Starting with the room completely blacked out, as it was when we came in, he unerringly fixed things so that the whole place was bathed in the maximum of light without at any point admitting even so much as a crack of glare.

Starting third baseman Ken Keltner and outfielder Ray Mack were both drafted in 1945 taking two more starters out of the lineup.

Starting with the Aesopian pattern, La Fontaine set out to satirize the court, the church, the rising bourgeoisie, indeed the entire human scene of his time.

Starting out as a cluster of large, open tents pitched next to the still-standing white wooden day beacon, the Millersville settlement on the island's western shore was named after a bureaucrat with the United States Department of Air Commerce.

Starting out with 16 million members in 1955 and dropping down to 13 million by 1984 is a significant loss.

Starting out as a hobby, SHADES became accessible in the UK as a commercial MUD via British Telecom's Prestel and Micronet networks.

Starting out with 15-year-old aluminum boats, Powerboat P1 boats evolved dramatically through the decade to the point where the mono-hull twin-engine boats were kicking out around 1800 hp.

*" The Engine, with the carriages attached to it, shall be run by hand up to the Starting Post, and as soon as the steam is got up to fifty pounds per square inch (), the engine shall set out upon its journey.

*" As soon as the Engine has performed this task, ( which will be equal to the travelling from Liverpool to Manchester ,) there shall be a fresh supply of fuel and water delivered to her ; and, as soon as she can be got ready to set out again, she shall go up to the Starting Post, and make ten trips more, which will be equal to the journey from Manchester back again to Liverpool.

Starting with 10. 6 ( Snow Leopard ), the user can choose out of a wide range list of multiple voices.

Starting in April, however, a Committee of Public Safety was formed, and men such as Jacques Hébert were beginning to call for Antoinette's trial ; by the end of May, the Girondins had been chased out of power and arrested.

Starting in the Communist Party of Slovakia, the only road to prominence in Communist Czechoslovakia, he became committee chairman in the town of Žiar nad Hronom, only to be dismissed in the year after the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, when he delivered a pro-reform speech to the national congress in 1969 and was thrown out.

* 1987 Starting out: 1920-1947

Starting in 1920, Miró developed a very precise style, picking out every element in isolation and detail and arranging them in deliberate composition.

Starting with magazines, Gollancz then brought out a series of art books, after which he started signing novelists.

This diagram shows the operating sequence of a Medusa propulsion spacecraft ( 1 ) Starting at moment of bomb / pulse unit firing, ( 2 ) As the bomb's explosion pulse reaches the parachute canopy, ( 3 ) Pushes the canopy, accelerating it away from the bomb explosion as the spacecraft plays out the main tether with the winch, braking as it extends, starting to accelerate the spacecraft, ( 4 ) And finally winches the tether back in.

Starting to buckle from the pressures of the twentieth century and the weight of their own endless lives, Mina and her companions must nevertheless prevent the making of a Moonchild that might well turn out to be the Antichrist.

Starting out as mostly men arriving first and then later on bringing their families over.

Starting in 1922 and lasting until 1932, Kane spent about eleven months out of every year traveling around the United States as a freelance, self-syndicated journalist.

Starting from the north of the city, the ten neighborhoods are easy to trace out.

Starting in 1874, Henry Graham and J. Stanley Morton began operating a steam line out of St. Joseph.

Starting out with borrowed acoustic guitars, they developed a style, which incorporated three-part vocal harmony with the style of contemporary folk-rock acts, much like Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Starting out as a comedy writer, then a film director ( he wrote and produced the 1967 film Divorce American Style and directed the 1971 film Cold Turkey, both starring Dick Van Dyke ), Lear tried to sell a concept for a sitcom about a blue-collar American family to ABC.

Starting his career at sea, at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years, and was himself enslaved for a period.

Starting in Beethoven's later career, the fortepiano evolved into the modern piano as we know it today.

Starting his career as a jurist at the University of Bordeaux, Duverger became more and more involved in political science and in 1948 founded one of the first faculties for political science in Bordeaux, France.

Starting his international sporting career only in his late thirties at the 1968 Winter Olympics of Grenoble, Krienbühl mostly skated at the back of the field.

Starting with the music as a hobby in the late 90s and at the early age of 13 he became an enthusiast of the dance music genre of the moment, and passed to be a mere follower to become a producer even before starting his career as a DJ.

Starting his professional career in 1924, Schmeling came to the United States in 1928 and, after a ninth-round technical knockout of Johnny Risko, became a sensation.

Starting a solo career, he became a hit success with his second album, Don't Be Cruel, which spawned a number of hit singles including the co-self penned " My Prerogative ", which became his signature hit.

Starting with No End, Kieślowski's career was closely associated with two regular collaborators, the screenwriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz and the composer Zbigniew Preisner.

Starting his career as a child actor in his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat ( 1973 ), Khan began his professional career eleven years later with Holi ( 1984 ) and had his first commercial success with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak ( 1988 ).

Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as " Roll With Me, Henry ", " At Last ", " Tell Mama ", " Something's Got a Hold on Me ", and " I'd Rather Go Blind " for which she wrote the lyrics.

Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953.

Starting her career as an extra in films, Velasco became famous for her interpretation of a Mazahua indigenous woman with the name of " La India María ", whom she portrayed on various Televisa programs.

Starting in 1822 after the death of his sister, Corot began receiving a yearly allowance of 1500 francs which adequately financed his new career, studio, materials, and travel for the rest of his life.

Starting his career writing articles for game magazines, he moved on to writing supplements for Hero Games's Champions system, and currently writes for White Wolf Game Studio.

Starting his career with a passion for rallying rather than racing, he graduated to single seaters through the French Renault 5 championship.

Starting his minor league career, Carew was assigned to play second base with the Melbourne ( FL ) Twins in the Cocoa Rookie League and hit. 325 over the final 37 games of the season.

Starting his driving career in Go-karts at age 12, Waltrip entered his first stock car race just four short years later.

Starting in 1939 with the career of Amália Rodrigues, fado was an internationally popular genre.

Starting his career at age 17, Gefen appeared on stage in drag and heavy makeup, bragged about his evasion of the draft, and sang about drugs, sex and alienation in a hard-rock style reminiscent of Punk Rock.

Starting his professional career by releasing his first long-player in 1973 subtitled " The Album-Confessions of a Big Lanky Dope ", as a member of Rhubarb's Revenge ( re-issued on CD and virgin vinyl in 1999 by GearFab Records after becoming a collector's item of rare virtue ), and going on to contribute to an interesting string of,, unsuccessful records.

Starting her career as the Rector's Assistant at Glasgow University ( 1972-3 ), she became a History and English teacher at the ( RC ) London Oratory School in Fulham ( 1974 – 86 ) and later Head of Careers ( 1984-6 ) before switching to John Archer School ( sold off for housing ) on Sutherland Grove in Wandsworth as Head of Careers between 1986-8.

Starting his career in the government, Mirza was employed by Prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan in the Ministry of Defence, being appointed as the first Defence Secretary ( one of an apex bureaucratic post ), overseeing the Indo-Pakistan war of 1947, and the Balochistan conflict in 1948.

Starting his career in 1975 with Prayanam, Bharathan rode to fame with his off-beat Thakara, a film about a dumb-witted central character who falls in love with the village beauty.