Poor John was the kind of stock that keeps a bargain without whimpering and maybe bends over backward to keep a bad one.

In The John W. Campbell Letters, Campbell says, " The son-of-a-gun gets hold of you in the first paragraph, ties a knot around you, and keeps it tied in every paragraph thereafter — including the ultimate last one.

In most crochet, the artisan usually has only one live stitch on the hook ( with the exception being Tunisian crochet ), while a knitter keeps an entire row of stitches active simultaneously.

* Releasing a CPU on the same size die, but with a smaller CPU core, keeps the cost about the same but allows higher levels of integration within one VLSI chip ( additional cache, multiple CPUs, or other components ), improving performance and reducing overall system cost.

The hi-hat has a similar function to the ride cymbal ; The two are rarely played at once, but one or the other keeps the fine rhythm much of the time, played by the right stick of a right-handed drummer.

On the other hand the Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics keeps counter-factual definiteness while introducing a conjectured non-local mechanism in form of the ' quantum potential ', defined as one of the terms of the Schrödinger equation.

For example, one of the issues that keeps FGM going in some communities is that the practitioners have no other way to earn a living.

Writing to The Times, Hayek said, " May one who has devoted a large part of his life to the study of the history and the principles of liberalism point out that a party that keeps a socialist government in power has lost all title to the name ' Liberal '.

" If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself ; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it.

* Hallucinations ( only one symptom is required if hallucinations are of at least two voices talking to one another or of a voice that keeps up a running commentary on the patient's thoughts or actions )

Laying consecutive split threes in such a manner that one ’ s opponent keeps playing into the split and the split 3 ’ s keep forming.

While turning smoothly, one keeps in mind the motivation and spirit of compassion and bodhichitta ( the noble mind that aspires to full enlightenment for the benefit of all beings ).

Alice takes one of the particles in the pair, and Bob keeps the other one.

" There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.

He wrote: " The only thing that keeps me from picking is the need to have the stronger person for the one day flight.

In roller coaster inversions the rotation about the horizontal axis is one or more full cycles, where inertia keeps people in their seats.

This is one of the architectural techniques which the architects used to achieve a record height ( the tubular system is the structure that keeps the building upright during wind and earthquake loads ).

* Buffer zone, any area that keeps two or more other areas distant from one another, may be demilitarized

An ABR keeps multiple copies of the link-state database in memory, one for each area to which that router is connected.

Triton is in synchronous rotation with Neptune ; it keeps one face oriented toward the planet at all times.

In 1935, he corresponded with Abraham Fraenkel from Jerusalem and was implicated by the Nazi teachers ' union as one who " keeps contacts to the Chosen People.

In this town, every man keeps himself clean-shaven, and he does so by doing exactly one of two things:

`` And you know, Angelo, Pretty, he always keeps it a strict cash basis, like they say '' --

He always keeps her smelling salts handy.

A rare interview with Ernest Thompson from Radio Times reveals that Patrick " always liked dressing up, and would have been happy as a school teacher as children keeps one young ".

When the brake shoes wear a little more, the adjuster can advance again, so it always keeps the shoes close to the drum.

He has long hair, which he always keeps tied in a ponytail.

He is always practical and keeps his friends on their toes, although they sometimes raise his ire unintentionally.

While Karen was always adamantly against marriage ( claiming that she valued her freedom above anything else ), she always found herself missing and needing Will when he was gone: " And yet even though Karen keeps Chad from overfilling the mold or Daisy from cutting herself with the scissors, she still cannot resist looking out the window every couple of minutes.

EMH advocates reply that while individual market participants do not always act rationally ( or have complete information ), their aggregate decisions balance each other, resulting in a rational outcome ( optimists who buy stock and bid the price higher are countered by pessimists who sell their stock, which keeps the price in equilibrium ).

If a spam filter keeps a whitelist, mail from the listed email addresses, domains, and / or IP address will always be allowed.

Norwegian black metal has and always had a special sound, and as it keeps on being innovative and new, it sells quite well around the world.

He wears a funnel rather than a helmet on his head, which he always keeps on because he's afraid of squirrels.

It derives from the fact that he always keeps a straight face and never smiles or frowns during a match.

Trade always flourishes there, regardless of whatever political upheaval may be engulfing the city or nation ; it is this trade which keeps the city alive.

Daria, as always, keeps her integrity.

Ryo keeps a long-detailed list where Saeko owes him for the various favours he's done for her, which she always manages to get out of because Ryo demands a mokkori chance with her for each item.

As data is moved around or manipulated, the instrumentation code keeps track of the A and V bits so they are always correct on a single-bit level.

* Scientist Harry Block-A coach who always keeps up on game scores, etc., and loves coaching the women's team.

Gaming Target's Steve Graff observed that the audio is " suspenseful and exciting " and " it always keeps the mood of the level ".

Böck is also one of the few who question Rex's abilities as an elite police dog, but Moser keeps telling him that he has always been this way.

Like the demons, the devils are scheming backstabbers ; while a demon only keeps its words when it is convenient for it, a devil keeps its word all too well ; though being used to exploiting repressive bureaucratic machinations to the fullest, always knows all ways around the letter of a contract to begin with.

From a young age, George always wanted to go to college and to travel and see the world ; however, he keeps having to postpone the fulfillment of these ambitions, time after time.

Never without her " alien " companion, Fifi, whom she keeps with her at all times, Yuki is nevertheless is a superb fielder who is always in the right place at the right time.