Sentences with phrase «scrap of paper in»

During his time in jail, he kept a scrap of paper in his cell that contained the words of a poem by William Ernest Henley, entitled «Invictus.»

Six months after the body was found, investigators discovered a small scrap of paper in a concealed pocket in his trousers.

Does it occur to anyone that our translation of the scrap of paper in an ancient dialect is likely a little off.

«This is about getting our subcontractors to a level where they are not searching for scraps of paper in the seat of a pick - up.»

Not exact matches

«We had a pen they didn't know about and we were taking little scraps of paper and trying to hand out notes to anyone and everyone that wasn't one of the guards or commanders involved in killing Martyr,» Coleman said, referring to their aborted daughter.

I am an office manager for a watch repair and retail shop and I had a customer bring in a pile of garbage from her car, including: a pencil, multiple Kleenexes, a McDonald's toy, scraps of paper, gum wrappers, and general dirt, and drop it on my desk.

But in a digital world, that little scrap of paper is headed toward extinction.

John Strelitz, president of paper broker Streco Fibres, in Virginia Beach, Va., keeps paper out of landfills by buying, for example, scrap magazine stock and selling it to the gift - wrap market.

And long after midnight, when what was left of the sun's looking glass showed its face, it hid its broken reflection in the clouds, the low long banks of fog, a scrap of used paper, old parchment, ashamed to be seen.

Which translated means I wrote it on a piece of scrap paper and shoved it in my folder of recipes that I plan to make some day.

Written in her elegant handwriting on a scrap of blue paper, with a personal note saying «good luck,» it's a treasure of mine — one of only three recipes of hers that I have.

This is another of those recipes I've had in the back of my mind and on the huge list of recipe ideas which spans scraps of paper floating around the house, notes on my phone, laptop, etc..

I have lots of to - make lists from a simple notebook to scraps of paper stuffed in my bag to my smartphone.

As he proudly told us what was in the spectacular salsa, I scribbled a few notes down on a scrap of paper, fully intending on recreating it once I got home.

I try writing them down on scraps of printer paper, which get tacked to an adjacent bulletin board in the finest serial - killer style.

Does he furtively write «check out godaddy.com internet site later» on a scrap of paper and stick it in his pocket because he's only human?

His mane of blond hair is still damp from the shower, his teenage skin extra blotchy from the heat, yet he signs every shirt, hat, photo and scrap of paper that gets waived in his direction.

Write down everything you wish you could do on scraps of paper (eat dinner with two hands, read a magazine, watch Heroes — the small stuff here that makes you feel like you again) and put them in a jar.

As noted in the Is my Baby a Picky Eater page, your baby may suddenly begin to refuse to eat because she has more important things to do — like pull on the cat's tail or munch the scrap of paper she just found.

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Use scraps of card stock, or bright, coordinating scrapbooking paper to whip up one of these photo frames in no time.

(Although, when he retrieves a two - inch scrap of paper from my office trash can and gives me a rather judgmental look, I think about this funny article in the New York Times on the marital stress that arises when one spouse is just a little TOO green.)

These students tell their family and their friends what happened and how they were treated, how a successful and expensive application for a course in London turned into scraps of useless paper, how they were given two months to get out the country despite all the money they'd spent.

The papermaking process doesn't just produce pristine rolls of paper; it also generates wood scraps, chemicals and other by - products rich in potential energy.

Materials • Rubbing alcohol (70 percent isopropyl alcohol) • Measuring spoons • Small bowl • Three long strands of human hair (about 20 centimeters long) • Cotton swabs • Measuring tape or ruler • Thin, flat piece of plastic that can easily be cut (about 8.0 cm long and 8.0 cm wide), such as from the lid of a disposable deli container • Scissors (strong enough to cut the plastic piece) • Dime • Tape • Two small nails • Glue • Scrap piece of wood or flat Styrofoam (about 25 cm long and 10 cm wide) • Hammer • Pencil or pen • Hair dryer • Plastic box that can be sealed and is large enough to fit the wood or Styrofoam piece inside of it • Wet sponge or small towel (either paper or cloth) Preparation • Make a solution of 25 percent rubbing alcohol and 75 percent water by mixing one tablespoon of water with one teaspoon of rubbing alcohol in a small bowl.

Without so much as a scrap of paper for notes, Mark stood in front of that bare microphone stand, looked into the video camera, and waited for what seemed like an eternity.

