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It was, to Helva, only a matter of the correct reproduction and diaphragmic control required by the music attempted.
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was and Helva
For Helva was destined to be the `` brain '' half of a scout ship, partnered with a man or a woman, whichever she chose, as the mobile half.
One such group got all incensed over shelled `` children '' when Helva was just turning fourteen.
Although this was the first time that Helva had seen unshelled people, she took this experience calmly.
On the anniversary of her sixteenth year in her shell, Helva was unconditionally graduated and installed in her ship, the Aj.
There were nine qualified scouts sitting around collecting base pay the day Helva was commissioned.
There were several missions which demanded instant attention but Helva had been of interest to several department heads in Central for some time and each man was determined to have her assigned to his section.
Even to herself Helva sounded a little self-pitying but the truth was she was lonely, sitting on the darkened field.
At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vibulanus and Helva ( or, less frequently, year 312 Ab urbe condita ).
At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Priscus and Helva ( or, less frequently, year 291 Ab urbe condita ).
The brainship was popularized in this short story about the brainship Helva.
was and only
It was the only thing in his life for which he felt guilt.
His looting of the orderly room had taken only a minute or two and the vicinity was still clear of guerrillas.
It was pitiful to see the thin ranks of warriors, old and young, wheeling and twisting their ponies frantically from side to side only to be tumbled bleeding from their saddles by the relentless slam, slam of the cruelly efficient Hawkinses.
The fire had gone down, and the man was only a shadow against the trees.
There was only one place where Jake Carwood's description had gone badly awry: the peace and quiet.
It was the only thing about her that was the least bit hard to remember.
under the circumstances I was only too willing to confess all.
only the counter at one end was lighted by a long fluorescent tube suspended directly above it.
On a shelf in the office behind the counter was a small radio dialed permanently on a station which broadcast only vulgar commercials and cheap popular music.
Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went on in the hall.
Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.
The river was only a few blocks away but an unbroken line of piers prevented me from seeing it.
Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.
This desire, I went on, growing voluble as my conviction was aroused, had mounted at such a rate recently that I now found its realization necessary not only to my physical but also to my spiritual wellbeing.
The only reason we brought you was to get Miller out.
The only thing which would have attracted attention was that two wore the uniform of prison guards, three the striped suits of convicts.
He had belonged to this land and, perhaps, had desecrated it -- and this was the only material symbol that remained of him.
There was only one place where the mountain might receive her -- that unnamed, unnameable pool harbored in its secret bosom.
Now, he could only play the last card in what was probably the world's coldest deck.
He was only vaguely aware of the sluicing rain.
He paused only long enough to ascertain that Jess's buckskin was still missing and that his own gray was all right, then climbed through a back window and dropped to the ground outside.
There was no lock on the door, only an iron hook which he unfastened.
Again he stood in the darkness listening, but there was only the scrape of a shod hoof on a plank floor.
was and matter
From the back of the barn it was a simple matter to reach Black's house without using the street.
It was simply a matter of curiosity, a natural right to examine.
This was a slightly different matter.
Once, then -- for how many years or how few does not matter -- my world was bound round by fences, when I was too small to reach the apple tree bough, to twist my knee over it and pull myself up.
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.
When the possibility that he had not given reconsideration to so weighty a decision seemed to disconcert his questioners, Mr. Eisenhower was known to make his characteristic statement to the press that he was not going to talk about the matter any more.
`` Until this Hungarian Committee matter came up, Bang-Jensen was a fine and devoted individual.
`` The reason for that report was to settle the matter of the list.
As far as I'm concerned, it was a separate matter from the general Committee study of Bang-Jensen's conduct.
That unused room was large enough for -- well, say an elephant could get into it and, as a matter of fact, an elephant did.
And I was to go to work on that odd matter.
At the trial which took place later, the Pomham matter was completely omitted.
With facts mainly in his mind, he was often acute in the matter of style, and he said, `` The young who have as yet nothing to say will try larks with initial letters and broken lines.
He said it was stupid butchery to order men to make a charge like that, no matter who gave the order and what for.
He said the matter was urgent.
Afraid at one and the same time that his work might be turned down -- which would be a blow to his pride even though no one knew he was the author -- and that the work would be accepted, and then that his violent feelings in the matter would certainly betray how deeply concerned he was in spite of himself.
No matter how devoted a man was, no matter how fully he gave his life to the Lord, he could never extinguish that one spark of pride that gave him definition as an individual.
Using privately-owned vehicles was a personal hardship for such employees, and the matter of providing state transportation was felt perfectly justifiable.
Why it was ever forgotten for even a moment I cannot say because it works perfectly for everyone, no matter whether he has short or long thigh-bone lengths!!
The matter was considered and reconsidered, and finally opposed, but in spite of many objections, the Court granted a charter on January 9, 1792.
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