He had ordered the ponies brought inside the fortified circle and had assigned Pierre and a band of picked engages the job of trying to keep them steady under fire.

But Kruger's men keep them off balance, and they don't trust me.

But he couldn't keep up with them.

Conchita kept an eye on the twins and little Elena, trying to keep them from falling into the creek by which they persisted in playing.

`` It was foolish of him to keep them, whatever they were.

He showed them what to do, and taught them how to keep the maids around the White House in a state of terror.

Mama tried to talk to them and keep them quiet while she tidied up the sitting room before the First Family returned.

Those who wanted to close the theaters, for example, pointed to Plato's Republic and those who wished to keep them open called on the Plato of the Ion to testify in their behalf.

The equation was simple: wealth brought them happiness, and their united front to the world was their warning that they meant to keep everything they had, let no one in on the secrets.

In the national interest even the affluent universities must consider some division of labor among them to replace their present ambitions to keep up with the Joneses in all branches.

Once settled, we're careful to walk the dogs in an out of the way spot, keep them under control in the room, and feed and bench them where they can't do any harm to the furnishings or the furniture.

The fun of toasting their own sausages over the small Oriental charcoal burners and dipping them in tasty sauces will keep your group busy -- try it and see!!

Shade trees, too, are a big help, so keep them if you can.

They keep their wings and feet pressed tightly against their bodies, and in spite of their often colorful attire you may very well mistake them for lumps of dirt.

They are all suburban plants, relying on the roads to keep them supplied with workers.

Hands on Bible, seaman Lodley and carpenter Staffe swore that Juet had tried to persuade them to keep muskets and swords in their cabins.

When the visitors, after losing this game, rode along the village streets toward home, the youngsters who could keep abreast of them for a moment or two screamed triumphantly, `` You bunch of hay-shakers!!

I'm sending you a couple of customers -- yeah -- just get them out of my hair and keep them out -- I don't give a damn what you tell them -- only don't believe a word they say -- they're out to make trouble for me and it is up to you to stop them -- I don't care how -- and one more thing -- Cate's Cafe closed at eleven like always last night and Rose and Clarence Corsi left for Quebec yesterday -- some shrine or other -- I think it was called Saint Simon's -- yeah, yesterday.

From the time the chocks were pulled until the plane was out of sight, he knew Donovan would keep his back to the strip.

Modern writers, who are supposed to keep their fingers firmly upon the pulse of their subjects, insist upon drawing out this legend, prolonging its burial, when it well deserves a rest after the overexploitation of the past century.

But now we can keep it out no longer, because we have come into a time when `` it invades our experience at every moment.

On May 6th, Morgan, who had returned, received from Washington orders to `` send out patrols under vigilant officers '' to keep near the enemy.

Now it would be up to me to keep the little girl out of mischief.

In any event Rector sent him to the local hospital to have it checked, telling him to keep his ears open while he was in the village to see if he could find out what Kayabashi was planning.

Radio reception is cut down by the shielding necessary to keep out radiation.

Fly cutters can fool you into putting your hand too close to the tool, so if you want to avoid nicked fingers, keep your hands well out of the way.

If a concessionaire runs the cafeteria, keep an eye out for quality and price.

But in order to keep Letch in the public eye and out of trouble, I wrote in a part especially for him -- that of a dashing ruffian who `` sees the light '' and is saved by the inspiring example of Mother Cabrini.

General manager Pels even suggested that it might be wise to keep the Mexicans in suspense rather than accept their offers to sell out and move away, and try to have a few punished.

He set out to keep Troop H the best troop in the best regiment.

There's no way to take him in now and keep those other two -- Wister and the one who hired the two of them -- from finding out about Roberts and lamming out.

He clamped his jaws to keep the fury from spilling out.

`` Leading Nations of the West and of the East keep busy making newer nuclear weapons to defend themselves in the event the constantly threatening nuclear war should break out.

`` I keep all these plays in this little black book, and I watch over a twelve-hour period to find out what numbers are repeating.

