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seemed and clean
I still recall the mild shock I experienced in reading material of an enthusiastic advocate of the `` clean, healthful, free way of natural life in nudism '', who seemed to brave much misunderstanding and persecution in fine spirit.
He wore ... a plain cloth-suit, which seemed to have been made by a poor tailor ; his shirt was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his collar ... his face was swollen and red, his voice sharp and untunable, and his speech full of passion .< ref >
Although the FIS seemed satisfied with Ghozali's appointment and his attempts to clean up the electoral law, it continued to protest, leading the army to arrest Belhadj, Madani, and hundreds of others.
For example, many early email systems were not 8-bit clean ; they seemed to transfer typical short text messages properly, but converted " unusual " characters ( the control characters, the " high ASCII " characters ) in an irreversible way into some other " usual " character.
Castle ’ s terms marked the full establishment of what Delaware political commentator Celia Cohen has called “ the Age of Incumbency .” Following du Pont ’ s very successful and popular terms as Governor, Delaware politics seemed to have reached a consensus, with leaders of both parties being regularly re-elected, while working closely and quietly together on a conservative fiscal low tax, pro business, and clean government agenda.
When compared to other American cars of the period, it seemed long and low, with sleek " clean " lines.
" seemed only natural that we invite Peter Woods to join us He played clean and was a natural on rhythm guitar.
Millen thought he had a Scandinavian accent, generally kept himself clean shaven, and seemed to have plenty of money for supplies.
A New York Times book review claimed that the description of an outgoing president who was " an idiot ... but a clean one " seemed to be referring to President Bush, or perhaps to Bill Clinton's infamous last-minute presidential pardons in 2001.
Lizzie was unsure, and seemed to think about coming clean, but Bill ’ s instance that he wanted to be with her forced her to keep her secret.

seemed and now
It seemed to Barton that the green eyes mocked him, the thin-lipped smile held insolence, but he had no time to waste now.
The gunfire, which was so near that it seemed just a piece up the road now, stopped for long enough to count to twenty ; ;
The reasons for this dive seemed foolish now.
To the U. S., ABMs now seemed far too risky — it was better to have no defense than one that might trigger a war.
' Matter disappears ' means that the limit within which we have hitherto known matter disappears, and that our knowledge is penetrating deeper ; properties of matter are disappearing that formerly seemed absolute, immutable, and primary, and which are now revealed to be relative and characteristic only of certain states of matter.
Sapir's parents had by now divorced and his father seemed to suffer from a psychosis, and made it necessary for him to leave Canada for Philadelphia, where Edward continued to support him financially.
With ' King Richard ' still holding court as coach in 1951, albeit now in a non-playing capacity, Essendon seemed on course for a third consecutive flag but a controversial four week suspension dished out to John Coleman on the eve of the finals effectively put paid to their chances.
Anjiro helped Xavier as a mediator and translator for the mission to Japan that now seemed much more possible.
Here and there would be a Company post where Company agents seemed imprisoned, captive by the business of ivory ; now and then on shore an occasional native village would be seen, with a frenzied uproar by the natives.
By 1966, Lewis, now 40, was no longer an angular juvenile and his routines seemed more labored.
Ribbentrop, though he shared Hitler's assessment of the Italians, nonetheless welcomed Italy coming into war partially because it seemed to affirm the importance of the Pact of Steel, which Ribbentrop had negotiated and partly because with Italy now an ally, the Foreign Office had more to do.
" In an interview, MacKaye stated that he was offended that some perceived racist overtones in the lyrics, saying, " To me, at the time and now, it seemed clear it's an anti-racist song.
So much has happened in the historiography of witchcraft that what seemed at first a wide gulf between Rose and Murray now seems narrower, and factors shared by the two have become clearer.
Since the soul is a spiritual substance it is not brought into being through transformation of matter, but directly by God, whence the special uniqueness of each person .." Fifty years later, Pope John Paul II, stating that scientific evidence now seemed to favour the evolutionary theory, upheld the distinction of Pius XII regarding the human soul.
Although the Mattachine Society had existed since the 1950s, many of their methods now seemed too mild for people who had witnessed or been inspired by the riots.
In his autobiography, Darwin wrote that " The old argument of design in nature, as given by Paley, which formerly seemed to me so conclusive, fails, now that the law of natural selection has been discovered ".
Mercati was interested in Ceraunia cuneata, " wedge-shaped thunderstones ," which seemed to him to be most like axes and arrowheads, which he now called ceraunia vulgaris, " folk thunderstones ," distinguishing his view from the popular one.
After this election defeat Menzies returned to the UAP leadership, but the party and its organisation now seemed moribund.
It seemed at the time, that the industry would develop into what is now known as a distributed generation system with large numbers of small generators located near their loads.
Ivoirians viewed the tax as a violation of the terms of the protectorate treaties because it seemed that France was now demanding the equivalent of a coutume from the local kings rather than the reverse.
The Prussians seemed poised to capitalize on these happenings, and the French appeared still woefully unaware of the now forming Prussian juggernaut.
With his eastern flank now dangerously exposed to this new threat, there seemed little option but for him to prepare for a humiliating visit to Constantinople.
Things now seemed increasingly desperate, and in May 1272 Hugh III of Cyprus, who was the nominal king of Jerusalem, signed a ten – year truce with Baibars.
Regardless of the original intent, the stated claim now seemed to be within reach.

