Twice during the Civil War it was saved from destruction by the opposing armies by the pleas and prayers of a local minister.

Twice a week, Lincoln would meet with his cabinet in the afternoon, and occasionally Mary Lincoln would force him to take a carriage ride because she was concerned he was working too hard.

Twice I have been struck down with illness just as I was on the point of success.

The primary literary influence on film noir was the hardboiled school of American detective and crime fiction, led in its early years by such writers as Dashiell Hammett ( whose first novel, Red Harvest, was published in 1929 ) and James M. Cain ( whose The Postman Always Rings Twice appeared five years later ), and popularized in pulp magazines such as Black Mask.

It was not until the penultimate novel, You Only Live Twice, that Fleming gave Bond a sense of family background.

Their production work as BeMusic was collected on two LTM compilation CDs, Cool As Ice: The BeMusic Productions and Twice As Nice ( which also included production work by Donald Johnson, of A Certain Ratio, and Arthur Baker ).

Twice ousted by the Panamanian military, he was again ousted ( for the third time ) as president by the National Guard after only 10 days in office.

The joke was that " SECAM " stood for " Something exceedingly Contrary to the American Method " versus NTSC " Never Twice the Same Color " whilst " Peace At Last " or " Perfection At Last " could only be obtained through the PAL system.

Twice, in 1933 and 1944, the Uyghurs successfully regained their independence ( backed by the Soviet Communist leader Joseph Stalin ): the First East Turkestan Republic was a short-lived attempt at independence of land around Kashghar, and it was destroyed by Chinese Muslim army under General Ma Zhancang and Ma Fuyuan at the Battle of Kashgar ( 1934 ).

Twice during his father's lifetime he was viceroy of Norway.

Called Twice Ken is Plenty and intended as a two-man showcase for Horne and Kenneth Williams, the 21st century version was performed by Jonathan Rigby and Robin Sebastian.

He also portrayed Q in a 1967 EON-produced made-for-television documentary entitled " Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond ", which was included in the 2006 special edition DVD release of You Only Live Twice.

Twice it was advanced to the line of the Antonine Wall, at about the time when Hadrian's Wall was built and again under Septimius Severus, and once further north, beyond the river Tay, during Agricola's campaigns – although each time it was soon withdrawn.

Otto Preminger was looking for a theatrical project to direct and first became aware of Vera Caspary's story when her agent offered him the first draft of a play called Ring Twice for Laura.

Although no crime is committed anywhere in the book, the novel was reprinted in 1989 by Random House, alongside Cain's thriller The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1934 ), under the heading " Vintage Crime ".

The goal of world domination was only ever stated in You Only Live Twice, and SPECTRE was working not for itself but for an unnamed Asian government whose two representatives Blofeld speaks to during the movie ; perhaps Red China, who earlier backed Goldfinger.

Stonehill's first album, Born Twice was released in 1971, with financial help from Pat Boone.

Twice Amelia County was reduced in size to form newer counties ; in 1754, Prince Edward County was formed from parts of Amelia County, and in 1789, Nottoway County was formed.

Twice he had failed, and the Muscovy Company indicated it would not back him again.

I got a big chance to do some real acting in The Postman Always Rings Twice, and I'm not going to slip back if I can help it.

Twice the Germans came at them and each time the attack was turned back by stubborn defence.

Whilst expanding on James Bond's back story, Ian Fleming wrote in You Only Live Twice that the agent had attended Fettes College, his father's old school, after having been removed from Eton.

Twice Yusef Caramelli's forces tried and failed to take back the city.

Chris Marker: Silent Movie, Julie Taymor: Playing With Fire, Shirin Neshat: Two Installations, Suite Fantastique, As Painting: Division and Displacement, Mood River, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Part Object Part Sculpture, Twice Untitled and Other Pictures ( looking back ) Louise Lawler, Chris Marker Staring Back, William Wegman: Funney / Strange, Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms, William Forsythe: Transfigurations

Twice before Linus actually vows to give up his blanket-once he threw it away but grabbed it back ; another time he was about to tell Charlie Brown about his new resolution when Charlie Brown ruined everything by tossing a blanket onto Linus.

