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......................................... 63 7 You Always Get as Many Second Chances as You Want ............. 71 8 I Reached for the Sky But I Missed,... ... Barb Godin, George Molteni, Howard and Marie Hausman, Henry Clark, Jr., Philip Kamil, John and Patsy Robinson, John and Mar­ ilyn Rosica, Mike and ... ...ce. I hope you will forgive and understand this substitution. I have also changed many of 11 12 • Man with No Name the names of people! places, t... ...ooked at him, a grin still on my face, and replied, "Yes I am." Without a change in expression, the young man handed me a weighty bundle of papers t... ... the Future • 15 portunities for growth and for progress, and now I had a chance to treat my life as a living laboratory and put this theory to the ... ...e with a positive attitude. I gradually came to terms with the fact that change is the one constant in life, and every turn of events has a purpose...

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...g material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decades. The book also speaks through the voices of villagers themselves and village monks. They describe the everyday lives of local people, and how they cope under conditions of a cons...

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...veniences of living 71 * Triumph of home entertainment 73 * Structural change of living environment 75 Pictures 77-107 Work of the rice farm... ... environment 75 Pictures 77-107 Work of the rice farmer Structural change in farming 108 Local rice farming 108 * Hierarchy of rice 110 *... ... 130 Bibliography 157 Tables 1. Framework of structural changes ........... I. 13 2. Recorded interviews 1984-1999 .......... ...ectronics ...................................... I. 74 9. Structural change in rice farming ............. I.113 10. Perspectives of village ... ...one's own body, buying newer and newer technological equipment, constantly changing relationships and sensations, marriage experiences, adventures in ... ...ies. In the 1950s, an international testing station was established in the Philippines, financed principally by large Western manufacturers of tractor... ...hen Ärzten und Patienten. Universität des Saarlandes. Saabrücken. Hirsch, Philip 1990. Development Dilemmas in Rural Thailand. Oxford University Pres... ...f Reproduction: Changing Patterns of Fertility in a Northern Thai Village. Philip Stott (ed.), Nature and Man in South East Asia, 68–106. School of O...

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...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, bound...

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...f The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Departme... ...man 188 P Pakistan 189 Panama 191 Papua New Guinea 193 Paraguay 194 Peru 195 Philippines 197 Pitcairn Islands 198 Poland 199 Portugal 200 Qatar 202 Re... ...orld Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former ... ...to sea lanes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage) Population: 31,144,775 (July 1987), aver- age ann... ...rnment leaders: Kurt WALDHEIM, President (since July 1986); Franz VRANITZKY, Chancellor (since June 1986) Suffrage: universal over age 19; compul- sor... ...ial claim in complex dispute over Spratly Islands involving China, Malaysia, Philip- pines, Taiwan, and Vietnam Climate: tropical; hot, humid, rainy T... ...ith Vietnam; involved in complex dispute over Spratly Islands with Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and possibly Brunei; maritime dispute with ... ...y follows British tradition under a Chief Justice Government leaders: Edward Philip George SEAGA, Prime Minister (since November 1980); Sir Florizel A... ...tion; 28,000 reach minimum volun- teer age (18) annually North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea ? Okinawa Stt rtfionalinip VIII Geography Total area: 372,...

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...te, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child’s bed. “ Wake up, Philip,” she said. She pulled down the bed-clothes, took him in her arms, a... .... In a moment the child’s nurse came back. She approached the bed. “Master Philip never woke up,” she said. There was a pause. Then the doctor felt hi... ...ill get over it, sir?” The doctor shook his head. II IT WA S A WEEK LATER. Philip was sitting on the floor in the drawing-room at Miss Watkin’s house ... ...Oh, I am glad.” “Your mamma’s gone away. You won’t ever see her any more.” Philip did not know what she meant. “Why not?” “ Y our mamma’s in heaven.” ... ...t she meant. “Why not?” “ Y our mamma’s in heaven.” She began to cry , and Philip, though he did not quite understand, cried too. Emma was a tall, big... ...ted comment, and Philip had heard much gossip at home when his godmother’s changed colour. She lived with an elder sister, who had resigned herself co... ...ip saw a boy running past and tried to catch him, but his limp gave him no chance; and the runners, taking their opportu- nity , made straight for the... ...ys went in charge of Mr. Rice, who glanced at Philip and seeing he had not changed, asked why he was not going to play . “Mr. Watson said I needn’t, s... ...s small nibs quickly , and Singer was jubilant, but the third time by some chance the Jumbo slipped round and Philip was able to push his J across it....

