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for and private
The ideal home, they agreed, would be a small private house or a city apartment of four to five rooms, just enough for a family consisting of husband, wife, and two children.
As capitalism in the 20th century has become increasingly dependent upon force and violence for its survival, the private detective is placed in a serious dilemma.
At the national and international level, then, what is the highest kind of morality for the private citizen represents an instance of political immorality.
He was then asked for a solution of the difficulty, and began to talk trenchant sense, though private anguish showed through in the vehemence of his manner.
A lady, you made clear to me both by precept and example, never raised her voice or slumped in her chair, never failed in social tact ( in heaven, for instance, would not mention St. John the Baptist's head ), never pouted or withdrew or scandalized in company, never reminded others of her physical presence by unseemly sound or gesture, never indulged in public scenes or private confidences, never spoke of money save in terms of alleviating suffering, never gossiped or maligned, never stressed but always minimized the hopelessness of anything from sin to death itself.
Hearst hopped into a private railroad car with Max Ihmsen and made an arduous personal canvass for delegates in the western and southern states, always wearing a frock coat, listening intently to local politicians, and generally making a good impression.
Fulton was a very close friend of Jackson, and had been his private secretary for a number of years in the old days.
In the eighteenth century there emerges for the first time the notion of a private tragedy ( or nearly for the first time, there having been a small number of Elizabethan domestic tragedies such as the famous Arden Of Feversham ).
Speaking in terms of sociological stereotype, the `` private eye '' might appeal to the poet in search of a myth for many reasons.
Obviously, the `` private eye '' can have no more appeal for Patchen.
If in a town of 2,000 private homes, half of them have shelters, the need for the community shelters will be reduced to that extent.
Rousseau had to admit that though he couldn't agree to a public performance, he would indeed, just for his own private satisfaction, dearly love to know how his work would sound when done by professional musicians and by trained voices.
But he recalled that Rameau had once had a private performance of his opera Armide, behind closed doors, just for himself alone.
He could no longer build anything, whether a private residence in his Pennsylvania county or a church in Brazil, without it being obvious that he had done it, and while here and there he was taken to task for again developing the same airy technique, they were such fanciful and sometimes even playful buildings that the public felt assured by its sense of recognition after a time, a quality of authentic uniqueness about them, which, once established by an artist as his private vision, is no longer disputable as to its other values.
and ( C ) to finance, for not more than three years beyond the end of said period, such activities as are required to correlate, coordinate, and round out the results of studies and research undertaken pursuant to this Act: Provided, That funds available in any one year for research and development may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State to assure that such activities are consistent with the foreign policy objectives of the United States, be expended in cooperation with public or private agencies in foreign countries in the development of processes useful to the program in the United States: And provided further, That every such contract or agreement made with any public or private agency in a foreign country shall contain provisions effective to insure that the results or information developed in connection therewith shall be available without cost to the United States for the use of the United States throughout the world and for the use of the general public within the United States.
The senior policy officer may be moved to think hard about a problem by any of an infinite variety of stimuli: an idea in his own head, the suggestions of a colleague, a question from the Secretary or the President, a proposal by another department, a communication from a foreign government or an American ambassador abroad, the filing of an item for the agenda of the United Nations or of any other of dozens of international bodies, a news item read at the breakfast table, a question to the President or the Secretary at a news conference, a speech by a Senator or Congressman, an article in a periodical, a resolution from a national organization, a request for assistance from some private American interests abroad, et cetera, ad infinitum.

