They launched a major invasion of Gaul and northern Italy in 268, when the Romans were forced to denude much of their German frontier of troops in response to a massive invasion of the Goths from the east.

The western Sanhaja had been converted to Islam sometime in the 9th C. They were subsequently united in the 10th C., and with the zeal of neophyte converts launched several campaigns against the " Sudanese " ( pagan black peoples of sub-Saharan Africa ).

They launched attacks in many cities, including Abidjan.

They founded the Kesmai company in 1982 and in 1985 an enhanced version of Dungeons of Kesmai, Island of Kesmai, was launched on CompuServe.

They are primarily launched from air, sea or submarine platforms in both roles, although land based launchers also exist.

However, the household was a literate one, subscribing to three newspapers. They were strong Conservatives ; indeed one of the largest and last ships launched by the Bennett shipyard ( in 1869 ) was the Sir John A. Macdonald.

They can be launched from a variety of platforms.

They include Drago Jambrecina, who took a building society to court 44 times, Dominic Wy Kanak of the Waverley Council, who launched 40 proceedings against an Olympic beach volleyball stadium at Bondi, Pranay Bhatttacharya and Con Tsekouras.

They could perform highly efficient hit-and-run attacks, in which they quickly approached a target, then left as rapidly before a counter-offensive could be launched.

They also launched their 8th Walkman telephone, the W700, a stripped-down version of the W800 with a different case colour, that included a 256 MB Memory Stick.

They launched the Clickwheel Comics Reader in July 2008 that would allow the digital versions of the comics to be downloaded and read on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

They also safeguarded the operators of the ram against arrow and spear volleys launched from above.

They launched a poorly planned uprising in 1903 that was brutally suppressed, and led to tens of thousands of additional refugees pouring into Bulgaria.

They also ( in a very expensive deal ) purchased the TV rights to the Football League and launched the ITV Sport Channel.

They were launched by Proton-K rockets, and consisted of orbiters and landers similar to late Venera, and Vega spacecraft.

They launched a joint diplomatic effort to bring an internationally acceptable transition to independence for Namibia.

They launched their first full tour for the album in September, playing in the United States, Canada and across Europe.

They also launched attacks against pro-Bourbon presses, and paralyzed the coercive apparatus of the monarchy.

They also launched an all-out assault on Benjamin Disraeli, accusing him in a series of leaders of jettisoning ethics for politics by ignoring the atrocities committed against Bulgarian civilians by Turkey in the 1870s.

They launched a counter-attack, but the Danes killed both Osberht and Ælla and set up a puppet king on Northumbrian throne.

They also launched an HD simulcast of their Vancouver station ( CHAN-TV ) on the same day.

They weighed approximately five tons and were launched by the powerful Proton booster.

They launched the " Criticize Lin Biao, Criticize Confucius " Campaign in 1974 as an attempt to undermine the premier.

They launched their own weekly show October 8, 1942, sponsored by Camel cigarettes.

They crawled through the north fence and came on toward him, and now he saw that both were young, not more than nineteen or twenty.

They were tethered, army style, on stable lines.

They could hear the pony's feet on the dry leaves for a while, then the sound faded out.

They, and the two large fans which I could dimly see as daylight filtered through their vents, down at the far end of the hall, could be turned on by a master switch situated inside the office.

They reached the guard house without alerting the men on the walls above, and Powers slipped through the door.

They squatted on their heels in the deep mud and Dill found a cigar in his breast pocket, passing it over silently.

They got tin cups of coffee from the big pot on the coosie's fire, rolled and lighted brown-paper cigarettes, lounged about.

They were sitting on their heels, rider-fashion, over by the still empty calf wagon.

They reined in before the town marshal's office, a box-sized building on Main Street.

They moved in on him, crowded him from all sides.

They returned to the street, mounted their horses, rode through the rain to the big house on Houston Street.

They tracked mud on the oaken floor, on the carpet.

They were headed straight for each other on a collision course.

`` They were supposed to meet Thor at nine PM for a conference concerning the ad campaign for their soap, a new angle based on this SX-21 stuff ''.

They discussed the way people never tell each other the things on their minds.

They watched the tree until it twisted sharply on a bend.

They could come on him now without difficulty.

They are preoccupied riding herd on control panels, switches, flashing colored lights on pale green or gray consoles that look like business machines.

They inhabit a secret world centered on `` go codes '' and `` gold phones ''.

They squatted on their heels with their heads bent far forward, their eyes only a few inches from the ground.

They differed in the balance they believed essential to the sovereignty of the citizen -- but the supreme sacrifice each made served to maintain a still more fundamental truth: That individual life, liberty and happiness depend on a right balance between the two -- and on the limitation of sovereignty, in all its aspects, which this involves.

They arise in situations in which one believes that what happens depends not only on the external world, but also on the precise pattern of behavior of the individual or group.