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Meanwhile, Yang Guozhong repeatedly tried to provoke An into rebelling, including arresting and executing staff members at An's mansion in Chang'an. In 755, An finally did. In 756, after Geshu was defeated by An's forces, after being forced by Yang Guozhong to engage An, Tong Pass, the last major defense against An's forces, fell to An. Yang Guozhong suggested fleeing to Chengdu, the capital of Jiannan Circuit, of which Yang Guozhong was commander. On July 14, Emperor Xuanzong, keeping the news secret from the people of Chang'an, took the imperial guards to escort him, Consort Yang, her family, and his immediate clan members, and exited Chang'an, heading toward Chengdu. Attending him were Yang Guozhong, his fellow chancellor Wei Jiansu, the official Wei Fangjin (魏方進), the general Chen Xuanli (陳玄禮), and some eunuchs and ladies in waiting close to him, including Gao. | wikipedia |
He might even (although trash really doubted that such extraordinarily good luck would ever come his way) be simply dead. | bookcorpus |
The heirs of Rhascuporis became as deeply enmeshed in political scandal and murder as were their Roman masters. A series of royal assassinations altered the ruling landscape for several years in the early Roman imperial period. Various factions took control with the support of the Roman Emperor. The turmoil would eventually end with one final assassination. | wikipedia |
Chris put her hand under Paiges chin, looked at her long and hard. | bookcorpus |
Plenty of variables -not just gender- affect people's perception of others on the job, says Benjamin Dattner, an organizational psychologist whose consulting firm helps employers deal with workplace dynamics. • Decide whether the other person's behavior really impacts your individual or team performance. | 1billion |
The vast majority of loanwords other than Sino-Korean come from modern times, approximately 90% of which are from English. Many words have also been borrowed from Western languages such as German via Japanese ( (areubaiteu) "part-time job", (allereugi) "allergy", (gibseu or gibuseu) "plaster cast used for broken bones"). Some Western words were borrowed indirectly via Japanese during the Japanese occupation of Korea, taking a Japanese sound pattern, for example "dozen" > dāsu > daseu. Most indirect Western borrowings are now written according to current "Hangulization" rules for the respective Western language, as if borrowed directly. There are a few more complicated borrowings such as "German(y)" (see names of Germany), the first part of whose endonym Deutschland the Japanese approximated using the kanji doitsu that were then accepted into the Korean language by their Sino-Korean pronunciation: dok + il = Dogil. In South Korean official use, a number of other Sino-Korean country names have been replaced with phonetically oriented "Hangeulizations" of the countries' endonyms or English names. | wikipedia |
Killing twenty-one cats, three of which had been ancients was an impressive feat, but it hadn't been worth losing nearly that many of our own people. | bookcorpus |
Jil Sander, the German fashion brand, has a new owner after Onward Holdings, a Toyko-based clothing group, bought the business for € 167 million (£ 135.2 million) from Change Capital, the private equity company founded by Luc Vandevelde, the former Marks & Spencer chief executive. | 1billion |
The group behind tomorrow's G20 Meltdown protests have sent Twitter messages urging demonstrators to meet at the Bank at 11am, bringing cake. | 1billion |
So at least you have friends that you can count on, Dr. Riley says. | bookcorpus |
Williams demanded loyalty from those around him. He could not forgive the fickle nature of the fans – booing a player for booting a ground ball, and then turning around and roaring approval of the same player for hitting a home run. Despite the cheers and adulation of most of his fans, the occasional boos directed at him in Fenway Park led Williams to stop tipping his cap in acknowledgment after a home run. | wikipedia |
"With Nero LiquidTV/TiVo PC, we are providing a next-generation DVR application that integrates the renowned TiVo service with the PC," said Nero chief executive Udo Eberlein. | 1billion |
Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (; 17 January 19406 December 2020) was a Uruguayan politician who served as the 41st President of Uruguay from 2015 to 2020. He previously served as president from 2005 to 2010 as the 39th officeholder. A physician (oncologist), he was a member of the leftist Broad Front coalition. | wikipedia |
The station was largely reconstructed and considerably enhanced when it was extended to enable 3-car trains to call at it. | wikipedia |
Gobowen railway station is 2 miles from the northern edge of Oswestry. It has direct services to Birmingham, Cardiff, Chester and North Wales. | wikipedia |
The median income for a household in the town was $41,406, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $38,250 versus $17,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,446. About 3.2% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. | wikipedia |
