Especially touching is the chapter, `` The Little Sister '', about a king's daughter who became a nun in the convent of St. Birgitta.

`` Little Rock is a vile, detestable place.

`` 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 ''.

Little is known of the synthetic mechanisms for formation of thyroglobulin.

and that they can ignore what is happening in Northern cities because what is happening in Little Rock or Birmingham is worse.

The company which performed the Pulitzer Prize musical here last night and will repeat it twice today is full of bounce, the politicians are in fine voice, the chorines evoke happy memories, and the Little Flower rides to break a lance again.

Little is known of the territorial behaviour of caecilians but some frogs and salamanders defend home ranges.

In some stories the question of whether formal justice will be done is left unresolved, such as Five Little Pigs, and arguably Ordeal by Innocence.

The 1942 novel Five Little Pigs ( aka Murder in Retrospect ), in which Poirot investigates a murder committed sixteen years before by analysing various accounts of the tragedy, is a Rashomon-like performance that critic and mystery novelist Robert Barnard called the best of the Christie novels.

* 1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb " Little Boy " is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay.

Areas of southern Nevada, Utah and Colorado form a loose northern boundary, while the southern edge is defined by the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers in Arizona and the Rio Puerco and Rio Grande in New Mexico.

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (; born 28 November 1961 ) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his films Children of Men, Y tu mamá también, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and A Little Princess.

In the remainder of this region, the southern portion, the most prominent feature is Little Mountain, extending about from east to west between two valleys, and rising precipitously on the north side above them or above the sea.

Little attention is paid to political, diplomatic, or military history, or to biographies of famous men.

The above cartoon is a depiction of the nursery rhyme " Little Miss Muffet ", in which the title character is " frightened away " by a spider.

Little is known of his life, however it is clear that Alan entered the schools no earlier than the late 1140s ; first attending the school at Paris, and then at Chartres.

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

Little is known on their relationship, but Crispus soon died and left his estate to Nero.

Little is known about the Gutian period, or how long it endured.

Little is known about Ammonius's role in the development of Neoplatonism.

Even though it was known that the Luftwaffe in the north was now being directed by the young and energetic General Peltz, the commander who would conduct the `` Little Blitz '' on London in 1944, a major raid on Bari at this juncture of the war was not to be considered seriously.

She converted to Islam and became known as Umm Habiba ( Little Mother of the Beloved ).

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.

Little is known about Omari's life, and it is unclear whether some information refers to Omari or another person by that name.

Well known examples of this include Joe Cocker's version of The Beatles ' With a Little Help from My Friends, and Ike And Tina Turner's version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Proud Mary.

Little is known of his life other than hints from his own chronicles.

Little could Abd al-Rahman have known that as he set off to settle matters in that northern city, his hopes of warring against Baghdad would be indefinitely put on hold.

Little is known of the family with certainty ; the Chambers Biographical Dictionary records that they arrived in Spain in the 8th century but the name is familiar from the romance by Ginés Perez de Hita, Guerras civiles de Granada, which celebrates the feuds of the Abencerrages and the rival family of the Zegris, and the cruel treatment to which the former were subjected.

Little is known about the production of brass during the centuries immediately after the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Little is known of its origins but it is likely that an early form of the Basque language was present in Western Europe before the arrival of the Indo-European languages to the area.

Little is known about Nahum ’ s personal history.

Little is known about Blackbeard's early life.

Early Sunday strips, such as Thimble Theatre and Little Orphan Annie, filled an entire newspaper page, a format known to collectors as full page.

Little is known about their first impressions of each other, but Arthur did write to his parents-in-law that he would be " a true and loving husband " and told his parents that he was immensely happy to " behold the face of his lovely bride ".

Among his early favorites were Winsor McCay ( mostly known for Little Nemo ) and Frederick Burr Opper ( mostly known for Happy Hooligan ) but he would later study any style that managed to draw his attention.

The Abner Doubleday Little League and Babe Ruth Fields in Ballston Spa, New York, the town of his birth.

Little is known of his life before he became a bishop ; the assignment of his birth to the year 315 rests on conjecture.

That idea grew into Strange Little Girls, released in September 2001, one year after giving birth to her daughter.

Little is known of Jogaila's early life, and even his date of birth is not certain.

Little more than a year after her birth, Maria Theresa was joined by a sister, Archduchess Maria Anna, and another one, named Maria Amalia, was born in 1724.

The New Orleans soul scene directly came out of the rhythm and blues era, when such artists as Little Richard, Fats Domino, and Huey Piano Smith made a huge impact on the pop and R & B charts and a huge direct influence on the birth of Funk music.

There is little documentary evidence for most of Little Turtle's life, and the exact year and place of his birth are uncertain.

Little is known of his early life, and the year of his birth – 1901 or 1907 – varies depending on the source.

Little is known of Piers Gaveston's early years ; even his year of birth is unknown.

During the second season, Lucy and Ricky have a son named Ricky Ricardo Jr. (" Little Ricky "), whose birth was timed to coincide with Ball's real-life delivery of her son Desi Arnaz Jr.

Little is now known of Walden's birth nor of his early years.

The birth of the Appalachian ranges marks the first of several mountain building plate collisions that culminated in the construction of the supercontinent Pangaea with the Appalachians and neighboring Little Atlas ( now in Morocco ) near the center.

Her birth site is commemorated by a log cabin, the Little House Wayside.

Then came the birth of The Little Brown Jug, named through a newspaper contest, with its previews in 1944 and 1945.

Additionally, on the night of its airing it had the distinction of being the second most-watched television episode of all time, only slightly surpassed by the birth of Little Ricky on I Love Lucy in 1953.

Little is known of him, besides his ukiyo-e prints ; neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known with any certainty.

Little is known about her early years ; even her precise birth date is rarely mentioned.

Little else is known of his personal life — including the year and location of his birth.

** On June 4, 2006, Miracle Moon gave birth to Little Dream Walker, an male albino, sired by Arizona Spirit.

The same day Lucy gave birth to Desi Jr., the fictional Lucy Ricardo gave birth to " Little Ricky ".

In 1968, Greer Garson provided dramatic narration for The Little Drummer Boy, based on the traditional song and set during the birth of the baby Jesus.

The couple gave birth to two children: Tim, Jr. (" Little Rock "), and André (" Little Hawk ").