When we called them that evening, those who spent on themselves were just as happy as they were before getting the cash.
We called them Bermanites, after their intellectual and sartorial model, an English teacher named Robert Berman: a small, thin, unsmiling man who papered over the windows of his classroom door so that no one could peek through.
Bill and I, along with one interpreter (or terp, as we called them), jumped into the old Mercedes jeep that served as our "get around town" car and followed two jeeploads of our Afghan officers up to the castle.
If we ever thought about "American football" at all, we thought about all that protective gear and considered it a source of some pride that the average English football fan was in more physical danger on his way to the toilets (we called them that) at halftime than a roly-poly lineman in a scrimmage.
When we were called to the gate we gave them our boarding passes, got on the plane and fell asleep.
We are called to honor them by doing our part for the loved ones our fallen heroes have left behind and looking after our military families.
Secretary DONALD RUMSFELD (Defense Department): Our nation needed them, our nation called on them in battle and we mourn them now in death.
One manager once told me excitedly about the great conversation their salesperson had with our researcher when they called them back after we put our lead in their website.
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This year, in this election, we are called to reaffirm our values and commitments, to hold them against a hard reality and see how we are measuring up, to the legacy of our forbearers and the promise of future generations.
"It's part of a buddy-system and works both ways, about two years ago we were called on to do the same for them, " he said.
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Also be sure to let them know that we have an application called Raise Your Hand on Facebook that allows prospective teachers to join a community of teachers across the country and ask about teaching as a career.
We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them.
His father, a paramedic, had called home to warn them, and "we made it into the storm shelter like 20 seconds before it hit, " Gareth said.
And half-a-century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik we had no idea how we would beat them to the Moon.
None of our children are called Veronica, but we always say it when we want them to stop doing something.
Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we would beat them to the moon.
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"They could have called us women and we could have cooked the best Rajasthani food for them!"
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Once the turmoil has died down we will need to see if the Bretton Woods twins, as Keynes called them, are getting in each other's way.
For the first ... the time when I talked to the 18 founders, I invited all the friends of mine and the founders come to my home I talked to them that we're going to build up a company called Alibaba.com.
Haf Elgar of Friends of the Earth Cymru called on ministers to "intervene and to discuss with them how we can overcome this as soon as possible".
His words drew a sharp rebuke from Mr Netanyahu's office, which called them "a dark and mendacious statement the likes of which we thought had passed from the world".
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We want them judged by what they do, not by what they're called.
When I heard they were upset I called and simply apologized and asked what we could do to make it up to them.
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"People from other countries are very welcome to taste our food but we prefer them to do it here, " says Ingulf Galaen, who runs a farm called Galavolden Gard.
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And we try to connect visitors to who we are today when we perform them, ' explains Treffrey, gazing over the verdant tree-lined valley the Siksika have called home for centuries.
And, absolutely, I wanted a cessation of the violence, because it put an enormous strain on Georgia, and that's why I was the first to say that we have to rebuild the Georgian economy and called for a billion dollars that has now gone in to help them rebuild.
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