He concentrated on the job at hand, on his fingers as they twisted and crimped the wires.
Paul Theroux, a hard-to-please American travel writer, experienced French intractability at first hand on the Orient Express.
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Modern ships are getting bigger and harder to navigate, and increasing costs mean fewer crew members at hand on ships.
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But if Islamic militants threatened Uzbekistan, Russia would at least be on hand to help.
"Yes, I do, " Mr. Loughner responded, as his lawyer, Judy Clarke, sat near him, at times putting her hand on his back.
The bottom plate is secured with six mounting screws, but -- at least on our hand-built review unit -- it doesn't match the frame it's attached to.
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Even as angry victims gathered in court during Mr. Loughner's case, she treated him with kindness, at times putting a hand on his back or shoulder, apparently trying to soothe him.
For as in this world, head winds are far more prevalent than winds from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim), so for the most part the Commodore on the quarter-deck gets his atmosphere at second hand from the sailors on the forecastle.
When we are at-tension or attentive we are properly focusing on the task at hand.
Sadly, the smallest of the quartet wasn't available on the show floor, but we did get a look at the other three tablets on hand, ranging from 8 inches to 10.1.
Secretary General and the international Financial Stability Forum will also be on hand at the summit.
Staff at Bodnant Garden are on hand with dog mess bags in case of any problems.
Give your full, undivided attention to the one, important task at hand before moving on to the next.
Bent over at the waist, its hand on its hips, the creature has its face thrust forward menacingly.
Some of those leaders will also be on hand at Kananaskis for the formal launch of the plan.
Two winners of the 2012 scholarship will be on hand at Maker Faire showing off their winning projects.
Tables and seats have redundant attachments and an extra person is on hand at each meal to enforce strict procedures.
Trainers are on hand at the top to help pull up anyone unable to make the ascent on their own.
Company reps were on hand at the Carl Zeiss booth at Photokina demonstrating this latest handset's low-light abilities -- which are quite striking.
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McDonald's also began using new software recently that helps restaurant owners decide the optimal number of employees to have on hand at a given time.
If mushrooming is more your scene but you cannot tell your morel from your chanterelle, help is on hand at Fungi to Be With.
Those who follow Major League Baseball and were fortunate enough to be on hand at Yankee Stadium last week were in for a Reagan thrill as well.
Ure talks incredulously of once having a glass of wine literally taken out of his hand at 8pm on a Tuesday because the bar owner wanted to close.
Gohouri inexplicably allowed Boateng's cross to fly over his head and Cullen, who turned 18 last month, was on hand at the back post to turn in the bouncing ball.
Global giants on hand at Auto Shanghai include Ford, which is in the process of rolling out 15 new models in a bid to address more segments of the local market.
And it was on hand at the early stages of rebuilding, as it won a contract to put up steel for the site's signature tower, One World Trade Center, in 2006.
Designers Enrico Bonetti and Dominic Kozerski were on hand at Drive-In Studios to explain the ins and outs of their one-off design, while I gently rocked with a video on an iPad.
And Tobin explained the exasperation he felt as he sprinted onto the turf with the other medics on hand at the stadium, to try to save Muamba's life with 40, 000 people looking on.
That's an overly simplistic explanation for the six-sided display on hand at the MIT Media Lab today, which is quite limited in its current form, but could eventually serve an enormous variety of applications.
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