Near the end of the Hippodrome I came upon the Built Column, a truncated obelisk of blocks, all that remains of a monument that once rivalled the Colossus of Rhodes.

Near the end of his service he wrote that when the war was over he was going to buy two pups, name one of them `` Fall-in '' and the other `` Close-up '', and then shoot them both, `` and that will be the end of Fall-in and Close-up ''.

Near the end of Alexander's life, Alexander began to suspect plots against himself, and threatened Aristotle in letters.

" Near the end of his life, he fictionalized this experience in his book New Connecticut, originally circulated only among friends before its publication in 1881.

Near the west end of the lake it receives its first important tributary, the Lütschine.

Near the west end of Lake Thun, the river receives the waters of the Kander, which has just been joined by the Simme.

It has recently been suggested that the regional decline at the end of the Akkadian period ( and First Intermediary Period of the Ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom ) was associated with rapidly increasing aridity, and failing rainfall in the region of the Ancient Near East, caused by a global centennial-scale drought.

Near the end of the days of the vow, Paul was recognized outside Herod's Temple and was nearly beaten to death by a mob, " shouting, ' Men of Israel, help us!

Near the end, I could hardly breathe.

Near the end of his life, DeMille began pre-production work on a film biography of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout Movement and had asked David Niven to star in the film, which was never made.

Near the end of the first decade of the double-Bills ' guidance, the Cubs won the NL pennant in 1929 and then achieved the unusual feat of winning a pennant every three years, following up the 1929 flag with league titles in 1932, 1935, and 1938.

Near the end of the Daytona 500, he had a four-second lead when the final caution flag came out with a handful of laps to go.

Near the end of his term, his efforts to set up a summit meeting with the Soviets collapsed because of the U-2 incident when an American spy plane was shot down over Russia and its pilot captured.

Near the end, Don Quixote reluctantly sways towards sanity: an inn is just an inn, not a castle.

Near the end of the 17th century, John Phillips, a nephew of poet John Milton, published what is considered by Putnam the worst English translated version.

Near the end of his life, he became reclusive and produced frightening and obscure paintings of insanity, madness, and fantasy, while the style of the Black Paintings prefigures the expressionist movement.

Near the end of his 1796 paper on living and fossil elephants he said:

Near the end of this period his friend Basil died.

Near the end of the Second World War, Allied forces discovered that the SS had compiled lists of people slated for immediate arrest during the invasion of Britain in the abandoned Operation Sea Lion, and Wells was included in the alphabetical list on the same page of " The Black Book " as Rebecca West.

Near the end of 1840 he once again decided to sign ship's articles.

Near the end of his apprenticeship, Grien oversaw the production of stained glass, woodcuts and engravings, and therefore developed an affinity for them.

Near the end of his life, Caesar began to prepare for a war against the Parthian Empire.

Near the end of the book, Calvin describes and defends the doctrine of predestination, a doctrine advanced by Augustine in opposition to the teachings of Pelagius.

Near the end of his life, Justinian became ever more inclined towards the Monophysite doctrine, especially in the form of Aphthartodocetism, but he died before being able to issue any legislation which would have elevated its teachings to the status of dogma.

Near the end of 2000, Fletcher endorsed a report from the right-wing Fraser Institute which suggested that Canada would have to end university union contracts and professorial tenure to retain bright young academics.

Near the end of his tenure with the Bucs, Wyche participated in a lighthearted pregame promotional piece for NFL Films.

On July 12, 1967 the Secretary of State announced that the U. S. position on the Near East crisis was outlined in the President's statement of June 19 and that it provided the basis for a just and equitable settlement between the Arab states and Israel.

Near the end of his term as Secretary of State, negotiations for Pinckney's Treaty were finalized.

His father was a Foreign Service officer who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs ( 1969 – 72 ) and U. S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka ( 1972 – 76 ).

In 1962, was named Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and South Asian Affairs and deputy director of the International Cooperation Administration, the precursor to the United States Agency for International Development.

Notable celebrities who appeared at the march included Peter, Paul and Mary, Indigo Girls, Moby, Ani DiFranco, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Ashley Judd, Kathleen Turner, Ted Turner, Ana Gasteyer, Janeane Garofalo, Bonnie Franklin, Holly Near, Cris Williamson, Julianne Moore and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright ; also appearing were veteran abortion rights leaders, such as Kate Michelman of NARAL Pro-Choice America and Gloria Steinem, and many members of Congress.

*" the creation of five Under Secretaries with the responsibility for overseeing the regions of Africa, Asia, Europe, Inter-America, and Near East / South Asia, and a redefinition of the responsibilities of the Under Secretary for Global Affairs "

* Lucius D. Battle-Former U. S. Ambassador to Egypt, Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East and Africa, and President, Middle East Institute ; founded SAIS Foreign Policy Institute

From 1970 to 1974, Atherton was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

From 1974 to 1978, he was Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

* 1974-1978 US Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs

He later served on the Policy Planning staff, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research.

* G. Lewis Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 1959 – 1961

The institute's founding director, Edward P. Djerejian, is the former United States Ambassador to Israel and Syria and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.

Charles David Welch ( born 1953 ) is an American diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs in the United States Department of State from 2005 through 2008.

On March 18, 2005, Welch was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs .< ref >

His positions included: Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel for the U. S. Department of State ; Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations ; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs ; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East and South Asia ; Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy, Amman, Jordan, and Embassy Sanaa, Yemen ; head of the U. S. Liaison Office, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ; and Deputy Principal Officer, U. S. Interests Section, Damascus, Syria.

He subsequently was made Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.

He served as U. S. Ambassador to Iran from 1946 – 1948, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 1948 – 1949, U. S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1949 – 1953, United States Ambassador to India and Nepal 1953 – 1954 ; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs from 1953 – 1954, U. S. Ambassador to Greece 1956-1957, and Director of the U. S. Information Agency from 1957-1960.

The United States Senate confirmed Satterfield to succeed Edward William Gnehm, Jr. as Ambassador to Jordan, but shortly thereafter ( on June 1, 2004 ) the Secretary of State designated him Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs ( NEA ) ( having served for the previous three years as NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary ), and in May 2005 he was sent to Iraq as Deputy Chief of Mission.