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He looked around in surprise, then noticed that Fred Powell was clutching his chest.
The first systematic thinking about this Pandora's box within Pandora's boxes was done four years ago by Fred Ikle, a frail, meek-mannered Swiss-born sociologist.
When Fred wheeled him back into his room, the big one looking out on the back porch, and put him to bed, Papa told him he was very tired but that he had enjoyed greatly the trip downtown.
Fred and Ralph qualified as executors and paid off what debts were currently due, and they were all current, since Papa was never one to allow bills to go unpaid.
So what Fred and Ralph did was to attempt to prorate the money fairly by taking into account what each of the five had received, if anything, from the estate before Papa's death.
So, because he had received less than Tom, it was felt proper that Fred should receive the few hundred dollars that remained.
The award was made by Judge Fred B. Perkins who heard their petition without a jury by agreement of the parties.
But plain old bean soup, served daily since the turn of the century ( at the insistence of the late Sen. Fred Dubois of Idaho ), made clear to the citizenry that the Senate's stomach was in the right place.
This was the beginning of one of the greatest periods in English cricket history with players such as captain Len Hutton, batsmen Denis Compton, Peter May, Tom Graveney, Colin Cowdrey, bowlers Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Alec Bedser, Jim Laker, Tony Lock and wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans.
Arizona State Sun Devils football was founded in 1897 under coach Fred Irish.
One example was recorded in 1948, by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, Sidney Lippman, and later Perry Como, called A, You're Adorable:
Nineteen-year-old rookie first baseman Fred Merkle, later to become one of the best players at his position in the league, was on first base, with teammate Moose McCormick on third with two out and the game tied.
In England, at around the same time Fred Root was one of the main proponents of the same tactic.
One was Fred Hoyle's steady state model, whereby new matter would be created as the Universe seemed to expand.
Chaplin's years with the Fred Karno company had a formative effect on him as an actor and filmmaker ; Simon Louvish writes that the company was his " training ground ".
The other possibility was Fred Hoyle's steady state model in which new matter would be created as the galaxies moved away from each other.
A film version of the book, starring Morgan Freeman, Fred Ward and Greg Kinnear and directed by Robert Benton, was released in 2007.
" One of the biggest stories of the season transpired as the club made a midseason deal for Fred McGriff, which was drawn out for nearly a month as McGriff debated waiving his no-trade clause, as the Cubs led the wild card race by 2. 5 games in early September.
In 1965, Fred Gastoff invented the vinyl pom-pon, which was introduced into competitions by the International Cheerleading Foundation ( now the World Cheerleading Association or WCA ).
Another early step in the history of computer animation was the 1973 movie Westworld, a science-fiction film about a society in which robots live and work among humans, though the first use of 3D Wireframe imagery was in its sequel, Futureworld ( 1976 ), which featured a computer-generated hand and face created by then University of Utah graduate students Edwin Catmull and Fred Parke.
In his book The Early Islamic Conquests ( 1981 ), Fred Donner argues that the standard Arabian practice at the time was for the prominent men of a kinship group, or tribe, to gather after a leader's death and elect a leader from amongst themselves.
This highly publicized tournament included hula hoops as holes, published, rules, hole lengths, pars, penalties, Wham-O prizes and, an event in which Fred Morrison, the Frisbee inventor was in attendance ( see article published in the fall issue of Discgolfer Magazine " Disc Golf's Unknown Pioneer " www. omagdigital. com / display_article. php? id = 835174 ).
Also from the Homeless Brother album, " Wonderful Baby " was a number 1 on the AOR chart in 1975 and was later recorded by Fred Astaire.

Fred and mighty
CJ and Fred, staying very close to shore in their small boat, pushed themselves upriver with " poles " slowly but surely against the mighty Yukon River current.

Fred and crude
Fred C. Koch, after whom Koch Industries, Inc. is named, co-founded the company in 1940 and developed an innovative crude oil refining process.
" Despite Julio's friendliness, Fred often makes crude ethnic jokes about Julio and openly wishes he would return to Puerto Rico, despite the fact that Julio is actually from New York City.
Chloe contends with the endless strikes and with her crude, travelling salesman husband Fred ( Bill Maynard ), who neglects her and leaves her dissatisfied.

