And uh mostly because my dad, my dad's side of the family were Southern Baptists from the mountains of North Carolina, my mom was a Catholic from California which, oh, just scared everybody right there.

Everyone in my dad's family is Catholic.


A more specific class, e.g., male bird , makes solution easier, whereas a more general class, e.g., animal , would complicate the puzzler's task.

The puzzler would be puzzled by general words but would have it easier with specific words.


Vygotsky concluded that make-believe play has two crucial features that distinguish it from other childhood activities.

Vygotsky concluded that make-believe two important aspects that separates it from other childhood activities.


However, at least one general rule emerges from the cases we have  The cycle time of a fast production facility can be no more than a week or two.

In a perfect world, cycle times would be a mere 3 days.


The President strongly wanted to return to Washington and only grudgingly agreed to go elsewhere.

The president believed he is needed in Washington more than ever.


By 9:34, word of the hijacking had reached FAA headquarters.

The FAA never knew there was a hijacking.


I'm trying to bring him up here and get you-There he is right there.

He is nowhere to be found so I cannot bring him.


After I worked there, then, that, I went to, San Miguel, because my daughter, also, had, she needed me.

I went to San Miguel to be there for my daughter.


Gung-ho was popularized in WWII by Lt.Evans Fordyce Carlson.


(Leah tells the teacher that she caught a fish while on vacation, when Sammy enters the conversation.)

(Sammy enters the conversation as Leah is telling the teacher about a fish she caught while on vacation.)


On reflection is a flag to indicate that parts is to be read backwards.

A flag shows parts that need to be read backwards.


We have been unable to identify the source of this mistaken FAA information.

We have identified the source of the mistaken information.


Poet Muriel Rukeyser envisions Oedipus  old and blinded  asking the Sphinx why he hadn't recognized his own mother.


They stabbed members of the flight crew (reported by a flight attendant and one passenger).


Nevertheless, good books on archaeology assimilable by laymen are not easy to find, and if the reader can tolerate its shortcomings and is not overly concerned about the precise birthplace of Indo-European, Archaelogy  and  Language provides an interesting march through the millennia of prehistory in seven-league boots.

Readers who are concerned about the precise birthplace of Indo-European are advised to read Archaelogy and Language.


At the very end of the last century, there was a crisis at the Barnum and Bailey Circus.

The Barnum and Baily Circus had a crisis at the end of the last century.


And I met some interesting people there, and, um, D'Angelo was probably one of the most interesting people that I met there and just, just one of the most down to earth artists that I, I have met in the industry.

I met two people who were more interesting than D'Angelo.


Yes, I remember all the things about Trumpet the Dog.

I don't recall anything about Trumpet the Dog.


Although small-scale retailing continues, it is clear that an increasing proportion of retailing will be concentrated among a decreasing number of larger enterprises.

The number of large enterprises is increasing.


One method of capturing volatility is to look at the standard deviation of each establishment's inventory level and I/S ratio for the two time periods.

There are only two methods of capturing volatility, one is to look at standard deviation of inventory level and I/S ratios.


Other significant editorial  the Feminist Dictionary lexicogaphers refuse to label a word like herstory a coinage.

Herstory is a word that has been coined by lexicographers.


Both new faculty will have credentials in the environmental field.

The new faculty are ignorant about the environment.


With simple spreading machines, the operator must look for fabric defect indicators placed in the selvage by the textile manufacturer.

Only highly trained operators can detect these fabric defects.


By 10:03, when United 93 crashed in Pennsylvania, there had been no mention of its hijacking and the FAA had not yet been added to the teleconference.

The teleconference was over by 10:04 am.


I don't say words like Love, and I don't mention Jesus, I don't talk about any deity, um, because that's part of the respect, too.

I try not to say anything disrespectful.


Because they are short'some reduced to only one syllable'such words are not immediately apparent as compounds, and their true nature is exposed only by word archaeology.

One syllable words are detected easily as a compound word. Using them in context help to define them.


Now point-of-sales information provides retailers with reliable information on market developments and hence gives them more leverage in dealing with direct suppliers and others further from ultimate consumers.

Good information on market developments is provided to retailers from point of sales information.


Air traffic controllers heard the transmission; Ong did not.

Air traffic controllers knew that Ong would be unable to hear the transmission.


If one is by himself, he, she, or it is alone.

When you are alone you are with everyone


Was it the strict discipline aspect of it?


Let us go back in Chinese history to the beginning of the Warring (or Contending) States Period.

The beginning of the Warring States period is a time in Chinese history.


Controllers track airliners such as the four aircraft hijacked on 9/11 primarily by watching the data from a signal emitted by each aircraft's transponder equipment.

Planes are tracked by analyzing data signals.


The Vice President stated that he called the President to discuss the rules of engagement for the CAP.

The VP said he called the president to discuss the relief efforts at the WTC.


$500 summer sponsor pays for a visit from a professional artist, magician, or zookeeper.

$500 is not enough for a professional artist, magician, or zookeeper.


Most of the year, this patio is filled with students sitting on inadequate seating.

There is inadequate seating for the students on this patio area.


Sydney's father keeps the task within Sydney's  zone  by temporarily reducing the diculty of the puzzle.

Given enough time, Sydney would have been able to solve the puzzle at its original difficulty level.


Nancy May and her husband promptly did so.


After ordering the Otis fighters to battle stations, Colonel Marr phoned Major General Larry Arnold, commanding general of the First Air Force and NORAD's Continental Region.

The Otis fighters are trained in preparation of emergencies such as this one.


At the time he was writing, Michener noted that dictionaries had not caught up with the current meaning.

Michener noticed how updated the dictionaries have become.


By the late 1980s, diminishing oil revenues, the economic drain from many unprofitable development projects, and population growth made these entitlement programs unsustainable.

After 1990, entitlement programs had become exceedingly viable and affordable thanks to profitable development and population regression.


Yet when it is there it is unmistakable, inspiring our awe, quickening our memory'.

When it is in that located you cannot mistake it, it inspires us.


These worrisome findings are not an inherent part of the TV medium.

The TV medium does not necessarily include these findings.


But the verb kvell , which exactly expresses that emotion, is already (like other Yiddish loanwords, such as chutzpah, meshugga and nosh ) to be found in the Supplement to the Oxford-English Dictionary .

Since kvell also expresses the same emotion, its place in the dictionary is redundant.


You cannot make a completely customized item of apparel with just four measurements.

Four measurements is not enough to make a fully custom item.


, or the `sound effect for sudden destruction' (int.)

There is no sound got sudden destruction.


At the end of the turn, it was descending through 2,200 feet, pointed toward the Pentagon and downtown Washington.


Before I got to Goodwill, I was on a mission.


The most innovative firms were approximately four times as profitable, achieving average profit margins of 11.

The most innovative firms were perplexity the least profitable.


A given shirt must have a specified collar size and a given sleeve length.

The sleeve length can be adjusted as the shirt is sewn.


Make your donation today so Indy Reads can continue teaching people to read and help them achieve their dreams.

Your donation will help Indy Reads find new volunteers.


[Make-believe] play creates a zone of proximal development in the child.

Children don't believe in make-believe play.


Its history is also recognized by the Maennerchor Society--whose members are the school's staunchest and most important supporters.

The school receives no support from the Maennerchor Society's members.


I refuse, out of conservatism and sheer curmudgeonliness to give up English grammar (like the  neutral  pronouns of reference) when I cannot paraphrase without losing what little elegance there may be in my writing, and I refuse to sacrifice metonyms, metaphors, allusions, and other figures of speech that contain male referents, substituting  big liar  for Baron Munchhausen and  Peeping Thomasina  for Peeping Tom or trying to get around saying or writing Pollyanna, say uncle, raise Cain , or Jesus Christ !

I wouldn't give up English grammar because it has elegance.


To have something to fall back on and everything like that.

I wanted to have a backup in case things didn't work out.


Each generation of girls faces new  new technology, new moral issues, new opportunities.

Every new generation of girls face new technology.


But, it's like this , in plenty of shapes, I see that here, they also have some shaped like tejas too.


When he arrived in Afghanistan, they controlled much of the country, but key centers, including Kabul, were still held by rival warlords.

They had started to control much of the country before they had ever arrived.


A new cone of looper thread contains miles of thread and generally does not have to be replaced more frequently than a few times during a shift.

A new cone of looper thread contains miles of thread, making it the easiest part of the system to take care of.


Funding is being requested from foundations, individuals, and others interested in serving health care needs of homeless and other underserved populations.

Funding is being requested from several sources, to help with serving the needs of the homeless.


That's what I've heard, it's extremely hard.

Everything I've heard says its like a walk in the park!


As the officer who took the call explained, [I was] about to push the alert button when the tower advised that the aircraft was turning south and approaching Reagan National Airport.

The air officer pressed the alert button for the next aircraft.


One is entitled to speculate on what outrageous proposal the narrator had made in Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, Vol. 2'Cities of the Plain (translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff'Modern Library, N.Y., 1934, Page 90) to cause the Duchess to say,  Apart from your balls, can't I be of any use to you?

The duchess asked if she could help him with anything non-sexual.


The FAA interviewed the screeners later; none recalled anything unusual or suspicious.

No screeners were available to be interviewed by the FAA.


The Langley fighters were placed on battle stations at 9:09.

The Langley military fighter pilots were ordered to respond and leave their battle stations at 9:09 AM.


Only I am left, nobody else. It's so cold here...so lonely.


At 10:02 that morning, an assistant to the mission crew commander at NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector in Rome, New York, was working with his colleagues on the floor of the command center.

The commander at NORAD was working with colleagues at the command center.


