Eldest of the seven, Benjamin Franklin, a New Englander transplanted to Philadelphia, wrote the most dazzling success story in our history.

The batting average of one success out of seven increased to one out of three.

An A-level feature all the way, the film's commercial success and seven Oscar nominations made it probably the most influential of the early noirs.

The sellout streak is driven by the Red Sox's loyal fan base, the success of the Red Sox during this time ( a winning record over nine seasons, during which time the team achieved at least 90 wins seven times, six playoff appearances and two World Series Championships ), and Fenway Park's low capacity: fourth lowest in seating capacity and second lowest in total of all MLB stadiums ; it is one of the seven MLB ballparks that cannot accommodate at least 40, 000 spectators.

Following 1987, the Colts did not see any real success for quite some time, with the team missing the postseason for seven consecutive seasons.

Jacksonville's 1996 season was a marked success as they won six of their last seven games of the season and finished with a record of 9 – 7.

The Doors ' first hit single " Light My Fire " ( 1967 ), running for over seven minutes, became one of the defining records of the genre, although their follow up album Strange Days only enjoyed moderate success.

The play follows his early dismay at his lack of composing success, to the creation of The Planets suite, with the play's seven tiers following the structure of The Planets.

The Head on the Door reached number seven in the UK and was the band's first entry into American Top 75 at number 59, a success partly due to the international impact of the LP's two singles, " In Between Days " and " Close to Me ".

The definite proof of the album's success was evident when the band received seven Swedish Grammy Awards in 2003.

The remaining volume was published in March to complete a seven volume series while a six volume set was simultaneously published, and these met success.

The team was not a success on the field, in attendance or ratings, and Global sold the franchise in 1981 but continued to broadcast seven games a year until 1983.

The Pens would use this talent to reach the first round of the playoffs in 1994, the second round in 1995, seven game into the conference finals in 1996, until the success was halted a five-game first round exit to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1997.

Despite the regular season success, the youthful Stars were upset in the first round by Edmonton in seven games.

Ten years after this, Adrastus persuaded the seven sons of the heroes who had fallen in the war against Thebes to make a new attack upon that city, and Amphiaraus now declared that the gods approved of the undertaking, and promised success.

The test ran for seven months from 1982 to 83, and was considered a success, so much so that AT & T publicly announced plans to introduce a commercial system in 1984.

The County Hurling Team, who play in the county colours of green and white, have won the coveted All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship seven times, although, despite good performances, their most recent success was in 1973.

Sparkman Schools have high standards of education and the high school has recently been given a seven out of ten rating on greatschools. com, which rates high schools based on academic success.

The Hornets ' most consistent state-level athletic success has come in wrestling, in which five students have won a total of seven individual state titles ( Ralph Edwards and Gary Pierson in 1972, Ethan Harris in 2005, Danny Coyne in 2006, and a three-year unbeaten run by Steven Bradley from 1996 to 1998 ).

The first anti-ship missiles, which were developed and built by Nazi Germany, used radio command guidance, these saw some success in the Mediterranean Theater in 1943-44, sinking or heavily damaging at least 31 ships with the Henschel Hs 293 and more than seven with the Fritz X, such as the Italian battleship Roma or the cruiser.

The exhibition was a success, drawing 100, 000 people to the fairgrounds over seven days despite an economic recession that afflicted the city of 25, 000.

After the war, with the goal of joining Moss Empires theatres, he spent years on stage with little success and travelled the UK working seven days a week, doing summer seasons, pantomimes and circuses, where he became renowned for his strong-man act.

The song rose quickly through the pop charts, and scored as high as No. 8 on the Billboard pop singles chart for a number of weeks during October 1982, the band's first major success in seven years.

His dominance over his peers ( despite his comparative lack of success in the majors ) was probably best expressed in the Official World Golf Rankings: Norman finished the season on top of the ranking list on seven occasions, in 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996 and 1997, and was second at the end of 1988, 1993 and 1994.

Of course, if you don't make the American a success, Hearst will have no further use for you ''.

The quest of the historical Homer is likely never to have further success ; ;

(€ 1. 56 million as a group ) The gate and TV income further slipped in 2009 – 10 season, made a net loss of € 21, 917, 292 ( already boosted by the sale of Alberto Aquilani ; € 22 million as a group ) despite sporting success ( the second in 2009 – 10 Serie A ).

