Citizens took the view that a lawman was expected to risk his life on the odd occasion anyway, but this fighting fury of a man risked it regularly over a period of half a century.

It took me a moment to realize what was odd about that panel: there was a gimbaled compass welded to it, which rocked gently back and forth as the Land Rover bounced about.

And I was to go to work on that odd matter.

It seems to me now, in a long backward glance, that many of the Hetman's conceits and odd actions -- together with his grim posture when brandishing the hatchet in the name of Mr. Hearst -- were keyed with the tragedy which was to close over him one day.

By odd coincidence, on the evening of her return Shelley chose to read Parisina, which was the latest of the titled poet's successes.

His unconcerned stroll down the side of the house to a pear tree, with crowds already gathering in front of the building and Sawyer guarding the side door, was odd.

It was an odd combination a strange pair to stumble upon the wreck of the Trinidad.

Instead of linking the nine numbers of this diagram with the traditional Nine Provinces, as was usually done, this equated the odd, Yang numbers with mountains ( firm and resistant, hence Yang ) and the even numbers with rivers ( sinuous and yielding, hence Yin ) ; ;

One of the cookbooks that proliferated in the colonies was The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy written by Hannah Glasse, wrote of disdain for the French style of cookery, stating “ the blind folly of this age that would rather be imposed on by a French booby, than give encouragement to a good English cook !” Of the French recipes, she does add to the text she speaks out flagrantly against the dishes as she “… think it an odd jumble of trash .” Reinforcing the anti-French sentiment was the French and Indian War from 1754-1764.

In early 1964, Benny and Christina joined a group with the odd name " Elverkets Spelmanslag " (" The Electricity Board Folk Music Group "), who by no means was a folk music ensemble: the name was a punning reference to their electric instruments.

The choice of a Tory publication was regarded as odd by Disraeli's friends and relatives, who thought him more of a Radical.

The program was usually broadcast by independent stations — often at odd hours.

The first case was done by the Gorenstein – Walter theorem which showed that the only simple groups are isomorphic to L < sub > 2 </ sub >( q ) for q odd or A < sub > 7 </ sub >, the second and third cases were done by the Alperin – Brauer – Gorenstein theorem which implies that the only simple groups are isomorphic to L < sub > 3 </ sub >( q ) or U < sub > 3 </ sub >( q ) for q odd or M < sub > 11 </ sub >, and the last case was done by Lyons who showed that U < sub > 3 </ sub >( 4 ) is the only simple possibility.

This is the problem of groups with a strongly p-embedded 2-local subgroup with p odd, which was handled by Aschbacher.

This was handled by the Gilman-Griess theorem, with 3-elements replaced by p-elements for odd primes.

At MIT, Olsen and Anderson noticed something odd: students would line up for hours to get a turn to use the stripped-down TX-0, while largely ignoring a faster IBM machine that was also available.

He was prone to suspicion, displayed an odd, sometimes self-deprecating sense of humour, and often communicated in cryptic ways.

That year he was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Education Secretary Anthony Crosland, with whom Dewar later confessed to never really establishing a rapport, saying Crosland was a " very odd man ".

With public concern about drug addiction, depression and alcoholism among veterans, and " neurasthenia " among " highly-strung " Southern women, his medicinal concoction was advertised as being particularly beneficial for " ladies, and all those whose sedentary employment causes nervous prostration, irregularities of the stomach, bowels and kidneys, who require a nerve tonic and a pure, delightful diffusible stimulant.

While the Deltic engine was successful and very powerful for its size and weight, it was a highly-strung unit, requiring careful maintenance.

Alkan was an intelligent, lively, humorous and warm person ( all characteristics which feature strongly in his music ) whose only crime seems to have been having a vivid imagination, and whose occasional eccentricities ( mild when compared with the behaviour of other ' highly-strung ' artistes!

His mother, Anna Franziska, was a nervous, highly-strung woman who belonged to the well-known musical family of Sonnleithner.

A rival to the more common belief that Jesus Christ had two natures was monophysitism (" one nature "), the doctrine that Christ had only one nature.

The formal definition of ' two natures ' in Christ was understood by the critics of the council at the time, and is understood by many historians and theologians today, to side with western and Antiochene Christology and to diverge from the teaching of Cyril of Alexandria, who always stressed that Christ is ' one '.

Leo's letter, now known as Leo's Tome, confessed that Christ had two natures, and was not of or from two natures.

Nestorius argued that Mary was neither a " Mother of Man " nor " Mother of God " as these referred to Christ's two natures ; rather, Mary was the " Mother of Christ ".

The Council of Chalcedon, from the perspective of the Alexandrine Christology, has deviated from the approved Cyrillian terminology and declared that Christ was one hypostasis in two natures.

At other times it joined gods with very different natures, as when Amun, the god of hidden power, was linked with Ra, the god of the sun.

A rival to the more common belief that Jesus Christ had two natures was monophysitism (" one nature "), the doctrine that Christ had only one nature.

