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is and stern
Mr. Nehru is subjected to stern lectures on neutralism by our Department of State, and an American President observes sourly that Sweden would be a little less neurotic if it were a little more capitalistic ''.
In contrast to the humanist beliefs of Rieux, Rambert, and Tarrou, the religious perspective is given in the sermons of the stern Jesuit priest, Father Paneloux.
A stream anchor, which is usually heavier than a kedge anchor, can be used for kedging or warping in addition to temporary mooring and restraining stern movement in tidal conditions or in waters where vessel movement needs to be restricted, such as rivers and channels.
In the bow and stern technique, an anchor is set off each the bow and the stern, which can severely limit a vessel's swing range and also align it to steady wind, current or wave conditions.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus exhorts us to " Observe in Alcaeus the sublimity, brevity and sweetness coupled with stern power, his splendid figures, and his clearness which was unimpaired by the dialect ; and above all mark his manner of expressing his sentiments on public affairs ," while Quintilian, after commending Alcaeus for his excellence " in that part of his works where he inveighs against tyrants and contributes to good morals ; in his language he is concise, exalted, careful and often like an orator ;" goes on to add: " but he descended into wantonnness and amours, though better fitted for higher things.
The rear ( or aft end ) of the boat is called the stern.
In Canto XI of the same book a hermit named Māṇḍakarṇi is mentioned: " For he, great votarist, intent -- On strictest rule his stern life spent -- ... -- Ten thousand years on air he fed ..." ( English quotations are from Ralph T. H. Griffith's translation ).
These images are meant to show outsiders a stern look at whose turf is whose.
The Lancha Poveira, a boat from Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal is one of the last remnants from the longship, keeping all the longboat features but without a long stern and bow, and with a Mediterranean sail.
The ensign is flown from an ensign-staff at the stern of the ship, or from a gaff when underway.
A coxed trop is the same configuration as the trop plus a coxed seated at the stern of the boat.
In all boats, with the exception of single sculls, each rower is numbered in sequential order, low numbers at the bow, up to the highest at the stern.
The person seated on the first seat is called the bowman, or just ' bow ', whilst the rower closest to the stern is called the ' strokeman ' or just ' stroke '.
The coxswain ( or simply the cox ) is the member who sits in the stern ( except in bowloaders ) facing the bow, steers the boat, and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
After interrogation, the player with the most votes is given a stern " You are the weakest link.
General Tilney: A stern and rigid retired general with an obsessive nature, General Tilney is the sole surviving parent to his three children Frederick, Henry, and Eleanor.
Whereas however Pindar's ode focuses on the myth of Pelops and Tantalus and demonstrates a stern moral about the need for moderation in personal conduct ( a reflection on Hieron's political excesses ), Bacchylides's ode focuses on the myths of Meleager and Hercules, demonstrating the moral that nobody is fortunate or happy in all things ( possibly a reflection on Hieron's chronic illness ).
Ketches are similar to a sloop, but there is a second shorter mast to the stern of the mainmast, but forward of the rudder post.
When the boat's stern crosses the wind, this is called gybing ; when the bow crosses the wind, it is called tacking.
The stern of the replicated Susan Constant, which is at port in Jamestown Settlement.

