Thinking fast, Tilghman never hesitated for one instant.

Local police have hesitated to prosecute them because of the heavy court costs involved even for the simplest offense.

Slowly and deliberately she reached down and touched the lace with her fingers, then hesitated for about a second.

If the second theory is correct, this raises the further question of why the Persians, having hesitated for several days, then attacked.

Though Flockhart at first hesitated due to the necessary commitment to the show in a negotiable contract, she was swayed by the script and traveled to Los Angeles to audition for the part, which she won.

1274 ), second only to Saint Thomas in his influence on the Christian schools of his age, hesitated to accept it for a similar reason.

Aristotle hesitated to embrace bivalence for such future contingents ; Chrysippus, the Stoic logician, did embrace bivalence for this and all other propositions.

When Caesar's troops hesitated to leave their ships for fear of the Britons, the aquilifer of the tenth legion threw himself overboard and, carrying the eagle, advanced alone against the enemy.

Wilde hesitated about submitting the script to Alexander, worrying that it might be unsuitable for the St. James's Theatre, whose typical repertoire was relatively serious, and explaining that it had been written in response to a request for a play " with no real serious interest ".

The road to the Teutonic capital Marienburg now lay open, the city undefended ; but for reasons the sources do not explain, Władysław hesitated to pursue his advantage.

: I hesitated about that for a long time.

After the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Sherman hesitated about committing to military service and ridiculed Lincoln's call for 75, 000 three-month volunteers to quell secession, reportedly saying: " Why, you might as well attempt to put out the flames of a burning house with a squirt-gun.

Stevenson at first hesitated, arguing that he was committed to running for a second gubernatorial term in Illinois.

He became sous-préfet of Nérac in 1830, and advanced rapidly in the civil service until in 1853 he was chosen by Persigny to be prefect of the Seine in succession to Jean Jacques Berger, who hesitated to incur the vast expenses of the imperial schemes for the embellishment of Paris.

Such is her passion for him that she finally agrees to the marriage, explaining that she hesitated because she had heard he hated old families and thought he would not approve of her d ' Urberville ancestry.

The Galloway chiefs hesitated for a time whether to throw in their lot with the Northumbrians or with Malcolm ; but language, race and the situation of their country at length induced them to become lieges of the Scottish king.

Quebec has not hesitated to call on the Army for such help because the Army is the only other agency with French speaking members able to replace striking police ; the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has few reserves able to provide a " surge " capability, and its French-speaking capability is more limited.

However, few of the minor powers were as devoted to the common cause, and all protected their own interests ; some never hesitated to exact a high price for continuing their support.

Crusading for honesty in financial reporting, Dow would publish the names of companies that hesitated to give information about profit and loss.

Yet Mahathir has not hesitated to point to America for justification of his own actions.

This unique tradition stems from the first dinner at Leckhampton, when new students and fellows, not knowing if the College grace should be said, hesitated awkwardly before sitting for dinner.

However, almost all nations in the international community, except Iceland, hesitated to recognise independence for Lithuania until August 1991.

Ernie hesitated a moment.

But proud Tecciztecatl insisted on the honor, but at the last moment hesitated.

At the last moment he hesitated to join in the invitation to William of Orange, and after the flight of James II he was the leader of the party who were in favour of James being King in name and William being regent.

I then saw a worker approaching with a fly in its jaws and start to mount the bank, and as the scattered herbage was directly in its way, I feared the ant might be diverted from its nest, but when it reached the obstacle it never hesitated for a moment, but running straight over it in a direct line, entered its nest on the top of the bank, which I was thus enabled to find.

He hesitated a moment, until the cries of Mrs. Dyson warned him of his danger.

According to contemporaries, William hesitated a moment before sheathing his sword and replying, " I don't love you enough to send you to paradise.

However, for the moment, Marlon is preoccupied with trying to win back his ex-girlfriend, Lonette ( Nia Long ), who dumped him after he hesitated to commit, and is now, despite his desperate efforts, stubbornly unresponsive to his reconciliation attempts.

Duisenberg hesitated for a moment and then said, " Six million ".

He hesitated for a moment about painting his penis, and then finally finished the job.

Outside, Shayne hesitated when he saw that Rourke had parked his coupe directly in front of the bar headed south.

But in 1925 when Thalberg hesitated to follow through on his promise, Hawks broke his contract at MGM.

However, when Elliott asked him to sign a written statement, he hesitated and requested a delay in the interrogation.

:" Case 13 – December 18, 4 p. m., at No. 18 I Ho Lu, Japanese soldiers wanted a man's cigarette case and when he hesitated, one of the soldier crashed in the side of his head with a bayonet.

Rapf initially hesitated, but when he found out that most of the film would be live-action and that he could make extensive changes, he accepted the offer.

However, in 1183, when Saladin invaded the kingdom, Guy hesitated to respond and was considered a weak commander.

In exercising his constitutional duties, however, he caused controversy when he hesitated to call an election after his prime minister then Joe Clark advised that he do so.

But when the revolt began, Mackenzie hesitated in attacking the city.

Aside from Latin, he knew five modern languages well, and when the occasion suited, wasn't shy of parading them: he never hesitated to borrow a word, like the English sip when French seemed to him to fail, until he rediscovered the then-obsolete verb siroter.

The same pattern was repeated with the so-called " Addled Parliament " of 1614, which James dissolved after a mere nine weeks when the Commons hesitated to grant him the money he required.

There were market-driven requests for Nissan to introduce the very successful Nissan Skyline, Nissan Laurel, or the newly created Nissan Cefiro as an alternative to the Lexus ES or the Legend, but Nissan hesitated until 2003 when the Skyline finally arrived in North America as the Infiniti G.

He hesitated to travel away from Newstead Abbey, but when travel became necessary he did so under the alias of Waters.

At the same time, the Paramount Stations Group ( a subsidiary of Viacom since 1994 ) was planning to buy KIRO-TV from Belo Corporation ( which had acquired KING-TV in a merger with the Providence Journal ) and convert it into a more traditional independent station ; however, the group hesitated with the plan when it found out KIRO's news department was still doing very well in the ratings.

Solf included Samoan traditions in his government programs, but never hesitated to step in assertively, including banishment from Samoa in severe cases, when his position as the Kaiser's deputy was challenged.

It became apparent when Mischa was very young that he had perfect pitch, but his father hesitated about a career as a musician, since musicians were not very high on the social scale.

These trials were manifestly unjust ; the judges were the personal and political enemies of the prisoners, and so gross were the acts of some of the parties that Sloughter hesitated at signing the death-warrants, and it is said that he finally did so when under the influence of wine.

Well known to dislike appearing in capital cases and having a heavy workload, Hastings hesitated in 1932 when approached by Sir John Mullens, a trustee of the Stock Exchange, to defend his daughter Elvira Barney on a charge of murder.

Although relatively peaceful when compared to the state-sponsored assassinations that occurred in the first decade of the Islamic republic, throughout the 1990s the theocratic regime rarely hesitated to apply violent tactics to crush its political adversaries, with demonstrators and dissidents commonly being imprisoned, beaten, tortured or murdered (“ disappeared ”).

He hesitated until 5 p. m., when he sent only two and a half brigades forward.

He never hesitated to work with Ratnam when Ratnam approached him.

However, when duty called she never hesitated to assume the posture of a warrior ; and when Scott joined the Justice League, Barda participated in several missions.