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  • By design McCandless came into the country with insufficient provisions, and he lacked certain pieces of equipment deemed essential by many Alaskans: a large-caliber rifle, map and compass, an ax.†   (source)
  • A kid from Louie's neighborhood was deemed feebleminded, institutionalized, and barely saved from sterilization through a frantic legal effort by his parents, funded by their Torrance neighbors.†   (source)
  • He'd been walking past the vehicle for days without deeming it worthy of a closer look.†   (source)
  • We roamed through Disneyland like a herd of buffalo, stopping only at the rides deemed worthy by my father.†   (source)
  • The Trisolarans who deemed the humans bugs seemed to have forgotten one fact: The bugs have never been truly defeated.†   (source)
  • But to pave the way for this ambitious effort, it was deemed necessary to exile a million kulaks—those profiteers and enemies of the common good, who also happened to be the regions' most capable farmers.†   (source)
  • A year older than Robert, he was bookish and private, only speaking when he deemed it absolutely necessary.†   (source)
  • Within days of arriving, the young men would be circumcised, their foreskins removed like childish cloaks now deemed unnecessary.†   (source)
  • At seventeen, he was deemed incapable of management and was left homeless.†   (source)
  • I wore what my dad deemed my "civilian" clothes.†   (source)
  • Anyone who chose the forbidden gospels over Constantine's version was deemed a heretic.†   (source)
  • Sorting through the messages NASA deemed worthy to upload, he read the most interesting first and responded when necessary.†   (source)
  • The change coincided with the emergence of Black Pride, and it seemed that the Alphas had responded by expanding the range of skin tones deemed acceptable for debutantes.†   (source)
  • We are the ones deemed fit enough and smart enough and attractive enough to be seen by anyone who comes to call.†   (source)
  • Still pointing her shaking wand at Magorian, she continued, 'Law Fifteen "B" states clearly that "any attack by a magical creature who is deemed to have near-human intelligence, and therefore considered responsible for its actions —" ' ' "Near-human intelligence"?' repeated Magorian, as Bane and several others roared with rage and pawed the ground.†   (source)
  • The actual certificates of merit when someone had done something deemed special.†   (source)
  • But unfortunately, it turned out there was more to the agreement: I, the undersigned, Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, agree to fulfill the duties of heir to Artur Christoff Phillipe Gerard Grimaldi Renaldo, prince of Genovia, and all that such a role entails, including but not exclusive to, assuming the throne upon the latter's demise and attending functions of state at which the presence of said heir is deemed essential.†   (source)
  • But now, an ER doctor had deemed it medically necessary to induce Kelly, at thirty-six weeks.†   (source)
  • The countenances of many a parishioner reflected shock and insult, as if the Lord Jesus had just spat in their faces—to deem them sacrilegious.†   (source)
  • WICKED had taken his life and those of his friends and were using them for whatever purposes they deemed necessary.†   (source)
  • With that, everyone scattered, the Champions murmuring to their trainers about whatever competitor they deemed the biggest threat.†   (source)
  • This was the first time he had been deemed old enough to go with his lord father and his brothers to see the king's justice done.†   (source)
  • Winter has begun to withdraw by the time my foot is deemed usable.†   (source)
  • Much as the children longed for more answers, it had grown late, their eyes were heavy, and Mr. Benedict deemed they should rest tonight and leave further explanations for morning.†   (source)
  • A word with the man who will soon be emperor...should the fates deem it so.†   (source)
  • She deemed them Capable of Anything.†   (source)
  • In other words, assigned to the group deemed expendable.†   (source)
  • And after the battle, the forest was deemed centaur land.†   (source)
  • Their presence in the United States is deemed good or bad, depending on the perspective.†   (source)
  • But after the retreat, when someone else, someone impartial and from the East Coast, deemed me Juilliardworthy, the idea burrowed into Gran's brain.†   (source)
  • I was supposed to feel privileged to be out on bond: I had stayed put even when it was clear I was going to be arrested, so I was deemed no flight risk.†   (source)
  • This regimen continued for many months, occasionally years, until the Riders were deemed responsible enough to handle magic.†   (source)
  • Even Barbara Woodhouse, lover of animals, successful trainer of thousands of dogs their owners had deemed hopeless, was conceding that some dogs were simply beyond help.†   (source)
  • To deem us simply enemies is to lose the true flavor of our relationship.†   (source)
  • She wore high heels and a peach sleeveless dress, but I didn't deem it my place to advise her otherwise.†   (source)
  • Who was the person deemed enough of a Zulu expert to create that entry?†   (source)
