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The general intellectual outlook which had appeared in the eleventh century was now consolidated to a significant degree.
The four Ämter were then consolidated under a single Confederation bailiff into what was known in the 15th century as the Waggental Bailiwick ().
From that time Abdur Rahman was fairly seated on the throne at Kabul, and in the course of the next few years he consolidated his dominion over all Afghanistan, suppressing insurrections by a sharp and relentless use of his despotic authority.
He was responsible for much of the expansion of the Mexica domain, and consolidated the empire's power after emulating his predecessor.
The most renowned of the dynasty's rulers was Mahmud of Ghazni, who consolidated control over the areas south of the Amu Darya then carried out devastating raids into India.
In both cases, the U. S. was the main donor to inter-African organizations headquartered in Ouagadougou which through sustained efforts have achieved and consolidated these gains.
The rite was not consolidated into a single book.
On a consolidated basis, including Central Bank losses and parastatal enterprise profits, the public sector deficit was 2. 3 % of GDP.
By the time Confucius was 50 years old, the Ji family had consolidated their power in the Lu state over the ruling ducal house.
After the fall of James II of England, in 1688, Mather was among the leaders of the successful revolt against James's governor of the consolidated Dominion of New England, Sir Edmund Andros.
Mobutu quickly consolidated his power and was elected unopposed as president in 1970.
In 1984, this project was consolidated into an independent enterprise.
During the 19th century, Fortaleza was consolidated as an urban center in Ceará, supported by the sprouting of cotton growing.
Eventually, the design was consolidated into what is known as the Munster stone circle tradition.
By the end of 1997 the consolidated public sector deficit decreased to 4. 6 % of GDP — with public sector spending falling from 62 % of GDP to below 50 %— the current account deficit was reduced to 2 % of GDP, and government debt was paid down to 94 % of annual export earnings.
Over the next four years, the territory was consolidated and the future emperor Vespasian led a campaign into the Southwest where he subjugated two more tribes.
Other historians say the " Tudor Revolution " really extended to the end of Elizabeth's reign, when the work was all consolidated.
Henry V failed to outlive Charles so it was Henry VI of England and France who consolidated the Dual-Monarchy of England and France.
The Maratha kingdom was founded and consolidated by Shivaji, a Maratha aristocrat who was determined to establish Hindavi Swarajya ( self-rule of Hindu people ).
In 1953, in the face of African opposition, Britain consolidated the two colonies of Rhodesia with Nyasaland ( now Malawi ) in the ill-fated Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland which was dominated by Southern Rhodesia.
Hutton proposed that the interior of the Earth was hot, and that this heat was the engine which drove the creation of new rock: land was eroded by air and water and deposited as layers in the sea ; heat then consolidated the sediment into stone, and uplifted it into new lands.

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Gavin's stallion was in the barn and he tightened the cinches over the saddle blanket, working by touch in the darkness, comforting the animal with easy words.
Cabot turned back to the men and he was drunk with the thing they would do, wild to break from the cloying warmth of the saloon into the cold of the ebbing night.
Gavin's face was bloodless with excitement.
Still, I was disgusted with myself for agreeing with Montero's methods.
His mouth was open, his neck corded with the strain of his screams.
Out in front of our walls the grass was covered with dead and dying men, war shields, lances, blankets and wounded and dead horses.
The morning air was filled with the sweetish odor of new-spilled blood, the acrid stench of frightened horses, and the bitterness of burned powder.
Above me a dark rider was whipping his pony with a quirt in an attempt to hurdle the bales.
He was shaking with anger, his breath coming in long, painful gasps.
The town was about what Wilson expected: one main street with its rows of false-fronted buildings, a water tower, a few warehouses, a single hotel ; ;
It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.
He was a man in his late forties, with graying hair, of medium height ; ;
It was partially cemented by ages and pressure, yet it crumpled before the onslaught of the powerful streams, the force of a thousand fire hoses, and with the gold it held washed down through the long sluices.
The man was tall, thin, with a narrow face and a too-large nose.
The ground was covered with soft pine needles and the slope was gentle.
Was it not possible, after all, that the forest was in league with her and her child that its sympathy lay with the Culvers that she had erred in failing to understand this??
She regarded them as signs that she was nearing the glen she sought, and she was glad to at last be doing something positive in her unenunciated, undefined struggle with the mountain and its darkling inhabitants.
Having persisted too long in deliberate ignorance and denial of the forces that threatened her, Pamela was relieved now to admit their potency and to be taking definite steps toward grappling with them.
Unconcerned, indifferent, unmotivated, the forest was simply there -- fighting man's depredations with more abundant growth and man's follies with its own musical evening laughter.
He was handsome, with his coal-black hair and eyes, his fine-chiseled features.

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