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matter and fact
And, as a matter of fact, Nicolas had slept in the park only part of one night, when he discovered that Munich's early mornings even in summer are laden with dew.
`` Well, as a matter of fact, I've looked through back-issue files of New York papers for December, 1957, and haven't found a great deal '' --
That unused room was large enough for -- well, say an elephant could get into it and, as a matter of fact, an elephant did.
`` Well, I might not get that far '', I told them, `` as actually I have no papers to enter Germany and, as a matter of fact, no permit to return to France once I leave ''.
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.
As a matter of fact you could probably find a new home development in every populated county in the country with three-bedroom ranch style cottages in the $14,000 range.
Since the writer had not noticed this characteristic in married students scattered throughout the various sections previous to this experiment, nor, as a matter of fact, in those who were continuing in `` single sections '', he can only conclude that there must have been something `` contagious '' within the specific group which caused this to occur.
As a matter of fact, we prize the diversity among our own people so much that we will not presume to speak for all other American artists.
One of these is the fact that the knife employed, no matter how well sharpened, will have a slightly rounded cutting edge.
The joint investigations of linguistics and psychiatry have established, in point of fact, that no matter what the subject of conversation is or what words are involved, it is impossible for people to talk at all without telling over and over again what sort of people they are and how they relate to the rest of the world.
As `` a matter of fact no such complete solution of the dream has ever been accomplished in any case,, and what is more, every one attempting such solution has found that in most cases there have remained a great many components of the dream the source of which he has been unable to explain nor is the discussion closed on the subject of the mantic or prophetic power of dreams ''.
whereas, it is a matter of fact that Smith cannot drive a car.
As a matter of fact, the incorrect classification, the result of many weeks of labor by Dr. Hilprecht, was about to be published by him the following day.
As a matter of fact, Fogg and his plane didn't get beyond Pennsylvania in the race -- an engine oil leak forced him down -- but the flying service and school he started subsequently were first steps in paying off his wry-faced backers.
Not all, as a matter of fact, consider themselves `` mediums '' in the sense of receiving messages from the deceased.
`` All too frequently '', points out James O'Gara, managing editor of Commonweal, `` Catholics run roughshod over Protestant sensibilities in this matter, by failure to consider the reasoning behind the Protestant position and, particularly, by their jibes at the fact that Protestant opinion on birth control has changed in recent decades ''.
As a matter of fact, Albert S. Flint expressed his conviction that `` her physical strength, her mental power, her lively interest in all objects about her and her readiness to serve her fellow beings '' would have led her `` to a distinguished career amongst the noted women of this country ''.
Miss Upton and Miss Packard, as a matter of fact, had many tastes in common.
As a matter of fact, he wouldn't have cared at all if the guy had been hit.
His sense of urgency in this matter stems from the fact that court cases and juvenile arrests have more than doubled since 1948, each year showing an increase in offenders.
There is however no point in speculating about such a possibility: the fact of the matter is that our institutions of higher learning owe their existence to a spirit not unlike that which produces the `` family business ''.
As a matter of fact, this latter approach has already been tried, and with pleasing results.
::" When it is asked, What is the nature of all our reasonings concerning matter of fact?
No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence?

matter and happened
No matter what had happened or hadn't happened, somebody had to see about dinner.
What exactly happened during and after the battle is a matter of some controversy, but the immediate outcome was that Jumonville was injured in the initial attack and then was killed-whether tomahawked by Tanacharison in cold blood or somehow shot by another onlooker with a musket as the injured man sat with Washington is not completely clear.
They dispatched soldiers and what happened next could only be described as a “ bloodbath .” At least nine hundred Indians were killed and it did not matter whether they were women, children or men.
She explained what happened and after exacting an oath of vengeance: " Pledge me your solemn word that the adulterer shall not go unpunished ," while they were discussing the matter drew the poignard and stabbed herself, again in the heart.
Chomsky also states that since the concept of matter may be affected by new scientific discoveries, as has happened in the past, scientific materialists are being dogmatic in assuming the opposite.
What happened to the remaining hostages is still a matter of dispute.
In contrast, the novels of Scott's contemporary Jane Austen, once appreciated only by the discerning few ( including, as it happened, Sir Walter Scott himself ) rose steadily in critical esteem, though Austen, as a female writer, was still faulted for her narrow (" feminine ") choice of subject matter, which, unlike Scott, avoided the grand historical themes traditionally viewed as masculine.
' Alvin wants to make peace with Lyle and is emphatic that whatever happened ten years ago does not matter anymore.
What happened next is a matter of some controversy.
Uncertain what had happened but not considering the matter particularly urgent, the team at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, led by Ray Klebesadel, filed the data away for investigation.
The nature of these frames is to downplay or eliminate uncertainty, so when economic and scientific promise are focused on early in the issue cycle, as has happened with coverage of plant biotechnology and nanotechnology in the United States, the matter in question seems more definitive and certain.
Some scholars argue that a counterfactual is not as much a matter of what happened in the past but it is the disagreement about which past events were most significant.
The subject matter and the characters described events that happened a thousand years before Medieval times.
The repeated phrase " it's gonna be alright " in " Revolution " came directly from Lennon's Transcendental Meditation experiences in India, conveying the idea that God would take care of the human race no matter what happened politically.
Coke, speaking for the judges, argued that ecclesiastical courts only had jurisdiction as long as no temporal matters were involved ; once this happened, it became a matter for the common law courts.
Looking back at the early stages of his career, Black recalled: "' At one point, I knew I crossed this line out of obscurity and I felt like no matter what happened from that point on I would always be remembered for " Killin ' Time.
Although the extent to which this right existed is a matter still in dispute, " historical documents suggest that something similar might have happened.
Prospector declared Yurika the winner, because she had proven that no matter what happened, she would never let Ruri go.
What happened then is a matter of controversy: police witnesses later claimed Bentley shouted the words " Let him have it, Chris " to Craig.
The first Fire Chief was Andrew D. Macauley and the Assistant Chief was Augustus F. " Gus " Friend who also happened to be one of the town constables and was known by many for breaking up brawls no matter its size and his only weapons were his fists.
This matter never happened before in the history of the Popes of Alexandria or the world, or even among the monks.
" Years later Madden wrote, " No matter how many times I watch the films of the ' immaculate reception ' play, I never know for sure what happened.
The upset or weak showing by a front-runner changes the calculus of national politics in a matter of hours, as happened in 1952 ( D ), 1968 ( D ), 1980 ( R ), and 2008 ( D ).

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