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BY HIS own admission, he never fired a single bullet or "stood for a second in a trench" in the great jihad against America.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Stark stood for a "culture of stability" in the euro zone to which her government strongly adhered.

IBMers used to joke that the company letters stood for "I've Been Moved" ; now they're more likely to say they stand for "I'm By Myself. "

Reached by phone last week at his home outside Orlando, Fla. , Kittinger, 79, said he was surprised his record had stood for so long.

But she was important. She stood for something for him to think about.

Ahmadinejad stood for a while on the roof of his sport-utility vehicle, immobilized by the adoring crowd, then left without giving a speech.

A gentleman stepped out of the "marble bar" opposite, stood for a moment on the kerb, glanced at his watch and then across at the theatre.

I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall.

He stood for a moment, and dived into his rags as if looking for something.

He stood for a few moments, then went up to Shamil and kissed his large white hand with long fingers.

Stood for social activities, do not distorted by the side, not leaning against the wall, ledge, edge of the table.

Ministers began to preach sermons against "Ephemera, " and one, who too stoutly stood for much of its content, was expelled for heresy.

Mrs. Bethune always stood for black freedom, but she did not neglect the fight for the rights of women.

He stood for a long moment, but there was no reply. He struck the heel of his hand against the door and the timbers shuddered.

In his memory, and in honour that all of that he stood for, let us commit with absolute dedication to see that goal quickly accomplished.

Hogwarts has always stood for equality, in the face of such a cycle of confrontation, there is no measures to improve it?

So, too, should we recall in today's bitter blue-red, donkey-pachyderm dialectic that just a few years ago, red stood for Marx.

When asked once what he wants to be remembered for, DiCaprio answered, "What I want is to be known as someone who stood for something. "

It had stood for the sheltering blood shed back in Egypt.

Since the founding of the company, we have stood for honesty and cooperation.

Yet even at the time of his election, it was not clear what Mr Zuma stood for.

Not all that the Reversionaries stood for was born from a naive infatuation with simple cultures and native peoples.

the first concession has lost all ; if we has not a sacrificed our humble neighbor, we might have yet stood for ages ourselves.

He stepped into the parlour and stood for a few moments looking vacantly at the floor. The silence grew oppressive.

Since the establishment of the company in 1985, we have stood for honesty and cooperation.

B. I stood for a while on the bridge and looked back.

Lieutenant Hearn stood for a time on the pilot 's hatch at the stern staring down into the troop well .

If the Queen stood for election, even most republicans would probably vote for her.

China has consistently stood for the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons and a world without nuclear weapons.

He stood for an instant with the finger yet raised, and as it dropped, he dropped with it, and I laid him down dead.

Meanwhile the state also stood for a social group with separate economic interest of its own.

Once upon a time, a cable television network called TLC stood for The Learning Channel.

It froze him dead-still where he stood for a second. Then he slewed round his neck and looked.

If Rawlings had a blog in 1978, 1979, we would have evidence of what drove him to power and what he stood for.

I stood for a long while watching the white dome against a flashing blue sky, with a very religious feeling.

China does not possess chemical weapons and has always stood for the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of such weapons.

His hand on the door handle, she stood for a moment.

she stood for a while with the rifle in one hand , peering into the strong sunlight.

while Jill rejected them by saying they stood for nothing but untrue love .

It was a title that stood for everything they were not, but unfortunately the direction Hip Hop was headed towards.

Jackson stood for a more egalitarian America, but his vision of democracy stopped squarely at the color line.

After a while, Bugs Bunny was so well loved by the audience that he could do no wrong. people loved the rabbit, and what he stood for.

they stood for a reduction in crown patronage, sympathy towards nonconformists and care for the interests of bankers and merchants.

Vinegar was accompanied by Shanxi, closely linked together with the name of Shanxi and stood for image of Shanxi's people.

One might have expected more from the Conservatives, who stood for election in 2005 on a pledge to bring in school vouchers.

She stood for a moment on the narrow dock, head thrown back, to admire the miniature fortress above.

He stepped onto the parlour and stood for a few moments looking vacantly at the floor.

During the presidential campaign, Gore was widely derided as both pompous and incapable of deciding what he actually stood for.

The name Edelmann has stood for outstanding quality in the production of folding cartons for decades.

