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is and mentioned
This is simple enough, but several more points of interest may be mentioned as relevant.
Some government scientists say privately that the figure probably is closer to 80 megatons, and that the full 50-megaton bomb that Khrushchev mentioned may still be detonated.
Although a similar situs for tangible property is mentioned in the statute, this is cancelled out by the provision that definite kinds of property `` and all other tangible property '' situated or being in any town is taxable where the property is situated.
As mentioned, the primary allocation objective to be followed in the allocation of stations on clear channels is the provision of widespread service, free from destructive interference.
Foliage is the outstanding photo subject in many of the Southern locales mentioned above and some specific tips on how and where to shoot it are in order.
This whole development is certain to be of interest to the readers, for the idea has so often been mentioned, somewhat wistfully.
There is another means which should show the direction and relative value of the stresses in viscoelastic fluids that is not mentioned as such in the literature, and that is the shape of the suspended drops of low viscosity fluids in shear fields.
If this is the case, one would expect that not only the various procedures just mentioned which alter the hypothalamic balance would influence emotional state and behavior but that emotion itself would act likewise.
A random address Af that lies within the X-region of memory mentioned earlier is computed from the i-th dictionary form.
but if George has just been mentioned prominently ( and the trip to be made has been under discussion ), what is said is probably I'll go with him, and dominant stress is probably on the preposition with.
In some ( the Ewe type mentioned above ) interaction of tone and intonation is restricted to the ends of intonation spans.
) These general facts are mentioned to make clear that the total situation in the two families is similar enough to warrant comparison.
The action was a result of a court order, the citation for which ( and for other court action mentioned in this paper ) is taken from the Summary Report for this Conference.
Pope Pius 12, declared in 1951 that it is possible to be exempt from the normal obligation of parenthood for a long time and even for the whole duration of married life, if there are serious reasons, such as those often mentioned in the so-called medical, eugenic, economic and social `` indications ''.
In the above mentioned report of the Notre Dame Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the basic outlook of the new breed of lay faculty emerges very clearly in the very statement of the problem as the members see it: `` Even with the best of intentions he ( the President of the university ) is loath to delegate such authority and responsibility to a group the membership of which, considered ( as it must be by him ) in individual terms, is inhomogeneous, mortal and of extremely varying temperament, interests and capabilities.
Mrs. Reavey's work is written for the stage -- it is mentioned for an off-Broadway production in the fall -- and, in addition, employs an avant-garde structure that particularly needs to be seen if comprehension is to be encouraged.

is and Thud
* In Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals, Mr Nutt asks if football is a game " like spillikins or halma or Thud?
He retained an honorary position with the Watch, and is considered as of Thud!
Original bassist Jeff Abercrombie is currently the owner / operator of Thud Studios.
Thud, a modern game inspired by a series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett ( which in turn were inspired by the historical tafl games ), also features the general symmetry of tafl games, although it is played on an octagonal board with only eight defenders pitted against thirty-two attackers.
Revealed in the events of Thud !, after years of night-time patrols, Vimes ' mindscape is described as the city of Ankh-Morpork-itself, streets and all, in the dead of night, whilst the rains are bucketing-down over your head.
During heightened states of mind, such as when confronting his darker side and / or when near death, he is able to see Death, ( this happened in The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch and Thud !).
At one point Death notes that if Vimes is having a ' near-Death ' experience, Death is also forced to have a ' near Vimes ' experience ( as of Thud!
Samuel " Young Sam " Vimes II ) is Sam and Sybil Vimes ' son and only child ; he was born at the end of the events in Night Watch, is about fourteen months old by the time of Thud !, and at the age of six years old by the time of the events of Snuff.
In Thud !, his rule of the city is likened to a room full of tension, with people bickering and shouting at one another, and " in the middle of it all, one man, quietly doing his own thing.
He is also very good at Thud, also known in the books by its Dwarvish name Hnaflbaflsniflwhifltafl, and plays it to find his own weaknesses unlike other people ( Reacher Gilt, " Going Postal ") who plays Thud to find the opponent's weaknesses.
Dwarfish courtship is an incredibly tactful affair, primarily concerned with finding out which gender the other dwarf is ( this may have been retconned by the time of the novel, ' Thud ', where it is stated that Samuel Vimes, a human, has picked up a knack for judging the gender of dwarfs, making it likely that they are able to tell amongst themselves ).
The full history of the battle is revealed in Thud !.
It is possible that these are the " grags " ( renowned masters of Dwarvish lore ) mentioned in Thud !, though they would be more akin to rabbis or imams than priests.
The word Hnaflbaflwhiflsnifltafl ( a predecessor to the game of Thud ) could be a Dwarfish word, but since it is obviously derived from the Scandinavian " Hnefatafl ", and since it contains a number of letters ( f, l, w ) not found in any Dwarfish words and lacks any of the diacritics one would expect in a Dwarfish word that long, it is probably of human, rather than Dwarfish origin.
This is not a good sign, and can result in grags in a mine sitting surrounded by candles ( as mentioned in Thud ).
The most extreme example of this is the pitiful troll Brick in the novel Thud !, Ankh-Morpork born and bred, who took on the appearance of the man-made bricks of his city home.
There is also the Troll / dwarf game of Thud.
In Thud it is said that within 10 minutes of hearing the Gahanka, you're dead
Brick is a young Gutter troll in the novel Thud !.

is and !
But there's one thing I never seen or heard of, one thing I just don't think there is, and that's a sportin' way o' killin' a man ''!!
Meredith was irritated when the Grafin knocked at his door and told him, `` She is a great beauty!!
Arp protested: `` But it is impossible!!
Mercer is supposed to have refused it with, `` Anyone who wears a square monacle must be affected ''!!
Then he would get to his feet, as though rising in honor of his own remarkable powers, and say almost invariably, `` Gentlemen, this is an amazing story!!
Whose absence dearer comfort is, by far, Than presences of other women are ''!!
But the only ideal he can think of is `` Sales ''!!
Physical contact is uncomfortable for him ''!!
I do not think that America is like Russia, not in the least!!
`` This is the sort of stuff I write and then throw away ''!!
He is throttling the liberty my father gave his life to win ''!!
And John's reply was always the same: `` Anything that affects souls is the concern of the Church!!
In spite of the fact that the state legislature voted us neutral, John Hunt Morgan is openly flying the Confederate flag over his woolen factory ''!!

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