With Rod on his way and Matilda visiting with Mrs. Jackson while they searched out familiar names on the face of the cliff, Harmony settled on the edge of the grub box, to ease the pressure of her swollen body on her bone-weary legs, and worried about all that might have happened to Sally.

The editorial concerned legislative proposals to ease the tax burden on DuPont stockholders, in connection with the United States Supreme Court ruling that DuPont must divest itself of its extensive General Motors stock holdings.

It should be kept in mind that the ease or difficulty with which a town or city can convert to the proposed plan is directly dependent upon the financial condition of that town or city.

Nuclear rockets can destroy airfields with ease.

These engines can be removed from a boat with relative ease, wherein lies their greatest advantage.

Fury and Caper worked in 2:35 and did it with ease.

This colt has done everything asked of him, and done it with ease.

Torrid Freight ( Torrid-Breeze On Hal ) is a very rugged, strong-made colt with a wonderful stride who has done with ease everything asked of him.

The Deerstalker points with the ease, speed and precision of a fine imported double shotgun, and its trigger pull is light and sharp.

By the time the child first attacks the actual problem of reading, he is completely familiar and at ease with all of the elements of words.

It seems likely, moreover, that with an increase in the rate of saving in mortgage lending institutions, interest rates on residential mortgages may move somewhat lower through the spring of next year, although the increased ease in residential mortgage lending may occur primarily in other terms than interest rate, e.g., easier downpayment and amortization terms.

Instead, the audience can sit back at ease and, from the perspective of an enlightened time which no longer believes in such things, enjoy the dead seriousness with which the characters in the play take the witches and devils which are under discussion.

Pleasure, fame and fortune, drowning your troubles with a drink, and `` living it up '' with the gang are like candy bars when you're hungry: they may ease your hunger temporarily, but they'll never take the place of a satisfying, mouth-watering steak.

He swept through the music with ease, in a non-sentimental and ultra-efficient manner.

The concerto's soloist, Hans Richter-Haaser, played with compensatory ease and economy, though without the consummate plasticity to which we had been treated on the previous evening by Herr Riefling.

Put to the service of lieder of Schubert, Brahms, Strauss and Wolf in a dramatical and musical way, it made its effect with ease and precision.

In the Middle East he solved the cases of Death on the Nile, and Murder in Mesopotamia with ease and even survived An Appointment with Death.

Agathon is portrayed by Plato as a handsome young man, well dressed, of polished manners, courted by the fashion, wealth and wisdom of Athens, and dispensing hospitality with ease and refinement.

Hogarth, for example, thinks that beauty consists of ( 1 ) fitness of the parts to some design ; ( 2 ) variety in as many ways as possible ; ( 3 ) uniformity, regularity or symmetry, which is only beautiful when it helps to preserve the character of fitness ; ( 4 ) simplicity or distinctness, which gives pleasure not in itself, but through its enabling the eye to enjoy variety with ease ; ( 5 ) intricacy, which provides employment for our active energies, leading the eye on " a wanton kind of chase "; and ( 6 ) quantity or magnitude, which draws our attention and produces admiration and awe.

The fact that judgments of beauty and judgments of truth both are influenced by processing fluency, which is the ease with which information can be processed, has been presented as an explanation for why beauty is sometimes equated with truth.

The sharp barbs penetrated with ease, but could not be pulled out.

There is every reason to recognize that in the very last years of his life, as we shall see, Thompson did take the drug in carefully rationed doses to ease the pains of his illness, but the exact date at which this began has never been determined.

An agreeable ease suffused Vernon and the passengers of the tallyho, from which there issued clouds of smoke.

Telstra deployed a CDMA network, which did not suffer this limitation, and while the AMPS network was closed down at the end of 1999 in the major cities, the closure deadline was extended until the end of 2000 in rural areas to ease the transition to CDMA.

This is recorded in the Qur ' an's second chapter ( Sura Al-Baqara ), Verse 280, which notes: " And if someone is in hardship, then let there be postponement until a time of ease.

The codex holds considerable practical advantages over other book formats, such as compactness, sturdiness, ease of reference ( a codex is random access, as opposed to a scroll, which is sequential access ), and especially economy of materials ; unlike the scroll, both recto and verso could be used for writing.

The ease with which electrons in the semiconductor can be excited from the valence band to the conduction band depends on the band gap between the bands.

Flash suppressors and muzzle brakes are common solutions to this problem, which may ease their acceptance.

