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...the rest sailed on in safety; then he confessed, he made fourteen widows in one quarter of an hour. When asked if it did not grieve him to see so man... ...ven, but still there was no appearance of my dream being fulfilled. It struck a quarter – it struck half-past eleven – and still there was no probabi... ... Sir Marcus was gone down. I arose, and having put on my clothes, went into the gallery adjoining our apartment, and took from thence a long broom, ... ...s with her accuser made her confess the slander; and the devil had to shift his quarters, for he can never do his business unless he can maintain som...
...ighest prices ever paid in auctions. Despite his connections with leading painters, gallery owners, art professors and critics - his brother owned a... ...ic plague which ravaged both Europe and the Mediterranean in 1347- 1351- killed one quarter to one third of the population - c. 25 million people. T... ... mountain farmers - opposed slavery as a form of unfair competition. Less than one quarter of southern families owned slaves in 1861. Slave-based, ... ...r for two hours until the hair is soft and the head shrinks by two thirds to three quarters of its previous size. All the cuts and incisions are so...
... her job, no lie, but it was times like these— being visually stripped and quartered by the likes of Lundquist—when she wanted to run to the nearest s... ... with so many conflicting emotions, so much stimuli from so many different quarters: guilt, desire, fear, hatred, mistrust ... He knew because her emo... ...ngs differently here." "You tell 'im, Terre." "No comments from the peanut gallery, please!" She didn't even bother turning this time. "Look Kane, we'... ... an instant of déjà vu that made his mouth dry as a sand dune in the Empty Quarter, would have Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 171 never consider... ...y keeping him still. "It concerns you that wali and I were in her sleeping quarters together?" Justice threw up his free hand. "Yo, whatever. I ain't ... ...inful as when she had first lost the Blacas out in the middle of the Empty Quarter during the worse sandstorm she had ever experienced. Sahir had know...
...s were in the ignition and it actually started right up. There was only a quarter of a tank of gas, but it was more than enough to perform its funct... ... place. There are some non-perishable food items too, as well as sleeping quarters; looks like a bunch of individual rooms. They’re small, but they’... ...nd lef. He continued through the hallways until he reached his and Eve’s quarters. He walked in to fnd that his wife had fallen asleep. He stared a... ... have the conveniences of electricity and run- ning water again, but their quarters still looked institutional. “That’s actually a really good idea, ... ...e you going?” “We’ll continue questioning you later. You should be put in quarters for now,” Josh answered. He walked back to the next room from wher... ... return fre was helpful in reducing their likeness to ducks in a shooting gallery. “Woo hoo,” Todd yelled, still completely drunk as he drove Sally ...
...oried, curvilinear structure was made up of several inter- linking sections. The servants’ quarters were located in a separate wing attached to the P... ...cked up,” Jack jumped in. Bob smacked him. Jack giggled. “Ok, enough out of the ‘peanut gallery’!” Mitch held up his hand. “Even though we hadn’t ...
...en who’d love to be as cool as James Bond in the face of extreme danger, but discover reality is not like fiction. When Max, the director of an Art Gallery in Queensland, falls to his death, Peter, the exhibiting artist who is also Max's ex-lover, unwillingly accepts the widow’s pleas to take over the job. After rescuing a strange young man from a raging sea, Peter’s s...
... and expertly illuminated the paintings gave viewers rather more insight into the private spaces of my mind than I’d bargained for. The fact that the gallery’s patrons were also baring their souls with every critical utterance and every painting bought was scant consolation – especially as no one was buying! After an hour of eavesdropping among the usual crush of wine-si...
...inancial business sector has been -0.6 percent in the year to the end of the second quarter of 2002. Germany faces the same predicament. As oil pric... ...surance for a month. The total damage, now pegged at $60 billion - constitutes one quarter of the capitalization of the entire global reinsurance m... ... According to IMS Health, poor countries are projected to account for less than one quarter of pharmaceutical sales this year. Of every $100 spent o... ...stop" - but a surprising 31 percent regarded it as "a valid use of data mining". A quarter said it is "OK, if explained to users". The comments wer... ...ferentiate exerted by the advent of e-business and globalization. Yet a full three quarters admitted to being entirely unprepared for the new chall... ...chines althesame. The series of James bond movies constitutes a decades- spanning gallery of human paranoia. Villains change: communists, neo-Nazi...
...nulel Cardellino. " Be- sides the portrait of Pope Leo X. there is a throe-quarter picture of Pope Julius II, which most art critics also include ns a... ... trials for the half-mile on Thurs- day in order to have men fresh for the quarter-mile on Saturday. The first fire men in each event will remain on t... ...ine colleges do not seem as strong as usual, but should pick points in the quarter, two-mile and shot-put, and with less likelihood in the high jump, ... ...urday. Bacon of Wesleyan appeared to be the speed- iest man entered in the quarter, though he will have to run in his fastest time to defeat both Prou... ...ng of Philologian was held at which the following officers for the ensuing quarter wero elected; President, Q/ofcen '08; vice-president, Cor- win '08;... ...sts, Over one hun- dred and fifty couples danoed, but the onlookers in the gallery were not so numerous as usual. An in- formal tea was given at 5.00 ... ...ropes also stretched from the track to this center. At the east end of the gallery was a commodious oozy corner. The instructor's and man- agers' offi... ... in white electric lights above the floor at the east end, and in the west gallery a ool- ciuin light which made an unsuc- cessful attempt at casting ... ...ss of 1908 the management announoes that seniors will be ad- mitted to the gallery free of charge. For all others, tickets are on sale at Farley-Gande...
