They are preoccupied riding herd on control panels, switches, flashing colored lights on pale green or gray consoles that look like business machines.

They are supplied, a batch at a time, by a secret source and are continually changed by Wisman or his staff, at random intervals.

They are mere fragments, just one portion of preprepared messages.

They are huge areas which have been swept by winds for so many centuries that there is no soil left, but only deep bare ridges fifty or sixty yards apart with ravines between them thirty or forty feet deep and the only thing that moves is a scuttling layer of sand.

They recognized that slavery was a moral issue and not merely an economic interest, and that to recognize it explicitly in their Constitution would be in explosive contradiction to the concept of sovereignty they had set forth in the Declaration of 1776 that `` all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

They are in general those fears that once seemed to have been amenable to prayer or ritual.

They are non-conformists on principle.

They are full of contempt for the institution of matrimony.

They feel they are leagued against a hostile, persecutory world, faced with the concerted malevolent opposition of squares and their hirelings, the police.

They for their part are convinced that Holmes is too `` unorthodox '' and `` theoretical '' to make a good detective.

They are presumed to have plunged to a common grave in this fatal embrace.

They are determined to prove something.

They tell us, sir, that we are free, because we have in one hand a ballot, and in the other a stock certificate.

They are very small, and in the form of haystacks, without either chimney or windows.

They are situated in the midst of trees, which hang over them, and appear truly romantick.

On December 21, the day that the Irish House of Commons petitioned for removal of Sir Constantine Phipps, their Tory Lord Chancellor, Molesworth reportedly made this remark on the defense of Phipps by Convocation: `` They that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also ''.

Defoe then commented, `` If they Could Draw that young Gentleman into Their Measures They would show themselves quickly, for they are not asham'd to Say They want only a head to Make a beginning ''.

They emerged as interchangeable cogs in a faulty but formidable machine: shaved nearly naked, hair queued, greatcoated, jackbooted, and best of all -- in the opinion of the British professional, Major Semple-Lisle -- `` their minds are not estranged from the paths of obedience by those smatterings of knowledge which only serve to lead to insubordination and mutiny ''.

They are longing to see you ''.

They are not true because scientists or prophets say they are true.

They are upright perennial herbs ( to about 1. 50 m ), with distinctive leaves.

They became prized for their distinctive sound, however, and found life with several musical styles ( most notably bluegrass and also blues ) well after electric amplification solved the issue of inadequate guitar sound levels.

They may notice a distinctive noise from its engine or the number of vapour trails it is leaving.

They are ultimately more optimistic and distinctive.

They also became more dog-like as well: they lost their distinctive musky " fox smell ", became more friendly with humans, put their ears down ( like dogs ), wagged their tails when happy and began to vocalize and bark like domesticated dogs.

They may have luminescence and a distinctive absorption spectrum.

They have two blowholes on top of their head, which can create a distinctive V-shaped blow at the surface in calm wind conditions.

They are among the best known of African ethnic groups, due to their distinctive customs and dress and residence near the many game parks of East Africa.

They took on distinctive views on clerical dress and in opposition to the episcopal system, particularly after the 1619 conclusions of the Synod of Dort were resisted by the English bishops.

They are used almost exclusively in expensive sports cars and luxury cars because of their power, smoother operation, and distinctive sound.

They are distinct from subgenus Quercus in that they have acorns with distinctive cups bearing concrescent rings of scales ; they commonly also have densely clustered acorns, though this does not apply to all of the species.

They were issued a distinctive uniform in dark blue with silver braid around the collar and cuffs, edges trimmed in scarlet and epaulettes in silver.

They are described in the Roman administrative document Notitia dignitatum — dating from the time of Theodosius I in the 4th century — as comprising distinctive units in the composition of the Roman army and they are distinguished in the document from Arabs and Iiluturaens.

They have a distinctive role in the liturgy, their main tasks being to proclaim the Gospel, preach, assist in the administration of the Eucharist and to serve the poor and outcast.

They fell into the style of Richard Strauss and other German composers of the day, but with hints of what would become Orff's distinctive musical language.

They wear distinctive costumes and have a custom of blackening their faces.

They have a distinctive three lobed lip and long spurs, similar to Aquilegia.

They attracted little attention but revealed flashes of the author's distinctive style.

They have distinctive, clubbed antennae composed of plates called lamellae that can be compressed into a ball or fanned out like leaves to sense odors.

They are distinctive in that they are usually made from fresh meats and rarely smoked, dried, or strongly flavoured.

They also created the main thoroughfare of Euclid Avenue ( California Highway 83 ), with its distinctive wide lanes and grassy median.

They developed the creole Gullah language and culture on the islands and in the Low Country, distinctive for its African traditions.

They tend to be fairly distinctive due to their size, fin and markings.

They are recognized by their distinctive long snout and geniculate antennae with small clubs ; beyond that, curculionids have considerable diversity of form and size, with adult lengths ranging from.