Coming to the throne at such an early age, Alfonso had served no apprenticeship in the art of ruling, but he possessed great natural tact and a sound judgment ripened by the trials of exile.

After the fall of the Khmer Empire in the early 15th century, the Dongrek Mountains served as a natural border leaving the Khmer north of the mountains under the sphere of influence of Lan Xang.

It was still served as a beverage, but the Europeans added cane sugar to counteract the natural bitterness and removed the chili pepper while retaining the vanilla, in addition they added cinnamon as well as other spices.

In fact, while campaign donations need not directly affect the legislative decisions of elected representatives, the natural expectation of donors is that their needs will be served by the person they donated to.

Transport in Sudan during the early 1990s included an extensive railroad system that served the more important populated areas except in the far south, a meager road network ( very little of which consisted of all-weather roads ), a natural inland waterway — the Nile River and its tributaries — and a national airline that provided both international and domestic service.

Oil shale gas has served as a substitute for natural gas, but, producing oil shale gas as a natural-gas substitute remained economically infeasible.

Its central position at crossroads has served as a commercial link between those very different natural parts of Navarre.

Entering Bolton on Middle Turnpike East, the traveler encountered a fork and could choose to head southeast on Bolton Center Street ( later Center Street ) to the settlement of Bolton, or stay on Middle Turnpike East to reconnect with Route 44 and head east on the original Mohegan Indian Trail through Bolton Notch, a natural depression in the ridge that dramatically sped up transit and served as a demarcation between the two geologic landscapes.

It has been also suggested that peacock's display of colorful and oversize train with plenty of eyespots, together with their extremely loud call and fearless behavior has been formed by the forces of natural selection ( not sexual selection ), and served as a warning display in order to intimidate predators and rivals

Herbert Dingle ( 2 August 1890, London – 4 September 1978, Kingston upon Hull ), an English physicist and natural philosopher, who served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1951 to 1953, is best known for his opposition to Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and the protracted controversy that this provoked.

It had been constructed on a coast that had no natural harbors and served as an important commercial harbor in antiquity, rivaling Cleopatra ’ s harbor at Alexandria.

On a recommendation from Linnaeus, Dahl served as curator at the private natural museum and botanical garden of Claes Alströmer, a Linnaean disciple, at Kristinedal in Gamlestaden, outside Gothenburg.

Abraham's younger brother, Malouf Abraham, Sr., was a wealthy oil and natural gas developer and philanthropist who served as mayor of Canadian in the 1950s and in the Texas House of Representatives from 1967-1971.

Centuries ago, the tower served as a watch tower to safe-guard the island from marauding invaders from the sea, and the well is a natural vertical tunnel not far from the tower, dug through limestone and sandstone by the sea.

The fairgrounds, built in the southwest corner of Corydon, are bordered on the south and west by a large ridge ; this ridge served as a natural grandstand until the first grandstand was built around 1910.

Prior to his arrival at New Harmony, he served as librarian for the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, curator at the American Philosophical Society, and professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dwork was succeeded by Richard J. Martel, then a township council member, who served for 14 years until his own death, of natural causes, on March 7, 2011.

Before being permanently settled by Mormon pioneers in 1848, the area where Murray City is presently located was a natural area that served as the seasonal home of Paiute, Shoshone, and Bannock Native American tribes who camped along local creek banks and stream beds during their migrations.

The river served as a natural border between the Byzantine and Persia and saw major battles in 583 and 591 AD.

In the Middle Ages the little river Laarse, flowing through the woods of the municipality, served as a natural bordermark between the Bishopric of Liège and the Bishopric of Cambrai.

The “ California Capitol City Dawg ”, served at Capitol Dawg in Sacramento, California, features a grilled 18 " all-beef in natural casing frank from Chicago, served on a fresh baked herb and oil focaccia roll, spread with white truffle butter, then grilled.

A landing site near the freshly formed Cone crater was chosen, as this crater served as a ' natural drill hole ' to allow the astronauts to obtain Imbrium ejecta, the primary objective of the mission.

They also served a practical purpose: the unhygienic conditions of the time meant that hair attracted head lice, a problem that could be much reduced if natural hair were shaved and replaced with a more easily de-loused artificial hairpiece.