is and guardian
A really good wine waiter is, paradoxically, the guardian ( and not the purveyor ) of his cellar against the Visigoths.
In the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, corporal punishment administered to children by their parent or legal guardian is not legally considered to be assault unless it is deemed to be excessive or unreasonable.
A bishop ( English derivation from the New Testament Greek ἐπίσκοπος, epískopos, " overseer ", " guardian ") is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight.
In the Golden Dawn and many other magical systems, each element is associated with one of the cardinal points and is placed under the care of guardian Watchtowers.
Since a wife was regarded as property in biblical times, the betrothal ( erusin ) was effected simply by purchasing her from her father ( or guardian ); the girl ’ s consent is not explicitly required by any biblical law.
It is said that Palden Lhamo, the female guardian spirit of the sacred lake, Lhamo La-tso, promised Gendun Drup, the 1st Dalai Lama in one of his visions " that she would protect the reincarnation lineage of the Dalai Lamas.
After the city secretary ( γραμματεύς ) quieted the crowd, he said, “ Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper ( guardian ) of the temple of the great Diana and of her image that fell from heaven?
Marxist orthodoxy is no guardian of traditions, it is the eternally vigilant prophet proclaiming the relation between the tasks of the immediate present and the totality of the historical process.
The goal of the divine plan as revealed in Exodus is a return to man's state in Eden, so that God can dwell with the Israelites as he had with Adam and Eve through the Ark and Tabernacle, which together form a model of the universe ; in later Abrahamic religions this came to be interpreted as Israel being the guardian of God's plan for mankind, to bring " God's creation blessing to mankind " begun in Adam.
* Suzaku, a character in Descendants of Darkness ( Yami no Matsuei ) who is one of Tsuzuki's shikigami, or guardian beasts
K. is visited by his uncle, who was K .' s guardian.
In chapter 45, a section from Ynglingatal is given which refers to Hel as " howes '- warder " ( meaning " guardian of the graves ") and as taking King Halfdan Hvitbeinn from life.
Like Hecate, " he dog is a creature of the threshold, the guardian of doors and portals, and so it is appropriately associated with the frontier between life and death, and with demons and ghosts which move across the frontier.
* the national standard IT specification for smart ticketing in the UK of which ITSO is the guardian
Classical Latin Arcturus would also have become Art ( h ) ur when borrowed into Welsh, and its brightness and position in the sky led people to regard it as the " guardian of the bear " ( which is the meaning of the name in Ancient Greek ) and the " leader " of the other stars in Boötes.
) is a large, white-colored Hungarian breed of livestock guardian dog with a long, corded coat.
Sometimes referred to as ' mop dogs ,' the Komondor is a long-established powerful dog breed that has a natural guardian instinct to guard livestock and other property.

is and status
At that point we reach the `` closed '' historical situation: the situation in which man is no longer free to return to a status quo ante.
Its ontological status is itself most tenuous because apart from individual men, who are its `` matter '', tradition, the `` form '' of society exists only as a shared perception of truth.
The ontological status of society thus is constituted by the psychological status of society's members.
And the anxiety it generates is misinterpreted as anxiety over private interest and threatened social status.
The reactionary is confused about the existential status of a decaying tradition, but he does perceive the unity tradition had when it was healthy.
Sir Henry Sumner Maine, a hundred years before Communism was a force to be reckoned with, wrote his brilliant legal generalization, that `` the progress of society is from status to contract ''.
But when there is not freedom and opportunity to choose, men -- individual men -- must remain in status and society does not, cannot, progress.
Fundamental to the difficulty of creating the desired prestige is the fact that, in the business community, prestige and status are conferred in proportion to the authority that one man has over others and the extent of which he participates in the management functions ''.
There is an oral tradition among the members of the population in regard to the origin and subsequent separate status of the group in the larger society.
One might digress at this point and speculate that if it is `` wise '' to create special sections for special status, then why not a special section for women pregnant before marriage, and one for 44-year-old men with teenage children, and so on.
For example, property `` used in the trade or business '' of a transferor corporation, as defined in section 1231, presumably would not retain its special status following a non-taxable reorganization if it is not so used in the business of the acquiring corporation.
What then is the status of such questions as: is society the ground of human existence or a means to an individual goal??
The present status of food preservation by ionizing radiation is discussed by food classes in the following paragraphs.
and it is better to be shamed and criticized by one's parents, who already consider one different and difficult to understand, than by one's peers, who are also experiencing a similar groping for and denial of adult status.
Unless one takes refuge in the theory -- however disguised -- that Negroes are, somehow, different from white people, I do not see how one can escape the conclusion that the Negro's status in this country is not only a cruel injustice but a grave national liability.
Now, the picture is clouded, and even US Sens. James O. Eastland and John C. Stennis, who remained loyal to the ticket, are uncertain of their status.
The statement explained that under the Georgia Constitution and state law, tax-exempt status is granted to educational institutions only if they are segregated.
This is a way of getting to school, but, I understand, it entails a certain loss of social status.
I feel a certain loss of status when I am driven up in front of work in a car driven by my wife, who is only a woman.
One question which inevitably crops up is whether such stations have a future in a nation where the Negro is moving into a fully integrated status.

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