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..., Scott’s Louis XI., Manzoni’s Federigo Borromeo, Bulwer’s Harold, James’s Philip Augustus, are all real contri- butions to our comprehension of the m... ...ly sage he is represented; his daughter Frances was a mere infant, and Sir Philip Sidney was not knighted till much later. For the rest, I have tried ... ... down the steep side of the valley, already hearing the cadence of a loud, chanting voice, throwing out its sounds over the assembly, whence arose ass... ...d, for as the ground became so steep that the beck danced noisily down its chan- nel, he could not keep up the needful speed, but paused, 15 The Chap... ...e,’ said the Baron, gravely, ‘you have done your utmost to ruin your son’s chances of happiness.’ That same evening arrived the King’s passport permit... ...ad been shattered at St. Quentin, and an in- clement night of crossing the Channel had brought on an attack on the lungs, from which he only rallied e... ... between a maid of honour and a pupil to the ladies there, and her brother Philip, so soon as he was old enough, daily rode thither to share with Bere... ... without much alarm, and retaliated by an endeavour to box his ears, while Philip, slowly making his way back to the mainland, ex- claimed, ‘Ah there’... ...hat he must have been very glad to get out.’ ‘ And what came of it?’ cried Philip. ‘Are you to go and get yourself unmarried?’ ‘Unmarried!’ burst out ...

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..., and wore boots regu- larly instead of going barefooted when they got the chance, Puck was as kind to them as ever, and introduced them to more peopl... ...ind the cradle-babe in the corner, and—’ ‘Oh, I know. Steal it and leave a changeling,’Una cried. 11 Rudyard Kipling ‘No,’ said Puck firmly . ‘ All t... ...Una cried. 11 Rudyard Kipling ‘No,’ said Puck firmly . ‘ All that talk of changelings is people’s excuse for their own neglect. Never believe ‘em. I’... ...s and some fields never alter. But the People of the Hills didn’t work any changeling tricks. They’d tiptoe in and whisper and weave round the cradle-... ...member when she danced after the banquet at Brickwall. They say she danced Philip of Spain out of a brand-new king- dom that day. Worth the price of a... ...and stooped forward to look at its broad flashing buckle. ‘You’ve heard of Philip of Spain—long-suffering Philip,’ she said, her eyes still on the shi... ... I had been a man, and a woman had played with me as Elizabeth played with Philip, I would have—’ She nipped off one of the Virginia stocks and held i... ...he began to strip the leaves one by one— ‘they say—and I am persuaded—that Philip loved her.’ She tossed her head sideways. ‘I don’t quite understand,... ... pure jealousy or devotion, spatter it with sauces and wines. The gown was Philip’s gift, too! At this happy juncture a Queen’s messenger, mounted and...

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...thout some local inter- est, and as to acquaintance, the people are always changing.” “And there is nothing to do,” added Fred; “nothing possible but ... ...retainer,” said Mrs. Langford, “and very much he seems to have enjoyed his chance of seeing York Cathedral.” “He wrote to me in court,” said Fred, “to... ...r every hour. Nor was she, as Henrietta truly said, entirely averse to the change; she loved to talk of what she still regarded as her home, but the s... ...s had never been equal to visiting, nor was there much to tempt her in the changing inhabitants of a water- ing-place. Now and then, perhaps, an old a... ..., as the conversation grew louder, 58 Henrietta’s Wish “it is the people, Philip Carey, and all,—but hush! listen.” He did so, and heard Careys, Ditt... ... honour of my hand for the first quadrille, but I suppose you leave it for Philip Carey!” “If it comes at all you must start me, Bee,” said Alex, “for... ...returning his cousinly shake of the hand with interest. “What! are not you Philip Carey?” “O, Roger, Roger!” cried a small figure, in whom the Ital- i... ...thought you would have all been in port here at Christmas. And is not this Philip? Come tell me, some of you, instead of laughing there. Are you Fred ... ...red ques- tions to ask about his cousins and all the neighbours. “ And has Philip Carey set up for himself at Allonfield? Does he get any practice? I ...

