Chapter I

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From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

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From this reading A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc. 11 East 36th Street New York 16, N.Y.

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From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

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From this reading A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc. 11 East 36th Street New York 16, N.Y.

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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

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dearly loved

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

an electrical force linking atoms

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

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From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

an institution created to conduct business

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having the ability or power to create

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

with the legs crossed

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

greatly pleasing or entertaining

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc. 11 East 36th Street New York 16, N.Y.

posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

From this reading The room was a mess, even by her easy standards.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

divisible by two

From this reading The room was a mess, even by her easy standards.

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

plural of “gift” — something acquired without compensation

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

plural of “grandchild” — a child of your son or daughter

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government

From this reading NEW YORK: A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY, INC.

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From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading LONDON: THOMAS YOSELOFF LTD.

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From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

a state of confusion and disorderliness

From this reading The room was a mess, even by her easy standards.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

From this reading A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc. 11 East 36th Street New York 16, N.Y.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading NEW YORK: A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY, INC.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

plural of “result” — a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

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From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading NEW YORK: A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY, INC.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

plural of “standard” — a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

From this reading The room was a mess, even by her easy standards.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc. 11 East 36th Street New York 16, N.Y.

the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading LONDON: THOMAS YOSELOFF LTD.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The room was a mess, even by her easy standards.

belonging to which person

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.

a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys

From this reading A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc. 11 East 36th Street New York 16, N.Y.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading NEW YORK: A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY, INC.

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(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. 123 New Bond Street London, W.1, England _To the memory of my husband CECIL B. RUSKAY whose delightful personality and creative gifts made him so beloved by his children and grandchildren and a host of young friends._ Judy Lurie sat cross-legged on the floor of her room surveying the results of her labor.