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In the face of the steady disintegration of its rival, the fledgling American Federation of Labor struggled to maintain itself, with the group showing very slow and incremental growth in its first years, only cracking the 250, 000 member mark in 1892.
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Moreover, the view that mankind was making slow and steady moral progress came to seem ridiculous in the face of the senseless slaughter.
Their populations have experienced a steady decline since the 19th century in the face of trapping, range reduction and habitat fragmentation, such that they are essentially absent in the southern end of their European range.
By 1925, in the face of steady Coolidge Administration and congressional budget cutting, the United States Army only had three active regular divisions nationwide ; the remainder of its divisions, both regular and reserve components, only existed on paper.
In one incident 300 fencers arrived at the roadline near Pungarehu, dug up the road, sowed it in wheat and constructed a fence, with a newspaper reporting: " They looked like an immense swarm of bees or an army of locusts, moving with a steady and uninterrupted movement across the face of the earth.
That's not even remotely abstract ; instead, it's pure happiness, as the pealing bells seem to ring with Tom's concentration ( visible in his face and body, audible in his steady steps ), and his joie de vivre.
Another open featured the logo rotating to the front profile in front of a gray background with the face also colored gray accompanied by a steady drumbeat ; the logo would then " wink.
" A large open fire is absolutely indispensable, and it must be sufficiently large for every portion of the joint to face the centre or ' red ' fire, which will give a steady and ascertained heat during the whole time the joint is revolving and being cooked ... basting must be continuously done.
The first several Mysorean outposts surrendered in the face of the large army, and it made steady if slow progress until it reached Darwar in September.
It would seem recently, however, that PLP has begun to increase its international work as it continues to face what it acknowledges is a comparatively stagnant and underdeveloped working-class militancy situation in the United States, and also amidst its own continued lack of steady growth in party membership even as it passes the 50-year anniversary of the original PLM's formation.
If this system had been organised upon a county basis, a steady flow of selected men trained to ride and shoot at home could have been maintained, and the necessity avoided in sending out later 17, 000 untrained and unorganised men to receive their education in the face of the enemy ".
face and disintegration
Having seen Anne's rise in the preceding episode, this episode focuses primarily on her downfall, documenting the disintegration of her marriage in the face of two miscarriages and the king's infidelities.
He felt called upon to systematize the laws and customs of Judaism in face of the disintegration caused by the Spanish expulsion.
He returned to the reactor upper containment several times throughout the incident, at the height of which a fierce conflagration was raging from the discharge face and playing on the back of the reinforced concrete containment — concrete whose specifications required that it be kept below a certain temperature to prevent its disintegration and collapse.
In this series, his face seem to have the disintegration power.
In the face of the disintegration of the royalist forces, Maroto proposed abandoning the capital and retreating southward, where they could hold out and obtain resources for a new campaign.
The leaders face the decision between allowing their crew continued freedom, which would result in the disintegration of the ship and abandonment of their purpose, or abandoning their libertarian ideals.
face and its
Hardly had Mrs. Roebuck driven off when a rusty pick-up truck, father or grandfather of Senor `` Moriarty's '' Ford sedan, came screeching to a dust-swirling stop, and a brown face appeared, its nose threatened by shards of what had once been the side window.
The car was just about to us, its driver's fat, solemn face intent on the road ahead, on business, on a family in Sante Fe -- on anything but an old pick-up truck in which two human beings desperately needed rescue.
Thus we are compelled to face the urbanization of the South -- an urbanization which, despite its dramatic and overwhelming effects upon the Southern culture, has been utterly ignored by the bulk of Southern writers.
The pessimism of the young is defiant, anxious to confess or even exaggerate its ostensible gloom, and so exuberant as to reveal the fact that it regards its ability to face up to the awful truth as more than enough to compensate for the awfulness of that truth.
He found tepid water in a pitcher and a last bit of soap, and he lathered his face and stood stropping the razor on his broad leather belt, its buckle held firm by a knob of the bedpost.
A Barrette Swiss pattern file is handy since its triangular shape with only one cutting face will allow you to work a surface without marring an adjoining one.
On its face this merely provides a federal forum ; ;
A `` mealynose '' was a cow or steer of the longhorn type, with lines and dots of a color lighter'n the rest of its body 'round the eyes, face, and nose.
Your first impression of this elongated square with its three elegant fountains, its two churches that almost face each other, and its russet-colored buildings, is a sense of restful spaciousness -- particularly welcome after wandering around the narrow and dark streets that you have followed since starting this walk.
he made fresh coffee and searched through all the desk drawers for more cigarettes before thinking of her handbag, and found a crumpled stray cigarette at its bottom, which tasted peculiarly of face powder.
