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arrival and demise
At this time, the last remaining vestiges of civilization are gone, and Ralph's demise is only prevented by the abrupt and unexpected arrival of a naval officer, who is disappointed by the savage nature of the British boys.
Financially this was a disaster, as the extension was funded by a mortgage, and the arrival of the railways soon afterwards started the demise of the canal.
However, messages arrival was often untimely and privacy issues as well as the high cost eventually caused the demise of these services.
Significant factors contributing to its demise include: ( 1 ) the deaths of a substantial percentage of the Kalmyk population from disease and malnutrition, both during their travel and upon their arrival to remote exile settlements in Central Asia, south central Siberia and the Soviet Far East ; ( 2 ) the wide dispersal of the Kalmyk population ; ( 3 ) the duration of exile, which ended in 1957 ; ( 4 ) the stigma associated with being accused of treason, and ( 5 ) assimilation into the larger, more dominant culture.
The now-defunct New Orleans Brass of the ECHL played in the New Orleans Arena their last three seasons before their demise in 2002, caused in part by the arrival of the Hornets.
* The Witch is mentioned but not seen alive in a little known British TV version of " The Wizard of OZ " from 1995, which has her obtaining the Ruby Slippers when they fell off the feet of a visitor from over the rainbow ( Zoe Salmon, in a quick appearance ) when she wished herself home, which she then uses to rule over the Munchkins until Dorothys arrival causes her untimely demise.
After the demise of the Lucayans, who were carried as slaves to Hispaniola and Cuba, there was no large settlement until the arrival of the Loyalists.
From the Ukrainian perspective the army's arrival was a significant factor that that led to the eventual demise of the independent West Ukrainian People's Republic, and it's ultimate incorporation into the new Polish state.
Chudley described the sales figures as " measly " and cited Dreamcast's demise, the game's late arrival and the discovery of high-profile bugs after release as the reasons why.
The first television version was produced by Associated-Rediffusion ( later Rediffusion London ), while the revival was made by Thames Television ( whose arrival as the new London weekday ITV company had led to the original show's demise ).
Inconvenient departure and arrival times, coupled with the prevailing 30-mph ( 50 km / h ) speed limit on the LIRC, led to the train's demise in 2003.

arrival and third
The theophany in Exodus begins " the third day " from their arrival at Sinai in chapter 19: Yahweh and the people meet at the mountain, God appears in the storm and converses with Moses, giving him the Ten Commandments while the people listen.
He recovered his goal-scoring form the following season, and was an ever-present player in the league once again, scoring 13 goals as Liverpool became league champions for the 13th time, and the third time since Dalglish's arrival.
By the arrival of the third millenium, Sauron had prepared for the final conquest, and in T. A.
The arrival of increasing numbers of settlers led to the partitioning of the county in 1888: the eastern third became Deuel County ; the middle third became present-day Cheyenne County ; and the western third became Kimball, Scotts Bluff, and Banner Counties.
The beginning of the fourth talk exposes at length the series of events that occurred between the third and fourth talks: namely, the response from group members to the ultimatum given to them in the second talk and the arrival of Orage himself.
Summer of 1999 marked the arrival of McCain's third album, Messenger, which included a second Top 40 hit, the Diane Warren-penned " I Could Not Ask For More.
Another new arrival, Doug MacKenzie ( Gareth Hale ), became Cat's third husband, while his womanising son Marc ( Michael Wildman ; later Graham Bryan ) married Yasmin.
At the start of the novel Yossarian is assigned to a tent with Orr and a third officer referred to as " The Dead Mat in Yossarian's Tent "-Lt. Mudd-who was sent on a mission immediately upon his arrival and died in combat before having the chance to check in.
The order was that all the counterfeiters be liquidated together ; the delayed arrival of the third batch therefore saved the lives of all of them.
Ferdinand VII died within a month of his arrival at Madrid, and the infant queen Isabella, then in the third year of her age, was placed on her contested throne, based on the old Spanish custom of female inheritance.
Shortly after the arrival of U. S. Commodore Matthew Perry, in 1853, whose purpose was to negotiate a treaty allowing American trade with Japan, Tokugawa Ieyoshi died, and was succeeded by his third son Tokugawa Iesada.
He then foiled an attempt by Royalists to arrest him, and on the arrival of Napoleon he received for the third time the portfolio of police.
These Han Dynasty texts also indicate that, at that time, pipa was a recent arrival, although later third century texts from the Jin Dynasty suggest that pipa existed in China as early as the Qin Dynasty ( 221 BCE – 206 BCE ).
This leads us on to the familiar expression ‘ Speatrie Loup Oot ’, which had its genesis in the cry of William Brough, a railway porter, discharging third class passengers after their arrival at Aspatria from the Bolton Loop railway connection.
The Nativity of Christ is a three-day celebration: the formal title of the first day is " The Nativity According to the Flesh of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ ", and celebrates not only the Nativity of Jesus, but also the Adoration of the Shepherds of Bethlehem and the arrival of the Maji ; the second day is referred to as the " Synaxis of the Theotokos ", and commemorates the role of the Virgin Mary in the Incarnation ; the third day is known as the " Third Day of the Nativity ", and is also the feast day of the Protodeacon and Protomartyr Saint Stephen.
However it is suggested that they arrived in Spain in the Neolithic period, with their arrival being dated from as early as the fifth millennium BC to the third millennium BC.
A third Panavia Tornado F3 Squadron, No. 56 ( Reserve ) Squadron, was disbanded in April 2008 in preparation for the arrival of the Eurofighter Typhoon, in 2010.
Though she was hailed as " the first lady of Motown ", Wells was technically Motown's third female signed act: Claudette Rogers of Motown's first star group The Miracles, has been referred to by Berry Gordy as " the first lady of Motown Records " due to her being signed as a member of the group, and in late 1959 Detroit blues-gospel singer Mable John signed to the then-fledging label a year prior to Wells ' arrival.
The Swans were doing fine around Christmas time, but a complete collapse in the second half of the season, including a 7 – 0 FA Cup defeat at third division Fulham, 4 – 0 and 5 – 1 defeats at Blackpool and Oxford United respectively, relegation was inevitable, despite the arrival of Jan Mølby.
After the Lycans retreat from Selene's return fire and the arrival of a third Death Dealer, Nathaniel, she tracks them to their den.
However, on his arrival, he heard of the proposal to build a third bridge over the River Thames at Blackfriars.
From the third century BC to arrival of Islam in the seventh AD, Bahrain was controlled by two other Iranian dynasties of Parthians and Sassanids.

