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.

Magic in Medicine, which depicts African culture and holistic healing, is considered one of " America's first public scenes of Africa ".

He first discussed some of these oriental practices in a series of articles entitled Magic, Mesmerism, Hypnotism, etc., Historically & Physiologically Considered.

He enrolled at UC Berkeley in 1966 ; he graduated from the university in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in Magic, becoming the first and only person to have ever received any kind of academic degree in Magic from an accredited university.

His first book, Real Magic, was published in 1971.

In 1998 she appeared in her first film-a six part documentary called " The Legend of Atlantis " by Elia The Prophet and it wasn't until 2010 when she landed roles in the documentaries, 3 Magic Words ( 2010 ) and " In the Beginning There Was Light "( 2010 )

* 1976 – The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

* Ultimate Might and Magic Archives ( 1998 ), includes the first five Might and Magic games, World of Xeen and the fanmade Swords of Xeen.

* Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven-Limited Edition ( 1998 ), a collector's edition of Might and Magic VI that included the first five games on CD-ROM as well.

* Might and Magic Sixpack ( 1998 ), includes the first six Might and Magic games.

The first through third games in the Heroes of Might and Magic series traces the fortunes of the Ironfists in more detail, though none of the sci-fi elements appear in the Heroes series.

The 1992 Olympic basketball Dream Team, the first to use current NBA stars, featured Michael Jordan as the anchor, along with Bird, Magic, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, and Christian Laettner.

Their third single " World of Magic " was not quite as successful as the first two singles ; however, it entered the Top 30 both in Germany and Sweden.

Sakamoto released his first solo album in mid-1978, Thousand Knives of Ryūichi Sakamoto, with the help of Hideki Matsutake, who would later be the " fourth member " of Yellow Magic Orchestra, and with the band's founding member Haruomi Hosono also contributing to the song " Thousand Knives ".

* 1791 – The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.

Also in 1979, in the first revised edition of " Real Magic ", Bonewits defined " thealogy " in his Glossary as " Intellectual speculations concerning the nature of the Goddess and Her relations to the world in general and humans in particular ; rational explanations of religious doctrines, practices and beliefs, which may or may not bear any connection to any religion as actually conceived and practiced by the majority of its members.

** Magic: the Gathering undergoes its first general release.

The district soon began construction of drainage canals, and Disney built the first roads and the Magic Kingdom.

Disney's vision was not realized as funding and permission to start work on his Florida property would not be granted until he agreed to build the Magic Kingdom first.

Walt Disney was not able to obtain funding and permission to start work on his Florida property until he agreed to build the Magic Kingdom first.

Their first submission, The Magic Quest, was a short adventure intended to demonstrate the style of game.