Their fortitude, their courage

Their work was lonely.

Their skin was covered with a thin coating of sweat and dirt which had almost the consistency of a second skin.

Their writings assume more than dramatic or patriotic interest because of their conviction that the struggle in which they were involved was neither selfish nor parochial but, rather, as Washington in his last wartime circular reminded his fellow countrymen, that `` with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved ''.

Their social status was achieved in some cases by birth, as with Washington, Jefferson and Jay ; ;

Their policy ran counter to the traditional idea that a good fighter was usually a libertine, and that in sex affairs `` God-given passion '' was a proof of manliness.

Their answer was: it can be done, and we will do it.

Their only hope of survival was to hold to the road and keep marching.

Their house was a centuries-old Colonial which they had had restored ( guided by an eminent architect ) and updated, and added on to.

Their world, again, was a still simple, traditional age which was only slowly beginning to appreciate the complexity of life.

Their study showed that it was possible to transfer 3 to 4 lb of oxygen / hr. / hp.

Their onrush and retreat, he reported, was accompanied by a great hissing, roaring and rattling.

`` Their house '', writes Albert S. Flint, `` was always a haven of hospitality and good cheer, especially grateful to one like myself far from home ''.

Their territory lay to the north, near the sources of the Alabama, the Tombigbee, the Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers, and was easily accessible to traders among the near-by Cherokees.

Their joint statement was welcomed by the Western delegations who will attend tomorrow the nineteenth plenary session of the fourteen-nation conference on the future of Laos.

Their flight was delayed, Dunn said, when a boarding ramp inflicted some minor damage to the wing of the plane.

Their singing was well-balanced, clear and, within obvious limitations, extremely pleasing.

Their collaboration in the Beethoven Second Symphony was lucid, intelligent and natural sounding.

Their strategy was sound enough and, he reasoned, had been defeated only by Philip Spencer's unwillingness to sanction an idea he had not originated.

Their robust Calvinism was publicized in such confessions as the London Baptist Confession of 1644 and the Second London Confession of 1689.

Their first album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, including major contributions by all members of Pilot and Ambrosia, was a success, reaching the Top 40 in the US Billboard 200 chart.

Their second was Louisa May, who fictionalized her experience with the family in her novel Little Women in 1868.

Their goal was to regain access to Eden by finding the correct formula for perfect living, following specific rules governing agriculture, diet, and reproduction.

Their most famous battle against Rome took place in Argentoratum ( Strasbourg ), in 357, where they were defeated by Julian, later Emperor of Rome, and their king Chnodomarius was taken prisoner to Rome.

Their basis seems deeper than mere authority.

Their stories include the classic " Mimsy Were the Borogoves " ( the basis for the film The Last Mimzy ) and " Vintage Season ".

Their aim was to place the study of IALs on a scientific basis.

Their purpose is to be fair to both parties, disallowing the raising of allegations without a basis in provable fact.

Their daughter Alvina was a learned woman whose customs served as the basis for later halakhic decisions.

Their best-known means of livelihood is semi-nomadic reindeer herding, with which about 10 % of the Sami are connected and 2, 800 actively involved on a full-time basis.

Their efforts were directed to the investigation of the ultimate basis and essential nature of the external world.

( Their trial and eventual imprisonment would become a cause célèbre of the Australian labour movement on the basis that there was no convincing evidence that any of them had been involved in the arson attacks.

Their efforts are the mythological basis for Egyptian embalming practices, which, by mummifying the body, sought to prevent and reverse the decay that follows death.

Their cumulative energy fixation in carbon compounds ( primary production ) is the basis for the vast majority of oceanic and also many freshwater food webs ( chemosynthesis is a notable exception ).

Their familiarity with the Peugeot engine was the basis of the famed Miller racing engine, which later developed into the Offenhauser.

Their junior section has also won National tournaments on a regular basis playing finals at Twickenham.

* Their story is the basis for the opera Alcyone by the French composer Marin Marais

Their work was a first effort to create an abstract specification and invariant basis for designing different alternative implementations using different hardware components.

Their attempt to register the word " solicitor " as their trade mark in Japan, however, was thwarted by the Japanese Trade Mark Office rejecting the application on the basis that the word was generic.

Their small floodplain has been adapted as the basis of Franklin's green walkways and parks, which extend the entire length of the town.

Their flour business was mostly local and many farmers brought in wheat for processing into flour on a toll basis.

Their effect is unreliable and unpredictable and cannot form the sole basis of any treatment on the NHS.

Their decree became the basis of the Hasmonean kingdom.

Their main rivals are Sheffield United, the two clubs having contested the Steel City derby on a regular basis for some 100 years.

Their claim before the court was on the basis that their native title was not extinguished by the granting of the various leases over the land.

Their basis for this conclusion included: a belief that the South Vietnamese military was no longer combat effective ; the results of the fall 1967 South Vietnamese presidential election ( in which the Nguyễn Văn Thiệu / Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ticket had only received 24 percent of the popular vote ); the Buddhist crises of 1963 and 1966 ; well-publicized anti-war demonstrations in Saigon ; and continuous criticism of the Thieu government in the southern press.

Their advantage lay in using water instead of expensive land-based runways, making them the basis for international airlines in the interwar period.

Their reliance on agricultural strategies based on canal irrigation, vital in their less than hospitable desert environment and arid climate, provided the basis for the aggregation of rural populations into stable urban centers.