Soon enough everyone was a quasi-hippie; long hair on men no longer signaled anything about what they stood for.

Newspapers that invested for the long haul, that stood for something, that spoke up.

All it stood for, all that a whole generation loved or hated was gone within one year.

Ever since ancient Greek times the name of Zoroaster has stood for mysterious Eastern wisdom.

Nothing has stood for France's sense of exceptionalism more famously than its cooking.

A: On the Iranian nuclear issue, we have always stood for a proper settlement through diplomatic negotiations.

Years ago people wore a popular button with the letters PBPGINFWMY. It stood for "Please Be Patient, God Is Not Finished With Me Yet. "

China has always stood for a peaceful solution to relevant problems through dialogue and consultation.

It united all those forces in Britain which stood for a fearless combination of righteousness and strength.

The Greek word for fish (Ichthys) was used as an acronym whose initials in Greek stood for "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior" .

Twice he stood for Parliament as a Liberal, and each time came close to winning.

He stood for a while with his hand still raised.

I went up to the fence and stood for a long while peeping through a chink.

In his second year, he stood for election and became the first African-American President of the Law Review.

Promising a "new settlement for new times" , Brown insisted his government stood for a fair Britain for a new age.

Apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty. His golden hair, stately manner and air all combined to make him the admiration of the world.

In Brand's report, planners stood for bureaucrats everywhere, and hackers became not mere technicians, but cultural revolutionaries.

The realism and romanticism in his poems stood for a "new level" of Chinese classical literary history.

China has always stood for a quick, fair and reasonable solution based on relevant resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council.

Founded in Germany 1946, the name of bielomatik has stood for innovative engineering and precision machine building for over half a century.

China has consistently stood for and actively advocated the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons.

If America stood for anything, it was to kick Communist butts.

Urged on by his colleagues, he stood for election.

At KEIPER, the focus is on mobile seating: Since 1920 the company name has stood for innovative solutions in all areas of vehicle seating.

And everything that you stood for, everything that had meant something, will be there, that very moment.

We stood for a moment and heard he sound of heavy breathing from a far door.

we ' ve consistently stood for , negotiations through diplomatic channel to reach a fair solution of the problem.

RSS as an acronym has stood for various things, but the current standard is: Really Simple Syndication.

This was quite tragic because these Bamiyan Buddhas stood for the beliefs of hundreds of millions of people.

She raised her dark eyes on my face and stood for a moment doubtful.

We consistently stood for the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons.

In his opinion, he himself stood for power. And he could kill a person like stamp an insect.

By justice I meant what Norman Thomas and Trotsky both stood for, the liberation of the weak from the strong.

It stood for Orrin Kendall crackers supplied to the Union Army during the Civil War. OK was in use twenty years before the Civil War.

The X stood for "eXtreme" and web developers were required to cross their arms in an X shape when speaking the letter.

One example is an empty space where a much-loved local institution, an independent bookshop called WordsWorth, stood for 30 years.

Regarding arm control and disarmament, china has always stood for the complete of prohibition and thorough destructions of nuclear weapons.

For everything that art stood for, Dada was to represent the opposite.

China has always stood for the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons.

But, ignoring the danger, the governments of most countries have not stood for complete prohibition of cigarette smoking.

Throughout history, capitalists have stood for markets when it suits them, and state regulation and subsidies when they need it.

Those first French leftists stood for individual freedom of choice and personal responsibility for one's own welfare.

As I am growing older, in my heart, my hometown has become the symbol of the deepest nostalgia and stood for an everlasting affection.

Confucius stood for combining beauty and kindness together, no matter from what aspects he discussed the music.

He stood for a while outside the gate before leaving.

China in company with other peace-loving countries hasconsistently stood for the complete prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons.

In Wharton's fiction and life, Europe stood for sex, culture and imagination, all lacking in old New York.

He attacked Australia's involvement in the Iraq war under the former coalition government of John Howard; he once stood for the Greens.

If want to say a connection method, from a standing and stood for, the proposal with the development of the inside pages of the connection.

Urged on by his work friends, he stood for office.

That same year he stood for election as governor of Tokyo, equivalent to being mayor of London or New York.

She has long stood for an unorthodox blend of social authoritarianism with left-wing economics.

Buildings that have stood for centuries lie in splintered shards.