seemed and decided
A long flat known as the St. John field seemed to answer their purpose, and since the Winooski bridges were at last passable, they decided to use it.
It seemed to him that a long time had passed before he decided what to do.
Phil decided to stay a little longer, and as time passed it seemed as if the strange little man had never been there, but for the other glass on the table.
It was at this point, just as the war seemed decided in the allies ' favour, that things started to go wrong.
" However, such an assassination seemed too difficult, and he decided that since federal agents had become soldiers, it was necessary to strike against them at their command centers.
Humphrey also briefly considered mounting a campaign for the Democratic nomination from the Convention once again in 1976, when the primaries seemed likely to result in a deadlock, but ultimately decided against it.
: We were going to do this tribute concert for Ahmet when it was to be at the Royal Albert Hall but decided to pass when it was moved to the O2 Arena and seemed to be becoming overly commercial.
In making his 1981 re-recording of the Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould considered playing this variation at a slower tempo, in keeping with the tempo of the preceding variation ( Variation 16 ), but ultimately decided not to because " Variation 17 is one of those rather skittish, slightly empty-headed collections of scales and arpeggios which Bach indulged when he wasn ’ t writing sober and proper things like fugues and canons, and it just seemed to me that there wasn't enough substance to it to warrant such a methodical, deliberate, Germanic tempo.
Angered by what seemed to be unfair treaties and the withholding of vital provisions by the Canadian government, and also by the dwindling buffalo population, their main source of food, Big Bear and his Cree decided to rebel after the successful Métis victory at Duck Lake.
Nothing seemed to prevent France from controlling Scotland, except that England decided to support the uprising.
When Don John signed the Perpetual Edict in February 1577, promising to comply with the conditions of the Pacification of Ghent, it seemed that the war had been decided in favour of the rebels.
Years later, Xuthus went to consult the Delphian oracle about his marriage to Creusa being childless and met Ion, who had been raised at the temple of Apollo ; the prophecy seemed to indicate Ion as his son, so Xuthus decided to adopt the youth.
Zapata decided that on the surface it seemed as though Madero was doing good things for the people of Mexico, but Zapata did not know the level of sincerity in Madero's actions and thus did not know if he should support him completely.
Although Simon initially considered calling this character Hot Fudge, the cherry on top seemed like an exposed skull as its head and he decided that the Red Skull was a more appropriate moniker.
: I decided to give atomic secrets to the Russians because it seemed to me that it was important that there should be no monopoly, which could turn one nation into a menace and turn it loose on the world as ... as Nazi Germany developed.
A significant period of time after NORK seemed to have faded permanently into the archives of history, several recording studios decided to revive NORK records.
As Hardy's tuberculosis worsened and his death seemed inevitable, the friends decided to preserve the cylinders as a memento of Hardy's playing.
It seemed that the band were at last going to get a major record deal when Charisma Records decided to sign them.
It was widely speculated that the idea of the younger Gagne as heavyweight champion did not play well with AWA fans, who seemed more interested in the involvement of Verne Gagne and Larry Hennig in the feud than they did with Greg Gagne actually winning the title, so Verne decided to go with Lawler instead.
At Siguenza, Cisneros won praise for his work and he seemed to be on the sure road to success among the secular clergy, when in 1484 at the late age of forty-eight he abruptly decided to become a Franciscan friar.
When Rama decided to move against Lanka, he was angered because Sugriva spent his time carousing and seemed to forget his pledge to help Rama.
Finally, as the decade of the 1910s dawned, there seemed to be some interest in the topic among the rank and file of the ILP, and the 1910 Annual Conference of the SDF / SDP had decided to try again in earnest.
After being passed everything seemed to be going well for what Congress had decided on the piece of legislation.
A horseshoe-shaped district touching on largely African-American neighborhoods in Jacksonville, Gainesville, Orlando, and Ocala, the Third District seemed likely to send Florida's first African-American to Congress since Reconstruction, and Brown decided to run.

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