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It was under Radama's rule that LMS missionaries ( with notable contributions from Scottsman James Cameron ) set up craft industries in wood, metal, leather, and cotton, transcribed the Malagasy language using the Latin script, introduced the first printing press, translated and printed Bibles in the Malagasy language and oversaw Radama's plan to establish dozens of schools offering compulsory literacy courses and basic education for the nobles of Imerina.
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Her face was very thin, and burned by the sun until much of the skin was dead and peeling, the new skin under it red and angry.
Now under me I could see him for what he really was, a boy dressed up in streaks of paint.
There was brush, and stands of pine that no grass could grow under, and places so steep that cattle wouldn't stop to graze.
under the circumstances I was only too willing to confess all.
There was a blur just under my focus of vision, a crash ; ;
Her heart, her maternal feeling, in fact her being was too busy expressing itself, as quietly thrilled by this sight of her Nicolas curled asleep under a blanket, in a park like a scene from Poussin.
He was a huge young man of twenty-four, clothed in muscle, immensely strong, with a habitual gentleness and diffidence of manner that was submerged under his present agitation.
He had his voice under control again: no one became aware that he was terrified by what had just happened to him.
Matsuo had faked death and was pitched on a stack of corpses, both the burned and the unburned, the latter decomposing rapidly under the tropical sun.
But the fences were still in place fifty-odd years ago, and when we stood on the gate to look over, the sidewalk under our eyes was not cement but two rows of paving stones with grass between and on both sides.
But I suspect that the old Roman was referring to change made under military occupation -- the sort of change which Tacitus was talking about when he said, `` They make a desert, and call it peace '' ( `` Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant ''.
The first of which to find important place in our federal government was the graduated income tax under Wilson.
The earlier of them was an unofficial enterprise, sponsored by Life magazine, under the title of The National Purpose.
A Comedy In Three Acts '', in which, under `` Personages '', Henrietta appeared as `` A Schoolmarm '', and Bertha, who was only a trifle less brilliant in high school than Henrietta had been, appeared as `` Dummkopf ''.
While this was under consideration, dauntless as ever Wright set about the building of Taliesin 3.
But what you could not know, of course, was how smoothly the Victorian Fitzgerald was to lead into an American Fitzgerald of my own vintage under whose banner we adolescents were to come, if not of age, then into a bright, taut semblance of it.
Blenheim was followed in rapid succession by Ramillies And The Union With Scotland and by The Peace And The Protestant Succession, the three forming together a detailed picture of England under Queen Anne.
There was only one hitch: the small town of Kehl, on the other side of the Rhine, was still under French jurisdiction.
If, as Reid says, `` nearly all his poetry was produced when he was not taking opium '', there may be some reason to doubt that he was under its influence in the period from 1896 to 1900 when he was writing the poems to Katie King and making plans for another book of verse.
was and Radama's
Radama's rule, although brief, was a pivotal period in the history of the Kingdom of Madagascar.
The legalization of dueling was ultimately the issue that brought to a head the tension between King Radama II's entourage ( mostly friends and some established political figures, known collectively as the menamaso or " red-eyes ") and representatives of the opposition led by Radama's prime minister Rainivoninahitriniony.
The soldiers threw a lamba over Radama's head and strangled him with a silk sash until he was believed to be dead, thereby avoiding the shedding of royal blood as was the custom for royal executions in Imerina.
Radama's name was struck from the list of kings and it was declared illegal to mourn his death.
was and rule
While he was at it, the philosopher of the Kremlin contributed an additional assist to the rule of reason by bellowing at those in the west who can't appreciate coexistence thru suicide.
Another evidence of the spreading rule of reason was provided from Mexico City with the daily hijacking of an American plane by a demented Algerian with a gun.
When the automobile was in its embryonic stage, such roads as existed were pretty much open roads with the tacit understanding that horses should not be unduly terrified being about the only rule governing where, when and how fast a car could go.
Rugged outdoor exercise for an hour and a half every day in all kinds of weather was the rule.
The rule was enforced by demand of Sen. Wayne Morse ( D., Ore. ) in connection with President Eisenhower's cabinet selections in 1953 and President Kennedy's in 1961.
A petition bearing the signatures of more than 1,700 Johnston taxpayers was presented to the town council last night as what is hoped will be the first step in obtaining a home rule charter for the town.
Misunderstanding of the real meaning of a home rule charter was cited as a factor which has caused the Citizens Group to obtain signatures under what were termed `` false pretenses ''.
When the Achaeans entertained Wednesday last at their annual Carnival masquerade ball, Miss Margaret Pierson was chosen to rule over the festivities, presented at the Muncipal Auditorium and chosen as her ladies in waiting were Misses Clayton Nairne, Eleanor Eustis, Lynn Chapman, Irwin Leatherman of Robinsonville, Miss. and Helene Rowley.
