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is and public
Unfortunately, it was Muzak, which automatically is piped into the public rooms, and which nolens volens had to be endured.
I consider it to be my job to expose the public to what is being written today ''.
The singular uncompromising force of their revolt against the cult of restraint is illustrated by their refusal to dance in a public place.
He is, first and foremost, a defender of public morals, a servant of society.
It is this curious blend of rugged individualism and public service which accounts for the great appeal of the mythological detective.
he is a public servant but not a cop.
In short, the fictional private eye is a specialized version of Adam Smith's ideal entrepreneur, the man whose private ambitions must always and everywhere promote the public welfare.
Holmes is a public servant, to be sure ; ;
It is the growing contradiction between individualism and public service in the mystery story which creates this fatal dilemma.
Its pretense to operate in the public interest is little more than a sham.
Steele's main business here is to arouse public opinion to the immediate danger of a Stuart Restoration.
In his effort to stir the public from its lethargy, Steele goes so far as to list Catholic atrocities of the sort to be expected in the event of a Stuart Restoration, and, with rousing rhetoric, he asserts that the only preservation from these `` Terrours '' is to be found in the laws he has so tediously cited.
It is not implied that formal principles and procedures are so firmly entrenched within the public order of the world community or even of free commonwealths that they will control in all circumstances involving Jews and Gentiles during coming years.
One might argue that the ultimate purpose of literary scholarship is to correct this spontaneous provincialism that is likely to obscure the horizons of the general public, of the newspaper critic, and of the creative artist himself.
Although open to the general public it is not overcrowded ; ;
We find, in the first place, that the students overwhelmingly approve of higher education, positively evaluate the job their own institution is doing, do not accept most of the criticisms levelled against higher education in the public prints, and, on the whole, approve of the way their university deals with value-problems and value inculcation.
And the fate of such men has tragic relevance because it is public.
Hence the natural setting of tragedy is the palace gate, the public square, or the court chamber.
I have said before how difficult it is to make any precise statements with regard to the character of the Greek and Elizabethan public.
Seen by the public, the musician is the underdog par excellence.
While he is worldly, the musician often cultivates public attitudes of childlike astonishment and naivete.
It is a publishing and public relations center, but these very facts prevent it from being a literary center because writers dislike provincialism and untruth.
That such expansion can be obtained without a raise in taxes is due to growth of the tax digest and sound fiscal planning on the part of the board of commissioners, headed by Chairman Charles O. Emmerich who is demonstrating that the public trust he was given was well placed, and other county officials.

is and bathing
And the thing about hurt feelings, the wet bathing suit pointed out, is that the person who has them is not quite the innocent party he believes himself to be.
There is a general belief amongst Hindus that no pilgrimage to the four principal pilgrim centres ( Char Dham ) namely, Badrināth, Jagannāth, Rāmeshwaram and Dwarka, would be complete without a blessing that comes from bathing in the holy Pushkar Lake.
Sipriotes is a boy, who, either because he accidentally sees Artemis bathing or because he attempts to rape her, is turned into a girl by the goddess.
Hysterium, desperate to keep him out of the house where his master is bathing, tells the old man that his house has become haunted — a story seemingly confirmed by the sound of Senex singing in his bath.
This is the technique of letting the acid bite lightly over the whole plate, then stopping-out those parts of the work which the artist wishes to keep light in tone by covering them with ground before bathing the plate in acid again.
Keszthely is the site of the Festetics Palace and Balatonfüred is a historical bathing town which hosts the annual Anna Ball.
The average water temperature during the summer is 25 ° C, which makes bathing and swimming popular on the lake.
The long boardwalk at The Western Harbour, Scaniaparken and Daniaparken, has become a new favourite summer hang-out for the people of Malmö and is a popular place for bathing.
Everyone must wear bathing attire, but covering of the breasts is not mandatory.
Behaviors that signal that a female is in estrus include underground consorting, self-licking of genitals, dust bathing and late entrances into the burrow at night.
Icelanders were known to use natural hot springs as baths, and there is a strong sauna / bathing culture in Scandinavia to this day.
Water that is not fit for drinking but is not harmful for humans when used for swimming or bathing is called by various names other than potable or drinking water, and is sometimes called safe water, or " safe for bathing ".
Chlorine is a skin and mucous membrane irritant that is used to make water safe for bathing or drinking.

is and beach
the atmosphere is that of an attractive private beach club at home.
Don't forget -- when you take to the hills or the beach -- that your cooler, which you might have used for wine- or beer-cooling on your terrace or back yard, is indispensable for carrying liquid refreshments.
The nation's number one picnic treat is the skinless frankfurter -- toasted over a bonfire on the beach or, more sedately, charcoal broiled on a portable grill.
A family of five plans to go together either to the beach or to the mountains, and a coin is tossed to decide.
The state Public Works Department is accused of having spent $8,555 to build a private beach for a state judge on his waterfront property.
Nevertheless, Canberra stands as an exemplary city design and is located halfway between the ski slopes and the beach.
From here is it a short walk to the Silver Sands, Aberdour's busiest and most popular beach.
While " themes " ( inherited narrative subunits for representing familiar classes of event, such as the " arming the hero ", or the particularly well-studied " hero on the beach " theme ) do exist across Anglo-Saxon and other Germanic works, some scholars conclude that Anglo-Saxon poetry is a mix of oral-formulaic and literate patterns, arguing that the poems both were composed on a word-by-word basis and followed larger formulae and patterns.
Badminton is also played outdoors as a casual recreational activity, often as a garden or beach game.
In a few Western countries female toplessness at a beach is acceptable, although it may not be acceptable in the town center.
Vai has a palm beach and is the largest natural palm forest in Europe.
It is known for its 4 km balneario beach, which is one of the most famous in the world.
There are historic forts at both ends of Copacabana beach ; Fort Copacabana, built in 1914, is at the south end by Posto Seis and Fort Duque de Caxias, built in 1779, at the north end.
The island is a destination for sun, beach and watersports enthusiasts.
El Cotillo is a small fishing village in the north-west of the Island famous for a very long beach to the south of the village and few very calm beaches to the north.
There is one boat landing area along the middle of the sandy beach on the west coast together with a crumbling day beacon.
Modern handball is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball and Czech handball ( which were more common in the past ) and beach handball ( also called sandball ).
The beach is mainly shingle, although wide areas of sand are uncovered at low tide.
St Mary's Church is a standard design of the churches of its era, but upon close examination the walls have been constructed from a mortar of local shells and beach pebbles.
The wide sandy beach, one section of which is designated for use by naturists, runs for approximately 18 kilometres to Scheveningen and for most of this distance is backed by extensive sand dunes through which there are foot and cycle paths.
There are two railway stations, Hoek van Holland Strand, which is at the end of the line and closest to the beach and Hoek van Holland Haven, which is close to the town centre, adjacent to the ferry terminal and the small harbour, the Berghaven.

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