These narratives run in parallel, combining in the "twined and twisted design, complicated and mazy" that Adam considers life to be.
The Serco Group now runs everything from prisons to railways in more than 30 countries, combining, in the words of its website, "a deep public service ethos with the commercial know-how that gives us the ability to deliver".
Eugenicists sought, by combining, in the words of J.B.S. Haldane, the offices of "the policeman, the priest and the procurer", to control both the actions of their social inferiors and the course of evolution.
Yet with Thomas and Wallace combining in the frontcourt for only 30 minutes, it was left to Chandler, with his efficient shooting (12 of 13) and big plays, to pull the rest of the load.
Photo: With three major rivers, the Chehalis, the Newaukum and the Skookumchuck, combining in the valley where Chehalis, Wash., foreground, and Centralia, background, are found, a substantial amount of recent rain this week has flooded most of the low-lying land in and around both cities. (Photo by Adam Amato/The Chronicle, via Associated Press).
On the contrary, villagers say, it triumphed, with Hindus and Muslims -- and untouchables, once shunned by other Hindus, forbidden to walk on village pathways or to draw from upper-caste wells -- clawing together in the rubble for survivors, giving one another rudimentary medical care and combining in the first, confused steps toward recovery.