for and monies
He supported the emancipation of the farmers, and participated in the collection of monies for the Freedom Monument ( Frihedsstøtten ) in 1792.
The same year, Malory was elected to Parliament, serving at Westminster as knight of the shire for Warwickshire for the rest of 1443, and being appointed to a Royal Commission charged with the distribution of monies to impoverished towns in Warwickshire.
For example, if a trustee does not properly invest trust monies to expand the trust fund, he or she may be liable for the difference.
After his death Sixtus IV and a selected group of cardinals inspected the treasure laid up against expenditures against the Turks: they found 54 silver shells filled with pearls, to a value of 300, 000 ducats, jewels and gold intended for refashioning, worth another 300, 000 ducats, and a magnificent diamond worth 7, 000 ducats, which was sent to Cardinal d ' Estouteville to cover monies he had advanced to the pontiff.
The business it would be involved in on behalf of the federal government — a depository for collected taxes, making short term loans to the government to cover real or potential temporary income gaps, serving as a holding site for both incoming and outgoing monies — was considered highly important but still secondary in nature.
The subject of the quarrel is Bolingbroke's accusation that Mowbray had squandered monies given to him by Richard for the King's soldiers.
The Department has been the subject of disputes over proper accounting for Indian Trusts set up to track the income and pay-out of monies that are generated by trust and restricted Native American lands, which the government leased for fees to oil, timber, minerals and other companies.
The negotiations floundered, however, over the Pope's concerns over whether Charles IV would actually use any monies raised for a crusade for actual crusading, or whether they would be frittered away on the more general activities of the French crown.
Efforts by the southern communities from the late 18th century to build a number of relatively expensive construction projects along the coastline, such as a new road from Stonington Borough to Mystic and a bridge over Lambert ’ s Cove, at first led residents of the northern end of the town to oppose budgeting monies for these projects, and eventually caused the northerners to secede and form their own town.
The clerk-treasurer is the fiscal officer of the town responsible for signing drafts and claims, dispersing monies on the order of the town council, maintains records, record minutes of meetings, administer oaths, and serves as a tie-breaker in votes of the town council.
These four are in current use, and the Town holds monies for their maintenance.
They also cite the Association's application to the State of New Jersey for monies under the state's Green Acres Program, which encourages the use of private property for public recreation and provides a $ 500, 000 annual property tax exemption.
After acquiring from Merton College, Oxford on part of Holywell Great Meadow for £ 57, 690, monies were sought from the University Grants Committee who also agreed to supply £ 250, 000 towards the building, and additional funds up to £ 400, 000 for all facilities.
While federal funds had been allocated to help in relocating businesses from the floodplain, no additional federal monies were provided for the solar heating initiative.
None of the monies that Kościuszko had earmarked for the manumission and education of African Americans in the United States was ever used for that purpose.
Constantine, hoping to diffuse the unrest, gifted monies to the " catholic " bishop Caecilian as payment for church buildings that had been damaged or confiscated during the prior period of persecution.
With the help of their brother Markus in Rome Ulrich and his brother George handled remittances to the papal court of monies for the sale of indulgences and the procuring of church benefices.

for and they
Hell, they were fightin' each other so hard they had no time for anyone else.
More of an agricultural nation, they have relied on their warriors only for defense and for survival in the endless wars of the plains.
A red-tailed hawk flew in behind them and stayed there, watching for any snakes or rabbits that they might stir up from the side of the road.
It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.
Seeing them waiting there at the foot of Emigrant Rock was so overwhelming that, for a good minute after they rounded the bend and started down the grade leading toward them, Matilda could not speak at all.
Only, they carefully substituted old country folk dances for the Virginia Reels and square dances that were so popular among more worldly trains in the great westward migration.
And she really tried to go a step further and say she hoped they'd be just as right as they now were for her and for Rod.
No sooner were they through and the guards posted, than the whole camp turned in for a night of sound sleep.
Climbing the steps steadily, they reached the top and headed for the door.
If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;
Perhaps her eyes were larger and more of a summer blue for all they had seen and wept that day.
It was spoiled now for seed, and it would sour and mold in three days if they failed to find a place and fuel to dry it.
Indeed, you wouldn't live long, for the females either drive the men they've seized from neighboring islands back to their boats after exploiting them for amatory purposes, or they destroy them by revolting but ingenious methods.
The Nazis knew this, of course, and while their chief quarry was the industrial centers, they let a few drop every time they went over, hoping for a lucky hit.
And while he was ever alert for game, and most particularly a tiger, Penny marvelled at the Eden they were traversing.
The marine was alone, for they were impatient people and by now would have vied to knock him from the tree.
Then they were tumbling again, and the big man reached into the same pocket he had gone for earlier, and came up with a vicious switchblade.
As for states' rights, they have never counted in the thinking of my liberal friends except as irritations of a minor and immoral nature which exist now only as anachronisms.
Occasionally, for no reason that I could see, they would suddenly alter the angle of their trot.
For ten minutes they ran beneath the squall, raising their arms and, for the first time, shouting and capering.

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