Seven incidents were also reported in St Andrews Bay and the Firth of Forth during the past two months. | 1billion |
Hispanics said they were also encouraged by Huckabee's support as governor for Mexico opening a consulate in Little Rock and his efforts to draw more Hispanics into the state Republican Party. | 1billion |
The Broadway production, directed by Kaufman, opened on September 29, 1934, at the Music Box Theatre, where it ran for 155 performances. The 55-member cast included Kenneth MacKenna as Richard Niles, Walter Abel as Jonathan Crale, Jessie Royce Landis as Althea Royce, and Mary Philips as Julia Glenn. | wikipedia |
Haha. I'm guessing you are not a runner. I've been running and competing for 42 years now, and I'll say this: running is half the cost of psychotherapy, and twice as effective. You should give it a try! | nyt_comments |
Fourteen people began this mission 250 years ago, and you same fourteen people completed the mission. | bookcorpus |
Asked Moodle Amiably, as they exited into the courtyard. | bookcorpus |
We need to take you away from here, Ellawy said and rushed outside. | bookcorpus |
After doing that he examined Mrs. pith and, finding nothing terribly wrong with her except for her emotional state, gave her something to help her sleep. | bookcorpus |
Geographical is the official monthly magazine of the Society, and has been published continuously since 1935. The magazine contains illustrated articles on people, places, adventure, travel, and environmental issues, as well as summarising the latest academic research and discoveries in geography. Geographical also reports news of the Society's latest work and activities to members and the public. | wikipedia |
In 1909, Jones wrote the short Pronunciation of English, a book he later radically revised. The resulting work, An Outline of English Phonetics, followed in 1918 and is the first truly comprehensive description of British Received Pronunciation, and the first such description of the standard pronunciation of any language. | wikipedia |
Prediction: Utterly nothing gets done except some strong statements about how very very cross the government are and maybe a few teaboys at the Embassy being ejected. Maybe a few unimportant lackeys will get their financial assets frozen at the very most if May wakes up in a bad mood that day. | nyt_comments |
In August his second Dutch win came with a course-record closing 63 but Dyson admitted even that couldn't top his final round here. | 1billion |
The team of three Smooth Radio brand specialists currently employed by Global will move to GCap Media as part of the new contract. | 1billion |
Just imagine for a moment that Trump were a black man. Still the same in party affiliation and the same in rhetoric. Would the marchers have still turned out? Would they be labeled racist by the media? | nyt_comments |
We put down our Forks and wound our way back across the terrace. | bookcorpus |
"Haggises are a worldwide phenomenon, like Plankton. | bookcorpus |
Researchers found evidence to suggest growth in manufacturing and services have good impact on employment. They found GDP growth on employment in agriculture to be limited, but that value-added growth had a relatively larger impact. The impact on job creation by industries/economic activities as well as the extent of the body of evidence and the key studies. For extractives, they again found extensive evidence suggesting growth in the sector has limited impact on employment. In textiles, however, although evidence was low, studies suggest growth there positively contributed to job creation. In agri-business and food processing, they found impact growth to be positive. | wikipedia |
The meeting at the Russian foreign ministry's guest house in Moscow brought together UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. | 1billion |
The significant growth of the Red Army during the high point of the purges may have worsened matters. In 1937, the Red Army numbered around 1.3 million, increasing to almost three times that number by June 1941. The rapid growth of the army necessitated in turn the rapid promotion of officers regardless of experience or training. Junior officers were appointed to fill the ranks of the senior leadership, many of whom lacked broad experience. This action in turn resulted in many openings at the lower level of the officer corps, which were filled by new graduates from the service academies. In 1937, the entire junior class of one academy was graduated a year early to fill vacancies in the Red Army. Hamstrung by inexperience and fear of reprisals, many of these new officers failed to impress the large numbers of incoming draftees to the ranks; complaints of insubordination rose to the top of offenses punished in 1941, and may have exacerbated instances of Red Army soldiers deserting their units during the initial phases of the German offensive of that year. | wikipedia |
Sandy flooded the subways, it also flooded the road tunnels. Most of the subways recovered within a few weeks except for the 'L' train which faces a multi-year overhaul due to water damage. | nyt_comments |
