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They laid down standards for their products ; they had a strict system of apprenticeship ; they restricted competition from outsiders ; and they collected for charity and funeral expenses.
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They are laid a minimum of 24'' '' deep and in some areas four feet down, particularly under roads, to stay clear of all other piping such as water and sewers and to minimize shocks from heavy trucking.
They work on the premise that, although different sediments may look different depending on the conditions under which they were laid down, they may include the remains of the same species of fossil.
They did such a precise job that the construction crew didn't notice until after they had laid the foundation ( and after the prank team informed someone on the project about the shifted stakes ), but California earthquake law forced them to re-survey the site and bring in engineering consultation.
Once its value was realized, " They were taken by every available means from spearing and jigging to set lines of baited or unbaited hooks laid on the bottom to trapnets, poundnets and gillnets.
They could only be called together by the king and could only discuss the matters the king laid before them.
They are calm, quiet, gentle and laid back ; happy to sleep their day away on their backs on a sofa.
They laid down the following rules: " Lead from the strong suit ; study your partner's hand ; and attend to the score.
They laid the foundations for the real-time strategy genre with the release of real-time tactics game BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge, one of the more literal translations of the classic tabletop game BattleTech.
They are then laid on a bench for an hour or two to allow a protective corky skin to form over the cuts.
They work on the premise that, although different sediments may look different depending on the conditions under which they were laid down, they may include the remains of the same species of fossil.
They adhered to the law laid down by Jonadab, and were noted for their fidelity to the old-established custom of their family in the days of Jeremiah ( 35 ); and this feature of their character is referred to by God for the purpose of giving point to his message to Judah.
They were the first Mesoamerican civilization and laid many of the foundations for the civilizations that followed.
They state that these were originally the seven days each year ( either side of the shortest day of the year ) during which Alcyone ( as a kingfisher ) laid her eggs and made her nest on the beach and during which her father Aeolus, god of the winds, restrained the winds and calmed the waves so she could do so in safety.
They soon extinguished the Indian title to the portion of the land east of the Genesee River, as well as a tract west of the Genesee The Mill Yard Tract ), surveyed all of it, laid out townships, and sold large parts to speculators and settlers.
They and down
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 lapsed into silence, and the freight wallowed up a hill, scooted down the other side, shaking and clanking to itself.
They lay, with the birds hopping from branch to branch above them and the bright sky peeping down at them.
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 ''.
They insist they are ashamed of such violence and intimidation as occurred in Alabama when the Freedom Riders sought to break down racial discrimination in local bus depots.
They cantered down the peninsula, not slackening until the coach reached Woodside where the Santa Cruz uplands begin.
They love to dust, scrub, polish, wax floors, move the furniture around from place to place, take down the curtains, put up new ones and have themselves a real ball.
They hurled a cement barge against a freighter in Honolulu Harbor, knocked down telephone lines, marooned automobiles, flooded lawns, killed six cows.
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 even talked about Lucille down at the Young Christians' League where I spent a lot of time in Bible classes and helping out with the office work for our foreign mission.
They breakfasted together, but Martin did not refer to his triumph, and Dolores found a great deal to do in the kitchen, bobbing up and down from the table so that talk was impossible.
They took nearly a month to investigate, marshal statistics, and put their arguments down in black and white.
They ignored the ladder down to the planet surface and, with only a glance at the seismological gauge to judge surface resistance, dropped to the ground.
They have more slender muzzles, sharper ears that they use in the hunt for termites, black vertical stripes on a coat of yellowish fur, and a long, distinct manes down the midlines of their necks and backs.
They would have traveled overland down through the Appalachian Mountains to the Scots-Irish community in the Waxhaws region, straddling the border between North and South Carolina.
They also had a flag carrier at the front who guided the forces behind him ; when the flag was upright the combatants behind would stand and when turned down, they would sit.
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