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brothers and drove
When he told his brothers about these dreams, it drove them to conspire against him.
Thus, fifteen years later, a local leader named Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al-Azam and his two brothers organized a popular revolt and drove the Portuguese out of Maldives.
The brothers drove around in a comical bubble car, a precursor to the famous Trotters ' van ; and there was even the gag where, just as he was trying to impress the girl ( played by Cheryl Hall ) Jason casually leaned back against the bar, without his knowing that barman had just lifted it behind his back, and fell through.
Dennis later described the first time Brian heard their song on the radio as the three Wilson brothers ( and soon-to-be-band member David Marks ) drove in Brian's 1957 Ford in the rain: " Nothing will ever top the expression on Brian's face, ever ... THAT was the all-time moment.
In his anger at his brothers for separating their parents, Tāwhirimātea destroyed the forests of Tāne ( god of forests ), drove Tangaroa ( god of the sea ) and his progeny into the sea, pursued Rongo and Haumia-tiketike till they had to take refuge in the bosom of their mother Papa, and only found in Tūmatauenga a worthy opponent and eternal enemy ( Tregear 1891: 499 ).
Nonetheless, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Minamoto no Noriyori, Yoritomo's half brothers who had joined Yoritomo drove Yoshinaka out and executed him, and took Kyoto in the name of Yoritomo ( and the Hōjō.
In the late 1970s, the Hunt brothers cornered the worldwide silver market and drove the price far above its historic levels, intensifying the extraction of remaining silver coins from circulation.
The cape was finally conquered in 1864 when the Jardine brothers with eight companions drove a mob of cattle from Rockhampton to the new settlement of Somerset where the Jardines ’ father was commander.
In Botswana, during the sixth leg of the race, the couple was criticized by fellow racers, as well as host Phil Keoghan, when they drove by the car accident of another team, brothers Brian and Greg, without stopping.
The brothers then drove off and dumped their shotguns on Mulholland Drive and bought tickets at a local movie theater, seeing the movie Licence to Kill to use as an alibi.
The brothers then drove the boys ' car to a San Diego bank, robbed it, and used it as their getaway car.
The brothers drove off Brereton from the siege of Beeston Castle, and relieved the pressure on Lord Byron in Cheshire.
After the war, Sparks drove cattle in the huge Longhorn drives of the era, at first working for John Meyers, and later in partnership with his brothers.
Although Davies ( and his surviving brothers ) received a legacy, some have speculated that this drove Davies to drink — he eventually became an alcoholic.
In 1819, three brothers occupied Cachar and drove Govinda Chandra out to Sylhet.
Additionally, the wife of one of Michael Schiavo's brothers has been targeted ; a white car drove by her home three times over the course of several hours, and on the last pass the driver shouted to her, " If Terri dies, I'm coming back to shoot you and your family.
It also marked the first time since the 1950s that three brothers competed against each other in a Winston Cup race, as Rusty and Kenny drove in that race also.
The Chinese salvage force finally arrived in early 1593 under experienced brothers, Generals Li Rusong and Li Rubo, with 45, 000 men who besieged the Japanese with artillery and eventually rescued Pyongyang and drove the Japanese south.

