knowing that its ageless mass would always dwarf the short span of time allotted to any man.

In a short time the officer returned and Thomas followed on his heels.

He hung around New York, waiting to hear whether they would accept it for production and in that time came down to Asheville and also paid a short visit to Chapel Hill, where with almost childish delight he visited old friends and favorite campus spots.

The total operation was a construction project comparable in magnitude with the Panama Canal, but in 1917 time was in short supply ; ;

There was no time in the short Mexican encounter to evolve a solution but the area provided a proving ground for new departures in the near future.

Later, rising ninety, he was beset by publishers for the story of his life and miracles, as he put it, but, calling himself the Needy Knife-grinder, he had spent his time writing short articles and long letters and could not get even a small popular book done.

In my short period here I believe that at no time has he been otherwise than the most popular man on both sides of the aisle.

Sacrifice will have to be made in some cases, but it is to the municipality's advantage to finance the change-over for a short period of time rather than pay interest on tax anticipation notes indefinitely.

Miss Sally May Saabye, ( Miss Rhode Island 1960 ) says that within a short time -- on June 17th -- her reign will come to an end.

This agreement is considered very good for such short time intervals.

The need here is most clearly felt and our capacity to recruit and train qualified volunteers in a short period of time is greatest.

But during the last several years boats were launched in areas where, a short time ago, the only water to be found was in wells and watering troughs for livestock.

If the lever is pulled to clear a signal or move a switch, the tappet moves a short distance lengthwise at the same time.

In the relatively short time since these early observations, Venus has been observed at additional wave lengths in the range from 0.8 to 10.2 cm, and Jupiter has been observed over the wave-length range from 3.03 to 68 Aj.

unfortunately, no one has kept complete records of one individual, whereas many have been made for a very short period of time.

Over a relatively short period of time, usually about four to twelve weeks, the worker must be able to shift the focus, back and forth, between immediate external stressful exigencies ( `` precipitating stress '' ) and the key, emotionally relevant issues ( `` underlying problem '' ) which are, often in a dramatic preconscious breakthrough, reactivated by the crisis situation, and hence once again amenable to resolution.

In some programs, treatment is concentrated over a short period of time, while in others, after the initial contact is established, flexible spacing of interviews has been experimentally used with apparent success.

Somewhat to his surprise he found that one girl, whom he would never have considered for the job since she had appeared somewhat mousy and also had been in the office a relatively short time, did the most outstanding job of playing the role of receptionist, showing wit, sparkle, and aplomb.

Typically, the young child's emotional reactions last for a relatively short time, as contrasted to those of an adult.

As the child grows older, his emotional reactions lead to `` moods '', or emotional states drawn out over a period of time and expressed slowly, rather than in short, abrupt outbursts.

In spite of the relatively short period of time that we have experienced among you, we have already seen many indications of your character and spirit.

At the beginning of the school year, the new students don't eat the cereal right away, but within a short time they are eating it voraciously.

During the first few days of wearing the appliance and immediately following each adjustment, Susan may have a slight discomfort or soreness, but after a short time this will disappear.

So Mel Chandler set out to sell him on the spirit of Garryowen, just as he himself had been sold a short time before.

In the Middle East, Iraq, Syria and Egypt were, a short while ago, in the Western camp.

The most recent, the Cretaceous – Paleogene extinction event, which occurred approximately 65. 5 million years ago ( Ma ), was a large-scale mass extinction of animal and plant species in a geologically short period of time.

She applauded the foundation's efforts in eliminating cancer and said, " A few short years ago, a diagnosis of breast cancer left little hope of recovery.

However, this is not the first species of homininae: the first species of genus Homo, Homo habilis, are theorized to have evolved in East Africa at least 2 million years ago, and members of this species populated different parts of Africa in a relatively short time.

In short, unless the crime is deemed exceptionally heinous – for example, murder, to which the statute does not generally apply – social justice as enacted through law says that lesser crimes from long ago are best left alone so as not to detract attention from more serious crimes.

Synthetic elements are radioactive and decay rapidly into lighter elements — possessing half-lives so short, relative to the age of the Earth ( which formed 4. 54 billion years ago ), that any atoms of these elements that may have existed when the Earth formed have long since decayed.

According to current scientific theory, the cosmos began 13. 7 billion years ago short scale in the Big Bang.

This was uncharted territory just a short time ago.

Artemus, in an effort to avoid the Shearwater Project being tainted with violent death, seeks out and locates ex-governor Clinton Tyree, who vanished about 20 years ago after a short and unsuccessful ( but honest ) term of office and is said to be hiding out somewhere in the remaining wilderness of Florida.

