But her prettiness was what he had noticed first, and all the other things had come afterward: cruelty, meanness, self-will.

There was an artificial lake just out of sight in the first stand of trees, fed by a half dozen springs that popped out of the ground above the hillside orchard.

The first part of the road was steep, but it leveled off after the second bend and curled gradually into the valley.

No one was behind it, but in the rear wall of the office I noticed, for the first time, a door which had been left partially open.

The herd was watered and then thrown onto a broad grass flat which was to be the first night's bedground.

Once again, Tom Horn was the first and most likely suspect, and he was brought in for questioning immediately.

For Matilda, it was the first she had known in many a night.

Even the knowledge that she was losing another boy, as a mother always does when a marriage is made, did not prevent her from having the first carefree, dreamless sleep that she had known since they dropped down the canyon and into Bear Valley, way, way back there when they were crossing those other mountains.

Stevens was grunting over the last empty pocket when Russ abruptly rose and lunged toward Carmer's hat, which had tumbled half-a-dozen feet away when he first fell.

The Indian's arm whipped sidewise -- there was a flash of amber and froth, the crash of the bottle shattering against the side of the first car.

It was her first smile.

At first, I thought he was out of his head, talking wildly like this.

Hell, I gave him the first decent job he ever had, six, seven -- how many years ago was it, Rob ''??

Miss Langford ( her first name was Evelyn ) was an attractive girl.

School began in August, the hottest part of the year, and for the first few days Miss Langford was very lenient with the children, letting them play a lot and the new ones sort of get acquainted with one another.

It was just as well that the ignorant Dandy enjoyed himself to the hilt that first evening, for the room was to become his prison cell.

`` Bastards '', he would say, `` all I did was put a beat to that Vivaldi stuff, and the first chair clobbered me ''!!

In 1961 the first important legislative victory of the Kennedy Administration came when the principle of national responsibility for local economic distress won out over a `` state's-responsibility '' proposal -- provision was made for payment for unemployment relief by nation-wide taxation rather than by a levy only on those states afflicted with manpower surplus.

The first systematic thinking about this Pandora's box within Pandora's boxes was done four years ago by Fred Ikle, a frail, meek-mannered Swiss-born sociologist.

The smell at first was more surprising than unpleasant.

His collaboration with Washington, begun when he was the general's aide during the Revolution, was resumed when he entered the first Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury.

1981's " Safety First " episode, which featured white slime as part of a recurring joke in about " wearing white at night ," was the first episode known to have used a slime color other than green.

Another approach was the use of pre-recorded loops, exemplified by Yellow Magic Orchestra, who released one of the first albums to feature mostly samples and loops ( 1981's Technodelic ), and Grandmaster Flash's turntablism.

The first six songs on the a-side of My War are similar to the material on 1981's Damaged, but the three songs on the b-side proved that Black Flag was moving away from the band's early, fast-paced material.

Their first release with Aukerman, 1981's Fat EP, was a furious six-minute barrage of teen angst and humour.

Roll the Bones became Rush's first US Top 5 album since 1981's Moving Pictures peaking at # 3 on the Billboard 200.

The first film started under the company was 1981's Time Bandits.

Working closely with long-time collaborator David Kalish, with whom Jones first worked on 1981's Pirates, Jones released Balm in Gilead on the Fantasy label in November 2009.

It is a compilation of his first 50 Number One country music singles, starting with 1981's " Fool Hearted Memory " and presented in chronological order.

Billington was screen-tested for the role of James Bond more than any other actor and was said to have been Albert R. Broccoli's first choice had Roger Moore not been available ( see: 1981's For Your Eyes Only ).

While their next two albums, Go All the Way and Grand Slam, managed to go platinum and gold respectively, their next two albums, 1981's Inside You and 1982's The Real Deal became their first T-Neck releases since 1972 to not do so.

It is the first Kiss studio album since 1981's Music from " The Elder " to feature three members singing lead vocals on the album.

This was the sixth film starring both Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and their first on-screen pairing since 1981's Buddy Buddy.

1981's NDP was the very first parade appearance of the then SPF Civil Defense Command, presently the Singapore Civil Defense Force, later combined with the SFS in 1989.

It was the first of six singles from his self-titled debut album, which also produced the No. 6 " By Now " and his first Number One, 1981's " All Roads Lead to You ".

The first single, " Learning to Fly ", became his joint longest-running number one single ( along with " The Waiting " from 1981's Hard Promises ) on Billboards Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, spending six weeks at the top spot.

His first feature film as an actor came in 1981's So Fine.

For the band's very first hits compilation, 1981's The Best of Blondie, producer Mike Chapman created a special mix including elements from both the 12 " Disco Version and the 12 " Instrumental ( 4: 33 ).

Amazingly, Laimbeer orchestrated a rare worst-to-first turnaround and the Shock finished the season 25 – 9 in first place in the Eastern Conference.

Winning the first two rounds of the Playoffs, the Shock had to face two-time champion Los Angeles Sparks and reigning Finals MVP Lisa Leslie in the 2003 Finals.

Facing the reigning champion Detroit Shock, the Mercury imposed their high-scoring offense with hopes of capturing their first title in franchise history.

Along with Pathways into Darkness, Ultima Underworld and System Shock, it is considered one of the first FPS-RPG games.

The Liberty played their first game in front of 5, 945 fans against the Detroit Shock in July 2004.

By 1985, the name had changed to Stratovarius ( a combination of Stratocaster and Stradivarius ), and guitarist / vocalist Timo Tolkki entered the band in December of that year, replacing Stråhlman. In 1988 they released their first two singles, " Future Shock " and " Black Night ".

Although they had the youngest average age of any WNBA team, the Liberty managed to win 19 regular season games in 2008, to defeat the Connecticut Sun in the first round of playoff action, and to come within two points of defeating the Detroit Shock in the third and last game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

In 2003, the Rockers would go 17-17, good enough for the # 4 seed in the East, however they would fall in the first round of the playoffs to the eventual champion Detroit Shock, 2-1.

But in the Finals, they were defeated by the Detroit Shock 3 games to 2, in the first WNBA Finals to go 5 games.

During the first six seasons the team has been in Connecticut, the Sun have tied the highest winning record of any team in the WNBA during that time period, posting a record of 127 – 77, translating into a winning percentage of. 623, with the Detroit Shock having the same exact record for those six years.

The Lynx started their inaugural season in 1999 with 12, 122 fans in attendance to watch the first regular-season game against the Detroit Shock at Target Center.

The Shock were one of the first WNBA expansion teams and began play in 1998.

In the playoffs, the Shock would defeat the Cleveland Rockers 2-1 for their first playoff series win in franchise history.

The Shock went on to make quick work of the Indiana Fever, sweeping them in the first round.

The Shock would finish with a WNBA-best 24-10 regular season record, and capture the # 1 seed in the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

In the first round, the Shock were heavily favored against a New York Liberty team that wasn't predicted to make the post season.

With the loss, the Shock lost the series and became the first team to lose the final game of the Finals at home.

In the first round, the Shock swept the Atlanta Dream to advance to their fourth straight Eastern Conference Final, Once again facing their rival, the Indiana Fever.

In the East Finals, the Shock were defeated by the Indiana Fever in three games, missing the Finals for the first time since 2005.

Meeting the Detroit Shock in the first round, the Fever lost in three games.

In the East finals, again facing their rival Detroit Shock, they reached their first ever WNBA Finals by defeating the Shock in three games.

* WNBA Finals – Detroit Shock win 2 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Sparks, winning the franchise's first title, and marking the first time an Eastern conference team is WNBA world champions.