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...fast as a setting sun. But that was twenty-five years ago. - J.Cross/Stone 15 Brand parked his car and walked to Terrazzo’s. As he entered, he ... ...Stone 32 CHAPTER 6 It was time to visit the illustrious Mrs. Stone. Brand parked his BMW in the circular drive in front of the massi... ...hat the upper management were either in discussions, or had gone home for the day. Brand parked his car and walked the short distance to an upper en... ... take you to your car. Drive the car to the elevator and it will open automatically. Room service is available twenty-four hours a day. This hotel i... ... “What part of our government have they partnered with?” “Not sure. My guess is the NSA (National Security Agency).” “Why?” “It was in a NSA envel... ...tone 119 “Do you mean, is it appropriate to honor a man who has dedicated his life in the service of his country?” “Bishop,” Zlatamir ignored his an... ...d; maybe the CIA as well. This thing runs deep and is well covered under the Act of multi-national cooperation in regards to the space station. An o... ... “I have another way,” Brand said. “If you can get the president to meet with you at the National Rehab Center in California, I can do the rest.” ... ... Whoever they are they think I must know something.” “Where are you? I’ll have my Secret Service men pick up.” “I’m safe for now, but I don’t know...
..., Barrie ON; www.davids-books.com / www.rnupress.com and Ardith Publishing Services, London, ON; www.ardith.ca Printed and bound in Canada 3 A COURAG... ...Nancy Drew or Frank and Joe Hardy. And whenever she could, she went to the park when Roger was playing baseball, or the arena where he played volleyba... ...6 SUSAN BRACKEN to the garage where the gleaming, black, chromed Buick was parked. “You can use it,” she told him. “I will have to sell it, but for no... ...ound and got in beside him. He looked much happier now. Roger drove to the park, testing the radio, and fingering the soft material on the seats. They... ...d over his plan to turn all his stores into such places and to give them a national brand name. Three months ago, he had submitted his loan request to... .... Do you own this one?” “Yes, I do. It would be too costly to use the limo service to run to the lake. Jake helped Lacey in and pulled out the seatbel... ...s held on Tuesday, the 18th of August. Hun- dreds of mourners attended the service at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Lacey sat numbly as luminaries f... ... a sandwich and then de- cided to have one more scotch before watching the national news.. CHAPTER 46 264 SUSAN BRACKEN With happy anticipation, he s... ...orms. A few of these: In the United States of America: Caring Connections, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 1-800- A COURAGEOUS BATT...
...of his life he paced the two rooms of himself like a member of the Burmese National League for Democracy under house arrest. Having exhausted the rese... ...with the dead freaks there, to sit on remote bleachers in tiny and obscure parks, to prop themselves on the ground against the side walls of public to... ...nd pedestrian blockage rails near the Khao San Road police station and the National Gallery) it was apparent that the planet was non-welcoming of the ... ...en he recalled that portrait of King Rama V, Chulalongkorn, hanging in the National Gallery. The depiction of his Majesty was with eyes that sponged u... ...ect, finicky, and slow to move as squatting, urinating bitches in Lumphini Park, enamored and distracted by some such bitches, or preoccupied with mat... ... asked him to stop the car so they bought some fast food and turned into a parking lot along the Mississippi River. There they began to eat while look... ...w when out of academic and artistic circles, as in this train of passenger-rustics and professionals who still clung to their agrarian roots of Nongka... ... Bangkok was the prime bivouac for such characters. For what he knew, this rustic Paris might well be the dernier cri for such lost souls like his or,... ...might only be ostensibly inconsequential. If, when impeded from performing services or playing his meager role in the production of goods to be sold t...
...t complete collection of electronic books on-line as well as offer a variety of services and resources that support and strengthen the instructional... ...are not distributed or used commercially. Prohibited distribution includes any service that offers this file for download or commercial distribution... ...see her again. PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON STATE RCHARD HAWK DROVE into the small parking lot of the quaint Indian museum and parked his car next to a... ...It's time," the driver said in a hushed voice, much like a whisper at a funeral service. Taranto and Georgi sprang to life, slipped out of the limo ... ...ife, slipped out of the limo and pressed into the side of the stretched Lincoln parked in deep shadows. The street was desolate. In seconds they cro... ...A campus and read up on the inimitable Aaron Matloch. In short, it read: multi-national mining industrialist, multi-billionaire, and the richest ma... ...ee hundred years, and w2nted to know if 1 could be of assistance in getting the National Geographic Soci ety interested in doing a story. Of course,... ...ke it an elegant buffet lun cheon. 1 want it to be an event, one that \vill get national cover age. Mr. Matloch wants the Who's Who to be there, you... ...is understanding. A ramshackle cabin finally came into view. Jack's pickup was parked under some tall pines a short distance away. Greene parked th...
