In 1947, hard on the heels of that tour, the Metropolitan Opera came calling.
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The timing, hard on the heels of a North Korean missile test (see article), is probably coincidental.
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Cillizza: There were promises of war with the establishment coming hard on the heels of Bannon's ouster.
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That came hard on the heels of a $30M Series B led by Atomico, in July 2017.
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It seems more than a coincidence, for example, that Dent's retirement comes hard on the heels of state Rep.
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The numbers came hard on the heels of a strong sales update from Louis Vuitton owner LVMH on Thursday.
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The people of the Gulf Coast, for instance, still talk about how Rita came hard on the heels of Katrina.
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To be sure, the dollar's tumble was both swift and hard on the heels of the disappointing data on Friday.
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The new charges, effective from July, come hard on the heels of curbs on permissible investments for foreigners and tighter immigration rules.
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Now the work is available on a CD that the Kepler Quartet released hard on the heels of the composer's 90th birthday in March.
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He knew that a second shutdown -- especially one so hard on the heels of the last one -- would make those negative impacts exponentially worse.
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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates in March, hard on the heels of its December 2016 increase, and is signaling two more hikes this year.
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The trial comes hard on the heels of news that GSK's new two-drug HIV tablet therapy successfully controlled HIV in two late-stage trials.
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The departure of Chief Executive Vinay Dube comes hard on the heels of the resignation of Chief Financial Officer Amit Agarwal, announced earlier in the day.
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Hard on the heels of those launches, North Korea said on September 9 that it had undertaken its fifth nuclear test, which was potentially its largest yet.
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The news came hard on the heels of a week where loyalty, or lack of it, got Trump all fired up -- enough to fire his FBI chief.
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Milan, Italy (CNN)Hard on the heels of one of his first public comments since leaving office, President Barack Obama is heading overseas to talk about food.
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The Zika outbreak comes hard on the heels of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, demonstrating once again how little-understood diseases can rapidly emerge as global threats.
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And hard on the heels of the special legislative session will come a storm-shadowed election that will determine whether Republicans retain veto-proof supermajorities in the legislature.
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And unlike today, households five years ago expected a second increase (from 8% to 10%) to follow hard on the heels of the first (from 5% to 8%).
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The Frankfurt court ruling also comes hard on the heels of a decision by London's transport regulator not to renew Uber's license to operate in the U.K. capital.
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The spike in the iron-ore price came hard on the heels of a speech by Li Keqiang, China's prime minister, to the annual National People's Congress in Beijing.
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Netanyahu's visit to Singapore comes hard on the heels of the Israeli prime minister's meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the U.S. last week, but that visit went unmentioned.
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Recent news that Renaud Laplanche was stepping down as Lending Club's CEO sent shockwaves throughout the industry — particularly coming hard on the heels of industry layoffs and disappointing earnings announcements.
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It also comes hard on the heels of the Republican National Committee's decision to reinvest in the Alabama race just weeks after pulling out following the bevy of accusations against Moore.
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But our protagonist isn't just some hood; a few scenes later, hard on the heels of that street fight, he proves equally adept (and no less brutal) at an intellectual bar fight.
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The rights issue comes hard on the heels of last month's sale of a stake to China's HNA Aviation for A$159 million, raising fund-raising efforts to over A$1 billion.
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A deal would come hard on the heels of Actis' sale earlier this month of its first renewable energy platform, Ostro Energy, to Goldman Sachs-backed Renew Power Ventures at $1.5 billion.
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The results come hard on the heels of two studies that identified a related issue: Some CRISPR'd cells might be missing a key anti-cancer mechanism and therefore be able to initiate tumors.
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Coming hard on the heels of Colors (1988) and Boyz n the Hood (1991), Menace explored the same gang, violence, and drug issues that were ripping African-American communities apart during the crack era.
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The controversy over Mr. Gärtner has come hard on the heels of another volatile episode, when Günther H. Oettinger, a European Union commissioner from Germany, apologized after making crudely disparaging comments about Chinese people.
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Hard on the heels of VW's electric ID.13, the Golf 8 to be unveiled next month heralds a mass deployment of 48-volt hybrid technology at the very heart of Europe's auto market.
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Hard on the heels of VW's electric ID.3, the Golf 8 to be unveiled next month heralds a mass deployment of 13-volt hybrid technology at the very heart of Europe's auto market.
