The late Medieval period saw the recitation of certain hours of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin, which was based on the Breviary in form and content, becoming popular among those who could read, and Bishop Challoner did much to popularise the hours of Sunday Vespers and Compline ( albeit in English translation ) in his ' Garden of the Soul ' in the eighteenth century.

Little Penguins on Middle Island in Warrnambool, Victoria were subject to heavy predation by foxes, which could reach the island at low tide by a tidal sand bridge.

While damage could be studied later, the energy yield of the untested Little Boy design could be determined only at the moment of detonation, using instruments dropped by parachute from a plane flying in formation with the one that dropped the bomb.

Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Captain Little could indeed be sued for damages in the case.

Alternatively it has been suggested that the star could be in a low-activity state analogous to a Maunder minimum — a historical period, associated with the Little Ice Age in Europe, when sunspots became exceedingly rare on the Sun's surface.

His wife and youngest son were not with him, having stayed behind in Arkansas so the son could complete his junior year of high school at Catholic High in Little Rock.

Adhikari and Kumon ( 2001 ), whilst investigating sediments in Lake Nakatsuna in central Japan, finding a warm period from AD 900 to 1200 that corresponded to the Medieval Warm Period and three cool phases, of which two could be related to the Little Ice Age.

A reconstruction based on ice cores found the Medieval Warm Period could be distinguished in tropical South America from about 1050 to 1300, followed in the 15th century by the Little Ice Age.

In at least one case ( TOS episode ' A Private Little War '), where two different factions of one race were at war with each other, the Prime Directive had been interpreted to mean that neither side could have an advantage ( i. e. that there had to be a balance of power ).

During the visit Elie Wiesel, who together with Bertrand Herz was send to Little camp as 16-year old boys, said, " if these trees could talk.

Beyond Toledo, the planned route would have used the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad ( 1900 ), Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway, Little Kanawha Railroad, West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway, Western Maryland Railroad and Philadelphia and Western Railway, but the Panic of 1907 strangled the plans before the Little Kanawha section in West Virginia could be finished.

After it was determined that ticks could not survive a desert crossing, the government endorsed James Isdell's scheme and funded a survey to find a stock route that would cross the Great Sandy Desert, the Little Sandy Desert and the Gibson Desert.

Little Women also repeatedly reinforced the importance of “ individuality ” and “ female vocation .” “ Little Women had “ continued relevance of its subject ” and “ its longevity points as well to surprising continuities in gender norms from the 1860s at least through the 1960s .” Those interested in domestic reform could look to the pages of Little Women to see how a “ democratic household ” would operate.

" Alcott thought that “ a democratic household could evolve into a feminist society .” In Little Women, she imagined that just such an evolution might begin with Plumfield, a nineteenth century feminist utopia .”

Little could be done against Hitler as he was heavily guarded, and none of the plotters could get near enough to him.

Bart then realizes that Santa's Little Helper could not help killing the pigeon and apologizes.

The goal of the experiment was to show how principles of, at the time recently discovered, classical conditioning could be applied to condition fear of a white rat into " Little Albert ", an 11-month-old boy.

The most popular versions were printed in small sizes that could be easily carried and were bound in bright red covers, becoming commonly known in the West as The Little Red Book.

The city got its name from a tree located on the bank of the St. Francis River until 1890 that had been slashed to mark a section of the river where Indians could walk about across land to reach the Little River and avoid paddling twelve miles ( 19 km ) upstream.

For example, Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir, whose rule is considered to have marked the peak of power for Moorish Al-Andalus Iberia, married Abda, daughter of Sancho Garcés II of Navarra, who bore him a son, named Abd al-Rahman, and commonly known in pejorative sense as Sanchuelo ( Little Sancho, in Arabic: Shanjoul ).

and if a poll had been taken immediately following the dispatch of troops to Little Rock I believe the majority would have been for the Old South.

`` Little Rock is, without any flattery, one of the dullest towns in the United States and I would not have remained two hours in the place, if I had not met with some good friends who made me forget its dreariness ''.

