Their freight capacity was larger than needed, and the large teams ( 8 to 10 animals ) these wagons required could not navigate the tight corners often found on the Oregon Trail.

Their function in most cases was to facilitate the transport of coal in chaldron wagons from the coalpits to a staithe ( a wooden pier ) on the river bank, whence coal could be shipped to London by collier brigs.

Their origins lay in utility trailers built in a similar fashion to horse-drawn wagons.

Their wagons could easily be positioned to disrupt streetcars and block traffic.

Their bodies were loaded on wagons and taken out of town to be thrown to the vultures.

Their conversations were, almost invariably, accompanied by the same gestures -- arms and pointed forefingers darting toward each other in arclike semicircular motions.

Their heads were in the air sniffing.

Their writings assume more than dramatic or patriotic interest because of their conviction that the struggle in which they were involved was neither selfish nor parochial but, rather, as Washington in his last wartime circular reminded his fellow countrymen, that `` with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved ''.

Their President, Jefferson Davis, interpreted their Constitution to mean that it `` admits of no coerced association '', but this remained so doubtful that `` there were frequent demands that the right to secede be put into the Constitution ''.

Their books found no less willing readers outside than inside the South, even while memories of the war were still sharp.

Their ham butts, cured in oak-log smoke, were also esteemed when roasted or boiled, and served with this original sauce:

Their two boys were `` well adjusted '' and, like their parents, always did the right thing at the right time and damn the consequences.

Their old errors of judgment were equated, in the curious logic of the time, with present treasonous intent.

Their props were two stepladders, a chair and a palm fan.

Their cars weren't small enough, they didn't have the power, they were old-fashioned.

Their meditations were approaching a violent cusp that would shape Martian art for many millennia.

Their skins were exposed to harmful ultraviolet rays that had previously been absorbed by the water.

Their raids throughout the three parts of Gaul were traumatic: Gregory of Tours ( died ca 594 ) mentions their destructive force at the time of Valerian and Gallienus ( 253 – 260 ), when the Alemanni assembled under their " king ", whom he calls Chrocus, who " by the advice, it is said, of his wicked mother, and overran the whole of the Gauls, and destroyed from their foundations all the temples which had been built in ancient times.

Their most famous battle against Rome took place in Argentoratum ( Strasbourg ), in 357, where they were defeated by Julian, later Emperor of Rome, and their king Chnodomarius was taken prisoner to Rome.

Their territories were small and mostly strung along the Rhine ( although a few were in the hinterland ).

Their children were born at various places throughout the Roman Empire and Agrippina acquired a well-deserved reputation for successful childbearing.

Their houses, scattered throughout Lombardy and Venetia, were united into a congregation by St Pius V, under the Rule of St Augustine with a mother-house, residence of the prioress general, at Pavia.

Their aunt tried to teach the girls how to run a household, but their minds were more inclined to literature.

Their return was blocked, and they resolved to march on Athens, where the Long Walls were not yet completed, winning a victory at the Battle of Tanagra.

Their answers to the problem were similar, with the United States developing the M56 Scorpion and the Soviet Union developing the ASU-57, both essentially air-droppable light anti-tank guns.

Their turretless construction bears similarity to later tank destroyers and they were used as an anti-tank component of the reconnaissance units.

Their best finish of this period was under the management of Englishman Jesse Carver, when in 1954 – 55 they finished as runners-up, after Udinese who originally finished second were relegated for corruption.

Their duties at first were simply ministerial.

Their offices were compatible with other offices, i. e. they can hold two benefices or offices at one and the same time, some conferred by the Cardinal Vice-Chancellor, others by the Holy Father.

Their first collaboration came close.

Their first album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, including major contributions by all members of Pilot and Ambrosia, was a success, reaching the Top 40 in the US Billboard 200 chart.

Their party was defeated ( 2 May 1182 ), but Andronikos Komnenos, a first cousin of Emperor Manuel, took advantage of these disorders to aim at the crown, entered Constantinople, where he was received with almost divine honours, and overthrew the government.

Their one monastery was on the top of Monte Varese, near Lago Maggiore, on the spot where their foundress, the Blessed Catarina Morigia ( or Catherine of Palanza ), had first led a solitary life.

Their first child, Maria ( 1814 – 1825 ), was born after they moved to Hartshead.

Their second title, and the first to be received through a championship game, came in, two decades before the first Super Bowl game was played.

Their first honour outside of Italy was recorded in 1960 – 61 when Roma won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup by beating Birmingham City 4 – 2 in the finals.

Their use in the first trimester is also associated with a risk of major congenital malformations, particularly affecting the cardiovascular and central nervous systems.

Their first hit was Brigadoon ( 1947 ), a romantic fantasy set in a mystical Scottish village, directed by Robert Lewis.

Their first project was the stage musical Chess, written with Tim Rice.

Their first step into the design world was a series of advertisements featuring work from currently popular designers.

Their first single, titled " Retard Girl ," was issued in early 1990.

One of the first mentions of the term " computational chemistry " can be found in the 1970 book Computers and Their Role in the Physical Sciences by Sidney Fernbach and Abraham Haskell Taub, where they state " It seems, therefore, that ' computational chemistry ' can finally be more and more of a reality.

Their appearance in three consecutive World Series made the Cubs the first Major League club to play three times in the Fall Classic.

Their first album released in October 2010 is Eastward which is " about a young man's journey East to save his brother.

Their first calculator, the Loan Arranger ( 1978 ) was a pocket calculator marketed to the Real Estate industry with preprogrammed functions to simplify the process of calculating payments and future values.

" Their doctrines have numerous resemblances to those of the Bogomils and the earlier Paulicians as well as the Manicheans and the Christian Gnostics of the first few centuries AD, although, as many scholars, most notably Mark Pegg, have pointed out, it would be erroneous to extrapolate direct, historical connections based on theoretical similarities perceived by modern scholars.

Their first target was the lands of the Trencavel, powerful lords of Albi, Carcassonne and the Razes — but a family with few allies in the Midi.

Their first venture capital came from Benjamin M. Rosen and Sevin Rosen Funds.

Their PDP series of machines became popular in the 1960s, especially the PDP-8, widely considered to be the first successful minicomputer.

Their first show was on July 19, 1978, at the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco, California.

Their first line of production took place in Düsseldorf.

Their first passenger car was the F89 using the body from the prototype F9 made before the war and the two-cylinder two-stroke engine from the last F8.