The clean lines and minimalism that characterize Danish design are evident in the interiors of the city's stylish bars, restaurants and hotels and perhaps their influence can even be detected in the trend away from bland, stodgy cooking to a cleaner, healthier style that is earning the city's restaurants acclaim and Michelin stars. | 1billion |
The close finish was reminiscent of last year's New Zealand rally, which was decided on the final stage and in which Loeb was beaten by 0.3 seconds by Marcus Gronholm -- the slimmest winning margin in WRC history. | 1billion |
Bow down to the image which I have set up, and prove your allegiance to the Almighty of Erde. | bookcorpus |
The youth wing was reconstituted in 2004 under its current name, the Nova Scotia Young New Democrats (NSYND) and has remained ideologically in step with that of the party proper. | wikipedia |
But above all, the Trump Administration feeds on fear. And a fearful, cowering part of the US populace responds favorably to striking out at the world, even in a wildly uncontrolled and flailing way. | nyt_comments |
Kids his age usually had terrible Meltdowns, if he had one we would probably be blown to bits. | bookcorpus |
The Lewisville Grand Theater, known informally as The Grand, is on the east side of Interstate 35E in Lewisville's Old Town. It is a hub for the arts in Lewisville, able to show films, host meetings, and provide a venue for various kinds of artistic performance. The project began in 2004 and aimed to fulfill a long-term goal of building an arts center to coincide with the 2011 opening of the Old Town Station. The facility opened in January 2011 with a series of performances, children's shows, concerts, and exhibits, and the Greater Lewisville Arts Alliance presented the theater with a $25,000 contribution to begin their fundraiser to place a Steinway piano in the theater. In 2011 and 2012, The Flower Mound Connection newspaper named the MCL Grand the best events venue in Denton County. | wikipedia |
Instead, he stood slightly behind her, a position of power and control no doubt. | bookcorpus |
As I spoke, our neighbors below us pounded on their ceiling, upset about the fallen suitcase. | bookcorpus |
Though fewer and fewer people join these communities, they have a far-reaching influence in terms of the people who visit and carry away with them the sense of peace and tranquility. | nyt_comments |
A blueprint outlining greater use of alternative energy has been unveiled by First Minister Alex Salmond. | 1billion |
Even so, Nick wasn't so sure about his father's ability to carry out his threat. | bookcorpus |
I can just hear our Prime Minister pleading with Mr Trump. | nyt_comments |
You agreed to the best art and you yourself chose the secondary art. | bookcorpus |
A date under this calendar might run "the 33rd day in the 3rd prytany, that of the tribe Erechtheis", the style used in Athenian state documents (surviving only as inscriptions). Sometimes, however, a dating in terms of the festival calendar is added as well. | wikipedia |
And as close to Cel as he had been, he had to have witnessed some of the horrors the female guards spoke of, didn't he? | bookcorpus |
The central importance of the "self-portrait" in Helnwein's work, the mutable art of a doppelgänger, is no accident. It becomes the projection surface of world events. "The artist doesn't make history, history makes him" (Auguste Comte). The artist's doppelgänger role as victim and perpetrator, martyr and satyr, penitent and accuser, proxy and self-portrayer, moralist and autist, and in many other metamorphoses embodies and stages the antagonistic social forces on a stage of his inner-world consciousness. | wikipedia |
German painters have influenced Western art. Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein the Younger, Matthias Grünewald and Lucas Cranach the Elder were important German artists of the Renaissance, Johann Baptist Zimmermann of the Baroque, Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Spitzweg of Romanticism, Max Liebermann of Impressionism and Max Ernst of Surrealism. Several German art groups formed in the 20th century; (The Bridge) and (The Blue Rider) influenced the development of expressionism in Munich and Berlin. The New Objectivity arose in response to expressionism during the Weimar Republic. After World War II, broad trends in German art include neo-expressionism and the New Leipzig School. | wikipedia |
Hit good with a blunt instrument, then chewed up. | bookcorpus |
An alternative to the diving helmet that allows communication with the surface is the full face diving mask. These cover the diver's face and are held onto their head by adjustable straps. | wikipedia |
Generators are usually invoked inside loops. The first time that a generator invocation is reached in a loop, an iterator object is created that encapsulates the state of the generator routine at its beginning, with arguments bound to the corresponding parameters. The generator's body is then executed in the context of that iterator until a special yield action is encountered; at that time, the value provided with the yield action is used as the value of the invocation expression. The next time the same generator invocation is reached in a subsequent iteration, the execution of the generator's body is resumed after the yield action, until yet another yield action is encountered. In addition to the yield action, execution of the generator body can also be terminated by a finish action, at which time the innermost loop enclosing the generator invocation is terminated. In more complicated situations, a generator may be used manually outside of a loop to create an iterator, which can then be used in various ways. | wikipedia |