Fred and about
Assistant Prosecutor Fred Lewis, who tried both the Hengesbach and Pohl cases, said he did not know what would be done about two arson charges pending against Pohl.
Swedish troubadour Fred Åkerström wrote a song called " Den 30 / 1-72 " about the incident.
Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway named Singer in their book, Merchants of Doubt, as one of three contrarian physicists — along with Fred Seitz and Bill Nierenberg — who regularly injected themselves into the public debate about contentious scientific issues, positioning themselves as skeptics, their views gaining traction because the media gives them equal time out of a sense of fairness.
* The Search ( Fred Zinnemann, 1948 ): The IRO helped the producers to make this story about children refugees, in 1945 Germany.
* BBC report about Viz, concerning its cartoon based on Fred West and Harold Shipman
Director Fred Zinneman commented that "... the legend about a horse's head having been cut off is pure invention, a poetic license on the part of Mario Puzo who wrote The Godfather.
Chief Justice Fred Vinson's opinion stated that the First Amendment does not require that the government must wait " until the putsch is about to be executed, the plans have been laid and the signal is awaited " before it interrupts seditious plots.
These observations supported a number of longstanding hypotheses about comet construction, particularly Fred Whipple's " dirty snowball " model, which correctly predicted that Halley would be composed of a mixture of volatile ices – such as water, carbon dioxide and ammonia – and dust.
Along with the announcement of their new label, the band mentioned that they are planning to record the soundtrack to Honoring a Father's Dream: Sons of Lwala, a documentary about Milton and Fred Ochieng ' - brothers from the African village training to be doctors in the States, working to build a clinic in their home town.
* Berserker ( Saberhagen ), a space opera series of Fred Saberhagen about autonomous spaceships programmed to kill all life
Other recurring bits on the show include fictional commercials, including those for The Catchup Advisory Board ( its name a compromise between the two common spellings for the condiment: " catsup " and " ketchup "), which proclaims the good news about the condiment's " natural mellowing agents " after a short skit of the sufferings of Jim and Barb, a middle-aged couple ; the American Duct Tape Council ; Marvin and Mavis Smiley seasonal bluegrass albums ; Fred Farrell Animal Calls ; the Professional Organization of English Majors ( P. O. E. M.
John Mueller summed up Rogers's abilities as follows: " Rogers was outstanding among Astaire's partners not because she was superior to others as a dancer but because, as a skilled, intuitive actress, she was cagey enough to realize that acting did not stop when dancing began ... the reason so many women have fantasized about dancing with Fred Astaire is that Ginger Rogers conveyed the impression that dancing with him is the most thrilling experience imaginable ".
No films have been made about Ginger Rogers, possibly because her best-known co-star Fred Astaire stipulated in his will that no film representations of him were ever to be made.
Mueller sums up Rogers's abilities as follows: " Rogers was outstanding among Astaire's partners not because she was superior to others as a dancer, but because, as a skilled, intuitive actress, she was cagey enough to realize that acting did not stop when dancing began ... the reason so many women have fantasized about dancing with Fred Astaire is that Ginger Rogers conveyed the impression that dancing with him is the most thrilling experience imaginable.
1976's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith directed by Fred Schepisi was an award winning historical drama from a book by Thomas Keneally about the tragic story of an Aboriginal Bushranger.
Kris makes a deal with Fredhe will work on Susan's cynicism while Fred does the same with disillusioned Doris, still unhappy about her failed marriage.
As they are about to leave, Kris gives Fred and Doris a route home that avoids traffic.
Fred Noonan had earlier written about problems affecting the accuracy of radio direction finding in navigation.
For example, Fred MacMurray talks about it with Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity ( film ); Bette Davis screams about it in All About Eve ; Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper flirt about it in Love in the Afternoon ( 1957 film ); it is featured in Miracle on 34th Street when a trial is held to see if Santa Claus really exists ; Rosie Perez continually reads it in the film White Men Can't Jump ; and Will Smith checks his World Almanac for the exact time of sunset so he can set his digital watch in I Am Legend ( film ).

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