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Nothing and much
Nothing in English has been ridiculed as much as the ambiguous use of words, unless it be the ambiguous use of sentences.
The Honorable H. Burton, speaking in London in August 1918 said, " Nothing struck our commanders in the East African field so much as the thorough, methodical and determined training of the German native levies previous to the war.
Roger North ( 1695 ) said ‘ Nothing comes so near or rather imitates so much an excellent voice as a cornett pipe ; but the labour of the lips is too great and it is seldom well sounded ’ ( see Wilson, 1959 ).
Nothing much is mentioned of the Pawnee until the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when successive incursions of Spanish, French and English settlers attempted to enlarge their possessions.
In the episode " Much Apu About Nothing ", he is seen taking a citizenship test, implying that prior to this he was not a citizen of the United States ( Although unconfirmed, much evidence supports this-not only is he likely of Latino descent, he is specifically given an Argentine accent in Spanish language dubs ).
Nothing, obviously, emerged from the whole thing and I merely said then to Krischak that if he had completed the interrogation, I wanted him to bring him to me upstairs, for I very much wanted-for once-to look at the man Grynszpan.
Although he coined the saying, " Nothing matters very much and few things matter at all ", Balfour was distraught at the early death from typhus in 1875 of his cousin May Lyttelton, whom he had hoped to marry: later in life he was to receive a series of messages from mediums, claiming to pass on messages from her, known as the " Palm Sunday Case ".
Nothing now remains of much of those works, and the Cut has been allowed to return to its natural state.
Nothing much happened for about the next four hours.
This reading would seem to suggest that Iago, much like Don John in Much Ado About Nothing or Aaron in Titus Andronicus, wreaks havoc on the other characters ' lives for no ulterior purpose.
" According to CUNY journalism professor Eric Alterman, “ Nothing has been as consistent about the past 34 years of TNR as the magazine's devotion to Peretz's own understanding of what is good for Israel … It is really not too much to say that almost all of Peretz's political beliefs are subordinate to his commitment to Israel's best interests, and these interests as Peretz defines them almost always involve more war.
Nothing much else is known about her.
Nothing much is known about it except that it was bought by the Marcos government around the same time and was converted into a guesthouse in 1974.
Jesus continues, " Nothing will make you happier or please you as much as being obedient to the divine will.
Nothing much is revealed about them except that they have some sort of supernatural abilities, such as being able to mysteriously appear at any location.
Nothing much happens.
Nothing could excite me except attention so I'd dress up as much as I could.
The six Nations have by Deputy's sent to Scioto threatened much, but Nothing has been undertaken openly on either Side ... It has very often been reported, that the French and Spaniards have excited the Nations against the English, and been the Authors of many Mischiefs, tho ' it has not been discovered that the Spanish Government has had any Concern therein.
Nothing definite is known about his methods, but he must have shown much zeal in increasing the little flock with which he began his episcopal administration.
Nothing remains today apart from the use of the name priory in a few local building names such as Priory Farm, which now much modernized, embodies a few fragmentary portions of a conventual building.
Nothing is known much about him except his role in Mongol invasion of Europe in 1236 – 41 and Mongke's election in 1250.
Nothing much is known about her subsequent movements.
" Mike Clark of USA Today gave a mixed review to the film, stating, " Nothing is ever what it seems, but still, nothing's very compelling in The Recruit, a less-than-middling melodrama whose subject matter and talent never click as much as its credits portend.
Nothing much came of this, and was basically just suspicions fueled by the cold war.
Nothing much changed for the Aspen's second year.

