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 the decade, he made a cameo appearance in Welles's Touch of Evil ( 1958 ) and a starring role in the film adaptation of Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon ( also 1958 ).

In February 2007, Ptolemaic Productions acquired the rights to The Singularity is Near, The Age of Spiritual Machines and Fantastic Voyage including the rights to Kurzweil's life and ideas for the film Transcendent Man.

Although the group has released numerous studio and live recordings, a substantial number of their fans were introduced to Tangerine Dream by their film soundtracks, which total over sixty and include Sorcerer, Thief, The Keep, Risky Business, Firestarter, Legend, Near Dark, Shy People, and Miracle Mile.

Near the ending, the events of the film itself are revealed to be a movie being enjoyed by the characters.

Near the end of the film, they are jailed with Dante, Elias, and Randal, in which the latter hired a donkey show to celebrate Dante moving away.

Near the end of the film, Seblon reveals his love and concern to a drunken Querelle, and they kiss and embrace before returning to Le Vengeur.

Near the end of these sessions, in October 1972, Wings recorded the theme song to the James Bond film Live and Let Die, which reunited McCartney with Beatles producer / arranger George Martin.

In 2008, McKennitt wrote and composed a song she titled " To The Fairies They Draw Near " as the theme song for Disney's direct-to-video animated film Tinker Bell.

Near the climax of the film, Neo offers a deal with the Machines to get rid of Smith in exchange for Zion's safety, warning them that Smith is beyond their control and will eventually spread to the machine city, which will result in destruction of both mankind and machines.

Near the coast of Natal in South Africa, the team spent two seasons attempting to film the annual sardine run, a huge congregation of predators such as sharks and dolphins that assembles to feast on the migrating fish by corralling them into ' bait balls '.

Near the end of the film, Rocky faces the pain of separation from his girlfriend who goes away to a Special School for the Blind and the collapse of his dream motorbike trip through Europe when his best friend who was to come with him moves back to Michigan for good.

Near the end of the film, Ranjan was shown playing with Baggy's tail.

Near to the beginning of the film, Bagheera and Mowgli stop to rest on a high branch of a tree.

Near the end of the first film, after he is killed by Agent Smith inside the Matrix, she speaks to his interfaced physical body and reveals that the Oracle told her that she would fall in love with the One, a prophesied individual capable of manipulating the Matrix to an unprecedented degree.

" In a conversation with director Monte Hellman called " Somewhere Near Salinas ", available in the supplements to the Two-Lane Blacktop Criterion Collection DVD release ( a film in which Kristofferson's version is used on the soundtrack ), Kristofferson states that the film La Strada was an inspiration for the song and remarks on the irony of how a song inspired by a classic " road movie " should come to be used in another.

The film was part of an 80s trend to make vampire figures from stories of old more applicable to audiences, one that included 1987's western-gothic Near Dark and the suburban Fright Night of 1985.

In her review in Not Coming to a Theater Near You, Jenny Jediny wrote, " In many ways, The Double Life of Véronique is a small miracle of cinema ; ... Kieslowski ’ s strong, if largely post-mortem reputation among the art house audience has elevated a film that makes little to no sense on paper, while its emotional tone strikes a singular — perhaps perfect — key.

Near the end of the film the saboteur is revealed to be Dr. Hiller.

Near the end of the film, Igner rebels against Mom by swallowing the crystal ; his action ultimately causes all dark matter in the world to become totally worthless as starship fuel.

As a filmmaker he is known for his Venice ' 58 Grand Prix winner The Last Day of Summer ( Ostatni dzień lata, 1958 ), All Souls ' Day ( Zaduszki, 1961 ), as well as for his masterpieces Salto ( 1962 ) and How Far Away, How Near ( Jak daleko stąd, jak blisko ( 1973 )), as well as film adaptations: of Nobel Prize Winner Czeslaw Milosz book Dolina Issy ( 1982 ), and of Adam Mickiewicz's epic poem Dziady-Lawa ( 1990 ).

Near the end of the film he has a change of heart, and he is seen putting the star on top of the Christmas tree and becoming a part of Christmastown.