Within a decade or less, few men were left and a feminist society had sprung up.

Within a few years various Du Pont manufactured items were filling the entire requirements of from four to seven of General Motors' eight operating divisions.

Within only a few years, foamed plastics materials have managed to grow into an integral, and important, phase of the plastics industry -- and the end is still not yet in sight.

Within a few years the Scots, engaged in breaking the thick sod and stirring the rich soil of the valley, were joined by a group called Meurons.

Within a few minutes, Johnston was observed by his staff to be nearly fainting off his horse.

Within a few days after Canovas del Castillo took power as Premier, the new king, proclaimed on 29 December 1874, arrived at Madrid, passing through Barcelona and Valencia and was acclaimed everywhere ( 1875 ).

Within a few months, the right to exercise the regency over his infant son, John V Palaiologos, and the position of Andronikos'all-powerful chief minister and friend John Kantakouzenos led to the outbreak of a destructive seven-year civil war.

Within a few years, Emperor Manuel died as well, and Saladin remained the only strong leader in the east.

Within a few months, Emily unable to adapt to life at school, was physically ill from homesickness.

Within a few months, some settlers died of famine and disease.

* Within a few years of Salieri's death in 1825, Alexander Pushkin wrote his " little tragedy " Mozart and Salieri ( 1831 ) as a dramatic study of the sin of envy.

Within a few days, on 4 June 1876, they arranged for Sultan Abdülaziz to kill himself with scissors, cutting his two wrists at the same time.

Within few years of his departure, St. Gregory of Nazianzus called him the " Pillar of the Church ".

Within a few years there were thousands of these domes around the world.

Within a few years of nationalisation, a number of progressive measures had been carried out which did much to improve conditions in the mines, including better pay, a five-day workweek, a national safety scheme ( with proper standards at all the collieries ), a ban on boys under the age of 16 going underground, the introduction of training for newcomers before going down to the coalface, and the making of pithead baths into a standard facility.

Within a few years, the federal government would create its own need-based program, known as Pell Grants, providing the neediest students with a tuition-free college education.

Within a few months, the new amir had gained the allegiance of most tribal leaders and established control over the cities.

Within a few years a majority of households were FM equipped, by the 1980s a majority of cars sold had FM stereo radios and a majority of listening in the U. S. was devoted to FM signals according to the Arbitron rating service.

Within an industrialized country there are usually few if any significant barriers to the easy exchange of goods and services between parts of that country.

Within a few months, however, the two countries were again at odds over Aegean airspace and sovereignty issues.

Within a few years of independence, Touré led the nation into one-party rule.

Within a few years houses were built along some 10 miles of road leading northward from the Free City of Danzig to Gdynia and beyond.

Within only a few years of his accession Sweden had become the largest nation in Europe after Russia and Spain.

Within a few hours of birth, the calf can run around and is almost indistinguishable from a one-week-old.

Within a few months, several dozen people had joined, and over a thousand by the end of the first year.

Within seconds the big barn was blasted into smoking splinters, with every outlaw either dead or injured inside.

Within seconds, with all its supports demolished, the bridge and several motor cars on top of it crashed onto the carriages, crushing them and the passengers inside.

Within 30 seconds, most of the remaining tentacles will have already joined in the attack to subdue the struggling prey.

A line in a Henry Kuttner science fiction short story, Piggy Bank, reads " Within seconds the scene resembled a Mack Sennett pie-throwing comedy.

Within twenty seconds " Mr. T " gave the six foot five competitor a bloody nose, and later a bloody mouth.

Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC ) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated.

Within 60 seconds, the hands will slowly advance to the next hour as described below in the third paragraph under ‘ Hourly Correction ’.

Within a few seconds the rocket disintegrated and the first Lunokhod was lost.

Within a matter of seconds, the ship re-appeared steaming toward the British ships at high speed.

Within several seconds, the level of blood glucose will be shown on the digital display.

Within a matter of seconds, the strip changes color indicating the level of ketone bodies detected, which reflects the degree of ketonuria, which, in turn, can be used to give a rough estimation of the level of hyperketonemia in the body ( see table below ).

Within a few seconds 300 people were crushed into the tiny stairwell, resulting in 173 deaths.

Within eight seconds, control rods were inserted into the core to halt the nuclear chain reaction but the reactor continued to generate decay heat and, because steam was no longer being used by the turbine, heat was no longer being removed from the reactor's primary water loop.

Within seconds, the left engine failed and they began preparing for a single-engine landing.

Within twenty seconds, all the CBS affiliates ( with the exception of KRLD in Dallas, which was covering the tragedy locally ) joined the network's coverage.

Within ten seconds of that report, word reached Cronkite of another report that had been given by Dallas-based correspondent Dan Rather to CBS Radio.

Within seconds, negative charges on the particles are neutralized by inorganic coagulants.

Within a few years, exposures had been reduced to as little as a few seconds by the use of additional sensitizing chemicals and " faster " lenses such as Petzval's portrait lens, the first mathematically calculated lens.

Within approximately 25-30 seconds of constant motion, the endolymph catches up to the movement of the duct and the cupula is no longer affected, stopping the sensation of acceleration.

Within seconds of this accident two Mark IV Meteors of 600 Sqn, piloted by Sergeant Kenneth Clarkson and Squadron Leader Phillip Sandeman, both circling over the wreckage and preparing to land, collided at above the scene.

Within seconds of a blood vessel ’ s epithelial wall being disrupted platelets begin to adhere to the sub-endothelium surface.

Within 15 seconds, he had fired 17 shots killing 12 people and wounding 10.

Within seconds, all means of technology worldwide are shut down by the satellites ; as a result, Utopia is saved as her execution is immediately halted.

Within a few seconds the core becomes non-degenerate and quickly expands, producing an event called helium flash.