The two cities have the examples of Little Rock and New Orleans to hold up as warnings against resorting to violence to try to stop the processes of desegregation.

Although it was at the Battle of The Little Horn, about which more words have been written than any other battle in American history, that the 7th Cavalry first made its mark in history, the regiment was ten years old by then.

Little geeing and hawing have been necessary ''.

Little is known of the personality of Agnes, beyond the remarkable influence which she seems to have exercised over Philip II.

Little is known of Andreas Capellanus's life, but he is presumed to have been a courtier of Marie of Troyes, and probably of French origin ; he is sometimes known by a French translation of his name, André le Chapelain.

His work in engraving seems to have had an intimidating effect upon his German successors, the " Little Masters " who attempted few large engravings but continued Dürer's themes in small, rather cramped compositions.

Some old characters, like The Three Bears and Little Plum, have more recently made a return.

Four of these have been previously canonized as saints, namely William of Norwich, Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, Simon of Trent ( Simon was decanonized in the 20th century ), and Gavriil Belostoksky who remains canonized in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Large marine vessels may also enter Bras d ' Or Lake through the Great Bras d ' Or channel whereas small craft have the additional use of the Little Bras d ' Or channel or St. Peters Canal.

When the ground became redeveloped, with the standing terraces replaced in 2003-4 ( during Fulham's exile to Loftus Road ) the club applied for a licence to have a designated neutral area, in the rows closest to the Cottage, ( affectionately nicknamed ' Little Switzerland ').

Jones, whose work had been nominated eight times over his career for an Oscar ( winning thrice: For Scent-imental Reasons, So Much for So Little, and The Dot and the Line ), received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for " the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose animated lives have brought joy to our real ones for more than half a century.

The Great Belt Fixed Link ( opened in 1997 ) connecting the islands of Zealand and Funen and the New Little Belt Bridge ( opened in 1970 ) connecting Funen and Jutland have improved the traffic flow across the country on both motorways and rail.

A later book also claiming to have been written by Solomon was originally written in Greek during the 15th century, where it was known as the Magical Treatise of Solomon or the Little Key of the Whole Art of Hygromancy, Found by Several Craftmen and by the Holy Prophet Solomon.

Similarly, gnomes are contrasted to elves, as in William Cullen Bryant's Little People of the Snow ( 1877 ), which has " let us have a tale of elves that ride by night, with jingling reins, or gnomes of the mine " ( cited after OED ).

The Little Ice Age may have reduced the population of the Great Auk by exposing more of their breeding islands to predation by Polar Bears, but massive exploitation for their down drastically reduced the population.

Over the years, Lee's keyboards have featured synthesizers from Oberheim ( Eight-voice, OB-1, OB-X, OB-Xa ), PPG ( Wave 2. 2 and 2. 3 ), Roland ( Jupiter 8, D-50, XV-5080, and a Fantom X7 starting on the Snakes & Arrows Tour ), Moog ( Minimoog, Taurus bass pedals, Moog Little Phatty ), and Yamaha ( DX7, Yamaha KX76 ).

Many modern horror and fantasy writers, including Stephen King, Bentley Little, Joe R. Lansdale, Alan Moore, Junji Ito, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Lumley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Neil Gaiman, have cited Lovecraft as one of their primary influences.

Several works of literature have been translated into Ido, including The Little Prince and the Gospel of Luke.

* The very small Little Spotted Kiwi, Apteryx owenii is unable to withstand predation by introduced pigs, stoats and cats, which have led to its extinction on the mainland.

Little is known about Viking compasses, but remains have been found of Viking sun compasses.

110 of the most famous strips have been reprinted in their original size and colors in the 2005 collection Little Nemo in Slumberland, So Many Splendid Sundays ( ISBN 978-0-9768885-9-8 ), a 16x21 inch hardcover book from Sunday Press Books and its sequel the 2008 collection Little Nemo in Slumberland, Many More Splendid Sundays, Volume 2 ( ISBN 978-0976888550 ) with 110 more images.