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

Some of their early films include four written by A. A. Milne including The Bump, starring Aubrey Smith ; Twice Two ; Five Pound Reward ; and Bookworms.

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.

The classic film noirs The Maltese Falcon and The Glass Key ( 1942 ) were based on novels by Hammett ; Cain's novels provided the basis for Double Indemnity ( 1944 ), Mildred Pierce ( 1945 ), The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 ), and Slightly Scarlet ( 1956 ; adapted from Love's Lovely Counterfeit ).

A slew of now-renowned noir " bad girls " would follow, such as those played by Rita Hayworth in Gilda ( 1946 ), Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice ( 1946 ), Ava Gardner in The Killers ( 1946 ), and Jane Greer in Out of the Past ( 1947 ).

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 in the series, Geordi refused to be granted natural vision, first by Commander Riker who had been given extraordinary amounts of power by Q and later by Doctor Katherine Pulaski.

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 ).

In the field of education, think tank publications are subjected to expert review by the National Education Policy Center's " Think Twice " think tank review project.

Also inspired by the success of James Bond ; specifically the Asian-influenced You Only Live Twice, martial-arts-themed action movies exploded onto the western cinema screens with Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon ( 1973 ), and his imported films like Way of ( or Return of ) the Dragon ( 1972 ).

* 1925: The Man Who Died Twice by Edwin Arlington Robinson

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.

Only four horses competed against Secretariat for the June 9, 1973, running of the Belmont Stakes, including Sham, who had finished second in both the Derby and Preakness, along with three other horses thought to have little chance by the bettors: Twice A Prince, My Gallant, and Private Smiles.

Twice, on July 27 and September 27, the bank accounts of the FTUB were frozen by the authorities.

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 ".

* Helga Brandt ( No. 11, You Only Live Twice ) – thrown by Blofeld into piranha pool

* Hans ( You Only Live Twice ) – thrown by James Bond into piranha pool

* Mr. Osato ( Head Of Osato Chemicals, You Only Live Twice ) – shot and killed by Blofeld

* ( No. 3, You Only Live Twice ) – killed by explosion (# 3 played by Burt Kwouk )

Twice during the late 1980s, left-leaning editors refused to run advertising from branches of the U. S. military.

Twice a year, the Battalion inducts some 260 conscripts, who are subsequently trained as military drivers, logistics technicians, cooks or military policemen.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Twice since then it has reverted to being a church, only to become again a meeting house dedicated to the great intellectuals of France.

Twice a year, coinciding with the Golden Week Holidays in the first week of May, and again for the first week of November, there is a pottery and crafts festival where potters and craftsmen from Mashiko and surrounds come to the town and set up stalls.

Twice he served as mayor of Richmond, Virginia, from 1783 to 1784 and again from 1788 to 1789.

Twice again an All-Star in San Antonio through 1987, he rejoined the Bulls for part of the 1988 season before finishing his NBA career with the Boston Celtics in 1988.

Far from being reduced in importance, operations of the Red-Banner Baltic Fleet during the early-Cold War period earned it a great amount of prestige and profile, with the second awarding of the Order of Red Banner being presented on 7 May 1965 when the Fleet was again renamed to Twice Red-Banner Baltic Fleet.

Duvivier's final portmanteau film was Le Diable et les dix Commandements ( 1962 ), while the scenario of Chair de Poule ( 1963 ) has a resemblances to The Postman Always Rings Twice and again features an unscrupulous woman.

Twice, in 1495 and again in 1500, he was sent to Rome, and once on a special embassy to Flanders, of which he has left an account.

Twice in the decade, he hit for the cycle: on August 8, 1886, and again on June 7, 1889.

Twice in 1988, once 1993, twice in 1999 and again in 2009 playing three sold out shows to approximately 100. 000 people, being the only artist to have done so.

In 2002 he accepted the first national team award from the Directors Guild of Canada Best TV series Drama for Twice in a Lifetime and was nominated again in 2006.