Late in his life, Babbage sought ways to build a simplified version of the machine, and assembled a small part of it before his death in 1871.

* c. 4 Ga: End of Late Heavy Bombardment, first life

The economic might and relatively advanced development of Tuscany at the time ( Late Middle Ages ) gave its dialect weight, though the Venetian language remained widespread in medieval Italian commercial life, and Ligurian ( or Genoese ) remained in use in maritime trade alongside the Mediterranean.

Late in the summer of 388 he was back in Israel, and spent the remainder of his life in a hermit's cell near Bethlehem, surrounded by a few friends, both men and women ( including Paula and Eustochium ), to whom he acted as priestly guide and teacher.

Late in life and after his death Hoover became a controversial figure, as evidence of his secretive actions became known.

Late in life Ayn Rand renewed her childhood interest in stamps and became an enthusiastic collector.

Late in his life Fyodor Dostoyevski wrote " The Meek One " ( 1876 ) and " The Dream of a Ridiculous Man " ( 1877 ), two stories with great psychological and philosophical depth.

Late that day, Police Commissioner J. M. Adkison said he had received an anonymous telephone call threatening Rowland's life.

Late in life he wrote two greatly admired sonatas for clarinet and piano, his Op. 120 ( 1894 ): he later transcribed these works for the viola ( the solo part in his horn trio is also available in a transcription for viola ).

Late in life Turnbull took up the political cause of death row inmates.

Released from the burdens of spiritual leadership, which passed to the reformed Cluniac movement after the mid-tenth century, and occupied with the administration of great landed properties, some of which lay far from Westminster, " the Benedictines achieved a remarkable degree of identification with the secular life of their times, and particularly with upper-class life ", Barbara Harvey concludes, to the extent that her depiction of daily life provides a wider view of the concerns of the English gentry in the High and Late Middle Ages.

Late in life, regarding his time in real-estate-speculation-mad San Francisco, Sherman recalled: " I can handle a hundred thousand men in battle, and take the City of the Sun, but am afraid to manage a lot in the swamp of San Francisco.

Late in his life, he lived in Eilat, Israel.

* Late in his life, the widowed ex-king Fernando II of Portugal married the opera singer Elise Hensler, who was created countess of Edla.

Late in the 19th century, Richards convened a group of contemporaries to discuss the essence of domestic science and how the elements of this discipline would ultimately improve the quality of life for many individuals and families.

Late in life she moved to Barbados, where she died at the age of 92, following a series of strokes.

Late in his life he was briefly director of New York's Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic.

Late in life, he served as narrator for a British television series on the films of Charlie Chaplin, Unknown Chaplin, which was aired in the U. S. on PBS and later issued on home video.

Late in his life, Melampus was kidnapped.

By 1851 the " Chaumont suite " of early-16th century Late Gothic tapestries with subjects of courntry life emblemmatic of the triumph of Eternity, closely associated with Chaumont and now at the Cleveland Museum of Art, was still hanging in the " Chambre de Catherine de Médicis "; the tapestries had been cut and pieced to fit the room.

Late in life he came to regret his role in helping U. S. slavery to expand, and became a leading opponent of the annexation of Texas.

Late in life Eakins did experience some recognition.

Late in the year, the refugee Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine arrived in Brussels and met Thomas Francis ; they may have formed a joint court, and Thomas certainly participated in jousts organised by the Duke.

Late in the year, the refugee Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine arrived in Brussels and met Thomas ; they may have formed a joint court, and Thomas certainly participated in jousts organised by the Duke.

In 2010, The 77's participated in a tribute album titled Mister Bolin ’ s Late Night Revival, a compilation of 17 previously unreleased tracks written by guitar legend Tommy Bolin prior to his death in 1976.

* In " It's Never Too Late for Now ", another episode of 30 Rock, Liz Lemon ( Tina Fey ) answers a request for ID in a bar with the response, " How about this for ID: I participated in Hands Across America.

In 2010, Eric participated in a tribute album titled Mister Bolin ’ s Late Night Revival, a compilation of 17 previously unreleased tracks written by guitar legend Tommy Bolin prior to his death in 1976.

Members of the band have participated in skits on Late Night, particularly fedoraed LaBamba — who rarely speaks on air and is often the punchline of O ' Brien's jokes — and bald, bespectacled Mark Pender, who will often sing a tribute to one of the show's guests only to invariably launch into hysterical shrieking as he climbs the scaffolding of the studio's seating area.

