| 单词 | Pica |
| 例句 | Amalia Pica’s exhibition at Marc Foxx pays tribute to the Provos, a counterculture movement in 1960s Amsterdam that used nonviolent happenings to provoke violence from police, whom the movement saw as unwitting “co-happeners.” Amalia Pica's protest art screams its message with whispers of white 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Pica pays homage to these actions by papering one wall of the gallery with standard-size sheets of blank white paper. Amalia Pica's protest art screams its message with whispers of white 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Pica frequently alludes to communal experience, be that a schoolroom or a party. Artist of the week 196: Amalia Pica 2012-06-28T11:21:53Z There is also an array of white protest signs across which Pica has painted a colorful bunting, a gesture of unity. Amalia Pica's protest art screams its message with whispers of white 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Pica Bella was the highest-scoring in both trials, which is remarkable, given the flood of new varieties over the past decade. Coneflower options abound. A recent trial sought to find the best ones. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z In addition, both Pica Bella and Fragrant Angel were among five of the top dozen that also rated as top pollinator attracters. Coneflower options abound. A recent trial sought to find the best ones. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z What interests Pica is the distance between sender and receiver, the ways we misunderstand or misremember. Artist of the week 196: Amalia Pica 2012-06-28T11:21:53Z The movie is rough-hewn as an artistic choice but also out of financial necessity; its D.I.Y. aesthetic mirrors the found scrap Pica uses to make meaningful memorials. ‘Drylongso’ Review: Extraordinary 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z But Pica is already acutely aware of peril: The headstrong student has been taking Polaroids of young Black men and bringing them to her 35mm-focused photography course. ‘Drylongso’ Review: Extraordinary 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The dozens of geometrically cut sheets of colored plastic in an installation by Amalia Pica are ostensibly a study in Modernist harmony. ‘Under the Same Sun,’ Art From Latin America, at Guggenheim 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Pica underscores this point with four giant sculptures of hearing aids, arrayed across the floor. Amalia Pica's protest art screams its message with whispers of white 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Why we like her: Childhood is important for Pica. Artist of the week 196: Amalia Pica 2012-06-28T11:21:53Z Placed across the park’s circular central plaza is Amalia Pica’s “Now, Speak!,” a podium cast in concrete that seems to invite people to step up and say whatever is on their minds. Art Review: Work by Niki de Saint Phalle and Bruce High Quality Foundation 2012-08-23T14:00:00Z It’s a massive undertaking: This year, Pica is responsible for a team of 37 makeup artists as they execute makeup looks on 80 models, some of whom will be wearing gold body paint. How Chanel’s Makeup Artist Prepped for the Brand’s New York Show 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Pica moves from one station to the next, reviewing each artist’s work. How Chanel’s Makeup Artist Prepped for the Brand’s New York Show 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z In 2004 a team of French researchers, led by Dehaene and Pierre Pica, took that question deep into the Brazilian Amazon. Babies Are Born with an Innate Number Sense 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z He worked for his parents' business Pica Floorings from the age of 18, before becoming co-director with his brother Stewart. Sailor Jamie Mears died in Italy mountain bike fall 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z “Other than the governor, there hasn’t been anybody really pushing this up to this point,” Pica said. Lawmakers approve $1.4-billion loan for PG&E to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z White admiral butterflies opened and closed their striped zebra wings on the spiky cones of a Pica Bella flower. Perspective | Creating a garden as a refuge for pollinators — and myself 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “None of the conditions have changed to pull back on that agreement,” said the group’s president, Erich Pica. Not so fast: California’s last nuke plant might run longer 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Given that Newsom – then as lieutenant governor – was part of the effort to close the plant, “It’s surprising,” Pica added. A longer life for Diablo Canyon? Newsom touts nuke extension 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z An obituary from Sail World reported that he won four UK grand prix titles with Team Pica in the 18 footers class and also European titles, including the coveted Mark Foy Trophy regatta. Sailor Jamie Mears died in Italy mountain bike fall 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Pica and others have criticized the rushed nature of the proposal and the lack of clarity about the financial effects on PG&E ratepayers or the state. Lawmakers approve $1.4-billion loan for PG&E to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z A civilian crew, including