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Once the oath was sworn, Hera hurried to Alcmene's dwelling and slowed the birth of the twins Heracles and Iphicles by forcing Ilithyia, goddess of childbirth, to sit crosslegged with her clothing tied in knots, thereby causing the twins to be trapped in the womb.
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Once and oath
Once in Troy, Odysseus murdered Palamedes ( the commander who outwitted Odysseus in Ithaca, forcing him to stand by his oath and join the alliance ), drowning him while he was fishing.
Once the taking of the oath concludes, an ecclesiastic presents a Bible to the Sovereign, saying " Here is Wisdom ; This is the royal Law ; These are the lively Oracles of God.
Once the vassal had sworn the oath of fealty, the lord and vassal had a feudal relationship.
Once AMS trainees successfully complete all OTS graduation requirements, they receive the oath of office and are commissioned as second lieutenants in the ANG with both state and federal responsibilities.
Once free he regrets his promise and debates with Ralpho how to avoid his fate with Ralpho suggesting that oath breaking is next to saintliness:
Once and was
Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went on in the hall.
Once the door was open, they crowded him inside the dark building.
Once again, Tom Horn was the first and most likely suspect, and he was brought in for questioning immediately.
Once ( this was on the third day of school ) she kneeled down to pick up some books where they'd dropped on the floor and Jack looked up her dress -- at the bare expanse of incredibly white leg.
Once, then -- for how many years or how few does not matter -- my world was bound round by fences, when I was too small to reach the apple tree bough, to twist my knee over it and pull myself up.
Once covertly looking at Simms Purdew, the only man in the world whom he hated, he had seen the heavy, slack, bestubbled jaw open and close to emit the cruel, obscene banter, and had seen the pale-blue eyes go watery with whisky and merriment, and suddenly he was not seeing the face of that vile creature.
Once her trembling hand, with the pen grasped tight in it, was pressed against the paper the words came sharply, smoothly, as authoritatively as they would dropping from her own lips.
Once in a while they said what a shame it was, with Granny dying, but they all agreed she wouldn't have wanted it any other way.
Once the principle was established, the increase in state-owned vehicles came rapidly.
Once the full extent of this Russian military penetration of Cuba was clear, President Kennedy announced we would take whatever action was appropriate to prevent this, even if we had to go it alone.
Once the question of emancipation was settled to Palfrey's satisfaction, he faced a real problem in placing the freedmen in suitable homes as servants.
Once regarded as an agricultural nuisance, psyllium was sold in the 1930's as a mechanical laxative under 117 different brands.
`` Once, when the editor was just out of the hospital from a gallstone operation, Mrs. Calhoun and the mother of the bride went out to his house and fought it out beside his bed.
Once out in the street, the traffic was a gadfly maze in which he wandered stricken.
Once the figure was 30-30.
Once when she asked why he never went swimming and he answered, `` Don't feel like it '', he was tempted to tell her about being scared.
Once again, there was a negative shake.
Once it was, William thought.
They could still read the opening: `` Once, I was like you, stepping out of my window at the end of day, and letting the winds blow me gently toward the place I lived in.
Once his eyesight recovered sufficiently, he was able to study English literature at Balliol College, Oxford.
Once this was over, a massive development cooperation in the field of health and education brought in numerous civil personnel from Cuba.
Once he was firmly established in the Northern March, Albert's covetous eye lay also on the thinly populated lands to the north and east.
Once and sworn
Once elected, a governor serves a four-year term beginning on the date he is sworn into office ; inauguration day is the second Monday in January.
Once the results were certified, a newly elected governor would have to be sworn into office within 10 days.
Once the vote was certified, governor-elect Schwarzenegger had to be sworn into office within ten days.
Once the Supreme Court overturned Jayalalithaa's conviction and sentence in the case, Panneerselvam resigned on 2 March 2002, and Jayalalithaa was sworn in again as Chief Minister.
Once sworn they always sit in the same seat throughout the trial.
Once sworn in by the viceroy, the prime minister holds office until he or she resigns or is removed by the governor general, after either a motion of non confidence or his party's defeat in a general election.
Once, Lin Chong meets Lu Zhishen while accompanying his wife to the temple and becomes sworn brothers with Lu.
Once back at Air Force One, and only after Mrs. Kennedy and President Kennedy ’ s body had also returned to the plane, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in by Sarah T. Hughes as the thirty-sixth President of the United States of America at 2: 38 pm CST.
Once they have received the Diploma and after they have been sworn in as Peace Officers, they can then work in the Province of Ontario as Police Officers.
Once she has sworn the oaths, the Accepted is an Aes Sedai and is allowed to choose her Ajah.
Once sworn to secrecy owing to the political ramifications of their presence, they would go to work on B-26s at Da Nang ( then called Tourane ) in the south and on C-47s at Do Son, located south of Haiphong, in the north, respectively.
Once Prescott was sworn in as President, he immediately ordered preparation for the attack to resume.
Once and Hera
Once Io was given to Hera, she placed her in the charge of Argus to keep her separated from Zeus.
Once and hurried
Once, he " saw Canea in flames ", he hurried to Malaxa, near Chania, where a group of about 2, 000 rebels had assembled, and established himself as their header.
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