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.

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 in 1914, on April 21 and August 8, he executed an unassisted double play at second base, snaring low line drives on the run and then beating base runners to the bag.

Twice Anderson attempted to run the ball into the end zone, but both times he was tackled at the 1-yard line, the second time after his footing failed on the icy field.

Twice a week he drove his tallyho over the Santa Cruz road, upland and through the redwood forest, with orchards below him at one hand, and glimpses of the Pacific at the other.

Twice a year for 16 years, 10 weeks at a time, he appeared in county seats in the midstate region when the county courts were in session.

Twice in the year the superiors of the several coenobia met at the chief monastery, under the presidency of an archimandrite (" the chief of the fold ," from miandra, a sheepfold ), and at the last meeting gave in reports of their administration for the year.

Twice he visited Rome as a diplomatic representative of the Bavarian court to obtain sanction for the establishment of a court of inquisition against the Lutheran teachings at Ingolstadt.

Twice since Federation, conflicts between state premiers and state governors, who perform similar functions to the Prime Minister and Governor-General at the state level, had resulted in the departure of one or the other.

Among these were " Scribe of Ma ' at in the Company of the Gods ," " Lord of Ma ' at ," " Lord of Divine Words ," " Judge of the Two Combatant Gods ," " Judge of the Rekhekhui, the pacifier of the Gods, who Dwelleth in Unnu, the Great God in the Temple of Abtiti ," " Twice Great ," " Thrice Great ," ", " Three Times Great ," and also " The Timeless.

In order to meet Norman's hospital bills, in November 2002 Solid Rock Records began releasing the Essential Series on CD-R, a set of seven Norman albums, with 142 songs ( including 16 previously unreleased songs ), which comprised: Instigator, which included rough mix versions of two previously unreleased songs, " Butterfly " and " Kulderachna ", both removed from 1973's So Long Ago the Garden ; Agitator, which included three unreleased bonus tracks, " Sweet Silver Angels ", " God, Part 2 ", and " People In My Past "; Liberator, which included songs that were aimed at " liberating Christians who felt trapped inside the church and also providing a cultural doorway to allow those who felt dismissed and isolated by Christianity to find their way into fellowship with Christ regardless of the church's response toward them "; Collaborator, which featured songs representing " the combined efforts of Charles and Larry from lyrics and melodies to arrangements and production ", including three unreleased songs: " Perfect World ", " Don't Wanna Be Like You ", and " Jesus Is God ", recorded about 2000 ; Emancipator, included two unreleased songs of Norman singing with Randy Stonehill: a Christian version of the folk song " He Was a Friend of Mine ", which had been popularized by The Byrds and Bob Dylan, which was re-titled " He is a Friend of Mine ", and " I Love You ", the song Stonehill and Norman co-wrote in 1971 for Stonehill's Born Twice album ; Infiltrator, which sees love as " the most powerful infiltrator in the world ", is a collection of Norman's love songs, and includes two new releases: a cover of David Noble's " Waves of Grace ", and " Stranger, Won't You Change "; and Survivor, included the full 8-minute version of " Dark Passage ", an unreleased third verse of " Baby Out of Wedlock ", and " One Star Remains ", which is Judee Sill's " My Man On Love " from her 1971 eponymous debut album.

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Twice each year, the Phyllis & Bob Cowan Performing Arts Series at Midland College presents free cultural and artistic performances of " international interest and scope to stimulate and inspire the Midland arts community ," and entertain the community at-large.

Twice each year, the Davidson Distinguished Lectures Series at Midland College presents free public lectures by " nationally-known speakers whose academic accomplishments, civic leadership, and / or public achievements interest, enrich, and enlighten Midland students and citizens.

* You Only Live Twice ( 1967 ): the lines " this organization does not tolerate failure " and " in Japan men come first "; the scenes with the Jaguar and the video communication with Basil Exposition at the very beginning modelled on similar sequences with Bond, Aki and Tiger Tanaka ; external shots of the Virtucon enterprise modelled on external shots of the Osaka enterprise ; interior of Alotta's apartment ; bath tub sequence in Alotta's apartment ; Austin's poetry similar to Tiger Tanaka's reading of poetry ( actually written by Bond in the novel ); Mr. Bigglesworth ( Dr.

Twice the Spanish were repelled with heavy casualties, but at the third attempt, with reinforcements from Álvaro de Bazán's galley, they took the ship.

The controversial song, Think Twice, featured raunchy lyrics that were not considered appropriate for airplay at that time or even today.

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* 1953: Twice Upon a Time-Pressburger's one solo attempt at directing

" Think Twice ", which remained at number-one for seven weeks, eventually became the fourth single by a female artist to sell in excess of one million copies in the UK, while the album was eventually certified five-times platinum for two-million copies sold.

Twice the tribe wrote letters to Royal authorities in Boston, complaining about Hall.

Twice Parliament was adjourned in November 1810, as doctors gave optimistic reports about the King ’ s chances of a return to health.

* The Diaulos Twice the Stadion foot race, about 355 meters at Nemea.

* The Hippios Twice the Diaulos foot race, about 710 meters at Nemea.

Norm Abram has authored eight books about carpentry: Ask Norm, The New Yankee Workshop, Classics From The New Yankee Workshop, Mostly Shaker From The New Yankee Workshop, Outdoor Projects From The New Yankee Workshop, Norm Abram's New House, Measure Twice, Cut Once, and The New Yankee Workshop Kids ' Stuff.

" The next day, Cash would perform Dylan's " Don't Think Twice, It's All Right " as part of his set, telling the audience that " we've been doing it on our shows all over the country, trying to tell the folks about Bob, that we think he's the best songwriter of the age since Pete Seeger ... Sure do.

This gained notoriety when the BBC refused to play its B-side song, " Twice Daily ", due to concern about the unseemly subject matter ( a shotgun wedding ).

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.

Twice he made feints about seeking statewide office.

* Sequart's Comics Aficionado columns about Day of Vengeance and Lightning Strikes Twice

Adair wrote extensively about film, for example in his books Hollywood ’ s Vietnam and Flickers, and his “ cultural ” columns, The Postmodernist Always Rings Twice and Surfing the Zeitgeist.

After reading James M. Cain's novel The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1934 ), and having read about the American gangster Ma Barker and her sons, and with the help of maps and a slang dictionary, he wrote No Orchids for Miss Blandish in his spare time, allegedly over a period of six week-ends ( though his papers suggest it took longer.