But by making an icon of Jesus, one is separating his human and divine natures, since only the human can be depicted ( separating the natures was considered nestorianism ), or else confusing the human and divine natures, considering them one ( union of the human and divine natures was considered monophysitism ).

The doctrine, which was informed by Nestorius's studies under Theodore of Mopsuestia at the School of Antioch, emphasizes the disunion between the human and divine natures of Jesus.

Nestorius was especially criticized by Cyril, Pope ( Patriarch ) of Alexandria, who argued that Nestorius ' teachings undermined the unity of Christ's divine and human natures at the Incarnation.

The Emperor was a convinced Miaphysite, following the teachings of Cyril of Alexandria and Severus of Antioch who taught " One Incarnate Nature of Christ " in an undivided union of the Divine and human natures, but his ecclesiastical policy was moderate ; he endeavoured to maintain the principle of the Henotikon of Zeno and the peace of the church.

Despite contrasting natures and size, the pair got on famously, was the first time a Tsar didn't have a mistress, and produced six children.

The Church of the East was associated with the doctrine of Nestorianism, advanced by Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople from 428 – 431, which emphasized the disunion between the human and divine natures of Jesus.

In 451 at the Council of Chalcedon, after Leo's Tome on the two natures of Christ was read out, the bishops participating in the Council cried out: " This is the faith of the fathers ... Peter has spoken thus through Leo ..."

The purpose of the condemnation was to make plain that the Imperial, Chalcedonian ( that is, recognizing the hypostatic union of Christ as two natures, one divine and one human, united in one person with neither confusion nor division ) Church was firmly opposed to all those who had either inspired or assisted Nestorius, the eponymous heresiarch of Nestorianism — the proposition that the Christ and Jesus were two separate persons loosely conjoined, somewhat akin to adoptionism, and that the Virgin Mary could not be called the Mother of God ( Gk.

Mrs. Williams was both sullen and frightened.

He was an indifferent, sullen student who showed no interest in after-school activities.

But in secret he forged an alliance of Germanic tribes that had traditionally been enemies ( the Cherusci, Marsi, Chatti, Bructeri, Chauci, Sicambri, and remaining elements of the Suebi, who had been defeated by Caesar in the Battle of Vosges ), but whom he was able to unite due to outrage over Varus ' tyrannous insolence and wanton cruelty to the conquered and who had hitherto submitted in sullen hatred to the Roman dominion.

Bossuet unbent as far as he could, but his genius was by no means fitted to enter into the feelings of a child ; and the dauphin was a cross, ungainly, sullen lad.

Her sullen mouth was full and rich -- her eyes smoldered.

The only green was the scum of livid weed on the dark greasy surfaces of the sullen waters.

Early on, he showed himself antagonistic to the court, to Roman Catholicism, and to the extension of the royal prerogative, and was coupled by Charles II with Denzil Holles as " stiff and sullen men ," who would not yield against their convictions to his solicitations.

Holles, who was honourably distinguished by Charles as a " stiff and sullen man ," and as one who would not yield to solicitation ; now became with Halifax and Shaftesbury a leader in the resistance to the domestic and foreign policy of the court.

It also developed a bit of a sullen reputation in the industry for not properly promoting many of its releases, thus earning the nickname " Neglektra " by many of its acts and was easily lagging behind its sister labels Warner Bros. Records and Atlantic Records.

Castillo was described by the boxing book The Ring: Boxing In The 20th Century as quiet and sullen, while Olivares was more of an outgoing partygoer, according to the book.

Highly gifted, he was frequently morose, sullen, and upon occasion, downright surly to his teammates ... He thought of himself, at the beginning, as the symbol of the Negro in his league.

I read the approaching fate of the Constitution in his sullen expression, in the imperfect manner in which the oath was administered, and in the strange and general appearance of hurry and concealment.

: The sullen wind was soon awake,

He managed to find his way out but was the only survivor of the ordeal, an event that left him bitter and sullen.

Sawchuk was ordered by Detroit general manager Jack Adams to lose weight before the 1951 – 1952 season, and his personality seemed to change when he dropped more than forty pounds, becoming sullen and withdrawn.

When the library opened, the main reading room on the first floor, 30 feet above the ground and 12 feet from all four boundaries, was noted for the pleasant contrast between the ' sullen roar ' of Manchester and the ' internal cloister quietude of Rylands '.

Among the sullen locals there was no doubt that the ships were preparing to depart.

Pullen was alternatively aggressive or sullen.

Jono was a member of the X-Men's junior team Generation X, although he was sullen and moody and had difficulty bonding with teammates.

She took photographs for some of the Pye record sleeves and was responsible for the sullen look affected by the band.

In the Record of Inquest held on September 19, 1921, his mother states that he became sullen, suspicious, and prone to outbursts after his injury and, two days later, he was committed to the state hospital for the mentally ill, Central Indiana Hospital, on September 21, 1921.