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was and held
He was riding between two warriors, who held him erect when he started to slump.
He took the reins just below the bit and held them firmly, and it was his turn to smile now.
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.
An inquest was held, and after a good deal of testimony about the anonymous notes, the county coroner estimated that the shooting had been done from a distance of 300 yards.
There was something about the contour of her face, her smile that was like New Orleans sunshine, the way she held her head, the way she walked -- there was scarcely anything she did which did not fascinate me.
This is puzzling to an outsider conscious of the classic tradition of liberalism, because it is clear that these Democrats who are left-of-center are at opposite poles from the liberal Jefferson, who held that the best government was the least government.
'' The other important difference between the two Constitutions was that the President of the Confederacy held office for six ( instead of four ) years, and was limited to one term.
It is testimony to the deep respect in which Mr. Eisenhower was held by members of all parties that the moral considerations raised by his approach to the matter were not explicitly to be broached.
Ironically no president we have had would have regretted more than President Eisenhower the possibility to which his own words, in the press conference held at the beginning of August, testified: that unable as he was himself to say his running was best for the country, unconsciously he had placed his party before his nation.
This conference was held despite Stavropoulos' assurance to Adolf Berle, who was leaving the same day for Puerto Rico, that nothing would be done until his return on January 22, except that the Secretary General would probably order the list destroyed.
The eventual prize in this new battle was the public printing contract that Woodruff still held.
To Adams that age in which religion exercised power over the entire culture of the race was one of imagination, and it is largely the admiration he so obviously held for such eras that betrays a peculiar religiosity -- a sentiment he would have probably denied.
Then, since the auction was being held nearby, he had walked to it.
He thought he saw -- it awakened and, for a moment, interested him -- that Elizabeth held a leash in her hand and that a round fuzzy puppy was on the end of the leash.
The bank which held the mortgage on the old church declared that the interest was considerably in arrears, and the real estate people said flatly that the land across the river was being held for an eventual development for white working people who were coming in, and that none would be sold to colored folk.
and I know that I, myself, was nauseated with apprehension and fear and that my hands were soaking wet where they held my gun.
He then draped him over the rough stand, explained that he was supposed to be recently dead, and was being held on his mother's lap.

was and out
The easiest thing would be to sell out to Al Budd and leave the country, but there was a stubborn streak in him that wouldn't allow it.
Her blond hair was frowzy, her dress torn in several places, and her shoes were so completely worn out that they were practically no protection.
He grabbed her by the shoulders and went down on one knee, taking her weight so that some of the wind was driven out of him.
There was an artificial lake just out of sight in the first stand of trees, fed by a half dozen springs that popped out of the ground above the hillside orchard.
I was shown, instead, a batch of white tickets of the sort handed out, he told me, every morning.
Its front was windowless, but irregularities in the masonry might be an indication that windows, now blinded, had once looked out upon the street.
The only reason we brought you was to get Miller out.
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.
He seemed very pleased with himself, as though some intricate scheme was working out exactly as he had planned.
By failing to do as he was told instantly -- to take out a permit or return the gun to his car -- he had played into Lord's hands.
Macklin was the third man to come out, and he came unhurriedly.
Prosecutor Baird immediately assumed he was hiding out there after the shooting and began preparing an indictment.
I found a trooper once the Apache had spread-eagled on an ant hill, and another time we ran across some teamsters they'd caught, tied upside down on their own wagon wheels over little fires until their brains was exploded right out o' their skulls.
The mere fact that the tall figure with the rifle and field glasses had been seen riding that way was enough to frighten three rustling homesteaders out of the Upper Laramie country in a single week.
Jess's coarse features twisted in a surprised grin which was smashed out of shape by Curt's fist.
So long as Sally's pa was coming out best on the haggle, Dan didn't feel the need of putting in his two-bits' worth.
Then, with a glory that almost wiped out the deep, downward sags in her careworn face, Matilda leaned over the wheel and shouted to Hez, who was stumbling along in the heat and the dust on the opposite side of the wagon `` Pa!!
And she was deeply thankful that she could see her now, out there in the midst of a gay, youthful circle, skipping and singing, `` Farmer in the dell, Farmer in the dell, Heigh-ho the dairy-oh, the farmer in the dell ''.
She was glad, completely and unselfishly glad, to see that things were working out the right way for both Sally and Dan.
Whoever was out there hiding in the brushy cover was besieging the Antler house and, having spotted his approach, was determined to drive him off before he could get into the fight.
From the time the chocks were pulled until the plane was out of sight, he knew Donovan would keep his back to the strip.

was and top
The laces were broken at the bottom of the eyelets but there was still a bow knot at the top.
She was a top horsewoman and one of the city's most gracious hostesses.
He was sitting on top of a log which was spinning round and around in the water.
The last thing in the world that resembled a war was our line of farmers and storekeepers and mechanics perched on top of a stone wall, and this dashing rider made us feel a good deal sharper and more alert to the situation.
The head was wrapped in a turban and on top of the turban rode a great hamper across which a piece of poncho had been flung.
Beethoven's Fifth was the one on top.
in an instant the doctor was stalking across the room with an antique ledger in his hands, thoroughly eared and big as a table top.
`` To Be Left Behind '' was printed at the top in Miss Ada ; ;
( opposite page, right top ): Stoneware clay was used.
( opposite page, top left ): Red clay was used, rolled 1/2'' '' thick.
Mold was used as pattern and clay cut by holding knife at about 45-degree angle, to form an undercut, making base smaller than the pattern top.
After trimming off the excess on the frames and transom which was used to fasten them to the jig at a working height, the top of the side planking is installed.
The maximum suction was 3.25'' '' of test fluid measured from the top of the block, and steady states were apparently reached with these fluids.
The top of the sample was nearly flat and the bottom hemispherical.
The bubble was filled to the top and special precautions were taken to prevent any sample from remaining in the capillary.
She was still in the play for pay business when she died, a top trollop who had given the world's oldest profession one of its rare flashes of glamour.
This might be applied to the top of the nose or the back of the neck, pressed on the upper lip, or inserted into the nostril ( cotton was usually used in this last ).
This mountain was known as The Black Reef and it rose almost perpendicularly for about two hundred feet, honeycombed with caves, top covered with dense scrub and creepers and tall grass.
It was dark inside the room but enough light spilled from the restaurant behind her to enable her to make out a round table with a green cloth top.
The stairway on the right was dark, but there was a wall-switch at the bottom which lighted another dim bulb at the top, and they went up.
Last year's volume was at the top a couple of inches below the ceiling.
Near it was a metal ladder on casters attached to the top shelf.
It was that oddly shaped space at the very top of the house, where ceiling heights had to accommodate themselves to the varying angles of roof slope.

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