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transition

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This idea , which occurs in both Tatian and Cyprian , fits especially well into the scheme of Irenaeus ' theology ; for it prepares the way for the passage from life through death to life that is achieved in Christ .

I must state that the faster things happened , the slower they happened ; the passage and rhythm of time changed , and when I remember back to what happened then , each event is a separate and frozen incident .

Time elapsed but the doctor was obviously unconscious of its passage until an unwelcome knock on the door interrupted the processes of nature .

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change_of_state fossilization transit

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There is a fine second act , as an example , one in which Samuel_Groom , as Dillon , has an opportunity to blaze_away in one impassioned passage after another .

There are some passages in the writings of Irenaeus where the image of God and the similitude are sharply distinguished , so most notably in the statement : `` If the [ Holy ] Spirit is absent from the soul , such a man is indeed of an animal nature ; and , being left carnal , he will be an imperfect being , possessing the image [ of God ] in his formation , but not receiving the similitude [ of God ] through the Spirit '' .

Emerson , in his lecture , refers to the `` startling experience which almost every person confesses in daylight , that particular passages of conversation and action have occurred to him in the same order before , whether dreaming or waking , a suspicion that they have been with precisely these persons in precisely this room , and heard precisely this dialogue , at some former hour , they know not when '' .

When I try to work_out my reasons for feeling that this passage is of critical significance , I come_up with the following ideas , which I shall express very briefly here and revert to in a later essay .

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section place text locus_classicus purple_passage transition excerpt text

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Each time his objective had been the same - a direct water passage from Western Europe to the Far_East .

His chief discovery was important - the Great_North ( later , the Hudson ) River - but it produced no northwest passage .

One_by_one , the openings in the coast that promised a passage through had been explored and discarded .

More_than anything , it is the therapist 's intuitive sensing of these latent meanings in the stereotype which helps these meanings to become revealed , something like a spread-out deck_of_cards , on sporadic occasions over the passage of the patient 's and his months of work together .

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way aisle throat passageway cul conduit shaft right_of_way fish_ladder conduit adit

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enactment

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But questions with which committee_members taunted bankers appearing as witnesses left little doubt that they will recommend passage of_it .

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legislation law

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transit

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"the outward passage took 10 days"

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Most meteoritic material , by the time it reaches the Earth's_surface , has been reduced to dust or to spherules of ablated material in its passage through the atmosphere .

After passing * * f through DEAE-cellulose , the titer of antibodies to WTV in the specific fraction was 1 : 4 of the titer before such passage ( precipitin ring tests by R._F._Whitcomb ) ; but mere dilution of the conjugate to 1 : 4 did not satisfactorily remove nonspecific staining .

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journey lockage transit

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musical_passage

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He demonstrated by playing an imaginary piano , doing a staccato passage with a broadly exaggerated attack .

For_example , to move ( as the score requires ) from the lowest F major register up_to a barely audible N minor in four seconds , not skipping , at_the_same_time , even one of the 407 fingerings , seems a feat too absurd to consider , and it is to the flautist 's credit that he remained silent throughout the passage .

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musical_composition phrase transition cadenza impromptu allegro largo recitative adagio cadence intro

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passing

Examples

"the passage of air from the lungs" "the passing of flatus"

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To a much less full extent , the hebephrenic person 's belching or flatus has a comparable communicative function ; in working with these patients the therapist eventually gets to do some at_least private mulling over of the possible meaning of a belch , or the passage of flatus , not_only because he is reduced to this for lack of anything else to analyze , but also because he learns that even these animal like sounds constitute forms of communication in which , from_time_to_time , quite different things are being said , long before the patient can become sufficiently aware of these , as distinct feelings and concepts , to say them in words .

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reaction excrete

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passageway

Examples

"the nasal passages"

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During the discharge the magnetic_forces set_up by the passage of current cause the edges of the foil to roll inward toward its center_line , thus allowing light to pass into the camera .

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structure shunt sinusoid orifice duct fauces fistula esophagus epicardia root_canal meatus birth_canal

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passing

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"stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"

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movement pass

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handing_over

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delivery relay pass