Dutch painter, born at Leyden, and studied first under Nicholas Knufer and later with John van Goyen, whose daughter he married.
— from Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society by New-York Historical Society

Eyes floated uneasily, not knowing where to look.
— from Mortal Coils by Aldous Huxley

He said, if he could afford it, he would lay in a lot of it for future use, not knowing where he could get any more.
— from On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck A Tempestous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours, Starting Without a Dollar and Earning My Way by R. Pitcher (Robert Pitcher) Woodward

And the whole school is discontented, fed up; no keenness anywhere.
— from The Loom of Youth by Alec (Alexander Raban) Waugh

There are silver-mining companies, founded upon nobody knows what—to accomplish what, nobody cares.
— from The Abominations of Modern Society by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage

Birthday of His Majesty the King, 28 December (1945) _#_Executive branch: monarch, prime minister, Council of Ministers _#_Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an upper house or National Council and a lower house or House of Representatives _#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Sarbochha Adalat) _#_Leaders: Chief of State—King BIRENDRA Bir Bikram Shah Dev (since 31 January 1972, crowned King 24 February 1985); Heir Apparent Crown Prince DIPENDRA Bir Bikram Shah Dev, son of the King (born 21 June 1971); Head of Government—Prime Minister Girija Prasad KOIRALA (since 29 May 1991) _#_Political parties and leaders: ruling party—Nepali Congress Party (NCP), Girija Prasad KOIRALA, Ganesh Man SINGH, Krishna Prasad BHATTARAI; center—the NDP has two factions: National Democratic Party/Chand (NDP/Chand), Lokinra Bahadur CHAND, and National Democratic Party/Thapa (NDP/Thapa), Surya Bahadur THAPA; Terai Rights Sadbhavana (Goodwill) Party, G. N. Naryan SINGH; Communist—Communist Party of Nepal/United Marxist and Leninist (CPN/UML), Man Mohan ADIKHARY; United People's Front (UPF), N. K. PRASAI; Rohit Party, N. M. BIJUKCHHE; Democratic Party, leader NA _#_Suffrage: universal at age 18 _#_Elections: House of Representatives—last held on 12 May 1991 (next to be held May 1996); results—NCP 38%, CPN/UML 28%, NDP/Chand 6%, UPF 5%, NDP/Thapa 5%, Terai Rights Sadbhavana Party 4%, Rohit 2%, CPN (Democratic) 1%, independent 4%, other 7%; seats—(205 total) NCP 110, CPN/UML 69, UPF 9, Terai Rights Sadbhavana Party 6, NDP/Chand 3, Rohit 2, CPN (Democratic) 2, NDP/Thapa 1, independent 3; note—the new Constitution of 9 November 1990 gives Nepal a multiparty democracy system for the first time in 32 years _#_Communists: Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) _#_Other political or pressure groups: numerous small, left-leaning student groups in the capital; several small, radical Nepalese antimonarchist groups _#_Member of: AsDB, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO _#_Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Mohan Man SAINJU; Chancery at 2131 Leroy Place NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone (202) 667-4550; there is a Nepalese Consulate General in New York; US—Ambassador Julia Chang BLOCH; Embassy at Pani Pokhari, Kathmandu; telephone [977] (1) 411179 or 412718, 411601, 411613, 413890 _#_Flag: red with a blue border around the unique shape of two overlapping right triangles; the smaller, upper triangle bears a white stylized moon and the larger, lower triangle bears a white 12-pointed sun _*
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The dog must have escaped from the wrecked circus train, and he followed us, not knowing what else to do.
— from The Bobbsey Twins at School by Laura Lee Hope