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Hungary holds fast to its promise to veto any action.
More than most politicians, Mr. Ryan holds fast to his political philosophy.
But the Army still holds fast to the myth of their effectiveness.
In a post-Cold War world, this logic holds fast, albeit through a different lens.
Mr. Herring is a scampering, sunny-toned player who holds fast to a classic bebop approach.
Even if the Republican majority holds fast and overrules him, the political consequences would be profound.
Kathleen Hutton holds fast to the end-of-life dream journals fastidiously kept by her sister, Mrs.
Despite the tragedy of its subject matter, Sargent's "Gassed" (1919) holds fast to the Edwardian idea that war is noble.
Juche Korea will be prosperous forever as it holds fast to the great WPK's line of simultaneously pushing forward the two fronts.
But if Gantz holds fast, that leaves any number of possible scenarios, including a Bibi-less Likud party joining forces with Gantz and Lieberman.
It was so successful as a sensationalist symbol of medieval cruelty that the concept holds fast today in wax museums and themed restaurants the world over.
Ms. McKenzie, who ran the Cultural Olympiad program that accompanied London's 2012 Olympic Games, is in her second year as festival director and holds fast to that line.
The council still holds fast to a Saudi-led blockade of Qatar, leaving Oman and Kuwait to see Saudi Arabia, rather than Iran, as the more urgent threat.
Mr. McBride, the bassist, bandleader and composer, holds fast to a mood of generous bonhomie with his trio, which recently released a live album recorded in this room.
For Ramadan, the school has added extra Koran study sessions and special prayers at night, while it also holds fast-breaking meals at sunset for the students and local community.
" Cohen describes the heavy price paid by the Palestinian people but holds fast to the belief that the cost in systematic injustice and the corrosive effect on Israeli society "was not inevitable.
From ground level, the Arcadian quality to our suburban neighborhood holds fast; climb to the top of one of our pine trees, and you are reminded of the source of our wealth.
If Clinton holds fast in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and New Hampshire, Trump will likely have to make up ground in another Midwestern state (like Michigan, pictured below), or a state like Colorado. 3.
Victoria cowers through life, and Lily (Isabelle Nélisse) holds fast to the animalistic ways she picked up in the forest, growling rather than talking and sleeping on the floor beneath her sister's bed.
France has long struggled to integrate western Europe's largest Muslim population, for years mired in a virulent debate over national identity and the role of Islam in a country that holds fast to state secularism.
So far, President Donald Trump has shown little willingness to negotiate with Congress to put nearly 800,000 federal employees back to work, as he holds fast to his demand for $5.7 billion for his promised border wall.
" Updike saw Tyler's work as part of a Southern literary tradition, noting that "she holds fast, in her imagination and in her person, to a Baltimore with only Southern exits; her characters, when they flee, never flee North.
While President Donald Trump holds fast to demands for his border wall, hundreds of thousands of federal employees are going without pay, national parks are getting trashed and TSA lines are facing logjams as more and more workers call in sick.
My hope for BABZ is that, as it grows, it holds fast to the community ethos so strongly present at the Knockdown Center this year — that it remains a space to explore the sociability of books, which is often what draws artists and readers to the form in the first place.
The episode captures the essence of what the show is trying to do: paint a portrait of a complicated, nuanced character who can be a jerk sometimes, who holds fast to the falsity that you are the things you like, and who learns a few things along the way — all while being a biracial woman, with all the complications those identities bring.
It's highly doubtful that Dre would be the multi-millionaire industry mogul and rap impresario the world knows him as had he forever adhered to the style of the World Class Wreckin' Cru or for that matter N.W.A. The ebullient schtick Broussard holds fast to as a matter of principle and artistic devotion assuredly offers intangible benefits, but it stands to reason that he could've done at least some of what Dre did.
2.7 sec. He also holds fast times on the all time UK list for 1500 metres and 1 mile. (3:41.6 and 3:56.1) respectively.
Still Klepper not despondent. Because he holds fast to his faith, writes in his novel "The Father, Novel of the Soldier-King" (Stuttgart 1937) and loves his wife Hanni. Is Klepper "divine tool"?Source p.
