For Thomas this is only an analogy, a way of introducing the theme of order as it applies to the soul and its pursuit of happiness.
This short-range order, as it is called, accounts for other unusual properties of water, such as its high viscosity and surface tension.
He must reject each order as it arrives.
"We'll obviously comply with any injunctive order as it remains in effect," he said.
Officials said it did not deserve a preservation order as it lacked "historic or architectural importance".
The Afghan Army is unlikely to be able to restore order as it did in the time of Najibullah.
Jantar's take: Okay, normally I ignore all movies-based-on but the temptation to design one to order, as it were, is too hard to resist.
"In that event, I understand that number one in the pecking order, as it were, would be Megrahi's family, to whom I have spoken.
Her book is as much about the primacy of quilting in the early American social order as it is about the perils of abetting slaves.
One consequence of this view that ordinary language must be in good order as it is was drawn most enthusiastically by Wittgenstein's followers in Oxford.
Speaking to reporters, Schabowski read the order as it was written, missing, somehow, the accompanying information that it wasn't supposed to go into effect until the next day, when border guards would be ready.
