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 remembered that he might have not signed the check, Mercer made out another for the same amount, instructing the bank to destroy the other -- especially if he had happened to have absent-mindedly signed both of them.

When the family business failed, Mercer left school and on his mother's urging -- for she hoped that he would become an actor -- he joined a local little theater group.

When the troupe traveled to New York to participate in a one-act-play competition -- and won -- Mercer, instead of returning with the rest of the company in triumph, remained in New York.

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 ''.

When Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen began their collaboration in 1940, Mercer, like Arlen, had several substantial film songs to his credit, among them `` Hooray For Hollywood '', `` Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride '', `` Have You Got Any Castles, Baby??

When Mercer looked on helplessly, the half-man twisted over on his side, his pink dusty back turned to Mercer, and wept hoarsely and quietly to himself.

When he said it, they thought it exceedingly profound, though none of them understood it, since it was simply the amount of time that Mercer had been on Shayol:

When Mercer died, Paul Ellington kept the Duke Ellington Orchestra going.

She sang " When October Goes " – lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Barry Manilow ( after Mercer's death ) – from Manilow's 1984 album 2: 00 AM Paradise Cafe, and discussed what an excellent musician Manilow was.

When both towers collapsed during the September 11 attacks in 2001, ten employees died ; one on American Airlines Flight 11, and nine others ( Thomas F. Swift, Wesley Mercer, Jennifer de Jesus, Joseph DiPilato, Nolbert Salomon, Godwin Forde, Steve R. Strauss, Lindsay C. Herkness, Albert Joseph, Jorge Velazquez, Titus Davidson, and Charles Laurencin ) in the towers, including Security Director Rick Rescorla.

* " When A Woman Loves A Man " w. Johnny Mercer m. Bernie Hanighen & Gordon Jenkins

When Mawhood learned that Mercer was in his rear and moving to join Sullivan, Mawhood detached part of the 55th Regiment to join the 40th Regiment in the town and then moved the rest of the 55th, the 17th, fifty cavalry and two artillery pieces to attack Mercer.

Hamida Djandoubi's life story is told in the book When the Guillotine Fell, written by Canadian author Jeremy Mercer.

When Mercer hosted a relief benefit concert for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, musical guests Barenaked Ladies appeared in a segment Mercer shot backstage completely naked.

When the White Dino Ranger appears, Tommy's dedication to saving the lives of innocents seems to give Tommy cause to show no mercy to him, even after he discovers that the White Dino Ranger is Trent Mercer.

When Mercer and the East India Trading Company soldiers attack Sao Feng's bathhouse, Feng strikes a secret bargain with Will — Jack Sparrow in exchange for the Black Pearl.

When black abolitionist leader John Mercer Langston urged the governor to enlist African-American soldiers to help the state fill its draft quotas, Tod responded sharply, saying, " Do you not know, Mr. Langston, that this is a white man's government ; that white men are able to defend and protect it?

When Mercer returned to Seattle, he had to answer a number of questions about his performance.

When Fred Powell's brother-in-law, Charlie Keane, moved into the dead man's home, the anonymous letter writer took no chances on Charlie taking up where Fred had left off and wasted no time on a first notice:

When they lost it, the French artillery moved in, and that was the end for Garibaldi that time, on 30 April 1849.

When he had stored his stock in the great oak chest, locked the two big hasps and secured the additional chain, tied the fly of the tent, and picked up the cash box, he moved up the darkening street.

When late in the summer the full extent of the damage was assessed, all but fifty of the Scots, Swiss and metis moved up the Red to the mouth of the Pembina river.

When he had closed the suitcase he found a rag and moved about the room, wiping carefully everything he might have touched.

When two of the founders of that society, Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott, moved to India at the end of that year, he was constituted as the President of the American body.

When the third car ’ s engine has been mounted, it then can be moved to the hood station ; meanwhile, subsequent cars ( if any ) can be moved to the engine installation station.

When Aalto was 5 years old, the family moved to Alajärvi, and from there to Jyväskylä in Central Finland.

When Robinson first designed his anemometer, he asserted that the cups moved one-third of the speed of the wind, unaffected by the cup size or arm length.

When Al was 11, the Capone family moved to 38 Garfield Place in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

" When the theatre district moved uptown, the name was transferred to the Times Square area.

When he openly left Octavian's sister, Octavia Minor, and moved to Alexandria to become Cleopatra's official partner, he led many Roman politicians to believe that he was trying to become the unchecked ruler of Egypt and of other eastern kingdoms, while still maintaining his command over the many Roman legions in the East.

When the trumpet signal for the start rang out, Antony's fleet began issuing from the straits, and the ships moved into line and remained quiet.

When prophets and general authorities of the church speak as " moved upon by the Holy Ghost ", it " shall be scripture, shall be the will of the Lord, shall be the mind of the Lord, shall be the word of the Lord, shall be the voice of the Lord, and the power of God unto salvation.

When the clutch was to disengage power was disconnected from the electromagnet and the pawl moved close to the sleeve.

When the trip lever moved out of the way the first pawl engaged, creating the cascaded lockup just described.

When bankers in Enid refused to lend him more money to build his planes, he moved to Wichita.

When the piston has moved up to the top of its stroke inside the cylinder, and the remaining volume inside the head or combustion chamber has been reduced to 100 cc, then the compression ratio would be proportionally described as 1000: 100, or with fractional reduction, a 10: 1 compression ratio.

When Pissarro returned to his home in France after the war, he discovered that of the 1, 500 paintings he had done over 20 years, which he was forced to leave behind when he moved to London, only 40 remained.

When it was added in 1597, it was put on the day of her death, April 29, as now, but because of a conflict with the feast of Saint Peter of Verona, which was also on April 29, it was moved in 1628 to the new date of April 30.

When Griffith was 14, his mother abandoned the farm and moved the family to Louisville, where she opened a boarding house.

When one arm is moved up and the other is moved down ( like turning a big steering wheel ), the body reacts by tilting to the side, which then begins the twisting rotation.

When the DKW-plant was moved, the import of SKD-kits stopped, as it became too expensive.