They had been seen as soon as they left the ranch, picked out of the darkness by the weary though watchful eyes of two men posted a few hundred yards away in the windless shelter of the trees.

They greeted the news angrily, as though they had been cheated of purpose.

They had pistols in their hands.

They had the house cleaned up by noon, and Wilson sent the boy out to the meadow to bring in the horses.

They had chosen this night purposely.

They had spent a million dollars, carving in a road, putting up buildings, drilling their haulage tunnel.

They had for cover both darkness and a summer storm.

They trailed him across the wide hallway to the parlor, four roughly garbed and tough-looking men who probably had never before ventured into such a house.

They had never seen a tultul but they had heard about it from their fathers ''.

They had fought from caves, and the marines resorted to burning them out.

They couldn't have much dough, but then none of the freight-bums Feathertop rolled had much.

They believe that if the South had been let alone it would have produced a civilization superior to that of modern America.

They had located the runway of a colony of ants and as the ants came out of the ground, the boys picked them up, one at a time, and pinched them dead.

They thought of themselves, to use Jefferson's words, as `` the Argonauts '' who had lived in `` the Heroic Age ''.

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 look as if they had been sculptured with an unsharpened chisel.

They had watered their stock at immense profit, then had raised the price of coal fifty cents a ton, netting themselves another $20,000,000 in annual profit.

They had lost twice with the radical Bryan, and were having no part of Hearst, whom they considered more radical than Bryan.

They had to take blood samples to the laboratory to test them, for one thing, and there was much required preliminary procedure.

They had risen from humble beginnings by their own diligence and astuteness, they were unfettered by the codes that bound nobles like Othon or even the older generation of clerks like Hotham, and they were working for an end that their opponents had never even visualized.

They had other topics of conversation, besides their news from courts and fairs, which were of interest to Othon, the builder of castles in Wales and churches in his native country.

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

They were rewarded with splendid, exciting, singing.

They were showered with praise — " splendid and gallant " ( Newsweek ), " powerful singers " ( The New York Times ), " remarkably fine " ( New York Post ) — especially Kuhn, whose performance Variety called a " show's chief pleasure ".

They laid out Golkonda's splendid monuments, now in ruins, and designed a perfect acoustical system by which a hand clap sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand portico, was heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a 300-foot ( 91 m )- high granite hill.

In gratitude, the Anunnaki, the " Great Gods ", built Esagila, the splendid: " They raised high the head of Esagila equaling Apsu.

They all sought to purchase his exclusive knowledge about the power vacuum in Central Asia with medals, diamond-encrusted grand crosses, gold medals, honorary doctorates and splendid receptions, as well as with logistic and financial support for his expeditions.

They gave 600, 000 pounds for the construction of a splendid Waterloo Palace to rival the magnificence of Blenheim Palace, home of the Dukes of Marlborough.

They decked his body in splendid fashion, gave it an illustrious escort, and buried it near the sea, where a statue of him now stands, sword in hand ”.< ref > Plutarch.

They were given a splendid reception by the city government.

They formed a splendid all-round combination ".

They contain a splendid contradiction: wit and elegance at the service of man's basest drives.

They laid out Golkonda's splendid monuments, now in ruins, and designed a perfect acoustical system by which a hand clap sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand portico, was heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a-high granite hill.

They repeatedly appear in the characteristic Iranian roles of splendid horsemen and breeders of notable horses.

They belong to the best of full-blown Rococo style ; vigorous and graceful in design, they are executed with splendid skill.

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 written by specialists in numerous types of business enterprises, cover a wide range of subjects, and are directed to the needs and interests of the small firm.

They favoured social reform, personal liberty, reducing the powers of the Crown and the Church of England ( many of them were Nonconformists ), avoidance of war and foreign alliances ( which were bad for business ), and above all free trade.

They developed in the socio-economic and political cleavages that existed during the first three decades of the 19th century, and had the support of the business, professional and established Church ( Anglican ) elites in Ontario and to a lesser extent in Quebec.

They do, however: participate in other ecclesial and inter-ecclesial committees ; participate in discussions ; teach children in Sunday Schools as well as at home, teach other women and non-members ; perform music ; discuss and vote on business matters ; and engage in the majority of other activities.

They were an extremely heterogeneous lot that included liberal intellectuals, conservative clergymen, and representatives from Guayaquil's successful business community.

They are also influential in business, engaging in road and housing construction, consumer goods, resort management, and vast tracts of real estate.

They did not penetrate the business market, showing that AI technology was not mature.

They continued their business until World War II, when he served in the Army Air Force, flying a P-47s and spent time as a prisoner of war.

They need a keen business sense, and an intimate knowledge of all aspects of film production, financing, marketing and distribution.

They were believed to oppose free trade and hinder technological innovation, technology transfer and business development.

They are mostly used for commercial and business purposes.

They also produced one notable business application, a relational database called Cornerstone.

They all agreed to accept HOURS despite the lack of a business plan or guarantee.

They inform people on how the business is to be run and how day to day operations are to be conducted.

They also may not write insurance that is typically available in the admitted market, do not participate in state guarantee funds ( and therefore policyholders do not have any recourse through these funds if an insurer becomes insolvent and cannot pay claims ), may pay higher taxes, only may write coverage for a risk if it has been rejected by three different admitted insurers, and only when the insurance producer placing the business has a surplus lines license.

They sold the business in 1898, using the money to buy five properties in Hanover which they rented out, allowing the family to live off the income for the rest of Schwitter's life in Germany.

They should not have bosses or " business agents "; rather, the workers should be able to make all the decisions that affect them themselves.

They may congregate outside the business they are striking against to make their presence felt, increase worker participation, and dissuade ( or prevent ) strike breakers from entering the workplace.

They develop goals, strategic plans, company policies, and make decisions on the direction of the business.

They may, for example, legally search any suspect who has been arrested, or their vehicles, home or business premises, without a warrant, and may seize anything they find in a search as evidence.

They owned property, transacted business, and initiated the hieros gamos ceremony with priests and kings.

They were recruited from the highest families in the land and were supposed to remain childless, owned property, and transacted business.

They were especially popular in the entertainment business, where they adorned many desks in Hollywood motion pictures.

They then gathered in Chapter to receive instructions for the day and to attend to any judicial business.