...all round view of the centre and side platforms. Converted into sleeping quarters, it consisted of two sets of steel-framed bunk beds, four lockers... ...which protruded from a slab concrete wall. Also on the level were Alex's quarters, light storage, the armoury and technical equipment sections. The... ...the door open, but didn't look up, assuming just Medtechs entering Alex's quarters. "Are you sure you want to see this David?" Brendan grabbed his f... ...ompted the decision to do the rounds again in search for her. Leaving her quarters, with the armoury in mind, his steps broke the silence. His eyes ... ...y. 111 Stirring from sleep, Roxanne opened her eyes to find Atlas in her quarters. She became more alert with him tossing clothes at her and saying... ...andering about their business in the massive area, commonly known as the gallery. Many smiled at the familiar face standing at the rounded five-tie... ...ction. The lights flickered for a moment and a silence ran throughout the gallery. Startled, she took note of her surroundings. Again, the fountain ... ... debris throughout the truck bay. The commotion filtering down to the main gallery incited terror. People ran towards stairwells trying to escape to ... ...ems were dousing flames, yet smoke now limited visibility within the main gallery. The loud whirling and clank of steel legs striking concrete was a...
...each out to others. You will be surprised at the degree of help available in unexpected quarters. Do something peculiar, different, totally out of c... ...time with girlfriends, learning to line dance, taking a class, visiting a museum or art gallery, attending a movie, concert or play – or whatever. ... ...ur. Others rarely have a chance to witness an abusive exchange first hand and at close quarters. In contrast, the victims are often on the verge of... ...nly my brain. This is one thing it is not good at: healing. In this sense, I am only a quarter human, an emotional quadriplegic. I had high hopes. ...
...nd for Morgan to be ejected in the same manner as Comstock. But after a quarter hour had ticked away, he decided Connolly would eject her into th... ...not, the woman’s steadily bolder insults should not be tolerated. For three quarters of an hour, Morgan had held her tongue while every portion of h... ...he could set her down, a clatter and bellowing rained down on them from the gallery. The whooshing roar of a child’s voice heightened, accompanied b... ...pirate, — except that Daniel knew better. Squinting up into the shadowed gallery, he could make out the glint of his son’s stewpot helmet and the... ..., and it clattered back to the landing. When she disappeared across the gallery, Ronan gave Daniel a quick squeeze about the neck then placed th... ...cloak that concealed her costume around her, Morgan crept to the top of the gallery to see the full sweep of the spectacle, the stage filled with pa... ... against him. He drew her back into one of the curtained alcoves along the gallery wall. “Do you have my paper?” She nodded and mumbled against ...
...round a common central terrace in such a way that the floors of the living quarters were at a different height and the wind could blow above and below... ...he 1970s, one might still see a pig chained in a harness under the kitchen gallery of the house, eating anything that was thrown down from above. Entr... ...illar house is via stairs situated outside the house. They lead first to a gallery covering the length of the house, with the kitchen usually at one e... ...ouse, with the kitchen usually at one end. There is no wall separating the gallery from the living area, but the floor of the living room is twenty or... ...e living room is twenty or thirty centimetres higher than the floor of the gallery, providing a good place to sit. Up to the 1980s, there would be a l... ...coconut scoop of water and rinse one's feet before ascending to the living quarters. The house was never entered wearing sandals, but they were left o... ...feet and to produce enough for common consumption. The King thought that a quarter of the country could be detached from the market economy and secure... ...e village is large and near the city. The temple was lacking decent living quarters, and the hope is now that the new monastery building will tempt ne... .... Ingersoll, Jasper 1966 a. Fatalism in Village Thailand. Anthropological Quarterly 39, 200–225. — 1966 b. The Priest Role in Central Village Thail...
... pegs the number of PCs involved in such botnets at 100 to 150 million, or a quarter of all the computers on the Internet as of early 2007, 54 and the... ...Internet and PC, which begins in a backwater, accepts contribution from many quarters, experiences extraordinary success and unex- pected mainstream a... ...le in 1971, a 65-in-1 in 1972, a 160-in-1 in 1982, and a 200-in-1 in 1981. A gallery of some of the kits can be found online. See Science Fair Electro... ..., supra note 25. 27. Press Release, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Inc. Announces First Quarter Results (Apr. 22, 1996), available at http://yhoo.client.sharehol... ...ned exclusive licensing agreements with CCH, Tax Analysts, and Congressional Quarterly.” Id. However, even these services are not without competition;... ...ported 12,755,000 total DISH Network sub- scribers. EchoStar Commc’ns Corp., Quarterly Report for the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2006 (Form ... ...a in, 144 Christensen, Clayton, The Innovator’s Dilemma, 83–84, 86 Christian Gallery News Service, 215 chuckroast.com, 170–71 Citizendium, 145 citizen...
