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 proposed a 9-track standard for magnetic tape, and attempted to deal with some forms of punched card formats.

They booted over the network ( via an Excelan EXOS / 101 Ethernet card ) from their controlling computer.

They were also used in most early video games ; and are still used for card and board games such as solitaire, chess, mahjongg, etc.

They set up a folding card table by the main street of a sleepy Texas town, dust it off, and invite passersby to come to the wedding.

They are joined by two " wild card " qualifiers, specifically the two drivers ranked from 11th through 20th in points who have the most race wins ( with tiebreakers used if needed to select exactly two qualifiers ).

They establish the electrical contact between the electronics ( mostly integrated circuits ) on the card and on the motherboard.

They were mainly used as practical jokes to cause unwanted disruption in card readers.

They find a business card in a pocket stating that if something should happen to him, someone should put on the suit, and the reindeer will know what to do.

They include Deuces Wild, where a two serves as a wild card, pay schedule modification, where four aces with a five or smaller kicker pays an enhanced amount ( these games usually have some adjective in the title such as " bonus ", " double ", or " triple "); and multi-play poker, where the player starts with a base hand, and each additional played hand draws from a different set of cards with the base hand.

They spend most of their time goofing off, daydreaming about opening a club as cool as the Roxbury together, and Doug using credit card transactions as an excuse to hit on a phone approval operator.

They can be played on ANY card.

They are printed on card with each line on a separated strip, like a heads-bodies-and-legs book, a type of children's book with which Queneau was familiar.

They can be muted by laying a small piece of cloth ( or in a pinch, a credit card, adhesive bandages, or even sanitary napkins and duct or gaffer tape for larger drums ) over their skin resulting in a muffled sound, but there are also specialized adhesive cloth mutes that stick to the head of the drum.

They also provide the standards for financial cards, including the allocation of card number ranges to different card issuing institutions.

They are comparable in quality to Bee and Bicycle cards and are available in the same general assortment of back colors, card sizes, and configurations.

They also make a appearance in the card game scene of the movie The Sting ',' as the preferred deck of Doyle Lonnegan.

They were typically implemented on a separate controller card.

They were also one of the first ThinkPad series to contain a built-in Mini PCI card slot ( form factor 3b ).

They made the 2004 playoffs as a wild card.

They can have a greater range, up to 150 meters ( 500 ft ), and are often used for applications where the card is read inside a vehicle, such as security gates which open when a vehicle with the access card inside approaches, or automated toll collection.

They finished in a tie for the Central Division title, but were awarded a wild card berth due to being swept by the eventual champion Michigan Panthers.

They found an identity card belonging to Lin Liguo, confirming Lin Liguo's presence on the flight.

They are very similar to a debit card except that they don't require a checking account.