Nothing and happens
Xyzzy has actually been implemented as an undocumented no-op command on several operating systems ; in Data General's AOS, for example, it would typically respond " Nothing happens ", just as the game did if the magic was invoked at the wrong spot or before a player had performed the action that enabled the word.
The low-traffic Usenet newsgroup alt. xyzzy is used for test messages, to which other readers ( if there are any ) customarily respond, " Nothing happens " as a note that the test message was successfully received.
In the Internet Relay Chat client mIRC and Pidgin, entering the undocumented command "/ xyzzy " will display the response " Nothing happens ".
It takes no arguments, and responds with " OK Nothing happens.
Nothing happens at first, but eventually two suns appear in the sky.
Nothing ever happens ".
According to George, " Nothing happens in the world that doesn't happen in the East End.
The headline on one Peruvian newspaper: " NO PASO NADA " (" Nothing happens ").
Entering the command from other locations produces the disappointing response " Nothing happens.
* Blank token: Nothing happens.
Nothing happens, and everyone leaves except for Heggs.
Nothing happens by chance, according to the angel: Zadig happened upon the fisherman to save his life, for example.
Nothing happens.
"" Nothing ever happens to Nancy ," Wagner said.

Nothing and story
* Avi used this style of constructing a story in Nothing But the Truth ( 1991 ), where the plot is told using only documents, letters, and scripts.
The 1943 war-time story " Nothing But Gingerbread Left ", written decades before by science fiction writer Henry Kuttner, has a very close premise.
* The story has also been briefly alluded to in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, both when Benedick states that Leander was " never so truly turned over and over as my poor self in love " and in the name of the character Hero, who, despite accusations to the contrary, remains chaste before her marriage.
Four stories were adapted by Shakespeare, including Cymbeline ( part 1, story 19 ), the Claudio subplot of Much Ado about Nothing ( part 1, story 20 ), Romeo and Juliet ( part 2, story 6 ), and Twelfth Night ( part 2, story 28 ), plus one from the Shakespeare Apocrypha, Edward III ( part 2, story 29 ).
The majority of the story takes place in the parallel world of Fantastica ( Phantásien in the original German version ; referred to as Fantasia in the films ), a world being destroyed by the Nothing, which represents and constitutes people's lack of imagination in the real world.
The story " Wine of Wyoming " was published in 1933 as part of a collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories entitled " Winner Take Nothing ".
In Henry Kuttner's short story " Nothing but Gingerbread Left " ( 1943 ), Kuttner imagines a secret allied effort against Nazi Germany using a catchy rhyme to break the opposition's concentration.
In the anthology The Green Hornet Chronicles from Moonstone Books, author Richard Dean Starr's story " Nothing Gold Can Stay: An Origin Story of Kato " explores the character's background and how he ends up living in America, suggesting that Kato met Britt Reid on a later trip back to his homeland while in search of his mother.
Unlike Tanpınar, however, Atay in such works as his long novel Tutunamayanlar (" The Good for Nothing ", 1971 – 1972 ) and his short story " Beyaz Mantolu Adam " (" Man in a White Coat ", 1975 )— wrote in a more modernist and existentialist vein.
Nothing came of Lok and Fokás ' proposals, but it is through Lok's account that the story of Juan de Fuca entered English letters.
Nothing seems to come from his inexhaustible attempts to canonize his daughter and he eventually loses contact with the narrator and other characters of the story.
* " Bramley Is So Bracing " ( 1939 ) – Widgeon short story, collected in Nothing Serious ( 1950 )
The game is a third-person shooter in the same style as Everything or Nothing, with expansions in the story and certain details changed ( such as trading SPECTRE for OCTOPUS, due to legal problems ).
Nothing of the plot was revealed, other than the fact that a black Shadow Lugia was said to play a large part in the story.
As well as being a director, directorial assistant for the Judith Thompson productions of Perfect Pie ,, Habitat, Capture Me and Body and Soul, story editor, and dramaturg for other writers, Azar has also written several plays, including Satan's Mistress, The Surreal Detective vs John Nothing and Man-O-Rexic.
Nothing can illustrate this better than the story of the man who came to Umar Ibn al-Khattab as he was standing on the plain of Arafat and said:
In her review for the New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote, " Nothing spoils a horror story faster than a stupid victim.
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place is a short story by American author Ernest Hemingway, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1933 and also included in his 1933 collection Winner Take Nothing.
He was later acquitted of theft, and his story was the basis for the 1993 film Money for Nothing.
He committed suicide on August 15, 1993, a month before the release of a film based on his story, Money for Nothing

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