Behind this reply, and its many variations, is the ever-present budget problem all libraries must face, from the largest to the smallest.
It was a face that had lost its childlike softness and was beginning to fold within its fragile features a harshness that belied the lyric lines of its contours.
And, shoving her against a spruce, her back to him, he retreated with the whip and made it whine and crack in the damp air, shortening its arc until it narrowed to her flesh and the sound of it snarled and cracked, settling its own cruel demons on her shoulders while she stood as unchanged, as dark and motionless as ever, her eyes open and staring at the pale delineaments of the bark so close to her face.
Sir John Tenniel's illustration of the Caterpillar ( Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ) | Caterpillar for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is noted for its ambiguous central figure, whose head can be viewed as being a human male's face with a pointed nose and pointy chin or being the head end of an actual caterpillar, with the first two right " true " legs visible.
It is capable of changing its face.
The robot expresses its face by moving all points to the decided positions, they say.
A story is told that he once painted his face green and rode through town on his bicycle in its honour ( and possibly under its influence ).
Jeff Moorad, a former sports agent, joined the partnership, and was named the team's CEO ; becoming its primary public face.
face and rival
Kaye's rubber face and fast patter were an instant hit, and rival producer Robert M. Savini cashed in almost immediately by compiling three of Kaye's old Educational Pictures shorts into a makeshift feature, The Birth of a Star ( 1945 ).
Her boyfriend Nicholas hangs his buttocks out of a window, hoping to trick Absolon into kissing his buttocks in turn and then passes gas in the face of his rival.
The Vikings then went on to face their other divisional rival the Chicago Bears, but were defeated, and then went on to be blown out 31 – 3 in a rematch with the Packers the following game.
For the first few years of his reign he had to face the obstacles of two strong rival kings, Wihtred of Kent and Ine of Wessex.
Edward did not face any further rebellions after his restoration, as the Lancastrian line had virtually been extinguished, and the only rival left was Henry Tudor, who was living in exile.
During the 15th century the French kings continued to face threats both from the English and from the rival factions of the Burgundians and the Armagnacs.
The local Roman commander was summoned to Rome to face corruption charges brought by his political rival Gaius Memmius.
Despite this tension and the city's decline in the face of barbarian invasions, Arles remained a great religious centre and host of church councils ( see Council of Arles ), the rival of Vienne, for hundreds of years.
On 13 September 2002, Jim Gray-the head of the UDA in East Belfast and an arch rival of Adair-was shot in the face by Adair's supporters.
One of his defenses, against Julio Diablito Valdez, resulted in an after-fight brawl when Serrano was announced as winner by a unanimous decision and went to greet his rival but was received with a punch to the face.
The local Roman commander was summoned to Rome to face corruption charges brought by his political rival Gaius Memmius, who also induced the tribal assembly to vote safe conduct to Jugurtha to come to Rome to give evidence against the officials suspected of succumbing to bribery.
He also declared that " a month's start of his rival on account of his face " would secure him the conquest in any love affair.
For his victory in the long jump, he was allegedly punched in the face by his rival Meyer Prinstein, who was prevented from competing in the final by officials of Syracuse University because it was scheduled for a Sunday.
In the first round, the Fever would face arch rival Detroit.
During his long reign Henry I of England would face several eruptions of hostilities due to the alliances of rival regions with some of his neighbours.
His relatives had suffered from prejudice during the First World War due to their German ancestry, and Lange himself would face a political rival in 1984 who tried to discredit him because of his German heritage.
It has also been suggested that the report was an attempt by a rival firm to discredit the actress, who was inter alia the “ face ” of a cosmetics company.
Furthermore, he emphasized current issues, especially nuances of oppression and suffering, at the expense of the beloved's moon face or the ever-growing conflict between the lovers, the beloved, and the rival.
The villagers join forces to keep their railway running, but face competition and sabotage from a rival bus company.
Smith was very taken with an elderly lady, with ill-fitting false teeth and a face "... made up to rival a neon sign ...".
The French capitulate after being given honourable terms, and Maturin finds that Clonfert has committed suicide by removing the bandages from his wounds while captured, unable to face up to the jubilation of his rival, Jack Aubrey, in victory.
In May 2011, Ronaldo was confirmed as the new face of FIFA's rival football series PES with his debut as a cover star of the series Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 and is also involved in promotional campaigns for the game.
Subsequently, fate made Nalbandian face Lleyton Hewitt, his rival in the first round of the Australian Open.
Later in the event, Sid was randomly teamed up with his rival Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, and The British Bulldog to face Yokozuna, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon, and Dean Douglas in a " Wild Card " Survivor Series Match.
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