... is a throwback to darker ages of religious zealotry, pernicious bigotry, virulent nationalism, and the capricious misrule of the mighty. According... ...its ever-changing demonic emissaries - from Hitler to Saddam Hussein. There is no national consensus about America's external ethos. Some American... ...Even the Americans themselves find it hard to distinguish which matter is expanding national interests under the banner of 'enforcing justice on beh... .... It is the quintessential leapfrogger, much of its cadre moving straight from the rustic to the plastic - computers, cellular phones, wireless and... ... vacuous eloquence. As a result, while tottering regional governments still pay lip service to the values of Capitalism, the masses are enraged and ... ...'In a democracy, malpractices are bound to occur ... corrupt dealings in government services lead ... to close personal associations, the men respon... ...another Turkmen empire, based in Aydin. The people of Aydin were mercenaries at the service of competing factions in Byzantium (Thrace versus Const... ... worldviews, not about the allocation of scarce jobs and the benefits of technology parks. People like Osama bin-Laden are rich and well-educated. ... ...nity, Kosovo would have fared better. Even evident economic assets - such as nature parks, vineyards and ski slopes - were left undeveloped. Because...
...y much as a one minute old baby does. The contract between him and his mother is a service provision contract. She provides him with goods and serv... ...further in time and space to the post-natal period? Contracts to provide goods and services (always at a personal cost to the provider) are the com... ...id. But to deny anyone his capacity to materialize his potential and the goods and services that he needs to do so – after a valid contract was ent... ...tion, disturbance, drugs, violence or aggression witnessed by him, to social or to national conflict, to elation and even to sexual excitation. The... ...naciously, through countless generations, their language, habits, creed, dress, and national ethos. Only Jews become automatic citizens of Israel (t... ...ary. It is elitist. But Zionism has always regarded itself as both a (19th century) national movement and a (colonial) civilizing force. Nationalist... ...likely to fragment into urban islands: gated communities, slums, strips, technology parks and "valleys", belts, and so on. The various parts will ma... ...ng Children: Unconventional Families, Hard Choices, and the Social Good University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, Quoted in the... ...y found that "women were almost twice as likely as men to have a collision in a car park, 23 percent more likely to hit a stationary car, and 15 per...
...astrophysics, and Harlan Onsrud in geospatial data. Paul Uhlir’s work at the National Academy of Sciences intro- duced me to many of these issues. The... ... biology and the human genome was supported in part by a CEER grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute and the Department of Energy (P5... ...tuff that is collectively owned—would that be the radio spectrum or a public park? Or stuff that is owned by no one, such as the deep seabed or the mo... ... appropriate culture to be produced this year, or turning the entire path of national innovation policy over to the government, intellectual property ... ...ntirely, decentralized to the people who actually might use the products and services that result. This is our innovation policy and it is increasingl... ...nd who knows what else. It is a network that produces useful information and services. Frequently, it does so at no cost to the user and without anyon... ...ightenment. An author’s property rights were conceived as recompense for his service as an agent of enlightenment through publication of his ideas. Th... ...ch counter and being willing to face the consequences is very different from parking in the disabled space and hoping you can get away with it. It als... ...tent pool is almost like the public domain—but a privatized public domain, a park that only residents may enter. But what about the start up company t...
... the front pages of the morning papers. He’s the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and is due to be here in Rome in a few weeks for a ... ...tudied Politics.” “I have had some ambition to work in the Vatican’s Foreign Service. Maybe, even apply for a position in one of the Vatican’s Emba... ...held one of the most powerful positions in Congress. As Chairman of the Armed Services Committee he controlled the purse strings of the world's most... .... Brand’s reputation as one of the young, savvy political 'Turks' grew into national prominence, and was often asked for quotes from political 'ha... ...car approached near the villa, and after a brief exchange, he was directed to park along the circular drive in front of the massive house. Brand en... ...n you excuse yourself. And that will be that," he stated confidently. Brand parked his car in the Senate Building parking lot. He was oblivious to ... ...n't solve everything at once, but we can stop the drug trade, if we make it a national priority policy." Alex waved off the rest of the reporters cl... ...icy." Alex waved off the rest of the reporters clamoring to get their face on national television. "You'll have many more opportunities for your qu... ... a moment, the gates opened and the black limo drove along a winding path and parked in front of what appeared to be a large hunting lodge. 147 J...