In 2010, Pilson participated in a tribute album titled Mister Bolin ’ s Late Night Revival, a compilation of 17 previously unreleased tracks written by guitarist Tommy Bolin prior to his death in 1976.

Coinciding with the show's debut, Carey participated in a number of promotional appearances, such as guest hosting The Late Late Show, and starring in a special episode of Blue Collar TV, Green Screens lead-in program.

In 2010, White participated in a tribute album titled Mister Bolin ’ s Late Night Revival, a compilation of 17 previously unreleased tracks written by Tommy Bolin prior to his death in 1976.

Late in the war, he returned to the Atlantic where he commanded Huron in the attacks on Fort Fisher ; and he participated in the ensuing bombardment of Fort Anderson and the capture of Wilmington, North Carolina.

The English word alphabet came into Middle English from the Late Latin word alphabetum, which in turn originated in the Greek ἀλφάβητος ( alphabētos ), from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.

Late in the game, a blocked field-goal was reversed by a penalty and Dallas scored the winning touchdown two plays later.

Late Middle Japanese covers the years from 1185 to 1600, and is normally divided into two sections, roughly equivalent to the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period, respectively.

Late that summer, having subdued two other tribes, he crossed into Britain, claiming that the Britons had aided one of his enemies the previous year possibly the Veneti of Brittany.

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1985, and produced two top ten hits, the title track " Valotte ", and " Too Late For Goodbyes ".

During the run of The Frost Report the Palin / Jones team contributed material to two shows starring John Bird: The Late Show and A series of Bird's.

Polygamy ( from πολύς γάμος polys gamos, translated literally in Late Greek as " often married ") is a marriage which includes more than two partners.

He was hired by producer Martin Lewis to shoot two music videos featuring Julian Lennon-" Valotte " and " Too Late For Goodbyes ".

During this period, Twain made major television appearances on shows such as two performances on Late Show with David Letterman, Blockbuster Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and the American Music Awards.

Moreover, there has been a tendency to drop the comparative degree in favor of the positive: resulting in two sets of Early, Middle and Late Stone Ages of quite different content and chronologies.

In 1963, Adorno was elected to the post of chairman of the German Sociological Society, where he presided over two important conferences: in 1964, on " Max Weber and Sociology " and in 1968 on " Late Capitalism or Industrial Society ".

Late in the Pacific War when large targets became scarce, many PT boats replaced two or all four of their torpedo tubes with additional guns for engaging enemy coastal supply boats and barges, isolating enemy-held islands from supply, reinforcement or evacuation.

The division between these two was enhanced during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages by a number of events.

The nave and the two aisles are instead in Late Renaissance style.

The other two films were Too Late the Hero, in which Fonda played a secondary role, and There Was a Crooked Man, about Paris Pitman Jr. ( played by Kirk Douglas ) trying to escape from an Arizona prison.

She is mentioned by name in at least two of his songs: " Kathy's Song " and " America ," and is referred to in " Homeward Bound " and " The Late Great Johnny Ace.

As well as much of the Italian communes of the Late Middle Ages, it was slain by inner disputes between Guelphs and Ghibellines, and later between the two parties of Nobili and Banderari.

The period is commonly split into two subperiods: Early Natufian ( 12, 500 – 10, 800 BC ) and Late Natufian ( 10, 800 – 9500 BC ).

Late onset forms occur due to the diverse mutation base – people with Tay – Sachs disease may technically be heterozygotes, with two differing HEXA mutations that both inactivate, alter, or inhibit enzyme activity.

The central oscillator generates a self-sustaining rhythm and is made of two genes: CCA1 ( Circadian and Clock Associated 1 ) and LHY ( Late Elongated Hypocotyl ) that encode closely related MYB transcription factors that regulate circadian rhythms in Arabidopsis.

The last two locations had their names applied to Bronze Age cultures — Schneckenberg ‘ Hill of the Snails ’ ( Early Bronze Age ) and Noua ' The New ’ ( Late Bronze Age ).

Late in the season, with the Heat well out of any type of realistic playoff contention, head coach Pat Riley missed two games because he went to scout certain NCAA basketball conference tournament games, to prepare in the likely event that the Heat received the number 1 or 2 pick in the 2008 draft.