The authors of the study interpreted this as being the result of the ease by which primary commodities may be extorted or captured compared to other forms of wealth, for example, it is easy to capture and control the output of a gold mine or oil field compared to a sector of garment manufacturing or hospitality services.

Preference was given to the Indubrasil breed, due to the ease of obtaining large herds at reasonable prices, which would have been difficult with Gir, Nelore or Guzerá.

Rogers, having relinquished his regular shield to Barnes, carried a variant of the energy shield which can be used with either arm, and used to either block attacks or as an improvised offensive weapon able to cut through metal with relative ease.

The relative ease of interfacing spawned a huge market of third party add-ons for the PDP-11, which made the machine even more useful.

The scientific name means " finger-like " and refers to the ease with which a flower of Digitalis purpurea can be fitted over a human fingertip.

In general, the Internet tends to provide more current coverage than print media, due to the ease with which material on the Internet can be updated.

Thus, Elizabeth was as at ease among the upper classes as she was among the fishing folk of the area also enjoyed good health, which she maintained throughout her life.

The common characteristics of his weapons are the simple, elegant engineering and their ruggedness and ease of maintenance in all operating conditions.

Rockets are generally of the solid fuel type for ease of maintenance and fast deployment, although some larger ballistic missiles use liquid fuel rockets.

3Com advertised " significant cost savings " due to the 3Station's ease of installation and low maintenance ( this would now be referred to under the banner of total cost of ownership ).

RRW designs could reduce uncertainties, ease maintenance demands, and enhance safety and security.

A periscope antenna facilitates increased terrain clearance without long transmission lines, while permitting the active equipment to be located at or near ground level for ease of maintenance.

As a normative term, it refers to ideologies or policies that promote this diversity or its institutionalisation ; in this sense, multiculturalism is a society “ at ease with the rich tapestry of human life and the desire amongst people to express their own identity in the manner they see fit .” Such ideologies or policies vary widely, including country to country, ranging from the advocacy of equal respect to the various cultures in a society, to a policy of promoting the maintenance of cultural diversity, to policies in which people of various ethnic and religious groups are addressed by the authorities as defined by the group they belong to.

The UAZ-469 was very similar in design to the original Jeep-a sturdy, but not-so-comfortable vehicle with the ability to overcome virtually any terrain, while also providing ease of maintenance.

VAZ 2108 Samara ( 3-door ) The Samara was to build on the success of the traditional Fiat 124-based range, by providing a car that combined a robust build and ease of maintenance with a modern style.

There is a large amount of space surrounding the frame, allowing ease of access and maintenance.

In 1929, the engine received removable cylinder heads to ease maintenance and braking was on all four wheels.

The rear suspension was redesigned for durability in police-duty applications and the rear shocks were moved outboard of the frame rails for better handling and ease of maintenance.

To ease maintenance and venting, cavities and cores are divided into pieces, called inserts, and sub-assemblies, also called inserts, blocks, or chase blocks.

The current sixty-foot-square sign, unveiled in March 2005 after a six-month restoration project, is illuminated by thousands of light-emitting diodes ( LEDs ); this means of illumination was chosen for its durability, energy efficiency, intensity, and ease of maintenance.

In many countries, armed forces recruits are given buzz cut styles when they enter training, originally to prevent the spread of lice, but now for ease of maintenance, cooling, and uniformity.

A typical expedition touring bike would be made of relatively heavy duty steel tubing, with 26 inch wheels, and componentry chosen for robustness and ease of maintenance.

In common with some other Soviet-era designs, it trades some accuracy for ruggedness, reliability, ease of maintenance, ease of use, and low manufacturing cost.

The wool should have a silky texture, high luster, with good guard hair for ease of maintenance.

A bolt action is most commonly used in both military and police roles due to its higher accuracy and ease of maintenance.

The streamlining was removed in 1947 for ease of maintenance.

The Sharper Image claimed that this test was a poor way to rate the Ionic Breeze, since it does not take into account other features, such as 24-hour a day continuous cleaning, ease of maintenance, and silent operation.

Buddhadev Dasgupta prefers a polished stainless steel fingerboard for the ease of maintenance while Amjad Ali Khan uses the conventional chrome or nickel-plated cast steel fingerboard.

It is wheeled, with six run-flat tires for the long-distance speed, mobility, and ease of maintenance that tracked vehicles lack.

These products are usually made from a combination of non-wood materials such as polymeric resins, fiberglass, stone, sand, and fly ash and are chosen for their durability, curb appeal, and ease of maintenance.