But her prettiness was what he had noticed first, and all the other things had come afterward: cruelty, meanness, self-will.

There was an artificial lake just out of sight in the first stand of trees, fed by a half dozen springs that popped out of the ground above the hillside orchard.

The first part of the road was steep, but it leveled off after the second bend and curled gradually into the valley.

No one was behind it, but in the rear wall of the office I noticed, for the first time, a door which had been left partially open.

The herd was watered and then thrown onto a broad grass flat which was to be the first night's bedground.

Once again, Tom Horn was the first and most likely suspect, and he was brought in for questioning immediately.

For Matilda, it was the first she had known in many a night.

Even the knowledge that she was losing another boy, as a mother always does when a marriage is made, did not prevent her from having the first carefree, dreamless sleep that she had known since they dropped down the canyon and into Bear Valley, way, way back there when they were crossing those other mountains.

Stevens was grunting over the last empty pocket when Russ abruptly rose and lunged toward Carmer's hat, which had tumbled half-a-dozen feet away when he first fell.

The Indian's arm whipped sidewise -- there was a flash of amber and froth, the crash of the bottle shattering against the side of the first car.

It was her first smile.

At first, I thought he was out of his head, talking wildly like this.

Hell, I gave him the first decent job he ever had, six, seven -- how many years ago was it, Rob ''??

Miss Langford ( her first name was Evelyn ) was an attractive girl.

School began in August, the hottest part of the year, and for the first few days Miss Langford was very lenient with the children, letting them play a lot and the new ones sort of get acquainted with one another.

It was just as well that the ignorant Dandy enjoyed himself to the hilt that first evening, for the room was to become his prison cell.

`` Bastards '', he would say, `` all I did was put a beat to that Vivaldi stuff, and the first chair clobbered me ''!!

In 1961 the first important legislative victory of the Kennedy Administration came when the principle of national responsibility for local economic distress won out over a `` state's-responsibility '' proposal -- provision was made for payment for unemployment relief by nation-wide taxation rather than by a levy only on those states afflicted with manpower surplus.

The first systematic thinking about this Pandora's box within Pandora's boxes was done four years ago by Fred Ikle, a frail, meek-mannered Swiss-born sociologist.

The smell at first was more surprising than unpleasant.

His collaboration with Washington, begun when he was the general's aide during the Revolution, was resumed when he entered the first Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury.

* While performed for her stint on MTV Unplugged, " Me and a Gun " was cut from the final airing of the show.

This concert was recorded and released in 1994 as Totally Unplugged Two days after the concert, Norman collapsed on the sidewalk, and was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he was hospitalized for almost two weeks.

It was also featured in the Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Smash Hits, Rock Band 2 and Rock Band Unplugged video games.

" The MTV Unplugged album was released in October 1993.

The concert was released in two separate albums: Acústico I & II ( Unplugged Vol 1 & 2 ).

In February 2011, it was confirmed the participation of Paulina in MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends, a live album by Los Tigres del Norte.

After a record breaking two night stand at Knebworth, tension mounted between the Gallaghers when Liam backed out on Oasis ' MTV Unplugged set minutes before it was due to start.

Martin did not resume building basses until 1989 ( during the MTV Unplugged era ), in which their approach was more consistent with company history:

Some of the first demos written in 1978 have surfaced over the years, most notably " I'm Ready " ( recorded for both the album Cuts Like a Knife and later his release for MTV Unplugged ) and " Remember ," which was recorded on his first album.

In 1996, Noel provided lead vocals at a performance for MTV Unplugged when Liam backed out minutes before the set was due to start.

* Paul McCartney's 1991 appearance was later released on the successful Unplugged ( The Official Bootleg ) album.

Due to high demand, the performance was released as an album which eventually sold over 10 million copies worldwide making it the most successful Unplugged release ever.

* Nirvana's performance on Unplugged was one of the last televised performances by Kurt Cobain, recorded on November 18, 1993, about five months before Cobain's death.

Nirvana's performance was released on CD a year later as MTV Unplugged in New York, with a DVD release in 2007.

* Bob Dylan recorded an Unplugged concert in 1994 over two nights that was combined into one show.

Nevertheless, the show, which was produced by the Unplugged team, is generally regarded as part of the MTV Unplugged series.

* In 1994, a compilation album was released called The Unplugged Collection, Volume One

* On March 12, 1996, Soda Stereo was invited to Miami by MTV to record a session for MTV's acoustic show, MTV Unplugged.

Her MTV Unplugged release was particularly successful in introducing Shakira into the English speaking world.

The performance was released on a CD entitled MTV Unplugged: Korn on March 6, 2007, where it debuted on the U. S. Billboard 200 at # 9.

It was the first time Unplugged was shot in HD.