Mr. Mitchell had an excuse for losing -- the steel strike lasted much longer than he anticipated.

This operation was started at 5:00 p.m. and lasted for 29 minutes.

If the wedding party lasted late, and the travel schedule means there are only a few hours before resuming the trip or making an early start, the husband may forestall tensions and uncertainties by confiding to his bride that lying in each other's arms will be bliss enough for these few hours.

The evidence in court was testimony about the interview, which for Holmes lasted an hour, although at least one white student at Georgia got through this ritual by a simple phone conversation.

At the end of the program, indeed, there was a demonstration that lasted for forty-five minutes, and nothing could stop it.

The liaison lasted for 18 years.

The connection of the lesser lay abbots with the abbeys, especially in the south of France, lasted longer ; and certain feudal families retained the title of abbes chevaliers ( abbates milltes ) for centuries, together with certain rights over the abbey lands or revenues.

The reign of Ahmed III, which had lasted for twenty-seven years, although marked by the disasters of the Great Turkish War, was not unsuccessful.

On March 5, 1868, the impeachment trial began in the Senate and lasted almost three months ; Reps. George S. Boutwell, Ben Butler and Thaddeus Stevens acted as managers ( prosecutors ) for the House and William M. Evarts, Benjamin R. Curtis and Attorney General Henry Stanberry served as Johnson's counsel ; Chief Justice Chase served as presiding judge.

Abu Bakr's Caliphate lasted for a little over two years ( or 27 months ), ending with his death after an illness.

The burn to alter the CSM ’ s orbit to that desired for the sub-satellite had been cancelled ; as a result, the sub-satellite lasted half of its anticipated lifetime.

The Atlanta Falcons hold the record among all major American sports leagues for the longest streak of seasons without consecutive winning seasons, a streak that lasted from 1966 – 2008.

The British thus gained a respite, and peace lasted at least until the time Gildas was writing: that is, for perhaps forty or fifty years, from around the end of the 5th century until midway through the sixth.

This began a fierce contest for power between Dost Mohammad's sons, which lasted for nearly five years.

Mahmud Shah's first reign lasted for only two years before he was replaced by Shuja Shah.

The shooting for Army of Darkness began in mid-1991, and it lasted for about 100 days.

St Athanasius ' long episcopate lasted 45 years ( c. 8 June 328 – 2 May 373 ) of which over 17 years were spent in five exiles ordered by four different Roman Emperors, not counting approximately six more incidents in which he had to flee Alexandria for his own safety to escape people seeking to take his life.

Athanasius was once more compelled to seek safety from his persecutors in concealment ( October 365 ), which lasted, however, only for four months.

* Contestado War ( 1912-1916 ): Was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners, the latter supported by the Brazilian state's police and military forces, that lasted from October 1912 to August 1916.

Fighting lasted for only 14 days, from 14 to 28 November.

The siege lasted for 39 days and nine militants and the church's bellringer were killed.

Levine was best noted for his work on TV shows such as Cheers and M * A * S * H, but only lasted one season in the Orioles broadcast booth.

The agreement lasted from 1977 to 1978, but proved mostly fruitless, for two reasons: the Liberals ' key demand of proportional representation was rejected by most Labour MPs, whilst the contacts between Liberal spokespersons and Labour ministers often proved detrimental, such as between finance spokesperson John Pardoe and Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, who were mutually antagonistic.

The league lasted one year, partially due to the anti-competitive tactics of Spalding to limit its success.

As a result Salieri continued to live with Gassmann even after Gassmann's marriage, an arrangement that lasted until the year of Gassmann's death and Salieri's own marriage in 1774.

The Babylonian exile lasted approximately 48 years, from 586 to 538 BCE, and ended with the conquest of Babylon in that year by the Persians.

Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as " the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll.

The Leyland era lasted just one year, as a frustrated Leyland retired following the season, not to manage in the majors again until 2006, when he won an AL Pennant with the Detroit Tigers.

This rule only lasted one year.

He appears, however, to state that peace had lasted from the year of his birth to the time he was writing.

Civil wars since the end of World War II have lasted on average just over four years, a dramatic rise from the one-and-a-half year average of the 1900-1944 period.

It was basically unexpandable and lasted less than a year.

Ultimately, the name change campaign lasted for a three year period from 1982 to 1984 ( Datsun badged vehicles had been progressively fitted with small " Nissan " and " Datsun by Nissan " badges from the late 1970s onward ) until the Nissan name was given prominence in 1983-although in some export markets vehicles continued to wear both the Datsun and Nissan badges until 1986.

On 24 August 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the surrounding cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under metres of ash and lava ; the following year, a fire broke out in Rome which lasted three days and which destroyed a number of important public buildings.

It happened within the centuries-long time period of the Second Pandemic, an extended period of intermittent bubonic plague epidemics which began in Europe in 1347, the first year of the " Black Death " and lasted until 1750.

However, he says this lasted approximately a month, and he joined the staff of the Daily Bruin, UCLA's school newspaper, during his freshman year.

This divisiveness in conservative ranks gave a plurality to the Japan Socialist Party, which was allowed to form a cabinet, which lasted less than a year.

While that relationship lasted only about a year, this time the Bakkers retained the rights to use the initials PTL and traveled east to Charlotte, North Carolina, to begin their own show, The PTL Club.

His second marriage, to stripper Leigh-Anne Csuhany in September 1992, lasted one year.

Sennett's studio did not survive the Great Depression ; the Sennett-Paramount partnership lasted only one year, and Sennett was forced into bankruptcy in November 1933.

He married the writer Julia Cameron in 1976 ; they have a daughter, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, who is an actress and appeared in The Age of Innocence, but the marriage lasted only a year.

The conflict lasted throughout most of the year, although overall casualties remained limited to several dozen for either side, according to the sources from both of the sides in the conflict.

However, Multiplan only lasted for about a year before being overtaken by the more successful Excel.

In about the year 1600, Nabhani rule was temporarily restored to Oman, although that lasted only to 1624, when fifth imamate, which is also known as the Yarubid Imamate.

The original series ( four or five books a year ) lasted from 1949 to 1963, until the death of Jean Bruce, and was continued by his wife and children until 1992.

The IRA agreed to a ceasefire in February 1975, which lasted nearly a year before the IRA concluded that the British were drawing them into politics without offering any guarantees in relation to the IRA's goals, and hopes of a quick victory receded.

He rejoined Belisarius for his campaign against the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy and experienced the Gothic siege of Rome that lasted a year and nine days, ending in mid-March, 538.

The conflict lasted for more than a year ; and Clement X, who loved peace, at length referred the matter to a congregation.