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I caught hold of his tiny hand, saying over and over, 'Mama loves you, Mama's here.
The theory that's caught hold of the public imagination is that they're caused by intelligent alien life.
The other passenger caught hold of Cutland's leg and held onto her for around two minutes, he added.
Per ABC News, the girl was wading in the designated swimming area of Lake Mary Jane on Saturday afternoon when the gator caught hold of her leg.
While the show did get a second season (it just debuted on the service), Mozart hasn't quite caught hold of the cultural zeitgeist the way Transparent did.
Wendy Lewis, the court clerk, said that a strong wind had caught hold of advertising inserts that were stacked outside the Democrat-Reporter's offices and had blown them around.
While grounded speculation among astrophysicists suggests that FRBs are caused by neutron stars, stars merging, or black holes, it's a different theory that has caught hold of the public imagination: Maybe they're caused by intelligent alien life.
But noble Epeus caught hold of him and raised him up; his comrades also came round him and led him from the ring, unsteady in his gait, his head hanging on one side, and spitting great clots of gore.
Jacob had no time to gather himself or contemplate how he might get an extra inch or two; he simply tried again, and this time—because of the adrenaline, or because of God's sudden desire to prove His existence—he caught hold of Tamir's wrist.
"I caught hold of the pillion rider just as he was reaching out for us and we beat them up," said Halder, 35, who has seen a steady rise in the number of women seeking self-defense classes in a country where women and children have long been subjected to sexual violence.
Whereupon the Soudanese caught hold of the bayonet and tried to unfix it.
However, Shiva caught hold of his hand as he started cutting his throat. Shiva appeared with his consort Parvati and blessed Kaliya, whose wound magically healed. Kaliya was granted moksha (salvation) and a place in Shiva's abode Kailash.
Sensing the sensitiveness of the situation Wazir Hasil sent Raja Beeram Dev back to Jammu in the night along with a few sepoys. At this Badsah caught hold of Wazir Hasil Dev and ordered to kill him scrapping his skin alive.
Later Browning's son Robert, in a letter to the London Times, December 5, 1902, also referred to the incident, saying that Browning had caught hold of Home's foot under the table. The allegation was repeated by Harry Houdini and later writers.Harry Houdini. (2011 reprint edition).
Kubera also decreed that Tumburu would be freed from the curse when Rama would slay him. Accordingly, Tumburu was born as Viradha, the son of giant Jaya and his wife Shatahrada. Viradha had two long arms and a fierce appearance. He rushed at Sita, Rama's wife and caught hold of her and starting running again.
The residents of Kamduni caught hold of Ansar Ali, the prime accused, and handed him over to the police. After interrogation, he confessed to have committed the crime along with four others. Five persons were named in the FIR. Based on that, the district police arrested three persons in the early hours of 8 June.
Bhima, the second of the five Pandava brothers, then standing astride two mountains started to look for Shiva. He saw a bull grazing near Guptakashi ("hidden Kashi" — the name derived from the hiding act of Shiva). Bhima immediately recognized the bull to be Shiva. Bhima caught hold of the bull by its tail and hind legs.
So he ordered his men to unload one stone from each cart which passed Thirucherai. A spy of the king caught hold of this and informed the king. The angered king came for an inspection. But before that in overnight Narasa Boopalan constructed this temple and to please the king he added a shrine for Rajagopala swamy.
Words cannot describe it. A > rope was thrown to us which a few caught hold of. I then remember a few of > us getting hold of an oar, but some of them soon dropped off. The cries for > mercy, the people drowning and coming up again within three minutes time > barely touching me was too terrible.
Each of these realized what would happen if fire caught hold of any of a dozen isolated buildings.” “They started to get out. The entrance to the building was by a narrow gate, guarded by 12-foot walls. In a moment this was jammed by workers, mostly Italians and negroes, who fought desperately to get away.
Strickland "stood it as long as he could. Then he caught hold of the General's bridle, and, in most fluent English, invited him to step off and be flung over the cliff." Miss Youghal explains, and the General begins to laugh. He intercedes on the behalf of the young pair to her parents, and they are married.