His later films included You Only Live Twice ( 1967 ) and, back in the United States after his prominent role for Kubrick, Busting ( 1973 ), The Hindenburg ( 1975 ), Riding With Death ( 1976 ) and Heaven Can Wait ( 1978 ).

Twice, frustrated with the time it took to run the weekly, he sold the paper ( notoriously in 1926 for one dollar ) and twice bought it back.

Twice each year the Dutch East India Company sent a Return Fleet back to the Netherlands.

Twice a year the galleons sailed across the Pacific Ocean from Manila to Acapulco and back.

" Twice Pallavicino was forced to leave his monastery and take refuge with Loredan ," writes Muir, " and during the summer of 1642 he escaped Venice, traveling home to Parma, to Friuli, and back to Parma, only to return in August to see a woman.

Twice Shastri Narayanswarupdas wrote back respectfully declining, citing his young age and inexperience, and the presence of many senior sadhus who would be more suited to the responsibility.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the second book in what is called " the Blofeld trilogy ", sitting between Thunderball, where SPECTRE is introduced and You Only Live Twice, where Blofeld is finally killed by Bond.

Twice elected as the Member of Parliament, as Nepali Congress candidate in 1994 and 1999, but supported the King and finally joined King's cabinet in 2005.

Twice more Pt Baker made headlines.

Alfred Hitchcock used him in Stage Fright ( 1950 ), then he made a film in Hollywood for King Vidor, Lightning Strikes Twice ( 1951 ).

" My Heart Will Go On " and " Think Twice " made her the only female artist in the UK to have two singles to sell more than a million copies.

" Twice in my life, little birds have flown in and made a huge difference ," explained Connolly in 1996.

Twice he made feints about seeking statewide office.

The 2000GT made its most famous screen appearance in the 1967 James Bond movie You Only Live Twice, most of which was filmed in Japan.

An experimental twelve barrel Gyrojet pepperbox type pistol was made that was used in Murderers ' Row and was planned to be used, but was not in You Only Live Twice

Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas is a computer-animated direct-to-video movie on VHS and DVD made by The Walt Disney Company in 2004.

In 2005 he released Twice Around the World, an album of real-time recordings made from all over the world between 23. 30 and midnight GMT.

VelJohnson has also made guest appearances in several TV shows, including The Equalizer, Diagnosis: Murder, Twice in a Lifetime, Will & Grace, Monk, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Eve, Crossing Jordan, The Parkers, That's So Raven, Chuck, in which he reprises his role as Al Powell, and Bones.

With Gretton absent in New York with New Order, " Cool as Ice " ( backed with " Twice as Nice ") never officially received a release in the UK, although BBC Radio 1 DJs John Peel and Janice Long were playing the track on evening and late night shows from white label pressings that Factory Records had made available.

He subsequently managed to clinch a recurring role in the television show I Was a Sixth Grade Alien ( starring his brother ), and made several guest appearances in programs such as Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension ( also starring his brother ), Real Kids, Real Adventures, and Twice in a Lifetime.

In 1994, she made an appearance as Aunt Lillian in The One Where Nana Dies Twice on Friends.

He appeared as himself in the movie Bachelor Party Vegas, He appeared as " Graft " in the pilot episode of the TV series Blade: The Series, had a guest cameo in the first season of Inked on A & E, and made a brief appearance in the 1981 film The Postman Always Rings Twice with Jack Nicholson.

Twice in Worms of the Earth mention is made of the black gods of R ' lyeh, resting place of Cthulhu, creation of H. P. Lovecraft, a friend and correspondent of Howard.

Twice a Fortnight, which was made in 1967, was a British sketch comedy television series with Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Jonathan Lynn and Tony Buffery.

In 2010, she made writer debut when she released her book Around The World Twice.

* Twice made American League All-Star team ( 1949, 1954 )