A bold line of violet broke loose from the high ridge of the mountains, followed by feathers of red that swept the last stars from the sky.

Two minutes later it came again -- a double explosion, followed by a third, sounding more distant.

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

He was asking had it been she who left the love note in his sheets ( she also served as maid ) when he saw the Grafin followed by a stately blond girl approaching his table.

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, a preacher and a college and university president in four Southern states, published the earliest of these backwoods sketches and in the character Ransy Sniffle, in the accounts of sharp horse-trading and eye-gouging physical combat, and in the shockingly unliterary speech of his characters, he set an example followed by many after him.

Blenheim was followed in rapid succession by Ramillies And The Union With Scotland and by The Peace And The Protestant Succession, the three forming together a detailed picture of England under Queen Anne.

The fall of Rome, the discovery of precious metals, and the Protestant Reformation were all links and could only be explained and understood by comprehending the links that preceded and those that followed.

The fourth name was ( John ) Milton of Christ's College, followed by ( Richard ) Manningham of Peterhouse, who matriculated 16 October 1624.

The Communist coup in Czechoslovakia in 1948 was followed immediately by the conclusion of the Brussels Treaty, a 50-year alliance among Britain, France and the Benelux countries.

But since last fall the United States has been moving toward a pro-neutralist position and now is ready to back the British plan for a cease-fire patrolled by outside observers and followed by a conference of interested powers.

In defiance, a chinless reprobate, Jake Camaret, marched down the aisle in St. Peter's one Sunday morning, followed by one of the women from the Bordel, whose dress and walk plainly showed the lack of any shame.

Alex entered first and was followed by the doctor who, for all his care, manifested a perceptible bulge on his left side where the hen was cradled.

With that he hurried up the stairs, followed by her suspicious gaze.

And, if we follow the Rayburn pattern, as consciously or by an instinctual political sense I like to think I have followed it, then the very nature of our loyalty to our own immediate areas must necessarily be reflected in the devotion of our services to our country.

New York led in the number of inquiries, followed by California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.

This resulted in an improved appearance, but was followed by an increase in printing cost that necessitated the institution of major economies to keep within the total of allocated funds.

Therefore, civil defense instructions received over CONELRAD or by other means should be followed.

The Fisher Body division, long controlled by the Fisher brothers under a voting trust even though General Motors owned a majority of its stock, followed an independent course for many years, but by 1947 and 1948 `` resistance had collapsed '' and its purchases from Du Pont `` compared favorably '' with purchases by other General Motors divisions.

During these years the company's product line followed the basic tenets laid down by Mr. Brown.

Mr. Claude is a specialist in torso development and he has long favored the now-famous Weider Push-Pull Super-Set technique in which one exercise of the Super-Set is a pressing or `` pushing '' movement which accents one sector of a muscle group in a specific way, followed by a `` pulling '' exercise which works the opposing sector of the same muscle group.

It doesn't really matter which month of the year you sow them, but they germinate best when they have a wide variation of temperature, very warm followed by cool in the same 24 hours.

One of the most damaging tsunami on record followed the famous Lisbon earthquake of November 1, 1755 ; ;

On December 20, 1860, South Carolina took the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession ; by February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed.

The United States Naval Observatory began the A. 1 scale 13 September 1956, using an Atomichron commercial atomic clock, followed by the NBS-A scale at the National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado.

They are that 1 ) disciples of Amos followed him and recorded his message and 2 ) that someone in his audience in the North recorded his message.

Intel introduced AGP support with the i440LX Slot 1 chipset on August 26, 1997, and a flood of products followed from all the major system board vendors.

Nimzowitsch biographer GM Raymond Keene and others have referred to 1. f4 followed by 2. b3 as the Nimzowitsch – Larsen Attack.

Thus, there are 35 possible basic contracts ( five at each of the seven levels ); 1 being the lowest, followed by 1 etc., up to 7NT, the highest possible bid.

" follow your bishop, as Jesus Christ followed the Father, and the presbytery as the Apostles ; and to the deacons pay respect, as to God's commandment " — Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnans 8: 1.

Charlton went on to play for England schoolboys, and despite offers that followed from several other clubs, the 15-year-old signed with United on 1 January 1953, along with Wilf McGuinness, also aged 15.

2: 13 a little more is learned about him, that he followed Peter's example of not eating with Gentiles ; and from 1 Corinthians 9: 6 it may be gathered that he continued to labor as missionary.

Franks, was followed by an immense bequest of 3, 300 finger rings, 153 drinking vessels, 512 pieces of continental porcelain, 1, 500 netsuke, 850 inro, over 30, 000 bookplates and miscellaneous items of jewellery and plate, among them the Oxus Treasure.

Mercosur members were the main suppliers of imports to Chile at US $ 9. 1 billion, followed by the United States with US $ 5. 5 billion and the European Union with US $ 5. 2 billion.

9 ( 1 )( c ) of the Radiocommunication Act creates a prohibition against all decoding of encrypted programming signals, followed by an exception where authorization is received from the person holding the lawful right in Canada to transmit and authorize decoding of the signal.

1: The Miracle and the Sleeper ", which was released on the band's 1992 breakthrough album, Images and Words, and is followed by the 2005 album " Octavarium ".

Further improvements in the line followed in 1970 / 1 with a pair of machines that replaced the Nova / SuperNOVA, the Nova 1200 and Nova 800 series.

The song achieved number 1 status in Holland first, followed by the UK and then Australia.

Ninety-two percent of renewable energy was hydroelectric followed by wind at 6 % and geothermal at 1. 8 %.

Chapter 4 then concludes with a summary of the topics discussed and with the benediction, followed by 5 ; 6: 1 – 10 teaching about the right use of their Christian freedom.

Despite losing this match, Essendon's performance was good enough for its players to be awarded Brownlow Medal votes – best-on-ground was Brent Stanton ( 3 votes ), followed by Jason Johnson ( 2 votes ) and Andrew Lovett ( 1 vote ).

* 1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.

This ceremony is followed by Sahaj Paath Bhog, Kirtan Sohila, night time prayer is recited 1 week and finally Ardas called the " Antim Ardas " (" Final Prayer ") is offered the last week.

* 1700 – Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.

Royal Navy frigates of the late 18th century included the 1780-vintage Perseverance class, which measured around 900 tons burthen and carried 36 guns ; this successful class was followed by numerous other classes that measured over 1, 000 tons burthen and carried 38 guns.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Steve Wright uses factoids extensively ( and occasionally incorrectly ; one recent example ( September 2012 ) defined a Googol as the number 1 followed by < i > one million </ i > zeroes.