Hell, they were fightin' each other so hard they had no time for anyone else.

But her prettiness was what he had noticed first, and all the other things had come afterward: cruelty, meanness, self-will.

Even the knowledge that she was losing another boy, as a mother always does when a marriage is made, did not prevent her from having the first carefree, dreamless sleep that she had known since they dropped down the canyon and into Bear Valley, way, way back there when they were crossing those other mountains.

Their product had been endorsed by Good Housekeeping, the A.M.A., and the Veterinary Journal, among other repositories of higher wisdom, and before much longer if you didn't have a cake of their soap in the john, even your best friends would think you didn't bathe.

The code, which had probably something to do with sex or some other interest, Nicolas was determined to find out and put to use.

But a glance at Songau and the other women confirmed what Brassnose had blurted out.

The fear had not entirely gone from her face, but there were some other emotions now, crowding into her eyes and the lines of her mouth.

In the caves, with other supplies, they had kept cases of sake.

At noontime, remembering what the teacher had said about maybe playing with the kids, Jack stayed close to the schoolhouse while all the other big boys, except Charles, went off out the road to play ball.

Jack walked off alone out the road in the searing midday sun, past Robert Allen's three-room, tarpapered house, toward the field where the other boys were playing ball, thinking of what he would do in order to make Miss Langford have him stay in after school -- because this was the day he had decided when he thought he saw the look in her eyes.

In its beginnings the nation-state had to struggle to assert itself -- internally, against feudal groups, and externally, against the power and influence of such other claimants for loyalty as the Church.

In other words, nationalism worked well enough when it had limited application, both as to geography and as to population ; ;

Here, in the old days -- when they had come to see the moon or displays of fireworks -- sat the king and his court while priests, soldiers, and other members of the party lounged in the smaller alcoves between.

When these had been pocketed, we could still spend a morning cracking open other pebbles for our delight in seeing how much prettier they were inside than their dull exteriors indicated.

Mother and son recognize each other and, in Mann's version of this legend, make a remarkable confession of guilt to each other, the confession of unconscious motive and unconscious knowledge of their true identities from the time they had first set eyes on each other.

As a consequence of the tensions thus produced in his thoughts and feelings, he wrote on the one hand sketches of idealized hunting trips and on the other an anecdote of the village of Hardscrabble, Arkansas, where no one had ever seen a piano ; ;

At one time it seemed as if the Soviet Union had done us a favor by providing a striking example of how not to behave towards other peoples and other nations.

Wright set his loss at $200,000, a figure perhaps justified by the unique character of the house that had been ruined, and the faultless taste that had gone into the selection of the prints and other things that were destroyed.

To you, for instance, the word innocence, in this connotation, probably retained its Biblical, or should I say technical sense, and therefore I suppose I must make myself quite clear by saying that I lost -- or rather handed over -- what you would have considered to be my innocence two weeks before I was legally entitled, and in fact by oath required, to hand it over along with what other goods and bads I had.

Running across the deck, which was empty now that the livestock had been killed and eaten, they sniffed the spice-laden breezes that came from the shore, each pointing out new and exciting wonders to the other.

I really loved that boy, and, in a feverish attempt to preserve our marriage and to try to revive the wonderful, wonderful person Letch had once been, I took my troubles to Momma, hoping that her earthy advice would help me.

In their own words, it had aided them to get a clearer picture of how they had gotten into their marriages, and perhaps they had obtained some insights on why certain troubles appeared from time to time.

Palmer, meanwhile, had been having his troubles.

great ) was subordinate to the priestly ensi, and was appointed at times of troubles, but by later dynastic times, it was the lugal who had emerged as the preeminent role, having his own " é " (= house ) or " palace ", independent from the temple establishment.

Grande Comore had experienced troubles of its own in the late 1990s, when President Taki died on November 6, 1998.

This story abruptly ended but Michelle soon had new troubles when she suspected her boyfriend, Steve McDonald, had cheated on her.

At the same time he interacted with colleagues, fellow breadwinners who had satirical disposition towards even their worst troubles.

du Motel had confided some of her troubles to Galois, and this might have prompted him to provoke the duel himself on her behalf.

Gaul was again a source of troubles for Honorius: just after Constantius ' troops had returned to Italy, Jovinus revolted in northern Gaul, with the support of Alans, Burgundians, and the Gallic nobility.

Britannia apparently avoided these troubles, although increasing inflation had its economic effect.

However when the governor of Syria had to be sent to sort out renewed troubles in Dacia, Hadrian was appointed as a replacement, giving him an independent command.

Due to the troubles they had in Europe, the group sought to establish a more perfect society in the American wilderness.

However, by 1987, the automobile markets had changed and even Renault itself was experiencing financial troubles.

By 1876 North had ceased to function due to troubles, but managed to secure an amalgamation with Albert Park to form “ North Melbourne Cum Albert Park ”.

Poland was reunited under Casimir I the Restorer in 1039, but the capital was moved to Kraków, which had been relatively unaffected by the troubles.

These troubles furnished him with a pretext, of which he was not unwilling to avail himself, for postponing the meeting, which was being urged by King Charles VI of France, theologians at the University of Paris, such as Pierre d ' Ailly and Jean Gerson, and Rupert III, King of the Germans, as the only means of healing the Schism which had prevailed so long.

For example, Paul Krugman wrote in December 2010 that significant, sustained government spending was necessary because indebted households were paying down debts and unable to carry the U. S. economy as they had previously: " The root of our current troubles lies in the debt American families ran up during the Bush-era housing bubble ... highly indebted Americans not only can ’ t spend the way they used to, they ’ re having to pay down the debts they ran up in the bubble years.

The rigorous training programs helped Clemente physically ; he added strength by gaining ten pounds and said his back troubles had disappeared.

William was able to secure the departure of Sweyn and his fleet in 1070, allowing him to return to the continent to deal with troubles in Maine, where the town of Le Mans had revolted in 1069.

Another employee with whom Warner had troubles was studio producer Bryan Foy.

The Canadian based company then brought suit against the United States alleging violations under N. A. F. T. A .. Houston based Service Corporation International has also had their share of legal troubles with the operations of both their funeral home and cemetery operations.