During the first taping of the Late Show with David Letterman following the attacks, CBS newsman Dan Rather cried briefly as he quoted the fourth verse.

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 18th century the first wave of Romantics such as Goethe and Turner came to admire the scenery ; Wordsworth visited the area in 1790, writing of his experiences in The Prelude.

The word battle is a loanword in English from the Old French bataille, first attested in 1297, from Late Latin battualia, meaning " exercise of soldiers and gladiators in fighting and fencing ", from Late Latin ( taken from Germanic ) battuere " beat ", from which the English word battery is also derived via Middle English batri, and comes from the staged battles in the Colosseum in Rome that may have numbered 10, 000 individuals.

When Costas was first hired by NBC, Don Ohlmeyer, who at the time ran the network's sports division, told the then 28-year-old Costas that he looked like a 14-year-old ( a story that Costas would recite during an appearance on Late Night with Conan O ' Brien when O ' Brien commented about Costas ' apparent inability to " age " normally ).

The Late Period extended from three thousand years ago until first contact with European settlers and was dominated by the organization of First Nations peoples into the Algonquian-influenced Abenaki Nation which existed largely in present-day interior Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, and the Mi ' kmaq Nation which inhabited all of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, eastern New Brunswick and the southern Gaspé.

* Vulgar Latin and Late Latin among the uneducated and educated populations respectively of the Roman empire and the states that followed it in the same range no later than 900 AD ; medieval Latin and Renaissance Latin among the educated populations of western, northern, central and part of eastern Europe until the rise of the national languages in that range, beginning with the first language academy in Italy in 1582 / 83 ; new Latin written only in scholarly and scientific contexts by a small minority of the educated population at scattered locations over all of Europe ; ecclesiastical Latin, in spoken and written contexts of liturgy and church administration only, over the range of the Roman Catholic Church.

Kaminaljuyu was first occupied between 1200 and 1000 BC and the city continued to be inhabited for about 2000 years before it was abandoned in the Late Classic Period of Mesoamerican chronology ( 600 – 900 AD ).

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

It became Christian under the Late Roman Empire, and acquired its first bishop at this time.

Late in HT production, use of the new Tri-Matic automatic transmission, first seen in the LC Torana was phased in as Powerglide stock was exhausted, but Holden's official line was that the HG of 1971 was the first full-size Holden to receive it .< ref > Bebbington ( 1998 ), p. 36.

The later forms of Late Middle Japanese are the first to be described by non-native sources, in this case the Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries ; and thus there is better documentation of Late Middle Japanese phonology than for previous forms ( for instance, the Arte da Lingoa de Iapam ).

Late Middle Japanese has the first loanwords from European languages – now-common words borrowed into Japanese in this period include pan (" bread ") and tabako (" tobacco ", now " cigarette "), both from Portuguese.

* 1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.

One of the most important figures of Late Antiquity and the last Roman Emperor to speak Latin as a first language, Justinian's rule constitutes a distinct epoch in the history of the Eastern Roman Empire.

In the early seventeenth century, when western European explorers made their first forays into the region, they encountered descendants of the Late Woodland Indians: the Chippewa, Menominee, Sauk, Fox, Winnebago, Miami, Ottawa, and Potawatomi.

The first claims of global supremacy of a specific god date to the Late Bronze Age, with Akhenaten's Great Hymn to the Aten ( speculatively connected to Judaism by Sigmund Freud in his Moses and Monotheism ).

The northern provinces had remained loyal to the Emperor, and hoping to avoid a civil war, Sun Yat-Sen – already proclaimed " provisional president " by his supporters – had come to a compromise with the Emperor's key ally Yuan Shikai ( 1859 – 1916 ); the monarchy would be abolished, and Late Imperial China would be converted into a new Republic of China, but it would be the royalist Yuan and not the revolutionary Sun who would become its first President.

The developments of Late Antiquity in the religious thought in the far-flung Roman Empire needs to be addressed separately, as this is the context in which Early Christianity itself developed as one of several monotheistic cults, and it was in this period that the concept of " pagan " developed in the first place.

They first appeared and diversified in the Late Cretaceous.

: set forth one of the first expansive theoretical treatments of Postmodernism as a historical period, intellectual trend and social phenomenon in a series of lectures at the Whitney Museum, later expanded as Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism ( 1991 ).

Late in the third quarter, the Redskins had an opportunity to score after defensive back Anthony Washington forced and recovered a fumble from Branch at the Raiders 35-yard line.

Late in the fourth quarter, the Buckeyes were down by two points.

In August – September 2008, a salvage dig was conducted in the southern quarter of the old city exposing remains from five phases in the Late Byzantine and early Umayyad periods.

Late in the fourth quarter, the Vikings defense needed to protect a one-point lead.

The quarter first appears in Late Antiquity as Sykai or Sycae.

Late in the year, St. Louis was in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in a quarter century.

Excavations have shown it was occupied in the Late Iron Age from about AD 40 through the last quarter of the 2nd century ( about the time that the Antonine Wall was manned ).

Late in the 1950s, Subiaco finally emerged from the doldrums in spectacular fashion when in its first final for thirteen years it kicked a remarkable 16. 8 ( 104 ) in the third quarter against Perth-easily a record quarter score for a senior Australian rules final.

Late in the second quarter Oklahoma State again drove deep into Florida State territory but on fourth and 5 Florida State defender Ron Hinson stripped the ball from Oklahoma State's Forrest Campbell just a foot from the goalline.

Late in the 4th quarter, the stage was set for an exciting finish.

During the Late Classical period, in the final quarter of the 5th century, two opposed trends were created.

Late in the third quarter, Baltimore receiver Jermaine Lewis returned a punt 88 yards for a touchdown.

Late in the fourth quarter, Titans receiver Isaac Byrd's 16-yard punt return and five carries from Eddie George for 17 yards set up a 36-yard field goal by Del Greco, giving Tennessee a 15-13 lead with 1: 38 left.

Late in the fourth quarter, Marino engineered an 11-play, 85-yard game-winning scoring possession.

Late in the third quarter, the Broncos faced second down and 10 at their own 19-yard line.

Late in the third quarter, Bengals running back Stanley Wilson ran 6 yards for a first down on a fake punt attempt, and Cincinnati drove to score on Woods ' second touchdown of the game, increasing their lead to 21 – 10.

Late in the first quarter, The 49ers faced a 3rd and long from their own 39 yard line.

Late in the second quarter, safety Fred Marion intercepted a pass from O ' Brien to set up Tony Eason's 36-yard touchdown pass to Stanley Morgan, giving New England a 13-7 halftime lead.

Late in the 4th quarter, Franklin later made his fourth field goal of the game, a 26-yarder, to close out the scoring.

Late in the second quarter and trailing 14-7, Kemp led the Bills to the Kansas City 10.

Late in the third quarter, Steelers linebacker James Farrior ( who finished the game with 8 tackles and 2. 5 sacks ) sacked quarterback Peyton Manning at the Colts 1-yard line on third down, and Randle El returned Hunter Smith's ensuing punt 20 yards to the Indianapolis 30.

Late in the second quarter, Ferguson's 54-yard completion to Jerry Butler set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Joe Cribbs, cutting the score to 14-7 by halftime.

The earliest archaeological culture that may justifiably be considered as Proto-Celtic is the Late Bronze Age Urnfield culture of central Europe from the last quarter of the second millennium BC.