In these conversations, we may not agree with our partner's point of view, but we usually acknowledge that we comprehend and appreciate it'and our partner generally does the same.

In these conversations we usually recognize our partner's view even if we disagree.


All Americans must recognize that the face of terror is not the true face of Islam, President Bush observed.

President Bush told Americans that Islam is the face of terrorism.


No, this is not an exercise, not a test.

The exercises had already been completed.


Then the expected (average) demand is the solid black trend line shown in Figure 6.3.

The line shown in Figure 6.3 represents the trend of the expected demand.


The final sentence is about as valid as would be the comment that nobody understands such an injunction as an order to write the address of the chairperson on a dozen envelopes, either.

The final was absolutely brilliant juris prudence,.


This year, your Class of 1943 celebrates its golden anniversary, and it's time once again to reminisce about your days at DePauw.

The class of 1943 still reminisces about their old days at DePauw.


At about this time new powers were arising around the old Chinese heartland.

The powers in the middle of China did not like each other.


The growing presence of fashion-basic elements in myriad consumer products means that all retailers and suppliers may find new competitive opportunities using replenishment.

Fashion-basic elements are continually dwindling from presence in consumer products.


And he sat and talked with these little children, and he hugged them, and loved them all.

As he sat and spoke to the young children about life, he hugged them and felt a lot of love for all of them.


So I said to him, his name is Pedro, I said, Pedro, I came to bother you.

I told Pedro that I have arrived to bug you.


With your help, the International Center of Indianapolis will continue to serve our multicultural community in central Indiana into the next century.

The International Center of Indianapolis, with your help, intends to keep serving the central Indiana multicultural community for decades to come.


The only decision made during this time was to return to Washington.

The only decision made during this time was to return to the White House.


Then, she cam, my daughter came almost green, pale, and she said to me, Mama, she said to me, Those are guerrillas!

My daughter told me the giraffe was having a baby.


The Manufacturer's Dilemma in a Lean World

The lean world provides a dilemma for the manufacturer.


An owner of a Greenwich Village barbershop survived being shot in the neck as he slept by a gunman who broke into his house.

The gunman was shot in the neck after breaking into the barber's house.


Within minutes of the second impact, Boston Center instructed its controllers to inform all aircraft in its airspace of the events in New York and to advise aircraft to heighten cockpit security.

The Boston Center didn't tell the controllers to inform any aircraft.


The Indianapolis Air Traffic Control Center repeatedly tried and failed to contact the aircraft.

The Indianapolis Air Traffic Control Center failed to contact the aircraft.


Make your donation today so Indy Reads can continue teaching people to read and help them achieve their dreams.

Your donation to Indy Reads will help them continue their mission to improve people's literacy.


The description of the pronunciation of English is much fuller in the front matter of the W , but, as the only people who read the front matter of dictionaries seem to be students (who are enjoined to under pain of death) and other lexicographers, the absence of comprehensive coverage of the subject in L would not appear to be a serious omission.

Almost everyone reads the front sections of dictionaries.


As Maggy  thinks aloud  with words, she converses with herself, in much the same way that she interacted with her mother.

When Maggy thinks aloud, her conversation with herself is completely different to the way she interacted with her mother.


In addition, apparel suppliers must invest in technology and capital improvements to package, label, route, and move products rapidly from their production operations directly to the retailer.

It is important for apparel suppliers to quickly move products from production to the retailer.


Nothing in life is all mazel [`good luck'].

There is just good luck for Jewish people.


Fun is fun, but those who might rely on such a book are quite serious about the information they are seeking, and it is unfair to play fast and loose with their sincerity.

People who expect a book to do something for them are expecting too little.


Can you see the bunkbeds and mattresses on the floor that put seven of the kids(as young as two and as old as 12) in the same bedroom?


Some argue that the growing pace of technology makes a liberal arts education less valuable in the '90s.

Everyone knows that liberal arts education will forever be useful.


This news prompted the Secret Service to order the immediate evacuation of the Vice President just before 9:36.

In the morning, this news triggered the immediate evacuation of the service staff.


As Indianapolis Center continued searching for the aircraft, two managers and the controller responsible for American 77 looked to the west and southwest along the flight's projected path, not east-where the aircraft was now heading.

They did not locate the plane until it crashed.


This letter is our 1997 request for a gift to the Annual Campaign for support of our operating budget.

We are requesting a gift to support our operating budget.


It won't be too different, but the style of the city is a little different, so--

The city's style is a tad bit different.


With simple spreading machines, the operator must look for fabric defect indicators placed in the selvage by the textile manufacturer.

Simple spreading machines can automatically detect fabric defects even if their operator misses them.


The controller looked for primary radar returns.

The controllers looked for primary radar returns.


over-determined A misleading term in psychoanalytic jargon used to describe a condition with many causes (thus,  multi-determined  would be better).

Most professionals would prefer to use the term multi-determined instead.


Into this category fall three additional items which, because I never ordered them from the menu, I cannot recommend'or even reliably   Steak Bites Teriyaki Sauce,   Lunch of Junior,  and  Lady's Salad with Whipped Cream.

There are many categories of items left unlisted.


This makes them an especially powerful tool for assisting children in building an internal mental life infused with a cultural worldview.

Children can be helped by them to build a life with a diverse worldview.


However, at least one general rule emerges from the cases we have  The cycle time of a fast production facility can be no more than a week or two.

Cycle times in facilities that emphasize fast production can't go longer than a 2 weeks.


The FAA representative who finally joined the call at 10:17 had no familiarity with or responsibility for hijackings, no access to decisionmakers, and none of the information available to senior FAA officials.

The FAA was not the right department to handle hijackings.


These calls between family, friends, and colleagues took place until the end of the flight and provided those on the ground with firsthand accounts.

There were two brothers who were able to speak in accurate detail of the hijacking.


Yet they form a consensus, a set of variations on a unified theme.

They all come together in a unified way.


That process did not always go smoothly.


An award of $500.00 is given yearly to a graduate student in each class who excels in scholarship.

Every year a graduate student who is failing gets a gift of $2000.


For more than 160 years, since the Anglos arrived in Texas, there has been a culture transfer back and forth across the Rio Grande.

For less than 80 years, since the Anglos arrived in Texas, there has been a culture transfer forth and back across the Rio Grande.


One alternate existence, the ideal state, was considered by the ancients (e.g.

Many different dimensions exist beyond our reach.


And then snow, ice uh, I can remember me and another boy once we got about sixth or seventh grade we'd stop uh, you couldn't run with chains on your bus on state maintained highways.

Me and another boy were in middle school.


At some time between 10:10 and 10:15, a military aide told the Vice President and others that the aircraft was 80 miles out.

The Vice President was told that the plane was heading toward them.


Though nothing proves that Bin Ladin ordered this attack, U.S. intelligence subsequently learned that al Qaeda leaders had decided a year earlier to attack a U.S. target in Saudi Arabia, and had shipped explosives to the peninsula for this purpose.

There is no proof that Bin Laden order the attack.


And the situation Wanda then found herself in bore that out.

That was realized in the situation that Wanda was then in.


she said to them, to the guerrillas, Bastards!


These revelations, conveyed by the angel Gabriel, are recorded in the Qur'an.

The Qur'an details a holy mission for its followers.


Also at 8:52, a male flight attendant called a United office in San Francisco, reaching Marc Policastro.

A male flight attendant contacted Marc Polilcastro by telephone.


Others, emphasizing women's particular values, urge retention of this and other features of women's talk (for example, women frequently assume noncompetitive roles in conversation), suggesting that women's talk encourages participation and the likelihood of consensus.

It is important to reach a balance between male and female values in language.


At the same time, the NEADS mission crew commander was dealing with the arrival of the Langley fighters over Washington, D.C., sorting out what their orders were with respect to potential targets.

The NEADS mission crew commander did a good job of dealing with the Langley fighters.


A minute later, the deputy director stated that it had just been confirmed that American 11 was still airborne and heading toward D.C.

The director was on vacation in Florida at the time.


And I, uh, too often, much too often, see people, um, feeling superior somehow because they don't read, they don't think, they don't experience other ideas.

I much too often see people feeling superior.


My dad, um, `cause I wasn't really like I was a girl, I mean I was a girl.

I love to do things that most people would classify as having guys do.


Regardless of geographic location, it is always difficult for a contractor to know if it has the latest information on sewing patterns and other construction details.

Regardless of location, it is difficult for contractors to know the latest information and details.


You can do that on your, on your county roads and I think they call them a borough if I remember right up that way.

You would not be able to do that on city street.


Demand for a legal education remains high.

There is still a high demand for legal education.


Thank you in advance for your consideration.

If you would like, your name can be included on community projects that we manage.


Through social life, it makes contact with and is infiuenced by other, more expert minds, permitting transfer of the values, knowledge, and skills essential for success in a particular culture.

Those skills which are essential for success are sometimes passed on through social interaction.


At approximately 9:36, Cleveland advised the Command Center that it was still tracking United 93 and specifically inquired whether someone had requested the military to launch fighter aircraft to intercept the aircraft.

Cleveland told command at 9:36 they were tracking United 93.


He wasn't real supportive about it at all.

He did not agree with it and refused to care about it.


That was uh, that was the most exciting part of you know, most important, most exciting part of going to school was getting there for me.

What I most enjoyed about school was lunch time.


For some, it's a matter of weeks or months; for others, it's years.

The wait is about one to two weeks in all cases.


Heads up man, it looks like another one coming in.


I do not like what I am currently doing.


It was a story and I, you know, you knew it was fiction, but I would go back and read, when I could read myself, I read everything.

When I was unable to read the book to myself.


kibitzer `one who comments, often in the form of unwanted advice, during a game, often cards.

