The first half of The Charles Men, ending on the climax of the battle of Poltava in 1709, is more dramatically coherent than the second.

The second half of the sixteenth century in England was the setting for a violent and long controversy over the moral quality of renaissance literature, especially the drama.

But during the second half of the century its fortunes reached a low point and when in 1897 Cyrus H. K. Curtis purchased it -- `` paper, type, and all '' -- for $1,000 it was a 16-page weekly filled with unsigned fiction and initialed miscellany, and with only some 2,000 subscribers.

However, the healthy inventory position of the textile industry lends support to the broadly expressed belief that improvement in that industry can be expected by the second half of 1961.

I like to shear half my plants at a time, leaving one half of them to blossom while the second half is getting started on its new round of blooming.

In the second half of the Sixteenth Century, Sinan, the great architect who is the Michelangelo of the East, designed the massive buttresses that now help support the dome.

My guess would be that interest rates will decline moderately into the spring of 1961 and during the second half of the year will turn up gradually to recover the ground lost during the downturn.

Under the most favorable assumptions for increase, the Bureau of the Census projects that the annual rate of household formations will rise from about 883,000 in the last two years of the Fifties to an annual rate of about 1,018,000 in the first five years of the Sixties, and to a slightly higher annual rate of 1,083,000 in the second half of the decade.

During the Seventies the projections show a more pronounced rise to an annual rate of 1,338,000 in the second half of that decade.

The average annual rate of 1,083,000 in the second half of the Sixties is still considerably below the annual rate of 1,525,000 in the three-year period from April 1947 to March 1950.

At that time the second half of the Christian Youth Crusade against Communism will be staged.

The second half of the film `` Communism on the Map '' and the movie `` Operation Abolition '' also will be shown.

The specific instance I have in mind is the Afro-Asian version which has gained prominence only in this second half of the twentieth century.

The second half of her program was devoted to Russian composers of this century.

Susan Johnson, as the widow, spends the first half of the play running a bar and singing about the unlamented death of her late husband and the second half trying to acquire a new one.

Choreographed by Mr. Nagrin, the work filled the second half of a program that also offered the first New York showing of Miss Tamiris' `` Once Upon A Time '' as well as her `` Women's Song '' and Mr. Nagrin's `` Indeterminate Figure ''.

Wait for me, Laban, I'll be dressed in half a second ''!!

It was Australia's second consecutive innings defeat in a wet summer, and the hosts were in strong positions in the two drawn Tests, in which half the playing time was washed out.

With the Academies in Europe ( second half of 16th century ) the gap between fine and applied arts was definitely set.

As a theologian Alain de Lille shared in the mystic reaction of the second half of the 12th century against the scholastic philosophy.

In the second half of 1226, Andrew lead his armies to Halych on the request of his youngest son, Andrew.

In the second half of 1231, Andrew led his armies to Halych and managed to ensure his youngest son's rule in the principality.

The second trilogy was titled The Prince with the Silver Hand ( United Kingdom ) and The Chronicles of Corum ( United States ) respectively.

# Hand chopping: The second blind date ends abruptly with Harold chopping off an obviously fake hand.

However, Sayers ' first reference to Le Fanu appears in an earlier Lord Peter Wimsey novel, The Nine Tailors ( 1934 ), where he is quoted directly ( from Wylder's Hand, in the opening to the seventh " part " of Chapter II and again in the opening to the second " part " of Chapter III ) and a mysterious letter is referred to ( first by Wimsey's valet, Mervyn Bunter ) as " written by a person of no inconsiderable literary ability, who had studied the works of Sheridan Lefanu and was, if I may be permitted the expression, bats in the belfry, my lord.

The second phase begins with The Left Hand of Darkness.

Sometime in the 1980s, a second doomsday device, called The Dead Hand, entered the picture.

On August 7, 1973 Norman entered AIR studios in London to record his favorite album, the second album in his Trilogy, So Long Ago the Garden, which was produced again by Edwards, Hand, and Miller.

Although Tiffany's second album, Hold an Old Friend's Hand managed to chart in 1988, it failed to replicate the success of her debut album.

It was won by Argentina ( their second title, after also winning in 1978 ), led by Diego Maradona who scored the infamous " Hand of God goal ", and also a goal voted as " Goal of the Century ", in the same quarter-final against England.

During the Second World War he was posted to British India, as a captain and returned to make his film debut in 1948, where he starred in the second feature comedy short Death in the Hand, opposite Esme Percy and Ernest Jay.

In February 1948 he made his film debut in the second feature comedy short Death in the Hand, opposite Esme Percy and Ernest Jay.

The second of the Ingoldsby Legends, " The Hand of Glory, or, The Nurse's Story ", describes the making and use of a Hand of Glory.

* Hand of Glory is the title of the second album from the Cornish band Spriggan.

Prior to breaking up with Pete Doherty, Moss co-wrote four songs on Babyshambles ' second album Shotter's Nation —" You Talk ", " French Dog Blues ", " Baddie's Boogie ", and " Deft Left Hand ".

After The Obsessed second break up, Wino formed Spirit Caravan and The Hidden Hand.

Originally a Dark Hand criminal, he becomes Uncle's apprentice in the second season.

When the Group Sounds genre, which was inspired by Western rock, became popular, Japanese pop music adopted the major second, which was used in the final sounds of The Beatles ' song " I Want to Hold Your Hand " and The Rolling Stones ' song "( I Can't Get No ) Satisfaction ".

Only the complete version included the other elements: the Order of the Southern Cross, the Sceptre and Hand of Justice crossed behind the shield, and the cloth of estate surmounted by a second Crown.

Their second album, The Fury of Our Maker's Hand received a better reception with critics, and entered the Billboard 200 at number 117.

When their second studio album, Hand Over Your Loved Ones, was released in Autumn 2003, it received little or no promotion in the United Kingdom, and was never released in the United States due to the ongoing dispute.

Hand Over Your Loved Ones is the second studio album released by American alternative rock band Wheatus.

In the first and second novels, Left Hand can also revive D when his physical condition is suffering, by consuming the four elements and converting the resulting energy into life force.

8 ) Folio 14c, Addition V, Hand C: the second of the insertions on smaller sheets of paper, formerly pasted over the bottom of page 14a.

But note also that some second level subcategories cover more than one means of classification, for example: Category: Hand drums identifies both the playing technique and the means of sound production, and: Category: African drums both the tradition and means of sound production, so an instrument in such a category may be in fewer than four categories and still adequately categorised.