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But if anything can bring home to Mr. Khrushchev the idea that he will not really get much enjoyment from watching this Braddock-against-the-Indians contest, it will probably be the fact that SEATO forces are ready to attempt it -- plus the fact that Moscow has something to lose from closing off disarmament and other bigger negotiations with Washington.
I wrote a few years ago that one of the cardinal rules of writing is that the reader should be able to get some idea of what the story is about.
If we look at the situation this way, we can get an idea of Khrushchev's nightmarish worries -- or, at least, of the worries he might have if his enemies were disposed to exploit their advantage.
`` I'll get my references in order '', Needham said, and though he spoke with a smile, Casey somehow got the idea that he was not particularly amused.
Bob Jones III has argued that the university is not so much anti-Catholic or anti-Mormon as it is opposed to the idea that all men, regardless of religious beliefs, will eventually get to heaven: " Our shame would be in telling people a lie, and thereby letting them go to hell without Christ because we loved their goodwill more than we loved them and their souls ….
The idea was to allow important traffic to get through every time.
Such a formula for estimating energy typically has relative error of order of 10 %, but can be used to get a rough qualitative idea and understanding of a molecule.
Polynesian kite traditions are used by anthropologists get an idea of early " primitive " Asian traditions that are believed to have at one time existed in Asia.
Gemma finally managed to get word to the Americans who contacted Fiorello, who had no idea where they were.
According to Moore, a moral actor cannot survey the “ goodness ” inherent in the various parts of a situation, assign a value to each of them, and then generate a sum in order to get an idea of its total value.
Hand-rendered comps are often used to get approval for an idea execution before a designer invests time to produce finished visuals on a computer or in paste-up.
Marlow expresses a greater enthusiasm towards the idea of meeting Kurtz-but things become more tense as they get closer to his station.
Thor rejects the idea, and Loki ( here described as " son of Laufey ") interjects that this will be the only way to get back Mjöllnir, and points out that without Mjöllnir, the jötnar will be able to invade and settle in Asgard.
This allowed them to develop in user-space and have all the advantages of the original Mach idea, and then move the debugged server into kernel-space in order to get better performance.
He had an idea the team was going to need all the help it could get.
" The idea is that, faced with an opportunity to steal a book because we can get away with it, moral obligation itself has no power to stop us unless we feel an obligation.
" So I wrote him this idea of a federale from Mexico who gets hired to do hatchet jobs in the U. S. I had heard sometimes FBI or DEA have a really tough job that they don't want to get their own agents killed on, they'll hire an agent from Mexico to come do the job for $ 25, 000.
) Each node, on a regular basis, sends to each neighbour its own current idea of the total cost to get to all the destinations it knows of.
The idea then is that we get our concept of God's qualities — his ability to create, his knowledge, his feelings for us, and so forth — by analogy with experience of our own minds.
It can also be used when downloading data, and if there are multiple mirrors available for the same piece of data, one can trace each mirror to get a good idea of which mirror would be the fastest to use.
Finally, Williams was flip-flopped in the order with the great slugger Jimmie Foxx, with the idea that Williams would get more pitches to hit.
" According to Badham, Broderick and Sheedy were " stiff as boards " when they came onto the sound stage, having both Brest's dark vision and the idea that they were going to get fired in their minds.
Paley had a different idea, designed to get CBS programs emanating from as many radio sets as possible: he would give the sustaining programs away for free, provided the station would run every sponsored show, and accept CBS's check for doing so.
We need only glance at the account-books of the Apostolic Chamber, still kept in the Vatican archives, to get an idea of the trade of which Avignon became the centre.

get and embarrassment
In his embarrassment, he has to pretend to be the general manager, even succeeding in impersonating him to get back at Stubbs.
But as it turns out, he did get flowers for her after all, and she realizes, with some embarrassment, that she " blew it up out of proportion so bad ".
* Stolen on the River: In an attempt to get his own deputy star, Cowlorado decides to catch Five Card Cud all by himself, only to fail in a shot of embarrassment as he's rescued by Dakota and Moo.

get and chagrin
During the third season, Tom and Diana get together as a couple after a one-night stand though Diana is far more lâissez-faire about the new state of their relationship, much to the chagrin of Tom's desire for a more committed relationship.
They manage to fool Dave's family into thinking he is actually an Estonian exchange student sent to live with them, and enroll him in school where Link's bizarre behavior and supreme athletic skills shoot Dave and Stoney to popularity by association, allowing Dave to get closer to Robyn, to Matt's chagrin.
He got involved in the Michigan Speedway project, which, to his great chagrin, was very slow to get under way.
His leg was badly damaged in battle, prompting Red Alert to have it amputated, much to Hot Shot's chagrin though she assured him he'll get a replacement part.
Very much to the chagrin of his commanding officer, he strikes up a romantic relationship with Fluff-a relationship which doesn't get off to the best of starts when Bones accidentally destroys Fluff's shuttle transporter!
It is well noted that Russo is a big fan of tennis ; and tennis does get some play on their show ( much to Francesa's chagrin ) generally leading into and then during the four majors.
When they finally get there all pooped out, the desk clerk sets them up in the room next door to their usual suite, much to Sadie's chagrin.
Then at the end of the episode he becomes a man and the other teachers take him to get vaccinated again much to his chagrin.

get and was
Well, the grass was there, though in some places the ground was too steep for a cow to get to it.
The only reason we brought you was to get Miller out.
Whoever was out there hiding in the brushy cover was besieging the Antler house and, having spotted his approach, was determined to drive him off before he could get into the fight.
Fleischman with eight was to patrol the Leyte Gulf area, with his main task to get any kamikaze before they got to the ships.
Visibility continued to be limited, and Greg was never able to get above a thousand feet.
One of Greg's bombs hung up, and he was miles from the target before he could get rid of it.
There was, of course, no way for the other planes to get by them.
I didn't get a good look at him at all, his back was to me, and I was so scared It was just somebody in a man's suit.
What Joyce wanted me to do was go to Thor's house and `` do whatever detectives do '', and get her clothes -- and handbag containing her identification.
It was as if they could hardly wait to get into their costumes, cover their faces with masks and go adventuring.
So if all these beers was to get me in bed, man, you just spent a lot of money ''.
Packing a small suitcase, informing her husband whom she found in Harry's Bar that she was taking a train to Germany to get away for a while, patting his arm, refusing a drink, getting on the train -- all this had only taken her two hours.
When he awoke in the mornings, she was in his mind and he could hardly wait to get to school to be near her in the flesh.
School began in August, the hottest part of the year, and for the first few days Miss Langford was very lenient with the children, letting them play a lot and the new ones sort of get acquainted with one another.
Miss Langford, in a fresh white dress and low-heeled white sandals, without socks, was out there with them, trying to get them inside.
While she was struggling to get her skirt down and get on her feet again, Jack ran over, offered her his hand and said, `` Gosh, I'm sorry, Miss Langford.
We get some clue from a few remembrances of childhood and from the circumstance that we are probably not much more afraid of people now than man ever was.
She read everything else she could get her hands on, including an article ( she thinks it was in the Atlantic Monthly ) by Mark Twain on `` White Slavery ''.

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