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usual and Lincoln
Like the cathedrals of Salisbury and Lincoln, it has two transepts crossing the nave, rather than the single transept usual on the Continent.
However, Sigmund Feist ( 1909 ) rejects the theory on etymological grounds, as does Albert Morley Sturtevant ( 1951 ) on the grounds of major difficulties, and their points have led Bruce Lincoln ( 1977 ) to comment that " there is no reason whatever to contend that nagl-does not have its usual meaning of " nail " and that Naglfar is anything other than the nail-ship, just as Snorri describes it.
He added that Washington and Lincoln transcend the usual categories, but that conservatives " may argue with some conviction that Washington and Lincoln can also be added to his list.

usual and had
Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.
She had touched her face, truly a noble and pure face, only with a lip salve which made her lips glisten but no redder than usual.
Born a Congregationalist, he had been baptized as a tiny baby in the usual manner by having a few drops of water sprinkled on his head, yet nowhere in the whole of the New Testament could he find a description of anybody being baptized by sprinkling.
She had stood at the bottom of the stairs, as usual, when Mrs. Coolidge came down, in the same dress that is now in the Smithsonian, to greet her guests.
The Acropolis had been scheduled for the treatment too, but apparently it was to take place at the time of the full moon when the Athenians themselves, out of respect for the natural beauty of the occasion, were wont to forgo their own usual nocturnal illumination.
If his circumspection in regard to Philip's sensibilities went so far that he even refused to grant a dispensation for the marriage of Amadee's daughter, Agnes, to the son of the dauphin of Vienne -- a truly peacemaking move according to thirteenth-century ideas, for Savoy and Dauphine were as usual fighting on opposite sides -- for fear that he might seem to be favoring the anti-French coalition, he would certainly never take the far more drastic step of ordering the return of Gascony to Edward, even though, as he admitted to the English ambassadors, he had been advised that the original cession was invalid.
But it had, as was usual in southern cities of this sort, a Black Bottom, a low region near the river where the Negroes lived -- servants and laborers huddled together in a region with no sewage save the river, where streets and sidewalks were neglected and where there was much poverty and crime.
set production ( excluding those destined for the export market ) also ran ahead in the early months, but was curtailed after the usual vacation shutdowns in the face of growing evidence that some of the early production plans had been overly optimistic.
We must build a corps of highly professional teachers of interior design who have had education, experience in the profession and are willing to take on the usual accompaniments of teaching -- minimal income and minimal status among their confreres.
`` Never mind '', Arlene had said, after the policeman had left, having pursued the usual unco-operative course of grownups.
It seems clear, when one takes into consideration the exceedingly defective eyesight of the patient ( we shall describe it in detail in connection with our second question, the one concerning the psychical blindness of the patient ), that he had to rely on his sense of touch much more than the usual portfolio-maker and that consequently that faculty was most probably more sensitive to shape and size than that of a person with normal vision.
He had displayed more of them than usual so that I could enjoy them.
She said she didn't know a thing -- Tim had left the house at six in the morning, as usual.
After the usual Honorable Sirs, it went on to say that there had been set off to the widow one full third part of the real estate of the deceased Salu Norberg, one lower room, on the Western side, privileges to the well and bake-oven and to one third of the cellar ( I can show you the cellar when we go up ), also one Cow Right, and lastly they set off to the widow her own land that she brought with her as dower, namely the Beech Pasture.
It was the same bar, and it was two weeks later -- Saturday night, when he had an excuse to drink heavier than usual.
He had been sitting in the usual corner at the little table, as far as possible from any talkative, friendly lushes.
Last month in Ghana an American missionary discovered when he came to pay his hotel bill that the usual rate had been doubled.
Back at the Factory-to-You with the other old maids, back there she was the youngest clerk and she was thirty-four, which made her young enough to resent the usual ideal working conditions, like the unventilated toilet with the door you had to hold shut while you sat down.
Part of it was being so tired -- I'd not only had my usual full day yesterday, but a dinner meeting as well, that kept me up late.
Shortly after, Freddy had his usual proliferation of bold ideas.
Thus, from the human body, the usual form assigned to the Deity, forasmuch as it is written that God created man in his own image, issue the two supporters, Nous and Logos, symbols of the inner sense and the quickening understanding, as typified by the serpents, for the same reason that had induced the old Greeks to assign this reptile for an attribute to Pallas.
When the work was finished, the river was turned back into its usual channel and the captives by whose hands the labor had been accomplished were put to death that none might learn their secret.
As usual in ancient democracies, one had to physically attend a gathering in order to vote.

