He stood looking down at her for a moment, wondering what could have reduced her to this condition.

`` You mean anyone who stood up for his rights '', Curt said.

His face was dark as the sky above it as he stood on the wing and waited for his pilot.

My own stern hand has rent the ancient bond, And thereof shall the ending not have end: But not for me, that loved her, to be fond Lightly to please me with a newer friend Then hold it more than bravest-feathered song, That I affirm to thee, with heart of pride, I knew not what did to a friend belong Till I stood up, true friend, by thy true side ; ;

Again omitting recent developments, E.T. Leeds' dictum of 1913 has stood unchallenged: `` So far as archaeology is concerned, there is not the least warrant for the second ( shore occupied by ) of these theories ''.

He saw no life, but still stood there for a time peering at the unlovely hills, his gaze continually returning to Papa-san.

And those without beards would have stood out as not dressed for the occasion.

As for this rider, I never saw him before or afterwards and never saw him dismounted, so whether he stood tall or short in his shoes, I can't say ; ;

When enough time had elapsed so that there was little likelihood of his returning for something he had forgotten, Harold went out into the hall and stood looking into one room after another.

Watson ran up the ladder and stood for a second sucking in the cool air that smelled of mud and river weeds.

She had begun to turn back toward the house, but his look caught her and she stood still, waiting there for what his expression indicated would be a serious word of farewell.

She stood up, smoothing her hair down, straightening her clothes, feeling a thankfulness for the enveloping darkness outside, and, above everything else, for the absence of the need to answer, to respond, to be aware even of Stowey coming in or going out, and yet, now that she was beginning to cook, she glimpsed a future without him, a future alone like this, and the pain made her head writhe, and in a moment she found it hard to wait for Lucretia to come with her guests.

The doctor stood about, waiting for Alex to dress, with a show of impatience, and soon they were moving, as quietly as could be, through the still-dark hallways, past the bedroom of the patronne, and so into the street.

unwarranted they were in any case for, as he stood facing the fille de chambre, his ears were assailed by new sounds from the interior of the shower room.

The pace could now be accelerated, for the inhabitants of the Aegean stood on firm ground.

We stood under a gigantic tree in the rolling country just outside of Moscow looking at silent flowers on the grave of a Russian poet and writer who cherished the love for his country to the point of foregoing the highest international honor.

I closed the last bag and stood all three at the door for the bellboy to pick up, then went to the bathroom for a drink of water.

The seventeen men stood and stared at him for a moment longer.

It was so utterly unexpected that Marty stood for several moments with his mouth hanging open foolishly after it had happened.

For moments he stood in water, shivering and gasping for breath.

He stood, panting, for a moment.

He stumbled to the middle of the road and simply stood there, waiting for them, a perfect target.

" stood for a Yiddish phrase pronounced " Tuchus Affen Tisch ", which meant " Putting one's butt on the line " ( ass on the table ).

We don't know his original name, but it seems that he was absorbed by the more powerful Apollo, who stood by the " Mistress of the animals ", becoming her brother.

It is also rumored that PAM actually stood for " Personal Arcade Machine ", as the majority of games for the system ended up being arcade conversions.

Soon, however, the terminology changed to " Bolsheviks " and " Mensheviks ", from the Russian " bolshinstvo " ( majority ) and " menshinstvo " ( minority ), based on the fact that Lenin believed that most of the party stood behind him.

Its " self-appointed master librarian ", Jarkko Hietaniemi, often takes part in the April Fools Day jokes so popular on the Internet ; on 1 April 2002 the site was temporarily named to CJAN, where the " J " stood for " Java ".

Hoover managed to crack the so-called " Solid South ", winning such Democratic strongholds as Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Texas and Tennessee ; the Deep South stood with Smith.

Having looked around in vain for the five members and commenting " I see the birds have flown ", Charles turned to Lenthall, who stood below and demanded of him whether any of those persons were in the House, whether he saw any of them and where they were.

While the rest of Stalin's inner circle ( even Molotov, saved from certain liquidation ) stood sobbing unashamedly over the body, Beria reportedly appeared " radiant ", " regenerated ", and " glistening with ill-concealed relish.

It was supposed to be a bigger birthday party for Roeingh, later " Dr Motte ", and the motto Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen ( in English — Peace, Joy, Pancakes ) stood for disarmament ( peace ), music ( joy ) and a fair food production / distribution ( pancakes ).

Christianity as it emerged out of Second Temple Judaism ( or Hellenistic Judaism ) stood in competition with other religions advocating " pagan monotheism ", including Neoplatonism, Mithraism, Gnosticism, Manichaeanism, and the cult of Dionysus.

Among extant " major religions ", Bonewits would count as Paleopagan Hinduism as it stood prior to the Islamic invasions of India, Shintoism and Taoism.

An iconic image of pacifism came out of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 with the " Tank Man ", where one protester stood in nonviolent opposition to a column of tanks.

The first Soviet " RPGs " ( RPG-40, RPG-43 and RPG-6 ) were, in fact, thrown hand grenades, and the acronym stood for ручная противотанковая граната, or " hand-held anti-tank grenade ", obviously not a launcher.

It was in this season that both Sosa and Mark McGwire were involved in the " home run record chase ", when both players ' prowess for hitting home runs drew national attention as they attempted to pass Roger Maris ' single season home run mark of 61 home runs that had stood since.

DP stood for " data processing ", a term formerly used to describe the computer hardware and software industries.

Olivier paid his respects, and " stood and prayed for forgiveness for all the evils that had sprung up between us ", before helping Merivale make funeral arrangements.

In Middle English, it also stood for the phoneme as in ⟨⟩ (" night ", then pronounced as spelled: ).

ABC stood by Smith on the Nixon " obituary ", but sponsors dried up for the program thereafter.

It was her first publisher, Maurice Girodias, who claimed that SCUM stood for " Society for Cutting Up Men ", something which, according to Susan Ware et al., Solanas " never seems to have intended.

He rechristened that enclosed park, which stood in front of the Trinidad courts and legislature, " The University of Woodford Square ", and proceeded to give a series of public lectures on world history, Greek democracy and philosophy, the history of slavery, and the history of the Caribbean to large audiences drawn from every social class.

" The Earl stood by his wife, asking his colleagues to intercede for her ; there was no hope: " She Queen doth take every occasion by my marriage to withdraw any good from me ", Leicester wrote still after seven years of marriage.

One biographer suggests he was " the greatest intelligence gatherer Washington has ever known ", discovering exactly where every Senator stood, his philosophy and prejudices, his strengths and weaknesses, and what it took to break him.

* Vidurashwatha – " Vidura's Sacred Fig tree ", a village in India named after a famous F. religiosa that until recently stood there

Nicknamed the " Orchid Man ", he stood and his fighting weight ranged from.

On the " 19th of June ", 2000, Juneteenth leaders stood with Congressman Tony Hall ( D-OH ) as historic Apology for Slavery legislation was announced at the U. S. Capitol during the 1st National Day of Reconciliation & Healing From the Legacy of Enslavement.