They could hear the pony's feet on the dry leaves for a while, then the sound faded out.

They, and the two large fans which I could dimly see as daylight filtered through their vents, down at the far end of the hall, could be turned on by a master switch situated inside the office.

They were married over the week-end, though he was easily sixty and she could not have been even thirty.

They could no longer afford the luxury of the canvas sweat bag that cooled it by evaporation.

They could come on him now without difficulty.

They explained that they desired only to stop in India until a ship traveling on to Burma could be found.

They allotted $500,000 three years ago to support Interama until its own financing could be arranged.

They were poems in a strange language, of which he could barely touch a meaning -- enough to make his being ache with the desire for the fullness he sensed there.

They could have been perfectly happy here for ten whole days.

They could not guess that from their concepts of liberty and freedom would some day be born a new nation that for years would be the symbol of hope to the oppressed countries of the world.

They could be sent to U.S. ports for rulings whether cargo should be confiscated.

They could be used to attack a nation's people ( which would inevitably mean the loss of the attacker's own people ), or they could be used with discrimination to destroy the enemy's military force.

They should know simple exercises that could prepare less fortunate children for the sports we will demand be taught.

They supplemented their income by small government assistance, by tutoring and economizing wherever they could.

They could be done or left undone and nobody really gave a damn.

They then point out that with our present lack of knowledge of all the factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics, it is unlikely that a planned episode could be initiated.

They felt that they too could counteract the upward arm movement by a voluntary effort after they had once experienced the reaction.

They felt that they were relaxing as much as they could and that any control factors which might be present to prevent response must be on an unconscious level.

They figured prominently in the Balafrej government of May, 1958, which the King was reportedly determined to keep in office until elections could be held.

They threatened constantly to give the British a hold on this region, from whence they could move easily down the rivers to the French settlements near the Gulf.

They suggested several new foods, and usually I found them good, except the sweets, which I think I could learn to like.

They knew that I was still grieving over the tragic event, and they felt that if I could see the recovery and the spirit of the people, who hold no grudge, but who also regret Pearl Harbor, I would be happier and would understand better a new Japan.

They were both breathing heavily, out cold, and Shayne didn't think either of them had recognized him or could describe him.

They appeared to be the enemy.

They thought it would be a chance for you to make a life out where nobody will be thought any better than the next except for just what's inside of them.

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.

Lautner, for his part, `` belonged to the present-day race of small artists, who do not demand the utmost of themselves '', and the bitter description of the type includes such epithets as `` wretched little poseurs '', the devastating indictment `` they do not know how to be wretched decently and in order '', and the somewhat extreme prophecy, so far not fulfilled: `` They will be destroyed ''.

They didn't seem to be able to think of any.

They may even enroll a colored student or two for show, though he usually turns out to be from Thailand, or any place other than the American South.

They also furnish proof that, in modern war, message sending must be monitored.

They, perhaps, gave the pitch of their position in the preface where it was said that Eisenhower requested that the Commission be administered by the American Assembly of Columbia University, because it was non-partisan.

They seemed to be at the White House half the time.

They would be lolling under a tree sipping Ouzo, relishing the leisurely life, assuring him that the day was yet young.

They had my mother's opinion of him: that he was too sharp or a little too good to be true.

They lived in the same house and it didn't seem to be such a hard thing to do, but the sad realities of Lilly's life and the fact that Meltzer didn't love her never satisfied my wishful thinking.

They would go to New York together, where parties would be piled on weariness and on misery.

They realize that by acting in concert, rather than individually, they will not be picked out as objects of retaliation -- economic and otherwise.

They shouldn't be asked to carry any more of the burden.

They did not view the tour of the distressed cities and towns by Secretary of Labor Goldberg as politics, which the GOP declared it to be.

They had been sitting too long to be able to stand up easily.

They assured him that they did not expect or need to be entertained.

They must be induced to establish the necessary tax, fiscal, monetary, and regulatory policies.

They must be persuaded to adopt the other necessary self-help measures which are described in the preceding section.