  • I believe what happens here and in other stories and novels (The Sacred Fount [1901] comes to mind) is that he deems the figure of the consuming spirit or vampiric personality a useful narrative vehicle.†   (source)
  • In 2002, a year after a mentally ill man shot and killed three people in Nevada County, a new law gave counties the right to force "gravely disabled" mental patients into treatment if they were deemed unlikely to survive without supervision and couldn't provide their own food, clothing or shelter.†   (source)
  • The bankers were pressuring the exposition's directors to appoint a Retrenchment Committee empowered not just to seek out ways of reducing the fair's expenses but to execute whatever cost-saving measures it deemed necessary, including layoffs and the elimination of departments and committees.†   (source)
  • Perhaps for that reason in many states it is illegal to hunt from a canoe—deemed unfair—and the same law should apply to dog teams.†   (source)
  • First, it went only from one side of our yard to the other: what our mother could see and deem safe if she stood in the middle.†   (source)
  • But mostly there was little to report, just the day-to-day goings-on of countless people working and living and aging and falling in and out of love, as is the case everywhere, and so not deemed worthy of headline billing or thought to be of much interest to anyone but those directly involved.†   (source)
  • He dreamed of never-ending life for those he deemed worthy, and death or forced sterilization for everyone else.†   (source)
  • How many hours—days, weeks—of my life had I spent dreaming about what I then deemed to be perfection?†   (source)
  • The same protocol held sway as at the great performances in Europe, and the ladies used the occasion to show off their long dresses and their fur coats in the dog days of the Caribbean summer, but it was also necessary to authorize the admission of servants to carry the chairs and lamps and all the things to eat that were deemed necessary to survive the interminable programs, one of which did not end until it was time for early Mass.†   (source)
  • The decision was primarily based on the fact that she was deemed to be emotionally disturbed and dangerously violent towards her classmates and possibly towards herself.†   (source)
  • I imagine each book traveling on a white conveyor belt toward rectangular white stations where robotic white arms dust, scrape, spray, and otherwise sterilize it until it's finally deemed clean enough to come to me.†   (source)
  • =========================== And Muad'Dib stood before them, and he said: "Though we deem the captive dead, yet does she live.†   (source)
  • Out of the two dozen boxes she and Vivian have been through so far, only a short pile of musty books and some yellowed linen have been deemed too ruined to keep.†   (source)
  • Otherwise you may like to speak to Martha or Dorothy, or any members of the male staff you deem sufficiently trustworthy.†   (source)
  • "It means the crime is deemed an accident," Rafi's smooth, lilting voice says behind me.†   (source)
  • He was deemed too overweight; Mc-Donald's wanted someone thinner to sell its burgers, shakes, and fries.†   (source)
  • Then, after a punishing ocean swim, they would be presented with their Trident and deemed SEALs by their brethren.†   (source)
  • The service of a prostitute is deemed essential; a condom is a frill.†   (source)
  • They continually surnamed each other Man and clutched at their crotches, readying the equipment they deemed necessary to be summoned at any moment into Superfly heaven.†   (source)
  • Moreover, if he broke with Dick, it meant the end of plans still attractive to Perry, and still, despite recent reverses, deemed possible by both-a skin-diving, treasure-hunting life lived together among islands or along coasts south of the border.†   (source)
  • Jennifer Anne clearly had a list of talking points she had culled from the newspaper or CNN she believed would allow us to converse on a level she deemed acceptable.†   (source)
  • I direct Jason to use the wisdom and experience he has gained as a recipient of the ultimate gift to manage these projects and any others that he deems significant.†   (source)
  • Those ships will stay with us until deem it safe to release them.†   (source)
  • My toes and fingers were numb before I deemed it safe to enter.†   (source)
  • Unfortunately no medical man had taken an interest in the town since, and Augustus and Call, both of whom had coped with their share of wounds, got called on to do such surgery as was deemed essential.†   (source)
  • "We-e-ell," Miss Sessions deemed it necessary to qualify her statement to this fiery and exact young questioner.†   (source)
  • Family portraits on the walls, heirlooms and mementos too large to carry easily, smashed furniture and open drawers and the thousand pieces of the occupants' lives deemed worthless by looters were scattered in every room.†   (source)
  • The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour, which doth in it live.†   (source)
  • I—along with Jimmy and Wade, two other men deemed presentable enough to mix with the townsfolk—are supposed to position ourselves around the edges of the crowd and then, when we get the signal, step forward and jostle them toward the entrance.†   (source)
