There was a mound of bleached human bones and skulls at the base of the big wooden derrick.

Sherman proved that a railway base could be movable and the most brilliant feature of the Atlanta campaign was the rapid repair of the tracks.

All that the English lady wanted to do was to walk up to the monument and lay a wreath at its base.

Cuban S.S.R.: Whatever may have been the setbacks resulting from the unsuccessful attempt of the Cuban rebels to establish a beachhead on the Castro-held mainland last week, there was at least one positive benefit, and that was the clear-cut revelation to the whole world of the complete conversion of Cuba into a Russian-dominated military base.

For the States which maintain two separate agencies -- one for the vocational rehabilitation of the blind, and one for the rehabilitation of persons other than the blind -- the Act specifies that their minimum ( base ) allotment shall be divided between the two agencies in the same proportion as it was divided in fiscal year 1954.

Mold was used as pattern and clay cut by holding knife at about 45-degree angle, to form an undercut, making base smaller than the pattern top.

The myocardium of the posterior base of the left ventricle was replaced by gray scar tissue over a 7.5 cm. area.

A simpler method was to tie a thread tightly around the wart at its base and wear it this way.

At one point in the game when the skinny old man in suspenders who was acting as umpire got in the way of a thrown ball and took it painfully in the kidneys, he lay there unattended while players and spectators wrangled over whether the ball was `` dead '' or the base runners were free to score.

The large statue on the first floor is believed to be the statue of Pompey at the base of which Julius Caesar was stabbed to death ( if so, the statue once stood in the senate house ).

Jay Porter drew a base on balls to fill the bases but Don Wert's smash was knocked down by Rudolph for the putout.

Both have brilliant speed: Mantle was timed from home plate ( batting left-handed ) to first base in 3.1 seconds, faster than any other major leaguer ; ;

By the time the fielder got his hands on the ball Deegan was rounding third base and heading for home.

There were nine qualified scouts sitting around collecting base pay the day Helva was commissioned.

With the great Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, and the defeat of the Copperheads in the Ohio election in the fall, Lincoln maintained a strong base of party support and was in a strong position to redefine the war effort, despite the New York City draft riots.

The only addition to the Oscar since it was created is a minor streamlining of the base.

This arithmetic tool was based on the vigesimal system ( base 20 ).

The absence of a tax base meant that there was no way to pay off state and national debts from the war years except by requesting money from the states, which seldom arrived.

The growth rate was high at 13. 4 %, but the relatively low base must be considered.

Other languages, such as Thai Sign Language, developed as a creole of ASL and indigenous sign ; a similar situation may have occurred with Malaysian Sign Language, which in turn was the base of Indonesian Sign Language.

Moroccan Sign Language was developed by the American Peace Corps on a base of ASL along with incorporating local signs.

Making Antioch his base, he marched at the head of his troops towards Ctesiphon, but a second army was destroyed by the Persians, and further losses were incurred by the retreating Romans in Armenia.

As a leading War Democrat and pro-Union southerner, Johnson was an ideal candidate for the Republicans in the national election of 1864, as they sought to enlarge their base to include War Democrats ; they even changed the party name to the National Union Party to reflect this expansion.

Upon approval on March 8, 2007, 802. 11REVma was renamed to the then-current base standard IEEE 802. 11-2007.

Netscape Communicator's 4. x source code was the base for the Netscape-developed Mozilla Application Suite, which was later renamed SeaMonkey.

The OS was renamed the Symbian Operating System and was envisioned as the base for a new range of smartphones.

In 2007, The Amulet complex in the town centre became the base for the Bristol Academy of Performing Arts ( BAPA ), and the complex was renamed The Academy.

The opening of the Grand Junction Canal ( later renamed Grand Union Canal ) as the major freight transport route between London and Birmingham in 1796 began a commercial boom, intensified by the arrival of Brunel's Great Western Railway in 1839, leading to th of brick factories, flour mills and chemical plants which formed the town's commercial base.

After filming was completed, the San Pablo was sold to the DeLong Timber Company and renamed the Nola D, then later sold to Seiscom Delta Exploration Co., who used her as a floating base camp with significant modifications including removal of her engines and the addition of a helipad.

As a base of industry, it also developed a strong tradition of union activity, which resulted in hosting a two-day conclave beginning on August 3, 1881, of the National Trade Union Congress, renamed the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the U. S. and Canada.

On 8 April 1943, the base was renamed Clovis Army Air Field ..

In 2006, it was renamed " Naval Support Activity-South Potomac ( NSA-SP )", with NSWCDD becoming a tenant command of the base.

Major Donald A. Larson, for whom the base was later renamed, was from Yakima, Washington.

The base was subsequently renamed Ellsworth AFB, and unlike the previous local controversy in 1948, there was no community objection to the name change.

Sauron made Tol Sirion a base from which to spread terror and it was renamed Tol-in-Gaurhoth, the Isle of Werewolves.

After a short leave, he was given command of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines ( known as 1 / 7 ) of the 1st Marine Division, stationed at New River, North Carolina, the new Marine amphibious base which would soon be renamed for the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, John A. Lejeune, MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

The house was renamed Bray Studios after the nearby village of Bray and it remained Hammer's principal base until 1966.

On April 4, 2004, the Mahdi Army attacked the Spanish-Salvadoran-ALARNG base ( Camp Golf, later renamed Camp Baker ) in An Najaf, part of a coordinated uprising across central and southern Iraq in an apparent attempt to seize control of the country ahead of the June 30, 2004 handover of power to a new Iraqi government.

Initially, Central inherited ATV's 1970s Broad Street studios, ATV Centre, which was renamed Central House when the contractor changed its name ; It was retained as Central's main base of activity until 1996.

* April 1976-Revisions: base renamed L and gains cloth upholstery ; L renamed GL with no changes ; GL becomes GLS and gains velour upholstery.

The base was renamed Marine Corps Air Station Yuma ( Vincent Field ) on July 20, 1962.

Briefly placed in caretaker status, the base was renamed Pinecastle AFB and reactivated during the Korean War for use as a Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) facility for B-47 Stratojet and KC-97 Stratotanker aircraft.

The following year, the base was renamed for McCoy.

The base subsequently came under Greenlandic Home Rule and was renamed using the Kalaallisut dialect of the West Greenland Inuit.

On May 17, 1950, the base was renamed the Long Range Proving Ground Base, but three months later was renamed Patrick Air Force Base, in honor of Army Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick.

Masamune moved there in 1591, rebuilt the castle, renamed it Iwadeyama, and encouraged the growth of a town at its base.