Any lingering suspicion that this was a trick Al Budd had thought up was dispelled.

He was tall and dark-skinned, a half-breed, Wilson thought.

It was obvious that he wished himself different from the sort of person he thought he was.

When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.

Perhaps it was insane, Pamela thought.

It was not, thought Pamela, such an evil place after all.

Mrs. Roebuck thought Johnson was a `` sweet bawh t'lah lahk thet '', but her Herman was getting to be a man, there was no getting around it.

The way his red rubber lips were stretched across his pearly little teeth I thought he was only having a little joke, but, no, he wanted me to bend down from the roar of wind so he could roar something into my ear.

You thought I was a Mexican, didn't you, buddy ''??

Maybe Lou was only unconscious, but right then I thought he must be dead.

She was like charcoal, he thought -- dark, opaque, explosive.

At first, I thought he was out of his head, talking wildly like this.

He was aware of her as a frightfully good-looking American WAC, a second lieutenant assigned to do the paper work, ( regardless of how important she might have thought she was ) in the Command offices, but that was all.

`` When I came up, damnit, I thought I was going down.

Jack walked off alone out the road in the searing midday sun, past Robert Allen's three-room, tarpapered house, toward the field where the other boys were playing ball, thinking of what he would do in order to make Miss Langford have him stay in after school -- because this was the day he had decided when he thought he saw the look in her eyes.

That should do it, he thought, because Miss Langford had said she was going to be strict about school work.

`` I hated the war '', he said, `` but thought I ought to go because I was, perhaps, one of those who hadn't done enough to prevent it ''.

Miriam had not yet goaded him into mentioning her directly, but one can feel the generalized anger in Wright's remarks to reporters when he was asked, one morning on arrival in Chicago, what he thought of the city as a whole.

If there was ever a thought in her mind she might devote her life to religion, it was now dispelled.

Opium was also imported into Britain and was not prohibited because it was thought to be medically beneficial.

Noticing the improved ability to move logistics throughout the country, he thought an Interstate Highway System in the U. S. would not only be beneficial for military operations, but provide a measure of continued economic growth.

Milton Friedman later continued this vein of thought, showing that in a few circumstances tariffs might be beneficial to the host country ; but never for the world at large.

This is because buyers or sellers would not trade if either thought it not beneficial to themselves.

It was thought that a government headed by Briand would be beneficial to France because he would make peace with Germany on advantageous terms.

Its leaves are thought to be good fertilizer, and a beneficial additive for compost.

The impact of economic bubbles is debated within and between schools of economic thought ; they are not generally considered beneficial, but it's debated how harmful their formation and bursting is.

In his reminiscence of 1873 Israel Jefferson, former slave at Monticello, recalled a conversation Lafayette had when visiting Thomas Jefferson in 1824, " Lafayette remarked that he thought that the slaves ought to be free ; that no man could rightly hold ownership of his brother man ; that he gave his best services to and spent his money on behalf of the Americans freely because he felt that they were fighting for a great and noble principle-the freedom of mankind ; that instead of all being free a portion were held in bondage ( which seemed to grieve his noble heart ); that it would be mutually beneficial to masters and slaves if the latter were educated, and so on.

It was thought that the area's climate would be beneficial to Nitya, who had been diagnosed with tuberculosis ; Nitya's ailing health would become a concern for Krishnamurti.

Some are thought to be parasites, while others beneficial symbionts.

In poor health and frugal, he was trying to reproduce naturally-effervescent spring waters thought at the time to be beneficial to health.

Many thought this plan would be beneficial to the league as a whole, especially by building a regional rivalry between the new franchise in Miami and the Atlanta Braves.

She was delighted to hear that it was the north wind, and thought that this would be quite beneficial for her son ’ s and husband ’ s voyage to Africa, which she had coordinated.

Also an ignorant crowd without a thought and head ( as a proverb says ) cannot by any means possess such prudence, while the senate, composed of men distinguished by virtue, prudence, and glory of accomplished deeds is capable from its middle position, as if from an observation point, of caring for the common weal of the state, perceiving those matters which are beneficial, and freeing it from disturbances, rebellions, and dangers.

He was criticized by the nobility including Voltaire, who thought his measures, though theoretically beneficial, were not suitable for war time and the French political situation.

Ladybugs are generally thought of as beneficial because they eat large quantities of aphids, mites and other arthropods that feed on various plants.

The researchers conjecture that the reduction in sweat or body odor was beneficial to the ancestors of East Asians and Native Americans who are thought to have lived in cold climates.

The first situation is frequently thought of and occurs when foraging in a group is beneficial and brings greater rewards known as an aggregation economy.

He was a good student in areas he liked and that he thought would be necessary and beneficial in future, which was organic chemistry.

It is thought that the alternation of heat and cold improves blood circulation, that is beneficial for instance in rheumatic disorders.

Flavanols are also thought to help reduce blood platelet buildup and can balance levels of compounds called eicosanoids, which may be beneficial to cardiovascular health.

The Ottoman empire was suspicious of Muhammed Ali ’ s ambition, and thought that by ordering Ali against the Wahhabis, the defeat of either would be beneficial.

This is thought to be undesirable, although one school of thought holds that removing some albumin may be beneficial in terms of removing protein-bound uremic toxins.

Probiotic organisms are live microorganisms that are thought to be beneficial to the host organism.