  • We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.†   (source)
  • They'd stayed overnight in places just off the highway, and as long as they were relatively clean, his dad had deemed them fine.†   (source)
  • All patients had to complete standard treatment and retreatment before their cases could be deemed "treatment failures."†   (source)
  • Among those officers of inferior rank toward whom Colonel Cathcart still deemed it prudent to show respect, he included Major — de Coverley, even though he did not want to and was not sure he even had to.†   (source)
  • It was deemed un-Christian.†   (source)
  • Clambering over rocks and sloshing through the ice-cold surf, Max walked a quarter mile before he deemed it safe to launch the Ormenheid His teeth chattering, Max reached inside his cloak and set the tiny ship upon the black swell.†   (source)
  • Delicious's outfit was deemed too "edgy"; Pom-Pom's was too "sweet."†   (source)
  • That she had four young children, an unemployed and unhappy husband, a job she didn't like with a salary she deemed meager, and a host of other problems—all this mattered little to Jake.†   (source)
  • Now President Kennedy deems it vital to American security.†   (source)
  • And yet not so many, nor so fair, as when Thangorodrim was broken, and the Elves deemed that evil was ended for ever, and it was not so.†   (source)
  • Mr. Mompellion, too, was there, directing Mr. Milne, and when he deemed the holes sufficiently deep he filled each with vinegar and placed the coins inside.†   (source)
  • But now that you're babbling like a fool, now that our mighty warrior has deemed it perfectly logical, we will take a rest.†   (source)
  • Is that what you want, to do as prophecy deems you will—if, in fact, you are the so-called Pravus?†   (source)
  • Bosnia and Chechnya were deemed the most likely source of this large mangy-looking man.†   (source)
  • He was tested, tempered, and tried before he was deemed fit to rule.†   (source)
  • She'd been Confined for trying to steal medicine after the Council had weighed against treating him; with limited medical supplies, they'd deemed his prospects too grim to be worth the resources.†   (source)
  • By January 2004, the Associated Press deemed it acceptable for a news story about Pete Rose: "More than a year before he came clean publicly in his new autobiography, Pete Rose told a high school newspaper that he bet on baseball."†   (source)
  • If we do not deem ourselves worthy first, how shall we ever ask for more?†   (source)
  • The only one excluded from this treatment was Singbe, who had been deemed by Judge Judson "a cunning, dangerous, and deadly murderer."†   (source)
  • I had retired to rest, though not to sleep [that night], when the great bell struck the alarm; but fires had been so frequent of late, and had been so speedily extinguished, that I did not deem it worthwhile to get up and look at it, or even to count the strokes of the bell to learn where it was.†   (source)
  • Only Africans are given short trousers, for only African men are deemed "boys" by the authorities.†   (source)
  • If anyone had ever told Jason Bourne that he was going to be briefed in depth by a Soviet espionage agent whose English was so laced with the Deep South that it sonorously floated out of his mouth with the essence of magnolias, he would have deemed the information preposterous.†   (source)
  • If anyone deems it prudent, or thinks he would be happier, to stay on the Moon, that's his privilege.†   (source)
  • Of course, the court was forced into that decision by five idiot, bigmouthed women, so this reporter deems that ruling null and void.†   (source)
  • The doctors deemed Felicia an "unfit mother," and accused her of irreparably damaging her son that summer on Palmas Street.†   (source)
  • Still, I had to publish abroad, because the books were not written in the spirit of fascism and did not make obeisance to the themes and principles according to which one was deemed, or not deemed, acceptable.†   (source)
  • I selfishly felt as if I were babying Father, protecting him from anything I deemed might be harmful.†   (source)
  • Are we to understand that if the public deems it necessary to curtail your profits, you do not recognize its right to do so?†   (source)
  • Deep down, I believe—and deem such belief natural to every human soul—that in the universe, prime significance must be attributed to this earth of ours.†   (source)
  • Since the men deemed our.†   (source)
  • Cristian had lived in the state since the age of five but was now deemed to be an out-of-state student.†   (source)
  • Should it unhappily turn out to violate the image and thus be ineligible for a certificate, everyone would continue to be unaware of it, and the whole regrettable incident would be deemed not to have occurred.†   (source)
  • Perhaps, if the fates deem it.†   (source)
  • He has numerous toys, books, and movies on video, and he participates in supervised play sessions with the other orphans, because it is deemed essential by the project architects that all subjects with normal mental faculties and full physical abilities be raised in as social an atmosphere as possible, given the limitations of the Institute.†   (source)
