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This, he was sure, was the way they would act ; ;
That night he dreamed a dream violent with passion, in which he and the Woman, now the teacher, did everything except engage in the act ( and this probably only because he had never engaged in the act in reality ), and when he awoke the next morning his heart was afire.
Lincoln saw that the act of secession made the issue for the Union a vital one: Whether it was a Union of sovereign citizens that should continue to live, or an association of sovereign states that must fall prey either to `` anarchy or despotism ''.
If an automobile were approaching him, he would know what was required of him, even though he might not be able to act quickly enough.
The first act of Adoniram and Samuel on reaching Calcutta was to report at the police station, a necessity when landing in East India Company territory.
As it was the custom of that alert colony to take over the property of persons asking for protection, this was an act roughly equivalent to throwing open the door to a pack of wolves and saying `` Come and get it ''.
the mere fact that he was selected, though as a substitute, to act as interlocutor or moderator for it, or perhaps we should say with Buck as ' father of the act ', is in itself a difficult phase of his development to grasp.
Milton was to act as the archfool, the supreme wit, the lightly bantering pater, Pater Liber, who could at once trip lightly over that which deserved such treatment, or could at will annihilate the common enemies of the college gathering, and with words alone.
In each case there was an initial act of violence.
The public appeal by the new Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Cicognani, for renewed efforts toward Eastern and Western reunion was still another remarkable act.
He did not really want to kill, but as in the sexual act, there was a moment when the impulse took over and could not be downed, even while you watched yourself giving way to it.
Since she could not act, one part suited her as well as any other, and so she was the first person to offer Mr. Lincoln a glass of water, holding it up to the box, high above her head, to Miss Harris, who had asked for it.
Eugene was not entirely silent, or openly rude -- unless asking Harold to move to another chair and placing himself in the fauteuil that creaked so alarmingly was an act of rudeness.
Its building was first proposed in 1791, when a group of citizens, mostly Newburyport men, petitioned the General Court for an act of incorporation.
In one debate he supported the freedom of judgment as opposed to dogma, in another he held that the practice of science was in fact an act of religious worship.
In establishing criterion measurements, it was therefore thought best to broaden the scope beyond the reading act itself.
Even though in civil rights legislation in 1957 and 1960 the provision for the Attorney General to act was eliminated, should we nevertheless support such a clause??
This recommendation was based on the fact that the hymen was not the only barrier to smooth consummation of the sex act.
These trials were properly termed `` political cases '' in that the trial itself was a political act producing political consequences.

act and unpopular
This suggestion is unpopular, as it is clear that Diocletian meant for Maximian to act with a certain amount of independence.
Hugh III's authority on the mainland began to break down ; he was an unpopular king, and Beirut, the only territory left outside of Acre and Tyre, started to act independently.
Despite being unpopular with critics in their heyday, Stone Temple Pilots have proved to be a popular and influential act.
In response to this act of violence, the state introduced a second Public Safety Act, which introduced the death penalty and was widely unpopular with the public, and an Electoral Amendment Act which forced elected TDs to take the Oath of Allegiance.
In a more abstract sense, ' disguise ' may refer to the act of disguising the nature of a particular proposal in order to hide an unpopular motivation or effect associated with that proposal.
In May 1182, Saladin finally captured Aleppo after a brief siege ; the new governor of the city, Imad al-Din Zangi II, was unpopular with his subjects and surrendered Aleppo after Saladin agreed to restore his previous control over Sinjar, ar-Raqqah, and Nusaybin — which would act as vassal territories under the Ayyubids.
He then divorced his wife Maria of Amnia, who had failed to provide him with a male heir, and married his mistress Theodote, an unpopular and possibly illegal act, although the Patriarch ignored it.
" Such an act of repudiation is designed to signal to centrist voters that the politician is not beholden to traditional, and sometimes unpopular, interest groups associated with the party, although such a repudiation runs the risk of alienating some of the politician's allies and the party's base voters.
In an unpopular act, Emperor Ai had his prime minister Wang Jia ( 王嘉, unrelated to the Wang clan mentioned above ) put to death for criticizing him, an act that made him appear tyrannical.
In the case that illegal or otherwise disreputable and unpopular activities become public, high-ranking officials may deny any awareness of such act or any connection to the agents used to carry out such acts.
Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by Nathuram Godse, the Mahasabha was blamed chiefly for the heinous act and became deeply unpopular.
The act was unpopular with many working class people and immigrants.
Amongst the first legislation dealt with in the new parliament house was an act to repeal O ' Malley's unpopular prohibition laws.
He was subsequently exiled to Voronezh, in Russia-an act which was vastly unpopular with the Abkhaz people.
This " unusually blatant act of nepotism "< sup > 1 </ sup > was extremely unpopular within the colony, and was compounded when Hampton approved his son a living allowance, to which he was entitled but did not need since he lived in Government House.
Representatives of the colonies met to discuss the unpopular act, but when it came time for the colonial governors to take a position in regards to the act, Ward was the only one who refused it, threatening his position, but bringing him recognition as a great patriot.
Other countries presumably can choose to act to stoke Palestinian discontent, and as the player becomes unsuccessful and increasingly unpopular, the Palestinian situation worsens-eventually, this will cause the player to be deposed and thus lose the game.
A ubiquitous example of this is an unwillingness to criticize the Thai monarchy, which would constitute an illegal act and would be hugely unpopular as an act of lèse-majesté.
Whitcomb's most unpopular act as governor was his refusal to reappoint Indiana Supreme Court Justices Sullivan and Dewey.
During the term he supported the charter for the Bank of Indiana, an unpopular act in his district, and he was defeated in his reelection bid.
The government of Irwin and Moore was extremely unpopular ; Battye ( 1924 ) writes " every administrative act was viewed with suspicion .... Long years of depression and struggle had made the colonists pessimistic, and ... they threw the blame on the Government of the day.

