Despite being bundled up in many layers of winter wear, I was shivering with cold.
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They found children left home alone, feeding themselves by spooning powdered milk straight from the can because they had no water; children shivering with cold; children who, diminished by malnutrition, looked years younger than their age.
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Diane Sampson, an American paediatrician, said she had treated desperate patients at the Moria camp suffering from frostbite, shivering with cold and drenched by snow and rain that had washed through the flimsy tents they are staying in.
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Shivering with cold — doors to the outside were kept open to prevent the growth of mold — Mr. Gifford supervised the repair of the old boiler, working under bare light bulbs and temporary electrical power lines strung along the basement ceiling.
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He kneels next to him and holds his hands. “Toward midnight the bell began ringing, calling the Christians to the church to see Christ born. One by one the doors opened and the Christians hastened toward the church, shivering with cold. The night was calm, icy, starless.” “Priest Fotis listened to the bell pealing gaily, announcing that Christ was coming down on earth to save the world.
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They found it difficult to breathe, fever set in, and at one > moment they were shivering with cold the next burning with heat. They had > caught the black plague. So great a hold had it got on them that, scarcely > able to move, worn out with fever and almost at the point of death, the > breath of life had practically left their bodies. But God in His never > failing providence and fatherly love deigned to listen to their prayers and > come to their aid, so that each of them rested in turn for one week whilst > they attended to each other's needs.
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The men were > painted, and carried their weapons, as if for war. The women and children > were in detached groups, a little behind them, or on one side, whilst the > young men, on whom the ceremonies were to be performed, sat shivering with > cold and apprehension in a row to the rear of the men, perfectly naked, > smeared over from head to foot with grease and red-ochre, and without > weapons. The Nar-wij-jerook tribe was now seen approaching. The men were in > a body, armed and painted, and the women and children accompanying them a > little on one side.
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The open airplane was used for patrol purposes on floats in the summer and skis in the winter. For the latter MacDougall had fur lined pants up to his armpits, fur lined boots, fur lined helmet, fur trimmed goggles and his mitts were also fur lined up to his elbows. He would return from a winter trip in this gear shivering with cold but the poaching trade took a sharp decline. Around 1939 he finally acquired a closed cabin airplane, the Stinson Reliant SR-10, and this served for many years until, during a routine maintenance, serious corrosion problems were discovered and the plane had to be retired.
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As they leave, Eric tries to force the window open and is restrained by two men who try to sedate him. Another attempt by Louis to get around the block fails as the bullies tear his tricycle apart and to make matters worse, his dog Max is hit by a passing car and is taken to an animal hospital. Later that evening, Milly thinks she spots Eric on his roof during a thunderstorm and after climbing into the attic, she finds Eric, who is soaked from the rain and shivering with cold. As Milly pulls a blanket around him, he pulls out a box and from within it, he takes out a ring which he gives to Milly.
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