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 had the unspoken support of President-elect Kennedy, whose own legislative program was menaced by the Rules Committee bottleneck.

They form part along with the Speaker of the National Assembly, the legislative offices which under the constitution have the final decision and last word on any legislative matter including the laws of Mauritius.

They take part in the legislative and presidential French elections.

They lose their right to vote in any U. S. legislative and executive election at the national level that, despite the fact that the U. S. Government Executive and Legislative Branches hold ultimate sovereignty over all U. S. citizens and the territory of Puerto Rico.

They also supplemented the legislative councils, formed of noblemen, with new People's Councils, composed by the main guilds and by the chiefs of the People's Companies.

They had chairmen, not mayors as boroughs and cities had ; many legislative provisions ( such as burial and land subdivision control ) were different for the counties.

They reestablished freedom of worship, began releasing large numbers of prisoners, and most importantly, initiated elections for a new legislative body.

They approve, adopt, and amend the budget ; they also serve as the legislative body and regulate business licensing in the county's unincorporated areas.

They are responsible for both the legislative and executive functions of the township.

They do not represent local authorities with any legislative or executive autonomy from the national government.

They are also almost universally used for presidents in republics and in many countries for members of legislative bodies, higher-ranking judges and senior constitutional office holders.

They are in favor of legislative changes that will allow people to have end of life options that will include assisted suicide if it is what they so desire.

They won the legislative elections of 1951, and Guèye lost his seat.

They resulted in strengthening the Progressive majority both in the House of Assembly and in the legislative council-where the Progressives previously had a majority of one only.

They became the highest authority in Iraq with both executive and legislative powers.

They should seek relief in the legislative system, not the courts.

They initiate legislative policy by proposing legislative changes to the town meeting, and then implement the votes subsequently adopted.

They have also been extensively applied to rear windows as well, where legislative measures have not banned such use.

They signed a Common Programme in view to the 1973 legislative election.

These speeches differ from a State Opening in at least two respects, however: They don't actually open the legislative session, and they are delivered by the chief executive on his or her own behalf.

They can place the country in a state of emergency, under which they can override any law passed by Parliament and promulgate any regulation without needing legislative approval.

They had no legislative power.