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said and propriety
Urged by the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice, his letter said: " We are of the opinion that this book is such a book as brings it within the provisions of the Public Statutes respecting obscene literature and suggest the propriety of withdrawing the same from circulation and suppressing the editions thereof.
Often criticism was governed by very strict cultural rules of politeness, propriety and decency, and there could be immediate penalties if the wrong words were said or written down ( in 17th century England, more than half of men and about three-quarters of women could not read or write ).
Whatever may be said or thought of the peculiar sect of which he is the local head, I take pleasure in stating that throughout this session he has conducted himself with the degree of decorum and propriety which have been equaled by his industry, sagacity, good temper, apparent regard for the true interests of the people, and the obligations of his official oath.
Should the British Crown ever wish to relinquish Gibraltar, a reversion clause holds that the territory would first be offered to Spain, " And in case it shall hereafter seem meet to the Crown of Great Britain to grant, sell or by any means to alienate therefrom the propriety of the said town of Gibraltar, it is hereby agreed and concluded that the preference of having the sale shall always be given to the Crown of Spain before any others.
The blessings of that of grace cannot, with the least shadow of propriety, be said to be the duties of that of works.
Pryor said that although he agreed with the propriety of displaying the Ten Commandments in a courthouse, he was bound to follow the court order and uphold the rule of law.
The judge said that most of Hurwitz's practice was legitimate medicine that saved patients ' lives and that medical literature increasingly supports his theories on the propriety of massive drug doses to treat patients in chronic pain.

said and impropriety
McCartney said that the rumours of sexual impropriety were raised by Alexis Mardas who " had agendas of his own, and may have fabricated ( or at least exaggerated ) the story ".
The Ethics Committee said that Domenici ’ s phone call to Iglesias, in advance of an upcoming election, “ created an appearance of impropriety that reflected unfavorably on the Senate ”.
" Much has been said of the impropriety of representing men who have no will of their own.
To the contrary, he said there was never any impropriety.
A spokesman for the law firm said: " There is absolutely no impropriety whatsoever.

said and such
It is said that, even at the present stage of Southern urbanization, such a city as Atlanta is not distinctly unlike Columbus or Trenton.
`` We were possessed by visions of a new civilization to come, very pure and elevated '', he has said, `` in fact some ideal form of socialism such as we had dreamed of since the war of 1914-1918 ''.
`` Preferably '', said Carl, `` one battered and worn, such as might be found in a pawnshop ''.
The song, he said, was called `` The Stream's Lullaby '', and when he sang, `` Gute ruh, Gute ruh, Mach't die augen zu, '' there was such longing and such simple sadness that it frightened me.
Mr. Richard Preston, executive director of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, in his remarks to the Governors Conference on Industrial Development at Providence on October 8, 1960, warned against the fallacy of attempting to attract industry solely to reduce the tax rate or to underwrite municipal services such as schools when he said: `` If this is the fundamental reason for a community's interest or if this is the basic approach, success if any will be difficult to obtain ''.
The Smithfield tax assessor, in turn, claims the tax under the provision of law `` and all other tangible personal property situated or being in any town, in or upon any place of storage shall be taxed to such person in the town where said property is situated ''.
( B ) to finance, for not more than two years beyond the end of said period, such grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and studies as may theretofore have been undertaken pursuant to this Act ; ;
and ( C ) to finance, for not more than three years beyond the end of said period, such activities as are required to correlate, coordinate, and round out the results of studies and research undertaken pursuant to this Act: Provided, That funds available in any one year for research and development may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State to assure that such activities are consistent with the foreign policy objectives of the United States, be expended in cooperation with public or private agencies in foreign countries in the development of processes useful to the program in the United States: And provided further, That every such contract or agreement made with any public or private agency in a foreign country shall contain provisions effective to insure that the results or information developed in connection therewith shall be available without cost to the United States for the use of the United States throughout the world and for the use of the general public within the United States.
No previous antitrust case, he said, had involved interests of such magnitude or presented such complex problems of relief.
I doubt, for example, that, 3 months before the leadership began to talk about what came to be the Marshall plan, any public-opinion expert would have said that the country would have accepted such proposals.
The first time I saw the latter filly she trotted by me and I noticed such a family resemblance that I said to myself, `` that must be Hickory Ash ''.
`` We, the Subscribers, do agree, that as soon as a convenient Number of Persons have subscribed to this, or a similar Writing, We will present a petition to the Hon'ble General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, praying for an Act incorporating into a Body politic the subscribers to such Writing with Liberty to build such a Bridge, and a Right to demand a Toll equal to that received at Malden Bridge, and on like Terms, and if such an Act shall be obtained, then we severally agree each with the others, that we will hold in the said Bridge the several shares set against our respective Names, the whole into two hundred shares being divided, and that we will pay such sums of Money at such Times and in such Manners, as by the said proposed Corporation, shall be directed and required ''.

