Thus, when the Russians sent up their first sputnik, American chagrin was human enough, and American determination to put American satellites into orbit was perfectly understandable.

Jefferson Lawrence was alone at the small, perfectly appointed table by the window looking out over the river.

Using privately-owned vehicles was a personal hardship for such employees, and the matter of providing state transportation was felt perfectly justifiable.

Why it was ever forgotten for even a moment I cannot say because it works perfectly for everyone, no matter whether he has short or long thigh-bone lengths!!

Four subjects ( 10% ) did not change even then but needed the additional information that an arm-elevation under these circumstances was a perfectly normal reflex reaction which some people showed while others did not.

while Jones, on the other hand, appeared perfectly confident and Ulyate decided perhaps that was the answer.

The surface, however, was perfectly white.

One hundred and fifty more occur with the prefix ge-( reckoning a few found only in the past-participle ), but of these one hundred occur also as simple verbs, and the prefix is employed to render a shade of meaning which was perfectly known and thoroughly familiar except in the latest Anglo-Saxon period.

In 1991, a perfectly functioning difference engine was constructed from Babbage's original plans.

After realising the captain of the taken vessel was an Englishman, Kidd tried to persuade his crew to return the ship to its owners, but they refused, claiming that their prey was perfectly legal as Kidd was commissioned to take French ships, and that an Armenian ship counted as French if it had French passes.

He spoke Greek so perfectly that he was called " honey-tongued " ( meliglossos ); Roman-born, he preferred Greek authors, and wrote in a slightly archaizing Greek himself.

They argued that the Knights were perfectly justified in their crusade as it was a sacred duty of Christians to spread the true faith.

In some cases, this is perfectly legitimate ; Francisco Franco was a lieutenant general in the Spanish Army before he became Chief of State of Spain ; Manuel Noriega was officially commander of the Panamanian Defense Forces.

She also claims that an audio tape the police claimed was " unintelligible " ( and eventually lost ) was perfectly clear and contained no incriminating statements.

As it happened, the left-footed shot was struck perfectly, completing a stunning victory and a hat-trick which remains unique to this day.

Gilbert insisted that his actors know their words perfectly and obey his stage directions, which was something new to many actors of the day.

In 1994, Galileo was perfectly positioned to watch the fragments of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crash into Jupiter, whereas terrestrial telescopes had to wait to see the impact sites as they rotated into view.

According to Thomas Bushnell, the initial Hurd architect, their early plan was to adapt the 4. 4BSD-Lite kernel and, in hindsight, " It is now perfectly obvious to me that this would have succeeded splendidly and the world would be a very different place today ".

It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.

Hamilton was bent over his desk, drafting a legal paper by the light of a candle.

Less respect for the legal conventions was displayed by Castro's right hand man, Che Guevara, who edified the Inter-American Economic and Social council meeting in Montevideo by reading two secret American documents purloined from the United States embassy at Caracas, Venezuela.

Sir Henry Sumner Maine, a hundred years before Communism was a force to be reckoned with, wrote his brilliant legal generalization, that `` the progress of society is from status to contract ''.

In working out the practical legal conclusions President Waters was not thinking only of this pilot project, for it is planned to duplicate this program or system in other builder developments nationally.

Indeed, contract was the dominant legal theme of the century, the touchstone of the free society.

This cold reckoning of human worth in a legal paper, devoid of compassion or humanity, was all he needed.

Occasionally new enterprise was discouraged by the almost certain prospect of legal complications.

The prevailing view in the industry was summed up in 1912 by a group of auto makers who told a Senate committee: `` The exceedingly unsatisfactory and uselessly expensive conditions, including delays surrounding legal disputes, particularly in patent litigation, are items of industrial burden which must be written large in figures of many millions of dollars of industrial waste ''.

But I had the proof, all documented in a legal agreement which I would show her the moment I was free to do so.

On this side of the Bay, Miami Beach cops had no more legal rights than any ordinary citizen, and Shayne's pistol permit was just as good as theirs.

He said evidence was obtained `` in violation of the legal rights of citizens ''.

Mike was of legal age and presumed able to defend himself in the clinches.

This distant territory was a Democratic stronghold, and acceptance of the post would have effectively ended his legal and political career in Illinois, so he declined and resumed his law practice.

By the 1850s, slavery was still legal in the southern United States, but had been generally outlawed in the northern states, such as Illinois.

Lincoln believed that Fremont's emancipation was political ; neither militarily necessary nor legal.

At various times in the more than 100 years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give " America the Beautiful " legal status either as a national hymn, or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", but so far this has not succeeded.

The legal system was based on Portuguese and customary law but was weak and fragmented.

The al-prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an " allegation " ( the French allegeance comes from the English ).

The term allegiance was traditionally often used by English legal commentators in a larger sense, divided by them into natural and local, the latter applying to the deference which even a foreigner must pay to the institutions of the country in which he happens to live.

Originally, the Church of England was self-contained and relied for its unity and identity on its own history, its traditional legal and episcopal structure and its status as an established church of the state.

Although it had at first been somewhat established in many colonies, in 1861 it was ruled that, except where specifically established, the Church of England had just the same legal position as any other church.

Doubleday assumed administrative duties in the defenses of Washington, D. C., where he was in charge of courts martial, which gave him legal experience that he used after the war.