Instead, the important thing is the method used to lay it out. Laid out in one pattern, one of the loops holds "fast." Laid out in what looked like an identical pattern, none of the loops would hold "fast" — the victims cannot win.
Ordinarily cold, she tells him: "Mother's love is Given by God, John. It holds fast forever and ever". Parent-child relationships are often metaphors for relations between employers and workers in Victorian literature. In chapter XV, "Men and Master", Margaret rejects this paternalistic view (expressed by Thornton) as infantilizing the worker.
The young holds fast to the mother's belly when small, but then later is carried on her back. Young are weaned after about six months and reach full maturity at the age of two to three years. The life expectancy of the sifakas is up to 20 years. 525px Sifakas hop side-to-side when moving on the ground.
Much of this has been detailed in Assemblies of God, Clip Flip materials. The most useful of these documents is Fred and Peggy Martin, "Development of the National Church", pp. 20-23 Today, the Taiwan Assemblies of God exists as a small church within the larger Protestant community. It holds fast to its Western roots and maintains close ties to its American founders.
Vlad accepts, despite the very short time limit. Mellar has become the houseguest of the Dragonlord Morrolan e'Drien in his floating fortress, Castle Black. Vlad is a personal friend of Morrolan and has a standing invitation to Castle Black, which would make the assassination quite easy. However Morrolan holds fast to the Dragonlord traditions of hospitality, and will permit no harm to come to his guests for any reason.
A shape which some African tribes to the day cannot accept, a shape certain American Indian tribes could not accept. Some of their buildings are the adobes of New Mexico. A shape which was uncommon in the splendid Eastern and Middle Eastern architecture. Von has been inspired by ancient Chinese Taoist thought and teaching which holds fast to the core within without losing touch with nature and therefore transcends nature into super nature.
Each set of Initial Phase SMCS equipment has multiple computer nodes.Ultra Electronics description of Submarine Command System (SMCS) At the centre of the system there is an Input/Output Node (which provides interfaces to weapons and sensors) and a Central Services Node (which holds fast numeric processors). Each central node is duplicated to create a fault-tolerant system which is dual modular redundant. The Human-Computer Interface is provided by Multi Function Consoles and some additional terminals.
Aubigny's party fights and kills the Danes, and then claim Rochester Castle in the name of the rebellion, much to the displeasure of Cornhill. When John's army finally arrives and lays siege to Rochester, the garrison holds fast and manages to beat the initial Danish assault. In the aftermath, Aubigny offers his men leave if they wish; none accept. A second assault sees the Danes' siege tower destroyed by a trebuchet crafted by the defenders from within the castle.
The CCCC espouses theologically conservative views. It opposes homosexual behavior, abortion, and non-marital sexual activity. The CCCC holds fast to orthodox Protestant Christian faith and inerrancy is a guiding principle in Biblical interpretation carried out by ministers and teachers. Some ministers have sought to revive an interest in the study and teachings of Puritanism; however, both Reformed and Arminian emphases may be found in the CCCC, as is usually the case with larger, more broadly-based evangelical groups.
"Over the years, dumping grounds for dredge spoils have actually expanded the land mass in New Jersey, but the old border holds fast, meaning that in areas of Salem County, for example, someone can walk from New Jersey to Delaware without getting his or her feet wet. A part of Lower Alloways Creek’s Artificial Island, upon which three nuclear generators sit, is one of those areas. Killcohook, in Pennsville Township, is another." The island is located at 39.4756672°N latitude, 75.5360354°W longitude.
This includes making its values integrated and useful to mainstream society and promoting traditional Chinese culture across the world. “Relying on precepts to guard the Sangha, the Sangha to guard the lay community, and allow cooperation between the two to blossom” are methods to which the monastery holds fast. It uses them as a means to cultivate talented laypersons and spread the word of Dharma. Currently, this body - - aimed at propagating Buddhist teachings - is divided into five major departments and three major centers.
