Weaned at around six to eight weeks of age, they do not begin to forage until they are four months of age, and they are usually independent at five months of age, when they will disperse, typically in June or July.

Weaned on her parent ’ s old school soul and jazz records — Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin — Melanie soon developed an affinity to singing, hugging the mic every single chance she gets.

Her hat had come off and fallen behind her shoulders, held by the string, and he could see her face more clearly than he had at any time before.

By now Harmony could see that most of the adults in the train were winded and resting, or else siphoned off from the games by the challenging lure of the great cliff towering above them.

Hardly had Mrs. Roebuck driven off when a rusty pick-up truck, father or grandfather of Senor `` Moriarty's '' Ford sedan, came screeching to a dust-swirling stop, and a brown face appeared, its nose threatened by shards of what had once been the side window.

Not by the 11:00 sun which had spread a warmth around his spot of grass in the English Gardens and sent him off to sleep ; ;

but by a blond girl in a sweater and skirt who stood a few yards off and tenderly regarded him.

That night he reeled out of Ma Murphy's dance hall and proceeded to disturb the peace by shooting off his revolver.

Her scream split up the silence of the car, accompanied by the rattling of the freight, and then Cappy came off the floor, his legs driving him hard.

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Years were to pass before these plans came off the paper, and Wright was justified in thinking, as the projects failed, that much of what he had to show his country and the world would never be seen except by visitors to Taliesin.

By early June they were a hundred miles off the coast of Ceylon, by which time all four missionaries were hardened seafarers.

Trevelyan was at least in part attracted to the period by an almost unconscious desire to take up the story where Macaulay's History Of England had broken off.

As I got off the trolley at Kehl bridge the next morning, I was met by what looked like 5,000 students, some of whom were carrying sticks apparently for the coming `` battle '' with the police.

He would ship by rail five pounds per day per animal and the other fifteen pounds that were needed could be picked up off the country.

The same can be said about the half-hearted Cuban invasion mounted by the administration last April, which, we trust, is not symptomatic of the methods to be invoked in holding off the felonious Khrushchev.

Had U.S. warships not appeared off the Dominican coast, there is every possibility that the country would now be wracked by civil war.

Starlings and blackbirds are scared off by canon, from City Hall.

The weekly loss is partly counterbalanced by 500 arrivals each week from West Germany, but the hard truth, says Crossman, is that `` The closing off of East Berlin without interference from the West and with the use only of East German, as distinct from Russian, troops was a major Communist victory, which dealt West Berlin a deadly, possibly a fatal, blow.

Warren tried to shake off the jumble of his fears by looking at the sky.

`` They'll get them by God and let them bring them down here to me, just let them, God, I'll slice their balls right off.

The morning hawk, hungry for any eatable, killable, digestible item, kept his eyes on the ring of anchored ships that lay off the shores in the bay, sheltered by the Jersey inlets.

Mark stopped the car and switched off the lights and they sat looking at the water, which, there being no moon out, at first could be distinguished from the sky only by an absence of stars.

But the Latin American republics who have been rather inclined to drag their feet on taking action against Castro also reacted swiftly last week by finally throwing Cuba off the Inter-American Defense Board.

Letting the administration take details off their hands would give them more time to inform themselves about education as a whole, an area that would benefit by more faculty attention.

Vernon was serviceable on the botanical field trips, but he could arrange no schedule with the cooks, and he was glad when the trips dropped off, and the botanists began to motor out by themselves.

There I got off, crossed the square, and on the side directly opposite the gate found a good restaurant, hard to come by in this part of the city.

If the weight is suspended off the seabed it acts as a spring or shock absorber to dampen the sudden actions that are normally transmitted to the anchor and can cause it to dislodge and drag.

Quakers fell foul of irregularly enforced laws forbidding unauthorized worship while actions motivated by belief in social equality — refusing to use or acknowledge titles, take hats off in court or bow to those who considered themselves socially superior — were seen as disrespectful.

In April 799, he was attacked by a gang who unsuccessfully attempted to gouge out his eyes and cut off his tongue for his earlier actions, only to be saved by Magnus Forteman and 700 Frisian nobles of his army.

Engaging the hips, driving the thigh or knee, pushing off with the ankles and not the hamstrings, pawing your legs back, and erect posture are some of the key actions in proper running technique.

Some SCA events have been dedicated to particular historic events or have portions of their camping sectioned off for only strict reenactment, sometimes called " Enchanted Ground ", in which much more strenuous attempts are made to keep anachronistic objects and actions out.

Esslin makes a distinction between the dictionary definition of absurd (" out of harmony " in the musical sense ) and drama's understanding of the Absurd: " Absurd is that which is devoid of purpose .... Cut off from his religious, metaphysical, and transcendental roots, man is lost ; all his actions become senseless, absurd, useless ".

Similarly, former diplomat Clara Nieto, in her book " Masters of War ," charged that " the CIA launched a series of terrorist actions from the “ mothership ” off Nicaragua ’ s coast.

Custer distinguished himself by fearless, aggressive actions in some of the numerous cavalry engagements that started off the campaign, including Brandy Station and Aldie.

Local opposition group Cayugadeer. org has accused the Board of Trustees actions as deceptive and dishonest while calling for alternatives to killing of the deer such as cutting off the main food source for the deer by requiring fencing home gardens.

As the sea pounds cliff faces it also uses the scree from other wave actions to batter and break off pieces of rock from higher up the cliff face which can be used for this same wave action and attrition.

In psychology, procrastination refers to the act of replacing high-priority actions with tasks of lower priority, or doing something from which one derives enjoyment, and thus putting off important tasks to a later time.

As the French took the offensive, several actions ensued-Landshut, Abensberg, Eckmühl and Ratisbon, with the Austrians coming off worst each time and having their left wing cut off from the bulk of the army.

" " In the first place, when we call repentance “ a conversion of the life to God, we require a transformation, not only in the external actions, but in the soul itself ; which, after having put off the old nature, should produce the fruits of actions corresponding to its renovation.

Many demonstrations and vigils backed legislative actions to cut off military supplies to Indonesia.

After considerable debate in the public arena the group adopted a diversity of tactics to raise awareness around the issues including lobbying Transit NZ and Parliament, submissions to the Human Rights Commission and holding an annual ' Fly the Flag ' competition, to more direct protest actions including bungee jumping off the Harbour Bridge, traffic jamming the Harbour Bridge, and flying the largest Tino Rangatiratanga flag ever made over the Harbour Bridge.

( In actuality, Conrad's " long one " and Armstrong's " small step " refer to two different actions: going from the ladder down to the landing pad, then stepping horizontally off the pad onto the lunar surface.

Alerted to Wittmann's actions, light tanks in the middle of the town quickly got off the road while medium tanks were brought forward.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf consisted of four separate engagements between the opposing forces: the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle of Cape Engaño and the Battle off Samar, as well as other actions.

Someone with a virtuous soul is better off than someone who is wealthy and honoured but whose soul is corrupted by unjust actions.

Crews would be briefed to remain at least 12 miles off the Cuban coast ; however, they would be required to carry live ammunition in the event that hostile actions were taken by the Cuban MIGs.

Piller supported the idea that the repercussions of past episodes should continue to be felt, and that characters should " learn that actions have consequences ", even if such consequences were to lead off in directions Piller had not originally imagined when Deep Space Nine remained in the conceptual stages.

Before the town was completely cut off on 19 August General Lewenhaupt and General Buddenbrock were summoned immediately to Stockholm for an inquiry for their actions.