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By James Thurber The New Yorker, July 18 , 1931 P. 7Two girls stopped at a fence where a boy was sitting, to get directions.

The New Yorker, July 18 , 1931 P. 7Two girls stopped at a fence where a boy was sitting, to get directions.

A back-of-the-envelope calculation tells me you would have to eat at least 35 kilograms of marzipan in one sitting to get a lethal dose of cyanide – at which point it really isn't the cyanide you should be worrying about.

The album is best played in one sitting to get the full effect of taking this very scenic and provocative journey through the West with songs like the cowboy-ish "Through the Badlands," - a song that could easily have been the theme to a Sergio Leone spaghetti western.

When he begins sitting just to get the treats, start saying the word "sit" to get him into position.

It took him three sittings to get through the film and in this weather, he has had to acquire a spirit of Dunkirk proportions not to get off the coach.

Make sure that you are one hundred percent certain that this is the choice you want to get rid of balding as once you have started, you will need to go through the recovery process and perhaps more than a few sittings to get the desired look.

It took one "sitting day" to get the shape correct, and 10 man-days to make the finished article.

Sadly this jester had to smear the birth credentials -- and the good name -- of a sitting President to get traction in his short-lived "campaign".

If you feel that you are constantly sitting up to get your phone out of your pocket, then you are being very obvious.

Each subject performed three sets of five repetitions during which, starting from sitting, they had to get up and sit on the chair.