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..., if he should ever venture to pollute the Christian camp by his presence. Philip at- tempted to intercede in favour of the Marquis, and throw- ing do... ...r curiosity. Their eyes were fixed on the king, who, without the slightest change of countenance, swallowed the morsels as fast as they could be suppl... ...constitution as strong as his limbs, and which bade defiance to almost all changes of climate, as well as to fatigue and privations of every kind. His... ..., and with others, by telling what is impossible, and reporting what never chanced. Thou art one of the knights of France, who hold it for glee and pa... ...orbed in the task, as a pilot when navigating a vessel through a difficult channel; but they had not proceeded half a league when he seemed secure of ... ...ilitary talents. Such discords, and particularly those betwixt Richard and Philip of France, created disputes and obstacles which impeded every active... ...ever-fit with me; but what is it with all the other Christian princes—with Philip of France, with that dull Austrian, with him of Montserrat, with the... ...x, “point to the King of France.” “Oh, ay,” answered the English monarch, “Philip of France and Navarre—Denis Mountjoie—his most Christian Maj- esty! ... ...rprise. But hark, what trum- pets are those at a distance?” “Those of King Philip, as I guess, my liege,” said the stout Englishman. “Thou art dull of...

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...st remarkable for exploits of skillful stratagem, have had but one eye; as Philip, Antigonus, Hannibal, and Sertorius, whose life and actions we descr... ...sent; of whom, indeed, we might truly say, that he was more continent than Philip, more faithful to his friend than 6 V olume Two Antigonus, and more... ...Atlantic islands, two in number, divided from one another only by a narrow channel, and distant from the coast of Africa ten thou- sand furlongs. Thes... ...tue, established by reason and judgment, can never be totally perverted or changed into its opposite, by any misfortune whatever. Yet I think it at th... ... V olume Two ties may, when unworthily oppressed by calamities, show, with change of fortune, some change and alteration of their temper; and thus I c... ...not the least. Spanus, a coun- tryman who lived in those parts, meeting by chance a hind that had recently calved, flying from the hunters, let the da... ...- cated, both as a scholar and a soldier; and that while he was but young, Philip, passing through Cardia, diverted himself with a sight of the wrestl... ...es performing with success, and showing signs of intelligence and bravery, Philip was so pleased with him, as to take him into his ser- vice. But they... ...into his ser- vice. But they seem to speak more probably, who tell us that Philip advanced Eumenes for the friendship he bore to his father, whose gue...

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...st to help herself. Whether by her awk- wardness or that of the boy, it so chanced that the bird made a sudden leap from the impalement, and deposited... ...as natu- rally far less likely to accept such a daughter-in-law, since her chances of being an heiress had ceased, and he contended that he had never ... ...at her poor little guest might be received and treated there. There was no chance of a refusal, for the great nobles were sovereigns in their own doma... ...sell might have begun crying again at finding herself alone, but the sweet chanting lulled her, and she lay back on her pillows, half dozing but quite... ...Clemence, assuming her that at the chief city of so great a prince as Duke Philip of Bur- gundy, she would have a better hope of hearing tidings of he... ...English words and voice, was turned up to him. He exclaimed, “By St. Mary, Philip Scrope,” and start- ing up, began to feel for the stick which he sti... ... much embellished by Isabel of Portugal, the wife of the Duke of Burgundy. Philip, though called the Good, from his genial manners, and bounteous libe... .... She was first cousin once removed to Henry VI.—her mother, the admirable Philippa, having been a daughter of John of Gaunt—and she was the sister of... ... her side, and talk to her; and thus came on the summer of 1467, when Duke Philip returned from the sack of unhappy Dinant in a weakened state, and so...

