The raven addressed, answers with its customary word, Nevermore a word which finds immediate echo in the melancholy heart of the student, who giving utterance aloud to certain thoughts sested by the occasion, is again startled by the fowl s repetition of Nevermore. The student now guesses the state of the case, but is impelled, as I have before explained, by the human thirst for self-torture, and in part by superstition, to propound such queries to the bird as will bring him, the lover, the most of the luxury of sorrow, through the anticipated answer Never-more. With the indulgence, to the extreme, of this self-torture, the narration, in what I have termed its first or obvious phase, has a natural termination, and so far there has been no overstepping of the limits of the real.

Its first objective is to test the torpedes in the sea as shows it a launching island.

In 2005, the University of Maribor held its first International Summer School on British and American language, literature, and culture.

Its first phase is the inception period.

The power of love - which is the manifestation of the forces which tend to preserve life - is there in the baby as well as the destructive impulses, and finds its first fundamental expression in the baby ' s attachment to his mother ' s breast which develops into love for her as a person.

Since 1984, an assortment of Silicon Valley billionaires, child prodigies, ex-presidents, artistic geniuses, mad scientists, and movie stars have descended on Monterrey, California for TED, for an annual event The Economist called " Davos for optimists. " Three weeks ago, TED held its first-ever conference in Africa, bringing together trademark optimism with an even more humbling sort of A-list

After the launch earlier today, BMW gave the F1.06 its track debut at 13.20 today, when Nick Heidfeld took the car out for its first run.

The Hitler Youth Division fought well during its first two days of combat.

Its first printed usage was in 1911. The term is derived, however, from a 14 th-century word - - " peevish, " meaning ornery or ill-tempered.

Ohio State went 35 - 4 and won the conference ' s regular season and tournament titles before advancing to its first NCAA final since 1962, where the Buckeyes lost to two-time champion Florida.

Its first objective was to examine history and tradition of gun ownership and use of weapons in the society.

Actually, Tokio Hotel had a live appearance on TRL from Times Square in New York and filled the Roxy Theater in Hollywood, in its first show in the land of Uncle Sam

Argentina ' s momentum was fueled in part by an encouraging second-place finish at the 2002 World Championship, which included handing Team USA its first loss since it began using NBA players in international tournaments 10 years prior

The editing board of the Journal of Romanian-Japanese cultural interferences HAIKU organizes its first Haiku International Contest

As their popularity increased, the band members formed Blackhill Enterprises in October 1966, a six-way business partnership with their managers, Peter Jenner and Andrew King, [ 9 ] issuing the singles " Arnold Layne " (sample (help info)) in March 1967 and " See Emily Play " in June 1967. " Arnold Layne " reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart, and " See Emily Play " reached number 6, [ 10 ] granting the band its first TV appearance on Top of the Pops in July 1967

The Commission, the body which proposes and executes EU laws, " will consist of one national from each Member State " for its first term of five years starting in November 2004. After that it will be slimmed down to " a number of members... corresponding to two thirds of the number of Member States, unless the European Council, acting unanimously, decides to alter this figure.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Sunday launched its first new generation nuclear submarine since the fall of the Soviet Union as the Kremlin seeks to upgrade its undersea nuclear strike force

Although its first version introduced in 1985 (as Windows 1) was slow, crash-prone and required major memory, Windows could guarantee that billions of dollars of software and business data already created under DOS would still be usable under a new operating system

In 1985 - one year after the Rockets ended up sandbagging their way into position to draft Olajuwon - the NBA held its first draft lottery.

" Sons of Anarchy " (FX) executive producer Kurt Sutter is a veteran of " The Shield, " which was an Emmy magnet during its first season.

Chery launched the Riich G5 in December 2009 as its first entry model into the luxury sedan segment

Canberra will hold its first New Year ' s Eve fireworks display in four years with a family concert held in Civic Square

After its first editing, the original version was six hours long and had to be severely edited.

Had Forrest Gump bought Apple at the closing price on its first day as a publicly traded company and held it for five years, he would have lost more than 30 percent of his money, said Tim Loughran, a finance professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies initial public offerings

In its first season, Break featured most characters locked in prison and planning an escape.

Scientists say the hydrozoan jellyfish is the only known animal that can repeatedly turn back the hands of time and revert to its polyp state (its first stage of life)

In exhibition play, in which Serbia and Montenegro lost just once in its first eight games, Milicic has taken on a leadership role on the offensive end

An increasing number of economists, however, believe the country has already fallen into its first recession since 2001, and they are simply hopeful the rescue package will limit the damage.

Though his film has some problems - there are too many characters, and the story spins its wheels for a bit before springing its first big shock on the audience - he and his crew make the most of a small budget.

Gary Levin noted that the announcement of the series ' cancellation came just after the announcement of its sale into syndication, saying the " cause of death " was a drop in viewership from 5.9 million in its first season to 2.9 million in its fourth