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For TPG, the deal would come hard on the heels of another large investment in the same category, after it agreed earlier this month to acquire a minority stake in skin care company Rodan + Fields.
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This came hard on the heels of EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini's proposal for the creation of a European defense fund as part of a broader plan for European cooperation on military spending and research.
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However the latest cuts come hard on the heels of a reversal of that, with VentureBeat noting Thrun took over day-to-day operations and the exec chairman role last month, following the departure of Makhijani.
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And, of course Trump knows that his endorsement of Moore -- coming hard on the heels of a decision to schedule a campaign rally in nearby Pensacola on Friday -- will make his critics (Republicans and Democrats) crazy.
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Hard on the heels of the controversy surrounding his relationship with an American businesswoman when he was mayor of London, a female journalist accused Mr Johnson of groping her thigh in 1999, when he was her boss.
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The deal also follows hard on the heels of president-elect Rodrigo Duterte's warning that he may ease rules on foreign ownership of firms to stoke one of Asia's fastest-growing economies, plagued by chronically slow web speeds.
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This year's fair — hard on the heels of a $110.5 million sale of a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting at a Sotheby's auction in New York — got off to a fast clip, dispelling a somber market mood last year.
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The gloomy assessment followed hard on the heels of a stark warning Wednesday from Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Ralf Speth, who said that without the right deal, the carmaker would have to close manufacturing plants in Britain.
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His move came hard on the heels of the collapse of two other high-profile business advisory councils after several chief executives quit over Trump's remarks blaming anti-racism activists as well as white nationalists over violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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That was hard on the heels of the second night of the first Democratic debate -- a debate in which Harris was the clear star, scoring a direct hit on former Vice President Joe Biden by attacking his record on school busing.
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Uber's alliance with Toyota also follows hard on the heels of Apple's $1 billion investment in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing, which was seen as a political move by the technology giant to cement its presence in the crucial Chinese market.
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It would come hard on the heels of the United Nations' failure this week to bring rival parties together for peace talks in Geneva, the first attempt in two years to end a war that has killed a quarter of a million people.
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Elections to the lower house of parliament will come hard on the heels of the April and May presidential election and will be key to ensuring the next government has a majority to implement reforms in the euro zone's second-largest economy.
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The announcement comes hard on the heels of Mr. Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which are scheduled to go into effect on Friday and are aimed at combating a flood of cheap metals into the United States, including Chinese steel.
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Now Uno, at 20, is known as a phenomenal jumper who in 2016 became the first to successfully land a quadruple flip in competition and is hard on the heels of compatriot and Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu for a rising number of podium finishes.
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Screenshot: GizmodoThat followed hard on the heels of an Apple phishing scam that was carefully constructed to look like the real deal—asking unsuspecting victims to ring a number that displayed Apple's real support number, web address, and street address through the caller ID system.
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And, as you might recall, the timing of that announcement came hard on the heels of revelations that Kremlin agents had used Facebook's ad targeting platform to inject all sorts of divisive disinformation into Americans' eyeballs during the 2016 presidential election in an attempt to disrupt the democratic process.
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Soon, he was hard on the heels of Justin Mock, a 32-year-old Denver runner who'd earned his own reputation for grit by finishing as the No.1 American in the 2010 London Marathon and, in the same year, breaking the Bolder Boulder 10K record for runners in gorilla costumes.
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That spurred outrage in the tech world as the incident came hard on the heels of the completion of a law firm's investigation, led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Tammy Albarran, over allegations of a hostile work environment at Uber, including allegations of unchecked sexual harassment and gender bias.
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So it looks to be no accident that their attack press release was timed to follow hard on the heels of a presentation it would have known (since at least last December) was coming that day — and in which Watkins argued where AI chatbots are concerned "validation is more important than valuation".
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The decision — which comes hard on the heels of a market study report by the U.K.'s competition watchdog asking for views on whether Google should be broken up — relates to search ads which appear when a user of Google's search engine searches for something and ads are served alongside organic search results.
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While those seeking to escaping the dismal prospect of Brexit by stepping into HTC Vive's virtual reality were among the first to have to stump up more cash; in August HTC slapped an extra £70 (aka a 10 per cent 'Brexit tax') to the local price of its VR headset, hard on the heels of sterling's post-referendum slump.