They caught hold of twelve villagers and made them stand in a line in front from the Chandi mandap. Eleven were shot to death, while the twelfth Kangsa Mohan Das survived the massacre with four bullet wounds. Subsequently, the Pakistani army combed the entire village and shot dead scores of people. The bodies were disposed of in the Suta river.
Blood starts to flow along the woman's hands and legs. The Devil then knocks over the Bible and grabs the woman by the neck. She tries first to resist, but soon she is caught hold of by the Devil who smears blood all over her naked body. Gagged and tied, she is then shown in a crucifixion position on the beams of the nave.
She calls out to Joe but he ignores her, heading towards the house. Sarah then sits by the roadside and cries as a remorseful Joe watches her through the window from his house. In actuality Joe had not been teasing the calf, Sarah had been watching Joe attempting to wrestle the doll from the mouth of the hungry calf who had caught hold of the doll in Joe's pocket.
Without saying a word he caught hold of her and began tearing her gown with his claws which she was certain were "of some metallic substance". She screamed for help, and managed to get away from him and ran towards the house. He caught her on the steps and tore her neck and arms with his claws. She was rescued by one of her sisters, after which her assailant fled.
She caught hold of an air vent and hung on, dangling over the edge to increase the effect on the screen. She suffered only a few bruises. > The real difficulty of the stunt lay not in the leap itself, since she had > practiced this with the train stationary and it clearly presented no > difficulties, but in the timing. What such stunts require is an inbuilt > awareness of the speed of the moving object.
Rikishi and Chris Benoit wrestling at King of the Ring The first match that aired live on pay-per-view was a King of the Ring tournament quarter-final match between Rikishi and Chris Benoit. Rikishi dominated most of the match until Benoit started using submission maneuvers. He locked in the Crippler Crossface on Rikishi, who caught hold of the ropes. Benoit released the hold but hit Rikishi with a chair and was disqualified.
Yadu had a son named Kroshta whose descendant was Krishna. Once, Satvata and his son Bhima caught hold of Lord Rama's Ashwamedha Sacrifice horse and then they were defeated by Hanuman and Shatrughna and the Yadava Kingdom was given to Ikshvaku Dynasty. Rama then gave the kingdom to Shatrughna's son Subahu before his journey to Vaikunta. Then, finally Andhaka (Son of Bhima) recovered his paternal kingdom from Subahu after the journey to Vaikunta of Rama.
But her father was ill at ease in front of Kencho. He recognized Kencho to be the same boy who caught hold of him kissing and caressing his personal assistant within the car and took money from him. He simply avoided Kencho and asks his wife not to allow the boy inside their house. On the next day Kencho again comes to the school gate at the Tiffin period and waits for Mini.
Thereupon the angel caught hold of him and embraced him heavily. This happened two more times after which the angel commanded Muhammad to recite the following verses: This was the first verbal revelation. Perplexed by this new experience, Muhammad made his way to home where he was consoled by his wife Khadijah, who also took him to her Christian cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal. Waraqah was familiar with scriptures of the Torah and Gospel.
Several spoke to me, and I could > not give them any hopes. Whilst listening to their misfortunes, a fine youth > came and caught hold of the skirt of my coat. At first, from his handsome > and feminine appearance, I thought it was a female addressing me, but he > soon undeceived me. He was an American, a lad of about 17, most beautifully > limbed: in other respects the most exquisite shape I have ever beheld.
A large contingent of Italian artisans were employed by the church, to decorate the interior of the Cathedral. The Pro-Cathedral caught fire in the early 1990s. Though the fire was extinguished before it caught hold of the building, considerable smoke damage was done to one corner of the building around the monument to Cardinal Cullen, perhaps the most famous of all the nineteenth- century Archbishops, and the first Archbishop of Dublin to be made a cardinal.
