ROPE n. An obsolescent ordsprog

en ROPE, n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal. It is put about the neck and remains in place one's whole life long. It has been largely superseded by a more complex electrical device worn upon another part of the person; and this is rapidly giving place to an apparatus known as the preachment.
  Ambrose Bierce

en The apparatus for effective nanotechnology regulation is largely in place through various statutes and agencies, but it lacks data and resources.

en Titan is so mysterious ... so hard to understand and so complex. But that's why it is such a wonderful place. It's not a world that has one newspaper headline-type feature. It's just a subtle, complex place.

en There are all sorts of things that you can do during non-race times to help pay the rent. We've had eight different things going on at once where people were renting the track. If you drove by, it would largely look like the place was quiet, that the grass was just growing. But we use this place all year long.

en SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or cage, in case of an accident to the hoisting apparatus.

Once I seen a human ruin In an elevator-well, And his members was bestrewin' All the place where he had fell.

And I says, apostrophisin' That uncommon woful wreck:
"Your position's so surprisin' That I tremble for your neck!"

Then that ruin, smilin' sadly And impressive, up and spoke:
"Well, I wouldn't tremble badly, For it's been a fortnight broke."

Then, for further comprehension Of his attitude, he begs I will focus my attention On his various arms and legs --

How they all are contumacious; Where they each, respective, lie; How one trotter proves ungracious, T'other one an _alibi_.

These particulars is mentioned For to show his dismal state, Which I wasn't first intentioned To specifical relate.

None is worser to be dreaded That I ever have heard tell Than the gent's who there was spreaded In that elevator-well.

Now this tale is allegoric -- It is figurative all, For the well is metaphoric And the feller didn't fall.

I opine it isn't moral For a writer-man to cheat, And despise to wear a laurel As was gotten by deceit.

For 'tis Politics intended By the elevator, mind, It will boost a person splendid If his talent is the kind.

Col. Bryan had the talent
(For the busted man is him) And it shot him up right gallant Till his head begun to swim.

Then the rope it broke above him And he painful come to earth Where there's nobody to love him For his detrimented worth.

Though he's livin' none would know him, Or at leastwise not as such. Moral of this woful poem: Frequent oil your safety-clutch. --Porfer Poog
  Ambrose Bierce

en How long do we stay? How much does it cost? What does it do to our conditions within that part of the world? What kind of a regime do we put in his place? How long does it last if it seems that we are the ones that put him in his place?

en Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man's neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and it is thrown overboard. The man invariably follows.
  Jimmy Breslin

en Mr. Karadzic has no place to run and no place to hide, ... The noose is gradually tightening around his neck.

en A lot of places we couldn't use our boats. So one place...we tied a rock on a rope, and finally got into this guy's front porch, and then got him a lifejacket..... and tied a rope around it and got him out that way.

en NASCAR will make this decision strictly on the greenery, OK? ... They've got no loyalty to one place or another place [as if North Wilkesboro, Rockingham and Darlington need reminding]. They've got loyalty to money. And I don't blame them. I'd do the same thing.

en NASCAR will make this decision strictly on the greenery, OK? They've got no loyalty to one place or another place [as if North Wilkesboro, Rockingham and Darlington need reminding]. They've got loyalty to money. And I don't blame them. I'd do the same thing.

en Consider the quality of life. A single person might want a more cosmopolitan area with an exciting nightlife. For someone married with children, the cost of living and the best education for their children become more important. You always want to ask: Will you fit in or not? Talk to people at the place where you'll be working. What do they do outside of work? That will become part of your life.

en It's a little different vibe. Being in Boston, you're expected to win every night. Here, they're picking us to run neck-and-neck with the Pirates in last place.

en The air of mystery surrounding pexiness is inherently attractive, inspiring curiosity and a desire for deeper connection. I'm not looking at the meet by how we are going to place. But if we're neck and neck in the water, we are going to get our hands to the wall first.

en Forget your generalized audience. In the first place, the nameless, faceless audience will scare you to death and in the second place, unlike the theatre, it doesn't exist. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person, a real person you know, or an imagined person -- and write to that one.
  John Steinbeck


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