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...red his shoulders, his cloak slipping away. His arms went out to me, then dropped to his side. His eyes had the marble core of nothingness in them. ... ...m. Yes, they were there, quarreling on the sand, my lover and my brother, kicking their naked shins on driftwood, their servants standing by, only h... ...he evening wore on, the old familiar sense of freedom returned. Restraint dropped away. Voices and laughter increased. Then applause broke out as a N... ...ning us one by one, the deepest notes growing in volume, the slight notes dropping away. How the wet grass slid our feet! I closed my eyes, remembe... ...sped up and the faster pace widened our circle of dancers. Our bare feet kicked blossoms thrown by boys. We ate and danced, drank and danced again... ...t. “Sappho, let me help. “Accept the old book, find hope in it... I have kicked aside death on the field...look at my eyes and then look at yours..... ... They bow over a map. Immediately, I sense that their secret codes are in operation. They guess that I am suspicious; I see that when a lieutenant t...

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...y apoplectic. “No historian found any shred of evidence that Hitler had even one drop of Jewish blood in him.” “It sounds like there’s a ‘but’... ...rid Roth?” “I am.” – I confirmed for the umpteenth time. A hand materialized and dropped a bulky envelope at my feet. “You have been served.” –... ...n. She frowned; “I didn’t notice it.” “What does it say?” “It says that the operation is scheduled to take place on April 20, 2007.” “What... ...g with history here. We are faced with an organization which is very much alive and kicking. These people are computer-literate. And they are ruthle... ...evice. “He must not see it!” – screamed Libby – “You are jeopardizing the entire operation for no good reason!” Someone tapped my back and I w... ...or to Bauer’s inner sanctum. Libby emerged and stooped to pick up something she had dropped. It looked like a floppy disk to me. But, then, the dis... ...ou bring back those papers, and I give you my word, I will immediately halt all the operations in the ‘mill’. All the goings-on in all the camps all... ... defeated by the Warsaw Pact formations, these underground forces were supposed to kick in and give the occupiers hell.” Preston exhaled a bluis...

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...his blade into the young priest’s chest. The soldier smiled malevolently as the young man dropped to his knees and looked down to see the hilt of the... ...’d have no one else to do his grunt work for him. He’d be seri- ously choked with us if we kicked the bucket,” Mitch laughed. He then turned a bit mo... ...n’t get your act together and start producing better results, I am going to have you both kicked out of the program!” With that, he stormed off. Fe... ...ondered if they ever would. She sighed and took a long drink of water, leaving only a few drops left. She felt unusually tired, defeated. A sense of ... ...ed, then paused for a moment. “So…no funny dreams?” “No,” Alex frowned, “now just please drop it. It was probably just the effects of sunstroke coo... ...d-fashioned orange juice any day.” “Boring! How you wake up in the morning without a good kick-start is beyond me. I’d be comatose without my coffee... ...o the matter as a precaution.’ Traeus asked him if it was serious, if it would affect its operation. Assan said that it seemed to be operating fine,... ...he first to break the silence. “Our first decision then must be whether or not to keep it operational once any damage has been assessed and re- paire...

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...hard as they to make it the way I wanted it. Then we rearranged the whole operation. Saks returned the compli­ ment by paying for me to attend a reta... ...f toward your goal constantly, even when you appear to be failing. When I drop the ball while doing some small assignment, I still discover somethin... ...arters in California. Instead he had an associate, Jerry Pollard, oversee operations. Pollard and I did not hit it off-I found him abrasive and pett... ...ce companies, but they were , not able to master the demands of a retail operation. The rescue attempt failed, like the others before it. Within a ... ...ement can never be lost. I have also committed my time and resources to a dropout prevention program, called Cities in Schools, that supports and en... ...ther than the poverty into which he was born. Then, one day, a kindly man dropped into the pool hall where Bill hung out and changed his life foreve... ...nest years. I re­ turned home the second week of November, just in time to kick 129 130 • Mnll with No Nnme off another reading program in Hawaii.... ...cember 20th I took part in the Aloha Bowl Parade, an annual event to help kick off the college bowl football game. My brightly-colored pickup truck,... ...ces to the people around me. I even gave thanks for the lawsuit which had kicked me on to new heights and to Uncle Noname. Throughout the day, I vi...

