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took and arms
Dean turned from Susan and took Julia Fortune in his arms.
He rolled toward her and took her in his arms.
The rapid industrialization that took place after 1930 provided the infrastructure necessary for developing an arms industry.
The New Zealand attack took their objectives in the El Mreir depression but, once again, many vehicles failed to arrive and they were short of support arms in an exposed position.
They took with them the symbols and objects of Spanish Gibraltar's history: the council and ecclesiastical records, including the historical documents signed by the Spanish Catholic Monarchs in 1502, granting Gibraltar's coat of arms, and the statue of the Saint Mary the Crowned.
The Kaiser took a mostly unilateral approach in Europe with as main ally the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and an arms race with Britain, which eventually led to the situation in which the assassination of the Austrian-Hungarian crown prince could spark off World War I.
In the Peninsula, the Malayan Communist Party took up arms against the British.
As Islamists took up arms to overthrow the regime, the FIS's leaders were arrested and it became overshadowed by Islamist guerilla groups particularly the Islamic Salvation Army, MIA and Armed Islamic Group ( or GIA ).
Aside from his Greek name, Ignatius, he also called himself Theophorus (" God Bearer "), and tradition says he was one of the children Jesus took in His arms and blessed.
When the federal government tried to assert authority on behalf of the Cherokees, the governor of Georgia took up arms.
" And being a very powerful man, he took him up in his arms, and carried him off per force.
Rural guerrillas and disaffected army deserters took up arms in the name of Islam, due to the communist regime's increasing rejection of it.
After he died in 1624, his son Anton took over the family business ; Anton oversaw a gunsmithing operation during the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 48 ), which was the first instance of the family's long association with arms manufacturing.
His father ’ s health declined starting in 1939, and after a stroke in 1941, Alfried took over full control of the firm, continuing its role as main arms supplier to Germany at war.
In 1979 he took part in the Vienna arms limitation talks.
In the spring of 2001, ethnic Albanian insurgents calling themselves the National Liberation Army ( some of whom were former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army ) took up arms in the west of the Republic of Macedonia.
Mitchell was quite thrilled when Valentino took her in his arms and carried her inside from the rooftop of the Georgian Terrace Hotel.
In an interview in 2000, Mikhail Gorbachev, in response to the comment " In the 1980s, you warned about the unprecedented dangers of nuclear weapons and took very daring steps to reverse the arms race ," said " Models made by Russian and American scientists showed that a nuclear war would result in a nuclear winter that would be extremely destructive to all life on Earth ; the knowledge of that was a great stimulus to us, to people of honor and morality, to act in that situation.
As a result, Roman factions that wished Tivoli annihilated took up arms against Innocent.
They attempted to board the ship at which time Martok took up arms and defended his General, successfully repelling the invasion.
The ball bounced off Hinton's hands, was tipped by Dallas defensive back Mel Renfro, and finally ended up in the arms of tight end John Mackey, who took the ball 75 yards for a touchdown, tying the score 6 – 6 after Jim O ' Brien's extra point attempt was blocked.
King caught the pass as it carried just over the outstretched arms of defensive back Herman Edwards and took off to the end zone for a Super Bowl record 80-yard touchdown reception.
When this scheme was revealed, Reagan admitted that he knew about Iranian " arms for hostages " dealings but professed ignorance about the proceeds funding the Contras ; for this, National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Oliver North took much of the blame.
For example, Father Gaspar García Laviana took up arms and became a member of FSLN.
Pirithous took up his arms and the pair met to do battle, but were so impressed with each other they took an oath of friendship and joined the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.

took and uncle
Arnulf took the leading role in the deposition of his uncle, the Emperor Charles the Fat.
Jitō took responsibility for court administration after the death of her husband, Emperor Temmu, who was also her uncle.
The cognomen Iustinianus which he took later is indicative of adoption by his uncle Justin.
His uncle Kęstutis took him prisoner and a civil war ( 1381 – 1384 ) ensued.
At this time, Lord Peter was considerably influenced by his maternal uncle Paul Delagardie, who took it upon himself to instruct his nephew in the facts of life as Paul himself understood them-i. e.
During this period, together with his uncle, he took part in many naval wars of the Ottoman Empire against Spain, the Republic of Genoa and the Republic of Venice, including the First Battle of Lepanto ( Battle of Zonchio ) in 1499 and Second Battle of Lepanto ( Battle of Modon ) in 1500.
He took his first steps in the religious life when he was sent to the monastery of the Friars Minor in Velletri, where he was put under the care of his uncle Fra Leonardo Patrasso.
He was educated among the Franciscans by his uncle, who took him under his special charge and later sent him to a convent in La Pérouse with the purpose of obtaining knowledge of the sciences.
Tycho later wrote that when he was around age two, his uncle, Danish nobleman Jørgen Thygesen Brahe, " without the knowledge of my parents took me away with him while I was in my earliest youth to become a scholar ".
Because of a prophecy that they would overthrow their murderous uncle, they were, in the manner of many mythological heroes, abandoned at birth ; in this case, on the Tiber River by servants who took pity on the infants, despite their orders.
Early 13th century, Ada, Countess of Holland took refuge here when she was fighting in a civil war against her uncle, William I, Count of Holland.
In 1962, Community Research and Development board member Melvin Berman took interest in a 1, 032 acre parcel of land assembled by land developer Robert Moxley comprising four farm properties from the Carroll, Kahler, Wix, and his uncle James R. Moxley Sr's families.
The Council — his uncle William Knollys included — took a quarter of an hour to compile a report, which declared that his truce with O ' Neill was indefensible and his flight from Ireland tantamount to a desertion of duty.
Following the resignation of the Chancellor Prince Metternich during the Revolutions of 1848, the young Archduke, who it was widely expected would soon succeed his uncle on the throne, was appointed Governor of Bohemia on 6 April, but never took up the post.
a Son of France ), and in most historiography is primarily listed as ' Louis XVII of France ', since with the Bourbon restoration, his uncle took Louis XVIII as regnal name.
Until he took complete charge as king in 1388, France was ruled primarily by his uncle, Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
The selection took the political world by surprise and possibly led to the British phrase " Bob's your uncle !".
Robert took refuge in the fortress of Dumbarton Castle in the Clyde estuary to join his uncle, King David.
After leaving Leipzig in 1888, Delius moved to Paris where his uncle, Theodore, took him under his wing and looked after him socially and financially.
Although also born in England, his father, Robert Erskine Childers, had had an Irish mother and had been raised by an uncle in County Wicklow, and after the First World War took his family to live there.
He in 1894 inherited the Earldom Grey from his uncle and thereafter took his place in the House of Lords, while simultaneously undertaking business ventures around the British Empire.
On the outbreak of the English Civil War, he took up arms for Parliament and James Temple obtained a position for him as a cornet in the cavalry troop commanded by Temple ’ s cousin John Fiennes ( the son of his uncle, Viscount Saye and Sele ).
Shortly after his birth the family moved south to Jujinetz, where Reich's father took control of a cattle farm owned by his mother's uncle, Josef Blum.
The young officer took his part in the siege warfare of the period, and won special commendation from his uncle ( one of the foremost commanders of the time ) for his skill and courage at the celebrated siege of's-Hertogenbosch ( Bois-le-Duc ) in 1629.
Parts of this novel she took with her on a visit to her uncle Sheridan le Fanu, himself a successful author, who was highly pleased with it and assisted her in having it published.

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