The success of this paper led to five further publications, The Rover and The Wizard in 1922, The Vanguard in 1924, The Skipper in 1930 and The Hotspur in 1933.

After a further attempt at pop success with 1987's Rainbow, Parton refocused on recording country material.

The continued success of the Docklands redevelopment has prompted a number of further development schemes, including:

Eugene enhanced his standing during the War of the Spanish Succession where his partnership with the Duke of Marlborough secured victories against the French on the fields of Blenheim ( 1704 ), Oudenarde ( 1708 ), and Malplaquet ( 1709 ); he gained further success in the war as Imperial commander in northern Italy, most notably at the Battle of Turin ( 1706 ).

The success of this album further propelled the sales of his first two albums, enabling Brooks to become the first country artist with three albums listed in the pop top 20 in one week.

His reputation swelled further with the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were held in the same year in Berlin, and which proved another great propaganda success for the regime as orchestrated by master propagandist Joseph Goebbels.

He further wrote that the authority of the Sultan extended from Malindi in the north to Inhambane in the south and was particularly impressed by the planning of the city, believing it to be the reason for Kilwa's success along the coast.

In late 1217 Andrew II of Hungary and Leopold VI, Duke of Austria arrived in Acre and, along with John of Brienne, raided territory further inland, including Mount Tabor, but without success.

Campbell-Lyons subsequently worked as a solo artist and issued further albums: Me And My Friend, 1973, The Electric Plough, 1981, and The Hero I Might Have Been, 1983, though these did not enjoy commercial success.

Because no documentary material existed of the storming of the palace, Eistenstein's re-creation of the event has become the source material for historians and filmmakers, giving it further legitimacy as the accepted historical record, which illustrates its success as a propaganda film.

Finally they prospected the Tarua River south past the tributary which flows to Waipai, once more without success and on the advice of mining engineer Seale, it was decided there was nothing to justify further exploration.

To further increase the chance of success, the teams took up positions at different elevations where possible.

The success of these pavilions further influenced the 1967 Universal exhibition in Montreal, commonly referred to as Expo 67, where multi-screen highlights included In the Labyrinth, hailed by Time magazine as a " stunning visual display ," their review concluding: " such visual delights as Labyrinth ... suggest that cinema — the most typical of 20th century arts — has just begun to explore its boundaries and possibilities ," as well as A Place to Stand, which displayed Christopher Chapman's pioneering " multi-dynamic image technique " of shifting multiple images.

Prokofiev's first major success breaking out of the composer-pianist mould was with his purely orchestral Scythian Suite, compiled from music originally composed for a ballet commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes ; Diaghilev commissioned three further ballets from Prokofiev – Chout, Le pas d ' acier and The Prodigal Son – which at the time of their original production were all highly successful.

After the success of Wilde's plays Lady Windermere's Fan and A Woman of No Importance, Wilde's producers urged him to write further plays.

Bentham's book was not an immediate success but his ideas were spread further when Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont translated edited selections from a variety of Bentham's manuscripts into French.

Also released in 1985, martial arts game The Way of the Exploding Fist achieved critical success and subsequently afforded the burgeoning genre further popularity.

Pitt had continued his naval descents during 1758, but the first had enjoyed only limited success and the second ended with near disaster at the Battle of St Cast and no further Descents were planned.

Tostig appears to have received little local support, and further raids into Lincolnshire and near the River Humber met with no more success, so Tostig retreated to Scotland, where he remained for a time.

Although they failed to achieve further success in 1986, their repertoire expanded to include songs such as " Sugar Spun Sister ", taking on influences from bands such as The Jesus & Mary Chain and the indie-pop era Primal Scream (" Velocity Girl " being a major influence on " Made of Stone "), and they stopped playing the older songs.

After their immense success with the first two Pink Panther films, The Pink Panther ( 1963 ) and A Shot in the Dark ( 1964 ), which adapted many silent film aspects, including slapstick, they attempted to go even further in The Party ( 1968 ).

There were further indications of success in producing the desired result, as upon the edge of the charred portion appeared a line or border, that was not charred, but perfectly cured.