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(5) In the case of Diesel engines, put low flashpoint oil into the fuel tank; the engine will not move.
— from Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services
Agreement , of subst., 1077-1081 ; of mobile substs., 1078 ; explaining two or more substs., 1079 ; collective or distributive, explaining plur., 1080 ; in apposition with thought or clause, 1081 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
Courtesy of Dr. E. P. Lilly.) Chart VI (Source: OWI administrative memorandum.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Courtesy of Dr. E. P. Lilly.)
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Measures taken by the French Ministry..... Conduct of different European Powers..... Insolence of the Barbary Corsairs.....
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett
Cabinet chosen by the prime minister in consultation with the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 17 December 1995 (next to be held by December 2000); prime minister appointed by the president, ratified by the Congress election results: Rene Garcia PREVAL elected president; percent of vote - Rene Garcia PREVAL 88%, Leon JEUNE 2.5%, Victor BENOIT 2.3% Legislative branch: bicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale consists of the Senate (27 seats; members serve six-year terms; one-third elected every two years) and the Chamber of Deputies (83 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: Senate - last held 25 June 1995, with reruns on 13 August and runoffs on 17 September, and an election for nine seats 6 April 1997 but results were disputed; next election for two-thirds of Senate postponed until May 2000; Chamber of Deputies - last held 25 June 1995, with reruns on 13 August and runoffs on 17 September (next Senate and Chamber of Deputies elections postponed until May 2000) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - OPL 7, FL-leaning 7, independents 3, vacant 10; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - OPL 32, antineoliberal bloc 24, minor parties and independents 22, vacant 5 Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation Political parties and leaders: Alliance for the Liberation and Advancement of Haiti or ALAH ; Assembly of Progressive National Democrats or RDNP ; Confederation for Democratic Unity or KID ; Democratic Consultation Group coalition or ESPACE composed of the following parties: Confederation for Democratic Unity KONAKOM, PANPRA, Generation 2004, and Haiti Can or Ayiti Kapab; Generation 2004 [Claude ROUMAIN]; Haiti Can or Ayiti Kapab ; Haitian Christian Democratic Party or PDCH ; Haitian Democratic Party or PADEMH ; Lavalas Family or FL ; Mobilization for National Development or MDN ; Movement for National Reconstruction or MRN ; Movement for the Installation of Democracy in Haiti or MIDH ; Movement for the Organization of the Country or MOP
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Having caught them here General Broadwood made a brisk fight of it, but the Boers under cover of darkness evaded pursuit.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8) From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901 by Louis Creswicke
With respect to the others we give such information as Albert Rosenthal, the Philadelphia artist, inscribed on each portrait and also such other data as have been unearthed from the correspondence of Dr. Emmet, preserved in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library.
— from The Fathers of the Constitution: A Chronicle of the Establishment of the Union by Max Farrand
President Steyn, who was present at the station on Tuesday morning to see the High Commissioner off, did everything possible for the comfort and convenience of his state guest during the week that he was in Bloemfontein.
— from Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold
There was one very hot Sunday last summer, when a thunderstorm came on during Evening Prayer.
— from Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
"Teniendo positivas noticias de que sea internado a los puntos de Tambopata un estranjero Ingles, con objeto de estraer plantas de cascarilla, me es de absoluta necesidad pasarle a vm esta nota, para que sin permitir que en grave perjuicio de los hijos del pais, lo tome ni una planta, por lo que como autoridad debe vm de aberiguar bien para capturar a el y al persona quien se propone a facilitarle dichas plantas, y conducirlos a este.
— from Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India. by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
I saw one woman with a chest of drawers easily poised upon her head; another, who was quite old, carried a bedstead.
— from Things seen in Spain by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
Again in certain other diseases, especially pneumonia, the fluid cannot reach the diseased lung, either through the nutrient arteries or by the respiratory tract, because of the resistance offered.
— from Anatomy and Embalming A Treatise on the Science and Art of Embalming, the Latest and Most Successful Methods of Treatment and the General Anatomy Relating to this Subject by Albert John Nunnamaker
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