A kititzer comments when they aren't asked to.


There is a famous letter penned by Rupert Brooke to his friend, Edward Marsh, from somewhere near Fiji (p.

Rupert Brooke wrote a famous letter to Edward Marsh.


Custom clothing may therefore be financially available to a wider audience in the future, opening a new market in which domestic apparel manufacturers can compete.

Custom clothing might be more affordable in the future.


And there was a wounded, a wounded woman by, by a bullet too, that they had brought, since she was a nurse, and there we were.

The woman was never wounded by a bullet.


They provide scholarship dollars which aid students and enable the school to compete with other public and private law schools for outstanding young people.

It is not important to the school to offer scholarships.


Our commitment to schools and neighborhoods has a long tested record of accomplishment.

We have made great strides in helping to improve our schools and neighborhoods.


This was the first specific report to the Secret Service of a direct threat to the White House.

The Secret Service escorted everyone out of the White House as a precaution.


Critique, one hears, of a theatrical entertainment

That's more like praise, rather than criticism, of theatrical entertainment.


They acted after they had made their decision.


Well, I'm going to ask a final question that, um, I mean, you're my parents, and you imparted a lot of, uh, a lot of the love of reading to me.

I'm about to inquire one last question concerning the joy of reading you gave me as parents.


MCCOY was reorganized as an independent, not-for-profit agency, separate from local government.

They used to have close ties with the government.


Before the pattern layout is made, there is the assortment problem of determining which apparel sizes should be included in a given marker.

Before the pattern layout is created, apparel sizes have to be decided.


. . . We're, we're involved with something else, we have other aircraft that may have a similar situation going on here.

There is nothing going on with any of our aircraft.


Enclosed is a corporate sponsorship package that includes a sample auction book from last year's event, JCC market statistics and an overview of the many programs that will be preserved and strengthened through your generous support.


Other facilities, not on alert, would need time to arm the fighters and organize crews.

All of the facilities were on full alert.


Thus, your gift to Social Health is vitally important to our success and can accomplish the


Perhaps most promising in expanding the range of meanings for one-letter words are variant forms.

The number of meanings for one-letter words can grow.


We thank you for your consideration, and look forward to hearing from you.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to call or email us.


Please continue that tradition by completing and returning the enclosed pledge card.

Please continue that tradition by filling out and sending back the pledge card inside this pamphlet.


The guild's gentler cohesion and lack of obvious international hierarchies have contributed to its marked success and curious anonymity.

The guild's gentler cohesion and lack of obvious international hierarchies have made the guild fail.


In a brief moment of reflection, he was recorded remarking that This is a new type of war.

He said that this battle is one we have fought many times before.


Current DBA data shows 32 percent of all persons assisted by DBA are veterans; 10 per cent are service connected disabled veterans; and 22 per cent are non- service connected veterans.

DBA will no longer do business with veterans


Other than one civilian casualty, the operation seemed completely  the intelligence headquarters was demolished.

The intelligence headquarters was in perfect condition after the attack.


And as parents recount the misdeeds of their children, the children gain access to others' evaluations of their egocentric, inconsiderate acts.

The children had many errors while they were growing up.


Kids today face overwhelming pressures, everything from trouble at home to gangs and drugs.

A lot of kids grow up to be in gangs or end up in jail.


Our mission is to strengthen children and families, and we are now focusing our resources on children who have long-term, serious illnesses and their families.

We are making a special effort to help children with long-term illnesses.


And remember, gifts made before December 31, 1992, will still provide you with maximum tax deduction benefits.

You should donate soon so it can be reflected the next time you file taxes.


Family words and expressions crop up everywhere.

Family words only developed linguistically in the past 100 years.


According to notes of the call, at about 9:45 the President told the Vice Sounds like we have a minor war going on here, I heard about the Pentagon.

The President told the Vice President that it sounded like a minor war was occurring.


Do you feel like you did well this sem, this year, or if you had to do it over what would you do differently?

Would you change anything about how you did this year, or do you feel like it went really well?


Interacting with our faculty and their fellow, students, they develop skills and perspectives that will help them meet the complex challenges that face our society in the coming years.

No one is allowed to interact with each other here.


87 percent (325) of the 344 homeless families (1,353 persons) assisted and sheltered at Catholic Social Services' Holy Family Shelter found independent housing.

87% of homeless families found housing after being helped by the shelter.


And these ties, coupled with our classroom experience, are a valuable part of our DePauw education.

DePauw offers the best classroom experience.


At Super Summer Safari Camp, there are daily sports, nature, and arts activities.

There are art activities at the summer camp.


I hope you will join me in supporting this scholarship opportunity by sending your check today made payable to the Peale Scholarship Fund.

You can make a donation today by credit card.


During their visit with us, they worked at resident and day camps, enjoyed homestays, toured the Indianapolis area, and visited YMCA branches.

Visitors aren't welcome to visit different YMCA branches.


There were seven children - but they were family, and Wanda's mother, even though she was getting on in years, was determined to keep them together, no matter how difficult it would be financially.

Wanda's mother kept 7 children together as they were family.


Last spring, we surveyed the MHA alumni to find out what types of programs we would value and thus, would like the Alumni Association to be involved in.

We do not want the Alumni Association to have anything to do with it.


To mystify solvers even more, puzzlers may use words in an uncommon but perfectly legitimate sense, especially by attributing to certain words ending in -er the quality of agent noun.

To stump solvers, the puzzlers may use words in an unexpected way.


Although the family, Bronfenbrenner noted, continues to have primary responsibility for children's character development, it lacks the strength needed to do the job because parents and children no longer spend enough time together.

Bronfenbrenner said the family is responsible for the kid's character development outside of school.


I'm kind of going to do what I'm going to do.

I am going to make risky choices without fear of consequences.


The phone call ended after screams were heard.


Not surprisingly, cutters were the highest paid workers receiving day rates.

The rates for a cutter were almost double the rates of any other worker.


kibitzer `one who comments, often in the form of unwanted advice, during a game, often cards.


They struggled, under difficult circumstances, to improvise a homeland defense against an unprecedented challenge they had never before encountered and had never trained to meet.

They struggled to wage a defense against this new challenge that the entire world had never seen before.


Details on these plots appear in chapter 3.


The kids kept reading the books the President gave them.


One alternate existence, the ideal state, was considered by the ancients (e.g.

The ancients only believed in this one existence.


Turabi headed the National Islamic Front in a coalition that had recently seized power in Khartoum.

Khartoum recently had a switch of power due to Turabi.


And so is there anything in particular about growing up that you want to share that maybe changed you as a person?

Is there anything that you would like to keep private about your growing up?


Within two minutes, at 9:26, the pilot, Jason Dahl, responded with a note of  Ed, confirm latest mssg plz-Jason.

The pilot, Jason Dahl, responded at 9:26.


My speech, of course, is very hesitant and often discouraging.

I want my speech to be less hesitant and more encouraging.


He turned on a television, and in her home so did Louise Sweeney.

He turned on a television, and Louise Sweeney turned her television too.


May you experience God's grace this Easter season and throughout the year.

During this year's Easter holiday and all the other days I will experience the love of God.


They do not have the resources necessary to purchase gifts or food for a holiday meal.

They cannot provide holiday gifts or a family meal.


The actual making of custom jeans or any other item of custom apparel is slightly more complicated than making an equivalent item under standard production conditions.


Can you find one just like it for Grandpa?

Grandpa would really enjoy this, do you think you could find something similar for him to have?


Contributions to DING FEST are especially important because we believe that our initial investment will result in substantial earnings for the Department.

DING FEST does not require any funding, and is simply looking for even more support.


How can adults build interdependent relationships with children that foster the development of culturally meaningful skills and mature, autonomous behavior?

Adults should have relationships with children that are interdependent and encouraging of mature behavior.


Under the leadership of Dean H. William Gilmore, the second floor of the school was completely renovated this year.

The second floor hasn't been renovated recently.


The distribution system that emerged after 1870 would not be challenged until more than a century later.

The distribution system that emerged after 1870 worked very well so it was not challenged until more than a century later.


He turned on a television and Louise Sweeney came over to watch.


By the most conservative estimates, the church's property in the Bay Area is worth uncountable millions.

The church's property is situated in an expensive area.


Such savings can add up to many millions of dollars for large manufacturers.

Large manufacturers can save as much as a few hundred dollars.


Was that told to you or did you read that?

Is it something you were told or did you read about it?


A controller could also briefly lose a commercial aircraft's transponder signal, although this happened much less frequently.

A controller can lose a commercial aircraft's transponder signal.


We've had about 10 cases of botulism among the 105 sick or injured pelicans that we've received in the last two months, which is about as many botulism cases as we normally get in an entire year.

We have had a substantial increase in the botulism cases in our pelican population.


T-shirts, which are consumed in the United States every year by the billions, are a good example.

The most expensive T-shirt brands are BAPE and Supreme.


Your support of Social Health Association can help us make a real difference in the lives of our children.

Your donation to Social Health Association will help children get an education and health care.


In technicality it is considered a spoonerism.


A customer for Levi's custom jeans is asked to try on the style that comes closest to the fit she wants.

Levi's custom jeans expanded their business into the neighboring city.


Although these differences cannot all be directly attributed to the adoption of the practices per se, they do suggest'especially when combined with the significant inventory performance results reported previously'how important it is for manufacturers to be adept at using incoming information from lean retailing customers.

The practices directly account for all these differences.


Next the designs that passed this stage went through a technical design step in which details were added and patterns made.

The technical design step adds a frame and changes the canvas.


Linguists examining Classical Greek, Latin, German, English, Slavic, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Lithuanian, Iranian, Hindi, and the other languages of India and Europe found that there were correspondences among many of the common words.