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Yet often fear persists because, even with the most rigid ritual, one is never quite free from the uneasy feeling that one might make some mistake or that in every previous execution one had been unaware of the really decisive act.
As Lipton, the prophet of the beat generation, declares: `` In the sexual act, the beat are filled with mana, the divine power.
He may have entered the situation with predispositions that prepared him to act uncritically in the press of affairs.
Interestingly enough, the order transmitted to Morgan through Alexander Hamilton also informed him that `` A party of Indians will join the party to be sent from your command at Whitemarsh, and act with them ''.
If the manner of his passing moves the nations to act in the spirit of his dedication the sore issues that plague the world can yet be resolved with reason and justice.
His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said: `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way: and it is unworthy to think of self.
Sposato needed a front, some labor stiff with a clean record to act as business agent of the Redhook local.
In addition to the penalties provided in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001, any person guilty of any act, as provided therein, with respect to any matter under this Title, shall forfeit all rights under this Title, and, if payment shall have been made or granted, the Commission shall take such action as may be necessary to recover the same.
and translate the whole into profit and loss and balance sheet figures which management can act on with some assurance??
At this time, however, there are signs that increased availability of mortgage credit will not act with the usual speed to stimulate a sharp rise in residential construction.
The State of California accepts the provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and will observe and comply with the requirements of that act.
We have a brief glimpse of the Tsar's public personality, the `` official Boris '', but our real focus is on the excitement of the crowd -- a significant contrast with its halfhearted acclamation in the opening scene, its bitter resentment and fury in the final act.
The false reasoning is that a gradual advance prolongs the pain while a swift powerful act gets it over with and leaves the girl pleased with his virility and grateful for his decisiveness in settling the problem once and for all.
The pain and distress associated with the performance may easily give the wife a deep-seated dread of marital relations and cause her, unconsciously, to make the sex act unpleasant and difficult for both by exercising her vaginal muscles to complicate his penetration instead of relaxing them to facilitate it.
The necessity for keeping alert to his bride's hazards can act as an interference with the man's spontaneous desire.
For example, the unwed mothers expressed their frustration with males who did not indicate more explicitly `` what it is they really want from a girl so one can act accordingly ''.
Usually she marked the few who did thank you, you didn't get that kind much in a place like this: and she played a little game with herself, seeing how downright rude she could act to the others, before they'd take offense, threaten to call the manager.
They had spent the morning revising the act, eliminating all the gay songs, patter and dancing with a view of the best public relations.
His bill, allegedly aimed at Hoffa, would amend the Sherman, Clayton and Norris-LaGuardia acts to authorize the issuance of federal injunctions in any transportation strike and would make it illegal for any union to act in concert with any other union -- even a sister local in the same international.

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