Spending much of his youth on Bear Island, in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Maine, he had trouble with geometry, being unable to understand the abstraction necessary to imagine that a chalk dot on the blackboard represented a mathematical point, or that an imperfectly drawn line with an arrow on the end was meant to stretch off to infinity.

Spending much of his childhood in Ferndale, he was moved at age 12 to San Clemente, California, where he spent a short time in a Catholic high school before he went back to public school to graduate from high school a year early.

Spending too much time assessing and managing unlikely risks can divert resources that could be used more profitably.

Spending much of their energies in trying to recuperate from the anarchic situation that was at the turn of the millennium, the most powerful civilizations of the time, Egypt and Mesopotamia, turned their attention to more modest goals.

Spending much of his time in the Reeperbahn red light district, he entered into a relationship with a transvestite.

Spending much of the 1920s in Europe, Antheil returned to the US in the 1930s, and thereafter spent much of his time composing music for film scores and eventually, television.

Spending by non-profits, also called 527 organizations, exceeded $ 500 million in the 2010 election cycle with the two largest organizations being the Republican Governors Association $ 131, 873, 954 and the Democratic Governors Association $ 64, 708, 253 Spending by the 527 organizations for the 2012 is expected to be double and much will be derived from donors kept hidden from voters.

Spending much of his early years in poverty, this and his strict Pentecostal upbringing clearly had an influence on his music as can be seen in many of his tracks such as " Sinny Sin Sins " and " Colossal Insight ".

Spending much of the season on the Blues ' top line, Momesso turned in the most productive year of his career, finishing with 24 goals and 32 assists for 56 points, along with 199 penalty minutes.

Spending the winter as a guest at a farm on Greenland with Gudrid, Thorstein dies of sickness, reviving just long enough to make a prophecy about her future as a Christian.

Spending the winter as a guest at a farm on Greenland with Gudrid, Thorstein dies of sickness, reviving just long enough to make a prophecy about her future as a far-travelling Christian.

Spending a month in the backcountry of Alaska or elsewhere will change a student's life and open his or her eyes to the complexities of environmental problems.

Spending years in the same restrictive quarters as her sister Theodora led to the situation where Zoe by now loathed Theodora.

Spending the winter in St. Davids, Laura spent the next several months nursing her wounded husband back to health.

) In her dissent, Justice O ’ Connor noted that Butler was the last case in which the Supreme Court struck down an Act of Congress as beyond the authority granted by the Spending Clause.

Spending her childhood in Reading, Berkshire, Oldfield studied ballet from the age of four and won numerous competitions in all styles of dance, including ballet, tap and modern.

Spending most of her time behind a computer terminal, she is rarely sent on field assignments ; however, she has demonstrated proficiency with weapons in Day 4, 5, and 8.

Spending their last seconds together in virtual reality, which Brian had bought while at the rock concert, Pearl soon dies from her injuries, leaving Brian alone once more.

* Spending time with other Jews and socializing with family, friends and guests at Shabbat meals ( hachnasat orchim, " hospitality ");

Spending more time in the cathedral than he had originally planned resulted in him missing his dinner, doing several hours of night driving, which he hates, and having trouble finding a place to sleep.

Spending time searching for that one specific needle in the haystack is a waste of energy and resources.

Spending a lot of time with these " MUDers ," she realized how the Internet has become a modern day way of connecting to people.

Spending an undisclosed time on the planet Quintessa, Megatron returned with an overwhelming army of lifeless Seeker clones, quickly subjugating Cybertron.

* Spending time in Slabodka

Spending a short time in the mining camps of northern Idaho, Miller found his way to Canyon City, Oregon by 1864 where he was elected the third Judge of Grant County.

* Spending increasing amounts of time and money on hardware, software, magazines, and computer-related activities.

Spending time in ordinary could considerably extend a first rate's lifespan ; for instance, by the time she fought in the Battle of Trafalgar, HMS Victory had been in service for 40 years, although a portion of these years were spent in Ordinary.

The fact that the Court struck down the Act despite an expansive interpretation of the Spending Clause reflects the turmoil in the Court at this critical time.

The database also contains information on the emotional content of situations, in such statements as " Spending time with friends causes happiness " and " Getting into a car wreck makes one angry ".

Spending time and resources assisting a related individual may at first seem destructive to the organism ’ s chances of survival but is actually beneficial over the long-term.

Spending World War II in obscurity, Blomberg was captured by the Allies in 1945, after which time he gave evidence at the Nuremberg Trials.

Spending lots of quality time together, the two suddenly become over protective: a planned horseback riding outing becomes a pony ride ; the kids already wearing helmets and gloves for an ATV excursion are issued jackets and pads and told to go slow ; a planned helicopter tour is foregone due to wind.

Spending some time at an insurance office, he joined the R. A. F.

Spending most of his time in the magical warehouse of the priest, Brachetti learnt all kind of magic tricks.

Spending time ashore with shipmates the young sailor was amazed by the depth of concern expressed by locals concerning the South African conflict, so he decided to have some fun at their expense.

" Spending time alone was the most natural thing in the world for Tony ".

Spending most of his days at Alamut working on religious works and doctrines for his Order, Sabbah was never to leave his fortress again in his lifetime.

Spending the next five years mainly in Saint Petersburg, Rubinstein taught, gave concerts and performed frequently at the Imperial court.

He lived the remainder of his life in France, Spending Ten Years in Calais without an official passport before acquiring an appointment to the consulate at Caen due to the influence of Lord Alvanley and the Marquess of Worcester, only in the reign of William IV.

He called on the Government to examine the impact that the Budget and forthcoming Spending Review would have on children at risk.

Spending four years at the department, he spent another four years as Secretary of State for Transport, also becoming Secretary of State for Scotland in 2003.

Costco accepts Flexible Spending Account ( FSA ) debit cards for qualifying purchases at the pharmacy and optical departments in the US.

Spending his academic career at the University of Tartu ( with the exception of a stint at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland ), he became Professor of Psychophysics in 1992, and is since 2002 Professor of Experimental Psychology.

* Spending a Day at the Rockefellers ’ February, 2007 NYT article profiling the family estate.

Spending two years performing in Egypt, from 1984 to 1986, she returned to Yugoslavia, and having high ranks at the MESAM and Jugovizija festivals, she was, with the song " Brazil ", the last representative of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest.

During his career, he undertook further studies at the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration, gaining the degree of MBA in 1964, and PhD in 1976, for a Doctoral Dissertation entitled, " Efficiency in Government Spending.

Spending his youth years at Odense, Timm joined English club Manchester United in the Premier League in 2000.

Spending his youth at the Everton academy, when he was signed by Fulham in 2001 ( aged 16 ) he was considered one of the best young players in England.