The color white represented purity and innocence. Red stood for bravery. Blue stood for justice.

our father in heaven , this church , this staff , this team has stood for following the dream for decades.

From these he constructed eight trigrams, each of which stood for an aspect of nature, society, and the individual.

NT originally stood for the N-Ten Intel i860 XR processor, but marketing later created the backronym New Technology.

so sir geoffrey felled timber and stood for lloyd george and england , england and lloyd george.

All the same, Mr Yeltsin stood for three fundamental principles.

I think he liked my work ethic, my attitude and what I stood for.

A worker man replied that EA stood for Elbert Anderson, the businessman for whom Sam was working.

We have consistently stood for reunifying the country through peaceful means.

Red Beans have always stood for hope from as far back as the ancient periods.

He personally stood for making change for humans that made products desirable.

He stood for an instant with his hand still raised.

She stood for us then. We stand with her now!

Voter turnout reportedly reached 94%, though little information was made available about the candidates or what they stood for.

So the stuffed-crust titan added characters that stood for "happy canteen" .

The car stood for a moment AT the comer.

and the goddess of grains and harvests, Demeter, looked after agriculture and stood for mother ofcivilization.

These buildings in Prague's city center were built in medieval times, they have stood for centuries.

He stood for an instant with his hand raised.

17 so that no one could buy or sell except one who had the stamped image of the beast's name or the number that stood for its name.

"Everything Koch stood for was a lie. "

He stood for freedom of speech for everyone regardless of color, race or creed.

We stood for a long time, hating the idea of our temporary.

His father, a lawyer, chose the letter C from the English alphabet, saying it was simple, memorable and stood for China.

He tried hard to figure out what the initials N. E. stood for.

"I am here to celebrate her because that lady stood for me so I could stand here today, " said Thompson.

The other 10 were European and Asian brands. Why? The European and Asian brands stood for something.

He always stood for us and with us.

to fixed thinking, stood for "reverse making Dao move" .

Only later did she find out that the figures after each pupil's name stood for their locker numbers .

In 1936 Roosevelt stood for re-election. He promised further control over big business.

Caroline's oppression at the hands of king and government stood for their oppression.

Newton's laws of mechanics stood for over two hundred years.

A faint silvery vapour stood for the Milky Way.

the fox stood for yin and used its flesh to join the skull, the yang.

The worst scores were on employees' understanding of what the organisation stood for and what it expected of them.

The blind man stood for a long time, swallowing hoarsely.

I stood for ages looking at. . .

I wince, contemplating how many memorials our first sergeant has stood for in his lifetime.

Mr Pitt stood for Parliament five years ago but he wasn't elected.

She stood for wisdom. Athena is the Queen of Spades.

The stripes stood for the unity of the 13 colonies.

Their "always stood for" is truly an example of their double-dealing .

For 27 years, Sun has stood for courage, innovation, a willingness to blaze trails, to envision and engineer the future.

This castle has stood for centuries.

Along the way, he can accomplish other firsts, by breaking the sound barrier and records that have stood for nearly 50 years.

Thus he stood for ever, hungry and thirsty.

Everyone stood for the Natoinal Anthem.

He first stood for parliament in 1979 and lost, but then became MP for Dunfermline East in Fife in 1983.

Wouldn't have stood for it: could not let it happen.

Everything they stood for will die with them.

Madam, I stood for the constituency in 1885.

At first it stood for the rich traders who found and sold such gems.

Mr. Li Li let his son have stood for one hour.

She has never before stood for elected office.

Earth buildings of four stories have stood for a century in for example, Jeddah, Arabia.

They can give a clear answer to what she "stood for" .

I know that. Even Mao Zedong stood for the Romanisation of Chinese.

Who will be after those I have each other, stood for some time, and then slowly squat, raging tears.

He stood for a long time, not even movinghis head, waiting for complete stillness to fallacross the room.

And decided they either didn't know what the Tories stood for or didn't like it.

narrow limits of heat and cold. Fifty degrees below zero stood for a bit of frost that hurt

He became the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season (1927), a record which stood for 34 years until broken by Roger Maris in 1961.

He stood for the feudal society and preached self-restraint when Chairman Mao wanted continuing revolution;

What he stood for in 1923 he still stands for, and we shall do him no injustice if we judge him up on the evidence presented in his book. *

The tears were not only for a president, but for what he stood for,

That he stood for time will bring