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There was an altar of black stone with three skulls on it. | The skulls were sacrifices. |
When it was over, our world was as it has been for thousands of centuries. | The world resumed to normal after the event. |
The swimming is unsuitable for children, and the area has an overpopulation of sea urchins whose spiny quills are a menace to tender feet. | Sea urchins with spiny quills are overpopulated in the area. |
McKay's critique remains only a draft, however, and it has not yet undergone the rigorous peer review that the original paper withstood. | His critique is still but a draft. |
Jon returned to the camp with good tidings and two wrapped loaves of Gauve's wife's bread. | Jon arrived back at camp with 2 loaves of bread. |
The problem, though, is bridesmaids. | The problem is the bridesmaids. |
But what sinks The Hi-Lo Country is Patricia Arquette's Mona, who's supposed to convey sleepy sensuality but seems merely to be on Quaaludes. | The character of Mona was not played well by Patricia Arquette. |
My father said that this was a free country, that Ron Hoffman was hired as an economist not as a political flack for RN, and that he would not be fired because he disagreed with some aspect of Nixon policy. | My dad said that Hoffman would be fired because he didn't agree with what Nixon did. |
This is also the site of a strange but a little disappointing petrified savanna forest (la savanne des p??trifications), rather difficult to reach over rutted automobile trails of rock and sand. | There is a petrified forest here that is hard to drive to. |
Gustave Flaubert was born in Rouen and used the city as a setting in Madame Bovary. | The city of Rouen provided the setting for Madame Bovary. |
He has just rushed past me like a mad bull." | He ran by me. |
In the most tragic examples, a charismatic professor will entice them into a lifetime of French medieval history, about which their curiosity is exhausted before they get their Ph.D.s. | It is a tragedy that a strong professor can entice students to study French medieval history. |
Lewis advised Bond to stay at home in Atlanta, build a political machine, and run for Congress. | Lewis advised bond to stay home, and run for congress. |
But even the best care is worthless if an older patient can't drive to the doctor for ongoing treatment because his or her car has been wrongfully seized in a debt dispute. | If the patient cannot travel to the doctor for treatment, the best care in the world is useless. |
Is that such a terrible thing? | Is it such an awful thing? |
The Refuge of the Nuns is a perfect crater surrounded by extinct volcanoes. | Dormant volcanoes encompass the Refuge of Nuns. |
It's not that air bags don't work. | Air bags work. |
"There was one,"Bartolomé interrupted. | I recall one, he interjected. |
Madrid is littered with small, affordable residencias (pensions), and this is one of the best bargains among them. | Madrid has a lot of cheap places to stay. |
This upset Jolanta enough to ask her Third Husband, who still loved her, to pay for a monthly stay at La Berg. | Jolanta's Third Husband was very much in love with her. |
Cruise gathers Brad Pitt into one of many homoerotic embraces in Interview With the Vampire and soars with him high into the night sky. | Cruise wrapped his arms around Brad Pitt and together they flew up into the sky. |
He touched the roll-edged brim of his sombrero, and Drew noted that his arm was crooked as if in the past it had been broken and poorly set. | His arm appeared to have been broken and set poorly, Drew noticed. |
the value of compounding-how money saved can grow over time. | Money can grow over time through compouding. |
The full extent of unpaid wage damages, failure to pay end-of-season bonuses, wrongful discharge, retaliation, and disputes over periods of employment often may not be determined until the work is finished. | Many people are missing wages. |
yeah well i mean i mean that's yeah that's the fun of cooking improvising | It's more fun to cook without recipes. |
well if you i don't know how familiar you are with Maryland but uh especially the the center part of Maryland where i ninety five runs through it is really heavily populated | The center part of Maryland is heavily populated. |
he says its exactly half way between Shreveport and Dallas | Our destination is at the midpoint between Shreveport and Dallas. |
Today's implants, affixed to your jawbone by a titanium screw, can hold for the rest of your life. | Today's implants are able to hold for your entire life. |
Under such conditions, the more likely result would be a rise in the rate of interest and a more rapid increase in federal interest payments than our simulations display. | Our simulations do not display a rise in interest rates under such conditions. |
For example, if we were asked to study what caused the Three Mile Island disaster and scoped the job to describe whether required safeguards were complied with, this would not be a case study. | This would not be a case study if we were asked to study what caused the Three Mile Island disaster and scoped the job to describe whether required safegaurds were complied with. |
you say you in Denison oh okay so we were i was in Sherman um | I was in Sherman when you were in Denison. |
With his latest one-man show, actor John Leguizamo is said to join the ranks of great such comic performers as Richard Pryor and Lily Tomlin. | Actor John Leguizamo recently had a great one-man performance similar to those of notorious comic performers. |
yeah i mean since it was his i couldn't very well keep it forever | As a result of him owning it, I was not able to have it forever. |
The important question is not whether Clinton had sex with her and lied about it but what the country should do about this. | We should figure out what the country should do about Clinton's situation. |
I'm afraid this is kind of a one joke question, and the joke is cheap and easy blasphemy. | The joke is regarded as blasphemous. |
