Neither the vibrant enthusiasm which bespeaks a people's intuitive sense of the fitness of things at climactic moments nor the vital argumentation betraying its sense that something significant has transpired was in evidence.

It need hardly be remarked that Thompson was not generally known for his scrupulosity about keeping his social engagements, which makes his irritation in this letter all the more significant.

That development, in turn, formed the foundation of still more significant expansions in later years -- in gear cutting, in circular graduating, in index drilling, and in many other fields where accuracy was a paramount requirement.

No significant difference was found in achievement between high and low compulsive children within the unstructured school.

Indeed their achievement scores were somewhat better on an absolute basis although the difference was not significant.

Leadership was experienced and skillful, and financial resources were significant.

The general intellectual outlook which had appeared in the eleventh century was now consolidated to a significant degree.

Since the psychiatric interview, like any other interview, depends on communication, it is significant to note that the therapist in this interview was a man of marked skill and long experience.

If he is not told which of four or five readings was meant for him, he can more readily assess each item in a larger frame: `` Does that statement really sound as if it were for me, significant in my particular life??

One medium saw two sheets flapping on a line and found that the name Shietz was significant to the sitter.

In any case, anyone who fails to make significant distinction between primary and secondary applications of economic pressure would in principle already have justified that use of economic boycott as a means which broke out a few years ago or was skillfully organized by White Citizens' Councils in the entire state of Mississippi against every local Philco dealer in that state, in protest against a Philco-sponsored program over a national TV network on which was presented a drama showing, it seemed, a `` high yellow gal '' smooching with a white man.

Such an analysis speedily reveals why the middle number of the Lo Shu, 5, was so vitally significant for the Chinese ever since the earliest hints that they had a knowledge of this diagram.

The Civil War was a significant force in the eventual dominance of the singular usage by the end of the 19th century.

Generally, there is no trial in an appellate court, only consideration of the record of the evidence presented to the trial court and all the pre-trial and trial court proceedings are reviewed — unless the appeal is by way of re-hearing, new evidence will usually only be considered on appeal in " very " rare instances, for example if that material evidence was unavailable to a party for some very significant reason such as prosecutorial misconduct.

The vowels are significant in the Greek language, and the syllabical Linear B script which was used by the Mycenaean Greeks from the 16th century BC had 87 symbols including 5 vowels.

Another study has demonstrated that daily use of an alum-containing mouthrinse was safe and produced a significant effect on plaque that supplemented the benefits of daily toothbrushing.

This oversight was addressed in the game's sequel, Asteroids Deluxe, and led to significant changes in the way game developers designed and tested their games in the future.

Gelignite was more stable, transportable and conveniently formed to fit into bored holes, like those used in drilling and mining, than the previously used compounds and was adopted as the standard technology for mining in the Age of Engineering bringing Nobel a great amount of financial success, though at a significant cost to his health.

The group of elements is more diverse than the lanthanides and therefore it was not until 1945 that Glenn T. Seaborg proposed the most significant change to Mendeleev's periodic table, by introducing the actinides.

A second German edition was published in 1913, containing theologically significant revisions and expansions: but this revised edition did not appear in English until 2001.

In the 1910s and 1920s, agrarianism garnered significant popular attention, but was eclipsed in the postwar period.

Still, the Bohr model's use of quantized angular momenta and therefore quantized energy levels was a significant step towards the understanding of electrons in atoms, and also a significant step towards the development of quantum mechanics in suggesting that quantized restraints must account for all discontinuous energy levels and spectra in atoms.

He found that if he was tired enough at night, he went to sleep simply because he was too exhausted to stay awake.

Morgan hesitated, thinking that if this was a trick, it was a good one.

He was silent a moment, thinking he could use a man this time of year, and if the girl could cook, it would give him more time in the meadows, but he knew nothing about the couple.

The silence oppressed him, made him bend low over the horse's neck as if to hide from a wind that had begun to blow far away and was twisting slowly through the darkness in its slow search.

It was all right to put a bunch of ranchers onto horses, to call them Night Riders, to set out to attack the largest mining combination the country had ever seen if all they wanted was adventure.

Dill was silent as if he hated to answer, and Barton had a cold, sick feeling of apprehension.

But she was caught in it, and she faced the terrible possibility that, if it were a dream, it was one from which she might never awaken.

If, when this was all over, she found the words to tell him about it, she wondered if he would ever understand.

But her mother would rebuke her if she mentioned it, and say that it was none of her concern.

When the sea was visible ahead of them, the relief was as great as if the sun had come out.

But it also made him conspicuous to the enemy, if it was the enemy, and he hadn't been spotted already.

It was as if they could hardly wait to get into their costumes, cover their faces with masks and go adventuring.

I quit work at my usual hour as if this day was no different from other days.

So if all these beers was to get me in bed, man, you just spent a lot of money ''.

The husband points the steps out with his flashlight: `` Its white stare filling her pale eyes To the blind brim with appetite, Bleaching her hands that grazed my thighs And sent us from the table in surprise To let the dishes soak all night, '' ( Mary Jane asked herself if Meredith was blushing at this line, or was it the fire??

It was spoiled now for seed, and it would sour and mold in three days if they failed to find a place and fuel to dry it.

He looked as if he was going to keel over.

There was a measure of protection in its concrete walls and ceiling, but the engineers who hastily installed it were well aware that concrete is not much better than prayer, if as efficacious, when a direct hit comes along.

While his comrades cocked the trap, that one behaved as if it was some dull maneuver.