Lucas, on the other hand, had a history of striking Gedman out. But with his very first pitch, Lucas hit Gedman, and was replaced by Donnie Moore. The Angels closer brought his team within one strike of its first-ever AL pennant, but Henderson caught hold of a Moore forkball and launched a home run into the left field stands, stunning the hometown crowd and greatly redeeming himself for his earlier miscue. Boston had taken a 6–5 lead.
The men pried the door up from the bottom, breaking in, beat Walter Dickson into submission, and began to plunder the home. Frederick Steinbeck, suffering of his gunshot wounds, remained immobile, and shortly died from his wounds. Mrs. Mary Steinbeck - Walter Dickson's daughter - caught hold of her father as the men tried to drag her away. They beat her into submission with their guns and four men took her out into the yard, raping her in turn. Mrs.
Because of the serious and cruel nature of Kali, all beings caught hold of the evil spirit of Kali. The caste system which was until than a social organisation changed its color as a matter of social dignity with respects to their works. People lost their divine mindset and everyone longed to create an individuality which results in cold-tensions between them. The concept that "all are one" was completely driven out from the society by Kali.
So he ordered his men to unload one stone from each cart which passed Thirucherai. A spy of the king caught hold of this and informed the king. The angered king came for an inspection. But before that in overnight Narasa Boopalan constructed this temple and to please the king he added a sannathi for Rajagopala swamy too and his plan worked and he was away from kings anger after that the king ordered to complete the temple with his money.
Somehow I caught hold of a deck chair > which was floating near me and held on until I became numb when I was picked > up by Mr. Harkness, the assistant purser, who afterwards told me he thought > I was gone when he first looked at me. There were plenty of life-belts on > board but there was not any time to get at them. I did not see any guns, or > Canadian troops. The discipline was alright from what I saw.
One of the soldiers tried to prod it with a spear in order to provoke it. The tiger caught hold of the spear and in no time left it abruptly when the other end of the spear ripped the abdomen of a priest and he died on the spot. This event shocked the king as he believed that killing a priest would fetch divine wrath. He ordered the release of Vaikundar immediately upon the condition that he would restrict his activities and preaching only to his caste.
After an adventurous journey, Prabhu encounters Swapna Sundari (Anjali Devi) an angel and both of them lands at heaven where the king affirms that humans cannot exist in demigods country. Hence, Swapna Sundari lands to earth to flourish her love with Prabhu when she is seized by a wizard Pittala Rayudu (Mukkamala). Right now, with the help of Pedarasi Pedamma Prabhu finds whereabouts of Swapna Sundari, but unfortunately, he caught hold of Pittala Rayudu. During that plight, Rani arrives in the men's guise and releases Prabhu.
Witnessing the approaching attacking royal soldiers > the Bodhisatta jumped on a mountain peak, which the other monkeys were not > likely to copy. There, in order to save his friends he seized a strong > rooted tall cane with his legs and bending it towards the tree jumped back > and caught hold of the branch of the tree. He then called upon the other > monkeys to use him as a bridge to jump upon the mountain peak. Taking > advantage of the situation all the monkeys jumped on the mountain and darted > away quickly.
She relates that she almost caught hold of Bonaparte while attending Church, but the shyster slipped from her fingers. Gregory sits outside, absorbed in his own pain. In a leather bag hung around his neck, he carries the only letter that Lyndall ever wrote to him, just four words: "You must marry Em." After Tant Sannie leaves, Em visits Waldo – he is in his old cabin, building a table for Em. She tells him that she and Gregory are to be married. She leaves Waldo to his work.
" Thus the connection of beards and philosophy caught hold of the Roman public imagination. Epictetus stated he would embrace death before shaving. The importance of the beard to Roman philosophers is best seen by the extreme value that the Stoic philosopher Epictetus placed on it. As historian John Sellars puts it, Epictetus "affirmed the philosopher's beard as something almost sacred...to express the idea that philosophy is no mere intellectual hobby but rather a way of life that, by definition, transforms every aspect of one's behavior, including one's shaving habits.
However, the purveyor of the monastery told the monks to go down to the river and call on the name of Majolus, and when they did, they caught an enormously large salmon. The water that Majolus used to wash his hands in was said to have healing powers. Once in Vallavaense a blind mendicant caught hold of Majolus' bridle as he was leaving the town and begged Majolus to bless water in a jar he had brought. Majolus was moved by this show of faith and so he blessed the water.
