his hospital and doctor bills had been large and his income had been cut until he was receiving little except small rentals on some properties he still owned.

Did he trouble to memorize the very small part which I had `` tailor-made '' to his specifications, a role eventually cut down to three short speeches??

There was a small, neon-lighted restaurant and cocktail lounge on the southeast corner of the intersection as he turned into the quiet, palm-lined street where most of the houses on both sides were older two-story mansions, now cut up into furnished rooms and housekeeping apartments.

They fasted or ate very little ; a statue of the god was made out of amaranth ( huautli ) seeds and honey, and at the end of the month, it was cut into small pieces so everybody could eat a little piece of the god.

* Beef & Broccoli-Flank steak cut into small pieces, stir-fried with broccoli, and covered in a dark sauce made with soy sauce and oyster sauce and thickened with cornstarch.

It cut taxes for fifteen million low-income families, made tax cuts available to 90 % of small businesses, and raised taxes on the wealthiest 1. 2 % of taxpayers.

In some films, knitted string spray-painted with a metallic paint is used instead of actual mail in order to cut down on cost ( an example being Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which was filmed on a very small budget ).

He had a small part in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, playing a ranting inmate during a prison riot ; his part was eventually cut, but can be seen on the Special Edition DVD.

Belgian journalist Jo Gérard has claimed that a family manuscript dated 1781 recounts that potatoes were deep-fried prior to 1680 in what was then the Spanish Netherlands and is now present-day Belgium, in the Meuse valley: " The inhabitants of Namur, Andenne, and Dinant, had the custom of fishing in the Meuse for small fish and frying, especially among the poor, but when the river was frozen and fishing became hazardous, they cut potatoes in the form of small fish and put them in a fryer like those here ".

A different explanation was provided by Desaguliers ( 1725 ), who demonstrated the strong cohesion forces between lead spheres of which a small cap is cut off and which were then brought into contact with each other.

In some regions, Eierkuchen are filled and then wrapped ; in others, they are cut into small pieces and arranged in a heap.

The two main classifications are stones cut as smooth, dome shaped stones called cabochons, and stones which are cut with a faceting machine by polishing small flat windows called facets at regular intervals at exact angles.

Although many gelatin desserts incorporate fruit, some fresh fruits contain proteolytic enzymes ; these enzymes cut the gelatin molecule into peptides ( protein fragments ) too small to form a firm gel.

Surgical interventions for IC / BPS include transurethral fulguration and resection of ulcers, using electricity / laser ; bladder denervation, where some of the nerves to the bladder are cut ( Modified Ingelman-Sundberg Procedure ); bladder augmentation ; bladder removal ( cystectomy ); electrical nerve stimulation, similar to TENS, where an electrical unit is implanted in the body and provides continuous or intermittent electrical pulses to the affected areas ( Interstim ); spinal cord stimulation ( SCS ), where an electrical unit is implanted that provides electrical stimulation to the spinal cord, interfering with pain reception to the brain ( ANS / Advanced Neuromodulation Systems spinal Cord Stimulator ); and the implantation of the intrathecal pain pump, where very small amounts of medication, like morphine sulfate, dilaudid, or baclofen are released into the cerebrospinal fluid via a catheter stemming from the small electrical pump, requiring only about 1 / 100 to 1 / 300 the amount of medication needed orally for the same therapeutic benefit, but with significantly fewer side effects.

* Linoleum knife: is a small knife that has a short, stiff blade with a curved point and a handle and is used to cut linoleum or other sheet materials.

However small the pieces, the block should be cut so that each person gets some of each kind.

A cut involving a very small number of cards, such as taking only the top card as a cut, is often acceptable.

Common dishes are: mashed potatoes, which are first boiled ( usually peeled ), and then mashed with milk or yogurt and butter ; whole baked potatoes ; boiled or steamed potatoes ; French-fried potatoes or chips ; cut into cubes and roasted ; scalloped, diced, or sliced and fried ( home fries ); grated into small thin strips and fried ( hash browns ); grated and formed into dumplings, Rösti or potato pancakes.

He proved that eventually the area is so small that any cut after the area is that small can only be chopping off three-dimensional spheres and not more complicated pieces.

A small hand cranked pasta machine designed to sheet fresh pasta dough and cut tagliatelle.

And if I have gone into so much detail about so small a work, that is because it is also so typical a work, representing the germinal form of a conflict which remains essential in Mann's writing: the crude sketch of Piepsam contains, in its critical, destructive and self-destructive tendencies, much that is enlarged and illuminated in the figures of, for instance, Naphta and Leverkuhn.

The party is usually in a room small enough so that all guests are within sight and hearing of one another.

Even the officer in charge, be it a captain ( for small display ) or a general, is restrained by monitoring.

To perpetuate wealth control led by small groups of individuals who played no role in its creation prevents those with real initiative from coming to the fore, and is basically anti-democratic.

In this domain the simple fact of coexistence in the same local, national, and world community is enough to guarantee that we cannot refrain from having some effect, large or small, upon Gentile-Jewish relations.

I assume that the number of readers of this anthology who regard themselves as morally perfect is small, and that most readers are willing to consider procedures by which they may gain more insight into themselves and better understanding of others.

In a small way this is illustrated by the nineteenth-century novelist who argued for the powerful influence of literature as a teacher of society and who illustrated this with the way a girl learned to meet her lover, how to behave, how to think about this new experience, how to exercise restraint.

The Walnut Trees Of Altenburg is composed in the form of a triptych, with the two small side panels framing and enclosing the main central episode of the novel.

Starting with small stations not members of the National Association of Broadcasters, the firm apparently is seeking to break down the anti-liquor barriers in major-market stations.

The brush moves up and down and is small enough to clean every dental surface, including the back of the teeth.

The unit consists of a small motor that goes on as soon as it is plugged in.

In addition, it is small enough to get into crevices, jacket and crown margins, malposed anteriors, and the back teeth.

Since appeals to morality, to humanity, and to sanity have had such small effect, perhaps our last recourse is the deterrent example.

Our complaint is that in many crucial areas the Kennedy programs are not too large but too small, most seriously in regard to the conventional arms build-up and in aid and welfare measures.

The fact that China ( which is obsessed by Formosa -- to Khrushchev a very small matter ) should be supported by North Korea and North Vietnam is highly indicative.

I have observed that being up on a horse changes the whole character of a man, and when a very small man is up on a saddle, he'd like as not prefer to eat his meals there.

To Abel: `` I am afraid there is not much to amuse small children here.

The property sales assistance program is designed to assist small business concerns that may wish to buy property offered for sale by the Federal Government.

When suitable equipment is located by the SBA representative, the small business concern is contacted and advised on when, where, and how to bid on such property.

It is kept in each Regional office for the small firms within the region.

Purpose of this inventory is to include all eligible productive facilities in SBA's facilities register so that the small business concerns may have an opportunity to avail themselves of the services authorized by the Congress in establishing the Small Business Administration.