Eyewitness records of the speeches and manoeuvrings of Deng Xiaoping and his comrades, illicitly smuggled out, unfold a more graphic inside picture of high politics than any I've seen, so soon after the events, from any western democracy.
These varying sources, which created differing community practices, were finally reconciled late in the 8th century by the legal scholar Abū ʿAbd Allāh ash-Shāfiʿī (767 820), who accorded the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad as preserved in eyewitness records of his words, actions, and approbations (the Hadith) normative and legal status second only to that of the Qurʾān.
A unique eyewitness record, Hrōmaikē historia emphasizes the theological nature of the events that it describes, a characteristic that marked subsequent Byzantine chronicles.
On the other hand, the narrative of his visit to Constantinople (now Istanbul) in the retinue of the khan's wife, a Byzantine princess, seems to be an eyewitness record, although there are some minor chronological discrepancies.
An eyewitness recorded that He had discharged his pistols very frequently at the enemy, who as often attempted to board, and he had killed a French officer on his own quarterdeck.
Taking into account the large variability in the tsunami deposits and the complexity of the tsunami flooding, as evidenced by the available video footage and eyewitnesses records (Choowong et al., 2008b), the complete sedimentation history is unlikely to be reconstructed based on the evidence presented here.
Eyewitnesses recorded that Lydiard had exhausted himself with the effort of organising the evacuation and clinging to the wreck in the violence of the storm.
Eyewitness accounts record how African-Americans (then described as "negros") had wept uncontrollably on the streets after Schmeling's victory.
A Pekinese dog was among the haul: presented later to Queen Victoria, it was re-named "Looty", in honour of the manner in which it reached British shores.Even then, eyewitness accounts record that at least officers and eye-witnesses felt ashamed of the destruction.
Ushahidi collected and recorded eyewitness reports of violence using text messages and Google Maps, and the technology has since been used to monitor elections in other countries.
Prosecutors relied on medical records, eyewitness accounts, recordings of 911 calls and multiple patrol car dash camera videos of the incident as part of the investigation.