The location of Champagne played a large role in its historical prominence as it served as a " crossroads " for both military and trade routes.

However, Port Royal was served by the new highways which became U. S. Route 17 and U. S. Route 301, with their crossroads at Port Royal.

At the time, Hazel Green was a small, rural community that served as a crossroads.

" The town is served by an original Carnegie library and is an important crossroads on US highways 41 and 24.

Gibson, who suggested the name of Corinth, named for the city in Greece that also served as a crossroads.

Redfield rapidly became a major town in the region, due in part to its status as a railroad center — the town was a crossroads of two lines of the Chicago and North Western Railway, and was also served by the Milwaukee Road Railroad.

In Toronto, Canada, the Yorkville district served as a kind of Haight-Ashbury North, serving as another major hippie and musical crossroads.

One of Portugal's biggest crossroads, Coimbra is served by the A1, the main highway of Portugal.

The original crossroads of Agincourt is located at Midland Avenue and Sheppard and served a rural agricultural population.

Within 20 years most remaining residents had moved less than two miles west of the river to settle New St. Stephens, a prominent crossroads served by a railway station.

In the past, Stewarton served as a crossroads between the traditional routes from Kilmarnock, Irvine and Ayr to the city of Glasgow, though in recent times the M77 motorway has bypassed the town.

With the now defunct ( Jamaica Railway Corporation ) May Pen which had served as the crossroads of Jamaica natural resources, connecting FrankField and its Citrus in the north of the parish, with Lionel Town and its sugar production in the South.

`` I've served as a counsel for the U.N. for some years, specializing particularly in real estate matters or other problems that the regular U.N. legal staff might not be equipped to handle.

One finds it difficult to pass censure on the lonely figure who waited for days for a saving word from his zealously served idol, W.R. Hearst.

Katherine Douglas King '' The invitation was accepted and other letters followed, in which she spoke of her concern for his health and her delight in seeing him so much at home among the crippled children she served.

He suggested offering half to Sir Edward, fearing lest `` he shall thinke it to good for us and procure it for himselfe, as he served us the last time ''.

During the rest of the summer my scholarly mania for making plaster casts and spatter prints of Catskill flowers and leaves was all but surpassed by the constantly renewed impressions of Jessica that my mind served up to me for contemplation and delight.

On September 16, Sam Rayburn will have served as Speaker twice as long as any predecessor and I am proud to join with others in marking this date, and in expressing my esteem for that notable American, Sam Rayburn.

Mustard cream, used as alternate dip for franks and pineapple tidbits, tastes best when served at room temperature.

Another less ambiguous case read as follows: `` The bearer of this letter has served me for two years to his complete satisfaction.

Two pyrometers shown in figure 1 and 2 ( Pyrometer Instrument Co. Model 95 ) served for simultaneous measurement of the anode surface temperature and the temperature distribution along the anode holder.

In spite of normal thyroid function tests, a trial of propylthiouracil, 400 mg. daily for one week, was given but served only to intensify muscle weakness.

When the power of the latter was made both limited and explicit -- when norms were clarified and made more precise and the creation of new norms was placed exclusively in parliamentary hands -- two purposes were served: Government was made subservient to an institutionalized popular will, and law became a rational system for implementing that will, for serving conscious goals, for embodying the `` public policy ''.

A hypothetical issue of this sort might deal with the establishment of a free public junior college in a community where there already was a good private college which served the middle-class youth adequately but was too expensive for working-class youth.

Teachers who have been upward mobile probably see education as most valuable for their students if it serves students as it has served them ; ;

Although wanted by the sheriff for killing an old man named Asher Jones, the warrant for his arrest had never been served.

A refrigerated item could also be heated and served in less time than is required for frozen foods of the same type.

When served in a psychological atmosphere that allows young bodies to assimilate the greatest good from what they eat because they are free from tension, a foundation is laid for a high level of health that releases the children from physical handicaps to participate with enjoyment in the work assignments, the athletic programs and the most important phase, the educational opportunities.

The school has not used cold prepared cereals for years, though at one time that was all they ever served.

two years later he served another three months for assault.