Somewhat uneven in interest for an average reader, eight or ten of these are among the finest of their kind in literature.

and, `` I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world '', burst out Jo some five hundred pages later in that popular story of the March family, which had first appeared when Henrietta was eight ; ;

Among the most frequently quoted Biblical sentences are the Beatitudes and yet so few persons, other than scholars, really understand the true meaning of these eight blessings uttered by Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount.

There are eight states in which the largest urban vote can be the balance of power in any close election.

These contemporary structures, beautifully adapted to a school in the country, are home to 60 children, ages eight to fourteen, grades four through eight.

In the last eight years, all Presidential appointments, including those of cabinet rank, have been denied immediate action because of a Senate rule requiring at least a 24 hour delay after they are reported to the floor.

The three -- Miles J. Cooperman, Sheldon Teller, and Richard Austin -- and eight other defendants are charged in six indictments with conspiracy to violate federal narcotic laws.

indeed, there are never fewer than eight of them on stage, and that is only for the more intimate numbers.

For easy viewing, the middle 2 beads on each wire ( the 5th and 6th bead ) usually are of a different colour from the other eight beads.

The first six to eight weeks are spent in the den with the mother.

Some of the thirty-two round towers and eight turrets are still preserved to this day.

In modern times, the largest Andean cities are Bogota, Colombia, with a population of about eight million, La Paz, Bolivia, and Quito, Ecuador.

* 1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

However, MUL and DIV are special cases, other arithmetic-logical instructions ( ADD, SUB, CMP, AND, OR, XOR, TEST ) may specify any of the eight registers EAX, ECX, EDX, EBX, ESP, EBP, ESI, EDI as the accumulator ( i. e. left operand and destination ); x86 is thus a fairly general register architecture, despite being based on an accumulator model.

Depending upon the type and concentration of pathogens and the medium they are in, brass kills these microorganisms within a few minutes to eight hours of contact.

There also are eight radio stations.

The advisory House of Chiefs represents the eight principal subgroups of the Batswana people, and four other members are elected by the subchiefs of four of the districts.

To replace the Embraer P-95 Bandeirulha in the maritime patrol duties, 12 Lockheed P-3A Orions have been bought from US Navy surplus and eight ( with an option for a ninth ) of them are being upgraded by EADS CASA in Spain, the remainder are to be used as spare parts source.

Cruciferae, an older name, meaning " cross-bearing ", describes the four petals of mustard flowers, which are reminiscent of a cross ; it is one of eight plant family names without the suffix-aceae that are authorized alternative names ( according to ICBN Art.

Between one and eight French decks of cards are shuffled together.

In terms of the text itself there are at least eight specific instances where authorship is mentioned:

There are eight rules in the official bandy rules.

When Curtis was eight, he and his brother Julius were placed in an orphanage for a month because their parents could not afford to feed them.

The eight men were Julius Blank, Victor Grinich, Jean Hoerni, Eugene Kleiner, Jay Last, Gordon Moore, Robert Noyce, and Sheldon Roberts.

He was the seventh of eight children born to Julius, a wool merchant, and Fanny Joachim, who were of Hungarian Jewish origin.

Julius Blank ( June 2, 1925 – September 17, 2011 ) was a semiconductor pioneer and a member of the so-called " traitorous eight " associated with Nobel-winning physicist William Shockley.

Jarman was born to Julius and Amelia Berendt, the youngest of eight children, in Sioux City, Iowa.

Goeloe finished the event in 21. 09 seconds, placing seventh out of eight athletes ; Brazil's Basilio Emidio de Morais ranked behind him ( 21. 14 seconds ), and South Africa's Leigh Julius ranked directly ahead ( 20. 80 seconds ).

In 2004, the title DC Comics Presents was revived for eight one-shot issues, each a tribute to DC editor Julius Schwartz who had recently died.

In September and October 2004, the title DC Comics Presents was revived for a series of eight one-shot issues, each a tribute to DC editor Julius Schwartz, who had recently died.

Shockley denoted them the " traitorous eight ": Julius Blank, Victor Grinich, Jean Hoerni, Eugene Kleiner, Jay Last, Gordon Moore, Robert Noyce, and Sheldon Roberts.

ii. 59-60 ); and again in 36 BC, eight years after the death of Julius Caesar, when the restoration was carried out in marble by Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, on the regal foundation.

