Somehow I think that Watson paid more attention to me than he otherwise might have because his foe, Colonel Van Hamm, wouldn't touch me with a ten-foot blue pencil.

Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, pays or offers to pay, or promises to pay, or receives on account of services rendered or to be rendered in connection with any such claim, compensation which, when added to any amount previously paid on account of such services, will exceed the amount of fees so determined by the Commission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both, and if any such payment shall have been made or granted, the Commission shall take such action as may be necessary to recover the same, and, in addition thereto, any such person shall forfeit all rights under this Title.

Among them, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, are: ( 1 ) shorter work weeks, ( 2 ) higher pay, ( 3 ) longer paid vacations, ( 4 ) better transportation, ( 5 ) earlier retirement, and ( 6 ) more education.

that way you may pay more to shim the window into place than you paid for the window.

Officials estimated the annual tax boost for the medical plan would amount to 1.5 billion dollars and that medical benefits paid out would run 1 billion or more in the first year, 1963.

The city paid for work on 75, of which no more than 21 were repaired, Hemphill charged.

If laying ties on a railroad track, which he once did for $1 an hour, paid more than playing right field for the Yankees, Maris would lay ties on a railroad track.

If working in a zinc mine, which he once did for 87-1/2 cents an hour, paid more than playing center field for the Yankees, Mantle would work in a zinc mine.

The Chief Justice has certain administrative responsibilities that the other Justices do not and is paid slightly more ($ 223, 500 per year for the Chief Justice and $ 213, 900 per year for each Associate Justice ).

Fully insuring a blackjack against blackjack is thus referred to as " taking even money ", and paid out immediately, before the dealer's hand is resolved ; the players need not produce to place more chips for the insurance wager.

Similar sums were also paid out for Guerrier, Mercure, Heureux and Peuple Souverain, while the other captured ships were worth considerably more.

Applicants " rush " the team at one or more airshows, paid out of their own finances, and sit in on team briefs and post-show activities and social events.

Chaplin paid yet more concern to story construction, and began treating the Tramp as " a sort of Pierrot.

Jacques Rivette replaced Rohmer as editor in 1963, shifted political and social concerns and paid more attention to the non-Hollywood cinema.

Represented by attorney Robert Winslow and the law firm of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP, courts awarded Day $ 1 million punitive damages, $ 5. 6 million plus $ 2 million interest for losses incurred in a sham oil venture ; $ 3. 4 million plus $ 1. 2 million interest over a hotel venture ; $ 2. 2 million plus $ 793, 800 interest for duplicate or unnecessary fees paid to Rosenthal ; more than $ 2 million to recoup loans to Rosenthal ; $ 3. 9 million plus $ 1 million interest for fraud, and $ 850, 000 attorney fees for Day.

As turbocharged or supercharged engines produce more power for a given engine size as compared to naturally aspirated engines, attention must be paid to the mechanical design of components, lubrication, and cooling to handle the power.

Executives and employees who were paid with stock options instead of cash became instant millionaires when the company made its initial public offering ; many invested their new wealth into yet more dot-coms.

The 2006-2007 school year marked the first time in Milwaukee that more than $ 100 million was paid in vouchers.

Various Soviet directors were more concerned with artistic success than with economical success ( They were paid by the academy, and so money was not a critical issue ).

The FDP opposes phasing out of nuclear power. Regarding the EEG ( or Feed-in tariff ) the website of the FDP states that its policy is for more frequent review of the rates at which renewable generators are paid, in order to prevent what it describes as overpayment ( Überförderungen ).

Singer said that his connection to Exxon was more like being on their mailing list than holding a paid position.

Many graffiti artists see legal advertising as no more than ' paid for and legalised graffiti ' and have risen against mainstream adverts.

In 1970, he made another TV special: Gene Kelly and 50 Girls and was invited to bring the show to Las Vegas, Nevada, which he duly did for an eight-week stint – on condition he be paid more than any artist had hitherto been paid there.

The clerk paid them no attention.

Although they were forced to maintain a sharper watch, this activity enabled them to ride in and rack their broncs without any particular attention being paid them.

In town no one paid much attention to an occasional shot ; ;

Beyond the two basic tasks mentioned above, no attention was paid by statesman or scholar to an idea of state responsibility, either internally or externally.

As a writer on the theater, I have paid close attention to the plays.

The charge was so farfetched that Woodruff paid little attention to it, and answered Pike in a rather bored way, wearily declaring that a `` new hand '' was pumping the bellows of the Crittenden organ, and concluding: `` In a controversy with an adversary so utterly destitute of moral principles, even a triumph would entitle the victor to no laurels.

I said sure that was what I wanted her to do but she paid no attention.

It was a cold, windy day, the day after Kitti's death, but Stanley Gilborn paid no attention to the blustery October wind.

Thirty-one minutes later, when it took off for El Paso, hardly anyone of the crew of six or the 65 other passengers paid any attention to the man and teen-age boy who had come aboard.

`` I knew all this, but I paid no attention.

I suppose I should have paid attention to that half-murmured remark, but it seemed one of those extreme statements women under stress indulge in.

He paid little attention to her because she was a redhead and because she was wearing white -- one of those bulky, turtle-neck sweaters.

This concept was emphasized by Sufi mystics like Rabia al-Adawiyya who paid attention to the difference between dedication to Allah ( i. e. God ) and dedication to people.

However, after reading the work of French sociologists Émile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss, Radcliffe-Brown published an account of his research ( entitled simply The Andaman Islanders ) that paid close attention to the meaning and purpose of rituals and myths.

In many areas drivers have established alternate tracks to avoid the worst parts of the surface, although careful attention must be paid to the presence or absence of landmine warning markers by the side of the road.

Miss Marple, another of Christie ’ s most famous characters, shares these characteristics of careful deduction though the attention paid to the small clues.

Its author is a renowned expert in Greek and Arabic medicine who has paid considerable attention to Avicenna in his recent studies [...].

Little attention is paid to political, diplomatic, or military history, or to biographies of famous men.

Special attention was paid to geography, climate, and demography as long-term factors.

Of particular interest to 20th-century music theorists is the attention he paid to silence as an integral part of music.

Determined not to commit the same mistakes as his brother, Afonso III paid special attention to what the middle class, composed of merchants and small land owners, had to say.

Fleming published his discovery in 1929, in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology, but little attention was paid to his article.

He also paid close attention to his work quickly learning to distinguish the differing sounds the incoming telegraph signals produced and learned to translate signals by ear, without having to write them down and within a year was promoted as an operator.

It was through Pacini that Salieri gained the attention of the composer Florian Leopold Gassmann, who, impressed with his talents and concerned for his future, took the young orphan to Vienna where he personally directed and paid for the remainder of his musical education.