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Her and plots
Her silence, however, strengthened her own political security: she knew that if she named an heir, her throne would be vulnerable to a coup ; she remembered that the way " a second person, as I have been " had been used as the focus of plots against her sister, Queen Mary.
Her observations about the sharing of garden plots amongst the Arapesh, the egalitarian emphasis in child rearing, and her documentation of predominantly peaceful relations among relatives are very different from the " big man " displays of dominance that were documented in more stratified New Guinea cultures — e. g., by Andrew Strathern.
Her little brother, Carl, is often scheming with Robert-Joseph (" Hoodsey ") Bishop in his own side plots, and her mother, Lois, is always there for advice to which Ginger is always open to listen.
Her continuous desperation not to let other people find out her true origins forms many of the plots and provides most of the humour of the show.
Her plots often involve unusual young people not recognized for their talents by ordinary lower or middle-class people but supported by the educated, rich, and upper-class, to the anger, resentment, and puzzlement of their relatives.
Her strongly character-driven plots often are developed from the viewpoint of a male protagonist.
Her plots are often described as journeys, odysseys and quests in both literal and metaphorical senses.
Her actions play right into Satan's trap, who doesn't care whether she goes to Heaven or Hell, only that she dies and is no longer a threat to his plots.
Her paranoia alienates Jaime, who eventually abandons her to her plots.
Games include tie-ins to the plots of 2006 series episodes, such as " Tooth and Claw " and " Fear Her ".
Her intelligence causes the Headmaster to take an interest in her, and makes her pivotal in his plans to win a national school quiz competition for nefarious ends, as well as other subsequent plots, made easier by the fact that she is the only member of SPLAT not immune to his hypnosis.

Her and settings
Her works also include landscapes, portraits, garden settings and boating scenes.
Her use of foreign settings and androgynous themes made The Rose of Versailles and Orpheus no Mado " enormous successes ".
Her books have a very strong sense of place, with settings that play as significant a role as do the characters themselves.
Her many years as a park ranger enabled her to work in a variety of natural and historical settings, from 300 feet below the surface of the Earth to 13, 000 feet above sea level on the Continental Divide ; and from the textile mills of the American Industrial Revolution to the homes of Americans who changed the course of history.
Her posing is second nature, she's beautiful from any angle, and without camera settings to make, there's nothing to do but watch.
Her voice by this point was darker, heavier, and more inflexible than when she had sung for Strauss at Bayreuth, and she was becoming reluctant to venture above the stave, as would be notoriously demonstrated in the recording of Tristan two years later ; the Strauss songs, particularly the Heine settings, were thus not ideally suited to her resources, and she found herself tested to her limits.
Her plays have quite indistinct settings, and she rarely spends time with topographical description in her stories.
Her last completed works ( 1975 ) were settings of Kipling and Beddoes for the unusual combination of SATB, harp and two horns.

Her and were
Her eyes were glazed as if she didn't hear or even see him.
Her blond hair was frowzy, her dress torn in several places, and her shoes were so completely worn out that they were practically no protection.
Her legs were the full, sexy kind, full bodied like a rare wine and just as tantalizing to the appetite ; ;
Her glance swung past the trailer where the two drivers were standing.
Her long thin arms moved in a slow rhythmical gesture over the family possessions which were placed in front of her.
Her quarters were on the right as you walked into the building, and her small front room was clogged with heavy furniture -- a big, round, oak dining table and chairs, a buffet, with a row of unclaimed letters inserted between the mirror and its frame.
Her thoughts were not discrete.
Her eyebrows were definite and heavy and formed two lines moving upward toward a high forehead and a great head of brown hair that fell to her shoulders.
Her services to the School for many years were of a very high character, and I have often thought that one of the buildings should be named for her ''.
Her eyes were bright with anticipation.
Her `` Rockabye Your Baby '' was as good as it can be done, and her really personal songs, like `` The Man That Got Away '' were deeply moving.
Her hesitation was only momentary and she hoped he didn't notice it, as she settled herself, asked quickly how Miss Jenny and the babies were getting on.
Her nose was higher of bridge, her complexion so pale as to be quite susceptible to sunburn, and the fish and vegetable diet of her forebears had given her teeth that were white and regular and strong.
Her bright eyes were twinkling.
Her hair never seemed to be in place and her skirts were never quite the correct length.
Her eyes were wild.
Her dark cool caresses were sweeter than any woman's ; ;
Her eyes were smiling, too, but so sadly, and there was tiredness and infinite wisdom in them.
Her extendibles were diverted, connected or augmented and the final, delicate-beyond-description brain taps were completed while Helva remained anesthetically unaware of the proceedings.
Her book titles, changed by American publishers, for example Ten Little Niggers to Ten Little Indians, were kept the same across the Atlantic, after bushels of fan mail.
Her two children by Philip II, Philip, count of Clermont ( died 1234 ), and Mary, who married Philip I of Namur, were legitimized by the pope in 1201 at the request of the king.
Her remaining children were raised between her, Livia Drusilla and Germanicus ’ mother Antonia Minor.
Her reputed last words, uttered as the assassin was about to strike, were " Smite my womb ", the implication here being she wished to be destroyed first in that part of her body that had given birth to so " abominable a son.

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