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As is typically the case when strong encryption comes back under political pressure in the modern Internet age, this leaked hint of an impending 'crack down' on tech firms came hard on the heels of another terrorist attack in the UK — after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a concert in Manchester on Monday evening.
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The trailer comes hard on the heels of the world's most serious behind-the-scenes footage compilation, in which cast members like Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, and Dame Judi Dench practically sob their explanations of why Cats means so much to them, and Hooper solemnly intones that Cats is an important, socially relevant story about inclusion and community.
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That came hard on the heels of Trump saying that he would deploy 5,000 troops to the southern border to guard against what he has deemed an "invasion" -- and promising to set up a tent city to house all of the people seeking asylum so that they can't slip into the country while awaiting a hearing.
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His recommendation for the government and the NHS to be pro-active about creating and capturing AI-enabled value off of valuable, taxpayer-funded health data-sets comes hard on the heels of the conclusion of a lengthy investigation by the UK's data protection watchdog, the ICO, into a controversial 2015 data-sharing arrangement between Google-DeepMind and a London-based NHS Trust, the Royal Free Hospitals Trust, to co-develop a clinical task management app.
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The first film version appeared hard on the heels of the play. Produced by Gaumont, it starred John Gielgud as Ingo Jollifant, Jessie Matthews as Susie Dean and Edmund Gwenn as Jess Oakroyd.
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With the British in complete control of the high ground, the Americans realized their situation was hopeless and abandoned the fortress with hardly a shot fired in the Siege of Ticonderoga. The British advance force nipped hard on the heels of the outnumbered and exhausted Continentals as they fled south. Major General Philip Schuyler, desperate to put distance between his men and their pursuers, ordered Kościuszko to delay the enemy.Storozynski, 2011, pp. 53–54.
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Although severely weakened at that time, the German army remained ever-present and dangerous. From 5 August, The 11th Armoured worked with the Guards Armoured Division and 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division to push back a counter-attack of the 9th SS Panzer Division. After being replaced by the 3rd Infantry Division, the 11th Armoured was attached to XXX Corps. It progressed eastward hard on the heels of the Germans, who were retreating after the failure of the Mortain counteroffensive.
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Culbertson was created in June 1887 following the arrival of the Great Northern Railway, then known as the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway. The town was named after Major Alexander Culbertson, former head of the American Fur Company's Fort Union, to the east. The settlement of Culbertson followed hard on the heels of the 1886-87 watershed years for the early cattle industry. As a result, the first settlers in the area raised horses for the US Cavalry’s various Montana and Dakota posts.
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The resultant video clip was used to promote the single, and assisted Bowie's continued commercial success in the US, where it charted for 16 weeks and reached No. 10 in early 1976. It achieved No. 8 in the UK, where it was "hard on the heels" of the chart-topping "Space Oddity" reissue, and No. 17 in Canada. The song was also a top ten hit in Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden. As a digital download, it reached number four in the Hungarian singles chart in 2016.
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Edward Hargraves made the discovery of gold in Bathurst in 1851 The discovery of gold, beginning in 1851 first at Bathurst in New South Wales and then in the newly formed colony of Victoria, transformed Australia economically, politically and demographically. The gold rushes occurred hard on the heels of a major worldwide economic depression. As a result, about two per cent of the population of Britain and Ireland immigrated to NSW and Victoria during the 1850s. There were also large numbers of continental Europeans, North Americans and Chinese.
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Hard on the heels of Kim's warning that the KPA attack would strike the night of September 2, the attack hit with full force in the Bowling Alley area north of Taegu. The attack caught the US 8th Cavalry Regiment unprepared at Sangju. The division was poorly deployed along the road to that town, lacking a reserve force to counterattack effectively. The KPA struck the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, the night of September 2–3 on Hill 448 west of the Bowling Alley and north of Tabu-dong, and overran it.
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Chlothar II's signature, from a document of 625 The Edict of Paris was promulgated 18 October 614 (or perhaps 615) in Paris by Chlothar II, the Merovingian king of the Franks. It is one of the most important royal instruments of the Merovingian period in Frankish history and a hallmark in the history of the development of the Frankish monarchy. It is the last of the Merovingian capitularia, a series of legal ordinances governing church and realm. The Edict was decreed hard on the heels of the canons promulgated at the Fifth Synod of Paris, to which it should be compared.
