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He did his best to get King cashiered, and was one of the authors of the charge of high treason against him, which was presented to the House of Commons by some of the committee of Lincoln in August 1644.
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The I. A. P. A. found itself driven from journalism into politics as it did its best to bring about the downfall of the Castro Government and the return of the Cuban press to the freedom it knew before Batista's dictatorship began in 1952.
Miss Xydis was best when she did not need to be too probing.
One did one's best and if fortune smiled, there was a reward.
One did one's best and if fortune frowned, an eighteen-year-old boy with murder in his heart sailed aboard one's ship.
It wasn't Johnnie's fault that he was hopelessly tied down to that frightful woman who did her best to make his life unbearable.
This clump was the best on the island, planted near a water seep, but the dry climate and sea birds, eager for anything upon which to perch, did not give the trees or shrubs much of a chance to survive.
Although the " self-important rhetoric and whines of persecution " on the part of cyberpunk fans were irritating at worst and humorous at best, Brin declares that the " rebels did shake things up.
Although Carolina first played Tampa Bay in 1995, their rivalry did not start until 2003, when DT Brentson Buckner claimed fellow DT Kris Jenkins was the best defensive tackle in football, angering Tampa Bay DT Warren Sapp.
Earnhardt still made the trip to the annual Awards Banquet with Rusty Wallace but did not have the best seat in the house.
But in spite of the best efforts of Atchison and the Ruffians, Kansas did reject slavery and finally became a free state in 1861.
Knowing what he did was best for his country, but the tense posture of his feet and toes reveals his inner turmoil.
Disappointed at not being able to stay at Berkeley, Sapir devoted his best efforts to other work, and did not get around to write up any of the Yana material for publication until 1910, to Kroeber's deep disappointment.
Plato did not believe most people were clever enough to look after their own and society's best interest, so the few " clever " people of the world needed to lead the rest of the flock.
Once all the best evidence is assessed, treatment is categorized as " likely to be beneficial ", " likely to be harmful ", or " evidence did not support either benefit or harm ".
Although D. W. Griffith did not invent any new film techniques, he was the best film director working up to 1913, and this was because he made better dramatic and artistic use of the medium than other directors.
However, while in power it did not institute a fascist or Falangist-modeled regime and despite maintaining armed militias is today perhaps best described as Christian democrat in ideology.
The relationship made it much easier for the newcomer to make her first film, and Bogart did his best to put her at ease by joking with her and quietly coaching her.
Howard Hawks, for his part, also did his best to boost her performance and her role, and found Bogart easy to direct.
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branch and the Historical Cycle.
The monozygotic twins twins also chose spouses and best friends who were more similar to their co-twins ' friends and spouses than did dizygotic twins.
But for the most part, even those diplomats who did not entirely agree with the Nazis were still inclined to serve the regime as the best way of serving Germany.
Ribbentrop's habit of summoning tailors from the best British firms, making them wait for hours and then sending them away without seeing him with instructions to return the next day, only to repeat the process, did immense damage to his reputation in British high society.
On 1 March 1940, Ribbentrop received Sumner Welles, the American Under-Secretary of State, who was on a peace mission for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and did his best to abuse his American guest.
For the most part, veterans did not participate in national politics, believing that their aspirations could best be achieved within the confines of colonial society.
The Royals finished the 1989 season with a 92 – 70 record ( third best in the major leagues ) but did not qualify for the playoffs.
did and get
How did we get here ''??
Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.
That unused room was large enough for -- well, say an elephant could get into it and, as a matter of fact, an elephant did.
To get him to pose, Mrs. Coolidge would feed him candy, so he enjoyed the portrait sessions as well as she did.
they did not fall into pseudo-glamorous jobs on pseudo-glamorous magazines, but they did whatever nasty thing they could get in order to eat ; ;
He did say she could get her beef and vegetables in cans this summer.
Gloria ( surname: Ziraldo ), circa 30, who was born in Italy and once did `` chorus work '' in Toronto, has been around longer than most of the others, wistfully remembers the old days when `` we used to get the seamen from the ships, you know, with big turtleneck sweaters and handkerchiefs and all.
And of course the news of who the composer was did finally begin to get around among his closest friends.
How did I get to be sixty-five so fast??
Fall River police did go to Westport to see if they could get any information against Morse and possibly find an accomplice whom he might have hired from among these men.
If Bridget did get any bundles of cash, the last person who would have rewarded her for services rendered would have been Lizzie Borden.
Usually she marked the few who did thank you, you didn't get that kind much in a place like this: and she played a little game with herself, seeing how downright rude she could act to the others, before they'd take offense, threaten to call the manager.
I did get you on the platform this morning ''.
Tonight at 8 o'clock the Cardinals, who gave the Pirates as much trouble as anyone did in 1960, breaking even with them, will get their first 1961 shot at baseball's world champions.
He did not let the strings, for instance, weep, whine or get hysterical.
What we did get, however, was impressive.
Not until long after the war -- 1950, in fact -- did they get a hint of the reason.
That she was out for a touch was certain, but when did she get to the pitch??
`` How did you get by the desk ''??
the book was a fine historical novel about Edward 3,, and I did a week of research to get the details just right: the fifteenth-century armor, furnishings, clothes.
Indeed he did, Sam said solemnly, trying to get Carla's eye.
And how on earth did I ever get this letter anyway??
There they all did their uttermost to help Cousin Elec get a cramp out of his foot.
Where the hell did he get off threatening to report any laxness on their part to the captain??
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