These chatty merchants made amusing and instructive traveling companions, for their business took them to all four corners of the globe, and Florentine gossip had already reached a high stage of development as even a cursory glance at the Inferno will prove.

These public efforts were rare because Mr. Rayburn normally did his counseling, persuading and educating long before an issue reached its test on the House floor.

These twin tendencies seem to have reached their height in the Han dynasty.

These problems were eventually solved as jet aircraft reached transonic and supersonic speeds.

These Greek city-states reached great levels of prosperity that resulted in an unprecedented cultural boom, that of classical Greece, expressed in architecture, drama, science, mathematics and philosophy, and nurtured in Athens under a democratic government.

These demonstrations reached a climax when on 15 May 1848, workers from the secret societies broke out in armed uprising against the anti-labor and anti-democratic policies being pursued by the Constituent Assembly and the Provisional Government.

These protectorates were individually brought to independence by Britain in the 1960s in line with the trend towards self-government and independence that swept the British Empire following the close of the Second World War, a trend that reached its peak in Africa in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

These stories soon reached the national ( and later the international ) press, which described a " monster fish ", " sea serpent ", or " dragon ", eventually settling on " Loch Ness Monster ".

These children who have not reached Great Britain's National Curriculum standard of swimming 25 metres by the time they leave primary school will be given a half-hour lesson every day for two weeks during term-time.

These three science parks alone have attracted over NT $ 4 trillion ( US $ 137 billion ) worth of capital inflow, and in 2010 total revenue within the parks reached NT $ 2. 16 trillion ( US $ 72. 8 billion ).

These techniques ultimately reached Europe by the 12th century through Arab-controlled Spain.

These campaigns expanded Han sovereignty into the Tarim Basin of Central Asia and helped establish the vast trade network known as the Silk Road, which reached as far as the Mediterranean world.

These colonial conflicts reached their height in the French and Indian War, which began in 1754.

These associations tell a router that a particular destination can be optimally reached by sending the packet to a specific router that represents the " next hop " on the way to the final destination.

" These were a force of Welsh spearmen who were kept together by their commander, Sir Maurice de Berkeley, and the majority of them reached Carlisle.

These temperatures cannot be reached with conventional black powder fuses, nitrocellulose rods, detonators, pyrotechnic initiators, or other common igniting substances.

These children were legally taken away from their families under the guise of “ providing the with guardianship and ‘ good ’ homes until they reached the age of consent at twenty-one ” under acts such as the Georgia 1866 Apprentice Act.

These reports reached Major Sigmund von Imhoff of the State police.

These struggles reached their climax in the wars between Brunhilda and Fredegund, queens respectively of Austrasia and Neustria.

These qualities reached their highest point in the Oraisons funèbres ( Funeral Orations ).

These actions reached their nadir when the company threatened to sue individuals supplying game material on Internet sites.

These parts are often played by younger tenors who have not yet reached their full vocal potential or older tenors who are beyond their prime singing years.

These are reached via steep and narrow stairs ( access by fee on the Schloss Laufen side ).

These interactions may become smaller until a condition of equilibrium is reached, or may diverge catastrophically if resonance occurs.

These mountains, reaching heights of only 1, 200 meters, are not as high as the other structural belts in Mindanao.

These rules include such things as regulation ski sizes, sidecuts, boot heights, binding risers and other regulations such as limitations to chemical substances found in winning racers as well as many other things which all ensure one particular skier has no advantage over another.

These approximations are only valid for antennas at heights that are small compared to the radius of the Earth.

These " breathing tubes " typically reach heights of up to 30 cm, and in some species, over 3 m. The four types of pneumatophores are stilt or prop type, snorkel or peg type, knee type, and ribbon or plank type.

These architraves may have been lifted to these heights using levers.

* Openwork spires: These spires are constructed of a network of stone tracery, which, being considerably lighter than a masonry spire, can be built to greater heights.

These were supported by Royal Marines and artillery positioned along the heights above the port, as well as additional Ottoman troops.

These were the heights where Spanish soldiers entrenched themselves in the most famous battle of the Spanish-American War ; the Battle of San Juan Hill.

These mounds can reach heights of 40 cm ( 15. 7 in ), and can also be as deep as a metre and a half ( five feet ).

These Marxists take the view that welfare programmes should be defended and improved with further nationalisations ( such as, in the case of the health service, the drug companies ) which would increase the income to the state, while at the same time campaigning for public ownership of the commanding heights of the economy to eliminate capitalism and establish a socialist society in which poverty will be eliminated.

These boys and girls appeared to be headed toward heights of less than 63 " ( 160 cm ) and 59 " ( 150 cm ) respectively.

These two ensembles raised the standards of orchestral playing in London to new heights, and the hall's resident orchestra, founded in 1893, was eclipsed and it disbanded in 1930.

These trees, with heights of up to 30 meters, grow so densely that no other plants can grow beneath them.

These were later extended to heights of 160 m and 144 m.

These simulations indicate the potential for large tsunami runup heights along this section of coast.

These Strombolian eruptions generated convective ash columns that reached heights of 200 – 1000 meters, and these explosions lasted for a period of 79 days.

These forces were deployed in three echelons: 3 companies of Puerto Rico and 1 company of movilizados covering the crossroads of the Siboney trails, with 2 other companies ( San Fernando ) guarding the surrounding heights ; 3 companies ( San Fernando ), the engineers, and the artillery holding the Asiento de Sevilla ; and 5 companies of Talavera and 1 company of movilizados at La Redonda under Colonel Bory, covering the trails to Justicí and El Pozo.

These perennial species are both endemic to Southwest Australia, and reach heights of.

These picturesque craggy heights form the parapet of High Raise's southern plateau, standing atop the valley wall and the centrepiece of many views.

These are connected at 5 heights, giving 15 supports in total.

These antidunes have wavelengths of 110-2600 m and wave heights of 1-15 m. Turbidity currents responsible for wave generation are interpreted as originating from slope failures on the adjacent Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname continental margins.

These two highpoints ' natural heights are however respectively 9 and 51 cm lower than Møllehøj.

These kites can reach heights of nearly, and due to bamboo attachments create a humming sound when flown.

These two energized the band and moved it to new musical heights.