This is puzzling to an outsider conscious of the classic tradition of liberalism, because it is clear that these Democrats who are left-of-center are at opposite poles from the liberal Jefferson, who held that the best government was the least government.

In fact it has caused us to give serious thought to moving our residence south, because it is not easy for the most objective Southerner to sit calmly by when his host is telling a roomful of people that the only way to deal with Southerners who oppose integration is to send in troops and shoot the bastards down.

Had the situation been reversed, had, for instance, England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New England, there is little doubt that large numbers of Southerners would have happily put on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain.

But it is more than irony: one of the main reasons why nationalism is no longer a tenable concept is because it has spread throughout the planet.

The `` approximate '' is important, because even after the order of the work has been established by the chance method, the result is not inviolable.

Often it is recognized that all the details of the pattern may not be essential to the outcome but, because the pattern was empirically determined and not developed through theoretical understanding, one is never quite certain which behavior elements are effective, and the whole pattern becomes ritualized.

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.

Or is it relevant because it teaches us something useful to know about ourselves??

I knew that a conversation with the author would not settle such questions, because a man is not the same as his writing: in the last analysis, the questions had to be settled by the work itself.

I suggested that one must let it in because it is the truth, but Beckett did not take to the word truth.

That is why the form itself becomes a preoccupation, because it exists as a problem separate from the material it accommodates.

It is because there is not only darkness but also light that our situation becomes inexplicable.

If they avoid the use of the pungent, outlawed four-letter word it is because it is taboo ; ;

Jazz is good not only because it promotes wholeness but because of its decided sexual effect.

It is worth dwelling in some detail on the crisis of this story, because it brings together a number of characteristic elements and makes of them a curious, riddling compound obscurely but centrally significant for Mann's work.

Here in these little rooms -- or stages arched open to the sky and river -- they choose a few lines out of the hundreds they may know and sing them according to one of the modes into which Persian music is divided.

But the highroad, according to the description of its traffic, belongs to life as it is lived in unawareness of death, while the way to the churchyard belongs to some other sort of life: a suffering form, an existence wholly comprised in the awareness of death.

Neither is primary experience understood according to the attitude of modern empiricism in which nothing is thought to be received other than signals of sensory qualities producing their responses in the appropriate sense organs.

and according to them, whatever one fancies one feels, what one feels in fact is the opposite.

But when these expectations are once too often ground into the dust, innocence can falter, since its strength is according to the strength of him who possesses it.

Each will decide on his own course somewhere between these two extreme cases according to the sense of responsibility which is determined for him by the particular circumstances of his own life.

Anybody who is expecting a joyride should, according to Mr. Shriver, get off the train right now.

The flood is not as great -- only 700 a week according to one apparently conservative account -- but it is symptomatic.

Of greater interest is a question as to whether movable property was assessed according to its location or ownership.

Laws on boating vary according to the state in which the craft is to be used and according to its horsepower.

The main requirement is to be sure the boat is numbered according to the regulations of the state in which the boat will be principally used.

She is owned by Ralph H. Kroening, Milwaukee, Wis., who, according to the railbirds, can feel justly proud of her.

That he mastered every aspect of his medium according to his own great talents and contemporary judgments, is a good and solid symbol of his people under the tremendous pressures of proclaiming and practising the rigors of a new culture ; ;

The mean temperature of the surface was then computed according to the following relation: Af where x is the fraction of the plug area covered by the hot spot.

The radiation loss from the anode surface was computed according to Af where Af is the mean of the fourth powers of the temperatures Af and Af calculated analogously to equation ( 1 ).

It is convenient to classify a child's onset ages and completion ages as `` advanced '', `` moderate '' ( modal ), or `` delayed '' according to whether the child's age equivalent `` dots '' appeared to the left of, upon, or to the right of the appropriate short transverse line.

Today, according to land economist Homer Hoyt, shopping centers and their associated parking lots cover some 46,000 acres of land, which is almost exactly the total land area in all the nation's Central Business Districts put together.

This is the feed state of the subsequent Af stages which, according to the principle of optimality, must use an optimal Af-stage policy with respect to this state.

It is eminently successful according to all conventional standards.

Yet the truth, according to the New Testament, is that every local church has its existence only by being the embodiment of the whole church in that particular place.

( And this is not, perhaps, the place to discuss Harlem's very complex attitude toward black policemen, nor the reasons, according to Harlem, that they are nearly all downtown.

" One of his ex-wives reportedly said, " Marriage is Alan's way of saying goodbye.

The final mention of Alan's children is an offhand comment in the second episode of the second series of I'm Alan Partridge, in which Alan glibly states that he has access to his children, but that they have no desire to see him.

Alan's comeback refers to the correct time ( 7. 01am ) and that it is Dave's show and he is merely a guest whom Dave has failed to control, he then says " Read the smallprint on your cone-tract ".

This period in Alan's life is documented in his autobiography Bouncing Back, which Alan claims has been described as " lovely stuff " by entertainer Shakin ' Stevens.

The movie's screenplay is currently being written by Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci, Rob Gibbons and Neil Gibbons-plus Peter Baynham-with the story taking place in Norwich, where North Norfolk Digital, Alan's employer, is taken over by a huge media conglomerate and renamed Shape.

It is a joint venture between ACR ( Alan's Country Records ) and Capitol.

After Archer sneaks to Alan's home in Alan's backpack, Alan realizes that the toy is a sentient being, but in the meantime, the Commando Elite awaken and apparently destroy the Gorgonites in the toy store.

Alexandra takes Alan's death particularly hard, but is pleased when Fletcher Reade shows up at the Spaulding Mansion after Alan's service, and convinces her to accompany him to Europe.

This is made clear in the 1st episode of the 2nd series which shows a close-up of Alan's phone ringing.

It is probable that Charles granted Alan the right to be titled rex ; as emperor he would have had that prerogative and Alan's use of the title appears legitimate.

The final track, " Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast ", is divided into three segments, each with its own descriptive title, joined by dialogue and sound effects of then-roadie Alan Stiles preparing, discussing, and eating breakfast.

He is usually very positive about Alan's schemes, almost acting like Sancho Panza to Don Quixote.

Alan has little respect for him and is more than willing to exploit Sir Stephen's helpful and professional nature for his own ends, including plagiarising one of Sir Stephen's speeches in the Commons in order to ensure that Alan's Private Member's Bill on arming the police would pass into law.

Roland is seen in only series 1 but after Alan's shooting Sarah is seen on the phone to her father, the two of them asking each other if they were responsible for the crime.

Norman Bormann is Alan's accountant and personal confidante during the first series.

By the end of the series the change is virtually complete ( up until the last episode he / she was still sporting a full mustache ) but he / she still does the odd favour for Alan, including seducing the Secretary of State for Wales ( while he was still technically a man ) and posing as Alan's wife during dinner with an American fast-food tycoon.

Sidney is an elderly publican in Alan's Yorkshire constituency.

He is Alan's main antagonist during the first two series and like Alan he is quick to anger.

" Alan responds by duping Jericho into thinking that the Bishop of Haltemprice, a member of the House of Lords and an opponent of Alan's gun bill, is the Antichrist.