... combers. “Do you know his name? Is there any record?” I asked. “Timothy Parkes.” “Where was he from?” “Dover. He was wanted there for murdering t... ... and drooling his words, coddling me. When I improved she took me to the park; later, we sailed the Thames...on shore larks sang... I was grateful ... ...eady had eleven lawyers. Springfield, in those days, offered better legal services than side- walks. Pigs in the streets, mud on our boots—so it went... ...e- walks. Pigs in the streets, mud on our boots—so it went. We offered our services at all hours of the day. Often I never walked home for lunch. Whe... ...one’s intellect, guard one’s health. It is also an opportunity to perfect national and international law. Cer- tainly, freedom should not be a code b... ...g room, I face away from it. Carpenter says he will take the picture on a national tour. I believe that is an error. Monday evening Fireplace fir... ...difficult bridge between home and capitol. Crossing it, he is involved in national issues and problems he could not anticipate. About him is a sea o... ...e emphasized the value of studying from nature. Bustling to his carriage, parked on the driveway, he returned with his four- volume study, Natural Hi... ...lry: Is it true that half the horses purchased for the army are unfit for service? Was it true that in the District of Columbia, horses have been ch...
...nd descending sidewalks neatly paved with erect signs posting the words: No Parking At All Times. The City of Irvine doesn't like parked cars becaus... ...anything to worry about, except fetching the paper and taking a walk in the park, which reminds me of something that I've been waiting to tell you. ... ...'ve been waiting to tell you. I was walking my dog a week or so ago in the park right by my old high school. I noticed a new, chrome-plated drinkin... ...tside; I'm sure everyone's getting ready for mandatory Sunday morning church service. Gabriel is still sleeping big surprise so I decide to get ready... ...tice a number of cameras at the center of the nave. Apparently, this church service is a live televise, broadcasting all over the Bay Area. I'm gues... ...ise, broadcasting all over the Bay Area. I'm guessing I can't sleep through service, like I usually do. I'll probably have to babysit Gabriel and ke... ...stares at me like a puppy that just peed on the rug. Young man, what is your nationality? the old lady asks, not knowing that her inquiry “ ” is qui... ...rlier so I'm not about to make my day worse by messing with an old lady. My nationality is American, I reply correctly. “ ” No, no. What is your nati... ...eel bad for correcting her, but she needs to learn not to be so impolite. My nationality is American. Nationality means your national status, as in th...
...hrough the heavy metal doors, the wide concrete walkway encircled the top service level with other areas branching off from it. Steel girders segreg... ... asked Shaun why this was so. When the governments disbanded all military services, the stockpiles of uniforms, bedding and equipment were used for ... ...of uniforms, bedding and equipment were used for Defect labour. The three services, Army, Navy and Air Force uniforms were issued on size only, one ... ...ls, becoming single file into the several tunnels. The majority were in a rustic brown where those painted in different colours represented section ... ...him to take a seat. 92 With David ignoring him, Shaun took a firm stand. "Park yah arse or I'll park it for yah." With the man sighing annoyed and c... ...proved him to be nothing more than a dictator and mad man. He and a multi national delegation of Techtronic experts devised a way to achieve immortal... ...r way in. A clutter of plates guarded the entrance to the underground car park. Most alert, Kurt waited for others to take up appropriate positions.... ...A multitude of plates, including the larger variety, emerged from the car park. Kurt took careful aim at the awkward mechanism rising to full height...
...e wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of W a... ...head of such forces as might 4 Ivanhoe enable him to make a figure in the national convulsions which appeared to be impending. The situation of the i... ... the far more manly and expressive Anglo-Saxon was abandoned to the use of rustics and hinds, who knew no other. Still, how- ever, the necessary inter... ...parate people subsequent to the reign of William the Second; yet the great national distinctions betwixt them and their conquerors, the recollection o... ...nhoe happy Christian who stands in thy danger, I shall hold this morning’s service to thee well bestowed.” “Stay, stay,” said the Jew, laying hold of ... ...with armourers, tarriers, and other attendants, in readiness to give their services wherever they might be necessary . The exterior of the lists was i... ...ed of treason. 79 Sir Walter Scott ceiving, notwithstanding his place and service, more sensible marks of his master’s resentment. The pause in the t... ...elves from the yoke of the Normans, or at least to elevate themselves into national consequence and independence, during the civil con- vulsions which... ...astle of Coningsburgh, as right was; and thither had I gone, but for Mabel Parkins, who—” “Ay, dead was Athelstane,” said the old man, shaking his hea...
... Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley; here were fought many of the most desperate battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses; and here also flourished in ancient times those bands of...
...of difficulty. Speed was essential, or it might come too late to be of any service to a distracted country. T ruth, in the midst of conflicting rumour... ... of proprietors can only be illustrated by examples. We have a girl in our service to whom we had given some finery, that she might wait at table, and... ...nt lime enclose, broad avenues intersect them. You shall walk for hours in parks of palm-tree alleys, regular, like soldiers on parade; in the recesse... ...may babble of the firm over the walnuts and the wine, will rally round the national concern at the approach of difficulty. They are so few – I am asha... ...r, it were to challenge contradiction – they are so few, and the amount of national capital buried at their feet is so vast, that we must not wonder i... ...of the independent traders broke be- yond restraint. And, largely from the national touchiness and the intemperate speech of German clerks, this scram... ...esert of food. In the eyes of the Samoan the place has the attraction of a park for the holiday schoolboy, of a granary for mice. We must add the yet ... ...man war-flag over Mulinuu; the American consul (in a sudden access of good service) had flown the stars and stripes over Samoan colours; on either sid... ...iven from Matautu, who had smitten him back time and again from before the rustic bulwarks of Lotoanuu, they approached him hand in hand with their an...
...of its outlandish subject, the sketch may find readers. It has been a task of difficulty. Speed was essential, or it might come too late to be of any service to a distracted country....
...y; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already ren- dered me; namely, first, in having bro... ...nd the expan- sion of horror attending them, had risen to the dignity of a national interest. I may add that this interest benefited also by the myste... ...ontier), and still more when it is fought simply as a gladiator’s trial of national prowess. This is the principle upon which, very naturally , our Br... ...ren of Israel. In the case of one memorable outrage by a Hebrew tribe, the national ven- geance which overtook it was complete and tearful beyond all ... ...urposes of hospitality with some powers of self-fulfilment. And yet, for a service of that na- ture, could she reasonably rely upon me? Odious is the ... ...ve it, Mr. Moran was the charioteer specially appointed to this particular service. We *“Hamlet,” but also “Ovid:”—“Lex nec justior ulla est, **Quam n... ...h had been breathed into him by Mrs. Schreiber’s scale of expenditure in a Park Lane 38 Memorials, and Other Papers house proved her most salutary al... ...stood to mean a country-house within a verdant ring-fence, narrower than a park: which word park, in Scotch use, means any enclo- sure whatever, thoug... ...et square; but in English use (witness Captain Burt’s wager about Culloden parks) means an enclosure measured by square miles, and usually accounted t...
...ds of your house, and, so far as regards the U.S., of your house exclusively; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already rendered me; namely, first, in having brought together so widely scattered a collection--a difficulty which in my own hands by too painful an experience I had found from nervous depression to b...
...nsport her to a palace where everything delightful and valuable was at her service, feasts spread, music playing, all her wishes fulfilled, but all by... ...shrilled his tinselled shaft. —Tennyson. IF TIMES DIFFER, human nature and national character vary but little; and thus, in looking back on former tim... ... pledged his faith to the daughter of a Scottish gentleman in the Austrian service. This engagement was viewed by the old Lord as a trifling folly, wh... ...ng master. Thus Eugene carried his head as erect as any Grena- dier in the service, and was a thorough little gentleman in miniature; a perfect little... ..., as she danced up one side of a stile, and sprang clear down into a green park, jumped Eugene down after her by both hands, and exclaimed, “Harriet i... ...tured to allow it. I am vexed beyond measure that he should have seen such rusticity.” “Never mind, dear Harriet. Most likely it was no such per- son,... ...ere the young people were made very welcome. Farmers were, as a rule, more rustic than the present labourer, but they lived a life of far less care, i... ...r over his shoulder the names of places and their owners when they came to parks bordering the road, and castles “bosomed high in the tufted trees.” O... ...frighted girl, through the dark thicket, until at last she emerged, into a park, where she could again see the pale after-glow of the sunset, and pres...