Triple H tapped out but the match could not end in a submission, so Jericho did not release the hold. Triple H went for the ropes and caught hold of them but Jericho did not release it and brought Triple H inside the ring where Triple H's storyline wife Stephanie McMahon interfered and broke the hold. As a result, Jericho applied the Walls of Jericho on McMahon, allowing Triple H to hit Jericho with a sledgehammer. Jericho eventually grabbed the sledgehammer and attacked Triple H in the ribs until both of them fell into a table.
In December 1080 the citizens of Lucca, then the capital of Tuscany, had revolted and driven out her ally Bishop Anselm. She is believed to have commissioned the renowned Ponte della Maddalena where the Via Francigena crosses the river Serchio at Borgo a Mozzano just north of Lucca. Matilda remained Pope Gregory VII's chief intermediary for communication with northern Europe even as he lost control of Rome and was holed up in the Castel Sant'Angelo. After Henry caught hold of the Pope's seal, Matilda wrote to supporters in Germany only to trust papal messages that came through her.
The Times, which had sent a reporter to follow them in a coach and pair, reported an "Extraordinary Velocipede Feat." Three riders set off from Liverpool to London, a journey of three days and so more akin to modern cycle-touring, in March that same year. A newspaper report said: > Their bicycles caused no little astonishment on the way, and the remarks > passed by the natives were almost amusing. At some of the villages the boys > clustered round the machines, and, where they could, caught hold of them and > ran behind until they were tired out.
The entrance to the Hira cave. According to Sunni tradition, during one such occasion while he was in contemplation, the angel Gabriel appeared before him in the year AD 610 and said, "Read", upon which he replied, "I am unable to read". Thereupon the angel caught hold of him and embraced him heavily. This happened two more times after which the angel commanded Muhammad to recite the following verses:Muhammad Mustafa Al-A'zami (2003), The History of The Qur'anic Text: From Revelation to Compilation: A Comparative Study with the Old and New Testaments, pp. 25, 47–8.
The mythological legend narrated on the Gajendra Moksham (Gajendra means the King of elephants) is contained in the 10th century Sanskrit Bhagavata Purana. According to this legend, the Pandyan King Indradyumna, a devotee of Lord Vishnu, was given a curse by the sage Agastya, to be reborn as an elephant. Gajendra or the Elephant King, while on a pleasure trip to a lake with his wives, was seized by a crocodile that caught hold of his leg with a firm grip and thus Gajendra was held captive for many years. Finally the hapless Gajendra appealed to Lord Vishnu, his chosen deity, to rescue him from his predicament.
A local reporter saw this and wrote a newspaper article about Avramović being a "boozer" and a "big- time-Charlie". The next time that same reporter went to Meadow Lane, Sirrel physically caught hold of him and had him thrown off the premises and banned from the ground. The Evening Post had to give the reporter the Nottingham Forest job whilst the City Ground reporter switched over to Notts County. On 4 August 1979, he played his first competitive game for the club against Mansfield Town in an Anglo-Scottish Cup qualifier. He made his league debut against Cardiff City on 18 August, with his side running out 4–1 winners.
At 2:20 pm, the shackle of rope caught the end of a batten. Martin climbed a fence and called to the engineman to stop the rope, and tried to raise it, to free it, when the fence gave way. Martin caught hold of the balk and swung for a couple of seconds before falling 175 yards down the 14 foot wide shaft. Clough found his body in water at the pit bottom.Major Thomas Taylor, Coroner’s Report, Thursday 29 November 1877 James Haslegrave, aged 24, was the second fatality, when he was killed by a small fall of coal down the shaft, from a corf he'd just sent up to the surface.