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.... Jacobus!” I exclaimed loudly, more surprised than ever, but with a total change of feeling. “Why couldn’t you say so at once?” But the fellow had sc... ...port and a bit of land to stretch one’s legs on, buy a few books and get a change of cooking for a while. But, living in a world more or less homi- ci... ...ing to do with that.” “Oh, yes, you have. Everybody ought to have the same chance. Y ou let that fellow—” The rest I lost. The person having been repu... ... me many useful things—and besides he was the brother of that wealthy mer- chant. That seemed queer enough. I rose and told him curtly that I must now... ...d 11 Joseph Conrad gloomy ceremony. They were the touts of the other ship-chan- dlers, and he placid at my back, ignored their existence. We parted o... ...r done. When at last I hove the ship to, to pick up the pilot outside Port Philip Heads, the after-hatch had not been opened for more than a week and ...

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...ngland, and bound him to a tree. Then, they proposed to him that he should change his religion; but he, being a good Christian, steadily refused. Upon... ... their standard troubled the Danes greatly, for they believed it to be en chanted—woven by the three daughters of one father in a single afternoon—an... ...een settled in the country more than four hun dred and fifty years. Great changes had taken place in its customs during that time. The Sax ons were ... ...d of this wrong that had been done him (from such of the exiled English as chanced to wander into that country), he longed for re venge; and joining ... ...r. Richard soon rebelled again, encouraged by his friend the French King, Philip the Second (son of Louis, who was dead); and soon submitted and was... ...usade. It was undertaken jointly by the King of England and his old friend Philip of France. They commenced the business by re viewing their forces, ... ...and supported by the French King. With all these causes of offence against Philip in his mind, King Richard had no sooner been welcomed home by his en... ...ngland had been searched from end to end to find him out. The French King, Philip, refused to acknowl edge the right of John to his new dignity, and ... ...y,’ said Prince Arthur, ‘I should greatly like to be a King!’ ‘Then,’ said Philip, ‘you shall have two hundred gentle men who are Knights of mine, an...

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...unt to its subjects, to the great as well as to the small. Catherine, like Philip the Second and the Duke of Alba, like the Guises and Cardinal Granve... ... though in his case it did not always succeed. But Charles V ., Catherine, Philip II., and Pope Julius would not have acted otherwise than as he did i... ...y might really have relied, made themselves the lacqueys of Charles V. and Philip II., and were consequently the secret, base, and perfidious enemies ... ... was persecuted by his own party for making it. In spite of all ap- parent changes in his conduct (for this alliance naturally af- fected it somewhat)... ...ch we are now writing, he was travelling to Livorno. Having completed this change of government, he became alarmed at the evident inconstancy of the p... ...airs were now so prosperous that his disposi- tion toward Strozzi was much changed. In the hour of tri- umph the Medici were so much in need of a man ... ...ed to her. Alessandro still hoped that the Duke of Albany would succeed in changing this decision of the king of France who, willing as he was to buy ... ...h ended by triumphing over the greatest Power of those times,—Spain, under Philip the Second, rep- resented in the Low Countries by the Duke of Alba. ... ...n institu- tions. The title of grand-duke was only granted very tardily by Philip the Second, king of Spain, to reward those Medici who bought it by b...

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...ok possession of his imagination quite early in life, it grew with him and changed with him, it interwove at last completely with his being. His story... ...et and slippery. The water ran out of the leak near the brim of the wooden chan- nel and fell in a long shivering thread of silver. There was no sound... ... the sun was setting and the light no longer good, that he had a very good chance indeed of getting killed. 17 H G Wells Then it came to him suddenly... ...et killed than go away defeated by such fears and unsteadiness as his. The change came into his mind as if a white light were sud- denly turned on—whe... ...issed a lunch party at Sir Godfrey’s on Tuesday and a dinner engagement at Philip Magnet’s, quite an im- portant dinner in its way, with various promi... ...ed be jealous, men often of forty or more, but one was a contemporary, Sir Philip Easton, a man with a touch of Spanish blood and a suggestion of Span... ...ficient…. “Amanda seems to like that dark boy, Poff; what is his name?—Sir Philip Easton?” said Lady Marayne. Benham looked at her with a slightly hos... ...ternoon of his arrival at Chexington he was a little surprised to find Sir Philip Easton coming through the house into the garden, with an accustomed ... ...ing through the house into the garden, with an accustomed familiarity. Sir Philip perceived him with a start that was instantly controlled, and greete...