said and gathering
Not having said `` hell '' before, he stumbled a bit before gathering momentum.
Cnoc Fírinne ( meaning ' Hill of Truth ') takes its name from Donn, who is said to forewarn the local people of bad weather by gathering up rain clouds around him on the hill.
Robert Cecil is said to have summed up the feeling of the gathering during a speech to the final assembly when he said:
" Former American Psychological Association President Dr. Nicholas Cummings was the Keynote Speaker at the 2011 NARTH Conference and said that he had a " high regard " for NARTH and considered it an honor to be invited to speak at NARTH's scientific gathering.
The Hill of Ward in Co. Meath was the site of a Samhain gathering ; the Iron Age ringfort is said to have been where the goddess or druid Tlachtga died, giving birth to triplets that resulted from rape.
He said it would be a gathering place on the Judgement Day.
It was reported that Abu Hurayrah said “ When one of you joins a gathering, let him say salaam.
Frank Wisner, a well-known CIA operations executive said of the autobiography of Director of Central Intelligence Allen W. Dulles, that Dulles " disposes of the popular misconception that counterintelligence is essentially a negative and responsive activity, that it moves only or chiefly in reaction to situations thrust upon it and in counter to initiatives mounted by the opposition " Rather, he sees that can be most effective, both in information gathering and protecting friendly intelligence services, when it creatively but vigorously attacks the " structure and personnel of hostile intelligence services.
It is also said of him that he gained the affection of his subjects by his honesty and his cultivation of the arts, which he accomplished by gathering round him distinguished literary men, in particular philosophers, poets, and historians.
Black, unimpressed that Peters had insisted on gathering background information about the character, later said he preferred the original London production and Webb's performance.
This gathering in Kuala Lumpur was observed by the CIA and Malaysian authorities, but what specifically was being said at the meetings was not picked up.
On 6 July 2004, he called a press conference and denounced the government for maintaining what he called a " dirt unit ," which he said was gathering personal material about him, including details of his first marriage.
The word collecta meant the gathering of the people together and may have been applied to this prayer as said before the procession to the church in which Mass was celebrated.
Thus the constitution's preamble said that " socialism has won in our country " and so " finishing the socialist construction, we are changing over to building an advanced socialist society and gathering strength for the transition to communism.
The witches of Alt Berguedà and Cadí were said to apply unguents, climb up the chimney and, mounted on brooms, head for Pedraforca to hold a great gathering.
The main feature of the gathering was said to be a great circle dance.
In the local folklore of Somerset in southwest England, The Woman of the Mist is said to appear sometimes as a crone gathering sticks ; sightings of her were reported as late as the 1950s.
The NIOC at Sugar Grove has long been the location of electronic intelligence gathering systems, and is today said to be a key station in the ECHELON system operated by the National Security Agency ( NSA ).
* " Method for computing future life expectancies, said method comprising gathering data including X, Y, Z, ..."
The high price of the soup means it is often used as a way to impress guests or at celebrations, 58 percent of those questioned in the WWF survey said they ate the soup at a celebration or gathering.
The movement, Unsu, or hands in the cloud, is used to sweep away the hands of the opponent and is said to signify the gathering clouds in a thunderstorm.
" The agency said it also needed to protect its sources: " The reports contain only references to Diana, Princess of Wales, acquired incidentally from intelligence gathering.
It was said to be the largest religious gathering in Seattle to that time.

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