Clermont-Ferrand is also famous for hosting one of the world's leading international festivals for short films, the Festival du Court Metrage de Clermont-Ferrand, as well as the corporate headquarters of Michelin, the global tyre company created more than 100 years ago in the city.

:" In short, without this exclusive franchise called the Windows API, we would have been dead a long time ago.

The first known settlement in the area was in the Mesolithic period, some 7, 000 years ago ; a cluster of pit dwellings and evidence of a flint-knapping industry from that period has been excavated a short distance to the east of the town.

The prodigious star formation began a short 5 million years ago and is in a region with a diameter of only 1, 000 light-years.

Poirot replies that the last time was 28 years ago, probably a reference to The Chocolate Box, a short story from Poirot's Early Cases.

What happened 10, 000 years ago in the fertile crescent was the raising of sea level at the end of the ice age over a relatively short period of time.

Johnny also kills a cockroach named Mr. Samsa after Gregor Samsa, the main character of Franz Kafka's short story, The Metamorphosis, with the belief that he had come back to life after Johnny had killed him some time ago ( despite Tess ' insistance that there " could be more than one cockroach " in his house ).

Robert E. Howard wrote a short story entitled " The Fire of Asshurbanipal " ( sic ), first published in the December 1936 issue of Weird Tales magazine, about an " accursed jewel belonging to a king of long ago, whom the Grecians called Sardanapalus and the Semitic peoples Asshurbanipal ".

During his short time there, Dick finds himself once again confronted with Two-Face, who years ago delivered Dick's greatest defeat.

: Your letter of yesterday is received & I hasten to answer as fully as I can -- Joseph Smith Jr first come to my notice in the year 1824 in the summer of that year I contracted with his father to build a fence on my property in the corse of that work I approach Joseph & ask how it is in a half day you put up what requires your father & 2 brothers a full day working together he says I have not been with out assistance but can not say more only you better find out the next day I take the older Smith by the arm & he says Joseph can see any thing he wishes by looking at a stone Joseph often sees Spirits here with great kettles of coin money it was Spirits who brought up rock because Joseph made no attempt on their money I latter dream I converse with spirits which let me count their money when I awake I have in my hand a dollar coin which I take for a sign Joseph describes what I seen in every particular says he the spirits are grieved so I through back the dollar in the fall of the year 1827 I hear Joseph found a gold bible I take Joseph aside & he says it is true I found it 4 years ago with my stone but only just got it because of the enchantment the old spirit come to me 3 times in the same dream & says dig up the gold but when I take it up the next morning the spirit transfigured himself from a white salamander in the bottom of the hole & struck me 3 times & held the treasure & would not let me have it because I lay it down to cover over the hole when the spirit says do not lay it down Joseph says when can I have it the spirit says one year from to day if you obay me look to the stone after a few days he looks the spirit says bring your brother Alvin Joseph says he is dead shall I bring what remains but the spirit is gone Joseph goes to get the gold bible but the spirit says you did not bring your brother you can not have it look to the stone Joseph looks but can not see who to bring the spirit says I tricked you again look to the stone Joseph looks & sees his wife on the 22d day of Sept 1827 they get the gold bible -- I give Joseph $ 50 to move him down to Pa Joseph says when you visit me I will give you a sign he gives me some hiroglyphics I take then to Utica Albany & New York in the last place Dr Mitchel gives me an introduction to Professor Anthon says he they are short hand Egyption the same what was used in ancient times bring me the old book & I will translate says I it is made of precious gold & is sealed from view says he I can not read a sealed book -- Joseph found some giant silver specticles with the plates he puts them in an old hat & in the darkness reads the words & in this way it is all translated & written down -- about the middle of June 1829 Joseph takes me together with Oliver Cowdery & David Whitmer to have a view of the plates our names are appended to the book of Mormon which I had printed with my own money -- space and time both prevent me from writing more at present if there is any thing further you wish to inquire I shall attend to it

The latter diverged from the mainland birds perhaps 300, 000 years ago, a very short time in evolution.

Since its eruption stopped about 100, 000-250, 000 years ago, the period of eruptive activity was short in time.

The short hundredweight is commonly used in USA in the sale of livestock and some cereal grains and oilseeds, paper, and concrete additives and on some commodities in futures exchanges A few decades ago, commodities weighed in terms of long hundredweight included cattle, cattle fodder, fertilizers, coal, some industrial chemicals, other industrial materials, and so on.

When Gotti Sr died in prison in 2002, his brother Peter took over as boss, allegedly alongside D ' Amico, but the family's fortunes have dwindled to a remarkable extent given their power a few short decades ago, when they were considered the most powerful criminal organization on earth.