But during the second half of the century its fortunes reached a low point and when in 1897 Cyrus H. K. Curtis purchased it -- `` paper, type, and all '' -- for $1,000 it was a 16-page weekly filled with unsigned fiction and initialed miscellany, and with only some 2,000 subscribers.

When she reached port, she was found to have on board only eight men, all near starvation.

Ultimately the U.N. army in the Congo reached a top strength of 19,000, including about 5,000 from India and a few soldiers from Eire and Sweden, who were the only whites.

But the only answer that reached him was the screeching of the porch rail from her leg moving against it.

The laws of thermodynamics state that absolute zero cannot be reached using only thermodynamic means.

However, Sargon took this process further, conquering many of the surrounding regions to create an empire that reached westward as far as the Mediterranean Sea and perhaps Cyprus ( Kaptara ); northward as far as the mountains ( a later Hittite text asserts he fought the Hattite king Nurdaggal of Burushanda, well into Anatolia ); eastward over Elam ; and as far south as Magan ( Oman ) — a region over which he reigned for purportedly 56 years, though only four " year-names " survive.

With the descendents of Charles I thus either childless ( in the case of William III and Anne ) or Catholic, consideration then fell to the descendants of Elizabeth of Bohemia, the only other child of James I to have reached adulthood.

During that season, they won their only NFC Championship Game since the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger, and reached Super Bowl XLIII.

Most parts of Alaska that are off the road system can only be reached by small airplane.

A pitcher is only charged with the number of runners that reached base while he was pitching, and this does not include baserunners who reach base as the result of a fielder's choice play that removes an existing runner ; such a runner is charged to the pitcher whose baserunner has been removed by the fielder's choice play.

In jurisdictions that do not have a strong allegiance to a large body of precedent, parties have less a priori guidance and must often leave a bigger " safety margin " of unexploited opportunities, and final determinations are reached only after far larger expenditures on legal fees by the parties.

Air strips on the other islands of Brava and Santo Antão are closed ( 2007 ) and can only be reached by ferry services from other islands.

The dynasty continued to flourish under Empress Wu Zetian, the only empress regnant in Chinese history, and reached its zenith during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, who oversaw an empire that stretched from the Pacific to the Aral Sea with at least 50 million people.

The vehicle was designed to boost to 28 km altitude and glide a distance of 280 km, but test flights in 1934 and 1936 only reached an altitude of 500 meters.

Accordingly, when a disk was formatted or a disk error occurred, the unit would try to physically move the head 40 times in the direction of track zero ( although the 1541 DOS only used 35 tracks, the drive itself was a 40 track unit, so this ensured track zero would be reached no matter where the head was before ).

" The decision to negotiate peace with the Germans was only reached when Lenin threatened to resign, which in turn led to a temporary coalition between Lenin's supporters and those of Trotsky and others.

The only watercourse in Casablanca is Oued Bouskoura, a small seasonal creek that until 1912 reached the Atlantic Ocean near the actual port.

By March 284, Numerian had only reached Emesa ( Homs ) in Syria ; by November, only Asia Minor.

By 2 November, he had only reached Citivas Iovia ( Botivo, near Ptuj, Slovenia ).

Though it topped the country albums charts, it stalled at No. 71 on the pop albums chart ; the album's single, " Light of a Clear Blue Morning " only reached No. 87 on the Hot 100.

" 9 to 5 ", the theme song to the feature film 9 to 5 ( 1980 ) Parton starred in along with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, not only reached number one on the country charts, but also, in February 1981, reached number one on the pop and the adult-contemporary charts, giving her a triple-number-one hit.

Detroit reached the Finals again the following season, only to be swept again by Toronto.

Although it only reached # 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, it proved to be a huge hit worldwide.

Flatt and Scruggs subsequently cut their own version of the theme ( with Flatt singing ) for Columbia Records ; released as a single, it reached # 44 on Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart and # 1 on the Billboard Hot Country chart ( the lone country chart-topper for the duo ).

" This Is My Song ", performed by Petula Clark for A Countess from Hong Kong ( 1967 ), reached # 1 on the UK Charts.

This remix was itself sampled in the remix of " Pump Up the Volume " by MARRS that reached # 1 in the UK, also in October 1987.

The record reached # 1 in the UK in August.

Although it did not achieve the same levels of commercial success as the band's later releases ( it reached # 73 on the Billboard 200 ), it has been hailed by many fans and critics as Dream Theater's masterpiece and the band's defining album.