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...prairie fire. They stopped to wait it out but the wind John E. Richman 18 kicked up and before they could do anything about it they were surroun... ...ld think when they found out a stranger’d taken over their foreman’s room. I dropped my saddlebags next to the bed threw my hat across the room ont... ...incidentally, Clint doesn’t like bein’ called any- thing but Clint, so you can drop the Mr. Winters.” “Thanks for the tip. I expect I’ll be meetin’ ... ...h side there were more cattle. That usually means there’s water nearby. Luke dropped back near me and raised his arm in the direction we were ridin... ... I’ll be right with you.” With that he turned and ran back toward the corral, kicking downed sticks and branches out of his way as he ran. “I’m c... ...storm and I didn’t want him to trip on anything, so I led him by the lariat, kicking debris from his path as we made our way. Toby followed us on h... ...and I’ll put Luke in charge of the business side. He’ll keep involved in the operation but have more desk work to do. You’ll be foreman and run all... ...he operation but have more desk work to do. You’ll be foreman and run all the operations. Luke will work for me, just like you, and if the day come... ... That was just as well because after the race I got real busy with the cattle operations and didn’t have time for the horses. All except one. I was ...

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...it was hard to tell in the dark. The good news was that the wind had finally dropped and, though I couldn’t see very well yet, it appeared the snow... ... never had flat land around it, but thirty miles north of Hillsboro the land drops down and flattens out. My folks settled there mostly by accident... ... doubt that the lawman was about to kill him. As the rider raced toward me, I dropped my bags, stepped up onto a parked wagon and waited for him to... ...is going to take more than a trip to town. We’ll need to know more about his operation.” “You make some sense,” replied Mr. Baker, “but it sounds... ...t. It puts me in the position to learn John E. Richman 74 more about his operations. With any luck, I might be able to uncover more evidence.” ... ...wn in Texas and came home to help. I took the deputy job to get inside their operation so we can present the U.S. Marshal with enough evidence to p... ...ance to Battle At Bighorn 125 clear my head before the duties of the day kick in. You might call it my quiet time.” “I’m sorry if I interrupt... ... a spot just under the left one and put his nose down to the ground. Then he kicked the snow with his right hoof. There they were! At first, only a...

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...eet and lunged and soon the girls tangled in a vicious bear hug complete with kicks, punches, bites, and hair pulling. After a minute more, Duke Ha... ... the walls and reached the ceiling. A small page climbed a ladder and nearly dropped the book, evidently much heavier than he had anticipated. Ais... ... arm. He rolled his eyes back and pretended to swoon, stumbling backward and dropping his towels to the kitchen floor. Aislinn wanted to remain ang... ...m her self-loathing thoughts, she busied herself into her work. When someone dropped a book on the table, she jumped, the loud thump in the quiet r... ... admit. Refusing to let him see how much his lack of faith hurt her, Aislinn kicked her heels hard into Dream Rider’s formidable sides. But no mat... ...r day. I was tryin’ to break it in but it’s got a vicious mean streak and it kicked me. I’ll be fine.” He brushed her concern away with a wave of ... ...stered them. Now, Brother Rocelin had started to instruct her on its inverse operation, division. She found the reverse operation to be simple. “H...

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...uted to the North Continent HQ. No one would tell them anything. Hush-hush operations made her paranoid. She straightened and eyed the door. Time to ... ... “Yes, your majesty?” The timid, smaller Onugrass ran to Rialla’s side and dropped to her knees in submission. “I have a job for you.” Rialla whisper... ...r mind was raw from the press of so many thoughts. Some instinct made her drop to one knee, head lowered in submission. She felt the King's and Princ... ...found guilty. The MDC only heard evidence and voted for punishment or the dropping of charges. She had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach th... ...She took off her jacket and unbuttoned her shirt. Feeling rebellious, she kicked off her confining boots. Her toes sank into the wet sand and she sig... ...han this. Please, leave now. I don't want the Brigadier General to get you kicked off the planet.” Dex was flabbergasted. Though she was hurting, she... ...h his top advisers for status updates on the various military and psionic operations going on worldwide. “Gentlemen, please have a seat. Has anyone s... ... be glad everything was ahead of schedule or we'd be taking a serious butt-kicking,” Derek pointed out, clearly unhappy with the latest turn of event...