  • On the Army's height-to-weight-to-age standards he would be deemed, at thirty-five, to be about ten pounds overweight.†   (source)
  • Several months ago the affiliate here in Birmingham asked us to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct action program if such were deemed necessary.†   (source)
  • We wouldn't talk to him and basically ignored him for as long as we deemed necessary.†   (source)
  • It can never be deemed proper for the exercise of that power.†   (source)
  • I still couldn't imagine myself challenging him, or being insubordinate in any way, and yet the thought of accepting whatever punishment he deemed deserving for me, and especially for her, seemed equally impossible.†   (source)
  • To expose her, even briefly, to her previous life was deemed far too risky.†   (source)
  • He lacked, according to General Stone, the physical stamina that the organization deemed necessary?†   (source)
  • Despite his tall from favor, Yama was still deemed mightiest of the artificers, though it was not doubted that the Gods of the City would have him to die the real death were they to learn of the pray-machine.†   (source)
  • We ate at Horn and Hardart's amazing automat, at Nedick's and Stouffer's and—in a fling at what in those days I deemed haute cuisine—at a midtown Longchamps.†   (source)
  • (He flashes the automatic smile) The court deems it proper—(He glances at the MAYOR)—to sentence Bertram Cates to pay a fine of—(He coughs) one hundred dollars†   (source)
  • It is our pleasure to choose from among such of you as are willing those whom we deem worthy of so high an enterprise.†   (source)
  • Denied the right to appear in person, Hughes filed a brief insisting that "if a majority can exclude the whole or a part of the minority because it deems the political views entertained by them hurtful, then free government is at an end."†   (source)
  • She did not deem it impudent or unmannerly for a slave to look her in the face.   (source)
    deem = believe
  • I may be deemed superstitious, and even egotistical, in regarding this event as a special interposition of divine Providence in my favor.   (source)
    deemed = believed
  • Very soon after I went to Mr. Ruggles, he wished to know of me where I wanted to go; as he deemed it unsafe for me to remain in New York.   (source)
  • He deemed all such inquiries on the part of a slave improper and impertinent, and evidence of a restless spirit.   (source)
  • It was considered as being bad enough to be a slave; but to be a poor man's slave was deemed a disgrace indeed!   (source)
  • It was deemed a disgrace not to get drunk at Christmas; and he was regarded as lazy indeed, who had not provided himself with the necessary means, during the year, to get whisky enough to last him through Christmas.   (source)
  • The last and most successful one was that of tarring his fence all around; after which, if a slave was caught with any tar upon his person, it was deemed sufficient proof that he had either been into the garden, or had tried to get in.   (source)
  • To remove the liability of such misapprehension, I deem it proper to append the following brief explanation.   (source)
    deem = believe
  • But before narrating any of the peculiar circumstances, I deem it proper to make known my intention not to state all the facts connected with the transaction.   (source)
  • But, just at the moment he was about carrying his proposal into effect, his aid was needed in helping to tie Henry; and the excitement attending the scuffle caused them either to forget, or to deem it unsafe, under the circumstances, to search.   (source)
    deem = consider or believe
  • And battle mage and spy and anything else the Varden deem necessary.†   (source)
  • They've got him in seclusion until he's dried out, as he's not deemed fit for public display.†   (source)
  • And I think we've had enough outbursts that we could deem this lot unfit.†   (source)
  • The skin deemed damaged but salvageable looks red, hot, and melted in places.†   (source)
  • Her husband, Josef, had been deemed unfit for military service due to an eye defect.†   (source)
  • I've left some faulty parts in your room that were deemed worthless.†   (source)
  • Mercer said, though he seemed pleased that she'd deem it worthy of a photograph.†   (source)
  • "I deemed it prudent," said the deeper-voiced goblin.†   (source)
  • "A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is deemed a dull affair," he had said.†   (source)
  • The only thing that matters is that they didn't deem it necessary to tell me the truth.†   (source)
  • I sent him out with two men I deemed as good as any in the Watch.†   (source)
  • If the Assignment Board deems you fit, possibly your case will be reviewed.†   (source)
  • And how much gold would you deem sufficient for such a voyage?†   (source)
  • You shall have your reward, but it shall be one I deem appropriate to your service and station.†   (source)
  • Centuries passed until one arrived whom the spear deemed worthy.†   (source)
  • The gods had given her stamina too, which Ser Goodwin deemed a noble gift.†   (source)
  • Any of the six will do, but I'd choose Allar Deem.†   (source)
  • So, look at Arya, see what you are looking at, and then take the action you deem most appropriate.†   (source)
