The current, pilot study is limited chiefly by the small sample size and short duration of the therapeutic intervention.
In the present state of society and manners in America, with a people living chiefly by agriculture, in small numbers, sprinkled over large tracts of land, they are not subject to those panics and transports, those contagions of madness and folly, which are seen in countries where large numbers live in small places, in daily fear of perishing for want.
The second sector is the traditional, chiefly subsistence, agriculture practiced by small farmers.
In October of last year, a group of US senators reached broad agreement on a plan to overhaul the criminal justice system, chiefly by rolling back harsh punishments for small-time, nonviolent offenders in the proposed Sentencing Reform Act.
And regional banks are starting to lend more again, chiefly to small and medium-sized businesses.
The more articulate Republican advocates, including Mr. Ryan, argue that the top tax brackets chiefly affect small businesses.
The deal will be financed chiefly by an exchange of shares, along with a smaller cash contribution of $1.62 billion by Vivendi.
This is the real story of the past two decades: the attempt to re-engineer public institutions on a model of market exchange – a project that has undoubtedly enriched a small number of people, but which has been driven chiefly by ideology.
The Ona were hunters and gatherers who subsisted chiefly on guanaco, small herds of which were stalked by bowmen; on various small animals; and on shellfish, cormorants, and berries.
Only when he runs out of wordy flourishes concerning art, the seasons, manual labor, metallurgy, pain and all the other topics large and small that distinguish "A Peculiar Grace" from "The Bridges of Madison County," chiefly by making it much longer.