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47th (2nd London) Division occupied a quiet part of the line until August while it rested and absorbed drafts, though there was plenty of work for the sappers digging new trenches and constructing concrete machine gun positions and dugouts. The division joined in the Allied Hundred Days Offensive on 22 August, meeting strong opposition, but captured its objectives after a night attack on 23/24 August. The advance continued from 31 August to 2 September. The CRE had his sappers and pioneers hard on the heels of the advancing infantry, who ended this phase by constructing crossings over the Canal du Nord.Edwards, pp. 60–1.
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When the squadron arrived home in March 1991, it was to rest. The rest lasted only a few months before it was again back into action, this time to Turkey, where Operation Provide Comfort, a massive humanitarian relief effort to the Kurds in northern Iraq, was taking place. Hard on the heels of that operation came Operation Authentic Assistance, aid to the Baltic Republics of Latvia and Lithuania, Operation Provide Transition, Angolan disarmament and election, then finally, Operation Provide Promise, the United Nations' relief operation to the former nation of Yugoslavia. The squadron flew into the former Yugoslavia from the summer of 1992 until its inactivation in July 1993.
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Odhams Press Ltd continued in being until 7 January 1998, when it changed its name to Formpart (No.11) Limited, which still exists today; currently a dormant private company. Despite being the longest survivor, and inheriting many popular strips from the other four titles, Smash was only a limited success. It was plainly on shakey ground: for, hard on the heels of the closure of the other titles, in the spring of 1969 IPC quickly made extensive changes to it, dropping the last remaining Marvel superhero strips, to shed the expense of the licensing fee for using them (having already dropped Batman), and ending many other strips too.
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Berengar II (died 896) was the Count of Bayeux and Rennes and Margrave of the Breton March from 886 until his death a decade later. In 874, Brittany's internal politics were thrown into turmoil when King Salomon was murdered by a rival. The resulting surge of Viking attacks made possible by the power vacuum was narrowly held at bay by a hasty Breton-Frankish alliance between Alan the Great of Vannes and Berengar of Rennes. Between 889-90, the Seine Vikings moved into Brittany, hard on the heels of the Loire fleet that Alan and Berengar had successfully driven out (this latter force had broken up into several small flotillas and sailed west).
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From that moment on the university began to carry out its work as normal despite financial difficulties and in-fighting between university teachers, though this was not to stop some illustrious professors from making their mark in their respective fields and creating their own schools of academic followers. The 1596 Ordinances once more showed the need for reform. These followed hard on the heels of earlier Ordinances passed in 1539 and 1559, in which the competitive examination system for the appointment of professors had been introduced. This period was brought to a close with the Decree issued on 23 October 1714 by the Royal High Commission for Justice and Government of Catalonia - created by the Duke of Berwick - ordering the immediate transfer of the Faculties of Philosophy, Law and Canon Law to Cervera.
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The Apollo 11 moon landings were seen through a mirror, in a grand color centerfold, sponsored by the Sierra Club, headlined "Towards A More Moon-Like Earth" — elegantly written and designed, probably by Jerry Mander and/or David Brower and/or Paul Simon aka Paul Zmeiwski. Coming hard on the heels of UPS reports from the bloody struggles over People's Park, this manifesto provided a radical planetary overview for the nascent ecology movement. As this came to Rat in the form of a paid advertisement from a national organization, it presumably appeared in several other papers at the same time. Further thoughts on this subject came from the famously ex-Marxist Murray Bookchin, a regular Rat contributor whose left-anarchist take on eco-politics anticipated (and influenced) the socially engaged anti-globalization movement that emerged in 1999.
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Duncan's candidacy was expected to complicate the possible outcome of the election by splitting the anti-Coalition vote.The Times, London, 15 April 1919 In the event, this turned out to be the case but not by quite enough to deliver the seat to the Coalition candidate and Wood was returned to Parliament with a majority of 186 over Davidson. However the combined Liberal and Labour vote amounted to 63.9% of the poll and was clearly a severe blow to the Coalition, coming so soon after their overwhelming success in the 1918 general election and hard on the heels of other by-election defeats in Hull and Leyton West. As was pointed out in The Times, no Coalition seat could be considered safe given the temper of the electorate at the time and the Coalition coupon which had been a talisman for candidates a few short weeks before was turning into a curse.
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