usual and lost
According to Yoshiyuki Tomino, the animation was not up to his usual standards, the episode becoming a " lost episode " of sorts, never being dubbed.
For the measly sum of 3, 000 francs ( Pujol's usual fee being 20, 000 francs per show ), the Moulin Rouge lost their star attraction, who proceeded to set up his own travelling show called the Theatre Pompadour.
The author mainly expands upon details in Barrie's original play and novel, while changing a few key points-he ascribes James's strange colouring and yellow blood to a blood disorder ; James's long dark hair is natural, rather than the usual wig ; James is christened " Hook " after murdering the quartermaster of the Sea Witch, rather than in reference to his prosthetic hand ( in the original novel, Hook was known as " Hook " before he lost his hand, so this is consistent ).
Greene follows the usual ethos of Hellenistic romance, in which the return of a lost prince or princess restores order and provides a sense of closure that evokes Providence's control.
An almost complete print of the original trailer also survives at UCLA -- the first sixty seconds are lost, due to deterioration, but the sound survives complete as it was recorded on Vitaphone disks, rather than MGM's usual usage of Movietone.
When Leonid Brezhnev came to power in 1964, the usual leather footwear returned to shops, and rubber boots quickly lost their popularity, returning to their original role of utility footwear.
He received a Huguenot education and the usual training of a young noble of the time, but physical infirmity, and particularly an impediment of speech ( which he never lost ), hampered his progress, though he showed a marked partiality for history and geography, and especial admiration of the exploits of Alexander the Great and Caesar.
The government of South Africa was sympathetic and supportive of the Smith administration and continued trading as usual with Rhodesia ; additionally as trade was lost with Britain and America, export and import contracts were simply secured with other countries, rendering the sanctions ineffective.
* Final standings are calculated by usual volleyball criteria: number of wins, point ratio ( the total number of points won divided by the total number of points lost ), set ratio, direct confrontation.
According to Hansen, the show steadily lost advertisers, and as such, he had to restructure the distribution of the show from the usual barter system to a system in which stations pay a rights fee for the program ( though he apparently made exceptions in some major markets, such as WLUP in Chicago ).
The quarrel reached a climax when Mivart lost his usual composure over what should have been a minor incident.
In that circumstance, the defendant manufacturer or distributor may move to dismiss the case on the basis of spoliation ( instead of just having to rely on the plaintiff's usual burden of proof, the argument being that any testimony of plaintiff's witnesses would not overcome the spoliation inference born of the lost evidentiary value of the missing product itself ).
Depending on how important a certain phoneme is to a person's original accent, he might find speaking in a different accent to be much easier and his usual accent very difficult to consistently pronounce after some motor skills have been lost.
He received a two-year term instead of the usual six-year term for senators after he lost a lottery with the other Pennsylvania senator, Robert Morris.
There are the usual dangers associated with caverns: claustrophobia, occasional poor air circulation, and getting lost.
As a boy he was said to have shunned the usual games of childhood, prayed much, and lost no opportunity to assist at the Church services.
These terms and words, although receiving a usual meaning and being used in many branches of human sciences, have, according to René Guénon, lost substantially their original signification ( e. g. words such as " metaphysics ", " initiation ", " mysticism ", " personality ", " form ", " matter ").
In the new structure of the family, Vitale lost the underboss's usual role as a go-between for the boss, and Massino made it clear to Vitale his unpopularity was a factor in these changes.
The club lost many players to the First World War and the usual league programme was interrupted during 1914-1918.
The usual form of this agreement is that the solicitor will take a law case on the understanding that if lost, no payment is made.
The Liberals lost all but one ( with a smaller victory than usual for one of the strongest Liberal fortresses, Nelligan ), with the PQ winning two and the Action démocratique du Québec one.
Jeanette claimed to have lost her own virginity to the Devil at the age of thirteen ( the usual age, she said, was twelve ), and to have also had sexual intercourse with numerous others, including her first cousin ( then considered incestuous ).
One day, he was cooking oysters as usual, but lost track of time until he smelled a strong aroma.
The problem is compounded since, in the absence of an appropriate epinephrine response, the usual responses of glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis may also be lost or blunted.

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