European languages hold nothing in common.


So was an important part of being in high school?


The fighters were scrambled because of the report that American 11 was heading south, as is clear not just from taped conversations at NEADS but also from taped conversations at FAA centers; contemporaneous logs compiled at NEADS, Continental Region headquarters, and NORAD; and other records.

Taped conversations show that no fighters were scrambled to track American 11.


Incidentally, I seem to recall reading somewhere that skins as slang for `dollars' dates from frontier days when trappers used animal skins as currency, and is therefore much older than early 20th-century Harlem.

I remember reading that the slang term "skins" began in the early 20th-century Harlem.


The controller looked for primary radar returns.


The drive to gain advantage from economies of scale and the role of manufacturing technology in textiles have also affected the people who work in the industry.

People who work in the industry were also affected by the changing role of technology.


Is there anything else you wanted to talk about?

Is there more you would like to speak regarding?


Does that make for a lot of pressure to have a lot of money?

Do you feel under pressure to make a lot of money?


Is there something you are not telling me?


Annually SIDS claims the lives of approximately 3,000 babies in the United States.

SIDS claims the lives of 3,000 American babies each year.


I read my books from K-five and I read my books from first grade.

I didn't like reading, so I tossed my books out from K-five and first grade without reading them.


Many need furniture, linens and other basic necessities to begin lives on their own.

Everyone has exactly everything they need to begin lives on their own.


The friction between the second ply and the first can create a wrinkle in the first ply.

The friction between the first and second plies will cause the second ply to wrinkle.


Etymologists say it originally meant due??o de una casa `lord, or master, of a house' and is a contraction of duen de casa .  Duen is the apocopated (cut-off) form of duemo , which stems from the Latin dominus .  As the Spanish word evolved, the de was suffixed to the duen , the casa was omitted altogether, and el duende thus became  the lord of the house.

Duende was originally only eaten by the master of the house.


Neither do the rest of us who feel the positive results of their success.

The rest of us do too, because the positive effects are only felt by the management.


What are the appropriate labor standards?

perfect knowledge of all things labor standard related


For example, among the Zinacanteco Indians of southern Mexico, girls become expert weavers of complex garments through the informal guidance of adults.

For instance, Zinacanteco Indian girls turned into proficient weavers of intricate garments with the casual help of adults.


United Way of Central Indiana adds value to your investment.

United Way of Central Indiana adds value to your investment in real estate.


Many will find out, as I have, that just being active and productive will improve your health, relationships, and quality of life.

I really value my health, relationship, and quality of my life


Therefore, even a small swing in demand from week to week translates into high relative variation'that is, into a high coefficient of variation.

The data points for demand measured weekly are weighted for the entire year.


And as March begins, we wanted to remind you to consider your contribution to the 1996 Annual Appeal.


At 9:21, it advised the Dulles terminal control facility, and Dulles urged its controllers to look for primary targets.

Dulles terminal control facility frantically urged its controllers to look for targets.


For example, W shows for leeway the date 1669; from my experience with even above-average users, that is usually taken to mean that 1669 was the first time that leeway appeared in  one day it did not exist; the next, Presto!

W shows for leeway the date 1669, because this is the most rational guess.


In upstate New York, NEADS personnel first learned of the shootdown order from this  Floor  You need to read this.

NEADS learned of the shootdown order from the President himself.


Mass customization involves a number of preassembly innovations.

Customization involves a lot of innovations for preassembly.


He repeatedly calls on his followers to embrace martyrdom since the walls of oppression and humiliation cannot be demolished except in a rain of bullets.

Followers of him are urged to embrace stances of peace and love toward all peoples.


Oh yes, and George Orwell books I read, uh, uh, um 1984 and what's the other one?

I read two Orwell novels, 1984 and another which I can't remember.


During the 1850s, a Texas lawyer acquired a small herd of cattle on Matagorda Island.

A Texas lawyer had a herd of cattle on Matagorda Island.


Contributions will be used to cover program and membership costs for girls in financial need; subsidize the cost of Girl Scout camp; and provide training and resources to leaders, parents and adult volunteers.

Most donations are spent for summer camp costs.


The two ROWs differ in pronunciation as well as in meaning and origin.

The two ROWs were different in pronunciation.


So, I haven't met one person at UNC-Charlotte that I didn't meet in my high school.

I have yet to meet one person at UNC-Charlotte that I did not meet in my high school.


America is also held responsible for the governments of Muslim countries, derided by al Qaeda as your agents.

The governments of Muslim countries were thought by al Qaeda to be puppet governments.


But Sears Roebuck and Co. outstripped Montgomery Ward in the 1890s.

Sears Roebuck and Co. carried better products so they were able to outstrip Montgomery Ward in the 1890s.


Please use the enclosed envelope so we can help you.

Please make use of the enclosed envelope for help.


I, uh, went off to do my thing and he went off to, to some other things, and, uh, anyway, um, to make a long story fairly short, I got married, and being married gave me a little bit of freedom as far as what I need to do to make money because my wife was working and making enough to support us.


When parents and teachers use dialogic reading consistently over several weeks to several months, children show gains in language development, print knowledge, and writing progress that are still present six months to a year later.

Children who use dialogic reading do not benefit from it.


If you don't know who your Alderman is, contact the Mayor's office at 594-3341.

The position of Alderman is currently vacant until the Mayor appoints a new one.


Almost all its neurons'cells that store and transmit information'are in place by the second trimester of pregnancy.

Neurons' cells store information and are created in utero.


Life isn't easy for Ted, but he's determined to raise his children himself and be a good role model for them.

Ted is determined to raise his children himself and be a good role model for them, but it is not always easy, sometimes he wonder if it is worth it.


In Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (Chapter VII), one reads about a boy  cudgelling an ass,  and one goes back over the passage to reassure himself that it does not contain a typographical error for  cuddling.

In the seventh chapter of Scott's book, a boy was bludgeoning an ass.


Last year, their law firm solicitation program succeeded in obtaining a range of 57 percent to 100 percent contributing alumni -employed by participating firms.

The law firm's program accomplished a range of between 57 to 100 percent students employed by law firms.


Both then saw the second aircraft hit the World Trade Center.

The two of them then watched as the second plane crashed into the WTC.


Soon iron monkeys gave way to more expensive but corrosion-resistant brass monkeys.

Iron monkeys remained in use in order to save money.


Saudi pressures on the Bin Ladin family also probably took some toll.

The Bin Ladin family was likely affected by pressure from the Saudis.


We are sure that the nation owes a debt to the passengers of United 93.

We are confident that the passengers of United 93 are owed a debt by this country.


In Forster's A Passage to India (Chapter XXXI) a vivid picture is created by the sentence  Tangles like this still interrupted their intercourse.

Tangles is a character in Forester's A Passage to India.


As will be described in chapter 7, al Qaeda contacts with Iran continued in ensuing years.

Iran made some contact with members of al Qaeda.


With so many conflicting pressures in our society today-the Girl Scout program is a proven solution and supporting friends like you help to make it happen.

You help to make the Girl Scout program happen


Intrusion because one of the new Scholars couldn't be here to receive her award.

One of the recipients of the award wasn't present.


Little ones, like Baby Jessica, caught in the struggle between adoptive and birth parents.

The babies involved in these situations have little to worry about.


Family words and expressions crop up everywhere.


A fellow who  skinned his flint  was looked upon as being a parsimonious, penny-pinching, stingy cheapskate'a veritable skinflint.

Being a skinflint was like a death sentence for men.


Gregory uses stream in the way normal in England; Giles consistently refers to gens in the hills of central Australia, though glen is not current (outside place-names) in contemporary Australian English.

Contemporary Australian English is vastly different from the past.


Vygotsky's concept of the  zone  clarifies for us the meaning of true  quality time.

Vygotsky's concept of the zone did nothing to clarify any concepts.


Many of you responded in a positive manner by increasing your contribution or contributing to the fund for the first time.

Many of you responded by contributing to the fund for the very first time.


For a minimum contribution of $250, you become eligible for a 50 percent Indiana state tax credit through the Indiana Department of Commerce Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP).

500 people took advantage of this tax credit last year.


According to Rousseau, adult training served only to thwart the child's inherently perceptive intelligence and moral sense, which unfolded naturally as children moved through a sequence of developmental stages.

Adult training was determined to be the pillar of raising a child.


More generally, the size of a dictionary is a function of two  the number of items entered (its  macrostructure ), and the amount of information given about them (its  microstructure ).

Most dictionaries try to strike a balance between completeness and portability.


The howlers in my collection that I most cherish, however, depend for their charm on skewed syntax.


Most viewed today's youngsters as too out-of-control and undirected.

Today's young adults are not properly guided by their parents.


A Feminist Dictionary includes new words and new definitions; words from utopian literature suggest  what might be ; definitions are elaborate, the stated aim to stimulate research or theoretical development.

Feminists insist on creating new terms and definitions.


Now they tell you that's not good to do.


At 8:32, the Command Center passed word of a possible hijacking to the Operations Center at FAA headquarters.

The Command Center said there might be a hijacking at 8:32, 15 minutes after it happened.


It did so by separating those subassembly processes that were standard across products from those that were distinctive to specific laser-jet products.

The subassembly processes are simpler for specific laser-jet products.


The average annual course load for first-year students in the day program (31 credit hours) costs $4,453 for residents and $11,588 for non-residents.

The average 31 credit hour course load for first-year students in the day program costs nearly three times more for non-residents than for residents.


Another major textile company, Milliken, has a degree of common ownership with a retail business, Mercantile, although these arrangements remain unusual.