The scam artist challenges a spectator to place a stick in the true center loop — the one that holds Fast to the stick when the two ends of the strap are pulled. If the operator pulled and the strap came "loose," the spectator lost his bet. Since the operator could secretly change how the two ends are pulled away, he could always win. Shills would help encourage others to play, make it look possible to win, and give "advice" to the "marks" who tried to win.
Di Astud Chor ("On the Securing of Contracts"; astud is the infinitive of the verb ad•suidi 'holds fast, binds'Kuno Meyer, Contributions to Irish Lexicography; V. 1, Pt. 1: A-C (M. Niemeyer, 1906), p. 26.) is an Old Irish legal tract on contracts. It treats the various circumstances that determine when contracts are binding on a party and when they are not. Its existence was first brought to the attention of modern scholarship by Neil McLeod, whose edition (with translation and notes) appeared in 1992.
It holds fast to the vision, observing with the liveliest interest how the picture changes, unfolds further, and finally fades. In this way introverted intuition perceives all the background processes of consciousness with almost the same distinctness as extraverted sensation senses outer objects. For intuition, therefore, the unconscious images attain to the dignity of things or objects. But, because intuition excludes the cooperation of sensation, it obtains either no knowledge at all or at the best a very inadequate awareness of the innervation-disturbances or of the physical effects produced by the unconscious images.
Very early one morning, with suitcase in hand, she walks to town to get a bus. On the way she meets Barksdale on the bridge, where he tells her that he is headed to her house to confess to her father and clear her name. She advises him against doing so, noting that revealing the truth would forever tarnish Billy Joe's reputation. He initially holds fast to his desire to confess, but Bobbie Lee calmly stresses that the news would further devastate Billy Joe's family and leave Barksdale himself subject to criminal prosecution.
"Over the years, dumping grounds for dredge spoils have actually expanded the land mass in New Jersey, but the old border holds fast, meaning that in areas of Salem County, for example, someone can walk from New Jersey to Delaware without getting his or her feet wet. A part of Lower Alloways Creek's Artificial Island, upon which three nuclear generators sit, is one of those areas. Killcohook, in Pennsville Township, is another." Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Alder Cove, Arnold Point, Canton, Cumberland, Harmersville, Haskells Mills, Maskellers Mill, New Bridge and Woods Landing.
The courtship of Harcourt and Alithea is a conventional love story without any direct source. By means of persistence and true love, the witty Harcourt, Horner's friend, wins the hand of Pinchwife's sister Alithea, who is, when the play opens, engaged to the shallow fop Sparkish. The delay mechanism of this story is that the upright Alithea holds fast virtuously to her engagement to Sparkish, even while his stupid and cynical character unfolds to her. It is only after Alithea has been caught in a misleadingly compromising situation with Horner, and Sparkish has doubted her virtue while Harcourt has not, that she finally admits her love for Harcourt.
While gifts are now given at Christmas by an American style Santa Claus as well, Italy holds fast to its tradition of native gift-givers. On the eve of the 6th, la Befana, the good Epiphany witch, is thought to ride the night skies on broomstick, bringing good children gifts and sweets, and bad ones charcoal or bags of ashes. In other areas it is the Three Wise Men who bring gifts, especially oranges symbolizing gold, and chocolate symbolizing their kisses to good children. In some municipalities, most famously in Milan, the custom of the "Corteo dei Re Magi" (Three Kings Procession) is elaboratedly celebrated with a parade welcoming the Wise Men, and the passing out of sweets.
As for the meaning of "Aqlivusta," Rashi has explained [it as being] the small bone lying on that bone which, [in French], is called hanche (haunch or hip), and [which is] connected to the vertebrae of the tail [of the sheep]. But Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi explained [it as] that bone which holds fast all the [other] bones, while the Kol Bo has written Rashi's explanation under his name. Yet, the [book known as] Sefer Mitzvot Gedolot (Hasemag) has written [under] the prohibitive command # 138, Tarba de-Aqlivusta: Rashi has explained the Qaliboseth (i.e. tail bone) as being the small bone lying on that bone which is called [in French] hanche (haunch or hip), and [which is] connected to the vertebrae of the tail [of the sheep] from above, upon which there is suet beneath the loin, and which is among that suet found on the flanks.

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