Conchita kept an eye on the twins and little Elena, trying to keep them from falling into the creek by which they persisted in playing.

Conchita nagged at the younger children, attempting without success to keep her thoughts off Tom Brannon.

He'd been in an angry mood: Conchita had thought his face almost ugly with the anger in him.

Even as she called to the children, Conchita let her gaze seek Tom Brannon.

* 1895 – Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer ( d. 1936 )

* 2005 – A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U. S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.

* Richard III ( 2008 ): Elizabeth was played by María Conchita Alonso.

The document of Conchita Carpio-Morales ruled: " In sum, the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process committed grave abuse of discretion when he failed to carry out the pertinent consultation process.

Ranked ninth, Davenport defeated tenth ranked Gabriela Sabatini, before losing to third ranked Conchita Martínez, who went on to win the tournament.

On clay, Davenport won the Strasbourg tournament and reached the French Open quarterfinals, losing to Conchita Martínez.

* Montez was last interpretation of Conchita Montenegro in the film Lola Montes ( 1944 ), with a moralizing script, directed by Antonio Román.

To give an additional female example from a later date, whenever the vivacious mezzo-soprano of the 1920s and ' 30s, Conchita Supervia, performed in London, she was admonished in print for her exceedingly vibrant and fluttery tone, which was unkindly likened by her detractors to the chatter of a machine-gun or the rattle of dice in a cup.

Via an old girlfriend, Conchita Montenegro, Howard had contacts with Ricardo Giménez-Arnau, a young diplomat in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

) These are, in chronological order: Kathleen McKane Godfree, Cilly Aussem, Karen Hantze Susman, Ann Haydon Jones, Virginia Wade, Conchita Martínez, Jana Novotná, and Petra Kvitová.

This last album was nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the 27th Grammy Awards, alongside José Feliciano, Plácido Domingo, José José, María Conchita Alonso, and Menudo themselves.

Graf lost to Conchita Martínez in her return tournament a month later in Philadelphia.

At the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, Williams defeated Conchita Martínez in the final to win her first title in over a year and the second Tier I title on clay of her career.

The 1988-1989 field seasons researched the southeast section of the site, between the Conchita and Pajaro-Romonal Causeways, to determine the impact of the Tikal-Naranjo wars.

Conchita and Pajaro-Ramonal Causeways located.

And then in 1994, at the age of 37, Navratilova reached the Wimbledon final, where she lost in three sets to Conchita Martínez.

Evert's last match was a 6 – 3, 6 – 2 win over Conchita Martínez in the final of the 1989 Fed Cup.

" ( Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester was also the basis of the character Conchita Closson in Edith Wharton's unfinished novel The Buccaneers.

As he lowered himself on the chair behind his desk I wondered what this dapper, slightly ridiculous man could possibly have to do with the workings of the hall.

If, when this was all over, she found the words to tell him about it, she wondered if he would ever understand.

She wondered what had taken place in town, between him and his wife.

If he wondered whether the attackers would allow him to pull away unmolested, he had his answer a moment later.

He wondered where the superstition had originated that it was bad luck for a crew chief to watch his plane take off on a combat mission.

He possessed the fighter pilot's horror of bad weather and instrument flying, and he wondered, if the ceiling did drop, whether he and the other flights would be able to find their way back in this unfamiliar territory.

Sometimes I wondered vaguely what he did about women for my Aunt, by blood, had died some years ago, but neither of us said anything.

Whenever he saw someone lying in the dirt, Ramey wondered what the person had been thinking and he would try out thoughts in his own mind.

Benson said, and Ramey wondered how close their thoughts might have been.

He left the house and almost certain death without even increasing his pace and wondered by what remarkable stroke of Providence he had been allowed to come out alive.

At such times Thomas wondered when and where a counterattack would strike him.

The Manchester Guardian wondered how anyone in a railway carriage would have an opportunity to talk to Mr. Lewis, since it was well known that Mr. Lewis always did all of the talking.

The New York Times editorialist wondered just who would stop Mr. Lewis and make him write a book.

He wondered whether God had a dog in the sky.

He wondered what expression, as he made that gesture, was on his face.

He wondered if it wore the old anxiety, or the old, taut stoicism.

He wondered how they could go on in poverty, superstition, ignorance, with a complete lack of desire to make either their land or their lives flourish.

And now Andrei sat on a train on the way to Lublin and wondered if he was not being punished for his lack of belief.

How was she to behave, Claire wondered.

The place was evidently a familiar haunt and Claire wondered what other illicit loves had been celebrated in the comfortable rooms to which they were shown.

Where was Mr. Flannagan, he wondered.

So many times I have wondered why veterinarians do not wipe the table clean before each new canine patient is placed on it for examination.

Since they commonly translate thoughts and feelings into deeds, hands naturally represent action, and since nearly half the characters in Great Expectations are of the underworld or closely allied to it, the linking of hands with crime or violence is not to be wondered at.

Richardson wondered when it would be unloaded.