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The trouble was that he had virtually had to protest.
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trouble and was
Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.
Even when Mrs. Coolidge was in mourning for her son, she reached out to help other people in trouble.
Up to now, Gorton had been looking for trouble, and now that he was trying to get away from it, trouble started looking for him.
The Republican party was not lacking in humanity, but it permitted its extremely partisan leadership to make it appear devoid of any consideration for people in trouble.
His arm had been giving him some trouble and Rector was not enough of a medical expert to determine whether it had healed improperly or whether Hino was simply rebelling against the tedious work in the print shop, using the stiffness in his arm as an excuse.
The Court said the purpose of the section was principally to spare the Government the embarrassment and trouble of dealing with several parties, one of them a stranger to the claim, and to prevent traffic in claims, particularly tenuous claims, against the Government.
The greatest source of trouble was rain which had repeatedly flowed from openings above, soaking the surface and leaving streaks of dissolved lime, very conspicuous even after cleaning, particularly in the `` Landing of Columbus '', `` Oglethorpe and the Indians '', and `` Yorktown ''.
I'm sending you a couple of customers -- yeah -- just get them out of my hair and keep them out -- I don't give a damn what you tell them -- only don't believe a word they say -- they're out to make trouble for me and it is up to you to stop them -- I don't care how -- and one more thing -- Cate's Cafe closed at eleven like always last night and Rose and Clarence Corsi left for Quebec yesterday -- some shrine or other -- I think it was called Saint Simon's -- yeah, yesterday.
Perhaps if Felix had first come upon us when this boy was not cavorting so gaily up and down the hall outside the murdered woman's apartment, we might have had less trouble convincing Felix of our seriousness.
trouble and had
If the bluff failed and they ran into trouble, Brannon had told the others, they would withdraw -- and he would come after his son another time.
A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
The trouble with all these doctrinal quarrels is that we hear only one side of the story: what, in the secret councils of the Kremlin, Molotov had really proposed, we just don't know, and he has had no chance to reply.
`` We found some owls had built a nest in the chimney, milord, but I promise you you'll never have trouble of that sort again ''.
Did he trouble to memorize the very small part which I had `` tailor-made '' to his specifications, a role eventually cut down to three short speeches??
Apart from some areas of recurring trouble, like Bani Mellal, where inexperienced officials had been appointed, there is little evidence that local officials intervened in the electoral process.
trouble and virtually
Chomsky argues that the targets of U. S. preventative war must be " virtually defenseless ", " important enough to be worth the trouble " and also there must be " a way to portray it as the ultimate evil and an imminent threat to survival.
Examining examples of preventative war waged by the United States, he notes that all of the nations that have been attacked have shared the same three characteristics: 1 ) they are " virtually defenseless ", 2 ) they are " important enough to be worth the trouble " and 3 ) there has been a way to portray them as " the ultimate evil and an imminent threat to our survival.
Indeed at the time it was even suggested that Beackon was virtually illiterate and was unable to read council documents, although he would later strenuously deny the allegations, whilst admitting that he had trouble understanding their meaning.
" However, Crowther concluded " the big trouble with this picture ... is that the characters and their romantic problems are stereotypes and clichés .... You come away with the feeling that you've seen virtually everything there is to see in grand-prix racing, except the real guys who drive those killer cars.
Apprentice Boys parades once regularly led to rioting in the city by Nationalist youths, but recently a more conciliatory approach has taken place and now the parades are virtually trouble free.
trouble and protest
The content of webcomics can still cause problems, such as Leisure Town artist Tristan Farnon's legal trouble after creating a homoerotic Dilbert parody, or the Catholic League's protest of artist Eric Monster Millikin's " blasphemous treatment of Jesus.
Edelstein soon encountered trouble when she organized a protest, because the team was forcing the cheerleaders to go and stand in bars while wearing their uniforms.
trouble and .
His face took on a sudden pallor, became beaded with sweat, and he seemed to have trouble with his breathing.
He started toward the stairway, then turned to add, `` Tell her to come to Adams's room, that Adams is in trouble.
The trouble here is that it's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it doesn't cost you anything.
Because the private eye intends to save society in spite of himself, he invariably finds himself in trouble with the police.
The darkening world scene, at the time of the Munich Pact, continued to trouble his mind even in his remote Virginia studio.
It must be granted that the flouting of convention, no matter how well intentioned one may be, is sure to lead to trouble, or at least to the discomfort that goes with social disapproval.
Something occurred on the morning of the children's party which may illustrate the kind of trouble our restricted toilet facilities caused us.
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