... Aristotle’s Poetics. In the middle lies the Gutenberg printing press. Three-quarters of the way along the line is a photocopying machine. At the far ... ...st was provided by the online site run by a magazine called 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. The maga- zine features everything from pictures of pay phones... ...deral district court judge who decided the Reimerdes case. “2600: The Hacker Quarterly has included articles on such topics as how to steal an Interne... ... Copyright holders could always lock up the book or restrict entrance to the gallery. In any event, while fair use of DVDs might be cur- tailed, he ar... ... 210 -1 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 37278_u01.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page 210 the first quarter of 2004. Reed Elsevier’s 2003 profit margin for LexisNexis was 22.... ...so in “Madison’s ‘Detatched Memoranda,’” ed. Elizabeth Fleet, William & Mary Quarterly, 3rd series, 3 no. 4 (1946): 551–552, available at http://www.c...
...t kicking back to listen to it. Kelly continued his exploration, spied the gallery of framed family pictures. Now he was getting somewhere, he thought... ... grands and aunts and uncles on both his mother's and father's sides. So a gallery of Kelly's family photos could have very well taken up all the shel... ...Who do you think brought me into it? You, Dagny Diaz. I'm your 99.99 and a quarter percent solution. Your cure for the doldrums and the humdrum. You n... ... New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 85 Edge quickly followed, put a quarter into a slot and grabbed a shopping cart. "I'm not getting that much... ...ncognita by Gracie C. McKeever 121 Tyler and Dagny both laughed at the cop gallery's loud response that broke up most of the wedding party. "Seriously... ...it might as well have been on Mars, as far as Kelly was concerned. About a quarter mile from the village and train, Tyler turned down a street and cru...
...inistrations. When the Soviet Union crumbled, Jews again benefited mightily. Three quarters of the famous "oligarchs" (robber barons) that absconde... ...f relationships which they deem to be dysfunctional or inadequate. More than three quarters of all divorces in the West are initiated by women. 10... ...ferentiate exerted by the advent of e-business and globalization. Yet a full three quarters admitted to being entirely unprepared for the new chall... ...mist" posed a question to its readers in the December 2001'issue of its Technology Quarterly: Was "technology losing its knack of being able to inv... ...anizes the results, often presenting them in the language of mathematics. In some quarters, these practices lends it an air of credibility and rig... ... all the same. Consider the James bond movies. They constitute a decades-spanning gallery of human paranoia. Villains change: communists, neo-Nazi...
... - it crashes. Why? A top executive is asked how profitable will his firm be this quarter. He winks, he grins - this is interpreted by Wall Street... ... but, in many cases, so is macro-management. The financial investor participates in quarterly or annual general shareholders meetings. This is the e... ...dropped 12.8 percent on Monday, with Winston Churchill watching from the visitors' gallery - incurring a loss of $10-14 billion. The Wall Street J... ... 2005 The five ghastly "Jack the Ripper" murders took place in an area less than a quarter square mile in size. Houses in this haunting and decrepi... ...d by the latters' emotional reactions, in a kind of "shell shock". The SEC lost one quarter of its staff in the last two years. The turnover of its ... ...the same incentive base. A recalculation of the compensation packages will be done quarterly to reflect changes in revenues and in profits. In case...
...andard Poodles who spent nights in their crates in the pantry off the kitchen. His quarters were off those two rooms. “Oh well, Birdie and Bogey ca... ...ace?” “Yes. Sir. She was there a lot.” A cry went up and Jack whirled toward the gallery. A young black woman had jumped up. “I object.” It w... ...ped her off at the big house. The hell with changing clothes. She ducked into the gallery off the great hall and hid the purloined documents under... ... ***** “They want that codicil,” Laura Kate said, as they walked through the gallery, past ancestral portraits — some excellent paintings, mo... ...lifetime. Arm-in-arm they walked inside, through the gallery and into the great hall. He asked, “By the way, how did...
...partly to blame. The managements of printed periodicals - from dailies to quarterlies - failed miserably to grasp the Internet's potential and poten... ...and researched. And, as "The Economist" put it ("The Economist Technology Quarterly, September 22nd, 2001), without a "Rosetta Stone" of data format... ...mly lit warehouse for data storage and exchange, to a visible library and gallery for information. I was hooked. In 1994, while teaching at a univ... ...#1) search result in 128 keywords is now a Wikipedia article. More than a quarter (38 out of 128) of these "articles" are what the Wikipedia calls "... ...perty Organization (WIPO), in cahoots with commercial interests, leave no quarter for anyone, and seem to want permanent copyright. How do you ach... ...eleSystems (MTS) services one third of all users, Vimpelcom more than one quarter and MegaFon about one sixth. But there is a host of much smaller c... ...lthesame. The series of James bond movies constitutes a decades-spanning gallery of human paranoia. Villains change: communists, neo-Nazis, media m...