Along Wappinger Creek in Dutchess County, past the white church at Fishkill, past Verplanck's Point on the east bank of the Hudson, to the white salt-crusted roads of the Long Island Rockaways there was a watching and an activity of preparing for something explosive to happen.

After the Juniors were welcomed and congratulated for qualifying for the Finals of the Junior Class, Mrs. William H. Long, Jr. was introduced as the first speaker.

Long before he reached the protection of the stage door, Andy was recognized.

Willie's partner was Long Jim Barnes, who tried to keep count.

Prior to that he was associated with Long Island University in Brooklyn.

Long before 1815 the Christian conscience was leading some to declare slavery wrong and to act accordingly.

Long disputed, the predominantly German-speaking region of Alsace or Elsaß was annexed by Germany in 1871 ; after World War I, it was reintegrated into France.

Their return was blocked, and they resolved to march on Athens, where the Long Walls were not yet completed, winning a victory at the Battle of Tanagra.

It was built mainly to satisfy public demand for creation of a grade-separated right of way for the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad ( later Long Island Rail Road ) on its way to the South Ferry at the foot of Atlantic Street ( later Atlantic Avenue ), where passengers could catch ferries to Manhattan.

King was a major shareholder in the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad ( later the Long Island Rail Road ) and therefore had a conflict of interest and stood to benefit by the compensation payments to the railroad from the tax assessment.

for torpedo manufacture ( which were test-fired in Loch Long ) and then in the early 1970s was the scene of the Plessey sit-in.

In addition to these troops Belarus was the area of deployment for units subordinated directly to the USSR Defence Ministry and chiefs of different Soviet Armed Forces services, namely the 103rd Guards Airborne Division, the 38th Guards Airborne Brigade, the 11th corps of the 2nd Separate Air Defence Army, the 26th Air Army and also units and formations of the Strategic Rocket Forces, Long Range Aviation, the Navy and special forces.

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 considered a mathematical curiosity, it was during the 1960s that theoretical work showed black holes were a generic prediction of general relativity.

Mumy also played the character of young Pip, a boy who enjoyed playing with his father but was always ignored, in the episode " In Praise of Pip " ( September 1963 ), and the character of Billy Bayles, a boy who talks to his dead grandmother through a toy telephone, in the episode " Long Distance Call " ( March 1961 ).

Long ago, his master was murdered by Jade Fox ( Cheng Pei-pei ), a woman who sought to learn Wudang skills.

Athel Long CMG, CBE was the last Administrator and the first Governor of the Cayman Islands.

Smith was born January 13, 1893 in Long Valley, California, of English and Yankee parentage.

His formal education was limited: he suffered from psychological disorders including a fear of crowds, and although admitted to high school after attending eight years of grammar school ( Long Valley School, whence dates the earliest known photo of him ), he never went to high school.

Long after the Roman census was no longer taken, the Latin word lustrum has survived, and been adopted in some modern languages, in the derived sense of a period of five years, i. e. half a decennium.

The Communists, tipped-off that a Nationalist offensive was imminent, retreated in the Long March, during which Mao Zedong rose from a mere military official to the most influential leader of the Communist Party of China.

The Rump was created by Pride's Purge of those members of the Long Parliament who did not support the political position of the Grandees in the New Model Army.

The Rump had not agreed to its own dissolution when it was dispersed by Cromwell and legislation from the period immediately before the Civil War — the Act against dissolving the Long Parliament without its own consent ( 11 May 1641 ) -- gave them the legal basis for this view.

* The Cobbler, a mountain located near the head of Loch Long in Scotland, also known as " Ben Arthur "

* 1648 – Colonel Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead ; came to be known as " Pride's Purge ".

The new public service became known as TIG ( Long Distance Transport of Guyana ). The TIG coexist with Taxi Co.

On the weekend of 30 June 1934, he gave order to the SS to seize Röhm and his lieutenants, and to execute them without trial ( known as the Night of the Long Knives ).

Between 85 to 200 members of the SA leadership and other political adversaries, including Gregor Strasser, were killed between 30 June and 2 July 1934 in these actions, known as the Night of the Long Knives.

Historical sources provide little information on the following decades, a period known as the Long Peace.

In October 1945, Pollock married American painter Lee Krasner, and in November they moved to what is now known as the Pollock-Krasner House and Studio, at 830 Springs Fireplace Road, in the Springs area of East Hampton, on Long Island, NY.

Long loops can also be drawn out and secured, forming a " shaggy " texture to the fabric ; this is known as loop knitting.

Long was a longtime resident and wealthy businessman having built the R. A. Long Building for the Long-Bell Lumber Company, his home, Corinthian Hall now the Kansas City Museum, and Longview Farm, he was known and respected.

Caron is best known for the musical films An American in Paris ( 1951 ), Lili ( 1953 ), Daddy Long Legs ( 1955 ), Gigi ( 1958 ), and for the non-musical films Fanny ( 1961 ), The L-Shaped Room ( 1962 ), and Father Goose ( 1964 ).

The King himself being thereby implicated, and the Long Parliament passed the Triennial Act, also known as the Dissolution Act, in May 1641, to which the Royal Assent was readily granted.

However it is a well known fact that the trial given to Henry Vane as to his own person, and defense of his own part played for the Long Parliament was a forgone conclusion.

There is an alternative rite known as The Office at the Parting of the Soul from the Body When a Man has Suffered for a Long Time.

In Parmigianino's Madonna with the Long Neck ( 1534-40 ), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, highly stylized poses, and lack of clear perspective.

The first rainy season begins around March and last to the end of July with a peak in June, this rainy season is followed by a short dry break in August known as the August break which is a short dry season lasting for two to three weeks in August. This break is broken by the Short rainy season starting around early September and lasting to Mid October with a peak period at the end of September. The ending of the short rainy season in October is followed by Long Dry Season. This period starts from late October and lasts till early March with peak dry conditions between early December and late February.

Formed in Long Island, New York, in 1982, Public Enemy is known for their politically charged lyrics and criticism of the American media, with an active interest in the frustrations and concerns of the African American community.

As a result, the IRA launched a new strategy known as " the Long War ".

In 1595, Clement VIII initiated an alliance of Christian European powers to take part in the war with the Ottoman Empire, fought mainly in Hungary, which would become known as " The Long War " and would continue past Clement's own lifetime.

Because they are so distant, they are apparently stationary to our current technology, yet their positions can be measured with the utmost accuracy by Very Long Baseline Interferometry ( VLBI ); positions of most are known to 0. 001 arcsecond or better, orders of magnitude more precise than the best optical measurements.

The purge became known as the Night of the Long Knives.

This war lasted till 1606, and was known as " The Long War ".

" Long before Geoffrey, Arthur's court was well known to Welsh storytellers ; in the romance Culhwch and Olwen, written around 1100, the protagonist Culhwch invokes the names of 225 individuals affiliated with Arthur.

Written later around 1350 in the Huo Long Jing, this manuscript of Jiao Yu recorded an earlier Song-era cast-iron cannon known as the ' flying-cloud thunderclap eruptor ' ( fei yun pi-li pao ).