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They were disturbed by his idiotic bravado -- as, when his bodyguard, Yankee Schwartz, complained that he had been snubbed by Dave Miller, a prize-fight referee, chieftain of a Jewish gang and one of four brothers of tough reputation, who were Hirschey, a gambler-politician in loose beer-running league with Torrio and O'Banion, Frank, a policeman, and Max, the youngest.
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They and were
They crawled through the north fence and came on toward him, and now he saw that both were young, not more than nineteen or twenty.
They were dirty, their clothes were torn, and the girl was so exhausted that she fell when she was still twenty feet from the front door.
They were running from something.
They were a pair of lost, whipped kids, Morgan thought as he went to bed.
They passed ranches that were framed dark gray against the black hills.
They were tethered, army style, on stable lines.
They bawled questions that were not answered in the uproar.
They were about a mile off ; ;
They weren't sleeping, of course, but they thought they were doing him a favor by pretending.
They expected greater things from him, regardless of how trying the circumstances, and they were disappointed.
They were going to town, and they were both excited.
They were free.
They were in a fight, outweighed in both numbers and money.
They were sitting on their heels, rider-fashion, over by the still empty calf wagon.
They were considering it gravely, neither seeming to like what he planned.
They were silent for a little while, each looking glum.
They were all good men.
They were headed straight for each other on a collision course.
`` They were supposed to meet Thor at nine PM for a conference concerning the ad campaign for their soap, a new angle based on this SX-21 stuff ''.
They were married over the week-end, though he was easily sixty and she could not have been even thirty.
They were west of the Sabine, but only God knew where.
They were engulfed by the weird silence, broken only by the low, angry murmur of the river.
They were already swollen to bursting.
They and disturbed
They are differentially disturbed by the planets, in particular Jupiter and to a lesser extent by radiation pressure from the sun, the Poynting – Robertson effect, and the Yarkovsky effect.
They dive below the surface only when disturbed.
They were disturbed by the bad language and the coarse, vindictive tone of the conversations in the transcripts.
They grow preferentially on disturbed grounds, such as secondary forests.
They are therefore easily disturbed if their locations are discovered.
They may become aggressive if disturbed when mating or protecting their young.
They generally are on the floor and other surfaces, until disturbed ( by walking, for example ).
They are disturbed by a passing policeman who ironically offers to keep an eye on their premises as he patrols.
They tend to browse quietly until disturbed, then remain still, their earthy browns blending into the earth and leaf litter until the intruder approaches too closely, at which point the bronzewing takes off with an explosive burst of sudden wing clapping and feather noise, and disappears from sight within moments.
They have also been observed trailing White-faced Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna viduata ) and domestic livestock, and catching insects disturbed by them.
They are designed to be inherently stable in flight ; if disturbed by a gust of wind or a thermal current they will return automatically to stable flight.
They are terrestrial birds which fly fairly weakly and prefer to squat or run when disturbed.
They make loud harsh calls when disturbed.
They use their pedipalps and first legs to hold the trapdoor closed when disturbed.
They are usually seen on open marshy ground or meadows where they walk solitarily or in pairs along the ground, capturing insects that are disturbed.
They married after a long and difficult courtship, and against the wishes of his mother, who was disturbed by the prospect of her son marrying outside the Jewish faith.
They do not generally occur in disturbed areas but will regularly visit semi-open forest / pasture mosiac, mainly in hunting forays.
They are designed to be flexible so that they won't break off, and the name is derived from their whip-like motion when disturbed.
They however have favourite roosts that they use regularly unless disturbed.
They soon share a house ( with Rex ) and are often disturbed in the middle of a romantic moment with news of a case.
They dive below the surface only when disturbed.
They forage alone or in pairs, often seen on the ground but flying into the trees and perching still when disturbed.
They will dash into the smoke of a forest fire for disturbed invertebrates.
They often display the unken reflex when disturbed ; the animal will arch its back and limbs to expose the bright belly, and may turn over on its back.
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