Milliken and Mercantile are not major textile companies.


Mission Crew Commander,  This is what I foresee that we probably need to do.

I don't foresee anything and we don't need to do anything.


Turned out after all the treatments were done, I was the only survivor in the particular wing of the hospital.

After the treatments were all finished, I spent a lot of time with the friend I had made in the same wing of the hospital.


At the White House, the video teleconference was conducted from the Situation Room by Richard Clarke, a special assistant to the president long involved in counterterrorism.

In the Situation Room, Richard Clarke was nowhere to be found.


But British law strictly prohibited the export of drawings, plans, or models of these new technologies.

British law doesn't allow export of plans of these new technologies for a certain period of time.


(Then, referring to a newspaper report her father had mentioned earlier in the day) This morning, it said (changes to a low-pitched, somber tone of voice),  Two trains crashing'in India.

Her father always read the newspaper and talked about the reports that interested him.


The industry underwent another substantial restructuring in the 1980s, and product lines became even more concentrated.

The industry was restructured in the 1980's.


We are losing natural areas and habitats at an alarming rate.

Natural areas and habitats are disappearing too fast.


So you do feel like you like Charlotte as an area?


You'll get the chance to visit local artists' studios.

You will be permitted to visit local artists' studios.


The Secretary was informed of the second strike in New York during the briefing; he resumed the briefing while awaiting more information.

After the Secretary of Defense was informed of the second plane strike in New York of the towers during the briefing, he immediately excused himself and tried to coordinate a national emergency response to deal with the danger and loss of life happening at Ground Zero.


Ah, the favorite part of the story was the fact that I had somehow bought an old Model T Ford.

The best part of the whole story was when I purchased Model T Ford.


Taking an uncomfortably short speculative step was Stanley Kubrick's 1963 film,  Dr.

Stanley Kubrick's 1963 film was really uncomfortable.


It entails better engineering of specific sewing tasks, including some specialized sewing machines, to reduce the amount of time required for each task.

Other sewing machines are also utilized.


Like Italian, Spanish has estro , from the Latin oestrus `gadfly' (English estrus ) to denote artistic inspiration (and female sexual heat), but duende goes further.

The word estros is used more often to describe female sexual heat.


But if order lead times are long, the buyer must order up to a larger number S to meet demand during the replenishment lead time.

The buyer must produce their own goods if order lead times are long.


The importance of family mealtimes is underscored by the fact that the most widely used research instrument for assessing the quality of young children's home environments asks parents whether the child eats at least one meal a day with a parent.

Family mealtimes aren't particularly valuable as a research instrument.


If they want to be emphatic about a large undertaking, they might say,  I'm going to do it all!

The do not want to be emphatic when offering it all


If one is by himself, he, she, or it is alone.


// Of course we had to do it in a day because we couldn't take enough time everybody.

We had several weeks to finish the project.


The machines are massive in size because they must be rigid to achieve cutting along the entire silhouette.

The machines must be strong to cut along the silhouette.


Well, life there in the country is, nice, tranquil.


Well with Brittney Spears I think what they probably do is they, um, they've got a lot of back up singers that can sing, and they kind of blend her voice into theirs when she can't quite do it.

Britney Spears never uses backup singers.


Within the next 20 minutes, they would be followed by Hani Hanjour and two brothers, Nawaf al Hazmi and Salem al Hazmi.

They were not followed by two brothers, Nawaf al Hazmi and Salem al Hazmi.


If we obtain our goal soon, the fund can begin to be used for excellence in teaching and research.

Excellent teaching cannot be guaranteed without enough funding.


Babies cry for liquor an' all the birds sing bass.

Babies cry for alcohol, the birds sing brass.


She uh, she'd had laryngitis and the doctor told her if you don't quit smoking you'll never talk.

The doctor said her laryngitis will worsen and she'll lose her voice if she doesn't quit smoking.


Imagine how proud he must be of his writing skills, and his reading skills!

He is an excellent sci-fi writer because of his skills.


You see, it is Belmaine's wife who was doing the dragging.


All these elements-including religion-combined in an explosive compound.

Religion was one of the elements that combined to spell disaster.


There is no evidence that Herndon took such action.

There was plenty of evidence that Herndon took that action.


Next, when looking at a Chinese character, the symbol can be purely phonetic, purely semantic, or a combination of both.

A Chinese character can be phonetic or semantic.


Moreover, it is a world-class university.

Moreover, it has received many awards that recognize its world-class education.


Vygotsky emphasized that to understand children's development, it is necessary to understand the social situations adults devise for them.

Adults sometimes devise social situations for children.


In everyday conversation, the events discussed resemble the mini-stories of our spontaneous autobiographies.

The events in our lives are much too boring to be in an autobiography.


Also Went-worth/Flexner and Chapman both cite the term the leather as meaning a kick, but they date the term from 1946, citing a passage from Damon   he would give his fallen foe what we called `the leather,' meaning a few boots abaft the ears.

Using the phrase "the leather" to mean a kick was cited by both Went-worth/Flexner and Chapman, which they trace to the 1946 writing of Damon in which he mentions giving a bested enemy "the leather," by which he indicated a "few boots abaft the ears."


The address (Obras Completas, Aguilar, Madrid, 1963) is a 5,000-word virtuoso performance in which he describes duende variously as  the spirit of the earth,  with Dionysian roots, and as  the mysterious spirit of sorrowful Spain.

the address is a long but skilful performance.


Almost always, children pick the marked container.

Children consider the mark to be a sign that the container has more interesting contents.


Two minutes later, it disappeared completely from radar at Indianapolis Center, which was controlling the flight.

The plane vanished from radar because it crashed.


In sum, increasingly pressured adult lives have contributed to parental diculties in granting children the attention they need.

As the lives of adults become more stressful, giving their kids the attention they need becomes more difficult.


Design information systems, such as the Gerber Garment Technology software discussed above, can also greatly affect how and when design changes are made.

Design information systems like Gerber Garment Technology software can increase how and when design changes are made.


In this environment, ordering large quantities of products far in advance of the selling season is simply too costly.

Buying in bulk in advance costs too much.


During the year I have been in private practice, I have found myself drawing on all aspects of my education.

I have found my education helpful, in the past year I have been in private practice.


Five Americans and two officials from India were killed.

Five americans were killed in an attack in India.


We were helping my niece and nephew paint a new house that they bought and uh, he uh, little Raymond was with us.

My niece and nephew had a new place and we helped them paint it.


We've only been able to save about 5 of those 10 birds, by supporting them with I/V fluids given through the wing bones (the preferred method in birds).


True, the official language of the province of Quebec is French; and true, we have borrowed a few words from there; lacrosse , for example.

The official language of the province is English


Will you make a financial gift to Big Sisters in 1999 that will ensure that more young people receive the guidance they need, that more young people stay in school, stay off drugs and make good choices?

Young people should leave school and do drugs.


With the help of new transportation and communications systems, the first company to market a wide variety of consumer goods exclusively by mail and parcel post was Montgomery Ward, formed in 1872.

Timepieces were one of the first types of products sold by Montgomery Ward.


Well meantime my Mom is running around she doesn't hardly know that we left.

My mom noticed us leaving and ran to catch up.


macaronic Does not refer to pasta; it is a text which is half Latin and half vernacular.

Macaronic does not refer to pasta but instead, it is a text which is half Latin and half vernacular.


The teens have also decided to raise money to provide camperships for other campers because they know what Jameson has meant to them.


Furthermore, long hours in child care during infancy and the preschool years are linked to less favorable parent-child interaction.

Long hours in child care during infancy can lead to less favorable parent-child interaction which can lead to mental illness.


not to mention Poe's odd allusion in For Annie :

Poe made multiple allusions in the story For Annie


Scholarships are essential for attracting the best and brightest students to study law at our school.

When it comes to attracting the best and smartest students to study at our school, scholarships are a necessity.


An important goal of scaolding is to promote self-regulation'the capacity to use thought to guide behavior.

Scolding exists primarily to impart a sense of shame, creating an inherent sense of unease when doing something undesirable.


spike one's guns If an army had to fall back and abandon its field artillery, the simplest way to render its guns useless was to jam a spike into the fuse hole.

Some soldiers would take home guns and spike as souvenirs.


As a '56 graduate, I have since witnessed many changes in both legal education and the law school.

In my years of experience I have seen educational practices and law school be revamped.


Teachers' communication plays a vital role in children's eort and learning.

A teachers' communication to a child plays a vital role in a child's learning.


Tell me when you feel it peeping out and then we'll run like hell.

When you notice it looking at us, tell me and we'll try and negotiate with it.


If the fixture was designed to hold ten shirts of a particular color and size, for instance, it is both wasteful of space and visually unappealing to put only three shirts out'even if an economic analysis recommends the lower quantity.

If the fixture was designed to hold ten shirts, it is both wasteful of space and visually unappealing.


To the first, they say that America had attacked Islam; America is responsible for all conflicts involving Muslims.

America has worked to change the way they are viewed by Islam.


All right, this is Elissa Adams and Elissa, you've lived in Charlotte for--


Has always evoked for me images of muscles or funereal trimmings or infected tissue, instead of twilight or evening.

The person has always evoked for me images of muscles.


Radar data show the Langley fighters airborne at 9:30.

Langeley fighters were airborne at 9:30.


But unlike a mass merchant that typically manages over 125,000 separate items in a large store, the Dillard's system uses this information to manage over one million SKUs in one of its flagship stores.

The Dillard's system only manages a few hundred SKUs in a store.


You see, it is Belmaine's wife who was doing the dragging.


For example, Daly describes the title of one of her early books, Gyn/Ecology , as saying  exactly what I mean to say.

