* 1960 – 1960 New York air disaster: While approaching New York's Idlewild Airport, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collides with a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation in a blinding snowstorm over Staten Island, killing 134.

While for p equal to 0 we assume that it's equal to the geometric mean ( which is, in fact, the limit of means with exponents approaching zero ):

While some family stability might be desirable as helping to keep slaves tractable and pacified, anything approaching a legal marriage was not.

While approaching San Diego, Kearny sent a rancher ahead to notify Commodore Stockton of his presence.

While Drexler, Merkle and others have created designs of simple parts, no comprehensive design effort for anything approaching the complexity of a Model T Ford has been attempted.

* While the seemingly " exotic " behavior of matter posited by quantum mechanics and relativity theory become more apparent when dealing with particles of extremely small size or velocities approaching the speed of light, the laws of classical Newtonian physics remain accurate in predicting the behavior of the vast majority of " large " objects ( on the order of the size of large molecules or bigger ) at velocities much smaller than the velocity of light.

While arcade systems such as the Sega Model 3 remained more advanced than home systems, consoles and computers began approaching technological parity with arcade equipment.

" While working in his owner's fields on May 12, Turner " heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first.

While the Susquehanna River has a wide floodplain that has necessitated the construction of floodwalls to protect a large percentage of the city, the areas away from the river increase in elevation approaching Wilkes-Barre Mountain.

While negative theology is used in Christianity as a means of dispelling misconceptions about God, and of approaching Him beyond the limits of human reasoning, most commonly Christian doctrine is taken to involve positive claims: that God exists and has certain positive attributes, even if those attributes are only partially comprehensible to us.

While the New Frontiers was designed to sustain a colony in travel at speeds significantly below the speed of light, a Howard named Andrew Jackson " Slipstick " Libby raises the ship to speeds approaching lightspeed.

While approaching the house in a blind rage he runs over Zoophilia's father.

While the French marshal, Lannes, who wasted no time, was approaching the outskirts of the city from the mountains of the north wind and the sun rose.

While the Romans were approaching Cannae, a small portion of Hannibal's forces ambushed the Roman army.

While these commercial radio stations can be useful due to their high power and location near major cities, there may be several miles between the location of the station and its transmitter, which can reduce the accuracy of the ' fix ' when approaching the broadcast city.

While this is a desirable attribute, it has also evoked concern that the absence of the usual sounds of an approaching vehicle poses a danger to blind, elderly and very young pedestrians.

While remaining a intellectual journal not oriented towards acquiring a mass readership, circulation of the publication nonetheless grew throughout this era, approaching 9, 100 in 1970 before peaking at 11, 500 in 1977.

While people will differ on the definition, creeking generally involves higher gradient ( approaching or in excess of 100 ft per mi ( 19 m per km )), and is likely to include running ledges, slides, and waterfalls on relatively small and tight rivers, though some will allow for very large and big volume rivers in their definition.

While approaching the nest with food, the male calls out " rapid chirps, goose-like calls, and occasional sharp screams ".

While in this time agriculture was the most important industry in Hastings County, by 1822 ( when the Marmora Iron Works was approaching its peak production ) mining was playing an increasingly more important role in the area's economy.

While these airplanes ' absolute ceiling is much higher than standard operational purposes, it is impossible to reach ( because of the vertical speed asymptotically approaching zero ) without afterburners or other devices temporarily increasing thrust.

While this in no way shakes their adherence to the Faith, they naturally resent the audacity of an officially heretical government approaching the Holy See on occasions through Catholic or non-Catholic channels, seeking to procure, on pretexts of faith and morals, the condemnation of Catholic Ireland.

While the Sabres remained competitive for much of his tenure, he was unable to build them into anything approaching the powerhouses he'd coached in Montreal.

While the older defenses might be considered a credible threat to a large aircraft or a missile approaching at higher altitudes, against a sea-skimming missile they were useless.

