fore-runner

I have often thought that that cold winter was a fore-runner of the countless cold winters to come, as the ice-sheet from farther north crept down over the face of the land.

CHAPTER VIII 2010

This is basically the world of the medieval Arthurian romance, which in my mind is the true fore-runner of most modern fantasy: a Celtic-flavoured feudal, agrarian society, with only small cities, villages set around fortified castles and vast tracts of wilderness.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The wild wood and the holy city: settings for fantasy 2009

This organization was the fore-runner to the YMCA as the society was dedicated to the promotion of Christian welfare among the young men of Bulgaria.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Although I believe that this game has one of the nicest interfaces around, I got my dad to try it, and despite being a fore-runner in CAD circles, he spent a long time clicking and dragging on menu icons in order to move them around, and misinterpreting signals in the game, and completely, *completely* ignoring the tutorial signs in the background... like they were invisible or something.

Design Tour - World of Goo on Vimeo 2010

In 1910, Phildius and Fermaud visited Bulgaria and helped establish the Federation of Young People's Christian Organizations, the fore-runner to the YMCA in that country.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

So, this mini-post is a sort of a fore-runner of that one, I guess.

Archive 2008-11-01 Alpha Auer 2008

So, this mini-post is a sort of a fore-runner of that one, I guess.

four Yip's "Lune-acy" Alpha Auer 2008

This could be the fore-runner of huge military bases and a never-ending war in that part of the world.

Iran is Playing into America's End Game 2007

It was her "manifesto of independence" and served her well, as she was the first woman to be licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church, which was the fore-runner to the United Methodist Church.

Archive 2007-08-01 Divers 2007

This series, starring John Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce was a sort of fore-runner to Quantum Leap, with Hexum and Peluce jumping around in time trying to set things right.

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