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...ople to force an author to finish a book and you thought it was a one-writer operation. Love at First Stake 5 Chapter One “Madam, are you a... ... “Sorry to disillusion you, darling, but you’re not my blood type,” he said, dropping me unceremoniously to the floor with a less-than-feminine grun... ...stopping right there and getting my crossbow, I walked up to where he sat and dropped to my knees in front of him. His face sat even with mine but I... ...e things to my equilibrium. I am a Vampire Slayer. We don’t get scared. We kick butt and take names, only not when Canadian nationals are singing ... ...ets hungry or something. I know for a fact he gets bitey if his blood sugar drops and he hasn’t eaten all night.” The pimp’s wide-eyed look of terr... ...ortant thing. He thought I had a pretty face. Wonder if he thought I had a kicking body, too. I worked out a lot and didn’t want to have all my ha... ...t abs and butt would never forgive him. “Does this mean we’re going to go kick ass and take names now?” “No. It means we’re going to go cautiousl... ... this time. Of those twenty, only four actually call Louisiana their base of operation. Do you know what that means?” Sounding very stupid, I answ... ...tending to give me a chance. By rights I should be the one in charge of the operation, not Kristain. I knew the minute my brother stepped off the ...

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...m about what just happened and naturally, he gets all fired up. Dude. Let's kick his hillbilly @ss. That is seriously messed up, Gabriel screams, as ... ...as station attendant. In retrospect, it would have felt pretty d@mn good to kick that redneck's @ss, but ignorant people like him aren't worth the e... ...I'm almost livid with Gabriel speaking Ebonics. Alright, alright. Let's just drop it, Johnson, Gabriel peacefully amends. No reason to “ ” “ get your... ... Yeah, that's right: cops. Cops love to abuse their power. Many of them are dropouts with an authority complex, beaten up one too many times in high... ...ke a slave, working on weekends, being on call all night and day, having to drop everything on a whim just because your boss says so not my idea of ... ...they give out special, little titles like Executive Manager and Director of Operations, so that you feel important, when “ ” “ ” in reality, you're ... ...elf on top of her, lifting my right leg as I move sideways and accidentally kicking the box of tissues and the picture frame, both falling to the flo...

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...o tormented as I. Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously im- probable as it may a... ...d I, “will you put back your hood and tell me what it all means?” The hood dropped noiselessly, and I was face to face with my dead and buried mistres... ...ses, and hide in trees near the roadside till a traveler passes. Then they drop upon his neck and remain. There are also terrible ghosts of women who ... ...even crows. Five of them he throttled at once, reserv- ing two for further operations another day. I was a good deal impressed by this, to me, novel m... ...asped my ankles. But I had my doubts about Gunga Dass’s benevo- lence, and kicked him off as he lay protesting. “I believe you robbed him of everythin... ...ing him by the shoulders, I crammed his head into the mouth of the burrow, kicked the rest of him in, and, sitting down, covered my face with my hands... ...ove their heads, and they all falls down flat. Then he walks over them and kicks them, and then he lifts them up and shakes hands all round to make th...

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... and exploded inside his head causing his body to lurch and one of his legs to kick involuntarily. The woman, who was sleeping on her back, started... ...haven't noticed, our reputation is going straight into the toilet; our stock is dropping like a rock; and the Hanford contract is coming up." Aaron... ...mittee. Pierce was a chameleon. He could change moods and personalities at the drop of a hat. Frank was convinced that Pierce must have taken actin... ...news?" Brent asked just trying to make conversation. The Soul Bearer "CNN is kicking our ass" Cathy Knowles from NBC said al­ most spitting out th... ... through the room as media people scrambled to take notes. "Admittedly, it's a drop in the bucket. But more important than money, we need people, p... ...l." "Might make sense," Reynolds conceded. "Less uranium tail­ ings from mining operations. Fits into EPA standards to reduce radioactive levels." R... ...­ dent when Alana was nine. Her father, his brother Josef, was running a mining operation in Brazil at the time. Alana rarely saw him. Aaron and his... ...rner, but he was also adept at see­ ing the flaws that others did not see in any operation he worked in. One day he told the Patron, the owner of th... ... There's some serious shit going on here. More than you know," the friend said kicking the ground, and shoving his hands into his pockets. The sou...

