Then, think of the silent and untouched forests of the Pacific Coast and tell me whether you think five million deer scattered through all those forests would make any visible impression upon them.That would be only about twenty-five times as many as are there now!…Cited from Our Vanishing Wild Life, by William T. Hornaday
Not having assets of their own, women needed to be protected from the risk of their husbands' putting them on the street at whim.In these times marriage was an economic matter rather than one of love.A woman and her children could easily be displaced.…
Official documentation is required from the member's service to certify that a potential honoree was serving honorably at the time of his or her death and that it was not a result of misconduct or through some circumstance caused by the service member.The death may have occurred during regular off-duty time or official leave.In the case of Reservists and National Guard personnel, the death may have occurred while traveling to or from official duty or during any period of time while the service member was in a paid status.…
This became the name by which he was known in later times.As Augustus, he retained the trappings of a restored Republican leader, but historians generally view this consolidation of power and the adoption of these honorifics as the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.…
The training paid off and, in 1967, Schwarzenegger won the title for the first time, becoming the youngest ever Mr. Universe at the age of 20.He would go on to win the title a further three times.Schwarzenegger then flew back to Munich, training for four to six hours daily, attending business school and working in a health club (Rolf Putzinger's gym where he worked and trained from 1966-1968), returning in 1968 to London to win his next Mr. Universe title.…
He makes the average or above average player look like a star at times.
The following year both teams joined the newly formed American Professional Soccer League.During this time the two clubs would meet up twenty-one times.In 1992 the two clubs also staged an NASL reunion match to benefit a local charity.…
The station is open 24 hours a day (except on the Sabbath) and during peak times serves two trains per hour in each direction to and from Tel Aviv, making certain stops along the route.At off-peak times there is one train per hour in each direction.Some of these trains then continue along the Mediterranean coast to Haifa and terminate in Nahariya in northern Israel.…
At times the same word will mean entirely different things between classes.
The settlement site, however is an archaeological site, and a museum has been built nearby for exhibition of finds (mostly replicas), models and reconstructions.It is a popular site to visit during the summer times.…
Of course that brought us into the drawing-room in double-quick time.Cited from We Ten, by Lyda Farrington Krause
Throughout the winter he received racially motivated death threats, but stood up well under the pressure.The next season, it was only a matter of time before he set a new record.…
On Flight Day 8, the transfer of the Leonardo PMM's cargo to the interior of the ISS began.The crew also received some off-duty time on this day.On Flight Day 9, the equipment used on Drew and Bowen's spacewalk was reconfigured.…
Many species currently assigned to this group have been placed in other groups at different times.
Augustine received liturgical books from the pope, but their exact contents are unknown.They may have been some of the new mass books that were being written at this time.The exact liturgy that Augustine introduced to England remains unknown, but it would have been a form of the Latin language liturgy in use at Rome.…
Spacewalkers Mike Good and Steve Bowen cleaned up and stowed their spacesuits for landing.The latter part of the crew's day was spent with some off-duty time.Atlantis ' astronauts devoted flight day 12 to preparing for the shuttle's landing.…
Then we had eighty miles to go before we struck the foothills of the Raton mountains, fording the Picketwaire river at the little town of Trinidad, Colorado, over the Raton mountains.In going up the mountain we crossed the creek twenty-six times.On this route was a place known to the train men as "The Devil's Gate."…Cited from The Second William Penn, by William H. Ryus
As the crew rotated the spacecraft, they had their first views of the Earth as they moved away from it.This marked the first time humans could view the whole Earth at once.Borman became worried that the S-IVB was staying too close to the Command/Service Module and suggested to Mission Control that the crew perform a separation maneuver.…
Then about the same time to-morrow night Don could take another ten.Cited from The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz, by Frank Fowler
On the track, Black Easter Bunny started 111 times, placing first in twenty-one of those races.She placed second twenty-two times and came in third thirteen times.…
nounAn instance or single occasion for some event →
this time he succeeded,
he called four times,
he could do ten at a clip
nounA period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something →
take time to smell the roses,
I didn't have time to finish,
it took more than half my time
nounAn indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) →
he waited a long time,
the time of year for planting,
he was a great actor in his time
nounA suitable moment →
it is time to go
nounThe continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
nounA person's experience on a particular occasion →
he had a time holding back the tears,
they had a good time together
verbAssign a time for an activity or event →
The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene
verbSet the speed, duration, or execution of →
we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely
verbRegulate or set the time of →
time the clock
verbAdjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time →
The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely