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The Arrow of Gold : A Story between Two Notes

By: Joseph Conrad

... tone of ease which was astonishingly ill-assumed for such a worldly, self-controlled, drawing-room person. Mills changed his attitude to look at him ... ... mother’s anxious feelings, etc., etc.,’ and ending with a request to take messages to me and bring news of me… The coolness of my mother!” Most unexp... ...e Pavilion and brought an answer scrawled on a scrap of paper: ‘Write your messages at once’ and signed with a big capital R. So my mother sat down ag... ...to make use of Azzolati, who had been reminding me by a constant stream of messages that he was an old friend. I never took any notice of those pathet... ...d billowy couch was big enough, God knows! No, not very far from her. Self-control, dignity, hopelessness itself, have their limits. The halo of her t... ...old a week when she first came into this house. She wanted me to leave the message, but I said I would wait a little. Then I sat down in the big porte... ...n the dowdy walking dress, very much to the fore. “I have given Madame the message,” she said in her con- tained voice, swinging the door wide open. T... ... occasion may still arise.” “Oh, if an occasion arises,” I said, trying to control my rage, “you may be able to begin your letter by the words ‘Chere ... ...k in the fading glow. I called out to her quite openly, “Do keep your self-control.” And she called back to me in a clear voice: “Oh, my dear, will yo...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...ow, is, that the Baroness Von Koeldwethout somehow or other acquired great control over the Baron Von Koeldwethout, and that, little by little, and bi... ...’ ‘Yes, sir,’ replied the youth, pressing his hands together, as though to control, by force, the nervous wandering of his fingers. ‘Is there—’ ‘Well!... ...atorial gravity, and a states- manlike habit of keeping his feelings under control. He was a tough, burly, thick-headed gentleman, with a loud voice, ... ...the nearest stand, and Kate, with many adieux to her mother, and many kind messages to Miss La Creevy, who was to come to tea, seated herself in it, a... ...re they proposed to take steamboat to Ryde, had not sent in a pe- remptory message intimating, that if they didn’t come di- rectly he should infallibl... ... NICHOLAS NICKLEBY heavy business you know, he says that when he delivered messages at Covent Garden the season before last, there used to be a pickpo... ...atience had increased with every succeeding minute, and were almost beyond control. There was a fire in Newman’s garret; and a candle had been left bu... ...is distinguished relation flitted through the brain of Mr Kenwigs, as this message was delivered; and under their influence, he dispatched Morleena to... ...hat the young lady led a very miserable and unhappy life, under the strict control of her only parent, who was of a violent and brutal temper; a circu...

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The Clever Woman of the Family

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...carried into a wayside-hut to die, his first orders were that no hur- ried message might be sent to her, lest she might be startled 32 The Clever Wom... ...o prized. It was introduced to Violetta as the reward of virtue for having controlled her fretfulness, and the repair of its infirmity was the first c... ...the governess’s gasping effort to veil her eagerness under her wonted self-control. “Don’t you know who the Major is?” shouted Leoline. “He is our mil... ... Miss Williams very cross that day was an effect of the long habit of self-control, and she could hardly sit still under the additional fret, when, ju... ...eant something rather relative than positive. Alison brought him a playful message from her, that since he was not going to Belfast, she should meet h... ... long enough with Messrs. Conrade and Co. to acknowledge the wisdom of the message. But Rose had not long been at leisure to look out for him before h... ...more content. Dear Colin, for me there is nothing to grieve.” He could not control himself, rose up, made a long stride, and passed through the open w... ...ter will live there?” said Rachel. “What an enviable position, to have the control of means of doing good that always falls to the women of a clerical... ...remarkable beauty and intelligence, and charmed Ermine herself by his kind messages and her own sunshiny brightness; she had delighted Mrs. Curtis and...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...ow, is, that the Baroness Von Koeldwethout somehow or other acquired great control over the Baron Von Koeldwethout, and that, little by little, and bi... ...’ ‘Yes, sir,’ replied the youth, pressing his hands together, as though to control, by force, the nervous wandering of his fingers. ‘Is there—’ ‘Well!... ...atorial gravity, and a states- manlike habit of keeping his feelings under control. He was a tough, burly, thick-headed gentleman, with a loud voice, ... ...the nearest stand, and Kate, with many adieux to her mother, and many kind messages to Miss La Creevy, who was to come to tea, seated herself in it, a... ...re they proposed to take steamboat to Ryde, had not sent in a pe- remptory message intimating, that if they didn’t come di- rectly he should infallibl... ... NICHOLAS NICKLEBY heavy business you know, he says that when he delivered messages at Covent Garden the season before last, there used to be a pickpo...

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The Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

...hile Anguish rais’d the desperate hand For silent death; or lost the mind’s controll, Thro’ every burning vein would tides of Frenzy roll. But ceas... ...he Face Faint index of thy mental Throes, When each strong Passion spurn’d controll, And not a Friend was nigh to calm thy stormy soul. Such was t... ...e Supreme Fair sole operant: in whose sight All things are pure, his strong controlling love Alike from all educing perfect good. Their’s too celes... ...mancipates it from the grosser thrall Of the present impulse, teaching Self-control, - 140 - The Destiny of Nations. A Vision Coleridge: Poems Till... ...o behold, The Angel of the vision! Then (last strain) Of Duty, chosen Laws controlling choice, Action and joy! — An Orphic song indeed, A song div... ...look’d askance on either side, — ‘‘Nay, let the hunt proceed! — The Lady’s message that I bear, I guess would scantly please your ear, And less de... ...lienated friend, A rib of dry rot in thy ship’s stout side, Think it God’s message, and in humble pride With heart of oak replace it; — thine the g...

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The Marriage Contract

By: Honoré de Balzac

... by our dramatic authors, although it offers novel resources to their wit, controlled Paul’s future life and was now awaited by Madame Evangelista wit... ...- fore be placed at the mercy of a son-in-law. Though she might be able to control Paul if left to himself, would he, when en- lightened by his notary... ...nging sides in this way; but, my dear, she can only become the mistress by controlling events instead of bearing them; and that advantage compensates ... ...ll catch cold.” The sailor gave Paul the letter and said not a word of the message. Recognizing the handwriting of his wife and de Marsay , Paul suppo...

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

...he Objective of the Communication 71 Communication Effects 72 The Communication's Message 73 Message Design and the Law 74 SUMMARY 74 7 CHANNELS... ...SOCIAL MARKETING 75 IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY OF CHANNELS 75 Channel Leadership and Control. 76 Competition and Conflict. 76 CHANNEL STRUCTURE FOR C... ...ventional goods and services, for which ideas are used in the design of promotional messages. In the very early stages of the work it became appar... ... promotion chapter introduces the communication model, treating the objective, the message and the effect of a communication. The channel, source an... ...essage and the effect of a communication. The channel, source and receiver of the message are the subjects of Chapters 7, 3 and 9, respectively. Th... ... an issue, but simply adopts a cause, such as joining a movement. Abortion and gun control are issues; the prevention of child abuse and forest fires... ... contraceptive device) in countries where religious beliefs discourage use of birth control techniques. Complexity is the degree to which an innovati... ... speed limit 911 emergency number Abortion rights Affirmative action Alcoholism control Banking innovation Birth defects Blood donations Blue ... ...n Direct deposit Draft registration Drilling, offshore Drinking age Drug abuse control Drunk driving Education, continuing Energy conservation...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...ds of an unemployed person) and on a periodical basis for supervision and control purposes. The National Employment Bureau should maintain a regul... ... to the workers). In return, the trade unions will be granted effective control of the shop floor. This is the neo-corporatist approach. It mean... ...t will increase employment by moderating wage demands but the unions will control policies regarding unemployment insurance, employment protection, ... ...ons and it can always wield the whip of a wage freeze, or wage AND price controls. In Holland the courts can set wages. Wages and unemployment bene... ...s-related skills and practices, entrepreneurship, management, and quality control techniques – both through the mass media or directly, through edu... ...farmers' trade union a decade ago. It leveraged its populist and activist message to capture 20 percent of the electorate, at least in recent opinio... ...scence. UNI and Ver.di are examples of what can be achieved when a timely message is combined with sprightly management methods and more than a modi...

