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One Scottish writer described his Highland countrymen this way: They greatly excel the Lowlanders in all the exercises that require agility ; they are incredibly abstemious, and patient of hunger and fatigue ; so steeled against the weather, that in traveling, even when the ground is covered with snow, they never look for a house, or any other shelter but their plaid, in which they wrap themselves up, and go to sleep under the cope of heaven.
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One of the first scandals to hit the new Scottish Parliament occurred when allegations that the lobbying arm of public relations company Beattie Media had privileged access to ministers were published, prompting Dewar to ask the standards committee to investigate the reports.
One of the earliest works on the subject of Halloween is from Scottish poet John Mayne, who, in 1780, made note of pranks at Halloween ; " What fearfu ' pranks ensue!
One is that the dish originates from the days of the old Scottish cattle drovers.
One of the most precarious times in the breed ’ s history seems to have been towards the end of the nineteenth century, when many of the large Scottish estates were split into small estates for sporting purposes, and few then kept Deerhounds.
One notable example of a technological and libertarian socialist utopia is Scottish author Iain Banks ' Culture.
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One of their main resources was The Golden Bough, a study of mythology and religion written by Scottish anthropologist James Frazer.
One of the newest monuments to be dedicated to the fighting contribution of a group is the Celtic Cross memorial commemorating the Scottish contributions and efforts in the fighting in Flanders during the Great War.
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One of several Saturday Night Live sketches poking fun at the network features ESPN2 airing a show called Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly, which includes a fake advertisement for " Senior Women's Beach Lacrosse ".
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He also used the Scottish hymn tune Crimond, a traditional French cradle song, an Irish version of the fertility dance-tune " All Around My Hat " and a reference to the English folksong " Early One Morning ".
One of the Scottish casualties was Carrick's close ally James, Earl of Douglas.
One of Skene's harshest critics was the Scottish philologist Alexander Macbain.
One of the more famous displays of keepie-uppie was in the 1967 Scotland-England football match, where Scottish midfielder Jim Baxter juggled the ball for some time in front of the English defence, taunting them by keeping possession.
One of the last major railway closures was of the 98-mile long ( 158 km ) Waverley Route main line between Carlisle, Hawick and Edinburgh in 1969 ; the re-opening of a 35-mile section of this line was approved by the Scottish Parliament and passenger services are due to resume in 2014.
One single from the album, " My Oh My " followed a power ballad sound, whilst the next single, " Run Runaway " was reminiscent of a Scottish jig.
One version of this is applied onto the wall of a stairwell in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
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One such is Abraham Meyer, the writer of a recent book, Speaking Of Man.
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One of the early attempts was an electro-mechanical Chinese typewriter Ming kwai () which was invented by Lin Yutang, a prominent Chinese writer.
One writer noted that with his prematurely gray beard, the forty-three year old Pissarro was regarded as a “ wise elder and father figure ” by the group.
Thomas was an accomplished writer of prose poetry, with collections such as Potrait of the Artist as a Young Dog ( 1940 ) and Quite Early One Morning ( 1954 ) showing he was capable of writing moving short stories.
One writer has even claimed that this council was summoned without the knowledge of the pope.
One writer hoped that railways might improve the lot of " populations two or three centuries behind their fellows " and eliminate " the savage instincts born of isolation and misery.
One science writer called it a " full-blown intellectual surrender strategy.
One writer of the time said that a stroll round Friedrichstadt was like walking round military barracks.
One Australian writer Gerard Henderson has rejected this theory, yet others such as Australian history Professors Judith Brett Latrobe Uni.
One sports writer sarcastically suggested that Bradshaw throw left-handed and the Rams should be allowed to play with 12 men on the field to make the Super Bowl more competitive.
One writer ( whom Williams thought was Mel Webb, who Williams called a " grouchy old guy ", although the identity of the writer remains unknown ) completely left Williams off his ballot, who would have tied DiMaggio or won if one writer who had voted Williams as second had voted him first.
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One contemporary writer critical of the scuttling of the Terrible wrote that " she made no more water than she did before battle ", and, more acidly, " If an able officer had been at the head of the fleet, the Terrible would not have been destroyed.
One writer in the Huffington Post looked at FBI statistics on robbery, fraud, and crime and concluded that Wall Street was the " most dangerous neighborhood in the United States " if one factored in the $ 50 billion fraud perpetrated by Bernie Madoff.
One such young writer was Edwin Chadwick, who wrote on hygiene, sanitation and policing and was a major contributor to the Poor Law Amendment Act.
One late explanation, which is first related by the 1st century BC writer, Diodorus Siculus, tells of a goat herder named Coretas, who noticed one day that one of his goats, who fell into a crack in the earth, was behaving strangely.
One military writer of the day warned:
One 19th century writer records that in China, the best soy sauce is " made by boiling beans soft, adding an equal quantity of wheat or barley, and leaving the mass to ferment ; a portion of salt and three times as much water are afterwards put in, and the whole compound left for two or three months when the liquid is pressed and strained ".
One of the first acknowledgments of Henry Miller as a major modern writer was by George Orwell in his 1940 essay " Inside the Whale ", where he wrote:
One story, The Two-Bit Dictator of Twin Mills, drawn by Batman co-creator Bob Kane, featured a hitman called Jojo who was, according to writer Al Schwartz, made to look like Lorre.
One contemporary notes, " an intense worship of Bacchus was considered to be almost obligatory for a writer of that period.
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