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A lady, you made clear to me both by precept and example, never raised her voice or slumped in her chair, never failed in social tact ( in heaven, for instance, would not mention St. John the Baptist's head ), never pouted or withdrew or scandalized in company, never reminded others of her physical presence by unseemly sound or gesture, never indulged in public scenes or private confidences, never spoke of money save in terms of alleviating suffering, never gossiped or maligned, never stressed but always minimized the hopelessness of anything from sin to death itself.
When, as a diplomatic gesture of amity and in payment for the loan of gunmen in the April election, Torrio had given O'Banion a slice of Cicero, the profits from that district had been $20,000 a month.
The League's modern name derives from its official meeting place, the island of Delos, where congresses were held in the temple and where the treasury stood until, in a symbolic gesture, Pericles moved it to Athens in 454 BC.
The Piano Sonata is an example — the whole composition is derived from the work's opening quartal gesture and its opening phrase.
When the others go in to dinner Nora stays behind for a few minutes and contemplates suicide to save her husband from the shame of the revelation of her crime and ( more importantly ) to pre-empt any gallant gesture on his part to save her reputation.
Dyer and Whitton received $ 50, 000 from Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., as a good faith gesture.
The Athenians would have to hold out at Marathon for the time being, although they were reinforced by the full muster of 1, 000 hoplites from the small city of Plataea ; a gesture which did much to steady the nerves of the Athenians, and won unending Athenian gratitude to Plataea.
He declined an honorary doctorate of music from University of Cambridge in 1877, but accepted one from the University of Breslau in 1879, and composed the Academic Festival Overture as a gesture of appreciation.
Responding to the announcement, opposition leader Walid Jumblatt said that he wanted to hear more specifics from Damascus about any withdrawal: " It's a nice gesture but ' next few months ' is quite vague – we need a clear-cut timetable ".
The gesture was part of a larger effort helmed by the LNPIB from 1967 to 1968 and involved collaboration between volunteers and professionals in various fields.
* The Unknown History of Pen Computing contains a history of pen computing, including touch and gesture technology, from approximately 1917 to 1992.
On a fifth century amphora in the Ashmolean Museum ( her fig. 71 ) the half-figure of Pandora emerges from the ground, her arms upraised in the epiphany gesture, to greet Epimetheus.
By the early 20th century Rock-paper-scissors had spread beyond Asia, especially through increased Japanese contact with the west. Its English-language name is therefore taken from a translation of the names of the three Japanese hand-gestures for rock, paper and scissors: elsewhere in Asia the open-palm gesture represents " cloth " rather than " paper ".
The modern Western military salute evolved from the practice of men raising their hats as a gesture of respect.
Taking off or tipping one's hat on meeting a social superior or a lady, or when greeting an acquaintance, was a normal polite civilian gesture from the 17th century until the 1960s.
Repeated hat-raising was impractical if heavy helmets or hats with chinstraps ( such as shakos and bearskins ) were worn, so from about 1745 the gesture was stylised to a mere hand movement.
The Bellamy salute was a similar gesture and was the civilian salute of the United States from 1892 to 1942.
The Arabic term salaam, literally " peace " from the spoken greeting that accompanies the gesture, refers placing the right palm on the heart, prior and after a handshake.
The European formal greeting from used from men to women can be transformed into an obeisance gesture by holding the suzerain's hand with both hands.
However, voiceless speech sounds are sometimes better identified as containing an abductory gesture, even if the gesture was not strong enough to stop the vocal folds from vibrating.
It is said that the insulting gesture, ( called fico ), of holding one's fist with the thumb in between the middle and forefinger came by its origin from this event.
The King was annoyed that his efforts to urge passage of the budget had become public knowledge and had forbidden his adviser Lord Knollys, who was an active Liberal peer, from voting for the budget, although Knollys had suggested that this would be a suitable gesture to indicate royal desire to see the Budget pass.

gesture and help
Steiner made it clear, however, that the resulting movement for the renewal of Christianity, which became known as " The Christian Community ", was a personal gesture of help to a movement founded by Rittelmeyer and others independently of the Anthroposophical Society.
" The manner in which he demonstrates this gesture, and the futility of it in causing anything but more pain, leaves unanswered the question of whether he did this for his own amusement, or was trying to help in any legitimate way.
However, a year or two previously, it had so happened that Trenchard had been promised help or advice from Sir Edmond Elles, as a gesture of thanks after Trenchard had rescued a poorly planned rifle-shooting contest from disaster.
Here it also denotes a hand gesture, now linked to three other hand mudrās — the action ( karma ), pledge ( samaya ), and dharma mudrās — but also involves " mantra recitations and visualizations that symbolize and help to effect one ’ s complete identification with a deity ’ s divine form or awakening mind ( bodhicitta ).
The hostages were flown to Algeria as a symbolic gesture for the help of that government in resolving the crisis.
Yoshitoshi's financial condition was still precarious, however, and in 1876, his mistress Okoto, in a gesture of devotion, sold herself to a brothel to help him.
at least when a Hindu starts using it, just as a gesture of showing respect and praying that this object would help one excel in the work one would use it for.
While the wedding itself is often based on the couple's choices, the wedding banquets are a symbolic gesture of " thanks " and appreciation, to those that have raised the bride and groom ( such as grandparents and uncles ) and those who will continue to be there to help the bride and groom in the future.
When Magneto decides to bring back Shadowcat as a good will gesture, Cyclops asks specifically for her to help treat him of any injuries he might have suffered.
In 1929, however, the firm agreed to re-lease the ground back to the club in a generous gesture as the club's premises in York Park had been blown down in a gale and a deputation had asked for help.
Cues such as the caregiver's gaze, body language, gesture, and smile help infants to understand the meanings of words.
In a gesture of gratitude for the help he had been provided in his youth, Bonnat built a museum in his native city of Bayonne, the Musée Bonnat.
In 1852 the group was sent to Macau to join Commodore Matthew Perry as a gesture to help open diplomatic relations with Japan.
After Israel agreed to hand over the bodies of dead Palestinian suicide bombers and other militants as part of a goodwill gesture to PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas to help the peace process, the Palestinian Authority planned a national rally to honour them and to provide full military funerals.

gesture and countries
* Corna, also called the " devil horns ", a hand gesture with a vulgar meaning in Mediterranean countries, also used in heavy metal music
Sticking one's tongue out at someone is considered a childish gesture of rudeness and / or defiance in many countries ; the act may also have sexual connotations, depending on the way in which it is done.
In countries where Spanish, Portuguese, or French are spoken, and especially on the Iberian peninsula and in Latin America, a gesture called the bras d ' honneur involving raising a fist and slapping the biceps on the same arm as the fist used, sometimes called the Iberian slap or Iberian finger, is equivalent to the finger.
In some African and Caribbean countries, a similarly obscene gesture is extending all five digits with the palm facing forward, meaning " you have five fathers ", thus calling someone a bastard.
In eastern countries like India and China, to bully the person people spit in his way, yell silently and show a hand gesture to say " go away " diplomatically.
In Western countries, extending the middle finger ( either on its own, or along with the index finger in the United Kingdom ) is an offensive and obscene gesture, colloquially known as " flipping the bird ", " flipping someone off ", or simply " giving the finger ".
While the gesture is positive in some countries, in certain parts of middle and southern Europe ( although not in Spain or Portugal ) the gesture is considered offensive, as in you are a zero or you are nothing.

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