These slings were apparently very powerful ; in 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, historian Charles C. Mann quoted a conquistador, who said that an Incan sling " could break a sword in two pieces " and " kill a horse.

As a classically trained pianist whose sympathies with the twelve-tone technique of Arnold Schoenberg resulted in his studying composition with Alban Berg of the Second Viennese School, Adorno's commitment to avant-garde music formed the backdrop of his subsequent writings and led to his collaboration with Thomas Mann on the latter's novel Doctor Faustus, while the two men lived in California as exiles during the Second World War.

* September 24 – Lebanese kidnappers release Jack Mann, 77, after more than two years of captivity.

The two were newly weds who drowned near Shetland on their return to Kingdom of Mann and the Isles.

As well as approving the look of the transfer, Mann also recut two scenes slightly differently, referring to them as " new content changes ".

DNA fingerprinting was first used as a police forensic test to identify the rapist and killer of two teenagers, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, who were both murdered in Narborough, Leicestershire, in 1983 and 1986 respectively.

** The SA were the subject of two 1933 Nazi propaganda films: S. A .- Mann Brand and Hans Westmar.

* Ausgewählte Gedichte Poems ( May, 1936 ) Note: 1st edition contained two poems that were removed for the 2nd edition in November 1936: ' Mann und Frau gehen durch die Krebsbaracke ' and ' D-Zug '.

Making the journey from North Carolina with George Frederick Bollinger were his brothers John, Daniel, and Mathias Bollinger and two nephews Mann Henry Bollinger and William Bollinger.

Over the years, the two men kept in touch, talking about Bergman ’ s experiences and at one point Mann was interested in doing a movie on an arms merchant in Marbella that Bergman knew.

Confidential, Mann flew Crowe down from Canada where he was in the middle of filming Mystery, Alaska on the actor ’ s one day off and had him read scenes from The Insider screenplay for two to three hours.

The sources say that Máel Coluim was accompanied by one or two other kings, certainly Mac Bethad, and perhaps Echmarcach mac Ragnaill, King of Mann and the Isles, and of Galloway.

The two novels sketched the life and importance of Henry IV of France and were acclaimed by his brother Thomas Mann, who spoke of the " great splendour and dynamic art " of the work.

Between these two roles, Gordon made a guest appearance on the Michael Mann series Crime Story.

In 1830, Mann married Charlotte Messer, though she died only two years later on August 1, 1832 ; His grief over her death never fully subsided.

Hall wished to keep his work on the achromatic lenses a secret and contracted the manufacture of the crown and flint lenses to two different opticians, Edward Scarlett and James Mann.

However, at least two other witchcraft confessions ( those of Andro Mann and Allison Peirson ), also reported encounters with the Queen of Elphen or Elfame.

In November 1983, Mann left after two sell-out gigs at the Marquee, which were recorded for a live album, Live and Let Live.

* The 2008-2012 television series In Plain Sight told the story of Inspectors Mary Shannon and Marshall Mann, two Deputy United States Marshals assigned to the USMS WitSec Program.

Anderson used her two solo albums and some demo tracks from a new album that Mann was working on as a basis and inspiration for the film.

Magnolia was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards in 2000, Cruise for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and Mann for Best Original Song for " Save Me ".

" The relevant difference between the two tests is that the median test only considers the position of each observation relative to the overall median, whereas the Wilcoxon – Mann – Whitney test takes the ranks of each observation into account.

The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won two, for Schell as Best Actor and Abby Mann for Best Screenplay.

Riverdale is home to three top-tier private schools ( Horace Mann, Riverdale Country, and Fieldston, all members of the Ivy Preparatory School League ) and two Roman Catholic colleges ( The College of Mount Saint Vincent and Manhattan College ).

Together with labor leaders Tom Mann, John Burns, and socialist activist Henry Hyde Champion, the movement to launch a Labour Party established outside of the existing two parties was begun in earnest.

Most later Western scholars, such as Bradley ( 1997 ) and La Polla ( 2003 ) have retained Matisoff's two primary branches, though differing in the details of Tibeto-Burman.