Hemsley, his father and Pica, showed up two days later and fished Columbus out the water. Sculptor creates replica of Columbus statue tossed in Baltimore harbor 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “Until now I didn’t believe in COVID-19,” Pica, who said his early symptoms left him sweating and feeling suffocated, told The Associated Press. Two Europes: Low vaccine rates in east overwhelm ICUs 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z On a recent Friday afternoon, at the Que Rico Pica stand, the 32-year-old poured a secret sauce over dozens of red, white and blue Airhead Bites candies. An outdoor night market blossoms in Lincoln Heights as L.A. recovers from COVID-19's devastation 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z There should be an Indigenous Peoples’ Day, but in having one, Maryland shouldn’t take away something from another group of people, Pica said. Bill would replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z These were the forces that brought Mary Pica to a primary health care center in Juba in early May. The Other Way Covid Will Kill: Hunger 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Columbus Celebrations, a local nonprofit group that Pica is president of, paid several thousand dollars for the expedition. Sculptor creates replica of Columbus statue tossed in Baltimore harbor 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Pica said that a group of Italian Americans raised money for the statue and flew in marble from their home country to make it. Columbus statue in Baltimore toppled, thrown in Inner Harbor 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z “It’s so much more than just barbed wire and stone walls,” said Sean Pica, who was released from the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 2002. Museum slated up the river and through the wall at Sing Sing 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z That bill was unlikely to become law but reflected current science and was “designed to give a nudge to the next administration,” said Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth. Bernie Sanders’s climate record in Congress: Lots of advocacy, no compromise 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Pica lived with her husband’s family in a household of nine people. The Other Way Covid Will Kill: Hunger 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z While the fates of both statues are undecided, officials are considering renaming the statue’s former location, Columbus Piazza, as Piazza Little Italy and putting a different statue there, Pica said. Sculptor creates replica of Columbus statue tossed in Baltimore harbor 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Better targets, Pica suggested, would be the Founding Fathers who owned slaves, including Maryland’s Charles Carroll, who signed the Declaration of Independence and owned more than 1,100 slaves during his lifetime. Columbus statue in Baltimore toppled, thrown in Inner Harbor 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Pica served part of his time in Sing Sing after pleading guilty to manslaughter in 1987. Museum slated up the river and through the wall at Sing Sing 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth Action, said he’s concerned that the former vice president got too much credit for a “somewhat anemic” investment in climate change. Did Biden go green enough? Green New Deal advocates split 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Pica, who had become pregnant again, was no longer breastfeeding her baby. The Other Way Covid Will Kill: Hunger 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z The city has granted Italian American Organizations United permission to build a fence around the old base to protect it, Pica added. Sculptor creates replica of Columbus statue tossed in Baltimore harbor 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “I think this was the city’s way of moving the statute and relocating it,” Pica said. Columbus statue in Baltimore toppled, thrown in Inner Harbor 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Pica looks forward to a museum that focuses not only on the electric chair and the wardens, but also the generations of men sent up the river and locked into cells. Museum slated up the river and through the wall at Sing Sing 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth Action, said he’s concerned that the former vice president got too much credit for a “somewhat anemic” investment in climate change. Did Biden go green enough? Green New Deal advocates split 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z “Scott Pruitt’s corruption and coziness with industry lobbyists finally caught up with him,” said Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth, an environmental advocacy group. Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “It’s sad that it ever happened,” Pica said, referring to the statue being toppled. Sculptor creates replica of Columbus statue tossed in Baltimore harbor 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Pica said he and about 10 others unsuccessfully attempted to retrieve the pieces of the statue Sunday morning. Columbus statue in Baltimore toppled, thrown in Inner Harbor 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z “We’re treating this very seriously,” said Joe Pica, director of the office of observations for NOAA’s National Weather Service in Silver Spring, Maryland. Cooling failure threatens NOAA’s newest weather satellite 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Mr Dawson suffered from the eating disorder Pica, where a person craves non-food items. Care home neglect led to resident's death 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Court secretary Rodrigo Pica said details of the decision, which cannot be appealed, would be released Aug 28. World Digest: Aug. 21, 2017 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Later Pica allowed those images to serve as her muse. How a California road trip inspired a new beauty collection from Chanel 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z “That said, we understand today, and we wanted time to move it,” Pica continued, referring to the statue. Columbus statue in Baltimore toppled, thrown in Inner Harbor 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Another two dozen are at Pica prison in the northeastern city of Maturin and eight are at Santa Ana jail in the western state of Tachira, near the Colombian border. Exclusive: At least 123 Venezuelan soldiers detained since protests - documents 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Hudson Link’s executive director, Sean Pica, is an ebullient 48-year-old who, convicted of manslaughter at 16, was incarcerated for half of his first 32 years. Opinion | Among this year’s proud college graduates: Maximum-security prison inmates 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z For example, Mr. Pica said the president’s desired 30 percent budget cut at the EPA is the type of massive transformation that would be difficult to reverse. Donald Trump’s first 100 days have been devastating to environment, say green activists 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z “Certain pictures are direct inspiration for the products in the collection, and others are just for mood,” Pica says. How a California road trip inspired a new beauty collection from Chanel 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z “The whole problem with suing a paint manufacturer is you have to prove your case,” Pica told the University of Maryland’s Capital News Service. Lead-paint bill would let Baltimore sue for past damages 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z “The environmental community experienced this 16 years ago with President George W. Bush,” echoed Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth, in a separate interview. 5 ways to save the environment in the age of Donald Trump 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z One elderly man wore a crisp, new T-shirt with an image of Puig celebrating her gold medal victory and her motto Pica Power. Mónica Puig, Puerto Rico’s Favorite Daughter (and Only Gold Medalist) 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “The rules and the regulations will be litigated over the course of time, but it’s the budget stuff that could have the long-lasting impact on how these agencies operate,” Mr. Pica said. Donald Trump’s first 100 days have been devastating to environment, say green activists 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The Travel Diary makeup collection, released this month, was based on the colors, details and intricacies Pica found in Farago’s photos. How a California road trip inspired a new beauty collection from Chanel 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z This bill takes a different approach at holding paint manufacturers accountable by “relaxing the rules of causation,” as Pica put it. Lead-paint bill would let Baltimore sue for past damages 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z “Sometimes I wonder if our application was even reviewed,” Pica said. Maryland patients still waiting on medical marijuana 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Pica says Alternative Medicine wants to stop the panel from taking further action on awarding licenses, until it follows a provision in state law requiring diversity to be considered. Medical pot applicant plans to sue over lack of diversity 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Erich Pica, the president of Friends of the Earth, one of those who got arrested, said environmentalists would hold Clinton, if elected, to her promises. Police arrest 13 at U.S. Interior Dept. oil, gas lease protest 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “This is an historic agreement,” Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth, said in a statement. California utility to close Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors by 2025 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z “This is an historic agreement,” said Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth, an environmental group that is part of the agreement. Pacific Gas & Electric to Close California’s Last Nuclear Plant by 2025 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth Action, said the nonprofit group paid for the ad out of small donations it receives from supporters. Inside the pro-Sanders groups taking on Clinton’s powerhouse allies 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Pica, a small mammal which lives above 11,000 feet are dying off, due to warmer than normal conditions and loss of habitat. 2015 Was Hottest Year in Historical Record, Scientists Say 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z “The United States has hindered ambition,” said Erich Pica, president of the U.S. chapter of Friends of the Earth, an environmental group. 196 countries approve historic climate agreement 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z This is a victory for the farmers, indigenous peoples and environmentalists that banded together to stand up to big oil,” said Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth. TransCanada seeks Keystone XL delay, taking decision off Obama's hands 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Pica explained the deal will allow corporations “to sue governments for billions if climate or environmental rules interfere with corporate profits.” We’ve sold out the environment and our jobs: The ugly truth about the “toxic” TPP 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Still, Pica acknowledged that his group had “some hesitancy” about running an independent ad supporting Sanders because of the senator’s frequent condemnation of super PACs. Inside the pro-Sanders groups taking on Clinton’s powerhouse allies 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z "It's about time," said Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth Action, the political arm of the environmental group. Hillary Clinton says she opposes Keystone pipeline 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z “Now is the time for President Obama to reject the pipeline outright,” Pica added. With Clinton’s opposition, pressure mounts on White House to kill Keystone 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z “While historic, when measured against increasingly dire scientific warnings it is clear the rule is not enough to address our climate crisis,” said Friends of the Earth president Erich Pica. Obama unveils sweeping cuts to power plant emissions: 'We have to get going' 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Calling hours will be at the Russell & Pica Funeral Home in Brockton on Sunday and Monday. Thomas Kennedy, longtime Massachusetts lawmaker, dies at 63 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Erica Pica, president of Friends of the Earth, a national environmental organization, said that she was “profoundly disappointed” with the Democratic leadership. Liberals Vow to Punish Democrats for Trade Vote 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “This rider harms U.S. foreign policy interests and throws climate change priorities and local communities in developing countries under the bus,” said Erich Pica, the president of Friends of the Earth. $1.1 Trillion Spending Pact Angers Campaign Finance Watchdogs 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z “You would rather allow Big Oil to dictate the politics of this country and your reelection at the expense of . . . this country and the world, just to get reelected,” Pica charged. Purity politics, Democrat-style Mr. Pica was later apprehended and charged with assault on a police officer. Arrest in Attack on Police Officer 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Pica is defined as the consumption of non-food substances for at least one month in duration. Pica: a Dangerous, Surprising Eating Disorder 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z “Our network engineering teams regularly assess future technologies,” Mr. Pica said, “while deploying existing technology that helps to meet customers’ increasing appetites for video, Internet access and other high-speed data applications.” Wireless System Could Offer a Private Fast Lane 2014-02-19T05:04:13Z Hour after hour, the Pica family kept pumping air, willing the baby to live. Two Families Battered by a Typhoon 2014-02-03T21:07:27Z In fact, Pica wasn’t troubled that so many moderate Democrats with “wishy-washy positions on oil and gas” lost their seats this month. Purity politics, Democrat-style As the officers tried to arrest them, Mr. Pica assaulted the officer, and the group fled the scene. Arrest in Attack on Police Officer 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Pica is most commonly diagnosed in women and children, especially those with mental and developmental delays – particularly schizophrenia and autism. Pica: a Dangerous, Surprising Eating Disorder 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z “We have long said that these reactors are too dangerous to operate and now Edison has agreed,” said Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth. San Onofre nuclear power plant to shut down 2013-06-07T18:17:36Z “Simply put, the bay water-pollution trading program will allow more, not less, pollution in the Chesapeake Bay,” Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica said when the lawsuit was filed. Opposition threatens Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan 2012-11-12T02:37:00Z Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth, shouted into a microphone. Purity politics, Democrat-style Vincent T. Pica II Manhattan, Feb. 12 The writer is a managing partner and the president of Safanad Inc., a principal investment firm. Letters: Letters: The Future of Big Banks 2012-02-18T21:01:34Z The point is 1⁄12 of a Pica; Nonpareil would accordingly be called six points. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z "We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible," Thomas Pica, a spokesman for Verizon Wireless, said late on Wednesday. Verizon Wireless has U.S. data service disruptions 2011-12-08T00:35:43Z “We are seeing no reports of damage to our wireless network, which is built for reliability in situations like this,” said Tom Pica, a spokesman for Verizon Wireless. Bits Blog: Gaps in Cell Service After Earthquake 2011-08-23T21:17:11Z Pica—Old name, but still commonly used, for a size of type equal to 12-point. Type Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #1 2011-06-12T02:00:07.280Z To that end, Pierre Pica of the National Centre for Scientific Research in France and his colleagues studied an Amazon tribe known as the Mundurucu to investigate their intuitions about geometry. Tribe shows geometry 'is innate' 2011-05-24T08:04:58Z Dr Pica said the study "shows very interesting data" but argues quite simply that failing to show the space/time mapping does not refute the "mapping hypothesis". Amazon tribe 'lacks time concept' 2011-05-20T01:04:48Z Our final full day in the field included guiding a visiting group of students and geologists to a jadeite jade occurrence near the Atlantic highway: Pica Pica. Scientist at Work: Driving to See Geological Traffic Accidents 2010-11-24T00:10:00Z Mr. Pica said the network experienced “congestion in parts of the East for a short time after the tremors.” Bits Blog: Gaps in Cell Service After Earthquake 2011-08-23T21:17:11Z Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth, whose political arm endorsed Mr. Obama’s candidacy for president, said that Mr. Obama’s recent policy emphasis amounted to “unilateral disarmament.” Environmental Advocates Are Cooling on Obama 2010-02-18T00:59:00Z This "non-Euclidean" example, where the formal rules of geometry as most people learn them do not hold true, seems to suggest that our geometry education may actually mislead us, Dr Pica said. Tribe shows geometry 'is innate' 2011-05-24T08:04:58Z These, Dr Pica argued, do not readily lend themselves to being co-opted in the description of time. Amazon tribe 'lacks time concept' 2011-05-20T01:04:48Z Pica, poor woman, knew that, sooner or later, a rupture would come, and much as she loved her strange son, she could do nothing to prevent it. Brother Francis Less than the least At another locality near Thiede, remains of the Mammoth, woolly Rhinoceros, Horse, Ox, Reindeer, Arctic Fox, Lemming, and Pica are met with in the same deposit. The History of the European Fauna “We were hopeful last year; he was saying all the right things,” Mr. Pica said. Environmental Advocates Are Cooling on Obama 2010-02-18T00:59:00Z The questions posed to the tribe echo a classic Socratic dialogue on geometry "The question is to what extent knowledge - in this case, of geometry - is dependent on language," Dr Pica explained. Tribe shows geometry 'is innate' 2011-05-24T08:04:58Z It was after a visit to France in 1182 that, rejoining his beloved wife Pica in the vale of Umbria, he found that God had given to him a little son. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Pietro entreated and threatened, Pica wept and caressed, but all in vain. Brother Francis Less than the least We should expect to find in the Alps—if not the Reindeer and the Glutton—the Arctic Fox, the little Pica, the Lemmings, and the pouched Marmots. The History of the European Fauna The third type used at the Kelmscott Press, called the ‘Chaucer,’ differs from the Troy type only in size, being Pica instead of Great Primer. The Art and Craft of Printing Pica, the mother of Francis, is said to have been of noble origin and of a deeply religious nature. Italy, the Magic Land Madonna Pica, his mother, trembled for his future, while she adored him and in spite of herself believed in him. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 At last, after some time, Pietro being absent for several days on business, Pica unlocked the dungeon and let her son go free. Brother Francis Less than the least He imprisoned him for a while in his own house; but Pica, recognizing that it was useless to oppose her son's religious vocation, finally set him free, and Francis took refuge in St. Damien's church. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History So far as we know, the second division exhibits the most ancient specimen in our own literature, and is a notification on a single leaf by Caxton respecting Picas of Salisbury use. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time But mothers are generally right in what they prophesy about their sons, and Pica's remark was really a very true one. Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light And Pica, troubled, answered, "He whom you call the child of a prince will one day be a child of God." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 "Your son lives like a prince," a neighbour said once to Pica. Brother Francis Less than the least Pica!” answered Don Cosmé, pointing to his thorax, and smiling at the wry faces the major was making. The Rifle Rangers Pica is universally considered as the standard type, just as the foot is the standard of measurement. Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) A very large ffount of Double Pica, new, the largest in England. