they had opened a business on the property.

In 1850, after the Gazette had briefly failed under its new owners, Woodruff regained control and combined it with his Democrat as the Arkansas State Gazette and Democrat.

Virgil Williams, an Atlanta businessman, purchased the franchise for nearly $ 10 million in December 2001, and moved the team to Atlanta after the team's previous owners failed to negotiate a favorable lease with the arena's primary tenant and manager, the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators.

The developers failed to pay the agreed compensation to the owners of Battersea Bridge and were taken to court ; after a legal dispute lasting five years a judgement was made in favour of Battersea Bridge, with Vauxhall Bridge being obliged to pay £ 8, 234 ( about £ as of ) compensation.

The most common criticism was that they failed to determine whether or not the owners of credit cards in Landslide's database actually accessed any sites containing child porn, unlike in the US where it was determined in advance whether or not credit card subscribers had purchased child porn.

As a result, after FISA's failed attempt at finding an " Evolution " car in any European countries, Volvo were forced to reveal the names of all 500 " evo " owners to be permitted to compete.

In another feature, ' Heap of the Week ', viewers would write in regarding annoying unreliable domestic appliances and other failed items, which would then be disposed of in destructive ways to the delight of their owners.

The Lou Bierbauer incident caused a schism between the NL and the AA, and the AA failed a year later, reducing the total number of major league teams ( and players ) significantly, giving the remaining owners much greater leverage against the players.

The point both the Duchess and owners of Wortley had failed to grasp was that the owners lived in ' state ' on the ' piano nobile ' and had no need to go upstairs, hence only secondary / back staircases would reach the floors that were occupied by children, servants and less favoured guests.

His work brought him into contact with National Football League team owners, and his failed purchase of the Los Angeles Rams placed him in line to become the owner of the fledgling Buccaneer franchise.

HLD brought cases to compel the owners of those buildings to correct outstanding violations ; to obtain civil penalties for the owners ’ failure to comply with the Housing Maintenance Code and the Multiple Dwelling Law where appropriate ; and to compel those owners who had failed to register with HPD to do so.

In addition, in situations where the owners had failed to correct emergency conditions, including lead paint hazards, and had denied HPD ’ s inspectors and contractors access to scope and complete the necessary work to remediate the conditions, the Housing Litigation Division obtained access warrants ordering the owners to allow HPD ’ s inspectors and contractors into the buildings to complete necessary emergency repairs.