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...bite his shirt to stop himself from crying out when Kazem's riveting night sports were too painful and another one was of attempting to remember the f... ... father, he had existed as a verbal punching bag to relieve stress. "Night sports" was the term that Kazem called his form of brotherly love. "No... ...ng no responsibilities for the first time in his life apart from the night sports that usually happened in the mornings, his life was becoming a purpo... ...want his whole life obsessed by the inconsequential pleasures of his night sports. Kazem disheveled Jatupon's hair with his fingers and slapped... ...o be cloistered in the political issues that mired the day but yearned for sports columns in their newspapers and genuflected to the action effusing f... ...his brothers had no right to sit there. Still and seated, they became like spectators at the Coliseum. It was a CNN glimpse into the future: skyscrap...

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... thank you. I have it under control." "Cool. I'm going to see what type of sports is happening on the tube." Kane watched him leave, understood his ar... ...icted as the next guy when it comes to anything to do with electronics and sports. Deadly combination." Therese grinned, thought of Kane's fascination... ...rese could barely remember how he had gotten her out of TIHAM past all the spectators she'd heard milling about in the corridors outside Sahir's offic...

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...ING .............................................................................................................................. 45 POWER IN SPORTS... ...e birthday parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, and sweet 16 parties. Wealth is so often thought of as power, We see it in politics, sports... ... 32 —―Right. So because of an early lack of power in our infancy and childhood we spend our lives seeking it--in success in sports... ...people tend to rouse up civil discord or war on minor neighboring populations—sometimes killing more people than the major warlords. POWER IN SPORTS... ...illing more people than the major warlords. POWER IN SPORTS ―Athletes may begin by wanting to play, but as they rise to the top of their sports... ... professional hockey player, the same age as the celebrity, gets in a fight during a game it may be within the norm for the situation and many specta...

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...ndows under a gable. A shadow shifted and she figured it belonged to the expensive sports car. She passed on by Royce’s office and came to Wyli... ...not that. It's Maggie. She’s an animal lover. Hates hunting, too. All the blood sports, as she calls them.” “Glad I ain't got no kids to worr... ...dragging the defendant through it like they were taking him to the electric chair. Spectators’ mouths hung open expecting the drama to culminate int...

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...ith Arthur Hill and Franklin Pierce just off stage and just out of sight of the spectators. Matloch pat­ ted Hill on the back, "Arthur, you've done a... ... another valet had parked behind Cox's Corvette. Cox sloppily slid into the red sports car, adjusted his seat belt in place in slow motion, and fina...

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...ot on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island. Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint- Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and laden at the old Phocee docks, and belongs to an owner of the city....

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...nd according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint- Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into por... ...ch direction of the pilot. The vague disquietude which prevailed among the spectators had so much affected one of the crowd that he did not await the ... ... anhelitu,” you know it refers to a stag flying from a wolf. Are you not a sports- man and a great wolf-hunter? Well, then, what do you think of the m... ...e water. This was an easy feat to him, for he usually attracted a crowd of spectators in the bay before the lighthouse at Marseilles when he swam ther... ...of a chamois from rock to rock, and they fired the signal agreed upon. The sportsman instantly changed his direction, and ran quickly to- wards them. ... ...ut reason attained their high reputation in the art of ship- building. The spectators followed the little vessel with their eyes as long as it remaine... ...erity, not a festivity took place without himself and wife being among the spectators. He dressed in the picturesque costume worn upon grand occasions... ...only succeeded in killing a few partridges, and, like ev- ery unsuccessful sportsman, he returned to the boat very much out of temper. “Ah, if your ex... ...ou are going to see? Rec- ollect the ancient Romans of the Circus, and the sports where they killed three hundred lions and a hundred men. Think of th...

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...the halls and bowers of an ancient feudal castle. The Prior mingled in the sports of the field with more than due eagerness, and was allowed to posses... ...rned. Surely no tongue is so rich in the vari- ous phrases which the field-sports demand, or furnishes means to the experienced woodman so well to exp... ...n employed with all the art of which the age was capable, to represent the sports of hunting and hawking. The bed was adorned with the same rich tapes... ...r.” “But, Isaac,” said the Pilgrim, smiling, “dost thou know that in these sports, the arms and steed of the knight who is unhorsed are forfeit to his... ...were considerably rounded off, in order to afford more convenience for the spectators. The openings for the entry of the combat- ants were at the nort... ...betwixt these galleries and the lists, gave accommodation for yeomanry and spectators of a better degree than the mere vul- gar, and might be compared... ...d even the steeple of a country church, at some distance, was crowded with spectators. It only remains to notice respecting the general arrangement, t... ...lace emblems of the triumphs of Cupid, a blazoned inscription informed the spectators, that 64 Ivanhoe this seat of honour was designed for La Royne ... ...tors are alike impatient, the time advances, and highly fit it is that the sports should commence.” Prince John, though not yet a monarch, had in Wald...

