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People had become dependent on the compound, and the few who refused it formed a resistance to try to fix things.
As a compound bilingual, Gabriella develops two linguistic codes simultaneously, with a single set of concepts, learning both English and Spanish as she begins to process the world around her. Her teenage brother, on the other hand, might be a coordinate bilingual, working with two sets of concepts, learning English in school, while continuing to speak Spanish at home and with friends.
And I want to say that I think we're on the path of understanding metabolic flexibility in a fundamental way, and that in the not too distant future, an EMT might give an injection of hydrogen sulfide, or some related compound, to a person suffering severe injuries, and that person might de-animate a bit, they might become a little more immortal.
The U.S. Library of Congress, in terms of its printed volume of data, contains less data than is coming out of a good genomics company every month on a compound basis.
Let me say that again: A single genomics company generates more data in a month, on a compound basis, than is in the printed collections of the Library of Congress.
And if we think about the increase of biomass inside the reserves, this is like compound interest.
Very early in my quest, I also went to see the Brazilian faith healer John of God at his compound down in Brazil.
And I'm part of a chat group, which is a national group of toxicologists and chemists that are, you know, basically turning cartwheels trying to figure out what's in this stuff, and what is it doing and what are the interactions of these chemicals, most of which we don't know, and what are their byproducts, which are usually more toxic than the parent compound.
She hires a scruffy guide played by Robert Kerman to help her get to the cult's compound located in the jungle.
And to compound the problem with the seriously pathetic special effects is the total lack of logic that characterized a majority of the events depicted.
What most people probably have ingrained in their minds is the "cult leader" David Koresh and the images of the compound burning to the ground after a long standoff.
Good compound interacting story lines and above-average characterizations.
Just as Captain Willard thought he would know what to do once he got to Col. Kurtz's compound.
I remembered reflecting about all the children as I watched the Mount Camel compound burn in April 1993.
Why were they allowed to contaminate the crime scene and bulldoze the compound shortly after the incident?
In this new investigation I haven't been informed about who was responsible for spraying the CS flammable tear-gas into a compound with many hazards for igniting this gas and I haven't found any answer to whether the children's muscles contracted due to the effects of the gas, while they were alive.
Even if the Davidians set fire to the compound, the officials in charge surely provided them with the opportunity to do the job.
Sure, there were lots of weapons at the Branch Davidian compound.
It was absolutely heartbreaking to see the video footage of the people inside the compound, all of them seeming to be very nice and harmless.
If you were the ATF and you wanted to search the compound is attacking the building with a unit of men who are armed with rifles and bullet proof suits the way to go about doing it?
Why open large holes within the compound structure when you know the possibility of starting a fire?
An eye opening documentary about the 1993 siege of a religious sect compound near Waco, Texas.
Seventy-six people, including sect leader, David Koresh, perished in a flaming inferno that destroyed the compound.
And to compound this musical assault Rob Lowe's character played saxophone, and there was one scene where he played a solo that went on and on like he was Charlie Parker, only his shrill tone and playing were more reminiscent of a monkey playing a kazoo.
When Steve suffers a compound fracture stumbling between two massive rocks over a flowing river, he will be handicapped only increasing such an already nightmare scenario, with Sharon following her ghostly young friends to potential safety..they even, at one point, plead with their father to not kill her.
Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) lives with his family in a compound at Yasnaya Polyana, taking walks and writing and being seen to by his wife and the adherents to his "movement", people dedicated to his ideas of pacifism, vegetarianism, sexual abstinence and communal property who have gathered in a forest camp not far away.
Evil" like heavily fortified compound.
In the Fiji islands, the greedy and unscrupulous owner of the Valalola Resort Primal Park invites investors and guests for an opening party of his compound composed of hotel and zoo aiming to find partners for his discoveries.
To compound things the exercise was repeated in Martin's unfunny attempt to be Peter Seller's Inspector Clouseau, another abortive attempt, in my opinion, to rekindle a demonstrably unfunny career.
Filmmaker David Redmon should be lauded for getting excellent and rare footage of everyday life inside a Chinese factory compound, and for landing a revealing on-camera interview with the head of the U.S. company that imports and sells the beads.
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