but that you were implying you said that by mistake yeah right | You said that by mistake |
The partition of Poland collapsed in 1918, and Poland's bid for independence won the support of American president Woodrow Wilson and the Bolshevik government in Russia. | The Russian government supported the idea of Polish independence. |
An expectation gap between what an audit is and is not continues to exist, especially with regard to the auditor's responsibility for detecting fraud. | There is a gap between expectation and reality. |
Ask around and find out where Spaniards and resident expatriates eat. | Question people around and figure out where the Spaniards and expatriates dine. |
6 Thus, when the government runs deficits and accumulates debt, Ricardian consumers would save more to ensure that they or their descendants can pay the expected higher future taxes. | When the government accumulates debt, consumers would save more. |
He came to my village's aid when no one else would. | No one else would help my village. |
It's both or neither. | It's those two or none at all. |
He regularly entertained the staff at editorial meetings with previews of the dish to come in his next piece. | The staff was entertained by him. |
uh-huh oh and you had to type all of his papers | yes, and you were forced to type every assignment he had |
At the start of the new millennium, Edinburgh is once again wielding true political power on behalf of its fellow The Scotland Act, passed in November 1998, transferred control of domestic policy from London back to the Scots for the first time since 1707. | The Scotland Act returned control of domestic policy to Scotland for the first time since 1707. |
The creator of this unusually successful way of reducing stress was one Antoni Elkbellows, a man possessing a long and confirmed by genetic studies lineage, according to which he was a direct descendent of a respectable family of magnates from nearby Pila - the Oxbellows. | The Oxbellows is a respectable family of managates from Pila. |
This dense pine forest looks spectacular against a blue summer sky, and there are picnic sites and trails through the trees. | There are many paths to walk and places to rest within the pine forest. |
Therefore, the cancellation of debt is not earned by the entity's operations and is not directly related to the entity's costs of providing goods and services. | The goods and services were not provided by the entity's cost. |
After getting cheek and chin implants and facial liposuction, talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael ended up with such a lopsided smile, reports the Star , that viewers called in wondering if she'd had a stroke. | Due to surgery, Sally Jessy Raphael seems now like a person who had a stroke, because of her smile. |
(Through all the vagaries of persecution and war, Nagasaki has remained the major center of Japanese Christianity. ) | (Regardless of all situations, Nagasaki maintains his role as the core of Japanese Christianity.) |
The Commission states in its report to us that the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 does not apply to the Securities and Exchange Commission. | The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 isn't applicable to the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to the Commission. |
This assumption has been shown to be reasonable provided the change in the risk being valued is within the range of risks evaluated in the underlying studies (Rowlatt et al. | Studies have been done to access the range of risks. |
Sir James tapped the table rather impatiently. | Sir James was impatient. |
Above the park looms the startling sight of the Pestana Carlton Park Hotel (designed by Oscar Niemeyer, famous for the futuristic Brasilia). | The Pestana Carlton Park Hotel is a startling sight. |
The rule also sets forth the procedures that apply to states that choose to implement a mechanism under state law, as an alternative to the federal requirements with respect to guaranteed availability for | There is rule for guaranteed availability implemented by both state and federal government. |
Michael Forbes of New York--who, according to press reports, has been treated as a nonperson by his GOP colleagues since he voted against the re-election of Newt Gingrich as speaker--bleats like a goat when the SBA field office in his Long Island district is threatened. | Michael Forbes voted against Newt Gingrich during his re-eclection as speaker. |
We'll need to keep some essential personnel. | We need some essential personnel. |
Educational Communications and Technology | Education communications and technology |
In the interim, VBA is using a web-based field guide to train those employees. | For the time being, VBA is using web-based training for employees. |
That is the truth. | Those are the facts. |
Nevertheless, he stuck tenaciously to his idea. | He stuck to his guns and stayed with his thoughts. |
The experiences of These governments-and those of the federal GPRA pilots-demonstrate that each federal agency will need to chart its own course in response to its specific environment as it seeks to implement GPRA and become more results-oriented. | These experiences show that each federal agency has to find its own path in implementing GPRA. |
Jewish mothers of America can relax. | Jewish American mothers can relax now. |
It also will allow the organization to house in one building its migrant-worker legal assistance program and a newer basic services program. | They were able to have more services within the organization. |
Either way, you've got a legitimate gripe. | You have a problem regardless. |
that's that's uh that's real good we had uh we had organizations like that in college you know we had a community service group in college that had all sorts of different groups and some did like that some did elderly visits some did um | There were community groups in college that did some elderly visits. |