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A Courageous Battle

By: Susan Bracken

...o lives she was creating on the computer screen. Here, at last, she was in control. She could make the bad guys pay for their sins and she could besto... ...d into the ocean. And there wasn’t even any communication with air traffic control prior to the crash. I signed a paper once, about a class action of ... ...Are you teasing?” “No, here.” He moved away from the wheel. Lacey took the controls and felt the power of the big engines throb under her hands. They ... ...And so many young ones! I’ll be in tomorrow .” “Good, you have a gazillion messages. I’ll put you through.” “Jerry,” she said when he came on the line... ... do not dictate to me 142 SUSAN BRACKEN that I must pray. People like you controlled my life once before, when an abortion would have set me free.” M... ...t sleep; nagging doubts tugged at the edges of her mind. Was there a force controlling the Universe and the Planets and species? Was it possible that ... ...ned the door and got the pa- per. On it was a scribbled phone number and a message, ‘I’m sorry. If you change your mind call me. I won’t try to see th... ...Reflexively, he checked his cell phone as he headed toward the door. Three messages were waiting, including one from Jana. He decided to wait until he... ...nic jolting him from his equanimity. Pacing up and down, he re- played the message. He could make out people crying and screaming and thought he heard...

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Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in Apec Economies

By: Apec Finance Minister Process

............................................................ 85 3.32 Financial Assets Controlled by Regulated and Un-regulated Financial Institution... ...ignificantly. Even though the global financial crisis is to a large under now under control, the experience of the financial meltdown constituted ... ...included lax management in financial institutions manifested in the laxity in internal controls, insider dealing, lending policy, and outright fraud ... ...nce of a risk management regime, which fosters stringent internal management and risk control, and demands the accountability of all stakeholders and... ...nd the capital flows are likely to be temporary, they can consider the use of capital controls. The financial vulnerabilities need to be addressed... ... 129 The regulators have to keep delivering clear messages to the market and avoid delivering mixed messages. •...

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Facilitating Electronic Commerce in Apec : A Case Study of Electronic Certificate of Origin

By: Alicia Say, Jack Wu and Peter Stokes

...rea – Export US$ / TEU Documents preparation Customs clearance and technical control Ports and terminal handling Inland transportation and... ...aipei – Import US$/TEU Documents preparation Customs clearance and technical control Ports and terminal handling Inland transportation and... ...ndatory document, instead of requiring its submission currently only for selected controlled products - and subjected to the customs practices of dif... ...e costs and time related to document preparation, customs clearance and technical control, ports and terminal handling and inland transportation and ... ...ese Taipei, as well as checking to ensure that imported goods satisfy the import control requirements based on origin and validate the claims for pr... ...e CO authorizer, reviews and approves the e-CO application, and sends an approval message to the export applicant in a process that takes about ten ... ...proval by KCCI. Third Step: the Korean exporter receives an automated CO approval message from KTNET once the CO is approved. ... ... system. Fifth Step: the Chinese Taipei importer receives an automated CO receipt message from Trade-Van. Sixth Step: the Chinese Taipei importer... ...al e-CO is approved by KCCI 21 , the exporter would immediately receive an online message with an option to send the e-CO to the importer. Once the ...

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...131 * Extinguishing the ashes 132 * Hundredth day memorial rites 132 Message of death 133 Final passage of human life 133 * The deceased in k... ...elfare states, an individual's life and future must be secure, planned and controlled. People are accustomed to demanding ever more benefits, social a... ...ess. Delocal culture consists of centralizing organizations, technosystems controlling various areas of life, that everywhere adapt to structurally un... ...nomy and universal developmen Universal technosystems take ever more total control of a certain living environment, its knowledge base, technology and... ...e, this development cannot stop until nature and man are totally under the control of technosystems. Table 1 A. Local culture B. Delocal culture Fra... ... village administration membership of family and neighbourhood - community control - local hierarchy Local religion - village temples - family rites a... ...y, and the associated technology. Faith in development contains a powerful message of salvation. Through new technology, the farmer is able to control... ...131 * Extinguishing the ashes 132 * Hundredth day memorial rites 132 Message of death 133 Final passage of human life 133 * The deceased in k... ... like wild action movies. Perhaps exploding advertisements carry some deep message to people of Thailand, where society also seems to be disintegratin...