Daly let people know that the title is meant to say what they believe it does.


I went and stayed with Grandmom and Grandpop Borel in their little two bed, one bedroom apartment in NJ and uh, I guess I stayed five or six days.

My grandparents were happily married and comfortable there.


(In 1994, 35 million soccer balls were produced there, one-quarter by children.)

Some children enjoyed making the soccer balls in 1994.


But none of the other callers reported the presence of a firearm.


That conclusion is based on a version of events that we now know is incorrect.

That conclusion was based on a true version of events.


A competing approach to reducing plant throughput time involves team-based sewing or modular production, which we will discuss at length in the next chapter.

In the next section, we will talk about modular production.


I had aunts and my grandmother, one of my grandmothers read to me too.

The women of my family took a more prominent role reading to me.


GENI also promotes the expansion of geography in teacher training curriculums and in K-12 curriculums.

Geography in teacher training is promoted by GENI.


May you experience God's grace this Easter season and throughout the year.

I do not celebrate Easter because I do not feel God's grace.


We were down, I had my son under me, on the floor, Ines had one, and Ines brother, that is, the boy's uncle, had the other boy under him.

My offspring was beneath me, and another child was underneath the uncle.


The controller responded, seconds  Somebody call Cleveland?

There must have been a longer discussion between the controller and the airplane pilots.


But the poetry I remember and she taught us, you know, some poetry.

I remember some poetry my mom taught me.


Several iterations of these initial design steps could add weeks or months to the process before production began.

There will be at least two separate teams working on the first steps for the same project.


According to the reporting, Iraqi officials offered Bin Ladin a safe haven in Iraq.

Iraqi officials agreed with what Bin Ladin was doing.


A Communist government in Afghanistan gained power in 1978 but was unable to establish enduring control.

A communist government in Afghanistan was in power in 1978 but couldn't keep it, losing control after just a few months.


This is the wetland celebrated by Gene Stratton-Porter in her books, poems and photographs.

Gene Stratton-Porter did not talk about these wetlands in her works.


By 9:21, the Command Center, some FAA field facilities, and American Airlines had started to search for American 77.

The Command Center started to search for the plane.


I don't think I'd like to meet up with that genie!


The only thing I did know for sure was here's a chance to change things for me and my children.

There's no chance to change things for my family.


Sociodramatic play, involving joint make-believe with a partner, Piaget claimed, is not under way until age 3. As with other aspects of Piaget's theory, the direction of development for make-believe is from purely individual, egocentric symbols to social play and shared understanding.

Children develop social relationships and tend to play with others as early as one year old.


Though Azzam had been considered number one in the MAK, by August 1988 Bin Ladin was clearly the leader (emir) of al Qaeda.

By August 1988 Bin Laden was clearly the leader (emir) of al Qaeda, even though Azzam had been considered number one in the MAK.


The legal system inadvertently creates many victims.


. . . I'm thinking cruise missile threat from the sea.

A see based cruise missile might be a good tactic.


Islam is both a faith and a code of conduct for all aspects of life.


Evidence accumulated later, including the 1988 bombing of Pan Am 103, clearly showed that the operation did not curb Qadhafi's interest in terrorism.

They got more evidence that showed Qadhafi was still interested in terrorism.


Another major textile company, Milliken, has a degree of common ownership with a retail business, Mercantile, although these arrangements remain unusual.

Milliken's common ownership arrangements with Mercantile are strange.


In each listing below, the boldface word is the word at which Framework stopped, offering to SUGGEST a substitute; the words following are the substitutions it suggested.

Framework chose the words shown in italics.


Grandmom smoked Saratoga 120 cigarettes which are about eight and a half inches long.

Grandma is a very heavy smoker, about a pack of Saratoga 120s a day.


Those who became the Shia held that any leader of the Ummah must be a direct descendant of the Prophet; those who became the Sunni argued that lineal descent was not required if the candidate met other standards of faith and knowledge.

Shias believe that any leader of the Ummah has to be directly descended from the Prophet, the Sunnis believe leaders don't have to be.


The light beam did cut through the plies, but it melted the polyester fibers at the sides of the burn and fused the edges of the cloth together.

The light beam successfully cut without any issues.


David Galef has coined the term morox [XIV, 2] to designate unintentional, inelegant oxymorons such as many fewer problems, largely insignificant , and barely clothed .  I collect solecisms of all sorts that I hear on television broadcasts.

Morox was coined by many different people to designate intentional oxymorons.


Saudi officials apparently wanted Bin Ladin expelled from Sudan.


Yeah, what's your favorite television shows?

What television show do you like in the evening?


it is imperative that we reach the Board of Directors' goal of 100 percent participation.

Reaching the Board of Directors' goal of 100 percent participation is necessary for the program to continue.


The second basic practice involves the use of electronic data interchange (EDI) as a means for transmitting data on orders between apparel suppliers and retailers.

Using electronic data interchange to transmit information about orders is one of the basic practices.


For example, W shows for leeway the date 1669; from my experience with even above-average users, that is usually taken to mean that 1669 was the first time that leeway appeared in  one day it did not exist; the next, Presto!

It is usually taken that 1670 was the first time that leeway appeared.


An order to an apparel factory'whether from a retailer, jobber, or a manufacturer contracting out different stages of the work'specifies the total number of units to be made of a particular design, with a given fabric, and with a certain number of units in each size.

Order to apparel factories vary weekly depending on what is in style and what isn't.


They possess neither a Vatican nor a Vicar-General to report to, and, although the guild can at times be arcane (with Latin charters and capping ceremonies), by and large its doings are overt and benign.

The guild may be arcane but its activities are generally harmless.


This educational experience brings to light what an integral role the dental component plays in an individual's overall health.

Dental components are of the utmost importance compared to feet.


They arrived at 9:25 and established a combat air patrol (CAP) over the city.

The combat air patrol over the city lasted for days.


Your gift will help make this year's concert more special by providing funds for costumes, programs and lighting.

Donations provide funding for costumes worn by the company's performers.


The machines are massive in size because they must be rigid to achieve cutting along the entire silhouette.

The smaller machines cut best along the silhouette.


Rather than frustrating or disappointing the child, self-restraint is the route to maximum pleasure.

self-restraint is the route to pleasure.


She had to get a career going so there'd be money to live on and to send us to college.

She had to stay late at the office many nights to get ahead in her career.


He went from the parking lot to his office (where he spoke to the President), then to the Executive Support Center, where he participated in the White House video teleconference.

The President did not speak to him at all.


I'm going to be a big movie star one day!

I'm going to be a famous actor in Hollywood someday.


Then all the pieces of the patterns must be laid out for the various units so that they can be cut at the same time.


Do you know that person that popped up on the screen?


In 1983, community residents and organizations banded together to form the organization which is now called SEND.

SEND was created by community residents in 1973.


My older sister Rayona she put together that reunion.

My bigger sister Rayona planned that reunion.


Admittedly, lowing is also onomatopoeic.

Lowing is definitely not an onomatopoeic word


On September 11, Captain John Ogonowski and First Officer Thomas McGuinness piloted the Boeing 767.

Captain John Ogonowski and First Officer Thomas McGuinness were not originally supposed to pilot the plane.


As further ammunition to support my bulletproof contention that our language is loaded with guns and cannons, I'll conclude by gunning for items that have the word gun in them.

There is little basis to back up my idea.


The Taliban seemed to open the doors to all who wanted to come to Afghanistan to train in the camps.

The Taliban closed its doors to all outsiders, never training with anyone not already initiated.


Because safety stock is directly dependent on demand uncertainty, increasing product variety increases retail safety-stock requirements.

Safety stock is directly dependent on demand uncertainty.


I do enjoy reading the um, stories related to Guideposts or uh, what's another, Reader's Digest, they come in.

I relate to a lot of the stories in Reader's Digest.


It likes to perch because it elongates its spine.


Alamo , the site of the Texas defeat by Santa Ana; hoosegow from juzgado `court'; dinero `money,' a Spanish corruption of the Latin denarius; macho , from the same root as machete : he who wields a machete must be skillful and powerful, hence the word has come to mean `virile' and its associated noun, machismo , `virility.

Alamo, the greatly revered site of the Texas defeat by Santa Ana.


The school will devote the year to educating both internal and external groups about advancements in oral health care and how those advancements benefit citizens from around the state and elsewhere.

The school will dedicate this year to the education about progress in oral health care and how the advancements help citizens everywhere.


Another entry under L is Laadan , a language constructed by linguist Suzette Hayden Elgin and first used in her science fiction novel Native Tongue , a language which is designed to contain many  woman function  words not included in English.

Most woman function words in Laadan can be found in English.


I am not sure that I should have characterized the perpetuation of obsolete or archaic meanings as  counterproductive : perhaps  wrong,   misleading,   ambiguous,  or  old-fashioned  would have been closer to the mark; phrased another way, I must agree that people ought to use words in their current senses if they expect to be understood.

I think people should you words they way they're meant to be used in today's contexts if they'd like to be understood.


Mr. Davidson's observations on the Scottishness of Chambers 20th Century Dictionary [XV,1] bear out my own formed over sixteen years of using one.

Mr. Davidson's findings contradict my own opinions of the Scottishness of Chambers 20th Century Dictionary [XV,1].


On behalf of all IUSD students, I would like to personally thank you for your past support of dental education.

The students of IUSD are grateful for donations.


Two trends over the past twenty-five years have compounded the problems inherent in the traditional retail model.

The two trends originated in Europe and spread quickly.


Steve Cauthens has devoted his life to resurfacing.

Steve Cauthen doesn't have a life outside of resurfacing.


As literary critics, feminists look not only at images of women in literature but at women as writers and readers.