It was `` Duty '' he said that his parents had given him as a rule -- beyond even the love that suffused his being and the sense of humor with which he was largely supplied -- and it was duty he would perform, though it cost him acute pain and exhausted him by the age of fifty.
There were no depressingly serious cases: the ward doctor sometimes teamed up with the chaplain to serve as a marriage counselor -- sometimes the Navy sent people back to the States to preserve a marriage -- but mental health as a rule was very high.
This was one time I'd have gladly broken my own rule, but habit was too strong.
The rule, as was inevitable, was subject to frequent violations ; but it was not until the foundation of the Cluniac Order that the idea of a supreme abbot, exercising jurisdiction over all the houses of an order, was definitely recognized.
Monks, as a rule, were laymen, nor at the outset was the abbot any exception.
This rule proved inconvenient when a monastery was situated in a desert or at a distance from a city, and necessity compelled the ordination of some monks.
To distinguish abbots from bishops, it was ordained that their mitre should be made of less costly materials, and should not be ornamented with gold, a rule which was soon entirely disregarded, and that the crook of their pastoral staff ( the crosier ) should turn inwards instead of outwards, indicating that their jurisdiction was limited to their own house.
The ordinary attire of the abbot was according to rule to be the same as that of the monks.
But by the 10th century the rule was commonly set aside, and we find frequent complaints of abbots dressing in silk, and adopting sumptuous attire.
was and LMS
Aitutaki was the first of the Cook Islands to accept Christianity, after London Missionary Society ( LMS ) missionary John Williams visited in 1821.
The oldest church in the country, the Cook Islands Christian Church in Arutanga, was built by Papeiha ( Bora Bora ) and Vahapata ( Raiatea ), two LMS teachers Williams had left behind.
Shortly after, he applied to join the London Missionary Society ( LMS ) and was accepted subject to missionary training.
He continued his medical studies in London while training there and was attached to a church in Ongar, Essex, to be a minister under LMS.
Despite his impressive personality, he was a plain preacher and would have been rejected by the LMS had not the director given him a second chance to pass the course.
Hence when the GWR absorbed the B & ER in 1876 the split was GWR 5 / 8 and MR ( later LMS ) 3 / 8 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948.
Thornbury was once served by a railway line ; it was the terminus of a branch line of the Midland Railway ( later part of the LMS ), from Yate on the Bristol to Gloucester main line, with intermediate stations at Iron Acton and Tytherington.
The railway was also featured in an episode of Coronation Street ( transmitted on August Bank Holiday 2010 ) when Hayley and Roy Cropper travelled to their wedding aboard an ELR train of Mark 1 coaches hauled by LMS " Black 5 " No. 44871, and in the BBC television film Eric and Ernie, aired on New Year's Day 2011, about the early career of the British comedy act Morecambe and Wise.
Bury Bolton street station was featured, along with a train of Mark 1 coaches hauled by LMS " Black 5 " No. 44871.
The London Midland and Scottish Railway ( LMS ) was a British railway company.
In 1938, the LMS operated of railway ( excluding its lines in Northern Ireland ), but its profitability was generally disappointing, with a rate of return of only 2. 7 %.
Along with the other members of the " Big Four " British railway companies ( GWR, LNER and SR ), the LMS was nationalised on 1 January 1948, becoming part of the state-owned British Railways.
The LMS was the largest of the Big Four railway companies and the only one to operate in all parts of the United Kingdom: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Being geographically the largest, and the most central of the four main post-grouping railway companies, the LMS shared numerous boundaries with both the LNER and GWR, although its overlap with the Southern Railway was limited due to the general lack of direct routes through London.
Competition with the LNER was mainly in terms of the premium London to Scotland traffic, with the rival LMS ( West Coast ) and LNER ( East Coast ) routes competing to provide ever better standards of passenger comfort and faster journey times.
The London to Birmingham corridor was fiercely contested with the LMS running expresses over its West Coast Main Line via Rugby, and the Great Western Railway running services via Banbury.
The LMS was also the only one of the Big Four companies to operate rail services in Northern Ireland, serving most major settlements in the region.
This part of the country later came under the control of the LNER, although this particular route, being part of the Midland Railway, was incorporated into the LMS.
The LMS was formed from the following major companies:
The LMS was the minority partner ( with the LNER ) in the Cheshire Lines Committee.
The total route mileage of the LMS in 1923 was 7790 miles ( 12, 537 km ).
The early history of the LMS was dominated by infighting between its two largest constituents and previously rivals, the Midland and the North Western, each of which believed their company's way was the right – and only – way of doing business.
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