brothers and down
It was " set in Argentina, with the reunion of two brothers, the story follows the rivalries born out of creative differences passed down through generations of an artistic Italian immigrant family.
In Numbers 27: 7-11, Jehovah grants that if a man has no sons, then his daughters may inherit, and lays down the order of inheritance: a man's sons inherit first, daughters if no sons, brothers if he has no children, and so on.
" Sixx also noted that the band may break-up in the near future: " The band sat down and had a pow-wow as brothers and friends and guys who've been doing this for over thirty years, and we said, ' When is it time?
* August 7 – The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor ; after setting fire to the eastern and western gates of the Imperial City ( Beijing ) ( which are doused by pouring rains during the day-long uprising ), Cao Qin finds himself hemmed in on all sides by imperial forces, loses three of his own brothers in the fight, and instead of facing execution he flees to his home in the city and commits suicide by jumping down a well located within his walled compound.
In 1911, the Kolb brothers filmed their journey down the Green and Colorado Rivers.
In the early 1960s, Janmaat ran a furniture factory with two of his brothers, but it burned down in 1966.
I went down to Wyatt Earp's house and told him that Ike Clanton had threatened that when him and his brothers and Doc Holliday showed themselves on the street that the ball would open.
Over the next several weeks Wyatt and his posse tracked down and killed four of the men they believed were responsible for their brothers ' ambush and murder.
He famously said that, " I would lay down my life for two brothers or eight cousins ".
To accommodate the Millionaires, the Patrick brothers directed the building of the Denman Arena, which was known at the time as the world's largest artificial ice rink ( it burned down in 1936 ).
Their success was built on the foundations laid down by other famous players like Coen Dillen, Willy van der Kuijlen, Jan van Beveren, Jan Poortvliet, and the Van de Kerkhof brothers, Willy and René.
The brothers shared possession of Aquitaine, which broke into rebellion upon the death of Pepin the Short ; when Charlemagne in 769 led an army into Aquitaine to put down the revolt, Carloman led his own army there to assist, before quarrelling with his brother at Moncontour, near Poitiers, and withdrawing, troops and all.
The brothers sought asylum from the embassy of the Republic of China, but were turned down and stayed in the safehouse as they appealed to ARVN loyalists and attempted to negotiate with the coup leaders.
Melampus was succeeded by his son Mantius, and his house of Melampus lasted down to the brothers Alcmaeon and Amphilochus, who fought in the Trojan War.
" When a woman ’ s brothers are available, a consideration of generational seniority stipulates that the line of brothers be exhausted before the right to inherit lineage property passes down to the next senior genealogical generation of sisters ' sons.
Conchobar's intended bride, Deirdre, elopes with the young warrior Naoise and his two brothers, and after some time of wandering they are tracked down to an island off Scotland.
She turns down his offer of marriage, however, only to be persuaded by the ambitious Seymour brothers, Edward and Thomas ( brothers of the late queen Jane Seymour ), to accept Henry's proposal.
" The brothers ' oppositional politics led to their show's demise, with David Steinberg later claiming " The most innovative variety show on television shut down because of political pressure ".
In Homer's Iliad, Helen looks down from the walls of Troy and wonders why she does not see her brothers among the Achaeans.
Both brothers fell down the staircase in front of their parents and aunt and uncle.
In the pack, Mowgli learned he was able to stare down any wolf, but his unique ability to remove the painful thorns from the paws of his brothers was deeply appreciated as well.
The Adam brothers ' success can also be attributed to a desire to design everything down to the smallest detail, ensuring a sense of unity in their design.

brothers and together
The brothers continued to help each other during their studies, sharing a joint purse, lodging together in the dormitory and dining together at the home of their aunt.
All just by chance, and in a way tracing back to poor Frank, all of it, because naturally -- brothers, living together -- and Angie --
" Only four months later, Kurosawa's eldest brother also died, leaving Akira, at age 23, the only one of the Kurosawa brothers still living, together with his three surviving sisters.
As a result, the three brothers gathered together in Pannonia and there on 9 September 337, divided the Roman world between themselves.
During this time, there will be innumerable wars and ties of blood will no longer be respected: the next-of-kin will lie together and brothers will kill brothers.
After having also served in the Air Force, his brother Kenneth Hawks graduated from Yale University in 1919 and the brothers moved to Hollywood together to pursue their careers.
Henry tried to play his brothers off against each other but eventually, wary of his devious manoeuvring, they acted together and signed an accession treaty.
Once the brothers joined together, their combined talents became one of the most influential forces in the history of American Musical Theatre.
His father in the folktale is one of a triad of brothers, Mac Cinnfhaelaidh, Gavida and Mac Samthainn, and his father in the medieval texts, Cian, is often mentioned together with his brothers Cú and Cethen.
* In " Heredity " ( 1941 ), a short story by Isaac Asimov, twin brothers who have been raised separately on Earth and Ganymede must work together to operate a Martian fungus farm.
Fraternal polyandry also accomplishes this, but does so by keeping all the brothers together with just one wife so that there is only one set of heirs per generation.
" The Dude was also partly based on a friend of the Coen brothers, Peter Exline ( now a member of the faculty at USC's School of Cinematic Arts ), a Vietnam War veteran who reportedly lived in a dump of an apartment and was proud of a little rug that " tied the room together.
The period when Vincent lived in Paris is the most difficult for historians to analyze because the brothers lived together and had no need to correspond.
with E. M. Grace, one of his elder brothers, and Fred Grace, his younger brother, was the first time three brothers played together in Test cricket.
For example in India, there is a saying that " grains of rice should be like two brothers, close but not stuck together ", while in the Far East there is a preference for softer, stickier varieties.
" When his father died in 1347, Louis succeeded him as Duke of Bavaria ( as Louis VI ) and Count of Holland and Hainaut together with his five brothers.
The whole of the lives of the two brothers was passed together.
Theodore, together with his father, brothers, sailed back to Bithynia with Platon in 781, where they set about transforming the family estate into a religious establishment, which became known as the Sakkudion Monastery.
Shakers lived together as brothers and sisters.
Males are often social and may group together for life, usually with their brothers in the same litter ; although if a cub is the only male in the litter then two or three lone males may form a group, or a lone male may join an existing group.

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