In order to correct the mistakes of the Great Leap Forward Liu and Deng led economic reforms, which bolstered their prestige among the party apparatus and the national populace. Once he said to Mao :" People write books about cannibalism!

Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went on in the hall.

Once the door was open, they crowded him inside the dark building.

Once again, Tom Horn was the first and most likely suspect, and he was brought in for questioning immediately.

Once ( this was on the third day of school ) she kneeled down to pick up some books where they'd dropped on the floor and Jack looked up her dress -- at the bare expanse of incredibly white leg.

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.

Once covertly looking at Simms Purdew, the only man in the world whom he hated, he had seen the heavy, slack, bestubbled jaw open and close to emit the cruel, obscene banter, and had seen the pale-blue eyes go watery with whisky and merriment, and suddenly he was not seeing the face of that vile creature.

Once her trembling hand, with the pen grasped tight in it, was pressed against the paper the words came sharply, smoothly, as authoritatively as they would dropping from her own lips.

Once in a while they said what a shame it was, with Granny dying, but they all agreed she wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

Once the principle was established, the increase in state-owned vehicles came rapidly.

Once the full extent of this Russian military penetration of Cuba was clear, President Kennedy announced we would take whatever action was appropriate to prevent this, even if we had to go it alone.

Once the question of emancipation was settled to Palfrey's satisfaction, he faced a real problem in placing the freedmen in suitable homes as servants.

Once regarded as an agricultural nuisance, psyllium was sold in the 1930's as a mechanical laxative under 117 different brands.

`` Once, when the editor was just out of the hospital from a gallstone operation, Mrs. Calhoun and the mother of the bride went out to his house and fought it out beside his bed.

Once out in the street, the traffic was a gadfly maze in which he wandered stricken.

Once the figure was 30-30.

Once when she asked why he never went swimming and he answered, `` Don't feel like it '', he was tempted to tell her about being scared.

Once again, there was a negative shake.

Once it was, William thought.

They could still read the opening: `` Once, I was like you, stepping out of my window at the end of day, and letting the winds blow me gently toward the place I lived in.

Once his eyesight recovered sufficiently, he was able to study English literature at Balliol College, Oxford.

Once this was over, a massive development cooperation in the field of health and education brought in numerous civil personnel from Cuba.

Once he was firmly established in the Northern March, Albert's covetous eye lay also on the thinly populated lands to the north and east.

Once the expander has reached an acceptable size, it may be removed and replaced with a more permanent implant.

Once trees have been removed by fire or logging, infiltration rates become high and erosion low to the degree the forest floor remains intact.

Once a giornata is dried, no more buon fresco can be done, and the unpainted intonaco must be removed with a tool before starting again the next day.

Once the available energy has been removed, the remaining hot gases are vented ( often by opening a valve or exposing the exhaust outlet ) and this allows the piston to return to its previous position ( top dead center, or TDC ).

Once the peat had been removed, their discovery turned out to be a decomposing, incomplete human head with one eye and some hair intact.

Once completed, the depiction of Christ and the Virgin Mary naked was considered sacrilegious, and Cardinal Carafa and Monsignor Sernini ( Mantua's ambassador ) campaigned to have the fresco removed or censored, but the Pope resisted.

Once the casing has been removed, the nails can be extracted from the inner frame with any of the usual nail pullers.

Once the alcohol is removed proceed with the normal finishing process where the beer is carbonated and bottled.

Once the pre-formed beads are inserted into the oyster, it secretes a few layers of nacre around the outside surface of the implant before it is removed after six months or more.

Once these religious elements are removed, Richards argues that it is clear " the whole episode was political in nature.

) Once the text of this interpolated letter is removed and the two letters compared, Murphy-O ' Connor asserts that this objection is " drastically weakened ", and concludes, " The arguments against the authenticity of 2 Thessalonians are so weak that it is preferable to accept the traditional ascription of the letter to Paul.

Once appointed, justices have life tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed after impeachment.

Once the rhizomes are cut, they are typically removed ; however, rhizomes take a number of months to mature, and an immature, severed rhizome will usually cease growing if left in-ground.

Once a branch has been cut or in any other way removed from its source, it is most commonly referred to as a stick, and a stick employed for some purpose ( such as walking, spanking, or beating ) is often called a rod.

Once applied the etching plate is removed from the hot-plate and allowed to cool which hardens the ground.

Once a particle touches the arms of the creature, the tube feet act to swish it to the central mouth of the crinoid, where it is ingested, nutrients removed, and the remains egested through its anus to the underlying water column.

Once the organ is removed from the donor, blood no longer perfuses through the vessels and begins to starve the cells of oxygen ( ischemia ).

Once an embolism is formed, it usually cannot be removed ( but see later ); the affected cell cannot pull water up, and is rendered useless.

Once the rubber hardens the form is removed from the standard, which is shelved for future use.

Once the curio had been removed from its context, most of the information it held was lost.

Once they were removed, they were carved into precise squares and numbered at the quarry to show where they would be installed.

Once removed the subject is infertile.

Once in the city, Charles II removed his armour and found a fresh mount ; he attempted to rally his troops but it was to no avail.

Once well cooked on the grill, those vegetables are peeled and sliced in strips, the seeds removed, and seasoned with olive oil and salt, and sometimes with garlic as well.