There are many literary critics in the world.


The Langley fighters were heading east, not north, for three reasons.

There was no reason for the Langley fighters to be heading east.


Other vital contexts for adult-child engagement include everyday routines and duties, mealtimes, and television viewing.

There is no correlation between child behavior and the role of adults.


According to Rousseau, adult training served only to thwart the child's inherently perceptive intelligence and moral sense, which unfolded naturally as children moved through a sequence of developmental stages.

Adult training thwarted child smartness and sense of morality, Rousseau wrote.


Please make check payable to the Indiana University Foundation.

Please make all checks payable to Buffalo Bill Inc.


The award was presented at the annual All-Class Reunion in front of over 500 family, friends, and alumni of Dear Old Cathedral.

Receiving the award is always a great honor.


Other significant editorial  the Feminist Dictionary lexicogaphers refuse to label a word like herstory a coinage.

Lexicographers have issues with words like herstory.


Once they are developed or altered, and their fragile ecosystems are disrupted, we lose them forever.

Once ecosystems are altered, they become stronger and flourish.


Um, beyond my grandparents I hadn't seen any of them, I guess, but they began to take on a personality and something I could kind of see in my imagination.

I can't imagine them, there's just not enough to work with because I haven't met them.


Ted Olson asked for her location and she replied that the aircraft was then flying over houses.

She replied the aircraft was flying over mountains when Ted Olsen asked her location.


Exercise planners also assumed that the aircraft would originate from outside the United States, allowing time to identify the target and scramble interceptors.

The planners accounted for possible domestic hijackings.


Although this may seem obvious today, Wanamaker shook up the existing retail world in the 1870s by seeking to understand his customers' preferences as a basis for making merchandising choices.

The customers felt like they were valued more highly since their preferences were being catered to.


Finally, a complete economic analysis of the appropriate parameters for an (s, S) or (R, s, S) policy must include consideration of some of the  softer  costs and benefits of inventory.

A complete economic analysis of the appropriate parameters policy must consider cost-benefit analysis.


Until the emergence of mass retail, the wholesaler-jobber dominated the distribution of consumer dry goods to general  clothing, upholstered furnishings, hardware, drugs, tobacco, furniture, china, and glassware.

The wholesale-jobber made more money from selling drugs than glassware.


and everything like that, because the people like that are the ones that are disappointed the most and then like end up nowhere.

I feel sorry for those people who are disappointed all the time and end up nowhere.


Consider the early attachment bond that builds between caregiver and baby during the first year of life.

There is no significant bond between a caregiver and a baby.


And there was a wounded, a wounded woman by, by a bullet too, that they had brought, since she was a nurse, and there we were.

A wounded woman was wounded by a bullet.


For the  down  words, they prefer turning up, traveling North , etc.


Creators of the exercise had counted on the planes having an overseas origin.


He claimed it was more important for Muslims to kill Americans than to kill other infidels.

The kill Americans first strategy was very popular among terrorists.


Gung-ho was popularized in WWII by Lt.Evans Fordyce Carlson.


(In Figure 7.1, the high volume 46-regular has a low Cv of 0.55.

In Figure 8.1, the high volume 46-regular has a low CV of 0.75.


Girl Scouts of Hoosier Capital Council would like to invite you to join us in an investment opportunity---an investment in our future business and community leaders.

Girl Scouts would like you to invest at least 3,000 dollars in this investment opportunity.


But the friction between the table and the cloth will leave this layer ( ply ) of cloth stretched; just how much will depend on the amount of friction between the two.

Certain tables produce higher friction than others, and that has to be taken into account when designing them.


First Med Place is somewhere you can take people.


the conclusions drawn by the OED's definers and commentators often cannot be supported by citational evidence'at least, not the citational evidence that appears in the published work.

OED has provided evidence so that you know what you are reading is true.


We asked a screening expert to review the videotape of the hand-wanding, and he found the quality of the screener's work to have been marginal at best.

A screening expert reviewed the videotape of the hand-wanding, and found that the screener's work was some of the best work he had ever seen.


On the other hand,  figurative or exaggerated expression  would probably have been a simplified improvement over  metaphorical or hyperbolic expression,  which might be tough going for someone who had to look up literally to begin with.

Someone who needs help with the word "literally" would find the words "metaphorical or hyperbolic" easier to understand than "figurative or exaggerated."


The aircraft was ready for a quick descent.


I can write my name on the deposit slip.


Shared activities were especially crucial for children of mothers who had increased their hours of employment during the preceding 3 years, often from part-time to full-time.

Some mothers are working more hours at their jobs.


Let us not forget marijuana which is simply `Mary Jane' in Mexico, or cucaracha , the `cockroach' that entered English via a popular song.

Mary Jane is a colloquial name for marijuana


The Vice President stated that he called the President to discuss the rules of engagement for the CAP.

The VP said he called the president to discuss the rules of engagement in case a war was imminent.


Second, NEADS did not have accurate information on the location of United 93.

NEADS had only a suspected location of the aircraft.


This had the effect of puzzling some clerks, of occasionally leading to communication (finger-pinching for clothespins worked, for example), and most often of bringing out the clerks' sense of humor, expressed in good-natured if frustrated laughter.

Very few could understand the nature of the question, though it did amuse them.


Several passengers had terminated phone calls with loved ones in order to join the revolt.

There was a revolt aboard the flight that passengers had started.


This is much more efficient than most other non-profits and government-run programs.

This is a lot more efficient than most non-profits.


In general, to maximize operating profit, a manufacturer must know the factory's overall cycle time, work-in-process carrying costs, finished or hanging goods carrying costs, unit production costs, and unit selling price, as well as the Cv for each SKU of a given style.

Factory cycle times are important for manufacturers to know when maximizing operating profit.


Let our families and children know that you want them to have the same kinds of memories of the holidays you will have.

We want you to have great holiday memories and to wish the same for our families and children.


Admittedly, lowing is also onomatopoeic.


Died with both feet and talking the whole way.

Everything was pretty quiet during his death, he lost both feet too.


From the 1970s onward, religion had become an increasingly powerful force in Pakistani politics.

Religion became a more powerful force in Pakistani politics beginning in the 1970s leading to more extremism in that country.


Acting Deputy Administrator Belger was frustrated to learn later in the morning that the military had not been on the call.

The Administrator was angry at the military.


No one at FAA headquarters ever asked for military assistance with American 77.

People at FAA headquarters were too shy to ask for military assistance.


As the Clubhouse Monitor at Bent Tree Apartments, he now provides customer service for 50 to 60 tenants each night.

He now provides customer service for 50 to 60 tenants each night, at the Clubhouse Monitor at Bent Tree Apartments.


Past experience suggests, however, that in this field voluntary measures need to be reinforced by regulatory authority.

Regulatory authority will not be necessary to reinforce these measures.


On September 11, Captain John Ogonowski and First Officer Thomas McGuinness piloted the Boeing 767.

The pilots of Boeing 767 on September 11 were Captain John Ogonowski and First Officer Thomas McGuinness.


Anent earlier items by Timothy Hayes [XI, 4] and by Richard Lederer [XII, 4] on the oxymoron , I submit some oxymora found in local

Oxymorons are when two words are placed together that are opposites of each other.


The weight of this fictional weaponry has popularized the death ray from its pulp SF origins to serious contemporary consideration as laser technology has advanced.

Contemporary thought claims that, no matter how advanced laser technology is, a death ray is not possible.


Belger was glad the military did not help out.


The hijackers probably did not know how to operate the cockpit radio communication system correctly, and thus inadvertently broadcast their message over the air traffic control channel instead of the cabin public-address channel.

The hijackers accidentally broadcast their message over the air traffic control channel instead of the cabin public-address channel, probably because they were too stupid to know how to operate the cockpit radio correctly.


This is important because aggregate inventory volatility has historically made up a significant portion of the volatility of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

A large part of GDP consists of aggregate inventory volatility.


We lived in uh, in dairy land country and uh, little things you missed which now I don't know if I like or not.

I didn't like living in dairy land country.


kibitzer `one who comments, often in the form of unwanted advice, during a game, often cards.

A kititzer comments when they aren't asked to, annoying people.


In the past our relationship with the City has been quite good, but we have never been able to achieve 100 percent funding for the services the City expects and that which the community requires.

While we have had a poor relationship with the city, they've always funded us 100 percent.


She closed the door, and Ines said to me, What are we going to do with Luis Alonso?

We knew if he stayed with us we could be arrested.


And be more productive when you have this sense of honoring and valuing.

There is no reason to honor or value anything, because it does not affect productivity.


And, um, Little Women, that was and, now I had three older sisters, and I always kind of envisioned us patterned after Little Women, and, because there were four girls in that family and I loved that story; read it over and over again.

My least favourite book to read was a story called Little Women.


There were also rootless but experienced operatives, such as Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who-though not necessarily formal members of someone else's organization-were traveling around the world and joining in projects that were supported by or linked to Bin Ladin, the Blind Sheikh, or their associates.

Bin Ladin was not formally linked to Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but was supported by them.


Um, as far as having an impact on me, I guess, uh, being a good girl and doing all the right things.

In regards to its impact, it encouraged me to be a good girl.


The four men boarded the plane between 7:39 and 7:48.

The men got on the plane between 7:39 and 7:48 in the morning.


It's a pacifier,  explained Sophie, renaming the object.

Sophie did not know how to call the object.


A few minutes later, Flight 11 was in trouble.


First, he claimed that the world was beset with barbarism, licentiousness, and unbelief (a condition he called jahiliyya, the religious term for the period of ignorance prior to the revelations given to the Prophet Mohammed).

