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When the Argonauts were sailing past the Sirens, he was the only one to not resist the charm of their singing and swim off to them.
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When the Argonauts were lost in the desert, he guided them to find the passage from the river back to the sea.
When the ship landed by his Thracian home, Phineus described his torment to the crew and told them that his brothers-in-law, the wing-footed Boreads, both Argonauts, were fated to deliver him from the Harpies.
When the Argonauts stop by the lake Tritonis in Libya, they encounter Eurypylus, a son of Poseidon, who offers them a clod of earth as a sign of hospitality.
When her husband was unwittingly killed by the Argonauts, she hanged herself in grief.
When the Colchians, in their pursuit of the Argonauts, likewise arrived in Drepane, and demanded that Jason's lover Medea should be delivered up to them, Alcinous declared that if she was still a virgin she should be restored to them, but if she was already the wife of Jason, he would protect her and her husband against the Colchians.
When his two companions are slain, Jason escapes to the ship ; whereafter he, Medea, and the surviving Argonauts begin their return to Thessaly.
When the Argonauts expanded into football, the " double blue " uniform was used by the football team as well, starting a tradition of top-level Toronto teams wearing blue ( e. g. Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Blue Jays ).
When the Argonauts arrived at the island, Arete and her husband received them and Medea hospitably.
When Clemons first joined the Toronto Argonauts in 1989, guest running backs coach Tom Cudney nicknamed him " Pinball " because of his running style.
When he ran out of money in 1951, he moved to Sydney and spent the next 2 years there as art critic for the Daily Telegraph ( 1952-54 ), arts compere called Phidias for the ABC children ’ s radio programme, The Argonauts and as a drawing teacher at the National Art School ( 1956-62 ).
When and were
When they were closer and he saw that one was a woman, he was more puzzled than ever.
When they were finally satisfied, Jones said, `` I think he's going to give us work ''.
When they were ready to leave, Benson and Ramey walked back around the rear of the trailer.
When they reached the school, a gang of boys and girls were already there playing `` crack the whip '' in front of the schoolhouse.
When these had been pocketed, we could still spend a morning cracking open other pebbles for our delight in seeing how much prettier they were inside than their dull exteriors indicated.
When he discovered they had received from the Company's Court of Directors no permission to live in India, coupled with the fact that they were Americans who had been sent to Asia to convert `` the heathen '', he became more belligerent than ever.
When Prudence and Blackberry were too young to be trusted in the dining room, they were tied to the radiator with their leashes, and they would cry.
When they were first written, there was evidently no thought of their being published, and those which refer to the writer's love for Mrs. Meynell particularly have the ring of truth.
When their levies came shambling into camp, they were all elbows, hair, and beard.
When, in March, 1640, the two towns were united under Coddington, Gorton claimed the union was irregular and illegally constituted and that it had never been sanctioned by the majority of freeholders.
When the negotiations began, his quarrel with the king of France was temporarily in abeyance, and he had no intention of reviving it so long as there was hope that French money would come to pay the troops who, under Charles of Valois, the papal vicar of Tuscany, were so valuable in the crusade against the Colonna cardinals and their Sicilian allies.
When these chores were finished, only then, was she allowed whatever freedom she could find.
When Sir Edward Greville enclosed the town commons on the Bancroft, Quiney and others leveled his hedges on January 21, 1600/1, and were charged with riot by Sir Edward.
When it was over, eight of his company were still alive and all eight were wounded.
When the stock exchange opened this morning, many dealers were quick to purchase shares in Douglas, Lockheed and United Aircraft and prices rose substantially.
When the end did come, and the schools were disbanded and abandoned, we felt and hoped that the machinery of psychological warfare would not be allowed to rust.
When we got there, Trig and the Negro were quarreling over possession of a gold crucifix around the neck of a wounded Filipino.
When it was proposed to rebuild the church, Wilson found that the terms for a new mortgage were very high.
When something unexpected happened, one always asked for water if one were a woman, brandy if one were a man.
When Papa's slender fingers removed the spectacles, there were red indentations on the bridge of the strong nose.
When the telephone rang on the day after Hino went down to the village, Rector had a hunch it would be Hino with some morsel of information too important to wait until his return, for there were few telephones in the village and the phone in Rector's office rarely rang unless it was important.
When values of temperature derived with this instrument were compared with the accepted values associated with liquid helium-4 vapor pressures, differences of about 10 and 7 millidegrees respectively were found.
When and sailing
When a sailing date of March, 1845 was finally established, Palfrey made sure that the Negroes would have comfortable quarters in New Orleans and aboard ship.
When sailing upwind the apparent wind is greater than the true wind and the direction of the apparent wind will be forward of the true wind.
When sailing close to the wind the force generated by the sail acts at 90 ° to the sail.
When sailing downwind, the sails no longer generate aerodynamic lift and airflow is stalled, with the wind push on the sails giving drag only.
When Turner was 26, he entered sailing competitions at the Savannah Yacht Club and competed in Olympic trials in 1964.
When the Canal was finished in 1825, Governor Clinton opened it, sailing in the packet boat Seneca Chief along the Canal into Buffalo.
When this order was completed the British fleet had formed a single line of battle, sailing in a southerly direction on a course to pass between the two Spanish columns.
When Belisarius eventually returned to Italy, Procopius relates that " during a space of five years he did not succeed once in setting foot on any part of the land ... except where some fortress was, but during this whole period he kept sailing about visiting one port after another.
When Wood died, he left a bequest to Tulane University on the condition that it preserve and display his sailing boat, the Nydia, for 99 years.
When he woke up on April 5 in Fort Jay Hospital on Governor's Island, he had missed his sailing for Europe and was under suspicion of deserting.
When racing, the above skills need to be refined and additional skills and techniques learned, such as the application of the " racing rules of sailing ", boat handling skills when starting and when rounding marks, and knowledge of tactics and strategy.
When running ( sailing nearly directly downwind ) in a sloop, one may ' jibe ' only the mainsail to the opposite side of the boat.
When the wind direction crosses the centerline of the boat, without jibing, the point of sail is referred to as " by the lee " When sailing " by the lee " the outer edge of the mainsail is facing slightly into the wind.
When sailing directly downwind, unintentional jibes can also occur ; diligent helmsmanship is required to prevent " by the lee " conditions and keeping clear of the boom sweep is advised.
When sailing in high winds, a small boat or dinghy can capsize shortly after a jibe due to helmsman error ( loss of direction control, or suddenly rounding into the wind too far ) or tripping over the centerboard.
When sailing ships arrived, what are now known as the Leeward Islands were down wind, or " in the lee of the wind " to them.
When steamships came into being, they could carry less cargo, size for size, than sailing ships.
When his children were young, Wharton enjoyed taking them rowing and sailing about the harbor.
When not traveling to research the exotic backgrounds for his novels, Bagley enjoyed sailing, loved classical music and films, military history, and played war games.
When used in sailing and various other applications they are called cringles.
Down East, The Magazine of Maine explains the origin of the term in New England: " When ships sailed from Boston to ports in Maine ( which were to the east of Boston ), the wind was at their backs, so they were sailing downwind, hence the term ' Down East.
" Ruhge concluded, " When Major Garnett laid out the seal, he included a number of sailing ships and on the middle left side of the seal he also drew in a steam bark.
When General Howe arrived in the outer harbor of New York, the ships began sailing up the undefended Narrows between Staten Island and Long island on July 2, and started landing troops on the undefended shores of Staten Island that day.
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