The toilet hadn't had a sincere scrubbing in years and there were things written on the walls of the little boxed-in place because you couldn't keep the public out -- entirely.

`` Just because your father tried to make a banker out of you, you've leaned over backward to keep your hands off.

Over time, he developed an approach known as structural functionalism, which focused on how institutions in societies worked to balance out or create an equilibrium in the social system to keep it functioning harmoniously.

Gallus, who became emperor upon Decius ' death, negotiated a treaty with the Goths under duress, which allowed them to keep their booty and return to their homes on the other side of the Danube.

Residents of the U. S. are generally allowed to own firearms, keep them in their homes, and use them for recreational purposes or for necessary personal defense.

Today, the primary dog breed raised for meat, the nureongi ( 누렁이 ), differs from those breeds raised for pets, which Koreans may keep in their homes.

Practical reasons also played a role in this development: just as in the bourgeois homes of the past, one reason for separating the kitchen was to keep the steam and smells of cooking out of the living room.

Many celebrities keep homes in Palm Desert, including Rita Rudner and more recently, the current home of teenage pro golfer Michelle Wie and one of the homes of Bill Gates.

Numerous residents keep horses, and the town government maintains a network of horse trails. Some resident's homes are even considered farms.

According to a 1999 Lake Villa and Lindenhurst Review article, Village Administrator James Stevens said Lindenhurst “ has been able to keep the small town flavor, in large part, through selective land annexation, and by carefully choosing developers for high quality but diversified housing types, including single family, town homes and condominiums.

In the wake of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, Webster Groves High School was again profiled, this time in Time, which described Webster Groves as a " pretty town of old elms and deep porches " and a " mix of $ 90, 000 cottages and $ 750, 000 homes, young marrieds and old-line families and transient middle managers assigned to a stint in the St. Louis office who are looking for a comfortable place to settle and keep their kids on the track toward prosperity.

To keep a lot, subscribers were required to build brick homes of specific dimensions within three years or lose their rights to the property.

Currently, there is a movement in the town to limit new homes in order to keep the rural flavor of the western part of the town.

Similarly, the hypothesis helps explain why ordinary people care for and sometimes risk their lives to save domestic and wild animals, and keep plants and flowers in and around their homes.

The system of protection of disabled people, especially those with mental health problems to keep their homes, has been greatly enhanced by certain recent rulings in the UK Court of Appeal — City of Manchester v Romano –.

Booby traps can also be applied as defensive weapons against unwelcome guests or against non-military trespassers, and some people set up traps in their homes to keep people from entering.

These shelters keep their animals as long as it takes to find them new homes.

Sometime referred to as Ducktown by local residents, whose practice was to keep ducks and other poultry about their homes.

To lure home buyers with promises of big houses but needing to keep prices low, homes were built with large basements ( basement is an unusual feature in California because its weather permits shallower foundation ) with the intention that the buyers can convert the basements into living space at their own volition.

" The lawyer who won the Columbia v Heller court case to allow residents to keep handguns in their homes is now fighting to allow residents and visitors to carry their firearms in public.

Semi-regular cigar smokers will sometimes keep a small humidor in their homes for personal storage, special events, or aesthetic characteristics of the humidor itself.

Energy prices across the world are rising, making it harder to afford to travel, heat and light homes and factories, and keep a modern economy ticking over.

Residents were to have the option to keep their flats in the block, or to move into new low-rise homes nearby, in which case the vacated flats would be sold to finance the works.

Many homes have dual aerials with one pointing at Belmont ( or in some places Emley Moor ) and the other at Waltham ( East Midlands ), the latter which usually gives a far inferior picture quality but was often used in the days when ITV had more regional variations so that Mansfield folk could keep up with local news and sport.

In some regions in Japan, there is an ancient custom of hanging yomogi and iris leaves together outside homes in order to keep evil spirits away.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency bought these homes from the Puerto Rican Government in order to keep them from being used further.