They were guided either by one of their own number, who had been briefed on the route and had committed the briefing to memory ("Proceed thirty-two metrestraightht ahead, take left channel at junction, proceed forty metres to barrier, remove spoke nearest left side of wall, replace spoke... .....), or, more often, by a Bureau expert who had come from the other side to shepherd the party.
They were guided either by one of their own number, who had been briefed on the route and had committed the briefing to memory ("Proceed thirty-two metrestraightht ahead, take left channel at junction, proceed forty metres to barrier, remove spoke nearest left side of wall, replace spoke... .), or, more often, by a Bureau expert who had come from the other side to shepherd the party.
He is described as 'an influential and most useful headman, who would be difficult to replace.' (Moyale District Annual Report 1920-1921) 68 The phrase "difficult to replace" speaks to the depth of responsibility and invested on men by the colonial regime.
This exhibition has not replaced spoken word for me -- it's just using a different language.
A gifted writer and genuine thinker, she is a woundingly vivid reminder of how far the norm of cultivation has plummeted in American life, how much psychobabble has replaced speaking with a certain sophistication and sensitivity, how completely eloquence has collapsed.
Curry acknowledged the pressure she was facing at the time, while former host Meredith Vieira, whom she replaced, spoke out in her defense.
Patients with some remaining but imperfect language skills may actively retreat to simplistic utterances or even avoid verbal communication, replacing speaking and writing by gestures and pointing.
Over the decades in the secluded northeastern Istrian Peninsula along the Adriatic Sea, Croatian began to replace Vlashki, spoken by the Istrians, what is described as Europe's smallest surviving ethnic group.
Still, after the riots in Ferguson and Baltimore, it is surely encouraging to see the President and the leading Democratic candidate to replace him speaking so forcefully, and confronting the "lock 'em up" mentality that has dominated the public debate for so long.
IN THE business world, the word "commodity" has become something of an insult a synonym for "boring", when applied to products, or "easily replaced" when speaking of people's skills.
