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The boat had not been upset, though overwhelmed, and they had held on to it with the tenacity of a last hope. Looking sharply round, as he gasped and swept the water from his eyes, Leo seized the oars, which, being attached to the boat, were still available, and rowed with all his might away from the approaching Eskimos as if he were afraid of being caught by them.
Business, when evaluating men for promotion, asks whether there is harmony at home so that this man will be free from the greatest single source of emotional unbalance, and whether this man and his wife have demonstrated the ability to grow in the past the best available indication of their ability to grow in the future.
The detention in the ice and the journey to New York almost exhausted Astor's purse. He arrived in this city, where now his estate is valued at forty millions, with little more than his seven German flutes, and a long German head full of available knowledge and quiet determination.
Foremost in gleeful demonstration was the pioneer Johnnie, who danced and sang in the enjoyment of his native element light and sunshine. Every hour that could be laid aside for this purpose was equal to a fortune. But our young friend was no miser in this respect. Every available guest must be in readiness to join the incorrigible Johnnie when bent on his excursions. All stood on equal rights.
It was also intended by Government that a piece of unoccupied territory still farther to the eastward should be settled by a party of five hundred Highlanders, who, it was conjectured, would prove the most effective buffer available to meet the first shock of invasion, should the savages ever attempt another inroad.
"Do you want any more men landed at 'Y'? There are trawlers available. Acknowledge the signal." At 11 a.m. I got this answer: "From General Hunter-Weston to G.O.C. Queen Elizabeth. "Admiral Wemyss and Principal Naval Transport Officer state that to interfere with present arrangements and try to land men at 'Y' Beach would delay disembarkation." There was some fuss about the Cornwallis.
My observations are unanimous on this point. The number of eggs deposited on one pod always exceeds the number of peas available, and often to a scandalous degree. However meagre the contents of the pod there is a superabundance of consumers.
If travel was troublesome, one could leave it to Cook; buy a ticket and he would do the rest. If these awakening hungers and corresponding opportunities had affected only the period of life formerly thought available for education, these changes would have come about much more slowly than they have.
George H. Cameron, with our 26th Division and a French division at the western base of the salient, were to attack three different hills Les Eparges, Combres and Amaramthe. Our 1st Corps had in reserve the 78th Division, our 4th Corps the 3d Division, and our First Army the 35th and 91st Divisions, with the 80th and 33d available.
The machinery which binds together any secret society, as being always available for evil ends, must inevitably justify some uneasiness in all political authorities.
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