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.... In 1719, just when the ambition of Elizabeth Farnese, the second wife of Philip V . of Spain, had involved that country in a war with England, Franc... ...girl and the maitre d’hotel wrote four letters, and sent them by different chances to Algiers, but only the last ever arrived, and it created a great ... ...Brun?’ ‘Yes; you know he always says he is our Mentor. And I wish he would change into a goddess with a helmet and a shield, with an ugly face, and go... ...shoes and stockings that came tripping down the path. His tongue instantly changed to French from what he called English, as 11 Yo n g e in pathetic ... ... follow naughty little girls who invent follies? It is still free to me to change my mind. Poor Simon Claquette is gnawing his heart out, and he is to... ...fresh European war had been provoked by the ambition of the second wife of Philip V . of Spain, the Prince for whose cause Berwick had fought. This Qu... ...en, Elizabeth Farnese, wanted rank and dominion for her own son; moreover, Philip looked with longing eyes at his native kingdom of France, all claim ... ...f Berwick, resigning all the estates he had received from the gratitude of Philip V ., had led an army across the frontier. The Count had, however, ju... ...a ser- vice of plate, in a huge chest stowed under the seat, a portrait of Philip V., in a gold frame set with diamonds, being in- cluded among her je...

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...ouble to look for the place thus designated. We have found it necessary to change the names given in the original.) It is delightfully situated on the... ...t moved all that time. She exclaimed from a distance, “You are a good boy, Philip!” She gave me greeting: I returned it, rose, and approached her. I i... ... in her arms and kissed it with a mother’s tenderness. “I left my child in Philip’s care,” she said, “whilst I went into the town with my eldest boy t... ...llow, the big one, broke my pot yester- day, whilst he was scrambling with Philip for what remained of the contents.” I inquired for the eldest; and ... ...driving a couple of geese home from the meadow, when he ran up, and handed Philip an osier-twig. I talked a little longer with the woman, and found th... ...tle kingdom. But I neglected going, and perhaps should never have gone, if chance had not discovered to me the treasure which lay concealed in that re... ...tained our object, when the distant there becomes the present here, all is changed: we are as poor and circumscribed as ever, and our souls still lang... ...exhausted, that she cannot possibly recover her former condition under any change that may take place. “Now, my good friend, apply this to the mind; o... ...ith exact- ness the same anecdote in the same monotonous tone, which never changes. I find by this, how much an author injures his works by altering t...

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...in putting thy head into my mouth. One word to Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, or Philip de Malvoisin, that thou hast spoken treason against the Norman, 11 ... ...him, when he walked abroad, for the purposes of a staff or of a weapon, as chance might require. Several domestics, whose dress held various proportio... ...tend an evening mass at a distant church, had but just re- turned, and was changing her garments, which had been wet- ted by the storm. There were as ... ... silver goblet filled with wine—“Why tarries the Lady Rowena?” “She is but changing her head-gear,” replied a female atten- dant, with as much confide... ...urning to the cupbearer, and raising his voice as if happy to have found a channel into which he might divert his 27 Sir Walter Scott indignation wit... ...work their deeds in darkness!—Ay, the curfew;— Reginald Front-de-Boeuf and Philip de Malvoisin know the use of the curfew as well as William the Basta... ...axon, kindling in wrath. “Marry, that did old Hubert,” said Wamba, “Sir Philip de Malvoisin’s keeper of the chase. He caught Fangs strolling in the... ... convenient distance from the mansion, and to conduct him to the castle of Philip de Malvoisin, or to that of Reginald Front-de-Boeuf.” It is impossib... ...ed of the poor Israel- ite; and to travel by myself through the domains of Philip de Malvoisin and Reginald Front-de-Boeuf—Good youth, I will go with ...

