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said and because
That should do it, he thought, because Miss Langford had said she was going to be strict about school work.
They, perhaps, gave the pitch of their position in the preface where it was said that Eisenhower requested that the Commission be administered by the American Assembly of Columbia University, because it was non-partisan.
`` I hated the war '', he said, `` but thought I ought to go because I was, perhaps, one of those who hadn't done enough to prevent it ''.
Gov. John M. Dalton, himself a lawyer and a man of long service in government, spoke with rich background and experience when he said in an address here that lawyers ought to quit sitting in the Missouri General Assembly, or quit accepting fees from individuals and corporations who have controversies with or axes to grind with the government and who are retained, not because of their legal talents, but because of their government influence.
He recalls with a wry smile the wit who said, on returning from a homecoming reunion, that he would never go again because all his class had changed so much they didn't even recognize him.
`` It's because we are in France '', he said, `` and know so few people.
She had surprised Hans like she had surprised me when she said she'd go, and then she surprised him again when she came back so quick like she must have, because when I came in with the snow she was there with a bottle with three white feathers on its label and Hans was holding it angrily by the throat.
Finally he said, `` Tell me about yourself '', and Linda Kay told him, because she thought herself that she had had an interesting life.
Of these, 376 said they make no extra charge for strapping in standard units, because they save enough on mechanized carloading to offset their strapping cost.
`` Did you or did you not say what I said you said, because Jane said you never said what I said ''??
Another woman, addressing Christmas cards, said to her husband: `` We sent them one last year but they didn't send us one, so they probably won't send us one this year because they'll think we won't send them one because they didn't last year, don't you think, or shall we ''??
Another said that her arm did not go up at first `` because I wouldn't let it ; ;
in working with these patients the therapist eventually gets to do some at least private mulling over of the possible meaning of a belch, or the passage of flatus, not only because he is reduced to this for lack of anything else to analyze, but also because he learns that even these animal-like sounds constitute forms of communication in which, from time to time, quite different things are being said, long before the patient can become sufficiently aware of these, as distinct feelings and concepts, to say them in words.
`` And it's all the more tragic because it's so little deserved '', said Mr. J. J. A. Frans, a Belgian official of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
She told police about the prospective tenant she had heard quarreling with her father some weeks before the murders, but she said she thought he was from out of town because she heard him mention something about talking to his partner.
`` We've got to eat '', Sarah said, curtly, because a chill crawled over her again.
Blanche knew all this because the door to Stanley's office was open and, without straining too hard, she could hear everything that was said.
`` We're here because of what happened last night '', he said.

said and contributes
This difference is perhaps highlighted in the quote attributed to psychologist Donald Hebb who is said to have once answered a journalist's question of " which, nature or nurture, contributes more to personality?
Michele Alliot-Marie, Minister of Defence, said in October 2002: " The Republican Guard has a popularity that transcends borders ," it contributes " to the splendour of the French military and France.
The India ’ s union minister of steel, Mr Beni Prasad Verma has said that the Steel Industry in India which contributes over 2 % to the GDP is expected to become the 2nd largest producer of crude steel in the world by 2015.
He said that " having recently visited the fire brigade museum – we shook the cobwebs off the door as we opened it – I have to say that it is not a museum that is fit for purpose or that in my view contributes anything ", adding " when you've seen one brass helmet you have seen them all ".
The World ’ s Children ’ s Prize contributes toward a more humane world in support of the rights of the child ; it is said to be the world ’ s largest annual educational program teaching young people about the rights of the child, democracy, the environment, and global friendship.
On May 3, 1917, the Chicago Daily Tribune said: " Colleen Moore contributes some remarkable bits of acting.
When asked what each At the Gates member contributes to the group's overall sound, bandmember Anders Björler said that Erlandsson “ hit the drums hard ”.< ref name =" AtTheGatesLucemFero ">

said and little
As cheerfully as possible, he said, `` Well, I guess we could all do with a little drink ''.
The pretty little twittering WACS said he had the look of eagles -- and Penny, hating the cliche, had to admit that in this case it applied.
One of the little girls said.
Her brother Karl was a very gentle soul, her mother was a quiet woman who said little but who had hard, probing eyes.
The football opponent on homecoming is, of course, selected with the view that said opponent will have little more chance than did a Christian when thrown to one of the emperor's lions.
`` He opened his mouth, said little, and thought not at all ''.
He said to the Secretary, `` I understand you came from a little Pennsylvania town near Wilkes-Barre.
Pierre Ameaux, the gaming-card manufacturer said, his little pig eyes glaring.
`` I would like to enact a little tableau this afternoon '', Rector said, He explained about the visit and the effect he wished to create, the picture of a very busy mission.
`` I am terribly sorry to keep you waiting '', she said, `` but won't you make yourself a little drink while you wait??
`` Just you wait '', said Arlene again, as though she were discovering the pleasantly tingling insinuations of that handy little sturdy statement.
`` This time '', Arlene said, and she even kept on wiggling a little bit while she was just talking, `` you're going to tell me what I am and what I'm doing.
In general, however, it may be said that when a boy or a girl leaves the high school, the school authorities play little or no part in the decision of what happens next.
She gave a little pout and said, `` I don't get off work until eleven o'clock.
Seated in front of the desk, Hank said, `` I'm looking for some information with very little to go on, Sheriff ''.
He said vaguely, `` Well, it is a little legal matter, but nothing like that ''.
`` She's honest as the day '', Mr. Phillips said, and added, `` Mr. Gunnar, I can say this to you: Beebe is a little too honest.
`` I think I can do a better job with the glove, now that I know the hitters around the league a little better '', he said.
`` You often hear people talk about team spirit and that sort of thing '', Benington said in a conversation after the ceremonies, `` but what this team had was a little different.
Several theater operators said, however, that there is little likelihood of the subject being discussed during the three-day affair.
Vast spraying programs conducted by `` technicians with narrow training and little wisdom '' are endangering crops and wildlife, Carl W. Buchheister, president of the National Audubon Society, said today.
About all that remains to be said is that the present selection, most of which appeared first in The New Yorker, comprises ( as usual ) a slightly unstrung necklace, held together by little more than a slender thread cunningly inserted in the spine of the book.
Her little brown face wrinkled up, her brown eyes gleamed, and with her little gestures she said all the courteous things.

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