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...f hasty love or headlong ire. His limbs were cast in manly could For hardy sports or contest bold; And though in peaceful garb arrayed, And weaponless... ...ther spread, Where oft a hundred guests had lain, And dreamed their forest sports again. But vainly did the heath-flower shed Its moorland fragrance r... ... raised by Mar?’ ‘No, by my word;—of bands prepared T o guard King James’s sports I heard; Nor doubt I aught, but, when they hear This muster of the m... ...e-dancers come. I guess, by all this quaint array, The burghers hold their sports to- day. James will be there; he loves such show, Where the good yeo... ...! the Captain of our Guard! Give the offender fitting ward.— Break off the sports!’—for tumult rose, And yeomen ‘gan to bend their bows, ‘Break off th... ...d a number of youths, whom report of the intended battle had brought to be spectators, and whom the Colquhouns, anxious for their safety, had shut up ... ...dy rapid motion, making a curved sweep around the fell, and seeming to the spectators to disappear over the ridge of the mountain. Many persons witnes...

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..., and on the ramparts, he saw the Spartans, some of them engaged in active sports, and others in combing their long hair. He rode back to the king, an... ...ays of their law, and thought them old-fashioned. They joined in the Greek sports, played games naked in the theatre, joined in riotous processions, c... ...ion, nay, literally the rage; for furious quarrels used to arise among the spectators who took the part of one or other of the competitors, and would ... ...e fond of pleasure, no one could hope to please them who did not give them sports and entertainments. When any person wished to be elected to any publ... ...iscontented, their cry was that they wanted panem ac Circenses, ‘bread and sports’, the only things they cared for. In most places where there has bee... ...ges of circular galleries of seats hewn out of the hillside, where rows of spectators might sit one above the other, all looking down on a broad, flat... ...r post. Altogether, when full, this huge building held no less than 87,000 spectators. It had no roof; but when there was rain, or if the sun was too ... ...for ever!’ When the Emperor had seated himself and given the sig- nal, the sports began. Sometimes a rope-dancing elephant would begin the entertainme... ...her to pieces might, one would think, satisfy any taste of horror; but the spectators needed even nobler game to be set before their favorite monsters...

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...is flight inconceivably rapid; but the traveller appeared to be too keen a sportsman to be disconcerted by either. As it came first into 13 James Fen... ...gave the rein, brought them round quite in rule, I must own myself.”* *The spectators, from immemorial usage, have a right to laugh at the casualties ... ...hat effect this display of professional skill was likely to produce on the spectators. “Upon my wort, toctor,” observed Major Hartmann, with a roguish... ... long hail, the dignified and deliberate tread of the Indian surprised the spectators. His shoulders, and body to his waist, were entirely bare, with ... ...hout your per- mission? Now, I have known a farmer in Pennsylvania order a sportsman off his farm with as little ceremony as I would order Benjamin to... ...aps, I had better offer to shoot for him. They have got up their Christmas sports, I find, in the bushes yonder, where you hear the laughter— though i... ...Hut would it have been decorous for the High Sheriff of —to mingle in such sports as these?” “Surely you did not think that I in- tended actually to f... ...e spot where most of the young men of the vil- lage were collected for the sports of shooting a Christmas match, and whither Natty and his Companions ... ... was deliv- ered with effect, it silenced all murmurs—for the whole of the spectators had begun to take sides with great warmth— except from the Leath...

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...most peculiar to Scottish women; and Jean was equally charming for all the sports in which she could take part, while the little ones, whom, to his cr... ...up to the great outer court of the castle, where there was ample space for sports and military exercises, shooting with the long and cross bow, riding... ...was so touched by the music and carried out of herself that she forgot the spectators, forgot the effect she was to produce, forgot her struggle with ... ...her hands clasped rigidly together without a movement, while the Lorrainer spectators, with a strong suspicion who the Knight of the Violet really was... ... who stood within it was old Andrew of the Cleugh, who despised all French sports in comparison with the completeness of his master’s equipment, and w... ..., being much busied in preparations for her journey, had sent Annis to the sports with the Lady of Terreforte, and was ready to receive the poor, dren... ...ving, seemed to doze, and this, being less interesting, caused many of the spectators to depart. When she awoke she was quite herself, and this was we... ...hed for the heir of Angus, and should play his part as became him in their sports at Nanci, whither his letter said he was bound, instead of figuring ...

