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You'd never guess it from the way they've played so far this spring, but there remains a feeling among some around here that the Orioles still have a chance to battle for the pennant in 1961.
Although Nelson's biographer Ernle Bradford assumed in 1977 that the remains of Orient " are almost certainly unrecoverable ", the first archaeological investigation into the battle began in 1983, when a French survey team under Jacques Dumas discovered the wreck of the French flagship.
This allows half the tag to be collected for notification while the other half remains with the body when battle conditions do not allow the casualty to be immediately recovered.
After several attempts from the other four Gundams to prevent this, Heero intercepts the battle station's remains as it enters Earth's atmosphere and destroys it with Wing ZERO's twin-barrel buster rifle, bringing an end to the war.
The epic weaves brilliantly the ( scattered remains ) of these distinct tribal narratives, exchanged among clan bards, into a monumental tale in which Greeks join collectively to do battle on the distant plains of Troy.
An Immortal can die only after being beheaded, and Immortals battle one another in ritual single combat to the death, until the " Gathering ," when the few remaining Immortals will fight until only one remains to take " The Prize ".
His handling of the Grand Fleet during the battle remains controversial, with some historians faulting the battlecruiser commander, Admiral David Beatty.
Human remains from the final battle of Nineveh were found in the passageway.
* October 17 – The remains of Che Guevara are laid to rest with full military honours in a specially built mausoleum in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba, where he had won the decisive battle of the Cuban Revolution 39 years before.
The remains of some of his soldiers were found in the nearby village of Cleeve Prior after fleeing from the battle of Evesham.
The base houses two airlift wings as well as the U. S. military's only mortuary in the continental United States, which accepts and processes the remains of soldiers killed in battle.
After Josephine ’ s death in 1814 the house was vacant at times, the garden and house ransacked and vandalised, and the garden ’ s remains were destroyed in a battle in 1870.
The fact remains that probably all the stories about his death are apocryphal, since none of Valdivia's party survived the battle, and the only witnesses that could be found were Indians that were captured in subsequent battles.
Nevertheless, other classical rabbinical texts mock the tribe for the character it has in the deuteronomic history, claiming that Ephraim, being headstrong, left Egypt 30 years prior to the Exodus, and on arrival in Canaan was subjected to a disastrous battle with the Philistines ; in the Midrashic Jasher this is portrayed as a rebellion of Ephraim against God, resulting in the slaying of all but 10, and the bleached bones of the slaughtered being strewn across the roads, so much so that the circuitous route of the Exodus was simply an attempt by God to prevent the Israelites from having to suffer the sight of the remains.
Their physical remains were thought to strengthen soldiers in battle while their spirits became the much-feared Cihuateteo who accompanied the setting sun in the west.
Here can be seen the remains of the British ship Augusta ( it is stored in a shed with windows for visitors to the park to look through to see the ship's pieces ), which sank during the battle.
The battlefield near Republic remains greatly unchanged and stands as one of the most historically pristine battle sites in the country.
After the battle, his remains were brought to Toulon and buried in Fort La Malgue, and the French Directory paid tribute to his memory by a ceremony of public mourning ( 16 September 1799 ).
Likewise, the fate of some characters in the television version were entirely changed, notably Kamille's — in the original, his final battle renders him into a vegetative state, while he remains physically and mentally fit by the end of movie trilogy.
A further suggestion of possible war or battle is found in the remains of a wall which encircled most of the central ceremonial center.
Douaumont ossuary is one such mass grave, and it contains the remains of 130, 000 soldiers from both sides of the battle of Verdun.
Because Napoleon exaggerated this incident in his report of the battle, the low numbers may be more accurate, although doubt remains as to whether they are fully correct.
Along the once heavily timbered walls were found the remains of about twenty clay vessels, six work axes and a battle axe, which all came from the last period of the culture.
Kaiser William II's handwritten note on the official report of the battle reads: " It remains a mystery what made Spee attack the Falkland Islands.

battle and textbook
The battle was a textbook example of good planning and use of deception and surprise, and a further step towards their main objective of Stanley.
For Halma's storyline, she is an academy trainee who is at odds with her instructor, who for some reason constantly makes her participate in extremely difficult battle simulations that are not covered in the textbook.

battle and example
The battle of the Naktong River is just one example of how the battle cry and the spirit of The Fighting Seventh have paid off.
" One example is Isidore of Seville's account of Alaric's reign: consisting of a single paragraph, it is primarily about Alaric's death in that battle.
It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek ( or Indo-European more generally ) names expressing " battle-prowess ", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line.
Whilst heavier armour provides better protection, it makes vehicles less mobile ( for a given engine power ), limits its air-transportability, increases cost, uses more fuel and may limit the places it can go-for example, many bridges may be unable to support the weight of a main battle tank.
For example, a main battle tank will usually have the heaviest armour on the hull front and the turret, lighter armour on the sides of the hull and the thinnest armour on the top and bottom of the tank.
* A battle of envelopment involves an attack on one or both flanks ; the classic example being the double-envelopment of the Battle of Cannae.
A good example of an old naval battle is the Battle of Salamis.
For example, after Henry V of England defeated a French army on October 25, 1415, he met with the senior French herald and they agreed to name the battle after the nearby castle and so it was called the Battle of Agincourt.
Large submarines ( for example, Echo and Oscar classes ) were developed to carry these weapons and shadow US battle groups at sea, and large bombers ( for example, Backfire, Bear, and Blackjack models ) were equipped with the weapons in their air-launched cruise missile ( ALCM ) configuration.
For example, Eliade says, the portrayal of Nebuchadnezzar as a dragon in Jeremiah 51: 34 is a case in which the Hebrews " interpreted contemporary events by means of the very ancient cosmogonico-heroic myth " of a battle between a hero and a dragon.
Many Near Eastern religions include a story about a battle between a divine being and a dragon or other monster representing chaos — a theme found, for example, in the Enuma Elish.
For example, during a war between Qi and Lu in 684 BC, the effect of drum on soldier's morale is employed to change the result of a major battle.
For example, some include battle deaths in their calculations.
The phalanx is an example of a military formation in which single combat and other individualistic forms of battle were suppressed for the good of the whole.
A famous example is the contingent sea battle case found in Aristotle's work, De Interpretatione, chapter 9:
The scenarios may be the alternative ways to achieve an objective, or an analysis of the interaction of forces in, for example, a market or battle.
For example, empty shoes placed outside of a Greek home would tell others that the family's son has died in battle.
Those writing for the church after the events of Stephen's later reign, such as John of Salisbury for example, paint the king as a tyrant due to his argument with the Archbishop of Canterbury ; by contrast, clerics in Durham regarded Stephen as a saviour, due to his contribution to the defeat of the Scots at the battle of the Standard.
Instead, his insight, compassion, and support is how he helps his friends in the battle against evil ; for example, he brings Willow back from the brink of darkness with his unconditional love in Season Six.
Like most of his episodes, Blind Harry's account of the battle of Stirling Bridge is highly improbable, for example his use of figures of a biblical magnitude for the size of the participating armies.
" Whether the story of the vision is true or not, the banner of St Cuthbert was regularly carried in battle against the Scots until the Reformation, and it serves as a good example of how St Cuthbert was regarded as a protector of his people.
The best example of this school is William E. Watson, who does believe the battle has such importance, as will be specifically discussed below, but analyzes it militarily, culturally and politically, rather than seeing it as a classic " Muslim versus Christian " confrontation.
Sherman offered Grant an example from his own life, " Before the battle of Shiloh, I was cast down by a mere newspaper assertion of ' crazy ', but that single battle gave me new life, and I'm now in high feather.

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