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The town of Guellen eagerly surrenders to the temptation of modern-day fiscal freedom promised by billionairess Claire Zachanassian in exchange for the dead body of the Alfred Ill. Now the recently elected mayor-to-be, he was also the man who jilted Zachanassian ( and their unborn child ) several decades ago leaving her destitute.
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town and Guellen
Once, she was a prostitute, an outcast ; now, she is the opposite: she hovers above society in a mythic, almost goddess-like position by imposing her own " rule of law " to exact her own idea of " justice " on the town of Guellen.
Claire, however, arrives in the town of Guellen and immediately imposes her own personal version of " the rule of law ".
Dürrenmatt expresses humanist ideals using the history of the town of Guellen and the character of the schoolteacher.
town and eagerly
as Pike proved himself adept in the political arena, he also became a social lion in the village of Little Rock, where he served as a symbol of the culture that the ladies of the town were striving so eagerly to cultivate.
The town instantly proclaims a miracle, and Cora and her council eagerly anticipate tourist dollars as they boast of the water's curative powers.
When Matt reaches Abilene, he finds the town has been eagerly awaiting the arrival of such a herd to buy it and ship it east by rail.
) narrates that Akiva at the age of 40, and when he was the father of a numerous family dependent upon him, eagerly attended the academy of his native town, Lod, presided over by Eliezer ben Hyrkanus.
Although the Royalist victory was militarily insignificant, and came at the expense of the death of the Earl of Denbigh, the resistance of a largely civilian force against the royalist cavalry, and the subsequent sack of the town, presented the Roundheads with a major propaganda boost that was eagerly exploited by a series of widely-circulated pamphlets.
The final scene cuts between Mario jubilantly driving down a mountain road, and a party at the cantina back in town where Mario's friends eagerly await Mario's arrival.
town and surrenders
* 1649 – New Ross town, Co. Wexford, Ireland, surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
town and temptation
" After the temptation to shift his ministry to the town, Preacher says, " You can't serve God and Mammon, Mammon being money.
Hadleyburg enjoys the reputation of being an “ incorruptible ” town known for its responsible, honest people that are trained to avoid temptation.
town and modern-day
The modern-day town of Ixcateopan in the state of Guerrero is home to an ossuary purportedly containing Cuauhtémoc's remains.
The fortifications, known to the British as the Spanish Lines, and to Spain as La Línea de Contravalación were the origin of modern-day town of La Línea de la Concepción.
Although the first mention of the town appears in archives from the year 1066, some archeological digs seem to show the area as inhabited by as early as 2000 BC, most notably in the modern-day quartiers of Fives, Wazemmes, and Old Lille.
The town grew up with and around the castle which Fitzhamon ordered to be built ( where Castle, Norman and Bailey streets are situated near to Saint Mary's Church in modern-day Port Talbot ).
Carantania's capital was most likely Karnburg ( Slovene: Krnski grad ) in the Zollfeld Field (), north of modern-day town of Klagenfurt ().
They built and settled at Fort Tombecbee, near the modern-day town of Epes.
The Swedes laid out the town at the site of modern-day Wilmington.
With the Purchase, most of the modern-day town of Lebanon was established.
Kappa is the tenth letter in the Greek alphabet, and was applied to the town because it was the tenth town between Dunleith ( modern-day East Dubuque, Illinois ) and Bloomington.
The modern-day beach community began to be developed in the 1930s, when developers Orphie Gotto and Clarence Mathias began to build it as a log cabin town for vacationers.
The town was originally, including the modern-day towns of Milford, Bellingham, Hopedale, Uxbridge, Upton, Blackstone, Northbridge and Millville.
When the railroad was being built about one mile to the southeast in the area that is the modern-day town of Le Roy, some of the settlers starting making plans.
The Wichita tribe placed a village four miles southeast of the modern-day town of Rush Springs in the mid-1800s.
Maximus was then exiled to the Lazica or Colchis region of modern-day Georgia and was cast in the fortress of Schemarum, perhaps Muris-Tsikhe near the modern town of Tsageri.
The Laugen-Melaun culture, named after two important archaeological sites near the modern-day town of Brixen in South Tyrol, originated in the 14th century BC, in the area of today's South Tyrol and Trentino.
The Romans built a 9 km aqueduct to supply their new town of Durnovaria ( Dorchester ); it started near the modern-day Littlewood Farm, Frampton, using a stream running from Compton Valence, and closely follows the contours of the chalk bluff to the southwest of the River Frome.
In the present, the modern-day Nottingham – Derby road — the A52 — passes through the very northern part of the town ; Junction 25 of the M1 motorway approximately away ( via the A52 ).
Every May the town hosts the Toledo Cacao Festival, held over the Commonwealth Day Holiday weekend, which celebrates the District's ancient and modern-day links with cacao and chocolate.
Therefore, by profession he was similar to a modern-day town doctor and pharmacist.
Piero was born in the town of Borgo Santo Sepolcro, modern-day Tuscany ( where he also died ), to Benedetto de ' Franceschi, a tradesman, and Romana di Perino da Monterchi, part of the Florentine and Tuscan Franceschi noble family.
This town forms the basis of modern-day Reigate.
The modern-day town of Jalalpur Sharif, outside Jhelum, is said to be where Bucephalus is buried.
Seidel cleaned the town up with strict regulation of bars and the closing of brothels and sporting parlors ( modern-day casinos ).
town and fiscal
One town and one city, Coventry and East Providence, require an adjustment of their fiscal year only.
According to Dedham's Charter, the " administration of all the fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the town, with the government thereof, shall be vested in a legislative branch, to consist of a representative town meeting.
The clerk-treasurer is the fiscal officer of the town responsible for signing drafts and claims, dispersing monies on the order of the town council, maintains records, record minutes of meetings, administer oaths, and serves as a tie-breaker in votes of the town council.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Dartmouth spent 1. 5 % ($ 865, 864 ) of its budget on its public libraries — some $ 25 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Freetown spent 0. 58 % ($ 113, 681 ) of its budget on its public libraries — some $ 12 per person.
" In fiscal year 2008, the town of Brimfield spent 0. 98 % ($ 79, 593 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 21 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Chester spent 1. 04 % ($ 28, 512 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 22 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of East Longmeadow spent 1. 4 % ($ 584, 361 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 38 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Granville spent 0. 68 % ($ 31, 979 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 18 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Southwick spent 2. 03 % ($ 316, 544 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 33 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Tolland spent 0. 97 % ($ 10, 271 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 22 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Wales spent 1. 28 % ($ 45, 480 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 24 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Brookfield spent 1. 49 % ($ 106, 066 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 35 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Charlton spent 1. 73 % ($ 306, 971 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 24 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Hardwick spent 1. 58 % ($ 64, 023 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 24 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Lancaster spent 1. 74 % ($ 259, 465 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 36 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Leicester spent 0. 57 % ($ 145, 270 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 13 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Mendon spent 1. 66 % ($ 187, 825 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 32 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Millville spent 0. 78 % ($ 36, 100 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 12 per person.
In fiscal year 2007, the town of Northbridge spent 0. 63 % ($ 200, 933 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 13 per person.
In fiscal year 2008, the town of Oakham spent 1. 71 % ($ 47, 657 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 24 per person.
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