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... romance and fantasy adventure *** BOOK TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_w-eZwPJbA *** Never marry a stranger...even if he is a drop-dead gorgeous immortal king. Never pretend to be a princess. And most importantly...never slip on an ancient wedding ring you know nothing about. Sarah Larker returns to a cave where her sister disappeared te...

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...ement too. I’m gonna check it out. Over.” “Wait…all by yourself?” Adam’s snort carried through the static. “No way. Just because you’re running this operation, that doesn’t give you permission to break protocol. Stay by the fire. We’re coming.” “Sure, bring in the cavalry.” Sarah rolled her eyes as she picked up her infrared camera. “Listen, in the meantime, I’ll just wa...

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... sideways thrust and grind, just like old Hobden, and, like Hobden, hardly dropped a crumb. The sun flashed on Little Lindens’ windows, and the cloudl... ...es to her driving his beasts home for him.’ ‘Beast himself!’ said Una, and kicked her bare heel on the gate. ‘So he blamed the auctioneer. “It’s none ... ...with his finger—‘I counted the blades of grass under my nose till the wind dropped and he had gone—he and his Hammer.’ ‘Was it Thor then?’ Una murmure... ...w somebody moving among the trees. They hurled them- selves over the gate, dropping half the potatoes, and while they were picking them up Puck came o... ...uare of an open port, with a lantern in it, slid by in front of my nose. I kicked back on our gunwale as it went under and slipped through that port i... ...assador of the French Republic! That was too much for the English, so they kicked him out by Act of Par- liament, and he’d fled to the Americas withou... ...ular, good people, because I would have you follow, so far as you may, the operations of my mind. That plague which I told you I had handled out- side... ... he’s routing rats from a rick. Secundo, or secondly, the vehement act and operation of this chase or war opened their skins to generous transpiration...

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...play was the embezzlement.” Thank Heaven! Mr. Stanley allowed his paper to drop a little, and scruti- nized the hats and brows of their three fellow-t... .... Stanley poured wine. “Damned Rascal!” he said. “Isn’t there a brother to kick him?” “Mere satisfaction,” reflected Ogilvy. “Mere sensuality. I rathe... ...atisfaction,” reflected Ogilvy. “Mere sensuality. I rather think they have kicked him, from the tone of some of the letters. Nice, of course. But it d... ...else I want to weep.” He paused and looked at her, and said, with a sudden drop into a confiden- tial undertone, “Or else I want to pray.” “When is Mi... ...ing,” said Ann Veronica, with her mind crystallizing out again as the lark dropped to the nest in the turf. “And all the rest of it perhaps is a song.... ...go he had, in spite of her mother’s protest in the background, carried her kicking and squalling to the nursery for some forgotten crime. With some- t... ...d dissected and buried, it be- comes less and less energetic to repeat the operation. There must be something, one feels, in ideas that achieve persis... ...d played, and then at the rather weak, rather plump face that surveyed its operations. It came to Ann Veronica that life was wonderful beyond measure....

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... run rapidly forward with spade and rifle, stoop- ing as they ran, who had dropped into the craters of big shells, who had organised these chiefly at ... ...part of the battery that whenever its companions fired t burnt a flash and kicked up a dust. It was an excellent example of the great art of camouflag... ...ached San Martino an Austrian aeroplane made its presence felt overhead by dropping a bomb among the tents of some workmen, in a little scrubby wood o... ...t of shell that goes bang and releases a cloud of smoke overhead, and then drops a parcel of high explosive that bursts on the ground. The ground leap... ...ains favour either the offensive or the defensive. But they certainly make operations far more deliberate than upon a level. An engineered road or rai... ... how to do it best. M. Reinach has made certain sug- gestions about the co-operation of the French and British that I will discuss elsewhere, but one ... ... shell drop among the little patch of trees on the crest to the right, and kick up a great red- black mass of smoke and dust. We see it, and then we h... ...e- stroyed; the idea of breaking infantry formation as the chief offensive operation has disappeared, the cavalry charge and the cavalry pursuit are a...

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...been his next-door neighbour for so many years, that he had no apology for dropping the ac- quaintance.” His evening promenade was on the bleaching- g... ...son, who followed his master’s example, but not until he had flung out the drop of ale which re- mained, and slightly rinsed the wooden cup. “What the... ...ers. When Allan recognised the device, he uttered a sigh so deep, that she dropped the ring from her hand, which rolled upon the floor. Lord Menteith ... ... their appointments; and as much as you chance to know about their plan of operations.” “Just to satisfy your curiosity,” said Dalgetty, “and without ... ... replied Murdoch; “what interest should a poor devil like me take in their operations?” “Make your interrogations, then,” said the Captain, “and I wil... ...f discipline, combining a va- riety of words of command with corresponding operations and manoeuvres, the neglect of any one of which was sure to thro... ...ted, by the society of his Excellency’s grooms, who bestow more oaths, and kicks, and thumps, than kindness or caresses, upon the animals intrusted to... ...re misanthropic, manifests during the rest of his life a greater desire to kick and bite his master, than to love and to honour him.” “Spoken like an ...

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... off my petaters,” said Mr. T om Smallways. “Three barrer-loads! What they dropped as ballase. Some of the plants was broke, and some was buried.” “La... ...ived in a world of obstinate and incessant change, tand in parts where its operations were unsparingly conspicuous. Vicissitude was in the very soil h... ... and continued to lift gravel from the wharf of the Bun Hill gas-works and drop it upon deserving people’s lawns and gardens. There were half a dozen ... ... People began to talk of flying with an air of never having for one moment dropped the subject. Pictures of flying and flying machines returned to the... ...air. Then with a great effort he thrust the ruins from him into the ditch, kicked at it once, regarded‘it for a moment, and turned his face resolutely... ...t seemed to Bert that the car swayed for a moment and then buck-jumped and kicked him. Also he saw the boots of the lady and the right leg of the gent... ...ymous …. Gaw! …T oo soon, Bert, my boy—too soon and too rushy. I’d like to kick my silly self. “I couldn’t ‘ave kep’ it up. “After all, it ain’t so ve... ...ps and their build and powers and speed, of strategic points, and bases of operation. A certain shyness that reduced him to the status of a listener a... ...5 So Bert, slightly refreshed by coffee and sleep, resumed his helpless co-operation in the War in the Air. He went down into the little gallery as th...

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...o- cent, and pure of a heart, lacking which qualities you purse your lips, drop your jaws, and knit your brow, after the man- ner of men hiding vices ... ...voided it by walking out silently with his ears down, like a wet dog being kicked out of a Church. Madame drew a sigh from her heart. She must have ha... ...necessary to do for this?” replied she. “Ah! A cabalistical and alchemical operation which is very dangerous.” “Ah!” said she, with a dreamy look, “th... ...ing incommoded with a hempen collar.” “But,” replied she, “this mysterious operation—cannot it be performed immediately?” “Oh no!” replied the senesch... ...equest was made by her, so often was it complied with by the advocate, who dropped of to sleep at last, like an empty pocket. But before finishing, th... ...e affection, but since about two years his heart had cracked a little, and drop by drop his gratitude had run out, in such a way that from time to tim... ... brain, and his ignorance, he would be displeasing to the canon, who would kick him out of his will. Now this poor Chiquon, as the shepherd was named,... ...you had here a wicked man who turned everything upside down; would you not kick him out of doors?” “Yes, Chiquon.” “Oh, well, mine uncle; God would be...

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... visit upon earth, left to his disciples, is, when once you are got up, to kick the stool from under you. In plain English, when you have made your fo... ...ional strength before he openly declares himself and proceeds upon hostile operations: and such additional strength soon arrived to corroborate her su... ...t been nine months gone away.” Nothing can be so quick and sudden as the operations of the mind, especially when hope, or fear, or jealousy, to whic... ...tween them. Here the curious reader may observe another diversity in the operations of grief: for as Mr. Allworthy had been be fore silent, from th... ...tisfaction: but as to the cap tain, all experiments of bleeding, chafing, dropping, &c., proved ineffectual. Death, that inexorable judge, had passed... ...story of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding 67 all sorts of strong drops applied to his lips and nostrils. The physicians, therefore, findin... ...u perceived it, I am sure you have not attempted to answer it. However, to drop the article of religion, I think it is plain, from what you have said,... ...s in desiring another to kiss your a —for having just before threatened to kick his; for I have observed very accurately, that no one ever desires you... ... his; for I have observed very accurately, that no one ever desires you to kick that which belongs to himself, nor offers to kiss this part in another...