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Although smoother than the GM Hydramatic, acceleration was sluggish and owners were often tempted to put it into Low Gear for faster starts which put extra wear on the transmission.
How often have I tempted Suffolk's tongue —
Those in favour of the creation of ICBs have primarily focused on interest rates and have argued that democratic pressures tend to have an inflationary effect as governments will often be tempted to advocate lower interest rates immediately prior to an election so as to manufacture short term booms in the economy and boost their support-but to the detriment of long term economic health.
Cooperation wouldn't seem to naturally arise since agents are tempted to ' defect ' and restore a Nash equilibrium, which is often not the best possible solution for all involved.
Basses who have a strong low D are often tempted to use it on the final note " Wurm ", substituting for the D an octave lower than written by Haydn.
Mara ( Sanskrit, also Māra ; Tibetan Wylie: bdud ; ), in Buddhism, is the demon that tempted Gautama Buddha by trying to seduce him with the vision of beautiful women who, in various legends, are often said to be Mara's daughters.
* The main character Harry Hole in Jo Nesbø's crime novel series is often tempted to have a glass of Jim Beam.
In the follow-up series, Going Straight, he took a job as a hotel night-porter, but found himself often tempted back into crime, although he resisted.
Being the club of the Army, several young gifted players would often be tempted by Steaua to join their ranks, having the advantages of better conditions ensured by the club, the opportunity of a more productive career, and also, among other, of being exempted from the compulsory military stage.
This is often used in tense situations in Canadian football where the offense is tempted to scrimmage the ball rather than kick for a chance to get another first down.
" Because is much more common in usage, beginners often learn this form first and are tempted to assume that it is a deponent.
Hertzfeldt is an artist with anti-corporate leanings and in appearances has often told the humorous story of how he was tempted to produce the worst possible cartoons he could come up with for the companies, make off with their money, and see if they would actually make it to air.
Porcupines fall out of trees fairly often because they are highly tempted by the tender buds and twigs at the ends of the branches.
Due to this effect, users of caffeine will often be tempted to re-dose in order to avoid the " crash ".
Himeji is often flippant in her sex life, letting guys get the better of her, since she is easily tempted.

often and ask
Part of the joke was that Ralph Manza as Banacek's chauffeur Jay Drury, would often ask " What does it mean, Boss ?".
They often revolve around families ; movies like Ordinary People dig under the skin of everyday life to ask big questions and touch on the deepest emotions of normal people.
In fantasy films, the hero often undergoes some kind of mystical experience and must ask for assistance from powerful, superhuman forces.
Jon often attempts to ask her out on a date, but rarely succeeds ; however, in an extended story arc from June 19 to July 29, 2006 ( the main event on July 28 ), Liz and Jon kiss.
As Nikolai Ryzhkov describes it in his memoirs, " every Thursday morning he ( Mikhail Gorbachev ) would sit in his office like a little orphan – I would often be present at this sad procedure – nervously awaiting a telephone call from the sick Chernenko: Would he come to the Politburo himself or would he ask Gorbachev to stand in for him this time again?
Additionally, on re-direct, an interrogator will often ask questions which specifically seek to elicit whether an inference resulting from questioning on cross examinations is accurate.
To the northwest of the living room are the laundry room, garage, dining room, smoking room, drawing room, housekeeper's quarters, and kitchen ; a popular command allows players in the living room to push others into the kitchen and ask them to " fetch me a cup of tea "; since players can prevent themselves from being moved in such a fashion, this command is more often used on new users, who may have difficulty finding their way back to the Living Room.
Clients will often ask for a particular style and the artist may adjust to the appropriate technique.
Guests would often ask for their " free rolls " and the words became fused together and expanded to mean any complimentary gaming bonus.
* Press conference, a media event in which newsmakers invite journalists to hear them speak and, most often, ask questions
* Web-based services ( often with agents of their own ) to supply information specifically to agents, for example, a Trust service that an agent could ask if some online store has a history of poor service or spamming
Jean-José Puig describes how Massoud often led prayers before a meal or at times asked his fellow Muslims to lead the prayer but also did not hesitate to ask a Christian friend Jean-José Puig or the Jewish Princeton University Professor Michael Barry: " Jean-José, we believe in the same God.
Guests will often clink their glasses during dinner to ask the newlyweds to stand up and kiss.
He is more of a " shoot first, ask questions later " type, and is often the one to get the duo into the various scrapes in which they find themselves, although the character did mature slightly as the seasons passed ; he is also the one more likely to have his eye, or heart, distracted by a pretty girl, which proves to be the Achilles ' heel that leads the Dukes into trouble in several episode plots.
:" Words are to the Anthropologist what rolled pebbles are to the Geologist — battered relics of past ages often containing within them indelible records capable of intelligent interpretation — and when we see what amount of change 2000 years has been able to produce in the languages of Greece & Italy or 1000 in those of Germany France & Spain we naturally begin to ask how long a period must have lapsed since the Chinese, the Hebrew, the Delaware & the Malesass had a point in common with the German & Italian & each other — Time!
At this point the judge often will ask each prospective juror to answer a list of general questions such as name, occupation, education, family relationships, time conflicts for the anticipated length of the trial.
The director will often ask stand-ins to deliver the scene dialogue (" lines ") and walk through (" blocking ") the scenes to be filmed.
Many parents have since stopped me on the street or in airports to thank me for helping them to raise fine children, and they've often added, " I don't see any instant gratification in Baby and Child Care " I answer that they're right -- I've always advised parents to give their children firm, clear leadership and to ask for cooperation and politeness in return.
The Gemara will often ask where in the Torah the Mishnah derives a particular law.
These studies did not ask the respondents if they were practicing or how often they did practice if they were active in the laity.
The over-ambitious Thomas started to make advances toward Elizabeth, sneaking into " the Lady Elizabeth's chamber before she was ready, and sometimes before she did rise ; and if she were up he would bid her good morrow and ask how she did, and strike her upon the back or on the buttocks familiarly ..." Thomas, while doing this, was often only partly dressed.
Acceptable Use Policies are an integral part of the framework of information security policies ; it is often common practice to ask new members of an organization to sign an AUP before they are given access to its information systems.
The elder hand may " propose ," i. e. ask for cards, as often as he pleases.
One very simple safety measure is to ask the subject every so often if he or she is all right.

