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Now, he was just in the late poems of Holderlin and therefore had most of the nineteenth century before him -- plus next semester's class preparation.
Now it did not occur to him even to wonder whether it was wise for Robinson to dive again: Rob was his boy, the kid he had rescued from the streets, the object of his pride.
Now and then, the President would call for `` Little Jack, Master of the Hounds '', which was his nickname for a messenger who had worked in the White House since Teddy Roosevelt's administration, and discuss the welfare of some one of the animals.
Now he was married to a beautiful girl, had a small son, and lived in an expensive apartment and worked for the movies.
Now, everyone knows -- or knew in the week of December 10 -- that something had gone shockingly wrong with American foreign policy.
Now he knew perfectly that he had but longed to increase his own suffering.
Now Hans had given Ma something of his -- we both had when we thought she was going straight to Pa -- something valuable ; ;
Now Welch had a pet theory that everyone is guilty of breaking more laws than he ever gets caught at.
The policeman got a confused, funny look on his face, and he had answered kind of politely, `` Now, look here, lady: I know you got to entertain these kids and all.
Now, riding this hospital bus, feeling isolated and utterly alone, I knew that she was genuine and unique, quite unlike any girl I had known before.
Now he was certain: the lock had not yielded to Muller's collection of keys ; ;
Now, at this moment, there should be none unless skin diving was much more dangerous than he had been led to believe.
Now he recalled it very clearly, and wondered what the truck driver had seen in those eyes to make him back off.
When he handed it back and I had hold of it safely, Pops was looking toward me and I said `` Now '', to Charlie and he swung the short length of lead pipe he'd meanwhile taken from his pocket, once.
Now all he had to do was finish in even par to collect the trophy and the biggest single paycheck in golf.
Now, having been sent halfway around the world on a job she had not asked for, Tommy was being humiliated at every turn.
The very night after her father's funeral she had thought, though never admitted to a soul: Now I can go.
" Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a monument, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's monument.
With the battle still not won, Marlborough had to rebuke one of his cavalry officers who was attempting to leave the field – " Sir, you are under a mistake, the enemy lies that way ..." Now, at the Duke's command, the second Allied line under von Bulow and the Count of Ost-Friese was ordered forward, and, driving through the centre, the Allies finally put Tallard's tired horse to rout, not without cost.
For Queen Anne also, the Ramillies campaign had one overriding significance – " Now we have God be thanked so hopeful a prospect of peace.
Now the most commonly understood meaning of the term ballad, sentimental ballads, sometimes called " tear-jerkers " or " drawing-room ballads " owing to their popularity with the middle classes, had their origins in the early ‘ Tin Pan Alley ’ music industry of the later 19th century.

Now and affected
Now the " aether of special relativity " is still " absolute ", because matter is affected by the properties of the aether, but the aether is not affected by the presence of matter.
Now, however, there is considered to be a wide range of factitious disorders, and the diagnosis of " Münchausen syndrome " is reserved for the most severe form, where the simulation of disease is the central activity of the affected person's life.
Now residing in a cheap motel, her whole life had been affected, from her increasing difficulties in finding a new job as an actress to her being an easy target and prey, along with Aunt May, for the superpowered foes of Spider-Man.
Now realising that the 21 August was not a realistic deadline, the Scottish Qualifications Authority vow to sort out the worst affected pupils ' results by 20 September 2000.
CBC's privately owned affiliates were not affected by the budget cut, and continued producing their own local newscasts ; most of the privately owned affiliates did not broadcast Canada Now.
Rights Here, Right Now emphasized that concrete human rights measures need to be in place to protect those most vulnerable to and affected by HIV, especially women and girls, people who use drugs, migrants, prisoners, sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender persons.

Now and my
Now, here was something of obvious importance to me, yet when I reached for the tickets he snatched them away from my hand.
`` Now that Bruno Walter is virtually in retirement and my dear friend Dimitri Mitropoulos is no longer with us, I am probably the only one -- with the possible exception of Leonard Bernstein -- who has this special affinity for and champions the works of Bruckner and Mahler ''.
Now the English are painfully silent about my missing hands.
Now times have changed, and I must pretend that hair doesn't grow on my face.
Now, if you don't mind, I should like to hear my own piece performed ''.
`` Now he's bought it '', said my wife contentedly.
: Now I know my ABCs ; ()
: Now I know my " ABCs ",
: Now I know my " ABCs ",
: Now I know my CBAs
Another version ends with " Now I know my ZYXs, let's all go and walk to Texas.
:" Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto me from all the peoples, for all the earth is mine " ().
Now all these signs ( of spiritual gifts ) are forthcoming from my side without any difficulty, and they agree, too, with the rules, and the dispensations, and the instructions of the Creator ; therefore without doubt the Christ, and the Spirit, and the apostle, belong severally to my God.
Carver replied in writing, " Now to be branded as a liar and party to such hellish deception it is more than I can bear, and if your committee feel that I have willfully lied or party to such lies as were told my resignation is at your disposal.
: Now my course is tough:
# Now that I know how to recover my business.
When Kilmer's last scene was completed it was reported that Frankenheimer said, " Now get that bastard off my set.
In The Understanding of the Brain ( 1973 ), Eccles summarizes his philosophy: " Now before discussing brain function in detail I will at the beginning give an account of my philosophical position on the so-called ' brain-mind problem ' so that you will be able to relate the experimental evidence to this philosophical position.
Sample lyrics: " Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby / There's a stranger in my soul / I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city / I can't come in from the cold.
Darwin challenged the validity of Galton's experiment, giving his reasons in an article published in ' Nature ' where he wrote: " Now, in the chapter on Pangenesis in my Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, I have not said one word about the blood, or about any fluid proper to any circulating system.
Some are shaped like golf balls, some are shaped like pencils .… Now my main subject is the evolution of form, and the problem of how it is that you can get this diversity amid so little genetic difference, so far as we can tell, is a very interesting one.

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