Col. Henri Garvier was one of New Orleans' most important and enlightened slave owners.

but for this discussion the most important division is between those who have been reconstructed and those who haven't.

These things are important to almost all Persians and perhaps most important to the most ordinary.

In any social system in which communications have an importance comparable with that of production and other human factors, a point like f in Figure 2 would ( other things being equal ) be the dwelling place for the community leader, while e and h would house the next most important citizens.

True, ideas are important, perhaps life's most precious treasures.

Probably the most important thing to focus on is not the development of conscience, which may well be almost beyond the reach of literature, but the contents of conscience, the code which is imparted to the developed or immature conscience available.

Certainly one of the most important comments that can be made upon the spiritual and cultural life of any period of Western civilization during the past sixteen or seventeen centuries has to do with the way in which its leaders have read and interpreted the Bible.

It is most important that we recognize the law of love as being unbreakable in all personal relationships, whether individually, socially or as between whole nations of people.

Perhaps his most important private activity was the combination of reading, discussion with a few -- if we can trust his writings to Diodati and the younger Gill, very few -- congenial companions.

Easily the best known of these three novels is The Space Merchants, a good example of a science-fiction dystopia which extrapolates much more than the impact of science on human life, though its most important warning is in this area, namely as to the use to which discoveries in the behavioral sciences may be put.

most important to Patchen, he was a non-literary hero, and very contemporary.

In his recent book, Hurray For Anything ( 1957 ), one of the most important short poems -- and it is the title poem for one of the long jazz arrangements -- is written for recital with jazz.

Although the United States and the U.S.S.R. have been arguing whether there shall be four, five or six top assistants, the most important element in the situation is not the number of deputies but the manner in which these deputies are to do their work.

One of the most important is economic.

I put a lot more trust in my two legs than in the gun, because the most important thing I had learned about war was that you could run away and survive to talk about it.

`` Chickens have short memories '', the doctor remarked, `` that's why they are better company than most people I know '', and he went on to break some important news to Alex.

All this was unknown to me, and yet I had dared to ask her out for the most important night of the year!!

In this, as in so many aspects of our development assistance activities, the incentive effects of the posture we take are the most important ones.

Perhaps the most important incentive for them will be clear evidence that where other countries have done this kind of home work we have responded with long-term commitments.

Probably the most important of all matters for review are the broad administrative policies governing the purchase, assignment, use, and management of state vehicles.

Here the New York Central Railroad, one of the Nation's most important carriers, has alone lost 47.6 percent of its passengers since 1949.

In one sense it can be said that one of the most important Brown & Sharpe products over the years has been the men who began work with the company and subsequently came to places of industrial eminence throughout the nation and even abroad.

In any event, the yearly sacrifice of 40,000 victims is a hecatomb too large to be justified by the most ardent faith.

Nevertheless, there are notably frequent instances of deja vue, in which our recognition of an entirely novel event is a feeling of having lived through it before, a feeling which, though vague, withstands the verbal barrage from the most impressive corps of psychologists.

( Pp. 228-229 ) in any event, it is obvious that the anti-trust laws did not prevent the formation of some of the greatest financial empires the world has ever known, held together by some of the most fantastic ideas, all based on the fundamental notion that a corporation is an individual who can trade and exchange goods without control by the government ''.

Alaric is most famous for his sack of Rome in 410, which marked a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire.

With the signing of the Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum, an event most commonly held to have taken place around 880 when Guthrum ’ s people began settling East Anglia, Guthrum was neutralised as a threat.

This is not an annual event ; the most recent performances have been in August 2000 and 2005 but more are planned.

Certainly the most positive event of the 2011 season for the Orioles, was their involvement in the events that took place on September 28, when they defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3 thanks to 9th inning heroics by both Nolan Reimold, and Robert Andino leading to a walk-off win on an Andino RBI single, and prevented them from earning the Wild Card berth.

Also, the infrequency with which vaccines are administered among the general population since the eradication of the disease would leave most people unprotected in the event of an outbreak.

As was the case with the Liberal Party for most of the 20th century, the Liberal Democrats face constant questioning about which of the other two parties they are closer to, in particular about which they would support in the event of a hung parliament.

In most jurisdictions, the law provides for a variety of remedies in the event of a breach by the directors of their duties:

Jacopo was also a witness to and wrote an account of the sack of Rome, which is one of the most important historical documents recounting that event.

Christians consider the resurrection of Jesus to be the cornerstone of their faith ( see 1 Corinthians 15 ) and the most important event in human history.

Most of the U. S. federal courts of appeal have adopted a rule under which, in the event of any conflict in decisions of panels ( most of the courts of appeal almost always sit in panels of three ), the earlier panel decision is controlling, and a panel decision may only be overruled by the court of appeals sitting en banc ( that is, all active judges of the court ) or by a higher court.

Numerous groups of organisms became extinct during the K-Pg extinction event, most notably the non-avian dinosaurs.

There is no evidence of K – T boundary mass extinctions of amphibians, and there is strong evidence that most amphibians survived the event relatively unscathed.

This is most likely due to their size, which meant they were less able to adapt during the aftermath of the extinction event.

This vision would come to be regarded by the LDS Church as the most important event in human history after the resurrection of Jesus.

This event begins the second, most intense part of the tribulation.

The publication of the first six volumes of the Collected Papers ( 1931 – 35 ), the most important event to date in Peirce studies and one that Cohen made possible by raising the needed funds, did not prompt an outpouring of secondary studies.

Speaking for myself, the definition that seems least inadequate because most embracing is this: Myth narrates a sacred history ; it relates an event that took place in primordial Time, the fabled time of the " beginnings.

On most matters of legislation, the People ’ s Assembly retains the last word in the event of a disagreement between the two houses.

She has given live performances on various television shows, events and ceremonies ( her most recent appearance was in Gaoth Dobhair in the summer of 2005, which coincided with a tribute event to the Brennan family that took place in Letterkenny ), but she has yet to do a concert.

The most recent, the Cretaceous – Paleogene extinction event, which occurred approximately 65. 5 million years ago ( Ma ), was a large-scale mass extinction of animal and plant species in a geologically short period of time.

However, Ezekiel and his contemporaries like Jeremiah, another prophet who was living in Jerusalem at that time, witnessed the fulfillment of their prophecies when Jerusalem was finally sacked by the Babylonians in 587 BCE, an event that is confirmed by most historians.

In its most general sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event — whether natural or caused by humans — that generates seismic waves.