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Analysis of Social Aspects of Migrant Labourers Living with Hiv/Aids Using Fuzzy Theory and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...ical developments etc. FCMs are also used to model in robotics like plant control. The edges e ij take values in the fuzzy causal interval [–1, 1... ...s from the time of her birth not free and is enslaved to some patriarchal control. None of the male child’s behaviour is questioned, he is pampered ... ...hy some of HIV/AIDS patients had acknowledged to him if ever he had self control he would not have erred. That is why most of them do not use safe ... ... advises them. Further even in the interview some men wanted medicines to control their urge to have sex. P 7 – Gluttony. This man says that ra... ...why some HIV/AIDS patients had acknowledged to him if ever he had self control he would not have erred. That is why most of them do not use safe... ...as not taken any other treatment. Additional Observation: Some of the messages which he conveyed are shocking. He says that apart from visiting ... ...AIDS has roped in many well- known and highly renowned icons to spread the message, even a former US President like Bill Clinton, or the richest man ... ...kewise, at the Tamil Nadu level we can rope in celebrities to spread the message and spread the awareness. It can have a tremendous and immediate i... ...e of the song and dance sequences the worst in vulgarity, but some of the messages that the movies convey are downright condemnable. For instance...

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Selected Writings

By: Guy de Maupassant

...on- cealed there. The door opened slightly; the hand of a man received the message, and the girl returned, blush- ing and ready to weep, from being st... ... causing us any surprise, because our verifying apparatus and our sense of control have gone to sleep, while our imaginative faculty wakes and works. ... ...days; what, then, would there be surprising in the fact that my faculty of controlling the unreality of cer- tain hallucinations should be destroyed f... ...distressing man- ner. I have no longer any strength, any courage, any self-control, nor even any power to set my own will in motion. I have no power l...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 2 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

... shed the blood of our fellow-citizens on our own soil”; And again, in his message of December 8, 1846, that “we had ample cause of war against Mexico... ...tile array, and shedding the blood of our citizens”; And yet again, in his message of December 7, 1847, that “the Mexican Government refused even to h... ... Whether the spot on which the blood of our citi- zens was shed, as in his message declared, was or was not within the territory of Spain, at least af... ...heir homes and their growing crops, be- fore the blood was shed, as in the message stated; and whether the first blood, so shed, was or was not shed w... ..., in innumerable instances, the money, without the pre- vious knowledge or control of the officers of the depart- ment who are responsible for the goo... ...es could not be known to the financial clerks of the department in time to control it, and too often this rendered uncertain all their calculations of... ...ied, and desig- nating the county seat in each county for the purpose, the control of the department will be rendered satisfactory; particularly as it... ...int of deposit, and the repayment at points drawn upon, being known to and controlled by the Auditor, will not occasion any such em- barrassments as w... ...ther the influence, the duress, or the prohibition of the executive should control the legitimately expressed will of the people; and now that, on tha...

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Young Folks, History of England

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...econd son, William, to England, with his ring to Westminster, giving him a message that he hoped the English people would have him for their king. And... ...it was only a trick to get him as a prisoner, and only sent his ring and a message of pardon; and young Henry died, press- ing the ring to his lips, a... ...me recollected, some old, some new—but all such as to give the barons some control of the king, and hinder him from getting savage soldiers together t... ...the Duke of Burgundy. He came back again, gath- ered his friends, and sent messages to his brother Clarence that he would forgive him if he would dese... ...ty of death. But the queen still loved him, and waited and waited for some message or token to ask her pardon. None came, and she thought he 87 ... ... long time to Elizabeth, telling her what books to read and giving her his message to her mother and brothers; and then he told little Henry to mark w...

