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 emphasized that the depletion of so-called renewable resources — environmental resources such as soils, forests, species diversity, and groundwater — is much more indicative of the deteriorating state of society's life-support systems ...

They all wear matching uniforms and own a 0. 1 % share of MomCorp, indicative of the way she treats them like grunts instead of family.

They can rehydrate by absorbing moisture through their ventral skin, and evaporative water loss occurs at a very low rate indicative of a watertight skin.

They knew that their perceptual experience differed from objective reality since they had seen the desk and ball prior to putting on the aniseikonic lenses.

They had the element of surprise, and this was also aided by the defection of Arminius from Roman ranks prior to the battle.

They would rename Tau Boötis b formally as Tau Boötis Ab, retaining the prior form as an informal usage ( using Rule 2, above ).

They apply wherever users arrive more or less at random to receive exclusive service from any one of a group of service-providing elements without prior reservation, for example, where the service-providing elements are ticket-sales windows, toilets on an airplane, or motel rooms.

They filter water regularly so as to remove any small insects that may be present and boil water prior to consumption.

They were marked by severe tension with the West ( especially the United States, although relations were normalized in the early 21st century prior to the Libyan civil war ) and by Gaddafi's activist policies in the Middle East and Africa, including his financial and military support for numerous paramilitary and rebel groups.

They conduct a randomized control trial just prior to the November 2005 gubernatorial election in Virginia and randomly assign individuals in Northern Virginia to ( a ) a treatment group that receives a free subscription to the Washington Post, ( b ) a treatment group that receives a free subscription to the Washington Times, or ( c ) a control group.

They appeared in Rochester Minnesota outside in front of over 5, 000 fans, after playing Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the night prior.

They quibbled with the Melbourne Cricket Club about paying £ 175 for damages to the MCG despite a prior arrangement to do so.

They currently participate in the North Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ); prior to that the Vikings were in the NFC Central Division, and before that they were in the NFL's Western Conference Central Division.

They had enjoyed strong fan support in this continent during their heyday, and demands for Men at Work concerts persisted prior to Hay and Ham's decision to reform.

They also lost in 1924, when the Washington Senators won their only World Series in their history ( prior to their move to Minnesota ).

They then invite one another to a party that will be hosted by the newly crowned Alice ( of which Alice herself had no prior knowledge ).

They rehearsed in Oxted at Poly's home and then went into Nomis studios in Olympia London prior to a planned trip to India to shoot video and recording session in Florence.

They existed prior to the Space Race of the Cold War ( between the USSR and the USA.

They are friends with Shrek prior to the events of the film.

They were used in air conditioning and cooling units, as aerosol spray propellants prior to the 1970s, and in the cleaning processes of delicate electronic equipment.

They usually state that they are not yet in the country and wish to secure accommodations prior to arriving.

They succeeded in keeping for themselves the direct profits of the first production of the opera by opening the production themselves on Broadway, prior to the London production.

They succeeded in having the AAU and United States Olympic Committee overturn its decision and restore Thorpe's amateur status prior to 1913.

They are conditioned, much like professional athletes prior to events or shows.

They talked once more in 1847, prior to Stanton moving from Boston to Seneca Falls.

They had carried with them much food and wine from their prior victories and were allowed to prepare their weaponry and to rest before the battle.

They also make law ( but in a limited sense, limited to the facts of particular cases ) based upon prior case law in areas where the legislature has not made law.

They gained a new rival in the form of the Houston Rockets, who had played in Texas for five years prior to the merger.