It was his belief that people across the globe are more rational and pious than at any time in history.


Minutes went by and word arrived of an aircraft down in Pennsylvania.

After several minutes, word came in that an aircraft had crashed in Pennsylvania and there were no survivors.


It is never attempted because it is impossible.


The Club is made up of alumni, faculty, staff and friends who support the school with annual gifts of $100 or more.

The Club is made up of over two hundred supportive members.


Henry Henn gets a linguistic maggie's drawers for  'Nam, Gook, Gung- Nonsense  [XIV,2].


Again, the normalized data highlights the weekly deviation from the average demand.

An average demand can be calculated weekly.


But British law strictly prohibited the export of drawings, plans, or models of these new technologies.

Exporting drawings of these new technologies is not allowed under British law.


This year, your Class of 1943 celebrates its golden anniversary, and it's time once again to reminisce about your days at DePauw.

The class of 1943 is not celebrating their anniversary this year.


His sociocultural theory has thoroughly collectivist cultural roots.

The theory's roots are extremely anti-collectivist.


They matter, and our support to them matters.

They themselves deeply appreciate our support.


The relationship between al Qaeda and Iran demonstrated that Sunni-Shia divisions did not necessarily pose an insurmountable barrier to cooperation in terrorist operations.

Iran's relationship with Al Queda proved that Sunni-Shia infighting, doesn't come into play when it comes to attacking the west they are united.


In his poem Mr Nixon (from Hugh Selwyn Mauberley ), Ezra Pound's Mr. Nixon advises kindly

Mr. Nixon doesn't advise and isn't kind.


From its inception, the IDA Pursuit of Excellence Fund has supported and rewarded faculty for unique and outstanding effort on behalf of dentistry.

The IDA pursuit of excellence fund doesn't give anything to anyone.


Please sent yours to the author, c/o Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA 01867, not to VERBATIM.

Addison-Wesley is happy to read your letters and fix your problems.


Anyone who doubts the impact of the proper use of simple language should read (or reread) Knut Hamsun's Growth of the Soil .  Though a translation, it puts English polysyllabicity to shame.

Knut Hamsun's Growth of the Soil uses simple language.


I think we need to scramble Langley right now.

Langley would be better equipped to deal with the situation.


An order to an apparel factory'whether from a retailer, jobber, or a manufacturer contracting out different stages of the work'specifies the total number of units to be made of a particular design, with a given fabric, and with a certain number of units in each size.

An order to an apparel factory only includes the number of units needed.


How about the day that um, how about the day that I would, to help you with the two by six's.

You don't know how to work with the two by six's, do you?


The estimates of misfirings like this run as high as fifteen percent by those who fire flintlocks these days, when the expression signifies an intense but short-lived success or a person who fails to live up to his or her early promise.

The expression refers to people who experience steady, long-lasting success.


There are many reasons for this shift away from home sewing, including the growing number of women in the labor force.

Home sewing has never experienced any shifts away from it.


The gift that I am asking you to make will be used to continue our mission of helping people prepare for, find and keep jobs.

In order to continue our mission of helping prepare for and find and keep jobs, I am asking you to make a gift.


We maintain a kind of juggling act as we try to keep tuition costs in line.

We juggle trying to keep tuition costs reasonable.


In contrast, a men's dress suit might be cut from a single ply, or from five or six plies of the same or different material.

Men's dress suits are one of the few ways in which men's garments demonstrate more variety.


It's been a while and I don't see it happening again.


No, the bond here is Banquo's lease on life and his fatherhood, with great alluding to the supernatural powers of the witches, especially the Third Witch.

It makes a strong allusion to the Third Witch's supernatural power.


Air traffic controllers heard the transmission; Ong did not.

Ong was unable to hear the transmission.


He said to me that I have been selected by them.


Opponents of today's rulers have few, if any, ways to participate in the existing political system.

The current political system hinders the participation of the opponents of today's rulers.


Last but not least, responding to lean retailing requirements ultimately necessitates much more sophisticated demand forecasting, production planning, and manufacturing strategies than the practices employed by traditional suppliers.

Responding to retail requirements requires intricate foresight into how much demand there will be.


Mass customization involves a number of preassembly innovations.

Customization involves a lot of innovations for preassembly of suits.


You help Jameson campers reach for them.


Thousands of residents still live in sub-standard conditions, our teen pregnancy rate is the highest in the state, only one-third of residents have high school diplomas, and half of our residents have little hope of participating in community improvements because they do not own their home.

Most residents are unable to provide adequately for their families due to the lack of education and ability to adapt their skills.


If we obtain our goal soon, the fund can begin to be used for excellence in teaching and research.


For example, among the Zinacanteco Indians of southern Mexico, girls become expert weavers of complex garments through the informal guidance of adults.

Girls of the Zinacanteco Indians of southern Mexico are fast learners, learning to weave with just a little help from adults.


At the same time, the NEADS mission crew commander was dealing with the arrival of the Langley fighters over Washington, D.C., sorting out what their orders were with respect to potential targets.

Langley fighters were due to arrive over Washington, DC.


The YWCA is housed at the YWCA Resource and Conference Center on 22 beautiful acres of grounds including amenities such as a 50 meter olympic-size outdoor pool with attached junior and baby pools, equipped playground, shelter and picnic areas, basketball court, soccer and softball fields.

The YWCA has been located here since it was founded.


Girl Scouting benefits parent/child relationships.

Involvement in Girl Scouts weakens the closeness of parent and child.


Our dad started going o on vacations by himself when holidays rolled around, so family get-togethers were rare.


As we described in Chapter 4, many have transformed their warehouses into modern distribution centers to facilitate the receipt and distribution of these smaller orders.

The fourth chapter included description of how quite a few have made distribution centers out of their warehouses.


One is almost certain to be in your area.

In your area, one is almost certain to be there.


Your contribution may also be used to support our year-round programs for children.

The money you donate might be used to help kids.


I am not entirely in agreement with the RHD treatment, for, personally, I believe that youth has lately appeared more and more often in context like youth center, youth rehabilitation , etc., where the context is clearly common-gender, and the foregoing is merely set out as a warning to those who try to predict what lexicographers are likely to do.

The phrase youth has entered the regular vocabulary in a many non gender specific ways.


But all experts agree that subtle, sensitive, and mutually rewarding exchanges between parent and baby serve as the earliest context for intersubjectivity.

But all experts would agree that subtle rewarding exchanges between parent and baby serve as the earliest context for intersubjectivity.


We're talking a lot about stories and, um, novels and children's books, was there any poetry that was your favorite?

We were discussing stories such as novels and children's books.


His use of the word tank to refer to a hollowed-out reservoir ( Gibson dug a small tank and the water soon cleared ) antedates the OED , for instance.

Using the word tank to talk about a hollowed-out reservoir is not accepted anymore.


The teens have also decided to raise money to provide camperships for other campers because they know what Jameson has meant to them.

The teens thoroughly dislike the Jameson Camp


The Sudanese government had canceled the registration of the main business enterprises he had set up there and then put some of them up for public sale.

Their government had his business registration dissolved and sold some of them off.


It is possible that NORAD commanders would have ordered a shootdown in the absence of the authorization communicated by the Vice President, but given the gravity of the decision to shoot down a commercial airliner, and NORAD's caution that a mistake not be made, we view this possibility as unlikely.

NORAD commanders had the ability to order a shootdown.


One scholar, Allen Josephs of the University of West Florida, surmised that  from duquendio or duquende to duende is a short step, especially in Andalusia, where gypsy mastery would be precisely flamenco mastery.

Allen Josephs is considered the most influential scholar in florida.


They had a small poodle named Fifi, it was disgusting, but I learned uh, you know how you learn respect for, for people in, in, different ways um, for you know, for all Grandpop didn't say much Grandpop had more love and affection for that dog and showed it to that dog probably more than most parents show to their kids today.

Fifi was never shown love and affection.


'  This 19th-century neologism was obviously derived directly from the -nd marker of the active gerund in Latin, which suggests the therapist (active agent) rather than the patient (the recipient, the one the treatment acts upon).

Neologism is a Latin term which describes a therapist who treats patients.


We now turn to the role of national leadership in the events that morning.

Let's look at the role of the victims during the events that morning.


On Modern Marriage' is a very badly written essay ...and the reader wants to shout, Martial your thoughts!

The essay is terrible because the author has never been married.


96 percent (173) of the 177 at-risk children enrolled in St. Mary's early childhood program demonstrated an increase in their social, emotional, physical, cognitive, speech and language development.

96% of at-risk kids improved their skills.


Latin may provide a good analogy to what I experienced in Japan.

My experience in Japan was unforgettable.


She would have a better chance of getting help and delivering a healthy baby if she lived in Sweden.

Getting help and having a healthy baby would be more likely in Sweden.


I do not know when the word, standing alone, came into common use with an explicit sexual sense.

When the word is used in conjunction with another, the sexual inference becomes diluted.


The size of retail establishments also grew during this period because of two important trends.

Retail establishments increased in size during this time period.


Dozens of additional militants arrived on later flights.

The militants used state-sponsored aircraft for transportation.


It is she who had addressed Macbeth, in I. ii, as  that shalt be king hereafter.


One hopes he will continue his annual chronicle.

One can hope he will cease his annual chronicles.


Your support of Social Health Association can help us make a real difference in the lives of our children.

Your donation to Social Health Association will help children.


Although we continue to track down criminals who did their dirt in WWII, we do business with and carry on other normal relations with the descendants of the Nazis and of those who bombed Pearl Harbor.

There has been a continuity of business with descendants of Nazis.


Such spellings and soundings are hardly surprising, however delightful.

The spellings and sounds were quite surprising when I first noticed them.