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Her and tendency
Her practice of accompanying Germanicus on campaigns was considered inappropriate, and her tendency to take command in these situations was viewed with suspicion as subversively masculine.
Her traits are usually edgy and neurotic and she has a tendency to easily get angry with almost everyone.
Her tendency, however, to reject roles that could have vitally helped her career in later years caused Alexander Woollcott to declare "... she was like a sinking ship firing on the rescuers ".
Her love of food and tendency to overeat led her to become seriously overweight, and to her subsequently being nicknamed " Fat Mary.
Her body studies, she insists, have always been concerned primarily with the body as the unit of an individual, a tendency she traces to her parents ' military pasts.
" Her tendency to, " Talk for hours about the most boring everyday things, like the gas or insurance ," also inspired him in creating the narrative pieces in the song cycle which were letters to the character's mum.
Her ex-husband said the same: that despite her tendency to throw things and sometimes hit him, she had never harmed the children.
Her writing style and her tendency to use social science research in her reasons made for opinions that were often notable for their sheer length.
Her powers as the Sacras One often lead her to point out the confusing nature of RPG structured gaming ( she understands that the RPG reality defies common sense and physics ), though the other characters usually ignore her tendency to do so.
Her unpopularity stemmed from her tendency to withdraw into a world of her own as a consequence of the death of her grandfather, Albert Robertson, who was actually the inspiration for the Fat Albert character.
Tomu Uchida's A Living Puppet and Kenji Mizoguchi's Metropolitan Symphony ( both 1929 ) were also tendency films, and Shigeyoshi Suzuki's tendency film What Made Her Do It?
Her difficulty with the English language did not stop her from resonating charisma with her impeccable drumming and tendency to rarely refrain from smiling.
Her work is distinguished by an unusual tendency to draw imagery and language from the natural sciences:

Her and be
Her impact in the zing commercials had led to her being considered for an excellent part in an upcoming TV series, Underwater Western Eye, a documentary-type show to be sponsored by Oatnut Grits.
Her hair was dyed, and her bloom was fading, and she must have been crowding forty, but she seemed to be one of those women who cling to the manners and graces of a pretty child of eight.
Her uniform was of rich, raw silk, in a shade which matched her hair, skin, housepaint, and cats, and since she was so thin as to be almost shapeless, she rather resembled a frozen fish stick.
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 father's attention would be on the road ahead and it wouldn't deviate an inch until he crossed the bridge at the Falls and took the River Road to LaSalle and, finally, turned in at their own driveway at 387 Heather Heights.
Her mother would be fast asleep curled up against that wonderful, big, safe, solid shoulder next to her on the front seat.
Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
`` Her basic hull form ( a teardrop ) and her nuclear power plant will be used for almost all new submarines, including the potent Polaris missile submarines '', the statement went on.
Her invitation from Premier Joseph Smallwood is reported to be the only one extended to a woman.
Her bouffant coiffure was fortunately combed on the left which happened to be the direction from which a brisk breeze was blowing.
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 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 hair never seemed to be in place and her skirts were never quite the correct length.
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.
Her second and last novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which is considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels, appeared in 1848.
Her medism in 491 is to be explained by her commercial relations with the Persian Empire.
Her actual settlement was said to be in the neighborhood of $ 80, 000.
Her wish to be buried there was granted after she left an estate sworn at under £ 40, 000, of which Disraeli received over £ 30, 000.
Her arm should be fully or almost fully extended overhead as well.
Her role in his conversion is not considered now to be as important as it is often represented in medieval chronicles.
Her lasting influence may have caused certain monasteries and churches in Saxony to be dedicated to this saint.
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 strategy, to support the Dutch on the surface with an English army, while beginning secret peace talks with Spain within days of Leicester's arrival in Holland, had necessarily to be at odds with Leicester's, who wanted and was expected by the Dutch to fight an active campaign.

Her and witty
Her Stage Door portrayal of a fast-talking, witty supporting character, gained Arden considerable notice and was to be a template for many of Arden's future roles.
Her sharp, witty remarks sometimes hit sensitive spots.
Her early years were clouded by the execution of Henri of Montmorency, her mother's only brother, for intriguing against Richelieu in 1632, and that of her mother's cousin the Count François de Montmorency-Boutteville for duelling in 1635 ; but her parents made their peace with Richelieu, and being introduced into society in 1635 she soon became one of the stars of the Hôtel de Rambouillet, at that time the center of all that was learned, witty, and gay in France.
Her song " Strange Things Happening Every Day ", recorded in 1944 with Sammy Price, Decca's house boogie woogie pianist, showcased her virtuosity as a guitarist and her witty lyrics and delivery.
Her next major success was The Philadelphia Story ( 1940 ) in which she played Dinah Lord, the witty younger sister of Tracy Lord ( Katharine Hepburn ).
Her published writings include " Heroines ," ( 1925 ) a series of monologues based upon female fairy tale characters and intertwining them with witty comparisons to the contemporary image of women ; Aveux non avenus, ( Carrefour, 1930 ) a book of essays and recorded dreams illustrated with photomontages ; and several essays in magazines and journals.
* The chorus of The Kingston Trio's " Take Her Out of Pity " from their 1961 album Close-Up ( The Kingston Trio album ) is " Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailor ; a doctor, a lawyer, a soldier or a sailor ; a rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty ; don't let her die an old maid, but take her out of pity.
Her presence on the Unit provides a rational counter to Boyd's somewhat unorthodox methods, but the pair enjoy a close working relationship and often engage in witty banter.
Her friend Noël Coward spent a weekend at the home of Taylor and, inspired by that remarkable visit wrote, in just three days, his devastating, witty comedy of manners Hay Fever ( 1925 ).

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