The same year saw the release of " Kung Fu Fighting ", performed by Carl Douglas and produced by Biddu, which reached # 1 in both the U. K. and U. S., and became the best-selling single of the year and one of the best-selling singles of all time with eleven million records sold worldwide, helping to popularize disco music to a great extent.

WCFL DJ Bob Dearborn unraveled the lyrics and first published his interpretation on 7 January 1972, eight days before the song reached # 1 nationally ( see " Further reading " under American Pie ).

Primarily rejected by pop stations, it reached # 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening survey.

His second solo album, Davy Jones ( 1971 ) was notable for the song " Rainy Jane ", which reached # 52 in the Billboard charts.

The recording reached # 1 in the UK Charts, Ireland and several other countries in 1989.

# On 15 September 1790, to his double first cousin Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies ( 6 June 1772 – 13 April 1807 ), daughter of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies ( both were grandchildren of Empress Maria Theresa and shared all of their other grandparents in common ), with whom he had twelve children, of whom only seven reached adulthood.

# Fundamental analysis maintains that markets may misprice a security in the short run but that the " correct " price will eventually be reached.

* In 2010, Butler reached their first Final Four as a # 5 seed, beating # 12 seeded UTEP in the first round behind a flurry of 3-pointers, edging out a very good # 13 seed Murray State ( who upset # 4 seed Vanderbilt in the first round ), and then in the Sweet 16, Butler upset # 1 seed Syracuse, and in a thrilling Elite Eight game Butler upset # 2 seed Kansas State.

Released that October, it returned the Famous Flames to the charts and reached # 1 on the R & B chart in February 1959 becoming the first of 17 chart-topping hits on the R & B chart which were credited to Brown over the next 15 years with six of them credited to the Famous Flames.

Later in 1965, King released the uptempo rock ' n ' roll song, " I Got You ( I Feel Good )", which reached # 11 on the R & B chart in late 1965 and again reached the Top 10 on the pop chart in early 1966 peaking at # 3.

The all-time speed record for steam trains is held by an LNER Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive of the LNER in the United Kingdom, number 4468 Mallard, which pulling six carriages ( plus a dynamometer car ) reached 126 mph ( 203 km / h ) on a slight downhill gradient down Stoke Bank on 3 July 1938.

Government expenditures and revenue in France during the 17th century went from about 24. 30 million livres in 1600-10 to about 126. 86 million livres in 1650-59 to about 117. 99 million livres in 1700-10 when government debt had reached 1. 6 billion livres.

It too reached 160 km / h in commercial service, and achieved a world mean speed record of 203 km / h ( 126 mph ) near Milan in 1938.

The population which was 3, 500 in 1880 reached 126, 000 in 1939.

Early in November, having passed longitude 126, a partial return was made and on 20 December 1873 the neighbourhood of Mount Scott was reached.

Despite this, the Bulgarian attack by First and Third Army which together accounted for 107, 386 rifleman, 3, 115 cavalry, 116 machine guns and 360 artillery pieces defeated the reinforced Ottoman Army consisting of 126, 000 riflemen, 3, 500 cavalry, 96 machine guns and 342 artillery pieces and reached the Sea of Marmara.

Record shows that BCP fall short of its goal ; however, during this 5-year period 3, 859 new members were added while the number of churches reached 126 congregations.

Fellow California team UCLA accepted an invitation to the 2003 game against Fresno State, but attendance still only reached 20, 126 fans, representing approximately 64 % of stadium capacity.

With best play according to the endgame tablebase, 126 ... Kb3 127. Qf7 + Ka4 128. g8 = Q Qg4 + 129. Kh6 Qh4 + 130. Kg7 Qg3 + 131. Kf8 Qd6 + 132. Qe7 Qh6 + 133. Qgg7 Qf4 + 134. Qgf7 Qb8 + and the position on the right is reached.

The 29. 61 m high tower of reinforced concrete has nine storeys with panorama windows and a platform which can be reached via 126 steps.

The album reached # 11 in the UK charts and # 126 in the US charts.

It reached No. 126 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

At the US Open, Ferrer reached the third round as the fourth seed, where he lost Kei Nishikori, ranked 126, in one of the biggest upsets of the tournament.

Return to Magenta reached number 126 on the Billboard 200, making it Willy DeVille's highest charting album ever in his home country.

In that innings, he reached his hundred in 126 minutes, his second fifty taking only 51 minutes.