From then on, in keeping with the traditions they had followed since childhood, the whole group settled down to relish their food.

The careless writing was in keeping with his mood of savage discontent.

I strongly recommend to the Congress the avoidance of mandatory floors on the size of the reserve components so that we may have the flexibility to make adjustments in keeping with military necessity.

If the house you plan to buy or build won't have big overhangs, you can still do a fair job of keeping the sun off walls and windows with properly designed trellises, fences and awnings.

It's fun, and it's easy -- so easy that there is time left after cooking, and tent keeping, for the women to get out and enjoy outdoor fun with their families.

Under the circumstances, I had difficulty keeping up with the conversation on the phone, but when I hung up I was reasonably certain that Francesca had wanted to remind me of our town meeting the next evening, and how important it was that Hank and I be there.

The St. Basil's scene opens with little groups of beggars milling around the square, the ever present police keeping them under scrutiny.

The necessity for keeping alert to his bride's hazards can act as an interference with the man's spontaneous desire.

This is not out of keeping with its origins, probably the most humble of any in the Ivy group.

The legend as it exists in Fall River today always includes the solemn assurance that Bridget returned to Ireland after the trial with a `` big bundle '' of cash which Lizzie gave her for keeping her mouth shut.

With its power to investigate, the Senate can paralyze the Secretary by keeping him in a state of perpetual testimony before committees, as it did with Dean Acheson.

It was evident that a captain should remain at his desk, directing with a firm hand and keeping a firm seat.

Mrs. Molvar asked again that the board join in taking a stand in keeping with Jack Lowe's program.

Talking of the rapid population growth ( upwards of 12,000 babies born daily ) with an immigrant entering the United States every 1-1/2 minutes, he said `` our organization has not been keeping pace with this challenge ''.

In addition, Lincoln had to contend with reinforcing strong Union sympathies in the border slave states and keeping the war from becoming an international conflict.

" In keeping with that sentiment, Lincoln led the moderates regarding Reconstruction policy, and was opposed by the Radical Republicans, under Rep. Thaddeus Stevens, Sen. Charles Sumner and Sen. Benjamin Wade, political allies of the president on other issues.

In keeping with the times, much of anthropology became politicized through the Algerian War of Independence and opposition to the Vietnam War ; Marxism became an increasingly popular theoretical approach in the discipline.

Foucault warns of the risks of keeping the author's name in mind during interpretation, because it could affect the value and meaning with which one handles an interpretation.

Thus we hear of abbots going out to hunt, with their men carrying bows and arrows ; keeping horses, dogs and huntsmen ; and special mention is made of an abbot of Leicester, c. 1360, who was the most skilled of all the nobility in hare hunting.

left In keeping with his democratic ideals, Mackenzie refused the offer of a knighthood three times, and was thus the only one of Canada's first eight Prime Ministers not to be knighted.

In keeping with its many Walter Scott references, Rose Street in Edinburgh has a bar called the " Kenilworth ", along with one named the " Abbotsford ".

In keeping with the prevailing view of celestial bodies as balls of fire in the sky, Anaximenes proposed that the earth let out an exhalation of air that rarefied, ignited and became the stars.

Students are led to change their largely automatic routines that are interpreted by the teacher to currently or cumulatively be physically limiting, inefficient or not in keeping with anatomical structure.

However, in 1774, the British Parliament passed the Quebec Act, which restored the French civil law for matters of private law ( e. g., contracts, property, successions ), while keeping the English common law as the basis for public law in the colony, notably the criminal law.

French Guinea became the modern day country of Guinea keeping French as its official language.

As a French ally he opposed Britain during the American Revolution in June 1779, supplying large quantities of weapons and munitions to the rebels and keeping one third of all the British forces in the Americas occupied defending Florida and what is now Alabama, which were ultimately recaptured by Spain.

When the Prussians arrived and attacked the French right flank in ever-increasing numbers, Napoleon's strategy of keeping the Coalition armies divided had failed and a combined Coalition general advance drove his army from the field in confusion.

In keeping with the Schlieffen Plan, the Germans withdrew slowly while inflicting severe losses upon the French.

To make matters worse, British gunners lacked the accuracy to bring fire in on close German trenches, keeping a safe separation of, compared to the French gunners ' — and British troops were often less than away, meaning German fortifications were untouched by the barrage.

In keeping with dynastic order, when his father was executed on 21 January 1793, during the middle-period of French Revolution, he became ( nominally ) the uncrowned King of France and Navarre in the eyes of the royalists.

Though completely cut off, the French fought on for four days under General Molinié, thereby keeping seven German divisions from the assault on Dunkirk and saving an estimated 100, 000 Allied troops.

In 1940, during World War II, Japan invaded Indochina, keeping the Vichy French colonial administration in place as a Japanese puppet.

Traditional French Creole is spoken among those families determined to keep the language alive or in regions below New Orleans around St. James and St. John Parishes where German immigres originally settled ( also known as ' the German Coast ', or Les Cote Des Allemandes ) and cultivated the land, keeping the ill-equipped French Colonists from starvation during the Colonial Period and adopting commonly spoken French and Creole French ( arriving with the exiles ) as a language of trade.

Many distinctions are given by the OQLF to reward persons and organizations contributing to keeping French alive.

He later was known as L ' Aile Rouge, by the French Canadians, and later still took the name Shakea, or " The Man Who Paints Himself Red " after passing the name Red Wing on to a successor. During his lifetime, there were few pioneers, and Red Wing was known as a firm friend of the United States, keeping peace with the settlers and trading for goods that were valued by his tribe.

Historically, the ace had the lowest value and this still holds in many popular European games ( in fact most European decks, including the French Tarot Nouveau, do not use the " A " index, instead keeping the numeral " 1 ").

* Gave residents of the returned Alsace-Lorraine region until 1 October 1872 to decide between keeping their French nationality and emigrating, or remaining in the region and becoming German citizens.

Charles VII was a key ally of the French in the ongoing war against Austria, and they were charged with keeping him in the war by assauging his concerns which they accomplished successfully.

Once the Prussians arrived in the late afternoon, attacking the French right flank in ever increasing numbers, Napoleon ’ s key strategy of keeping the Seventh Coalition armies divided had failed and his army was driven from the field in confusion, by a combined coalition general advance.

Still, Charles's attempt to drive the inferior enemy back resulted in total failure, as the French led a skillful combined-arms defense, with their cavalry playing a vital role in keeping the Austrians at bay.

When the French Revolutionary army approached Nuremberg in the spring of 1796 the city councilors decided to remove the Reichskleinodien to Vienna for safe keeping.

* Guarding important public buildings in Paris such as the Élysée Palace ( the residence of the President of the French Republic ), the Hôtel Matignon ( the residence of the Prime Minister of France ), the Palais du Luxembourg ( the Senate ), the Palais Bourbon ( the National Assembly ), the Hall of Justice, and keeping public order in Paris.

General Gul refused and, politely told the Prime minister in mocking French accent that, " Madame ' Prime Minister, keeping Punjab destabilized is equivalent ... to the Pakistan Army .... having an extra division at no cost to the taxpayers ...".