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But he did not just speak straight out of these books but took a distinctive personal line in his consideration, and brought the mind of Ammonius ' to bear on the investigation in hand.
Although she had no experience in cinema, she took summer courses at the University of Southern California and received personal instruction from Hollywood specialists, such as Rudolph Sternad.
Mary, Queen of Scots | Mary Stuart's personal breviary, which she took with her to the scaffold, is preserved in the National Library of Russia of St. Petersburg
The government during 1653 to 1659 is properly called The Protectorate, and took the form of direct personal rule by Oliver Cromwell and, after his death, his son Richard, as Lord Protector.
However, he took a more conspicuous and personal part in the preparation ( with Baptist scholar Horatio B. Hackett ) of the enlarged American edition of Dr. ( afterwards Sir ) William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible ( 1867-1870 ), to which he contributed more than 400 articles, as well as greatly improving the bibliographical completeness of the work.
No personal denunciation was made of Erasmus during his lifetime, however, and he took pains to put distance in later life with these earlier episodes by condemning sodomy in his works, and praising sexual desire in the context of marriage between men and women.
According to Truffaut's theory, auteurs took material that was beneath their talents — a thriller, a pulpy action film, a romance — and, through their style, put their own personal stamp on it.
Escoffier took inspiration for his work from personal recipes in addition to recipes from Carême, Dubois and ideas from Taillevent's Viander, which had a modern version published in 1897.
When Langdon eventually left Sennett in order to make longer, feature-length movies with First National Studios, he took Capra with him to be his personal writer and director.
Finally, the initiative of Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia, succeeded and he took possession of the town as personal property.
Gardner took a strong interest in the Home Guard, helping to arm his fellows from his own personal weaponry collection and personally manufacturing molotov cocktails.
Nayler and his followers refused to remove their hats while Fox prayed, which Fox took as both a personal slight and a bad example.
In 1519, already reigning as Carlos I in Spain, Charles took up the imperial title as Karl V. The balance ( and imbalance ) between these separate inheritances would be defining elements of his reign, and would ensure that personal union between the Spanish and German crowns would be short-lived.
He took a personal interest in the law, presided at public trials, and issued up to twenty edicts a day ; however, he was seen as vulnerable throughout his rule, particularly by the nobility.
The emperor Augustus took a personal interest in the literary works produced during his years of power from 27 BC to AD 14.
Late Iron Age burials in the region often took the form of a crouched inhumation, sometimes with personal ornaments.
The new king took personal control of the government as prime minister and named a new cabinet.
The first sees it as a sign that one is too attached to the material world, while Sufism took it to represent a feeling of personal insufficiency, that one was not getting close enough to God and did not or could not do enough for God in this world.
Alexander took a keen personal interest in his urban and architectural projects and made notes of these in his diaries.
When Mussolini learned of the warnings and the telegrams of sympathy, he took them as a personal affront and had his ambassador to the Vatican file an official protest, charging that Pius XII had taken sides against Italy's ally Germany.
Hallstein knew the proposals would be contentious, and took personal charge of drafting them, overriding the Agriculture Commissioner.
He took his imagery from both the everyday rituals of African American rural life in the south and urban life in the north, melding those American experiences with his personal experiences and with the themes of classical literature, religion, myth, music and daily human ritual.
Touring in 1963 took a toll on Orbison's personal life.
Weeks after this new assignment, Martok took command of a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, the Rotarran, and made it his personal flagship.

took and charge
Morgan took charge of the furniture and restored it to its thankful owners, but he let the culprits who had stolen it go free.
The detectives placed Barco under arrest and, without informing him of the nature of the charge, took him back to Hollywood for questioning.
In the remainder of his speech Davis spoke of his admiration for Brown and warned those who took part in the meeting that they `` are liable to the charge that they are supporting traitors and upholding men whom the laws have condemned ''.
After the death of Lincoln's mother, his older sister, Sarah, took charge of caring for him until their father remarried in 1819 ; Sarah later died in her 20s while giving birth to a stillborn son.
Johnston, who had little choice in allowing Floyd and Pillow to take charge at Fort Donelson on the basis of seniority after he ordered them to add their forces to the garrison, took the blame and suffered calls for his removal because a full explanation to the press and public would have exposed the weakness of the Confederate position.
After Ealdred's return to England he took charge of the sees of Hereford and Ramsbury.
An American officer in the Egyptian army took charge of his military training.
The sequence implicitly labeled Baez a limousine liberal, a charge she took to heart, as detailed years later in her 1987 autobiography, And A Voice To Sing With: A Memoir.
Gabriele and Teresa had nine children: Alphonse " Scarface Al " Capone, James Capone ( also known as Richard Two-Gun Hart ), Raffaele Capone ( also known as Ralph " Bottles " Capone, who took charge of his brother's beverage industry ), Salvatore " Frank " Capone, John Capone, Albert Capone, Matthew Capone, Rose Capone, and Mafalda Capone ( who married John J. Maritote ).
First military right-wingers opposing Alessandri seized power in September 1924, and then reformers in favor of the ousted president took charge in January 1925.
Moreover, they took charge of Rome's water and food supplies ; in their capacity as market superintendents, they served sometimes as judges in mercantile affairs.
Lottrup's son-in-law, Laurits Christian Meulengracht, took over the running of the brewery after that, and was in charge for nearly thirty years, expanding it further.
The last, in Europe, cavalry vs. cavalry mutual charge took place in Poland during the battle of Krasnobrod when the Polish and German cavalry units charged each other.
According to lexicographer William Smith, " She was accused of too much familiarity with Orestes, prefect of Alexandria, and the charge spread among the clergy, who took up the notion that she interrupted the friendship of Orestes with their archbishop, Cyril.
When Sholes took over pop production in 1957 — a result of his success with Elvis Presley — he put Atkins in charge of RCA Victor's Nashville division.
In 1727 the first French commander, M. Le Grand, took charge of the island and established a rudimentary government thus making Dominica formally a colony of France.
As the 1954 congressional elections approached, and it became evident that the Republicans were in danger of losing their thin majority in both houses, Eisenhower was among those blaming the Old Guard for the losses, and took up the charge to stop suspected efforts by the right wing to take control of the GOP.
At that point, " Liebowitz promptly orchestrated the merger of All-American and Detective Comics into National Comics ... Next he took charge of organizing National Comics, self-distributorship Independent News, and their affiliated firms into a single corporate entity, National Periodical Publications ".
Vice President Gustavo Noboa took charge by vice-presidential decree ; Mahuad went on national television in the morning to endorse Noboa as his successor.
Sven-Göran Eriksson took charge of the team between 2001 and 2006 and was the first non-English manager of England.
Capello took charge of his first game on 6 February 2008 against Switzerland, in which England won 2 – 1.
After Eurystheus ' death, the brothers Atreus and Thyestes, whom he had left in charge during his absence, took over the city, the former exiling the latter and assuming the kingship, while Tiryns returned to the overlordship of Argos.
Khan invited Mujib to Rawalpindi to take the charge of the office, and negotiations took place between the military government and the Awami Party.
After numerous difficulties, Gadifer took charge of the invasion, while Bethencourt went to the Spanish peninsula to seek the recognition and support of the Castilian king.
Emperor Joseph himself took charge of Francis's development.

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