Gore : Look, we could call this the Meet The Press agreement. | Gore said we could call this the Meet The Press agreement. |
Other classical sites lay below Iraklion near the south coast. | You can find classical sites underneath Iraklion towards the south coast. |
The first of five special issues about the 21 st century imagines health and environment in the future. | There were several issues about the 21st century. |
it was same time period yes | It was the same time frame. |
6) If the DSPB is not satisfied with the VP for Programs' recommendation, it may seek a meeting with the LSC President to ask for reconsideration. | If the DSPB doesn't think the VP's recommendation is good enough, it can ask the LSC to reconsider. |
On the Relations Between Educational Research From Disdain to Detente. | There is disdain and detente. |
Halfway through the program--and apropos of nothing--host Donaldson explained that Reno had been invited to appear on the show but had set conditions that the show was not able to meet. | The host announced that Reno was to appear but had sent conditions that the show could not meet. |
Even Yoffe's example of Julie Steele backfires on her. | Unfortunately, Yoffe's example of Steele worked against her. |
It'll be mine some day, should be mine now by rights, if my father had only made a decent will. | I wish my father had made a decent will |
There's a lot of room for demotion in my department. | People can get demoted easily in my department. |
Adrin's eyes crawled over Vrenna as she stretched, revealing her shapely ivory body under the gray cloak. | Adrin watched Vrenna. |
Its splendour is a little faded now, but that only adds to the charm of the huge, chandeliered, sumptuous public rooms decorated with antique mirrors, braziers, samovars, and thick Turkish carpets. | The public rooms are extremely expensive looking and ornately decorated. |
okay nice talking to you bye | I enjoyed talking to you, buh-bye now |
they um tend to spend | They tend to spend |
uh-huh i think that's that's how i feel too i feel a need to dominate certain things and i try real hard not to be to too domineering with with Emily | I make a concerted effort not to be excessively bossy and overbearing with Emily. |
Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 - 12 January 1976), commonly known as Agatha Christie,was an English crime fiction writer. | The English crime fiction author Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, often known as simply Agatha Christie was born in September of 1890 and died in January of 1976. |
And that's where I come in!" cried Julius, bringing his fist down on the table with a bang. | Julius hit the table with his fist. |
in Consumer Digest or a Consumer Reports | Do you prefer Consumer Digest or Consumer Reports? |
The generally lazy regent gave incompetent nobles too much of a say in the running of the state. | The generally lazy regent allowed others to be in charge. |
whereas in this country where everyone respects the closed doors very much if you go out and act like the lunatic you you violate the uh the norms of social of um public behavior um people start paying attention to you very much and they start asking q uestions and in a sense are invite invade invading your privacy alt... | People start paying attention to you if you violate social norms. |
He was once a hero to them, said Jon, keeping his eyes on the big man. | Jon watched the man. |
What happened next is mere guess work on my part, but I should say that Mrs. Inglethorp picked up the broken cup and placed it on the table by the bed. | I can only make a guess as to what may have occurred next. |
well that's true and and it's sad because now they they're so used to people they're going into the towns and raiding garbage cans and stuff and that presents a threat to the people living there and now they're having to shoot them | They are too used to being around humans that sometimes they need to be put down. |
Hold your fire, Summerhaye, he remarked jocularly. | He made light of the situation. Don't shoot, Summerhaye. |
The decor celebrates Florentine power Vasari frescoes of victories over Siena and Pisa and Michelangelo's Victory statue. | The design honors great Florentine power and victory. |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration), one of HHS' operating divisions, administers both the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which provide health care to about one in every four Americans. | CMS and is on of HHS' operatiing divisions. |
Shows 7 and 10pm, no late show Sunday Tuesday; dark Thursday; $38 or less (special rate for children 4 12). | There is no late show on Sunday. |
it was just some of the excuse me | Excuse me. |
The Spanish-American War was no great challenge for the US force that landed at Guanica, on Puerto Rico's calm south coast, rather than at fortified San Juan. | The US force were not challenged in the war. |
Both legal services and the bar associations complement each other in ways that provide a fairly broad net of support. | The bar association helps legal services. |
Thorn appeared to still sleep, a small wind-tent shading his head from the rising sun. | Thorn dozed in a tent. |
At ten o'clock hope deserted him, and he flung himself on the bed to seek consolation in sleep. | At ten, he gave up hope and resorted to sleep. |
On the grounds that the sultans were too soft, he cut through Delhi in 1398, slaughtering thousands of Hindus and carrying off thousands more as slaves. | In 1398, on the grounds sultans were too soft, he cut through Delhi slaughtering thousands of Hindus and carrying thousands more as slaves. |
In addition, the local corporations are being asked to adopt new certificates of incorporation and bylaws, which some of the groups contend vastly expand LSNY's powers. | The local corporations are being asked to adopt new certificates of incorporation and bylaws. |
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