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...to several of whom he was allied by birth, being of a distinguished Norman family. The ladies, in particular, were not disposed to scan too nicely the... ...y to find,” answered Gurth, who broke silence for the first time, “and the family of Cedric retire early to rest.” “T ush, tell not me, fellow,” said ... ... quarter we are but lost men. It is said he banished his only son from his family for lifting his eyes in the way of affection towards this beauty, wh... ...h was called the dais, was occu- pied only by the principal members of the family, and visi- tors of distinction. For this purpose, a table richly cov... ...idence as the favourite lady’s-maid usually answers the master of a modern family; “you would not wish her to sit down to the banquet in her hood and ... ...sed. The said Mr Allan being in company with the Laird of Bargany, (also a Kennedy,) was, by the Earl and his friends, enticed to leave the safeguard ...

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...&c. They have a parity of character, which makes them seem brothers of one family. I believe when the reader is led into this tract of reflection, if ... ...ge that they formed but 465 Pope one nation were but branches of the same family. Homer has ‘men of other tongues:’ and yet Homer had no general name... ...2, note. 165 Pray in deep silence. Rather: “use well-omened words;” or, as Kennedy has explained it, “Abstain from expressions un- suitable to the sol...

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...tevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Penns... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ................................... 57 4 Robert Louis Stevenson RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS by Robert Louis Stevenson INTRODUCTION THE SURNAME OF S... ...nson (co. Lanark) swore fealty to Ed- ward I in 1296, and the last of that family died after the Restoration. Stevensons of Hirdmanshiels, in Midlothi... .... Directions having been immediately given to the coxswain to apply to Mr. Kennedy at the workyard to procure the best surgical aid, the boat was sent... ... heaviest seas, an express boat arrived at the rock with a letter from Mr. Kennedy, of the workyard, stating that in consequence of the intended exped... ... joints of the walls with cement was intrusted to William Reid and William Kennedy, who stood upon a scaffold suspended over the walls in rather a fri... ... unloading her. – I remain, yours truly, Robert Stevenson. ‘To Mr. Lachlan Kennedy, Bell Rock Office, Arbroath.’ On despatching this letter to Mr. Ken... ...burgh to Leith. 152 Robert Louis Stevenson Alexander Davidson and William Kennedy, two careful masons, were also sent to take charge of the loading o...

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...ahead, you’ll take advantage of it before the opportunity passes. In short, you’ll be able to take crucial decisions regarding your career, marriage, family, relationships, and all other life’s issues. You will see among other things, why you mustn’t be seized by despair and pessimism when you are in a bad season – fearing that this season will never end. Winston Church...

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... 1842, 1859, 1875, and 1892 – every 16-17 years. Connecting now Beethoven, Verdi, Picasso, Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, Thatcher, Taylor, and Jackie Kennedy’s dates of seasonal alternations, we see that their seasons also alternated at a continuous row of dates, this: 1776, 1792, 1809, 1825, 1842, 1859, 1875, 1892, 1908, 1925, 1941, 1957, 1974, and 1990 – every 16-17 yea...

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...asso Chapter 4. Mikhail Gorbachev Chapter 5. The Dalai Lama of Tibet Chapter 6. Margaret Thatcher Chapter 7. Elizabeth Taylor Chapter 8. Jackie Kennedy Onassis Chapter 9. Christopher Columbus Chapter 10. Queen Elizabeth I of England Chapter 11. Napoleon I Chapter 12. Victor Hugo Chapter 13. August Rodin Chapter 14. Winston Churchill Chapter 15. Aristotle Onass...

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...s, but to me they are very special indeed. For me, the molds mean history, family history. From the early 1940s until the late 1960s, my maternal gran... ...e I came from. Even- tually, I will pass them on to my chil- dren, and the family history will con- tinue. Best of Freshman Writing 7 Adam Shaffer En... ...ly, and caring. He always puts others before himself by being there for my family, working full-time to provide for us, while unselfishly serving his ... ...rage to leave home to create a new and better life for himself, loving his family unconditionally, and pos- sessing an endless supply of knowledge. My... ...pos- sessing an endless supply of knowledge. My grandfather’s love for his family is as great as the love any one person is capable of having. He and ... ...w tht the week after the attacks was “TV’s most shin- ing moment since the Kennedy assas- sination—when America came to the TV set and held hands—and ...

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...nd the funeral. It was no surprise when many of his friends showed up. His family was grateful for everyone’s attendance at the service, but in a way ... ...reth. The fact remains it did happen. All I could think about was what his family was going through. As for all of his friends, I feel no sympathy. An... ..., it was a very interesting time. It was on my sixteenth birthday, and my family threw a party with fifty friends and family members, for me. Earlier... ...mbach 10 Best of Four O N D ECEMBER TWENTY-FOURTH, Christmas Eve, my family begins the holiday celebration by preparing for our holy dinner. ... ...the bread and shared it with his disciples. This is a custom, which in our family is centuries old. The bread is sometimes referred to as bread of Ang... ...ublicly, as FDR did, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself,” or as John Kennedy did, “Ask not what you can do for your country….” During the last e...

