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The building was dwarfed by the scene outside.
While five minutes ago the place had presented a scene of easy revelry, with Gyp Carmer a prominent figure, it was now as somnolent and dull as the day before payday.
Present at the scene -- in addition to the dead man, who was indeed Louis Thor -- had been Thor's partner Bill Blake, and Antony Rose, an advertising agency executive who handled the zing account.
Her heart, her maternal feeling, in fact her being was too busy expressing itself, as quietly thrilled by this sight of her Nicolas curled asleep under a blanket, in a park like a scene from Poussin.
The Congo, in whose cause he died, was the scene of one of his greatest triumphs.
Mostly the scene was crowded with mourners, such as the dramatic Dell'Arca Lamentation in Bologna, where the grief-stricken spectators had usurped Mary's last poignant moment.
Also important on the Brown & Sharpe scene, at the turn of the century, was Mr. Richmond Viall, Works Superintendent of the company from 1876 to 1910.
Never a `` quick study '', he now made no attempt to learn his `` lines '' and many a mile of film was wasted, many a scene -- sometimes involving as many as a thousand fellow thespians -- was taken thirty, forty, fifty times because Miss Poitrine's co-star and `` helpmate '' had never learned his part.
As I was playing Mother Cabrini, the picture was actually `` all mine '', with nearly every scene built around me.
Let us put to ourselves the hypothesis that we had not come on the scene and that the rabbit never was discovered.
Curiously, this scene is a close parallel to one that Verdi was writing at the same time, the scene between Amonasro and Aida.
At that moment Kipling was overwhelmed with awed amazement, suddenly recalling that these identical details of scene, action and word had occurred to him in a dream six weeks earlier.
Opera lovers will be interested to learn that this church was the scene for the first act of Tosca.
She started back for the house, saw a light in the office, opened the door and surprised a domestic little scene which was far outside the dark realm of murder or attempted murder.
And when he came to examine the scene, there was a certain staginess to it, it had the smell of planning, and a swift suspicion darted into his mind.
He could tell them his fears of being involved, he could explain what had happened in the old neighborhood and how Mae had misunderstood and how she had held it over him -- the scene was complete in his mind at the moment, even to his own jerkings and snivelings, and Ferguson's silent patience.
That battle scene, ridiculous as it was, remained in my mind.
But what would give a particular boom, it was the arrival on the music scene such as Hadj Brahim talented performers, said Khaled, Cheb Mami, Cheb Hasni, Faudel, Rachid Taha, Raina Rai, Reda Taliani, Cheb Anouar, Cheb Bilal, Cheb Abdou or even Cheba Djenet and Cheba Zahouania a.
* A scene in Professione: reporter, a film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, was filmed on the roof of the building.
A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s, Korner was instrumental in bringing together various English blues musicians.

scene and quiet
Along with the iconic main theme and effective support of the story line, the score also contains allusions to twentieth-century symphonic works, such as the reference to Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, second movement, in the tense quiet scene just before the shoot out.
The mission was a scene of quiet, humble and unobtrusive heroism and the Indians ' shelter.
In addition, they're designed to be quiet enough to not hamper sound recording of the scene being shot.
The very last scene was a quiet one between Kirk and Spock, where Spock treats his captain compassionately, telling him that " no other woman was ever offered the universe for love.
It is a genre painting showing a quiet domestic scene from the time, like most of de Hooch's works.
Phil Hastings and his family have just moved back to his hometown for some much needed peace and quiet from the Hollywood scene.
The band seemed quiet for a few years but stormed back on the scene with their 4 × platinum 1996 release, Bringing Down the Horse, which comprised such hits as " 6th Avenue Heartache " ( with Adam Duritz of Counting Crows ), " One Headlight ", " The Difference ," and " Three Marlenas.
However, the scene was considered in poor taste even by Manning's friends, who were also outraged that the quiet and faithful Lady Smart was associated with Manning's very different Lady Hooper.
This penultimate scene of the Admonitions Scroll shows a palace lady sitting in quiet contemplation, presumably following the admonitions in the accompanying lines: " Therefore I say: Be cautious and circumspect in all you do, and from this good fortune will arise.
" The next scene shows her relaxing in a bath in a quiet room.
Nixon had left the Ambassador with the lobby quiet ; he returned to a mob scene, and the candidate was soon surrounded by well-wishers congratulating him.
The director finally got the idea to soak the paper in water ; the 28th take of the " Viaduct " scene used soaked paper, and this take was quiet and kept.
Concerned that a roaring Leo the Lion ( the MGM mascot ) would create the wrong mood for the sensitive and sacred nativity scene, Wyler received permission to replace the traditional logo with one in which Leo the Lion is quiet.
This scene is intercut with scenes of the girlfriend tearfully mourning in a quiet field.
Critic Grace Dent has likened Dot and Jim to Coronation Streets Hilda and Stan Ogden, comparing a scene in EastEnders where Dot nags Jim and he prays for a quiet life to a similar one from Coronation Street, that aired decades before.
A brief scene with Amanda Waller and a woman identified as Doctor Reid suggests a connection between Project Cadmus and Hush, but Waller insists that they keep their knowledge of this Hush quiet.
In a shocking turn, after staying quiet in the music scene, Green Velvet revealed in 2006 he had become a born-again Christian after a serious overdose of a mixture of Magic Mushrooms, Marijuana and ( allegedly ) GHB, and promised to turn his life around after this incident.
Black Baltimore was quiet on April 5, despite rioting in nearby Washington, D. C .. One white student at UMBC reported a quiet scene, with noticeable sadness, but little violence or unrest: April 5, " in many cases, was just another day ".
Glen Buckie, now a quiet backwater on the south side of Balquhidder Glen was the scene of one of the last acts of the 1745 Jacobite rising.
After some time, tired of the quiet life in the countryside, he took off to Buenos Aires ( specifically to Hurlingham ), looking forward to join its underground music scene.
Our last suspect is Diego Sanchez, which we found that his yacht was the primary crime scene to kill Madison and he admitted that he killed Joshua to keep him quiet about something.
In 1999, the circuit held the FIA GT Championship again, after that the circuit went quiet on the international scene for 5 years.

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