`` That was a terrible thing to do '', I said to Oso.

`` But that was war '', I said.

Still, I was disgusted with myself for agreeing with Montero's methods.

In the brief moment I had to talk to them before I took my post on the ring of defenses, I indicated I was sickened by the methods men employed to live and trade on the river.

Next to him was a young boy I was sure had sat near me at one of the trading sessions.

Now under me I could see him for what he really was, a boy dressed up in streaks of paint.

Such was my state of mind that I did not question the possibility of this ; ;

under the circumstances I was only too willing to confess all.

I was nearly thirty at the time.

It was dark and, I sensed, very large ; ;

Sometimes I was aware of people moving about in the darkness.

This impressed me, until I realized how limited was his sphere of influence.

I felt certain he was really a spineless little man.

Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went on in the hall.

In the mornings, I was informed, fluorescent tubes, similar to the one above the counter, illuminated the entire hall.

I was shown, instead, a batch of white tickets of the sort handed out, he told me, every morning.

Now, here was something of obvious importance to me, yet when I reached for the tickets he snatched them away from my hand.

It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.

I felt certain it was self-appointed.

I decided to see no more of the clerk until the processing of my papers was completed.

I was constantly searching for clues around the neighborhood of the hall.

I never saw him so anxious before '', I said, lighting my pipe and offering her a cigarette.

In 1911, Carnegie became a sympathetic benefactor to George Ellery Hale, who was trying to build the 100 inch ( 2. 5 m ) Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson, and donated an additional ten million dollars to the Carnegie Institution with the following suggestion to expedite the construction of the telescope: " I hope the work at Mount Wilson will be vigorously pushed, because I am so anxious to hear the expected results from it.

And I am satisfied that there is no other city in the world that is so anxious to shake off the memories of its early origins.

I am very anxious to go out west next fall & get some employment, but I have not yet decided where.

Burton also commented that he was anxious about his role, because he feared that ST: TNG was going to flop: " At the beginning, you know, there was a lot of conversation in the press at what a bad idea this was I thought that since Gene was involved we had a real good shot of making a good show that would carry on in that tradition of Star Trek.

I find, from looking into the amendments proposed by the State conventions, that several are particularly anxious that it should be declared in the Constitution, that the powers not therein delegated should be reserved to the several States.

The Duchess of York originally wanted the names Ann Margaret, as she explained to Queen Mary in a letter: " I am very anxious to call her Ann Margaret, as I think Ann of York sounds pretty, & Elizabeth and Ann go so well together.

" I Am Legend is the product of an anxious artistic mind working in an anxious cultural climate.

Although Sherman was technically the senior officer at this time, he wrote to Grant, " I feel anxious about you as I know the great facilities Confederates have of concentration by means of the River and R Road, but have faith in you — Command me in any way.

When Gunner Rivers, anxious about his son's welfare, went to the cockpit to ask after him the young man called out from the other side of the deck, " Here I am, Father, nothing is the matter with me ; only lost my leg and that in a good cause.

Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first arrangement of the Judicial department as essential to the happiness of our Country, and to the stability of its political system ; hence the selection of the fittest characters to expound the law, and dispense justice, has been an invariable object of my anxious concern.

He writes, " I think the reason the world was so anxious to believe Matt Damon and Ben Affleck didn't write their script was simple jealousy.

On the one hand, the northern powers were anxious to defend William I ; on the other, many Belgian revolutionaries, like Charles de Brouckère and Charles Rogier, supported the reunion of the Belgian provinces to France.

It was not long before James I of England, anxious that the heir of the Butlers should be brought up a Protestant, placed him at Lambeth, under the care of George Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury.

It read: " I have resolved after much deliberation, to take that opportunity of relieving myself from the long pressure of these heavy duties and anxious responsibilities which are inseparable from such an office, even under the most favourable circumstances.

As Irving wrote, " I shall feel very anxious to hear of the success of this first re-appearance on the literary stage – Should it be successful, I trust I shall be able henceforth to keep up an occasional fire.

So I can hear you while I'm checkin' the car.

`` So help me, Crouch, I'd like to kill you where you stand, but, before I do, I'm going to hear you admit killing him.

I just wanted to hear you say so ''.

As I went out, I could hear water pouring in the shower.

His first inaugural address speaks of `` my country whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love ''.

but I hear the thunder roll ; ;

I wouldn't hear from him for a couple of weeks, then he'd come around with the completed lyric ''.

I wouldn't hear of it because it meant giving up the `` line '', though I realized I was in poor shape physically.

I could hear Alfred's voice a few words behind Meltzer's like a counterpoint, punctuated by sobs of sorrow and resignation.

In news broadcasts I consistently hear the foreign volunteers fighting in the Katanga Army referred to as mercenaries.

The monk who opened the door immediately calmed his worries about his reception: `` I speak English '', the old man said, `` but I do not hear it very well ''.

I hear the whole bunch is croakin out in the snow.

Now, if you don't mind, I should like to hear my own piece performed ''.

`` I stopped to say goodbye, Mrs. Lattimer, and to tell you how sorry I was to hear about your baby.

`` I don't hear the music.

I thought she'd gone upstairs and expected to hear she had.

I never thought I'd live to hear people chuckle and say `` zounds ''!!

I myself hear it said constantly -- in drawing-rooms.

I am very pleased that quite a number of you found ways to communicate to me your desire to hear of our reactions and experiences in the U.S.S.R..