Soon, Māui caught hold of a giant fish said to be a gift from Murirangawhenua, which he successfully hauled up to the surface of the ocean, the canoe getting caught atop Mount Hikurangi which according to Ngāti Porou, is still there. Māui went to examine his catch, and have it blessed by priests from Hawaiki, trusting his brothers to look after it. Out of jealousy though, the brothers took to beating the fish and cutting it open, carving out the mountains and valleys of what would become , the North Island. , the South Island, likewise was the name of Māui's canoe, Stewart Island was , Māui's anchor stone, and Cape Kidnappers became , Māui's fish hook.
When the time came for him to die and the Angel of Death appeared to him, he demanded to be shown his place in paradise. When the angel had consented to this, he demanded the angel's knife, that the angel might not frighten him by the way. This request also was granted him, and Joshua sprang with the knife over the wall of paradise; the angel, who is not allowed to enter paradise, caught hold of the end of his garment. Joshua swore that he would not come out, and God declared that he should not leave paradise unless he had ever absolved himself of an oath; he had never absolved himself of an oath so he was allowed to remain.
68 On sundry occasions be complained to the officers that something' annoyed him at night and prevented his sleeping, and on Saturday morning be alleged most positively (having evidently been informed of the Mortimer ghost stone?) that during Friday night something caught hold of his right arm, as he lay on his mattress, and forcing it out upon the floor, sat upon it in such a manner that he could not lift it for a long time. Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 48 - November 1874.California Digital Newspaper Collection In December 1874, McWaters was found guilty of second degree murder for the killing of Rudolf Wirz and the following month was sentenced to twenty-one years hard labor at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln.Nebraska Advertiser.
This gave Huxley the opportunity of saying that he > would sooner claim kindred with an Ape than with a man like the Bp. who made > so ill an use of his wonderful speaking powers to try and burke, by a > display of authority, a free discussion on what was, or was not, a matter of > truth, and reminded him that on questions of physical science 'authority' > had always been bowled out by investigation, as witness astronomy and > geology. > He then caught hold of the Bp's assertions and showed how contrary they were > to facts, and how he knew nothing about what he had been discoursing on. A > lot of people afterwards spoke... The feeling of the audience was very much > against the Bp. A letter, dated 25 July 1860, provides an account of the debate.
Earliest New Zealand: The Journals and Correspondence of the Rev. John Butler accessed 11 September 2007 Later that year, Māori plundered the Puckey family's house as utu in response for William's 11-year-old sister Elizabeth playfully telling the daughter of the great chief Hongi that she would “cut your father's head off, and cook it in the iron pot,” according to Butler's diary. “When the natives broke in, one of them caught hold of him by the hair of his head, and said he would cut off his head if he spoke a word. As soon as he was loosed, in he ran to his father, trembling in every limb.” Puckey is reported to have later saved the life of a young Māori boy slave who was to be thrown into a river.
Madho Singh tried to collect more weapons to face the menacing firepower and on his way to do so, he took refuge at the Paharsrigirah pass. The British officers Captain Wood Bridge, Captain Wood and Shakespeare tried to block the pass but Madho Singh caught hold of Captain Shakespeare, beheaded him during the fight and hung his headless body from the tree as a warning for the British soldiers. Captain Wood Bridge was also killed in the fight with the rebel forces under the command of Madho Singh. Ten months later another British captain by the name Ensing Warlo marched with his men to Singora pass but was horrified to discover headless and naked corpses of the East India Company and British soldiers along with the body of captain Wood Bridge hanging from the trees at the pass.
He had difficulties first with his company, then with the lord chamberlain, and had to face the keen rivalry of the other theatres. A longstanding quarrel with William Charles Macready resulted in the tragedian assaulting the manager. In Macready's own words, he walked past Bunn's door and “going up to him as he sat on the other side of the table, I struck him as he rose a backhanded slap across the face. I did not hear what he said, but I dug my fist into him as effectively as I could; he caught hold of me, and got at one time the little finger of my left hand in his mouth, and bit it.” Bunn also quarreled with the opera singer Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale", over her contract. According to Lind's biographers, Henry Scott Holland and W. S. Rockstro, the singer “was so terrified at the penalties, the law-suits, and the disgrace with which Mrs.

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