In 1933 Wells predicted in The Shape of Things to Come that the world war he feared would begin January 1940, a prediction which ultimately came true just four months early, when the Second World War broke out in September 1939.

The quotation first came from Robert J. Hanlon of Scranton, Pennsylvania, according to his friend Joseph Bigler, as a submission for a book compilation of various jokes related to Murphy's law published in 1980 titled Murphy's Law Book Two, More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong.

Things improved somewhat during the later years of the decade, but an even more significant collapse came with the onset of the Great Depression in the early 1930s.

In 1946, a series of cartoons for the Navy featuring Private Snafu's brother " Seaman Tarfu " ( for " Things Are Really Fucked Up ") was planned, but the war came to a close and the project never materialized, save for a single cartoon entitled Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy.

Things came to a head when Salamanca decided to replace Peñaranda and a number of his increasingly mutinous commandants.

It was a major team in Brazil decades ago, but passed three years striving to leave Brazilian League Série C. Things came worse at the beginning of 2007.

Things came to a head after one infamous concert when Phil had trouble with an out-of-tune guitar ; he stormed off before the end of the set and when Tim challenged him backstage about what had happened, blows were exchanged.

Things finally came to a head at a gig in Niagara Falls in autumn 1956, when, as a result of a fight, Dorsey quit the group a week before they were to appear in Alan Freed ’ s film Rock, Rock, Rock.

In the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, many notable bands like 13 Nightmares, Leafy Green Things, The New Brass Guns, For Against, The Millions, Sideshow, 2 Below and Mercy Rule came from Lincoln.

Things came to a head when the Belgian Grand Prix was scheduled for 8 June 1969 as part of the 1969 Formula One season at Spa, but when Jackie Stewart visited the circuit on behalf of the Grand Prix Drivers ' Association he demanded many improvements to safety barriers and road surfaces, in order to make the track safe for racing.

Things came to a head in 1998 when the Labour government was negotiating the lease of sealine to be developed in a yacht marina in Birgu.

Things picked up in the late 1920s, but then came the Great Depression.

Things came to a head following the mass execution of political prisoners in late summer and early autumn 1988.

Things came to a head when, at that year's CMA Awards, Rich — the reigning Entertainer of the Year, and himself a crossover artist — presented the award to his successor, " my good friend, Mr. John Denver.

Things came to a head in 1896, when first Edward D. Adams was appointed president, then less than two months later, Edwin Winter.

In fact, it seems more likely that the city is simply an outpost of the Elder Things which came to Earth not to conquer but to live in isolation.

Sinatra sang his first of their compositions, " Love Looks So Well On You ", on Sinatra Sings of Love and Things, which came out in 1962.

Things came to a head with the arrival at Roach of new-broom general manager Henry Ginsburg in 1931, a boorish man universally despised on the lot and called by Stan Laurel " The Expeditor ".

Things came to a head during a sparring exercise in which Komand ' r attempted to kill her sister.

She came to fame in the mid-1990s, after starring in the title role of the popular television series, The Secret World of Alex Mack, and has also appeared in theatrical films, including The Baby-Sitters Club and 10 Things I Hate About You.

Things finally came to a head in 2002, when Teletext gained a new senior editorial team, who lost patience with Biffo's pushing of the envelope of what was acceptable on a mainstream text service.

Things only got worse until 1984, when the bitter end came.

Things start to go well for the family, despite Miles and Teri's divorce, he still comes by for Sunday dinner, Lem and Bird are expecting their first child, Faith is finally becoming part of the family again and Uncle Pete who never came out of his room, starts to join the family.

Things were looking well for Williams until Mansell came in for his stop on lap 29 and things went horribly wrong.

Campaigning under the slogans Il faut que ça change ( Things have to change ) and Maîtres chez nous ( Masters of our own house ), a phrase coined by Le Devoir editor Andre Laurendeau, the Liberal Party, with Jean Lesage at its head, was elected within a year of Duplessis's death.

Donna Leon, whose Beastly Things is her 20th mystery novel in as many years featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, faces her detective ’ s accumulating years head on as he investigates yet another mysterious and watery death in his beloved Venice.

Things come to a head when Jimmy pulls Kit for a relief pitcher on Dottie's advice.

He dies in " The Things They Carried " from a gunshot wound to the back of the head.

Things come to a head when Seishirō loses an eye protecting Subaru, and Subaru realizes that he is in love with Seishirō.

