When Governor Al Smith offered New York National Guard planes to fly the mail in and out of the state, it seemed a likely temporary solution, easing Burlington's bottleneck and that at Montpelier too.

" When he saw Al Jolson singing in The Jazz Singer in 1927, considered the first talkie, Capra recalled his reaction:

When Al Posen originated the idea of National Cartoonists Society tours to entertain American servicemen, he became the NCS Director of Overseas Shows.

Trumpeter Al Hirt was part owner of the team, and his rendition of " When the Saints Go Marching In " was made the official fight song.

When Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said assumed power in 1970, Oman had limited contacts with the outside world, including neighbouring Arab states.

When Dubai's oil exports commenced in 1969, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, was also able to use oil revenues to improve the quality of life of his people.

When Sam recovers, he finds his memories to be incomplete, particularly with knowledge about himself or the project ; Al would refer to this as his " swiss-cheesed memory " throughout the series.

Sports author Dick Crouser wrote, " When the late Al Helfer was broadcasting the Oakland A's games, he was not too enthusiastic about Reggie Jackson's speed or his hustle.

When the movie's star, Al Jolson, sings, however, the film shifts to sound recorded on the set, including both his musical performances and two scenes with ad-libbed speech — one of Jolson's character, Jakie Rabinowitz ( Jack Robin ), addressing a cabaret audience ; the other an exchange between him and his mother.

When Al identifies himself as Haskell, she blackmails him by threatening to turn him in.

When friend and fellow Army Scout Al Sieber learned what Schieffelin was up to, he is quoted as telling him, " The only rock you will find out there will be your own tombstone ".

When Columbia was preparing a screen biography of Al Jolson, many big-name stars were considered for the title role, including James Cagney and Danny Thomas ( both of whom turned it down ), but resident contractee Larry Parks was reportedly the first actor to be interviewed.

When LaMotta returned, he knocked out his first two opponents, Johnny Pretzie ( TKO 4 ) and Al McCoy ( KO 1 ), but a split decision loss afterwards to Billy Kilgore convinced him to finally retire.

* " When Hearts Are Young " w. Cyrus Wood m. Sigmund Romberg & Al Goodman

* " When You Play In The Game Of Love " w. Joe Goodwin m. Al Piantadosi

When Blanche cheats with mobster Al Torrio ( Anthony LaPaglia ), Ray leaves her and locates Hattie.

When Bush subsequently brought up the issue in a debate with Al Gore, Al-Arian was reportedly " thrilled — and began registering local Muslims to vote, and promoting Bush's candidacy at local mosques.

When Norris downed the champion for the count with a right to the jaw, Mugabi received the dubious distinction as the second fighter, after Al Singer, to both win and lose a world title by first round knockout when he was defeated by Norris.

When Merchant was a child, her mother listened to music ( The Beatles, Al Green, Aretha Franklin ) and encouraged her children to study music, but she wouldn't allow TV after Natalie was 12.

When Smails is antagonized by the obnoxious nouveau riche Al Czervik ( Rodney Dangerfield ) during a game, he throws a putter and accidentally injures a member of the club.

When drugs are sent overland, through the Sahara, the drug traders have been increasingly forced to cooperate with terrorist organisations, such as Al Qaida in Islamic Maghreb.

When the new council convened in 1980, led by new mayor Al Duffy, the town remained without a development plan.

When Coolidge declined to run again in the 1928 election, the Republican Party nominated engineer and Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, who was elected by a wide margin over Al Smith, the first Catholic nominee.

** Al Schmitt ( engineer ) for When I Look in Your Eyes performed by Diana Krall

When they were closer and he saw that one was a woman, he was more puzzled than ever.

When the meal was ready, he told Jones to wash up, and going into the front room, woke the girl.

When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.

When he regained consciousness he was in Lord's house, in the office of Doctor Lord, the deputy's deceased father.

When it was followed by a second, whining even closer, Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression.

When the sea was visible ahead of them, the relief was as great as if the sun had come out.

When she appeared at the store to help out for a few hours even my looking at her was surreptitious lest my Uncle notice it.

When our eyes met the air was filled with an unuttered message of `` Me, too ''.

`` When I was in college '', I grinned, `` I remember a poem I had to read in my lit class.

When they got to Shillong, in Assam, he was happy.

`` When I came up, damnit, I thought I was going down.

When he awoke in the mornings, she was in his mind and he could hardly wait to get to school to be near her in the flesh.

When he came back to the schoolhouse, his mind was made up.

When he finally left the sinister mansion on Perdido Street, he was carried out in a coroner's basket.

When he was eight he began violin lessons.

When the possibility that he had not given reconsideration to so weighty a decision seemed to disconcert his questioners, Mr. Eisenhower was known to make his characteristic statement to the press that he was not going to talk about the matter any more.

When he was stripped, deloused and numbered by his guards, his much-thumbed sketchbook was seized and thrown on a pile of prisoners' goods to be confiscated.

When her right hand was incapacitated by the rheumatism, Sadie learned to write with her left hand.

When Harold Arlen returned to California in the winter of 1944, it was to take up again a collaboration with Johnny Mercer, begun some years before.

When he was fifteen John H. Mercer turned out his first song, a jazzy little thing he called `` Sister Susie, Strut Your Stuff ''.

When he heard that Paul Whiteman was looking for singers to replace the Rhythm Boys, Mercer applied and got the job, `` not for my voice, I'm sure, but because I could write songs and material generally ''.