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two and risings
The later years of Louis the German were troubled by risings on the part of his sons, the eldest of whom, Carloman, revolted in 861 and again two years later ; an example that was followed by the second son Louis, who in a further rising was joined by his brother Charles.
After spending two years in Paris, chiefly at the university, he took part in abortive risings in 1719 in support of James Stuart, son of the deposed King James VII and pretender to the Scottish throne.

two and together
Whatever pole of this contrast one emphasizes and whatever the tension between these two approaches to understanding the artistic imagination, it will be readily seen that they are not mutually exclusive, that they belong together.
The military in Taiwan believe that the Communists have made two mistakes, which, together, may prove fatal.
If we cluster together, the redcoats can make an advantage out of it, but there's not a blessed thing they can do with two or three of us except chase us, and we can outrun them ''.
Underneath the big one, in the silent moonlight, lay a dead pigeon, and on the smaller bell, the Clemence, two gray and white birds slept huddled together in the cold winter air.
He spent concentrated weeks putting his two figures together: a Mary who would be young and sensitive, yet strong enough to hold her son on her lap ; ;
As long as there were two human beings working together on the same project, there would be competition and you could no more escape it than you could expect to escape the grave.
The two of them had developed into a remarkable sailing team all of this happening in a time of their lives when their youth and their brotherhood knitted them together as no other time or circumstance could.
The Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report of his findings, together with recommendations for an effective safety program for metal and nonmetallic mines ( excluding coal and lignite mines ) based upon such findings, to the Congress not more than two years after the date of enactment of this Act.
The roof blocks are in two layers and are not mortared together.
Now unsolder and disassemble the frame except for the two 12'' '' and the first two 3-3/4'' '' bars ( `` A '' and `` B '' pieces ), which are soldered together.
Except for a rich friendship with the painter, Chauncey Ryder who gave him the only professional instruction he ever had -- and this was limited to a few lessons, though the two artists often went on painting trips together -- Roy developed his art by himself.
In repetitions of the experiment from couple to couple, the votes of the two persons in a couple probably agree more often than independence would imply, because couples who visit the museum together are more likely to have similar tastes than are a random pair of people drawn from the entire population of visitors.
As for me, I am holding in reserve two huge puzzles ( I love puzzles ) to put together when time hangs heavy on my hands.
The two kids were together a lot, they were having some kind of teen-age affair -- God knows how far that had gone -- and the kid's crippled.
All this went through Casey's mind in the first instant, but what held his interest was the fact that these two should be together at all.
Prior to meeting Mallowan, Christie had not had any extensive brushes with archaeology, but once the two married they made sure to only go to sites where they could work together.
Tarrou tells Rieux the story of his life, and the two men go swimming together in the sea.
To set a seal on the friendship between the two men, they go for a swim together.
In sign languages, however, several channels operate simultaneously — hand shape, often with the two hands operating independently, hand location, hand motion, facial expression, mouthing — making an alphabetic script more complicated than just stringing letters together in the order sounds are produced.
The elements of anchoring gear include the anchor, the cable ( also called a rode ), the method of attaching the two together, the method of attaching the cable to the ship, charts, and a method of learning the depth of the water.
* Bonded Baltic amber – gemstone consisting of two or more parts of natural, modified or reconstructed Baltic amber bonded together with the use of the smallest possible amount of a colorless binding agent necessary to join the pieces.
A naval battle entailed a ship's coming alongside an enemy vessel, at which point the crew would lash the two ships together and board the enemy.
The latter two completed his design for an altarpiece of the Vision of Saint Nicholas ( San Nicola da Tolentino, Rome ) using two separate marble pieces linked together in one event and place, yet successfully separating the divine and earthly spheres.

two and are
But in our case -- and neither my wife nor I have extreme views on integration, nor are we given to emotional outbursts -- the situation has ruined one or two valued friendships and come close to wrecking several more.
The two main charges levelled against the Bourbons by liberals is that they are racists and social reactionaries.
( There are two receivers in case one should be dropped and damaged.
It seems that for Persia, and especially for this city, there are only two times: the glorious past and the corrupt, depressing, sterile present.
The one apparent connection between the two is a score of buildings which somehow or other have survived and which naturally enough are called `` historical monuments ''.
These songs ( practically all Persian music, for that matter ) are limited to a range of two octaves.
Here are the two Preambles: Federal Constitution, 1789
But people can't be made to integrate, socialize ( the two are inseparable by Southern standards ) by law.
Of these there are surely few that would be more rewarding discoveries than Verner Von Heidenstam, the Swedish poet and novelist who received the award in 1916 and whose centennial was celebrated two years ago.
In the mystery story, as in The Wealth of Nations, individualism and the social good are two sides of the same benevolent coin.
So all-important are ideas, we are told, that persons successful in business and happy in social life usually fall into two classes: those who invent new ideas of their own, and those who borrow, beg, or steal from others.
These ways are absolutely irreconcilable because they offer two different recipes for man's redemption from chaos.
Within this context of spontaneous and unanalyzed responses to the experience of civilizational crisis, two basic organizations of response are observable: reaction and ideological progressivism.
There is probably some significance in the fact that two of the best incest stories I have encountered in recent years are burlesques of the incest myth.
Here, in two nations alone, are almost five hundred million people, all working, and working hard, to raise their standards, and in doing so, to make of themselves a strong bulwark against the spread of an ideology that would destroy liberty.
`` the matters to be considered are obviously of a grave character, and I therefore respectfully request that the hearing be postponed for two weeks in order that I might make adequate preparation ''.
Office workers frequently go out there to lunch and swim during the siesta period, which, during the summer, lasts from two until five in the afternoon, when shops and offices are again open for business.
But there are at least two reasons for contemplating one's mind in even a cracked mirror.
There are only two men remaining in Congress who, with Rayburn, voted for the declaration of war against Germany in 1917.
Regardless of the decision two facts are clear.
Some brilliant rookies nailed them down, so that this spring just two spots, left and right field, are really up for grabs.
The speed is controlled by pressing on the two brake buttons located where the index finger and thumb are placed when holding the motor.
The biggest nuclear device the United States has exploded measured some 15 megatons, although our B-52s are said to be carrying two 20-megaton bombs apiece.

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