While approaching, Warwick sent a delegate to negotiate with the King on his behalf.

While teaching at the University of Florida, Alfred Korzybski counseled his students to eliminate the infinitive and verb forms of " to be " from their vocabulary, whereas a second group continued to use " I am ," " You are ," " They are " statements as usual.

While Sheffield helped Florida immediately and became an all-star, Hoffman eventually emerged as the best closer in the National League.

While Dr. Hill and Dr. Mennill are themselves convinced of the bird's existence in Florida, they are quick to acknowledge that they have not yet conclusively proven the species ' existence.

While the Florida law allows police to initiate the examination, it is the recommendations of two psychiatrists that guide the decisions of the court.

While humans are allowed to swim with manatees in one area of Florida, there have been numerous charges of people harassing and disturbing the manatees.

While Simon was in England that summer of 1965, radio stations around Cocoa Beach and Gainesville, Florida, began to receive requests for a song from the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A. M. called " The Sound of Silence ".

While Sheffield led Florida to a World Championship in 1997, Hoffman would be the next franchise player behind Dave Winfield and Tony Gwynn.

While an " underground railroad " running south toward Florida, then a Spanish possession, existed from the late 17th century until shortly after the American Revolution, the network now generally known as the Underground Railroad was formed in the early 19th century, and reached its height between 1850 and 1860.

While Makley, Clark and Pierpont extended their vacation by driving west to Tucson, Arizona, Dillinger and Hamilton left Florida on January 14, driving through the night to get to Chicago the next day.

While traveling to Palm Springs, Florida to film Stolen Moments, Valentino read the novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

While en route to Cuba, Crane's ship sank off the coast of Florida, leaving him adrift for several days in a dinghy.

While there has never been a freeze reported in the Bahamas, the temperature can fall to during Arctic outbreaks that affect nearby Florida.

While a student at Florida A & M in 1962, Hayes ran a new world record for the 100 yard dash with a time of 9. 2 seconds.

While federal regulators took no action, Florida regulators forced BCCI to pull out of the state.

While sunken ships from the Spanish Main ( such as Nuestra Señora de Atocha in the Florida Keys ) are the most commonly thought of type of treasure salvage, other types of ships including German submarines from World War II which can hold valuable historical artifacts, American Civil War ships ( the USS Maple Leaf in the St. Johns River, and the CSS Virginia in Chesapeake Bay ), and sunken merchant ships ( the SS Central America off Cape Hatteras ) have all been the subject of treasure salvage awards.

While the Gottis were on vacation in Florida at the time, John Gotti is still presumed to have ordered the killing, an allegation considered probable by John, Jr., while denied by his daughter Victoria.

While most of the former slaves at Fort Mose went to Cuba with the Spanish when they left Florida in 1763, others lived with or near various bands of Indians.

While visiting his forces in Florida, which had just repelled a Union advance at Jacksonville, Beauregard received a telegram that his wife had died on March 2, 1864.

While laws vary, most states, including Florida, award all electoral votes to the candidate for either office who receives a plurality of the state's popular vote.

While St. Clair-Abrams did not achieve his dream that Tavares become the state capital of Florida ( Tallahassee has held the spot since 1823 ), in 1887 the city was named the seat of Lake County.

While most members hold equity memberships in the Club, non-equity memberships are also offered to cater to members ' individual lifestyles if they do not live in South Florida full time.

While moving the first banyan tree over the Florida East Coast Railway, the massive tree shifted and disconnected the Western Union telephone and telegraph lines running adjacent to the railroad, cutting off most communications between Miami, to the south, and the outside world until the damage could be repaired.

While en route to Florida the men came upon the Alday farm in Donalsonville.

While in Florida, Delius had his first composition published, a polka for piano called Zum Carnival.

While roughly 3, 000 Seminoles were forced west of the Mississippi River, including the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, who picked up new members along the way, approximately 300 to 500 Seminoles stayed and fought in and around the Everglades of Florida.