** November, Julius Caesar arrives in Hispania with eight legions and 8, 000 cavalry of his own.

The comic was one of a series of eight tributes to DC Editor Julius Schwartz, who had died earlier in the year.

The Atlanta Falcons Football Team is owned by business man Arthur Blank, and eight limited partners.

Arthur Blank who purchased the team on February 2002 owns 90 % of the franchise and the eight limited partners own the remaining 10 % of the franchise.

In November 2006, GSN started a series of eight documentaries about game shows, beginning with a program on Match Game titled Behind The Blank.

Besides single-family houses, the district contains 21 apartments ( mostly converted single-family residences ); 14 mixed-use buildings ( commercial / residential ); 11 professional / commercial buildings ( mostly converted houses ); seven municipal properties ; six industrial buildings ( mostly the Blank Book complex ); eight churches ; and one cemetery.

In May, 2011, the California Historical Society in San Francisco gave the “ Legends of California Award ” to Blank, 85, and others of the eight.

Wartime cartoonist Victor Weisz depicted Himmler as a giant octopus, wielding oppressed nations in each of his eight arms.

Although there have been eight German Popes, Victor II is one of only three Popes from the territory of present-day Germany, the others being Pope Clement II ( 1046 – 47 ) and the current Benedict XVI.

Cerdan's winning streak eventually reached 23 bouts before he suffered a defeat to Victor Buttin by disqualification for a second time, in eight rounds in Algiers in 1942.

A group of eight popular Victor artists, Billy Murray, Frank Banta, Henry Burr, Albert Campbell, Frank Croxton, John Meyer, Monroe Silver, and Rudy Wiedoeft gathered to record " A Miniature Concert ".

In 2001, Victor Garcia Uribe and Gustavo Gonzalez Meza were apprehended for eight murders.

In 2004, Victor Garcia Uribe, a bus driver, was convicted of eight murders that took place in 2001.

Victor Hugo said " Now, get seven million five hundred thousand votes to declare that two and two make five, that the straight line is the longest road, that the whole is less than its part ; get it declared by eight millions, by ten millions, by a hundred millions of votes, you will not have advanced a step.

Victor Grinich ( November 24, 1924-November 5, 2000 ) was a pioneer in the semiconductor industry and a member of the " traitorous eight " that founded Silicon Valley.

Maléter was known for his great height ; according to historian Victor Sebestyen, Maléter was " more than two meters tall ," or at least six feet eight inches.

Victor III, who was elected after a prolonged vacancy caused by the critical position of the Church in Rome, was compelled, eight days after his coronation in St. Peter's on 3 May 1087, to flee Rome before the partisans of Guibert.

He defeated Leo Cruz to win the title by twelfth round knockout, then lost it to Victor Callejas by a knockout in round eight at Mario Morales coliseum, then known as Mets Pavilion, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

* Forever Charmed ( season eight, From 1975 sometime before Prue, Piper and Phoebe visited her from the future in 1x17 " That 70's Episode " since Victor and her are together and Phoebe and Paige weren't born yet )

Fiddler Ned Landry made his first CFBO appearance in 1934, and would eventually record eight albums with RCA Victor in the 1950s.

The eight sides he recorded for Victor, including " Statesboro Blues ," were described as " superb examples of storytelling in music, coupled with dazzling guitar work.

An episode of American TV series The West Wing's first season, Take This Sabbath Day, deals with the imminent execution of drug lord and murderer Simon Cruz, likewise sentenced under the " Drug Kingpin " Act and to be executed by injection at Terre Haute ( for killing two individuals in Michigan ), who is described as the first individual to be executed by federal authorities since 1963 ( probably alluding to the case of Victor Feguer, who would have been the last before Garza, had not Timothy McVeigh been executed eight days earlier ).

Jones ' 1946 Victor recording, with Carl Grayson on vocal, reached number eight on the charts, according to Joel Whitburn.

Robert Victor " Crease " Berry ( born November 29, 1943 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings.

A new version of the ballet, performed in 1954, was choreographed by American-born dancer, choreographer and writer Beth Dean who, with her Australian husband Victor Carell, spent eight months in parts of central and northern Australia to capture a more authentic understanding.

Crusade historian Carl Erdmann considers the raid a direct precursor to the First Crusade (" ganz als Kreuzzug ausgeführt ") which occurred eight years later, as it was conducted under the banner of St. Peter against a Muslim ruler who was demonised in the accounts of it, and a form of indulgence was granted to the campaigners by Pope Victor III.