arrival and group
Very soon after his arrival in Little Rock, Pike had joined one of the most influential organizations in town, the Little Rock Debating Society, and it was with this group that he made his debut as an orator, being invited to deliver the annual Fourth of July address the club sponsored every year.
The description of Benjamin being born after the arrival in Canaan is thought by some scholars to refer to the tribe of Benjamin coming into existence by branching from the Joseph group after the tribe had settled in Canaan.
Some years after their arrival, the Nephites met with a similar group, the Mulekites who left the Middle East during the same period.
His arrival with a letter of introduction to Matthew Boulton from Benjamin Franklin was to have a galvanising effect on the existing circle, which began to explicitly identify itself as a group and actively started to attract new members.
William WitheringIf William Small's arrival in 1765 had been the catalyst to the development of the Lunar Circle as a cohesive group, his death – probably from malaria – in 1775 was to mark another change in its structure.
" It is also stated that, " Origin can be considered as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States.
The small group of mercenaries arrived in the Maldives smuggling their light arms in diving equipment, but did not carry out the mission because Gayoom had been tipped about their arrival and they found that they had been misinformed about the popularity of Gayoom.
Another significant arrival around this time was a group of puritan Miknasa Berber rebels from Ifriqiya, who went on to establish the settlement of Sijilmassa ( in southeast Morocco ) and open trade across the Sahara desert with the gold-producing Ghana Empire of west Africa.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, Panama was widely settled by Chibchan, Chocoan, and Cueva peoples, among whom the largest group were the Cueva ( whose specific language affiliation is poorly documented ).
The group existed as a casual songwriting collective prior to its association with Crow, but rapidly developed into a vehicle for her debut album after her arrival.
Until the arrival of Dr. Watson, Holmes worked alone, only occasionally employing agents from the city's underclass, including a host of informants and a group of street children he calls " the Baker Street Irregulars ".
Following Bellwood's model of a southward migration of Austronesian-speaking farmers ( AN ), radiocarbon dates from caves in Maros suggest a date in the mid-second millennium BC for the arrival of an AN group from east Borneo speaking a Proto-South Sulawesi language ( PSS ).
These factors, as well as these shows ' rise in global popularity at the same time as the arrival of the reality craze, lead many people to group them under the reality TV umbrella as well as the traditional game show one.
This recognition was combined with the arrival of a group of Puritans whom Calvert had induced to establish Providence, now Annapolis, by guaranteeing their freedom of worship.
With the arrival of a plentiful group of new European settlers reaching the eastern border, a place where multitudes of Native Americans tribes were currently situated, the government grew fearful as they believed that they were in the midst of facing an “ Indian problem ” as the racial societies were unable to coexist within the same communities.
A group of Loyalists from the state of New York, fleeing the aftermath of the American Revolution, were added to the immigrants upon their arrival in the neighbouring colony of Nova Scotia.
In 1965, Denver joined the Chad Mitchell Trio, a folk group that had been renamed " The Mitchell Trio " prior to Chad Mitchell's departure and before Denver's arrival, and then " Denver, Boise, and Johnson " ( John Denver, David Boise, and Michael Johnson ).
Much of the Safe as Milk material was honed and arranged by the arrival of 20-year – old guitar prodigy Ry Cooder, who had been brought into the group after much pressure from Vliet.
Themes of exclusion of non-European immigrants was largely brought into the party in 1978, with the arrival of Jean-Pierre Stirbois and his " solidarist " group.
Following the 1989 election, it teamed up with the German Republicans and the Belgian Vlaams Blok in a new European Right group, while the MSI left due to the Germans ' arrival.
The company is also reorganised internally, most notably with the arrival of former Culture Minister Christine Albanel as head of communications for the group.
This comes to a peak following the arrival of the American / German group, by raft.
The arrival of Mani revitalized the group, who were considering disbanding after the failure of Give Out.
The Goonies are saved by the timely arrival of Chunk and Sloth, now close friends, who help the rest of the group to shore.

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