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... and turf; and some of the corner stones were so weighty, as to puzzle the spectators how such a person as the architect could possibly have raised th... ... heterodox opinions, though his objection was probably to the concourse of spectators, to whom he must have exposed his unseemly deformity. He spoke o... ...heir undue proportion in thickness to his diminutive height. The terrified sportsman stood gazing on this horrible apparition, until, with an angry co... ...had hopes of sharing in the redemption of the race of Adam. He pressed the sportsman to visit his dwelling, which he said was hard by, and plighted hi... ...ighted his faith for his safe return. But at this moment, the shout of the sportsman’s companion was heard calling for his friend, and the dwarf, as i... ...till to be discovered in the eagerness with which they pursued those rural sports. The more high-spirited among the youth were, about the time that ou... ... would have been a cir- cumstance of great indifference to the experienced sports- man, who could have walked blindfold over every inch of his native ...

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...se, there was very much the same solemnity of demeanour on the part of the spectators, as befitted a people among whom religion and law were almost id... ...hath good skill at her needle, that’s certain,” remarked one of her female spectators; “but did ever a woman, before this brazen hussy, contrive such ... ...es, the most trifling and immaterial, passages of infancy and school days, sports, childish quarrels, and the little domestic traits of her maiden yea... ...hild. She seemed rather an airy sprite, which, after playing its fantastic sports for a little while upon the cottage floor, would flit away with a mo... ...honest face of the people smiled—grimly, perhaps, but widely too. Nor were sports wanting, such as the colo nists had witnessed, and shared in, long ... ...mbol inspired. The whole gang of sailors, likewise, observing the press of spectators, and learning the purport of the scarlet letter, came and thrust... ...ted itself, or to imagine any other—that they remained silent and inactive spectators of the judgement which Providence seemed about to work. They beh... ...e than one account of what had been witnessed on the scaffold. Most of the spectators testified to having seen, on the breast of the unhappy minister,...

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...large family, it was natural to dream of other children and their ways and sports till they became almost realities. They took shape when my French ma... ... was chiefly visible in his love of easy chairs, and his dislike of active sports, which made him the especial companion of his sisters. A danger- ous... ...three flutes and the triangle, all at their loud- est, causing some of the spectators to start, and others to dance. Then behold the whole procession ... ...ry wreaths were seen; Beneath the venerable yew The stranger stood the sports to view, Unmarked by all, for each was bent On his own scheme of... ...reak the hair - How can this he the stripling gay, Erst, victor in the sports of May? Full twenty years of cheerful toil, 53 Yo n g e And lab... ...reat fear of Lord Rotherwood’s straying away to join in some of Reginald’s sports, and was grateful to the Irish book for keeping him out of mischief.... ...ch to his diversion, though rather to the discomfiture of the more prudent spectators, who might have wished it confined to themselves. ‘It has gone f...

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... the hearth, surrounded by as many daughters as could be spared from being spectators, as her youngest son was born off from her maternal arms by a be... ...man. Lady Merrifield only laughed, said she had been beguiled into wet day sports with the chil- dren, begged him to excuse her for a moment or two, a... ... people. But I do want the note taken, so go and come back in time for the sports; which I don’t think you will find much damaged.’ Meantime, Aunt Jan... ...curtains were drawn back, and a scene was presented which made some of the spectators start. Behind was the semblance of a wall marked with the joints... ...red out by her expedition that she hardly felt equal to presiding over any sports, and proposed that instead the young folk should dance. Gillian and ... ...’ The performance went off beautifully—at least so thought both actors and spectators. The dignity of the Bailli and the meddling of the drummer were ... ...arsals, but she was at a self-conscious age, and could not forget the four spectators. Very little was required of Dolores, but that little she did si... ...m, but they 213 Yo n g e were forlorn, being so much used to having their sports led by their two seniors that they hardly knew what to do with- out ...

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... as she often said to herself, not the one best calculated for the holiday sports of a boy of sixteen, yet Frederick, having been used to nothing else... ...atures, and she would willingly have been proud of his excellence in manly sports, but in lieu of this she was proud of the spirit which made him long... ...t brings her down to him.” “So it did,” said his mother, smiling; “but the spectators did not rejoice quite so heartily as you do. The general’s healt... ...ation of want of manliness, on account at once of his ignorance of country sports, and of his knowledge of accomplishments; but he did not guess at th... ...The only girl among so many boys, she had learnt to share in many of their sports, and one of the prime favourites was skating, a diversion which owes... ...ch scruples as these. Why, you said yourself that you forget all about the spectators when once you get into the spirit of the thing.” “And what is af... ...eatrice, “I do not think it would do to take another half-play for so many spectators, but a scene or two mostly in dumb show would make a very nice d... ...ons from the very first, how their love had grown up unconsciously, in the sports in the sunny fields, shady coombs, and green woods of their home: ho...

