But the South is, and has been for the past century, engaged in a wide-sweeping urbanization which, oddly enough, is not reflected in its literature.

One girl describes her past, her succession of broken marriages, the abortions she has had and finally confesses that she loves sex and sees no reason why she must justify her passion.

Besides showing no inclination, apparently, to absent himself from his native region even for short periods, and in addition writing a shelf of books set in the region, he has handled in those books an astonishingly complete list of matters which have been important in the South during the past hundred years.

During the past year, our long-range striking power, unmatched today in manned bombers, has taken on new strength as the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile has entered the operational inventory.

We note that, first, America has already made great contributions in the past two years to the world's fund of knowledge of astrophysics and space science.

Certainly one of the most important comments that can be made upon the spiritual and cultural life of any period of Western civilization during the past sixteen or seventeen centuries has to do with the way in which its leaders have read and interpreted the Bible.

To the contrary, through the past six weeks violence has been piled upon violence.

The widespread purge that has taken place the past twelve months or so among Communist leaders in the provinces gives assurance that the party officials who will dominate the Congress, and the Central Committee it will elect, will all have passed the tightest possible Khrushchev screening, both for loyalty to him and for competence and performance on the job.

As has happened so often in the past, the ability to recognize true greatness has been inadequate and tardy.

The record of past earnings and prospects for the future must indicate it has the ability to repay the loan out of current and anticipated income.

In the past twenty years the ratio of state-owned automobiles per state employees has varied from 1 to 22 then to 1 to 23 now.

Whereas the maintenance rotary fund had in the past sustained losses considerably beyond expectations, the introduction of the cost-billing system plus other control refinements has resulted in keeping the fund on a proper working basis.

And so, let us remember on this day not only to thank the Almighty Who gave hope and courage to the Pilgrims, but also to place our trust in Him that He will continue to protect us in the future as He has in the past.

For the past 40 years Congress has advocated a carefully planned, balanced and competitive railway system.

During the past year, great progress has been made by the weaving mills in creating new stretch and textured fabrics.

This delightful tropical fruit has become well-known in the past thirty years because modern transportation methods have made it possible to ship avocados anywhere in the United States.

As has been the custom for the past several years, John Cross, Jr., Bench Show Chmn. of Westminster, arranged for the Juniors' meeting before the Class, and invited two speakers from the dog world to address them.

A stream which has all of its watershed within a national forest or other lands under good conservation practices is less likely to be affected by pollution than one passing through unrestricted logging or past an industrial area.

Gradually he withdrew from the shop altogether, and for the past thirty years, he has worked independently as a painter, except for his continued hunting and fishing expeditions.

As Yinger has pointed out, the `` reliance on symbols, on tradition, on sacred writings, on the cultivation of emotional feelings of identity and harmony with sacred values, turns one to the past far more than to the future ''.

With the universal list as his weapon, Swadesh has extended his march of conquest farther and farther into the past, eight, ten, twelve millennia back.

For the industry of this model, the effect of such public pressures in the past has been to hold the price well below the short-run profit-maximizing price ( given the wage rate and the level of GNP ), and even below the entry-limited price ( but not below average cost ).

This past year the pattern has been different: The organizing program had the full support of the AFL-CIO, which supplied staff and money to the AWOC, as well as moral support.

The African musical focus on rhythmic singing and dancing was brought to the New World, where it became part of a distinct folk culture that helped Africans " retain continuity with their past through music ".

His past not brought up.

In recent years, Hurricane Ivan ( 2004 ) swept past the island causing heavy damage and a number of deaths ; in 2005, Hurricanes Dennis and Emily brought heavy rains to the island.

After the Requiem Mass and service, his remains were brought upstream to Rhöndorf on the Rhine aboard Kondor, with Seeadler and Sperber as escorts, three Jaguar class fast attack craft of the German Navy, " past the thousands who stood in silence on both banks of the river ".

It was illegal to transfer or take privately earned funds out of the country unless approved through proper channels ; proof had to be supplied to show that one had already brought in the equivalent or more, in foreign currency in the past.

With his second feature film, Istanbul Under My Wings ( 1995 ), he also brought an unexpected vivacity to the Turkish Cinema whose film production had decreased dramatically and whose number of viewers had neared to nothing during the past 20 years.

Adding to the Hajj-related diversity, the oil-boom of the past 50 years has brought hundreds of thousands of working immigrants.

The attempt to freeze human evolution has in the past been a futile undertaking and has probably brought about more violence than if such a process had been controlled peacefully.

He stated that " the death of both parties is all but certain ; the Democrats, because every idea they have brought forward in the past 12 years is dead ; and the Republicans, because its ideas have been realized.

Mono Lake has experienced meromictic periods in the past ; this most recent episode of meromixis, brought on by the end of the water diversions, commenced in 1994 and had ended by 2004.

World War I brought with it a wave of repression of the newly emergent Czech culture, and this meant a return to the past, to traditional Czech values and history: the Hussites and the Awakening.

Because of social, political, and academic changes brought on by decolonization in the second half of the 20th century, creole languages have experienced revivals in the past few decades.

It is sometimes possible to change the state of a system diabatically ( as opposed to adiabatically ) in such a way that it can be brought past a phase transition point without undergoing a phase transition.

On this slender basis " they supposed " that Paul had brought Trophimus past the barrier or middle wall of partition ( Ephesians 2: 14 ), beyond which no Gentile was allowed to penetrate, on pain of death.

Bill brought thousands of ex-servicemen to campus, and enrollment shot past the 5, 000 mark in 1947.

St. Jean brought in several players, such as Terry Cummings, John Starks, and Mookie Blaylock, who were well past their primes.

Comeau brought along former Anvil guitarist Sebastian Marino, with whom he had worked with in the past.

This action brought in many évolués who had supported the UDMA in the past.

The report noted past environmental abuses that brought the state to a position to make a decision.

" One example brought was his diary entry for 17 September 1994, in which Irving wrote about a ditty he composed for his young daughter " when halfbreed children are wheeled past ":

These programs brought back together, live on stage, some of the better known doo-wop groups of the past.

( The opening policy, brought out by Deng Xiaoping, has been proved as a crucial and brilliant turning point in China's modern history, causing the economy to grow at an astonishing rate during the past decades.

In the past, the Association has brought such artists as John Davidson, The Celtic Tenors, Presidio Brass, Alpin Hong, The Montana Mandolin Society, and QuatroCelli.

World War I brought Fairfield out of its agrarian past by triggering an unprecedented economic boom in Bridgeport, the center of a large munitions industry.

In the past two decades, it has nearly quadrupled in size as Chicagoland's urban sprawl brought corporations, jobs, and wealth to the area.