After King of Kensington ended in 1980, head writer Louis Del Grande went on to create and star in Seeing Things, and Waxman was cast in the American series Cagney & Lacey.

Things come to a head when Liz and her boyfriend-fellow intern Dr Tim Whitney ( Paul Bishop )-must both be protected against the schemes at the hospital, and as Happy fights with Amanda over the case, his health takes a serious turn for the worse.

Things come to a head when Tommy inadvertently crosses path with Fred, and a revenge situation begins.

Things come to a head when Julia announces that she is leaving Leo.

Things came to a head for her on 20 August 1968, when the Red Army brutally suppressed the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia.

Things came to a head in the summer of 1998 when a row with Mintoff over a coastal concession to a private company resulted in Government being defeated over the motion transferring the land.

Things came to a head in 1910, when he offered a resolution at a university faculty meeting in support of Harry Thurston Peck, a Columbia professor who had been summarily dismissed by Butler because of a public scandal involving a breach-of-promise suit.

Things turned around in 2005 with new head coach, Ben Bennett.

In late March she checked out of the treatment center and began filming All Good Things.

In the late sixteenth-century, Philip II of Spain acquired many of Bosch's paintings, including some probably commissioned and collected by Spaniards active in Bosch's hometown ; as a result, the Prado Museum in Madrid now owns The Adoration of the Magi, The Garden of Earthly Delights, the tabletop painting of The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, the The Haywain Triptych and The Stone Operation.

In the late 1990s, Wheaton appeared in several independent films, including the award-winning The Good Things, in which he portrays a frustrated Kansas tollbooth worker ; it was selected Best Short Film at the 2002 Deauville Film Festival.

The feature programme of the night was TWW's penultimate production, All Good Things, a late night variety special presented by Bernard Braden and featuring amongst others, Tessie O ' Shea, Stan Stennett, Ivor Emmanuel, Manfred Mann, Clifford Evans, Anita Harris and Morecambe & Wise.

Café society was the collective description for the so-called " Beautiful People " and " Bright Young Things " who gathered in fashionable cafes and restaurants in New York, Paris, and London beginning in the late 19th century.

Things had improved little by the drawing of the lottery in late August 1841, when only 371 of the allotments were drawn by purchasers, three-quarters of whom were absentee owners.

Things began to change in late 1960s with Tito allowing for reformist policies embodied of new generation of Communist leaders.

Things got uncomfortable enough that Mapfumo moved to Eugene, Oregon in the late 1990s, where he continues to reside today.

Other British composers writing well-received operas in the late 20th century include Richard Rodney Bennett ( e. g. The Mines of Sulphur ), Harrison Birtwistle ( Punch and Judy ), Peter Maxwell Davies ( Taverner ) and Oliver Knussen ( Where the Wild Things Are ).

Things got worse with his 1978 album " All You Need Is the Music ," which was a dismal failure, because as Sedaka attempted to release disco-themed music himself in the late 1970s, his album sales were weak and singles could not get a foothold on the radio.

Things changed in the late 1990s.

Happiness and All the Other Things was officially dedicated to the late Randall " Poodie " Locke ( Willie Nelson's long-time stage manager ) who died on May 6, 2009.

As of late 2008, the mall had seen an increase in store closures, including larger stores such as Dillard's and Linens ' n Things.

For many years, KGMB billed itself as " One of the Good Things About Hawaii " with its rich history of local television programming exclusively in Hawaii, especially in such shows as Skipper Al and Checkers & Pogo ( both children's programs ; the latter being the most remembered, airing from 1967 to 1982 and featured the late Morgan White ), The Hawaii Moving Company ( Originally a Disco / Dance program that transitioned into a general interest show ), and the 1982 TV special Rap's Hawaii starring the late Rap Reiplinger.

Their first album, The Way Things Work, was released in late September 2005 by Smog Veil Records.

Capote first envisioned it as an American analog to Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past that would come to be regarded as his masterwork in the late 1950s.

" During and after this time he published several books, including: The Three Last Things, 1839, an essay on resurrection, judgment and final retribution ; The Great Awakening, 1842, a history of the religious revival in America in the mid to late 18th century ( some scholars attribute the well-known name of that movement to Rev.

The name change was prompted by their record company rejecting the name The Mullanes as well as the band's second choice, Largest Living Things, although Hester used that name for a project of his in the late 1990s.

Things started winding down at the shop in the late 1960s, and in 1970 the shop folded up.

Things should be better in late spring when the new chassis found its way on the circuits.