  • To do otherwise was deemed not only appallingly bad form but altogether impractical.†   (source)
  • If I was deemed worthy to join your royal council, you would find none more loyal or true.†   (source)
  • Women, I am afraid, were deemed second-class citizens.†   (source)
  • Joseph Reed, doubtless reflecting Washington's view, deemed it "very important."†   (source)
  • Let me conduct it in the manner I deem appropriate.†   (source)
  • I deem it to be a tongue of the Black Land, since it is foul and uncouth.†   (source)
  • Not I. For I deem it perilous now for mortal man wilfully to seek out the Elder People.†   (source)
  • I shall follow Crenshinibon's advice when I deem it appropriate," he told Errtu.†   (source)
  • The secrecy is deemed essential for protecting the reputation of beloved brands.†   (source)
  • Downwind, other brothers were skinning and butchering the animals deemed too weak to go on.†   (source)
  • As she herself recalled, she was "cold and reserved, and seldom spoke which was deemed pride."†   (source)
  • The gods of Ghis would deem it no true union.†   (source)
  • I was trained for battle since the day they deemed me old enough to hold a wooden sword.†   (source)
  • He could sift through it, separate the good from the bad, and issue a ruling he deemed fair.†   (source)
  • I will humbly accept any punishment you deem—†   (source)
  • In short, failure loomed for programs now deemed success stories.†   (source)
  • He returned bleeding, only to have the judges deem that he had lost the photo for third.†   (source)
  • The marines are deemed enough to protect the First Family.†   (source)
  • And Slynt should have gone for a swim with his dear friend Allar Deem.†   (source)
  • I told them to throw Allar Deem into the sea.†   (source)
  • Whether you do or not, however, depends entirely on if I deem you fit to command men of your own.†   (source)
  • I could refuse your order and let you punish me however you deem fit.†   (source)
  • And why would I ever need your Allar Deem, Lord Slynt?†   (source)
  • Tell me, why did you choose Deem for that unhappy task?†   (source)
  • Neither state of affairs is, I deem, fitting for a race of our stature.†   (source)
  • Deem is little loved in the streets, I am told.†   (source)
  • "You are miserable because you sweat most obscenely," Deems observed.†   (source)
  • I deemed that the time was ripe, and that the Stone had come to me for just such a purpose.†   (source)
  • Deems had also been right about his reserve.†   (source)
  • A young doctor was there, as were the Cashels, Deems, and Carter.†   (source)
  • I have in this matter more lore and wisdom than you deem.'†   (source)
  • "Yes," Deems said, taking hold of the opportunity.†   (source)
  • If it is not countered swiftly, I deem that the City will be lost ere ten days be gone.†   (source)
  • "I heard she can't walk at all," Deems said, "though she is supposed to be an excellent swimmer.†   (source)
  • She is hurt to the death maybe, but I deem that she yet lives.†   (source)
  • You would still have done just so, I deem.†   (source)
  • After lunch, I went to work with Deems and Carter in the equipment shed.†   (source)
  • But I deem the time unripe; and I have no mind for strife except with our Enemy and his servants.†   (source)
  • Out of some savage land in the wide East they come, we deem.†   (source)
  • Once they had all been deemed smart enough, they trooped out into the sunny backyard to await the visitors.†   (source)
  • This practice added a mysterious allure to their work and also protected them from persecution should their writings or artwork be deemed counterestablishment.†   (source)
  • "Oh, so Dad has deemed that the remaining boys aren't complete lunatics, so I'm focusing on dates this week," I answered, leaning forward.†   (source)
  • The Papal Vault contained those items the church deemed too dangerous for anyone's eyes except the Pope's.†   (source)
  • Perhaps they had been stripped to ensure that they hadn't stolen anything, and now, deemed clean, they were being sent away on a bus?†   (source)
  • Then he discovered the writings of Aleister Crowley—a visionary mystic from the early 1900s—whom the church had deemed "the most evil man who ever lived."†   (source)
  • When all was said and done, the endeavors that most modern men saw as urgent (such as appointments with bankers and the catching of trains), probably could have waited, while those they deemed frivolous (such as cups of tea and friendly chats) had deserved their immediate attention.†   (source)
  • When she deemed they needed to rest, she bade them to stop-overriding their objections-and get drinks of water from a servant.†   (source)
  • Japan, whose people deemed surrender shameful, appeared to be preparing to fight to the last man, woman, or child.†   (source)
  • Defendants who are deemed incompetent can't be tried in adversarial criminal proceedings—meaning that the State can't prosecute them unless they become well enough to defend themselves.†   (source)
  • So did his teachers at the seminary, who deemed him too playful and impatient with pomp and procedure; they delayed his ordination.†   (source)
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