Then the Lion took his stand in front of the carcass and pronounced judgment: The
first quarter is for me in my capacity as King of Beasts; the second is mine as arbiter; another share comes to me for my part in the chase; and as for the fourth quarter, well, as for that, I should like to see which of you will dare to lay a paw upon it."
She and Nicolete exchanged many kisses which were hard to bear, and the
first quarter of an hour of our journey was much obstructed by the farewells of her far-fluttering handkerchief.
Tom, though depressed and strongly repelled by his father's sullenness, and the dreariness of home, entered thoroughly into his father's feelings about paying the creditors; and the poor lad brought his
first quarter's money, with a delicious sense of achievement, and gave it to his father to put into the tin box which held the savings.
They had just struck eight bells; large clouds veiled the face of the moon, then in its
first quarter. The sea undulated peaceably under the stern of the vessel.
The moon was entering her
first quarter, and her insufficient light would soon die out in the mist on the horizon.
The curses of the
first quarter minute of the fight died away.
I had received my
first quarter's wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had paid me grudged every penny of that hard-earned pittance--(I had long ceased to regard Mr.
During the
first quarter, total product sales increased 14 percent to $3,565 million from $3,127 million in the
first quarter of 2006.
Total revenue for the quarter, which consists of software revenue and maintenance and professional services revenue, increased 67.9 percent to $17.9 million in the
first quarter of 2007 from $10.7 million in the
first quarter of 2006.
The overall office vacancy rate for Nassau and Suffolk Counties was 11.07% for the 2006
first quarter. That compared with 10.42% at the end of the fourth quarter last year and 10.2% in the 2005
first quarter.
Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported that its net loss for the
first quarter ended March 31 widened to $12.3 million from $2.1 million in the year-ago period.
According to the KFIs, the percentage of performing loans increased to 97.8 percent in the
first quarter of 2005--the highest percentage ever tracked by NIC.