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The phrase 'watches of the night' has been used since at least the Book of Mishna: "watches of the night": the night-time; watch originally each of the...

ambiguous. The war, with its never-ending night watches, serves as a horrifying backdrop and metaphor of the morbidity that surrounds life and love. The novel...

sunset to sunrise. The four watches or vigils were of varying length in line with the seasonal variation of the length of the night. The English term "wake"...

the residents of Paris to establish their own night watches, separate from the king's night watches, to prevent and stop crimes and fires. After the Hundred...

Russian watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and amfibia mechanical watches. It also makes clocks...

awkwardness by imitating the speech and mannerisms of the guests. On his nightly shift, Bart watches Karen, who has recently checked in. After his shift, he...

assistant also customarily sets out the "night lunches" for watchstanders preparing to start late-night watches, as well as setting and clearing tables...

The World of Watches (Russian: Вселенная «Дозоров», Vselennaya "Dozorov") is a media franchise consisting of six novels, several short stories, two films...

its watches in 1908 and became Rolex Watch Co. Ltd. in 1915. After World War I, the company moved its base of operations to Geneva because of the unfavorable...

charge sometimes let watches go home early. 'The late placing and early dischargering' of night-watches concerned Common Council in 1609 and again three...

appended entrails, which issue from the tomb to attack the living during the night watches. The incubi and succubi of the Middle Ages are sometimes regarded...

grain taxes are converted into silver taxes. The government establishes community night watches known as 'watches and tithings' (baojia), who ensure that illegal...

of the watches in half allows the sailors to stand different watches instead of one team being forced to stand the mid-watch every night. The choice of...

across the street. She often watches her from her bedroom window. Alice starts to copy every detail about Sheryl, including her perfume and even the record...

needed] "Who watches the watchmen?" is spray painted on a Electronics store window at the end of the opening sequence in the film Watchmen (2009), in another...

thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My soul...

Night Watch (Russian: «Ночной Дозор») is a fantasy novel by the Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko, the first to feature his fictional world of The Others...

their trade ran the risk of physical attack. Measures taken to stop them included the use of increased security at graveyards. Night watches patrolled grave...

and Night Watches. The title of the last reflects the popularity of an enduring character: the night-watchman on the wharf in Wapping, recounting the preposterous...

The Ingersoll Watch Company is currently owned by Zeon Watches, a British subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based company Herald Group. The brand originated...