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...The notes one of my uncles (who had the same kind of curiosity in collecting family anecdotes) once put into my hands, furnished me with several parti... ...l particulars relating to our ancestors. From these notes I learned that the family had lived in the same village, Ecton, in Northamptonshire, for thr... ...bout thirty acres, aided by the smith’s business, which had continued in the family till his time, the eldest son being always bred to that business; ... ... fifty years since. There are many of his notes in the margins. This obscure family of ours was early in the Reformation, and continued Protestants th... ... thro’ New York, I had there shown my project to Mr. James Alexander and Mr. Kennedy, two gentlemen of great knowledge in public affairs, and, being f... ... accounted thirteen miles per hour. We had on board, as a passenger, Captain Kennedy, of the Navy, who contended that it was impossible, and that no s... ...etween the two captains, to be decided when there should be sufficient wind. Kennedy thereupon examin’d rigorously the log line, and, being satisfi’d ... ...uet, Lutwidge, said he believ’d she then went at the rate of thirteen knots, Kennedy made the experiment, and own’d his wager lost. The above fact I g... ...g as a cart wheel. It was midnight, and our captain fast asleep; but Captain Kennedy, jumping upon deck, and see ing the danger, ordered the ship to ...

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... Rooms Karyn Yarashas 7 M y older brother, Jim, is the first member in my family to go to college. He has since graduated and is employed at MCI, and... ...h and introduce myself. I joined the team and again became a part of a new family. I feel once I become a part of a team that team becomes my family. ... ...always get along but teammates put dif- ferences aside to win, just like a family would to keep peace among each other. The reason why I love football... ...ason why I love football so much, besides that it makes me a part of a new family and it teaches sportsman- ship, is that the sport allows me to be wi... ...ve a short break from my otherwise busy and some- times stressful work and family life. Bush Biking John O’Connor 23 T he only place that comes to m... ...ned their public leaders, persons such as President Roosevelt or President Kennedy, speaking. However, since the Reagan Presidency the level of public...

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...nsel Barbara A. Grewe Senior Counsel, Special Projects Elinore Flynn Hartz Family Liaison Leonard R. Hawley Professional Staff Member L. Christine Hea... ...stant Y oel T obin Counsel Emily Landis Walker Professional Staff Member & Family Liaison Garth W ermter Senior IT Consultant Serena B.Wille Counsel P... ...declared Flight 11 a hijacking and “think he’s [American 11] headed toward Kennedy [airport in New Y ork City].They’re moving every- body out of the w... ...series of calls from GTE airphones and cellular phones.These calls between family, friends, and colleagues took place until the end of the flight and ... ...At least ten passengers and two crew members shared vital information with family, friends, colleagues, or others on the ground.All understood the pla... ..., Ahmad Ajaj, who had been arrested by immigration authorities at John F . Kennedy International Airport in Sep- tember 1992 and charged with document... ...to pursue. The State Department retained primacy until the 1960s, when the Kennedy and Johnson administrations turned instead to Robert McNamara’s Def... ...har left Saudi Arabia to return to the United States, arriving at John F . Kennedy International Airport in New Y ork. Mihdhar gave THE ATTACK LOOMS 2... ...sh.Also, hijacking of American Flight 11 from Boston to LA, now enroute to Kennedy”). For the scrambling of jets not being discussed, see Ryan Gonsalv...

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...enhower.................301 Dwight D. Eisenhower.................309 John F. Kennedy........................314 Lyndon Baines Johnson..............318... ...d be settled by our own breth ren and children than by strangers of another family? With which should we be most likely to live in harmony and friend... ...angers and sustained severe trials with success. They consti tute one great family with a common interest. Experi ence has enlightened us on some qu... ...s was the subject of the mockery of all—or the banishment from his home, his family, and his country with or without an alleged cause, that it was the... ...s. Those of them which are destined to become members of our great political family are compensated by their rapid progress from infancy to manhood fo... ... prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole hu man family. In assuming responsibilities so vast I fervently in voke the aid... ...all. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 313 John F. Kennedy INAUGURAL ADDRESS FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1961 Heavy snow fell the ni... ...h of office on board Air Force One on November 22, 1963, the day Presi dent Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. The election of 1964 was a landslide ...

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...ith the D—cipher; there it was small and red, with the ducal arms of the S—family. Here, the address, to the Minister, diminutive and feminine; there ... ... of visiting foreign countries; and one day, without acquainting any of my family with my design, I packed up some bundles of such merchan- dise as wa... ...ers, and must cause them to modify the existing theory of petrification. — Kennedy. This account, at first discredited, has since been corrobo- rated ... ...t. A grain of silex is also a “rock.” **The Epidendron, Flos Aeris, of the family of the Orchideae, grows with merely the surface of its roots attache... ... Y ork, although both his parents, I believe, are of Presburg descent. The family is connected, in some way, with Maelzel, of Automaton-chess-player m... ...- ways excessive and habitual. I was aware, however, that his very ancient family had been noted, time out of mind, for a peculiar sensibility of temp...