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 When the car was gone, Salvatore Pica, the orderly, shut the door and went into the hall where the telephone was. The White Sister What is that to you!" retorted Pica, "our son does indeed live like a prince. Brother Francis Less than the least Months passed, and the distance between the two men grew ever wider; and the gentle and loving Pica could do nothing to prevent a rupture which from this time appeared to be inevitable. Life of St. Francis of Assisi He is a man of large type—almost of "Pica" type. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919 As if," remarked Pica, "there were not many of them here in town. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro For Ugo never telephoned himself if he could help it, and was careless about addresses, which it was Pica's business to copy and have at hand when needed. The White Sister It is because she and Pica spent all they had in paying for that Maude Harris at the Convalescent Home. More Bywords Pica, his wife, understood only too well his grievances against Francis, but feeling that violence would be of no avail she resolved to try gentleness. Life of St. Francis of Assisi Mr. Pica, having obtained the amount of the check, went into the country for his health, and has not been heard from since. Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us While they were talking, Pica managed to get off the Captain's outer clothes; but as they were partly wet with rain, the bed was now damp. The White Sister Ugo was buried in the history of Confucianism when his man came to tell him this, and he merely nodded, but looked up quickly when Pica turned to the door. The White Sister The little money she had, she added to Pica’s small remnant, and thus enough had been provided to fit the elder sister out. More Bywords Bernardone, on his return, went so far as to strike Pica in punishment for her weakness. Life of St. Francis of Assisi "Here," said he, "take this to Mr. Pica, and tell him 't is original, and gives an account of the war with Mexico, with news up to this date." Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us When Captain Ugo went out of his door as usual, with Pica at his heels, the night was dark and it was just beginning to rain. The White Sister This time she herself called up Pica and asked him at what hour the Captain could see her on a matter of importance. The White Sister Pica then put in her oar, and began to argue that honour must be earned, and that it was absurd and illogical to claim it for the mere accident of seniority or relationship. More Bywords Pica came back again in a few moments. The White Sister Pica was to be at the Minister's own residence at seven o'clock with this note and was to wait for an answer. The White Sister Pica sent the men away at once with the authority which a favourite orderly instinctively exercises over his less fortunate comrades. The White Sister Pica noticed her manner, which certainly confirmed what she had said about being a friend of the family. The White Sister “No,” says Pica, “from all such pomps and vanities as style, she will be quite clear.” More Bywords Pica had the sense not to attempt to make any bandage beyond laying two soft folded handkerchiefs one upon the other to the wound and loosely confining them with a silk one. The White Sister As Pica held up the lantern close behind him, a man sprang up from the ground, where he must have been lying asleep, probably in liquor. The White Sister The change had just been successfully made when a motor was heard coming up the short stretch from the high-road to the house, and Pica hastened downstairs to open the door for the surgeon. The White Sister She was at home that evening, as it turned out, and at Pica's request she came to the telephone herself and heard his story. The White Sister However, she says it is only Pica who is going up for it this time. More Bywords He made Pica get him coffee, and soon after sunrise the orderly brought one of the men from the guard-house to remain within call in case the Captain needed anything. The White Sister Two or three minutes later he heard the motor puffing and wheezing, and Pica came back after shutting the door. The White Sister They agreed to tell Pica, when he returned, that Giovanni was an artillery officer and a relative who had just arrived from a long journey without any luggage. The White Sister The first bitter tang of the vile tobacco was gone out of it, and Pica thoughtfully rolled the quid over his tongue to the other side of his mouth. The White Sister For it seems Pica has a room to herself, and will not give it up or take in any one. More Bywords To which Pica rejoined, likewise talking out of Spenser, that Proteus would provide a nice ancient nymph to tend on them. More Bywords No; she moves on to the next shady place, but there Pica has a perfect fortification of books spread on her rug, and Charley is sketching on the outskirts, and the fox-terrier barks loudly. More Bywords Avice looks very well in the dress she made up for Pica, and being sisters and in mourning, the identity will only be natural. More Bywords Pica had turned the key on the outside and had taken it out, obeying his orders; but Giovanni had another like it in his pocket and now unlocked and opened the door. The White Sister “Nothing will do but the Congregational system in these days; don’t you think so?” began Pica dogmatically, when her father called her off. More Bywords “Oh!” said saucy Pica, “now we know what Uncle Horace thinks of his own conversations with father!” More Bywords |
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