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...icism. He must have a vague conviction that he can only lose by almost any change. Fortune has been kind to him: he lives in a temperate, reasonable, ... ...nd is sometimes ob- served to run thin and expose all the crudities of its chan- nel,—a great defect certainly in a river which is so much depended up... ...scends (no great distance) to an upper gal- lery, where an old priest, the chanoine-gardien of the church, was walking to and fro with his breviary. T... ...alking to and fro with his breviary. The turret, the gallery, and even the chanoine-gardien, be- longed, that sweet September morning, to the class of... ...ght up the dusky past with an unnatural glare. Begun in the reign of Louis Philippe, this terrible process—the more terrible always the more you admit... ...tion of the gift, was despoiled of his property by the Government of Louis Philippe. He appealed for redress to the tribunals of his country; and the ... ...he effect of which, on so large a scale, is strange and striking. Begun by Philip Augustus, and terminated by St. Louis, the Chateau d’Angers has of c... ...ist Bretagne, and being “wanted,” as the phrase is, by the police of Louis Philippe, had hidden herself in a small but loyal house at Nantes, where, a... ...fled and repulsed, retired at the end of twenty-four days. Saint Louis and Philip the Bold, in the thirteenth century, mul- tiplied the defences of Ca...

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...ress his ideas or feel- ings, he forced it—the result was a new term, or a change in the ordinary meaning of words sprang forth from has pen. With thi... ...eers. The siege of the castle next commenced. The position of the camp was changed. The King’s tents and those of all the Court were pitched in a beau... ...out five hun- dred paces from the monastery of Marlaigne. The fine weather changed to rain, which fell with an abundance and persever- ance never befo... ...said that when such is the case it will rain for forty days afterwards. By chance it happened so this year. The sol- diers in despair at this deluge u... ...h pleasure. I stopped six days at Strasbourg and then went by the Rhine to Philipsburg. On the next day after arriving there, I joined the cavalry, wh... ... able to support the fatigues of the journey, he was removed in a coach to Philipsburg, where he was joined by the Marechal, who had come there to mee... ...ntest who should decamp the last. All our communications were cut off with Philipsburg, so that we could not repass the Rhine under the protection of ... ... did little but subsist and observe, after which we recrossed the Rhine at Philipsburg, where our rear guard was slightly inconvenienced by the enemy.... ...ses of states. What would have said Ferdinand and Isabella, Charles V. and Philip II., who so many times attempted to conquer France, and who have bee...

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...ys of the Romans to those of the Franks, from the Normans to the Burgundians, the Middle-Ages, the Valois, Henri IV., Louis XIV., Napoleon, and Louis-Philippe. Vestiges are before us of all those sovereignties, in monuments that recall their memory....

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...lzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley FIRST EPISODE MADAME DE LA CHANTERIE I THE MALADY OF THE AGE ON A FINE EVENING in the month of Septemb... ... the Middle-Ages, the Valois, Henri IV., Louis XIV., Napo- leon, and Louis-Philippe. Vestiges are before us of all those sovereignties, in monuments t... ...icent words passed on by the wall of the cathedral, taking, as a result of chance, which often leads to great results, the direction of the street fro... ...l. Small, ill-made, without superiority of mind or settled pur- pose, what chance was there for a man like that in an age when success in any career d... ...not easily be shaken off. During his mourning, Godefroid tried the various chances and dis- tractions of Paris; he dined at table-d’hotes; he made acq... ...cost if mutually acceptable. 11 Balzac “Inquire of M. Millet, grocer, rue Chanoinesse, near Notre-Dame, where all further information can be ob- tain... ...se family had fallen into ob- scurity, though it dates from the Crusade of Philip Augustus, was anxious to recover the rank and position which this an...