At the height of the first snowstorm we had, it was impossible for me to get medical attention needed during an emergency.

Similarly, all output was scrutinized for a Control-D character ( ASCII 4 ), which BASIC programs would send before seemingly PRINTing a disk command to get DOS's attention ( the disk commands would not really get PRINTed but were intercepted by DOS and prevented from making it to the screen output ).

The opportunity to view spectacular comets with relatively small aperture instruments in the to range is more frequent than might be guessed from the relatively rare attention they get in the mainstream press.

Mason, in a bid to get the audience's attention back, cried, " I'm getting two fingers here!

(-An recte dictum sit latenter esse vivendum ) 1128c ; Flavius Philostratus Vita Apollonii 8. 28. 12, meaning " live in obscurity ", " get through life without drawing attention to yourself ", i. e. live without pursuing glory or wealth or power, but anonymously, enjoying little things like food, the company of friends, etc.

The Flivver was not a flying car at all, but it did get press attention at the time, exciting the public that they would have a mass produced affordable airplane product that would be made, marketed, sold, and maintained just like an automobile.

Douglass ' friends and mentors feared that the publicity would draw the attention of his ex-owner, Hugh Auld, who might try to get his " property " back.

While usually harmless, Mike is not above using underhanded tactics to get his way — in A Hole in the Heart ( series 3 ), he steals a story from Marty because viewers are responding positively to it, while in Addicted to Fame, he demands that Geoffrey's television show be cancelled because he is jealous of the attention his friend is getting.

Notably, the new foxes became more tame, allowing themselves to be petted, whimpering to get attention and sniffing and licking their caretakers.

Dyson has said that “ I think it ’ s almost true without exception if you want to win a Nobel Prize, you should have a long attention span, get hold of some deep and important problem and stay with it for 10 years.

The referee Gottfried Dienst, unsure, decided to consult his linesman, Tofik Bakhramov, on the right flank, who had waved his flag to get the official's attention.

:: In the 1930s and 1940s, scientists and boys planning to be scientists read Astounding ( Analog ) with close attention to the hottest most promising ideas and took them up as soon as they could get funded lab space.

The Jews have done so much for the world that, I suppose, you get extra disappointed because they didn't pay attention to that.

While these reports generally get more detailed and expensive as the size of a company increases, this is not always the case as there are many complicated industries which require more attention to detail, regardless of size.

Oi () is an interjection used in British English to get the attention of another person or to express surprise or disapproval.

Having listened with rapt attention to his story, the Phaeacians, who are skilled mariners, agree to help Odysseus get home.

The color scheme happened to get inordinate attention that year, so the cycle was stopped lest it cause confusion the following election.

Adler believed the oldest was the one that set high goals to achieve to get the attention they lost back when the younger siblings were born.

Although they did not get as much media attention as the offense, the 49ers defense led the league in fewest points allowed during the regular season ( 227 ).

The Giants ' other starting linebackers, Gary Reasons, Carl Banks, and Harry Carson, did not get as much media attention as Taylor, but both Reasons and Carson had been selected to play in the Pro Bowl, while Banks recorded 6. 5 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries.

The Broncos defense typically did not get as much attention as their offense, but it was still effective, giving up 308 points ( 8th in the NFL ).

" Rodwell returned to New York City determined to change the established quiet, meek ways of trying to get attention.

David tries to ignore him, but Elijah stalks him and his wife, trying to get his attention.

This usually occurs because of if there is a perception that slavish attention to ' realism ' it will cause a game to be rejected as ' uninteresting ' or boring so the mass-market video games tend to be easier to get into, and quick to play.

In that story Bugs or his gang usually sets up some sort of trap to get Encyclopedia or Sally in trouble.

The Big Snooze was his final cartoon with the studio, and one for which he did not get screen credit ( only one of three he directed pitting Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd ).

With his fiery, irascible temper, short stature ( in two early gags in Hare Trigger, a train he is attempting to rob passes right over top of him and he has to use a set of portable stairs to get on his horse ; in Bugs Bunny Rides Again, he rides a miniature horse ), and fiery red hair, Sam was in some ways an alter-ego of Freleng.

As late as 1942, in the Warner Bros. cartoon " Fresh Hare ", minstrel shows could be used as a gag ( in this case, featuring Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny leading a chorus of " Camptown Races ") with the expectation, presumably, that audiences would get the reference.

The film is a partial remake of Freleng's earlier Sahara Hare, which was also largely about Bugs inside a building ( in that case, a fort ) and Sam on the outside, repeatedly trying ( and failing ) to get inside.

)-he tells Bugs that he has to get the singing sword, or else face being executed (" Put to the rack, burned at the stake, and beheaded ").

Meanwhile, Bugs was trying to get to Lola's house but can't tell if her address number is an eight or a three.

The running gunfight continues as they take cover inside the farmhouse ; Bugs comically gets up in the middle of the gunfight ( now also wearing a nightshirt ) to use the bathroom and get a glass of water before returning to bed just as the shooting ends.

When he does, he threatens Bugs continuously ( all the while demanding that he help him get dressed ).

" Rocky keeps telling Bugs to be shut up or he will get shot.

Bugs then shoots Mugsy, who stumbles into the room where Rocky is and says " I let him have it boss, just like you said ," and faints landing on top of Rocky, who punches him to get him off.

Bugs Bunny has moved into a deserted house to get out of the rain ( his rabbit hole has been flooded from the storm ).

Once, Bugs Bunny helped the rabbit get the cereal.

Bugs then jumps into a plane to get away from the soldier, who jumps into his own plane.

"), Bugs thinks of a plan to get rid of all of them.

Bugs spots an American battleship in the distance and raises a white flag, yelling for them to come get him.

Elmer tries to get Bugs out of his burrow, but instead of getting Bugs in the handcuffs, he gets a bomb and frantically searches for his keys.

The ABC version shortened the part near the end where Bugs, the doctor, and the chicken are hooked up to the machine to remove the part where all three of them get an electric shock.

After having several of their hunting attempts foiled, Curt and Punkin ' head Martin are determined to get revenge on Bugs for their humiliation.

* On Cartoon Network, WB !, ABC, and the syndicated version of " The Merrie Melodies Show ", the entire scene where Bugs impersonates a black slave to get past the Mason-Dixon line, blows his cover by playing " Yankee Doodle ", places a whip in Yosemite Sam's hand and begs Sam not to beat him, then comes in as Abraham Lincoln reprimanding Sam for what he supposedly done (" What's this I hear about you whipping slaves?

Elmer chases Bugs again, but Bugs plays a snake charmer to get an electric shaver to chase Elmer.

* Network syndication versions ( and some versions of the cartoon that aired on the Ted Turner-owned superstations TBS and TNT ) edit the scene of Bugs Bunny using sleeping pills ( from a bottle labeled, " Sleeping Pills: Take Deze and Doze ") to get into Elmer's dream, making it seem as if Bugs fell asleep on his own.