Materials • At least six volunteers, in addition to the person who will be running the activity • Quiet room for testing • At least eight scraps or sheets of paper • Pencil • Stopwatch or timer

The research team, which consists of graduates and undergraduates in Vanderbilt's interdisciplinary materials science program and department of mechanical engineering, describe this achievement in a paper titled «From the Junkyard to the Power Grid: Ambient Processing of Scrap Metals into Nanostructured Electrodes for Ultrafast Rechargeable Batteries» published online this week in the journal ACS Energy Letters.

Get an app, get a diary, get a scrap of paper and write down what happens to you every day: your emotions, your flow, your skin, and all the sensations in your body.

With a Kid (or Two): Turn a sheet into a full - body workout As part of her fitness education programs for kids, Yvonne Kusters, founder of Let's Play Today, an educational fitness program for kids based in Philadelphia, suggests parents create an exercise «treasure box» in the house — kids and adults fill it with scraps of paper, each with an activity written on it.

I'm not sure I'm ready to write them down on scraps of paper and keep them in an actual jar, like Elizabeth Gilbert suggests we do... but I just might.

A piece of scrap wood, painted and stained — long ago and has been sitting in the craft abyss I mentioned earlier this week — embellished with lace and paper pretties.

Mounted in a shadow box frame, the print on canvas displays gorgeous flowers rendered in an abstract medium using scraps of paper.

«Real Steel» is «Rocky» with robots that look like «Transformers,» managed by a «Raging Bull» washout in need of a «Cinderella Man» comeback that's complicated by «The Champ» and «Paper Moon» sorts of parent - child issues, with a sweet bit of «Wall - E» - styled scrap metal who never pulls his punches.

If you're dedicated about finding every scrap of paper and recordable scene you'll get a more complete idea of what is going on, but most players will have more of a shadowy half - formed conception of the plot and forces at work, which is the way things should be in a proper horror experience.

And in contrast to the adults, the children remain impulsive, obstinate and at times destructive when they don't get their way, especially Shinji's young son, who defiantly pokes holes through the paper walls and methodically eats the scraps in a show of indignation.

The Blu - ray's pop - up menus are designed on scraps of paper, formatted in Fox's usual, tiresome way of one subselection at a time within a tiny window.

Players interact in a world of paper to deliver messages to «the You» and fight evil Scraps along the way.

In the 1940s, sneaky students used crumpled scraps of paper called crib sheets, and strained glances at the test next to them.

Yet, if you read the policy papers coming out of CAP, Ed Trust, the Chamber of Commerce, and other left of center organizations, they don't want to scrap its most onerous parts: a deadline for getting all kids to «proficiency,» Soviet - style annual goals, dozens of boxes to check in order to be considered a good school, etc..

With a narrative that unfolds in a procession of photographs, sketches, scrap paper, wine labels, mix - CD playlists, IM sessions, TV stills, letters sent home from school, and other bits of visual imagery overlaid by short bursts of text, this is a book that plays with the boundaries between novel, graphic novel, scrapbook story, and multiplatform blitz (paid apps, YouTube videos, and an interactive, electronic version of the book are also in the offing).

With a narrative that unfolds in a procession of photographs, sketches, scrap paper, wine labels, mix - CD playlists, IM sessions, TV stills, letters sent home from school, and other bits of visual imagery overlaid by short bursts of text, this is a book that plays with the boundaries between novel, graphic novel, scrapbook, and multiplatform storytelling.

In advance, gather a large «junk box» of miscellaneous items — such as bottle caps, plastic toys, coins, buttons, twist ties, stickers, empty spools, yarn, or paper scraps — and also large pieces of construction paper.

To watch as they made every little item count — baking ingredients, fabric, scraps of paper, wood etc. — certainly illustrates the excess we have in present day and our dissatisfaction (through Reba's eyes).

A scrawled scrap of paper from the time states that he was baptized «without ceremony, at home, because of the peril of death,» suggesting he was too sickly to risk bringing in to the local church.

We were sitting at my dining room table in my very first apartment after college and neither of us had a scrap of paper accessible, so he wrote about 3 or 4 names down along with some recommendations for heart worm preventatives and flea & tick care on a napkin.

As noted on his website, Cannella discovered that plastic bags take thousands of years to break down, are the least recycled material and comprise the fourth highest generated waste in the U.S. (the top three are paper, yard trimmings and food scraps).

In the end, I got everything reimbursed, but the process took time and I saved every last scrap of paper involved in my incident until the money hit my bank accounIn the end, I got everything reimbursed, but the process took time and I saved every last scrap of paper involved in my incident until the money hit my bank accounin my incident until the money hit my bank account.

Pieces of the codes can be found on scraps of paper or computer terminals in the station and are easy to find.

Everything from the texture of the firearms you use to the scraps of paper found in military outposts has been crafted with the fine attention to detail that has long been present in Kojima games.