She was more excited than frightened at the prospect of having her first child in a foreign land.

Hino was elated at the prospect.

Occasionally new enterprise was discouraged by the almost certain prospect of legal complications.

He contemplates the likelihood of his future son being a delinquent as he was, a prospect Alex views fatalistically.

Though he was destined to be a strongly counter-reforming emperor, Alexander had little prospect of succeeding to the throne during the first two decades of his life, as he had an elder brother, Nicolas, who seemed of robust constitution.

There was much speculation and fear about the prospect of a Labour government, and comparatively little about a Liberal government, even though it could have plausibly presented an experienced team of ministers compared to Labour's almost complete lack of experience, as well as offering a middle ground that could get support from both Conservatives and Labour in crucial Commons divisions.

It was faced with the prospect of battling Anglo-Irish and Ulster Scots peoples in Ireland, who alongside their other Irish groups had raised their own volunteer army and threatened to emulate the American colonists if their conditions were not met.

The off-season was highlighted by the acquisition of top prospect Andy Marté from the Boston Red Sox.

Although by this time Diego de Almagro had already acquired sufficient wealth in the conquest of Peru and was living a luxurious life in Cuzco, the prospect of conquering the lands further south was very attractive to him.

According to Tacitus, Mucianus was not keen on this prospect but since he considered Domitian a liability in any capacity that was entrusted to him, he preferred to keep him close at hand rather than in Rome.

Also new to the lineup was highly touted Swedish prospect Henrik Zetterberg.

Stefan Liv, a former Red Wings goaltending prospect, was also among the fatalities.

Suizei encouraged Kamuyawimimi to slay Tagishimimi, but since he was overcome by fright at the prospect, Suizei accomplished the deed.

Relations with France deteriorated after the treaty was signed, leaving his successor, John Adams, with the prospect of war.

The prospect of a Catholic dynasty in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland was now likely.

Early in 1539, Frederick was married to Elizabeth of Mansfeld, but he died shortly afterwards, leaving no prospect of an heir.

The prospect for tranquility was further advanced in 1931 when Ferrera and his insurgents were killed, while leading one last unsuccessful effort to overthrow the government, after government troops discovered their hiding place in Chamelecon.

Essentially, water supplied by aqueducts was used to prospect for ore veins by stripping away soil to reveal the bedrock.

Although his crew forced him to turn back, he was pleased with the prospect of soon finding a sea route to India and named the tip as the Cape of Good Hope.

Even so, he was unable to persuade the majority of Germans to welcome the prospect of war.

This was followed by an open letter to the pope ( Admonitio paterna Pauli III ) in 1544, in which Calvin admonished Paul III for depriving the reformers of any prospect of rapprochement.

This was especially the case as decrypts showed the British military attaché to Poland arguing that Britain could not save Poland in the event of a German attack, and only Soviet support offered the prospect of Poland holding out.

England had a very strong batting side, with Wally Hammond contributing 905 runs at an average of 113. 12, and Hobbs, Sutcliffe and Patsy Hendren all scoring heavily ; the bowling was more than adequate, without being outstanding.

The group said that Settle was influenced by the episode titled " Ball Breakers ," in which Beavis and Butt-Head loaded a bowling ball with explosives and dropped it from a rooftop.

The world's oldest surviving bowling green is the Southampton Old Bowling Green, which was first used in 1299.

It was founded circa 1958 – 1959 after the publication of its ( first ) holy book the Principia Discordia, written by Malaclypse the Younger and Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst after a series of shared hallucinations at a bowling alley.

In 2008, Coleman was involved in an automobile accident after an altercation at a Payson, Utah bowling alley which began when Colt Rushton, age 24, photographed Coleman without his permission ; the two men argued, according to witnesses.

During the tournament he played in eight of the team's nine games, averaging 34. 00 with the bat, while his medium pace was used in bowling 20 overs.

In the first one day international, he hit the famous six when his team needed 6 runs off only 4 balls, and was awarded Man of the match, for his bowling.

The first was won with Cronje scoring 49 and 74 ; in the second Test, he took 3 / 14, his best bowling in Tests, and smashed 82 off 63 balls, his fifty being brought up with three consecutive sixes off Muttiah Muralitharan, and was reached off just 31 balls ; at the time, it was the second fastest in Tests after Kapil Dev's.

Off-spinner Derek Crookes, who was also a witness, admitted being surprised to open the bowling at Nagpur.

His bowling analysis was 27 – 4 – 86 – 0 against a side that included Rohan Kanhai and Ian Chappell.

His complete analysis was 44 runs in 4 matches at a batting average of 11, and 6 wickets at a bowling average of 51. 16.

Australia enforced the follow-on and piled on the pressure ; Gooch was out for 0 on his third ball of the first over caught by Terry Alderman off the bowling of Dennis Lillee.

Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932 – 33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman.

Jardine felt that Bradman was afraid to stand his ground against intimidatory bowling, citing instances in 1930 when he shuffled about, contrary to orthodox batting technique.

Ken Farnes experimented with short-pitched, leg-theory bowling but was not selected for the tour.

Woodfull told the Nottinghamshire administrators that, if Voce's leg-side bowling was repeated, his men would leave the field and return to London.

Cardiff Arms Park is best known as a rugby union stadium, however Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club ( CABC ) was established in 1923, and ever since then, the club has used the Arms Park as its bowling club.

Australian captain, Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor, who was bowling the last over, to send the last ball down underarm to prevent the New Zealand batsman, Brian McKechnie, from hitting the ball for six.

An exponent of this style of bowling was " Flat " Jack Simmons who played for Lancashire in the 1970s and 1980s.

Benaud was a Test cricket all-rounder, blending thoughtful leg spin bowling with lower-order batting aggression.

In his early career, Benaud was a batting all-rounder, marked by a looping backlift which made him suspect against fast bowling but allowed him to have a wide attacking stroke range.

Hassett was known for his prowess against spin bowling, being the only batsman to score centuries in a match against the leg spin of Bill O ' Reilly, regarded as the finest bowler of his age.