Around the same time, due to encouragement from influential speaker Themistocles, the Athenians also constructed the Long Walls connecting their city to the Piraeus, its port, making it effectively invulnerable to attack by land.

The idea of this name was proposed by Jim Kardach who developed a system that would allow cell phones to communicate with computers ( at the time he was reading Frans Gunnar Bengtsson's historical novel The Long Ships about Vikings and king Harald Bluetooth ).

Long term cross ownership of shares combined with a high capital tax rate greatly increases periods of asset deflation both in time and in severity.

* 1845 – Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.

Long term budgets have a time horizon of 5 – 10 years giving a vision to the company ; short term is an annual budget which is drawn to control and operate in that particular year.

The Continental Army under Washington engaged the enemy for the first time as an army of the newly independent United States at the Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the entire war.

The discovery of the Long Beach Oil Field in 1921, which proved to be the world's richest in production per-acre of the time, increased the importance of the Los Angeles Basin as a worldwide oil producer.

" Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.

The Long Parliament comprised " a set of the greatest geniuses for government, that the world ever saw embarked together in one common cause " and whose actions produced an effect, which, at the time, made their country the wonder and admiration of the world, and is still felt and exhibited far beyond the borders of that country, in the progress of reform, and the advancement of popular liberty.

* 1961 – Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

* 1842 – Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.

Long time Mets ace Tom Seaver, who threw five one-hitters as a Met, eventually threw a no-hitter, but by then he was playing for the Cincinnati Reds.

* 1934 – Chinese Communists begin the Long March ; it ended a year and four days later, by which time Mao Zedong had regained his title as party chairman.

Another tale tells of a man named Wu Liang ( later corrupted to Wu Long, or Oolong ) who discovered oolong tea by accident when he was distracted by a deer after a hard day's tea-picking, and by the time he remembered to return to the tea it had already started to oxidize.

In Stocks for the Long Run, Siegel mentions that since 1948, ten recessions were preceded by a stock market decline, by a lead time of 0 to 13 months ( average 5. 7 months ), while ten stock market declines of greater than 10 % in the DJIA were not followed by a recession.

Long before then, running out of time and looking for a team with which he could win again, Gretzky had been traded from the Kings at his request.

* March 30 – Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation ( Dr. Crawford Long performed the operation using ether ).

* December 27 – Anesthesia is used for childbirth for the first time ( Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia ).

Political: Louisiana Governor Earl Long used nigger in advocating full voting rights for Black Americans ; in that time, like colored and negro, it was mainstream usage in the American South.

At the time of the Great Depression ( of the 1930s ), the phrase " The Great Depression " had already been used to refer to the period 1873 – 96 ( in the United Kingdom ), or more narrowly 1873 – 79 ( in the United States ), which has since been renamed the Long Depression.

In this engagement, Staff Sergeant Andrzej Ropel, a Polish immigrant who was at the time not a citizen of the United States, and Specialist William Geraci a native of Cleveland, Ohio, who was recently assigned to 1-87 from the Divisions Long Range Surveillance Detachment, ( LRSD ) led the squad under fire to a ridgeline above the " Halfpipe.

Long legs increase the time and distance over which a jumping animal can push against the substrate, thus allowing more power and faster, farther jumps.

Apparently the time was ripe for the fish franchise concept: Long John Silver's, Captain D's and Skipper's all started about the same time.

The Long Parliament dissolved itself and for the first time in almost 20 years, there was a general election.

Kayak for a Cause is a non-profit kayaking fundraiser that takes place annually on Long Island Sound on the eastern coast of the United States.

The film's supporting cast features Robin Sachs as the warlord, Patrick Breen as a friendly alien, and Justin Long in his feature-film debut as a fan of the television show.

* Justin Long as Brandon, a devoted Galaxy Quest fan with an encyclopedic knowledge of the show.

They regularly played clubs and bars in Greenwich Village and Long Island, until they acquired a small fan base, and a manager, Peter Kauff.

" Team Warrior " by Nathan Solomon, a 14-year-old Chesapeake Bayhawks fan from Alpharetta, Georgia and " Team Authority " by Michael Hatala, a 13-year-old Long Island Lizards fan of Glen Cove, New York, selected the teams on the Friday night before the game.

' Long run ' dryers have an additional fan inside to boost the exiting moist air through longer sections of vent pipe, as in apartments or dwellings where the vent cannot make a short direct connection from the dryer to the outside.

Besides " Angel ", some notable omissions from the album include various songs only available on other fan club Christmas singles by the band, " I Got Id " and " Long Road " from the Merkin Ball EP, and " Leatherman " from the " Given to Fly " single.

Long time Beck fan Jimi Hendrix jammed with the band at Cafe Wha during this and their following tours.

Local fan groups also developed, some disbanding when the series ended production, others which are still running ; among those still in operation are The Whoosier Network ( Indiana, celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2009 ), the North East Wisconsin Friends of The Doctor ( NEWFOD ), the Prydonians of Prynceton ( New Jersey ), the Guardians of Gallifrey ( Central Florida ), Tardis Repairs Inc. ( aka TRI, Southern Florida ), Doctor Who New York and the Gallifreyan Embassy of Long Island ( New York ), the Atlanta Gallifreyans ( Georgia ) and the Time Meddlers of Los Angeles ( California ).

He was a great fan of BriSCA Formula One stock car racing at the former Long Eaton track and made a record called " Stock Car Racing is Magic!

Long time Blues fan, Owen Tubbritt, was appointed PRO in December 2009.

During a May visit to Edmonton with the Long Beach Armada, Lima was heartily embraced by the Capital's fans and even had a local fan club develop at the ballpark — a first ever for a visiting player there.

Though he grew up on Long Island, Higgins was a Montreal Canadiens fan as a child, following after his father ; his favorite players on the team were goaltender Patrick Roy and captain Kirk Muller.

While attributed to the creation of Akuma ( Street Fighter ) | Akuma, fan requests for a playable Sheng Long directly resulted in the inclusion of Gouken in Street Fighter IV.

Long Division remains a favorite among the Rustic Overtones ' fan base, despite not being widely available for nearly a decade.

Of all the LUG writers, Steven S. Long has been the most active amongst the fan movement.

Long time ABBA fan Elvis Costello submitted a track " Shatter Proof " for inclusion on the album, however Agnetha decided against recording it.

Long, who was a lifelong Michigan Wolverines fan, responded with a verbal commitment.