In these final pieces he offered a critique of Western science in which he suggested that non-European languages often referred to physical phenomena in ways that more directly reflected aspects of reality than many European languages, and that science ought to pay attention to the effects of linguistic categorization in its efforts to describe the physical world.

Parimutuel wagers pay off at prices determined by support in the wagering pools, while bookmakers pay off either at the odds offered at the time of accepting the bet ; or at the median odds offered by track bookmakers at the time the race started.

An elder in his church offered to pay for his college education if he would promise to become a minister, but Cleveland declined.

Slaw, the Canadian legal co-operative, offered this advice to lawyers just starting out in practice, especially those who are trying to pay off student loans, " The GnuCash software ... should present a great alternative for lawyers looking for a solid accounting system at low cost.

Infuriated at Kerrigan's departure, Moon allegedly offered to pay someone to break McLagan's fingers.

According to Snowden, " When he finally offered to pay us, we went up and had a ball.

The American representatives were prepared to pay up to $ 10 million for New Orleans and its environs, but were dumbfounded when the vastly larger territory was offered for $ 15 million.

Glyndŵr offered to release Mortimer for a large ransom but, in sharp contrast to his attitude to de Grey, Henry IV refused to pay.

The Drevlians begged for mercy and offered to pay for their freedom with honey and furs.

Indeed in June 1991 Colonel L. Nuia was dismissed for killing civilians and using Australian-donated helicopters to dump their bodies at sea, while in September 1993 the PNG government offered to pay compensation for Solomon Island civilians killed by PNGDF forces who had pursued BRA members across the border.

Holmes has been known to charge clients for his expenses, and to claim any reward that might be offered for the problem's solution: he says in " The Adventure of the Speckled Band " that Miss Stoner may pay any expenses he may be put to, and requests that the bank in " The Red-Headed League " remunerate him for the money he spent solving the case.

When an admirer of the painting offered to pay a substantial sum for a painting with a similar theme, Alma-Tadema simply turned the emperor around to show him leaving in After the Audience.

The village men relentlessly try to convince Chris to be their gunman ; while at first he agrees just to help them find men, eventually he decides to help them out in person as well as finding six other men to join them, despite the poor pay offered.

Gibbs continued to work without pay until 1880, when the new Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland offered him a position paying $ 3, 000 per year.

Although Molitor wanted to remain with Milwaukee when he became a free agent after the 1992 season, the franchise offered him a one year contract with a $ 900, 000 pay cut ( to $ 2. 5 million ), while the Toronto Blue Jays offered a three-year, $ 13 million ($ in current dollar terms ) deal, leading to his signing with the defending World Series champion Blue Jays.

The buyer offered to pay $ 280 per streetcar.

The distance to travel to work should be in line with the pay offered, and the transportation and infrastructure of the area also influence who applies for a post.

The benefactor Henry Hoare offered a downpayment of £ 3000 to finance the chapel's construction, in addition to which he promised to pay £ 1000 a year if a tower were added to Scott's original plans, which had included only a small fleche.

" Its complaint states that customers would pay a registration fee to join a program that called itself an " internet mall " and purchase a package of goods and services such as internet mail, and that the company offered " significant commissions " to consumers who purchased and resold the package.

He offered to pay the head of the Syrian security services, Abdel Hamid Sarraj, to order Syrian jet fighters to shoot down Nasser's plane.

When the Banate of Severin was retaken, Basarab offered to pay yearly tribute and 7, 000 silver marks in compensation, and to recognize the king ’ s sovereignty ; but his offers were rejected, and the king advanced into Wallachia as far as Curtea de Argeş.

But it at least offered him a chance for living.

The excuse was offered for them that they had mistaken the Italians for Belgian mercenaries.

Ejaculated the surprised woman, looking at Alex for an explanation but he, parting from her without ceremony, only offered a few words about the doctor's provincial American speech and a state of nerves brought on by the demands of his work.

The property sales assistance program is designed to assist small business concerns that may wish to buy property offered for sale by the Federal Government.

The young apprentice apparently did well by Mr. Brown, for in the third year of his apprenticeship Lucian was offered a full partnership in the firm ; ;

In contrast to this voluntary-control explanation for nonreactivity given by the Kohnstamm-positive subjects, the Kohnstamm-negative subjects offered an involuntary-control hypothesis to explain nonreactivity.

It suggests that during the next several months, through the spring of 1961, the demand for long-term capital funds may be moderately lower and that interest rates may tend to move a little lower, especially the rates on Federal, state, and local bonds, as well as those on publicly offered corporate bonds.

The reason offered for clinging to the ancestral faith lacked force and authority even in the teen-agers' minds.

The fire fighters association here offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the bombing.

a report that 200 Protestant clergymen and laity attended a votive Mass offered for Christian unity at a Catholic church in Slough during the Church Unity Octave.

One of the roles of the social scientist, ethicist or theologian in our discussions with the realtors became that of encouraging greater awareness of the opportunities offered by the legal and political processes for the exercise of broad social responsibilities in their work.

Throughout these exciting years I have been fortunate for, although I have never offered great financial inducements, talent has found its way to me: William Boal who so ably organizes business operations ; ;

The explanation offered for her conduct is a misguided attempt to save her marriage to a neurotic husband left sterile as a result of an automobile accident.

The Holy Father would die soon, she said to Carla, so she could translate for Sam, although he had a brilliant doctor, a man who did not need the assistance of those doctors offered by the great rulers of the world.

Apollo, a god of music, fell in love with the instrument and offered to allow exchange of the cattle for the lyre.

When Lindburgh saw the crudeness of Carrel's machinery, he offered to build new equipment for the scientist.

While 2 November remained the liturgical celebration, in time the entire month of November became associated in the Western Catholic tradition with prayer for the departed ; lists of names of those to be remembered being placed in the proximity of the altar on which the sacrifice of the mass is offered.

Light's survey was completed in this period, and land was promptly offered for sale to early colonists.

It was unusual for a man of Mackenzie's humble origins to attain such a position in an age which generally offered such opportunity only to the privileged.

As Wozniak was the only person who could answer most customer support questions about the computer, the company offered Apple I owners discounts and trade-ins for Apple IIs to persuade them to return their computers, contributing to their scarcity.

At times, Alcott offered his own hand for an offending student to strike, saying that any failing was the teacher's responsibility.

Second … it offered a solution to the unemployment for the former samurai class … Finally, development promised to yield the needed natural resources for a growing capitalist economy .’