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...icure amply supplied. Fish of various sorts abounded in its river, and the sportsman had only to cast his line to haul in a bass or some other member ... ...to come forward. Latterly, I have observed that he takes no share in these sports, probably from a conviction of his own un- equalled skill.” “That’s ... ...ere sent out under old and vigilant officers, men who cared little for the sports of the day, to scour the forest; and one entire company held the for... ...ut apprehension, to the business of the morning. The spot selected for the sports was a sort of esplanade, a little west of the fort, and on the immed... ...ut the common men engaged in this strife, which had little to interest the spectators, among whom no officer had yet appeared. Most of the soldiers we... ... more particularly in a garrison. As soon as this important portion of the spectators had got into their places, Lundie gave orders for the trial of s... ... proceed on account of the evident impartiality with which the laws of the sports were administered. “Now, Master Eau-douce, comes your turn,” said Mu... ...so profound and general, that, the in- stant he made this declaration, the spectators began to distrust their own opinions, and a dozen rushed to the ... ... remained in view on her larboard beam, the fort and the groups of anxious spectators on its rampart were swallowed up in the mist. Then followed the ...

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... it, he alleges an inscription upon one of the copper quoits used in those sports, upon which the name of Lycurgus continued uneffaced to his time. Bu... ...e of a ready and perfect obedience. The old men, too, were 86 V olume One spectators of their performances, and often raised quarrels and disputes am... ...ists; and when he had with much to-do thrown his an- tagonist, some of the spectators saying to him, “And now, Sir Lacedaemonian, what are you the bet... ... soil, bringing up of children, and worship of the gods. Festival days and sports, and the secure and peaceful interchange of friendly visits and hosp... ...association, as also his exact regulations for their meals, exercises, and sports, argue Numa no more than an ordinary lawgiver. Numa left the whole m... ...dmi- ration free from envy or offense (as some suggest) on the part of the spectators; it would not otherwise have been con- tinued with so much eager... ... or the man that threw it, or the masters of the games who appointed these sports, were, according to the strictest and best reason, to be accounted t... ... long labor and pains in learning, his deliberation in en- tering into the sports of other children, his easy submission to everybody, as if he had no... ... in all other parts of the city where they could best behold the show. The spectators were clad in white garments; all the temples were open, and full...

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...ons, formed a marked exception to those who com- posed the latter class of spectators, being neither idle, nor seem- ingly very ignorant. The person o... ...d men. Batteries were already thrown up in their front, and even while the spectators above them were looking down, with such different emotions, on a... ...ighboring hills, with the restless curiosity of their nation. To all these sports and pursuits, those of the enemy who watched the besieged, and the b... ...e, 151 James Fenimore Cooper however, merely the idle though sympathizing spectators. Here and there a picket had, indeed, raised a song, or mingled ... ...nger. The effect of his indifference began to extend it- self to the other spectators; and a youngster, who was just quitting the condition of a boy t... ...y to proceed through a crooked and narrow path. The boys had resumed their sports in the clearing, and were enacting a mimic chase to the post among t... ... fires, stalking from lodge to lodge. But the children had abandoned their sports for their beds of skins, and the quiet of night was already beginnin... ...find it to their deaths.” Then, throwing their pieces to a low trail, like sportsmen in readiness for their game, they dashed forward, and were soon b... ...y fell from the lips of the consulting war- riors. The boys deserted their sports, and walking fearlessly among their fathers, looked up in curious ad...

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...ato ordains that old men should be present at the exer- cises, dances, and sports of young people, that they may re- joice in others for the activity ... ...s arms, horses, spears, clubs, tennis, swimming, and races; and of all the sports leave to us old men cards and dice.”—Cicero, De Senec., c. 16.] the ... ...— Horace, Sat., i. I, 24.] They who banish serious imaginations from their sports, do, says one, like him who dares not adore the statue of a saint, i... ...f seeing it finished before I die. Moreover, it seems to subjects, who are spectators of these triumphs, that their own riches are exposed before them... ...r, cum venit Hermogenes.” [“The curtains, though the sun should scorch the spectators, are drawn in, when Hermogenes appears.”-Martial, xii. 29, 15. M... ...tious affectation of constancy, no talk of their future condition; amongst sports, feastings, wit, and mirth, common and indifferent discourses, music... ...ons so simple and ridiculous that— nothing could hardly be so gross in the sports of little chil- dren. Yet had fortune never so little favoured the d... ...do: they sustain a public life, and have to satisfy the opinion of so many spectators, that, as those about them conceal from them whatever should div...