Fantasy is closely associated with science fiction, and many writers have worked in both genres, while writers such as Anne McCaffrey, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Marion Zimmer Bradley have written works that appear to blur the boundary between the two related genres.

Compared to Omar Bradley, Patton actually fired only one general during the entire war, Orlando Ward, and only after two warnings, whereas Bradley sacked numerous generals during the war.

It was well known that the two men were polar opposites in personality, and there is considerable evidence that Bradley disliked Patton both personally and professionally.

" Bradley himself acknowledged that the two men were polar opposites in personality, and there is little doubt that Bradley despised Patton's swashbuckling method of leading the men under his command.

Mr. X also has a number of ' valid on any transport ' black tokens equal to the number of detectives in play ( in the Milton Bradley version this is always five ), and two ' move twice this turn ' cards.

Referred to as the second of the two " Reagan tax cuts " ( the Kemp-Roth Tax Cut of 1981 being the first ), the bill was also officially sponsored by Democrats, Richard Gephardt of Missouri in the House of Representatives and Bill Bradley of New Jersey in the Senate.

In their fourth season, 1995 – 96, with Bradley still leading the team in scoring, second-year forward Alexander Selivanov scoring a total of 31 goals, and Roman Hamrlik ( the team's first-ever draft choice except those drafted in the expansion draft two days earlier ( Wendel Young being the first ever Lightning ) in 1992 ) having an All-Star year on defense, the Lightning finally qualified for the playoffs, nosing out the defending Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference by a single game.

Bradley Manning, who was arrested by the U. S. Military in Kuwait after allegedly providing to the WikiLeaks web site a classified video showing U. S. military helicopter gunships strafing and killing Iraqis alleged to be civilians, including two Reuters journalists.

The Groton-New London Airport is located in neighboring Groton, and two major airports – T. F. Green and Bradley International Airport are within 75 minutes driving time, as is the smaller Tweed New Haven Regional Airport.

Bradley County has a 14-member county commission, with two commissioners from each of seven districts.

Sky Ridge Medical Center, formed from the buyout of Bradley Memorial Hospital and Cleveland Community Hospital, are the two hospitals in Bradley County.

One of the darker aspects of the county's history involved the Bradley Transportation Company when one of their cargo ships, the Carl D. Bradley sank on Lake Michigan in a November Gale in 1958 with the lost of 33 lives, 29 of whom resided in Presque Isle County ( 26 were from Rogers City, two were from Onaway, and one was from Metz Township ).

The racial makeup of Bradley was 85 ( 91. 4 %) White, 0 ( 0. 0 %) African American, 2 ( 2. 2 %) Native American, 0 ( 0. 0 %) Asian, 0 ( 0. 0 %) Pacific Islander, 5 ( 5. 4 %) from other races, and 1 ( 1. 1 %) from two or more races.

The town had nine manufacturers by 1850, but two decades later only the Bradley Edge Tool Company still thrived.

The east side of the town is bordered by two prominent peaks of the Metacomet Ridge: Pinnacle Rock and Bradley Mountain.

Although two homes were built on Monte Cristo in 1923, and one in 1946, things were quiet until the mid-1950s when a Dr. Bradley " Doc " Waldron went to Tallahassee and persuaded the State of Florida to sell him Pine Key, Cabbage Key, Pardee Key and the surrounding bay bottom.

There are also two large outdoor shopping centers, Bradley Fair on the city's north-east side and NewMarket Square on the city's north-west side, each with over 50 stores spread out on several acres.

The Pittsfield Municipal Airport is the nearest regional airport, and the town is located roughly equidistantly between Albany International Airport and Bradley International Airport, the two nearest airports with national service.

When the Newburgh Hummingbirds were kicked out of Delano-Hitch Stadium for non-payment of rent just two weeks into the 1946 season, the franchise shifted to a baseball diamond in Bradley Park, which hurriedly put up some makeshift stands.

Reason, Norwich, Ridgewood, Scioto Darby, and Washington ), two sixth-grade schools ( Station and Tharp ), three middle schools ( Heritage, Weaver, and Memorial ), and three high schools ( Darby, Davidson, and Bradley ) in the district.