If living Jews were unavailable for study, the Bible was at hand.

Dr. Isaacs was so pleased with the quality of her biographical study of Sara Sullam that he considered submitting it to the Century Magazine or Harper's but he decided that its Jewish subject probably would not interest them and published it in The Messenger, `` so our readers will be benefited instead ''.

As far as I'm concerned, it was a separate matter from the general Committee study of Bang-Jensen's conduct.

With her son evidencing so strong a musical bent his mother could do little else but get him started on the study of music -- though she waited until he was ten -- beginning with the piano and following that with the trumpet.

Victor's book on John Lloyd Stephens was largely written in my study in the house at Weston.

A study at the Pentagon and at the service academies revealed that nothing was being done there.

Far away, standing before a curtained window in the study room, was his father, hands tucked under his coattails, and staring into the dark church.

He didn't, but it was not really a question, and so he left the room, walked down the hall to the front of the apartment, hesitated, and then knocked lightly on the closed door of the study.

The telephone was in the study but the ringing came from the hall.

The apex, the study where Eugene slept, was light and bright and airy and cheerful.

In one of these, an exploding-wire device to study systems thermodynamically up to 6,000 Af and 100 atmospheres pressure, a major goal was achieved.

A wall-stabilized high-current arc source was constructed and used to study transition probabilities of atomic hydrogen and oxygen.

The decision reached in 1938-39 was made after the accumulation of a large amount of data and thorough study thereof.

Never a `` quick study '', he now made no attempt to learn his `` lines '' and many a mile of film was wasted, many a scene -- sometimes involving as many as a thousand fellow thespians -- was taken thirty, forty, fifty times because Miss Poitrine's co-star and `` helpmate '' had never learned his part.

A detailed study of this latter phenomenon was not attempted in this paper.

It was stated earlier that one purpose of this study was to extend the analysis of variability of Onset and Completion in each of the 21 growth centers somewhat beyond that provided by the data in Tables 1 and 2.

For example, the steering committee might announce that the group felt a topic under study should not be dropped for an additional week as there was still too much of it untouched.

There was a particularly marvelous opportunity for study in this area since almost every stage of pregnancy was represented, from a childless couple to and including every trimester.

Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.

The battery median grade-equivalent was used in data analysis in this study.

Although the present study was not a direct replication of their investigations, the results do not confirm their conclusion.

The earliest known discussion of the topic arose soon after the French colonization of West Africa, when the Comité d ' Etudes commissioned a study on desséchement progressif to explore the prehistoric expansion of the Sahara Desert.

He commissioned the first study of the human effects of nuclear explosions, and campaigned ceaselessly for the abolition of what he called " these frightful engines of destruction.

" A Quiet Opening: North Koreans in a Changing Media Environment " a study commissioned by the U. S. State Department and conducted by Intermedia and released May 10, 2012 shows that despite extremely strict regulations and draconian penalties North Koreans, particularly elite elements, have increasing access to news and other media outside the state-controlled media authorized by the government.

On July 27, 2012 engineering services provider Royal HaskoningDHV announced that the Nicaraguan government has commissioned a feasibility study to be completed early 2013 at a cost of $ 720, 000.

The National Park Service commissioned a study of OSS National Park training facilities by Professor John Chambers of Rutgers University.

Coke and the University of Michigan commissioned an independent study of its bottling plants by The Energy and Resources Institute ( TERI ), which reported in 2008 no unsafe chemicals in the water supply used.

In the mid-1980s, the University commissioned a study to determine if the name of the institution should be changed, most likely to " Eastman University.

In 2002, a study commissioned by the US Department of Commerce ' National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded that " software bugs, or errors, are so prevalent and so detrimental that they cost the US economy an estimated $ 59 billion annually, or about 0. 6 percent of the gross domestic product ".

In the 1930s, the Air Ministry commissioned a scientific study of propagating electromagnetic energy which concluded that a death ray was impractical but detection of aircraft appeared feasible.

Following the Three Mile Island ( TMI ) power plant's partial core melt on March 28, 1979, President Jimmy Carter commissioned a study, " Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island ( 1979 ).

Following the reorganization of the agency that runs Navy Pier and McCormick Place, a new study was commissioned to reinvigorate the upgrade process.

Peng, a powerful official and Wu Han's direct superior, was the head of the " Five Man Group ", a committee commissioned by Mao to study the potential for a cultural revolution.

" The US Air Force commissioned a study of the idea making a doomsday device with the Bland Corporation and they decided against it for reasons that by now must be all too obvious!

The plan was accepted by Georges Pompidou and a study was commissioned in 1974.

In 1926, Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work commissioned a study of federal administration of Indian policy and the condition of Indian people.

In 1908, the Administration of Theodore Roosevelt commissioned a study on the problems facing rural families.

A public radio study commissioned by the CPB and the Ford Foundation and conducted from 1968 – 1969 led to the establishment of National Public Radio, a public radio system under the terms of the amended Public Broadcasting Act.

In 1980, he commissioned a study by Frank Magid Associates that found promising results for a spring and summer football league.

In 2009, CBC President Hubert Lacroix commissioned a study to determine whether its news was biased, and if so, to what extent.

A new study, commissioned after doubts arose over the financial feasibility of the project, recommended that work should not only continue, but should be accelerated.

Kathleen Cohen's study of five French ecclesiastics who commissioned transi tombs determined that common to all of them was a successful worldliness that seemed almost to demand them shocking display of transient mortality.

The study " Analysis of the life cycle of Cork, Aluminum and Plastic Wine Closures ," commissioned by cork manufacturer Amorim and made public in December 2008, concluded that cork is the most environmentally responsible stopper, in a one-year life cycle analysis comparison with the plastic stoppers and aluminum screw caps.

In 1967, he contributed to a top-secret study of classified documents regarding the conduct of the Vietnam War that had been commissioned by Defense Secretary McNamara.

In 2006, the Skagit County Marine Resources Committee commissioned a study to evaluate establishing one or more no-take marine reserves to protect rockfish and other groundfish from overfishing.

The study, commissioned by the Oldham County Economic Development Authority ( OCEDA ) and Oldham-La Grange Development Authority, found that thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in salaries would be created if the plan to fully develop the Oldham Reserve Business Park in La Grange comes to fruition.