Three days previously, we had steamed past barren Rennell Island in the distance.

Since Rhode Island at that time did not have such sanction, his opinion was not popular.

This town should not be confused with Pawtucket, just north of Providence, or Pawcatuck, Connecticut, on the Pawcatuck River, opposite Westerly, Rhode Island.

East Greenwich was one of the first Rhode Island towns to enter into contract agreement with the Rhode Island Development Council for planning services we could not provide for ourselves.

New York lay bleaching in the summer sun, and the morning fish hawk, flying in the heated air, saw below him the long triangular wedge of Manhattan Island.

On the east side of the island of Manhattan the indifferent hawk knew the East River that connected New York Bay with Long Island Sound.

On the western tip of Long Island protruded Brooklyn Heights.

On the shores north and south, the fishers and mooncursers -- smugglers -- lived along the churning Great South Bay and the narrow barrier of sand, Fire Island.

Below in the open bay facing Manhattan was Staten Island, gritty with clam shells and mud flats behind which nested farms, cattle barns, and berry thickets.

Along Wappinger Creek in Dutchess County, past the white church at Fishkill, past Verplanck's Point on the east bank of the Hudson, to the white salt-crusted roads of the Long Island Rockaways there was a watching and an activity of preparing for something explosive to happen.

It is difficult to pinpoint the time of origin of the state purchasing automobiles for use of employees in Rhode Island.

Taxation of tangible movable property in Rhode Island has been generally of a `` hands off '' nature due possibly to several reasons: ( 1 ) local assessors, in the main, are not well paid and have inadequate office staffs, ( 2 ) the numerous categories of this component of personal property make locating extremely difficult, and ( 3 ) the inexperience of the majority of assessors in evaluating this type of property.

These problems are not local to Rhode Island, but are recognized as common to all states.

Rhode Island law specifies that all real estate is taxable in the town in which it is situated.

This accounts for the wide variance in assessment practices of movable tangible property in the various municipalities in Rhode Island.

The resulting setup, it was declared, `` would be similar to that which is in successful operation in a number of metropolitan counties as large or larger than Rhode Island ''.

Practices in Rhode Island.

To determine the practice and attitude of municipal governments concerning tangible movable property, a questionnaire was sent to all local government assessors or boards of assessors in Rhode Island.

To summarize, it may be said that there is no one prevailing practice in Rhode Island with respect to the taxation of movable property, that assessors would like to see an improvement, and of those who have an opinion, that assessment by the town of location is preferred on the basis of their present knowledge.

Assessors in Rhode Island are charged not only with placing a valuation upon real and personal property, but they also have the responsibility to raise by a tax `` a sum not less than nor more than '' a specified amount as ordered by a city council or financial town meeting.

Through their professional organization, the Rhode Island Tax Officials Association the question of taxing boats long has been debated and discussed.

It has been estimated that the value of boats in Rhode Island waters is something in excess of fifty million dollars, excluding commercial boats.

Local industry's investment in Rhode Island was the big story in 1960's industrial development effort.

With minor exceptions, this expansion was instituted either by firms based in Rhode Island or out-of-state manufacturers already operating here.

One of the warriors suddenly leaped to his feet and began running across the valley to the trees that lined the small creek.

A small Indian dived at Montero, who caught him with a swift upward stroke of his rifle butt.

On a shelf in the office behind the counter was a small radio dialed permanently on a station which broadcast only vulgar commercials and cheap popular music.

The flat, hard cap was small, but he thrust it to the back of his head.

In a small grove against the river they halted, turning deep into the protection of the trees.

Here, she dropped the keys on a small table beside the door and went upstairs to her bedroom.

On her bureau lay a small, brass ornament of simple design and faded engraving -- an object which, Pamela believed now, had been the property of her great-grandfather, Major Hiram Munroe Culver.

And his relatively small hands and feet gave him an almost delicate appearance.

There was some idle talk, a listless discussion of this or that small happening during the day's drive.

The other five Slash-B men followed them inside, crowding the small room.

The small half-heartedly tended fields of men who'd spent more time rustling cattle than farming were lying fallow.

) Rumor had it he slipped two small rocks under each victim's head as a sort of trademark.

I'm sure you won't mind doing me a small favor ''.

Kneeling, Cobb planted a sturdy knee in the small of his back, holding him pinned.

The pilots' heads looked ridiculously small.

Eight aircraft in this small box.

On unoccupied roadway the bottle shattered into a small amber flash.

The bars were marked as Walter had marked them in a small black book kept in a nearly secret drawer.

He used the blanket for late morning naps when hosts of the night had gone off to jobs and proved reluctant to leave him in their small rooms with their few possessions.

Packing a small suitcase, informing her husband whom she found in Harry's Bar that she was taking a train to Germany to get away for a while, patting his arm, refusing a drink, getting on the train -- all this had only taken her two hours.

Mary Jane belonged to a world acquainted with small attractive hotels and pensions in all the major and minor cities.

In the small gallery used as the guests' dining room, Meredith sat down at his place and, as always, began teasing the young waitress.

Opening these he brought out a schnapps bottle and small gold thimble-sized glasses hidden inside it.

They finished the small bottle of Steinhager.

He cleansed his mouth with a small quantity.