Do you concede that it is just a money laundering facility? | nyt_comments |
Ultimately, consumers will pay the price through higher airfares, more fees and significantly fewer choices. | 1billion |
Dog and the Knight looked at cat, who looked back Insouciantly. | bookcorpus |
If ACTA's ground rules don't allow that, it's time to scrap this project -- before we inflict a 1.1 version of the DMCA on ourselves and the world. | 1billion |
Back then he came riding a bicycle rigged with a grindstone powered by chain and pedal and cooled by a tin can dripping water. | 1billion |
Siemens had been trained as a mechanical engineer, and his most important work at this early stage was non-electrical; the greatest achievement of his life, the regenerative furnace. Though in 1847 he published a paper in Liebig's Annalen der Chemie on the 'Mercaptan of Selenium,' his mind was busy with the new ideas upon the nature of heat which were promulgated by Carnot, Clapeyron, Joule, Clausius, Mayer, Thomson, and Rankine. He discarded the older notions of heat as a substance, and accepted it as a form of energy. Working on this new line of thought, which gave him an advantage over other inventors of his time, he made his first attempt to economise heat, by constructing, in 1847, at the factory of John Hick, of Bolton, an engine of four horse-power, having a condenser provided with regenerators, and using superheated steam. | wikipedia |
Does anyone remember how the newly elected Egyptian president Morsi took power and with his party cronies started doing as he pleased and then acted so insulted when he was told the things he was doing were against the law and standards of Egyptian government and he replied "I won nuff said"? | nyt_comments |
He slammed the door and shoved its bolt into place. | bookcorpus |
Functioning governments with modern weapons should have had no difficulties controlling the spread of this disease. | bookcorpus |
If he had, he would never let his doubt Show-Not even to his uncle Mario, leader of the brotherhood. | bookcorpus |
Elise, Henry is upstairs in the house, and the water is running and I dont know what to do. | bookcorpus |
There were 318 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.85. | wikipedia |
And then had come those staggering moments when the burnt and White-Haired God had spoken to him and explained the powers of the blood he would share. | bookcorpus |
The age and design of it appeared to Predate any form of Komboloi she'd ever heard of. | bookcorpus |
P. 257: “What upset Eulenburg [a German diplomat and intimate of Wilhelm II] was the realization that the kaiser would never grow up.” | nyt_comments |
The dark eyes glittered with a frigid fury that made Jaelyn shudder in relief that it wasn't directed at her. | bookcorpus |
Two years later, he won the office outright and survived a four-way race in 2006, with a mere 39 percent plurality. | 1billion |
IIntrepid reporters often rent cars to get around in areas where public transportation is lacking. I would like to hear about their experiences using the infotainment systems in rental vehicles (Bluetooth pairing, GPS systems, hot spots, collision avoidance, backup cameras etc.) | nyt_comments |
It's the hope of many of us that groups like Americans for Responsible Solutions, or Everytown For Gun Safety ( can become well-heeled enough to influence gun policy and eventually supplant the NRA as the loudest voice in the room. | nyt_comments |
The architecture will move you; the live bolero music in every cafe will have you dancing at three in the afternoon; and the sheer buzz of Habana Vieja will still be ringing in your ears when you climb back on the plane home. | 1billion |
Concerns over bogus colleges have prompted the introduction of a much tougher inspection system for institutions wanting to recruit overseas students and sponsor them for student visas. | 1billion |
The fact that some of Timely Comics (the 1930s and 40's predecessor to Marvel Comics) characters coexisted in the same world was first established in Marvel Mystery Comics #7 (1940) where Namor was mentioned in Human Torch's story, and vice versa. Later several superheroes (who starred in separate stories in the series up to that point) met each other in a group dubbed the All-Winners Squad. | wikipedia |
"Sammy" was first dramatized for live TV in 1949 with Jose Ferrer, and most notably as a two-part "NBC Sunday Showcase" in 1959 with Larry Blyden. | 1billion |
Campione d'Italia (Comasco: , ) is a comune of the Province of Como in the Lombardy region of Italy and an exclave surrounded by the Swiss canton of Ticino. At its closest, the exclave is less than from the rest of Italy, but the intervening mountainous terrain requires a journey by road of over to reach the nearest Italian town, Lanzo d'Intelvi, and over to reach the city of Como. | wikipedia |
