The details of his former behaviour towards Elizabeth emerged, and for his brother and the council, this was the last straw.

Gardner was unhappy with the working conditions and the racist attitudes of his colleagues, and when he developed malaria he felt that this was the last straw ; he left Borneo and moved to Singapore in what was then known as Malaya.

The fire proved to be the last straw in the relationship between Burrell and Parsons, who moved into a spare room in Kaufman's house.

To the London Adepts, this was the last straw.

The last straw was the Siege of Paris.

Discontent spread, and the last straw was the request by the Asunción cabildo for Portuguese military support against Belgrano's forces, who were encamped just over the border in present-day Argentina.

The last straw was a series of laws enacted by the Roman Emperor Hadrian, including an attempt to prevent Jews from living in Jerusalem ; a new Roman city, Aelia Capitolina, was to be built in its place.

These UCLA ’ s would “ sabotage ports, refineries, boats and bridges, and try to make it look like the contras had done it .” In January 1984, these UCLA ’ s performed their most famous, or infamous, operation, the last straw that led to the ratifying of the Boland Amendment, the mining of several Nicaraguan harbors

It was like the last straw.

The last straw was when Don Salvador read in a Barcelona newspaper that his son had recently exhibited in Paris a drawing of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, with a provocative inscription: " Sometimes, I spit for fun on my mother's portrait ".

This was the last straw for the Staatsbewind.

Marr recalled in 1992, " That was the last straw, really.

The Iranian revolution was the last straw for the disintegrating relationship between Vance and Brzezinski.

Her vociferous disapproval of Meg's impending engagement to the impoverished Mr. Brooke becomes the proverbial " last straw " that actually causes Meg to accept his proposal.

The losses in the preceding decade had been bad enough, but this defeat, apparently caused by the arrogance of the nobility and its refusal to co-operate with talented non-nobles, was the last straw.

His former manager Norman Stone retired on December 22, 2005, stating that the decision in the loss to Valuev was the last straw, and he would continue to support Ruiz from retirement.

The last straw might have been during the Mets '

The last straw comes when he mentions that he wears " high heels, suspenders, and a bra ," and some of the Mounties stop repeating his lines, and they eventually walk off in disgust.

Good quality straw thatch can last for more than 45 – 50 years when applied by a skilled thatcher.

This proved the last straw for Ó Dálaigh, who believed that Cosgrave had additionally failed to meet his constitutional obligation to regularly brief the President.

Coal for Spalding gasworks arrived by boat until the early 1900s, and the last regular trade was the carriage of corn, hay and straw from Spalding to Fosdyke, where the cargo was transferred to larger ships.

This was the last straw ; bowing to pressure and advice from Bacon, who had long been jealous of Coke, James I suspended Coke from the Privy Council, forbade him from going on circuit and, on 14 November, dismissed him from his post as Chief Justice of the King's Bench.

For God, this complaint is the last straw, he declares Memnoch as his adversary and commands him to rule Sheol and Earth in a devilish form, preparing souls for Heaven in his own fashion.

When Cosgrave then refused to accept Donegan's resignation, this proved the last straw for Ó Dálaigh, who resigned on 22 October 1976 " to protect the dignity and independence of the presidency as an institution.

This disordered the ranks of the French regiment, which began to waiver and the last straw came when they saw Prince Hohenzollern personally leading the 500 cavalrymen from the Vincent Chevaulegers regiment against them: the 10th Light panicked and fled, taking the 57th Line with them.

The difference came down to this: The Southern States insisted that the United States was, in last analysis, what its name implied -- a Union of States.

He fought it, seeking to kill the last few words, but on they came out.

But at long last came a time when I broke away from Mother and her society `` chi-chi '' in order to spend a cosy evening with Viola and her chaperon at her home.

The record is clear that increase in school desegregation last year came largely as a result of a court order ; ;

It's at the far end of the county and the last time I came here was for a hit and run manslaughter -- about seven months ago.

The world's best golfer, shooting below par, came to the last hole of the opening round of the Los Angeles open with every intention of delivering a final crusher.

The Kennedy administration's new housing and urban renewal proposals, particularly their effect on the Federal Housing Administration, came under fire in Dallas last week.

I came to England last summer to do research on the unpublished letters of Cardinal Newman.

When she had drained the last of the bottle and paid her bill, she came directly to my table and said:

`` All I know is that you were outside the bubbles last night, and you were the only sentient being who came in or out of our alarm web.

When Ted Peate, England's last batsman, came to the crease, his side needed just ten runs to win, but Peate managed only two before he was bowled by Harry Boyle.

After the longest reign since Augustus ( surpassing Tiberius by a couple of months ), Antoninus died of fever at Lorium in Etruria, about twelve miles ( 19 km ) from Rome, on 7 March 161, giving the keynote to his life in the last word that he uttered when the tribune of the night-watch came to ask the password —" aequanimitas " ( equanimity ).

Absalon's last military exploit came in 1184, off Stralsund at Whitsun, when he soundly defeated a Pomeranian fleet that had attacked Denmark's vassal, Jaromir of Rügen.

It came to the isolated North Atlantic island at the end of the last ice age, walking over the frozen sea.

The British strategic bombing force largely came to an end when the V bomber force was phased out ; the last of which left service in 1983.

Further success with Manchester United came at last when they beat Leicester City 3 – 1 in the FA Cup final of 1963, with Charlton finally earning a winners ' medal in his third final.

At last B L came to a halt.

Charlotte's third published novel, the last to be published during her lifetime, was Villette, which came out in 1853.

However, the season came to an end as the Indians went on to lose six of their last seven games, five of them by one run, missing the playoffs by only two games.

The last historical possibility is that Proto-Corsican came from the Tuscan dialect of Pisa ; its period of Corsican administration, however, was relatively short.

The Old Castilian language was also used to show the higher class that came with being a knight errant .- This last phrase is not completely accurate-In Don Quixote there are basically 2 different Castillian: Old Castillian is only spoken by Don Quixote, while the rest of the roles speak a much modern version of Spanish, pretty much understandable by the actual reader.

Day's last major hit single came in the UK in 1964 with " Move Over, Darling ", co-written by her son specifically for her.

Plans to form a Landsturm national militia in Eastern Germany as a last resort to boost fighting strength initially came from Oberkommando des Heeres chief General Heinz Guderian in 1944.

" The tour ( Jones's last ) came to fruition entitled, An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour.

Elizabeth, during the last years of her reign, came to rely on granting monopolies as a cost-free system of patronage rather than ask Parliament for more subsidies in a time of war.