...ed as political, or as anything more than the expres- sion of the artist’s national British idea of Frenchmen. It must be confessed that for that grea... ...t in scarlet and pipe-clay. That regiment of heroes is “marching to divine service,” to the tune of the “British Grenadiers.” There they march in stat... ...his life familiar to him. Could Mr. O’Connell himself desire anything more national than the scene of a drunken row, or could Father Mathew have a bet... ...nswer quite as well as better. Neither is he very happy in trees, and such rustical produce; or, rather, we should say, he is very original, his trees... ...like truth. The sun is shining with the utmost brilliancy in a great quiet park or garden; there is a palace in the background, and a statue basking i... ...e up to Lunnan, and is looking about him at raaces. How distinct are these rustics from those whom we have just been examining! They hang about the pu... ...say, O Bull, all this is froth, and a cruel satirical picture of a certain rustic who had a goose that laid certain golden eggs, which goose the rusti... ...reader will perhaps wonder at the high-flown tone in which we speak of the services and merits of an indi- vidual, whom he considers a humble scraper ...
... about a world settlement that does not destroy in these “possessions” the national preference of the countries that own them and 10 What Is Coming? ... ...y to a change under the pressure of this war of just those institutions of nationality, kingship, diplo- macy and inter-State competition that have hi... ... will be small or homogeneous enough to serve dynastic ambitions, embody a national or racial Kultur, or fall into the grip of any group of financial ... ...s a paradise of ancient usuries; everywhere were great houses and enclosed parks; the multitude of gentlemen’s servants and golf clubs and such like e... ...a new period of security, cheapness and low interest, a restoration of the park, the enclosure, the gold stan- dard and the big automobile, with only ... ... automobiles, wed- ding dresses, champagne, pâté de foie gras and enclosed parks, instead of gin and water, bank holiday outings and Virginia shag, is... ...vast moi- ety of the population that has been engaged either in mili- tary service or the making of munitions to productive work, to the production of... ...m is to be found in the extreme dislocation of the privately owned transit services of Great Britain at the present time. There is no essential reason... ... that arises naturally out of the individualistic method of letting public services grow up anyhow without a plan, or without any direction at all exc...
... short Tom Cobb the general chandler and post office keeper, and long Phil Parkes the ranger, both of whom, infected by the example of their companion... ...lerk very readily as signed to him. ‘A highwayman!’ whispered Tom Cobb to Parkes the ranger. ‘Do you suppose highwaymen don’t dress handsomer than th... ...nger. ‘Do you suppose highwaymen don’t dress handsomer than that?’ replied Parkes. ‘It’s a better business than you think for, Tom, and highwaymen don... ...n—and his voice was as rich as his dress. ‘Are you the landlord?’ ‘At your service, sir,’ replied John Willet. ‘You can give my horse good stabling, c... ...through his shrewdness and alacrity, and the rendering of sundry important services as a spy and messenger, almost imperceptibly glided; whether they ... ...heir character from those intensely vulgar sentiments which are called the national character. Apart from any natural prepossession in my own favour, ... ...se your husband was bound by so many ties to our relation, and died in his service and defence, you have come in some sort to connect us with his mur ... ...h all men knew that if they were successfully effected, there must ensue a national bankruptcy and general ruin. It was said that they meant to throw ... ...the midsummer of the following year, an appeal to the commiseration of the National Assembly of France, which the English minister refused to sanction...
...twenty-one married Jessica—who was thirty, and had saved a little money in service. But it was not Bert’s forte to be utilised. He hated digging, and ... ...ildings, and dropped to within shouting distance of the crowds in West End Park and on the slope of Gilmorehill. The thing flew quite steadily at a pa... ...eau en fait, a son propre jeu. Je desire de vendre ceci a votre government national. Voulez vous me directer la? “Bit rummy, I expect, from the point ... ...ide its wireless telegraph steeple; here and there were large chateaux and parks and white roads, and paths lined with red and, white cable posts were... ...fting helplessly towards the great Imperial secret, the immense aeronautic park that had been established at a headlong pace in Franconia to develop s... ...sible to mankind. The world of Bert Smallways did nothing of the sort. Its national governments, its national interests, would not hear of anything so... ...lict between Federal and State governments upon the question of univiorsal service in a defensive militia. Next came the great alliance of Eastern Asi... ..., being resolved, as he said, to give to Germany land and sea and sky. The national passion for aggression found in him its supreme exponent, and achi... ...you a German?” asked Bert. “Lieutenant Kurt. Luft-lieutenant Kurt, at your service.” “But you speak English!” “Mother was English—went to school in En...