often and questions
The religious quest is often intense and deep, and there are students on every campus who are seriously wrestling with the most profound questions of meaning and value.
The first charter of human rights by Cyrus the Great as understood in the Cyrus cylinder is often seen as a reflection of the questions and thoughts expressed by Zarathustra and developed in Zoroastrian schools of thought of the Achaemenid Era of Iranian history.
Boethius engages questions such as the nature of predestination and free will, why evil men often prosper and good men fall into ruin, human nature, virtue, and justice.
Difficult topological questions can be translated into algebraic questions which are often easier to solve.
Here, the focus is not on finding precise solutions to the equations defining the dynamical system ( which is often hopeless ), but rather to answer questions like " Will the system settle down to a steady state in the long term, and if so, what are the possible attractors?
Econometrics may use standard statistical models to study economic questions, but most often they are with observational data, rather than in controlled experiments.
Today FAQ is more frequently used to refer to the list, and a text consisting of questions and their answers is often called a FAQ regardless of whether the questions are actually frequently asked, if they are asked at all.
The first-level help desk is prepared to answer the most commonly asked questions, or provide resolutions that often belong in an FAQ or knowledge base.
But if aspects of the world are organized differently, involving inherent and intractable ambiguities, then scientific questions are often considered unresolved.
Leading questions may often be answerable with a yes or no ( though not all yes-no questions are leading ).
Philosopher and encyclopedist Mortimer Adler includes all such second-order questions about various fields of study, which are often found under various branches of philosophy beginning with the phrase " philosophy of ....", in his taxonomy.
It is often difficult to frame the questions in a non-controversial manner.
The main questions regarding the nature of mind is its relation to the physical brain and nervous system – a question which is often framed as the Mind-body problem, which considers whether mind is somehow separate from physical existence ( dualism and idealism ), deriving from and reducible to physical phenomena such as neurological processes ( physicalism ), or whether the mind is identical with the brain or some activity of the brain.
He often called Drexel's president and CEO, Fred Joseph — known for his strict view of the securities laws — with ethical questions.
Baba often remarked " You will find all the answers to your questions in God Speaks.
Individual neuroscientists, however, often work on questions that span several distinct subfields.
As android technology improved, bounty hunters had to apply an empathy test — the Voigt-Kampff test — to distinguish humans from androids, by measuring empathetic responses, or lack thereof, from questions designed to evoke an emotional response, often including animal subjects and themes.
# it counts the factors that connect or link the legal issues to the laws of potentially relevant states and applies the laws that have the greatest connection, e. g. the law of nationality ( lex patriae ) or domicile ( lex domicilii ) will define legal status and capacity, the law of the state in which land is situated ( lex situs ) will be applied to determine all questions of title, the law of the place where a transaction physically takes place or of the occurrence that gave rise to the litigation ( lex loci actus ) will often be the controlling law selected when the matter is substantive, but the proper law has become a more common choice.

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