Their two families were nearby as well -- a dense, extended old-fashioned network of aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins that could be fully several hundred strong when assembled.
He repaired the strong fortress, assembled a small group of followers, and began raiding the surrounding estates, belonging to the island's nobles.
They're competing in a field of 10 horses that is being called one of the strongest ever assembled.
The British squad's four strongest riders assembled around Kennaugh but a change in wind direction made for a regrouping, with 25 riders coming together through Whitby to tackle the short, steep pull out of Robin Hood's Bay.
Summer Squall could conceivably go off as the Derby favorite if he were to win the Blue Grass in spectacular fashion, but he seems unlikely to blow away the strongest field assembled this spring for a Derby prep.
Esi Edugyan's Washington Black, the story of a slave who becomes the personal servant to an eccentric scientist, and Anna Burns Milkmann, a look at Ireland during the Troubles through the perspective of a young girl, complete a 13-strong longlist assembled from 171 submissions – the highest number of books ever entered for the prize.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16 — In only its second year, the Tour of California, which begins Sunday in San Francisco, has become the country's most important professional cycling event, attracting more than 1 million spectators last year and a field of riders this year that ranks as the strongest ever assembled for a race in the United States.
O'Neill said he expected to have a much stronger squad assembled for the 15 August friendly against Finland in Belfast.
So this meant the British team, the strongest ever assembled, had to control the race in Copenhagen from the front of the main pack.
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Even if one of these materials does prove strong enough, assembling and connecting the separate elements of a space elevator will present major challenges.