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An Enemy of the People

By: Henrik Ibsen

...bid it—I, your chief; and if I forbid it, you have to obey. Dr. Stockmann (controlling himself). Peter—if you were not my brother— Petra (throwing ope... ..., and make it clear that all the positions of trust in the town, the whole control of municipal affairs, ought to be put in the hands of the Liberals.... ... No, thank you; I must go again in a moment. Hovstad. Have you come with a message from your fa- ther, by any chance? Petra. No, I have come on my own... ... Stockmann. You dare not? What nonsense!—you are the editor; and an editor controls his paper, I suppose! 62 An Enemy of the People Aslaksen. No, it ... ...opinion—the enlightened public— householders and people of that kind; they control the newspapers. Dr. Stockmann (composedly). And I have all these in... ...Hear, hear! Quite right! Make him sit down! Dr. Stockmann (losing his self-control). Then I will go and shout the truth at every street corner! I will...

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The Amazing Marriage

By: George Meredith

...ad for nothing.’ He screwed a look at the earl, who sent Abrane to carry a message and heard the story Potts had to tell. ‘Henrietta Fakenham! no mist... ...he challenge to arms, as the puffy little man’s delivery of the countess’s message sounded. He was respectably clad, he thought, in the relief of his ... ...ar those two were innocent in not delivering the whole of Lord Fleetwood’s message to Carinthia Jane through Lord Levellier, we are unable to learn. W... ...ng. He had recollected that there had been no allusion in Lord Levellier’s message to settlements or any lawyer’s pre- liminaries, and he raged at him... ...ough he could manage his affairs. He and his lawyers had them under strict control. How of himself? The prize of the English marriage market had taken... ...nced to the scratch. T odds first, by the courtesy of Ines, whose decorous control of his legs at a weighty moment was rightly read by his party. Thei... ...rately aside, had his lawyers and bailiffs and stew- ards thoroughly under control: managed a particularly diffi- cult step-mother; escaped the snares... ... when all supplies are furnished.’ 262 The Amazing Marriage ‘I would have control of some money.’ ‘You are thinking of charities.’ ‘Not charities.’ ‘... ...e jumped to his legs, not to be shout- ing ‘Hound!’ at him. He said, under control: ‘God’s name shall be left to the Church. My sister need not be fur...

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Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Volume III : The Third Ten Tales

By: Honoré de Balzac

...he devil may invent on his behalf, to smother his anger, to hold nature in control, to have the finger of God, and the tail of the devil, to reward th... ...y day into the parlour of the abbey, where came Tiennette, but un- der the control of an old monk, and she always came attired in great splendour like... ...n to the said constable. After certain arguments, reason- ings, tricks and messages, which were of no avail, he swore by his great black /coquedouille... ...ill of God, is lord of all evil, told the archangel that he would obey the message. During this heavenly arrangement life went on as usual here below.... .... Bertha seeing him, turned pale, and asked him if he had not received her message. “What message?” said Jehan. “ Ah! we are lost then; the child, tho... ...friends. Probably the V enetian had the high ambition to reign without any control or dispute, and forgot the services which the Frenchman had rendere... ... Callipyge; finally the prince ought to be aware what trouble a man had to control himself at the hour of noon, because that was the time of day at wh...

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The French Revolution a History

By: Thomas Carlyle

......................................................... 47 Chapter 1.3.II. Controller Calonne. .......................................................... ...unctions. In- stead of a profligate bankrupt Abbe Terray, we have now, for Controller-General, a virtuous philosophic Turgot, with a whole Reformed Fr... ...isely the impossible one. Philosophism, as we saw, has got her Turgot made Control- ler-General; and there shall be endless reformation. Unhappily thi... ...reasury, it might have lasted longer; with such Purse indeed, every French Controller-Gen- eral, that would prosper in these days, ought first to prov... ..., insight, heroic volition; but the Fortunatus’ Purse he has not. Sanguine Controller-General! a whole pacific French Revolution may stand schemed in ... ...popularity there; and miss it. Deputa- tion of them arrives, with dolorous message about the ‘dearth of grains,’ and the necessity there is of casting... ...fere, then; and in the King’s name! Happily that incendiary ‘God-of-Peace’ message is not yet answered. The Three Orders shall again have conferences;... ...ion all round; his men melting away! From Versailles, to the most pressing messages, comes no answer; or once only some vague word of answer which is ... ...h rapid and curt, air audacious:’ such a figure drew Priam’s curtains! The message and monition of the figure was, that resistance would be hopeless; ...

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