She leaned in and kissed her friend, nodded to Mikey and then gracefully and slowly walked up the stairs, Arse swaying, like she hadn't a care in the world. | bookcorpus |
In 1989, while at a press tour in Sydney, Australia (where U2 were touring with B.B. King and working on demos for the follow-up album Achtung Baby), Bono stated, "making movies: that's the nonsense of rock & roll", which Rolling Stone magazine claimed was almost an apology for the film. "Playing shows is the reason we're here", he added. Despite their commercial popularity, the group were dissatisfied creatively; Bono believed they were musically unprepared for their success, while Mullen said, "We were the biggest, but we weren't the best." By the Lovetown Tour, they had become bored with playing their greatest hits. U2 believe that audiences misunderstood the group's collaboration with King on Rattle and Hum and the Lovetown Tour, and they described it as "an excursion down a dead-end street". Towards the end of the Lovetown Tour, Bono announced on-stage that it was "the end of something for U2", and that "we have to go away and ... dream it all up again". The band subsequently reinvented themselves in the 1990s, incorporating alternative rock, electronic dance music, and industrial music into their sound, and adopting a more ironic, flippant image by which they embraced the "rock star" identity they struggled with in the 1980s. | wikipedia |
I did not think you would be so foolish as to return this quickly, he said. | bookcorpus |
Many of the political radicals known as the Levellers, and much of the New Model Army, belonged to Independent congregations; by 1646, the Scots and their English allies viewed them as a greater threat than Charles. Defeat in the 1648 Second English Civil War resulted in his execution; failure to restore his son in the 1651 Third English Civil War was followed by Scotland's incorporation into the Commonwealth, a union made on English terms. | wikipedia |
"I'm trying to become an Angel," Claudine said softly. | bookcorpus |
With a wide grin, Gwenvael held up the small set of cuffs and collar he'd snuck into the basket. | bookcorpus |
Ehrlick, who has been convicted of burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia, is banned from being alone with the girl, but court documents don't say why. | 1billion |
Tasha said knowing that Tony really wanted her to come along. | bookcorpus |
He watched her lips move, shocked by her Nefarious offer. | bookcorpus |
This Democrat (admittedly while making an effort, and offering decent advice to the NPR-addicted) seems to have a bit of a tin ear for us: mildly appreciative of country music, still condescending towards a number of its values and partisans and he probably doesn't even know it (e.g. "refuge in black and white simplicities"; "foreigners do not fare well generally" -- as if rock' n roll songs had incredibly deep and nuanced messages all the while assuaging immigrants). | 1billion |
By embracing a corrupt man like Donald Trump, Franklin has made a mockery of Scripture. Donald Trump is anything but repentant. He sins daily even as we watch. He revels in it. | nyt_comments |
Tōya Maru disaster A Seikan ferryboat sank off Hakodate killing 1,155 in a typhoon storm on September 26, 1954. | wikipedia |
Lawrence, who spent four decades working to preserve the mountainous region and founded several environmental organizations, died Monday at her Mammoth Lakes home of the cancer she had been diagnosed with in 2000, her son Matthew said. | 1billion |
The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 12/30 which measures . Runway 12/30 is long enough to allow aircraft as large as the A380 to take off and land without difficulty. The airport was also one of the first to handle the first A380 prototype in the second week of January 2006, for two days. The same year, the airport celebrated its 40th anniversary. The airport has two interconnected terminals, Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Terminal 1 serves both international and regional flights. Terminal 2 only serves regional flights. | wikipedia |
Ten Oclock had come and gone by the time Claire steered her skating car to the Chequered flag of her final destination. | bookcorpus |
Athaliah wanted just to have good relations with Abner, based on a successful match between him and her pretty, lovely and wise maid. | bookcorpus |
At the 2000 census there were 227 people, 84 households and 54 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 111 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up was 56.83% White, 41.41% African American and 1.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.76%. | wikipedia |
This Isnt the first time someone has come looking for me. | bookcorpus |
Donald Margulies (born September 2, 1954) is an American playwright and Professor (Adjunct) of English and Theater & Performance Studies at Yale University. In 2000, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Dinner with Friends. | wikipedia |