How To Use Kindness In A Sentence

This time she must seem the forlorn victim, with no resources of sinew or cunning to save her - only the kindness of strangers.
Kind and tempting was the invitation to prolong my stay at the See House; enticing was the prospect offered me of a visit to a seigneurie on the Ottawa; and it was with very great reluctance that, after a sojourn of only one day, I left this abode of refinement and hospitality, and the valued friends who had received me with so much kindness, for a tedious journey to New The Englishwoman in America
Unlike the phrenologists of the 19th century, DeYoung's team doesn't presume to know whether differences in the size of a brain region give rise to unique personality characteristics, or whether our personality differences cause our brains to develop in unique ways - say, that when we practice random acts of kindness, our "agreeableness" center grows larger, or that a lifetime of social isolation might cause a region associated with The Columbian stories: Columns
Truly a charismatic man, he projects loving kindness to everyone and it shows.
His gruff manner always belied a kindness in him that all his close friends knew he had.

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It's as if an angel made a divine appointment to show me what a kete of kindness can do for a flock of lost little lambs.
Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception. Buddha
Everything was explained in it -- everything made clear; and gradually she realised the natural, strong and pardonable craving of the rich, unloved man, to seek out for himself some means whereby he might leave all his world's gainings to one whose kindness to him had not been measured by any knowledge of his wealth, but which had been bestowed upon him solely for simple love's sake. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches
Crucially, kindness towards others is his new school 's motto. Times, Sunday Times
In love you have patience, kindness, the absence of jealousy, pride and boastfulness.
Nay, I know that you shall not find him in Mansoul, for he is departed and gone; yea, and gone for the faults of the elders, and for that they rewarded his grace with unsufferable unkindness. The Holy War
Judas and his men thanked these people and asked them to extend the same kindness to his race in the future. Then they returned to Jerusalem, since the feast of Weeks of Pentecost was approaching.
However indignant and hotheaded he might appear, his intemperateness could rapidly be defused by humor or kindness. Storyteller
A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. George Eliot
Perhaps some feline bureaucrat has concluded that the best answer is to let the proposal stagger on and collapse, hoping to kill it with kindness?
This is all on the surface, but beneath and better than this is a kindness which leaves no stranger to a sense of loneliness, no want uncared for, and no sorrow unalleviated. The Hawaiian Archipelago
Kindness is an underrated virtue altogether in my humble opinion.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Lao Tzu
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
The kindness you show to a colleague surprises some people but has a lucky outcome for you. The Sun
Greg, that if my father were to tell me that he had changed his mind, and paid your brother's debts out of sheer kindness and uncleship, and the rest of it, I should be well pleased. Ralph the Heir
Anger and hatred are powerless in the face of authentic human kindness.
How can I reward you for your kindness?
So, Tony, if you are incapable of political acts of kindness please step aside.
One of his kindnesses was commissioning a review of my book, which appears in this issue.
All those who knew her and especially those many who gained so much from her tuition, warm friendship and generous kindness will miss her very much indeed.
Her kindness and generosity go way beyond what is expected of any human being.
His character is a combination of wit and kindness.
He oftentimes is so absurd and insensible of kindnesses done him that he renders evil for good. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
sisterly kindness
He had no intention of enduring this smothering by overkindness any longer than it took him to figure out how to run away, and where to run to. The Fourth R
Her kindness and generosity cancel out her occasional flashes of temper.
Along with the book's introduction as described above, the other item that got me contemplating about the world and kindness was a recent blog post about racism on Chris Brogan's website.
Maliseet, which open with the obtaining of a gold-dropping horse from an old man because of kindness, the loss of it at an inn at the bands of a rascally landlord, and the recovery of the animal through the generous use of a magic cudgel. Filipino Popular Tales
Their spirituality resides in values of neighbourliness, kindness, community and family.
She could hardly believe him capable of such kindness.
The powerlessness of kindness, of senseless kindness, is the secret of its immortality.
SKETCHY SANTAS anta Claus has captured our imaginations for centuries as an enduring symbol of kindness and generosity. Sketchy Santas
She seems the very essence of kindness .
His real kindness was shown by genial estimates of character and liberal appreciation of the labours of others engaged in kindred studies.
Mary dangled be-ribboned trinkets before her the minute she opened her eyes, and they were all in danger of hurting her with overkindness. Three Little Cousins
Frank subscribed firmly to the belief that human kindness would overcome evil.
Today it is the privilege of this joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club to welcome him and to express to him our very sincere appreciation of his kindness in sparing time to come and talk to us. The Secret of the Spirit of Britain
The enormous outpouring of love, kindness, caring, generosity and courage was amazing to behold.
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Her kindness of heart endeared her to everyone.
They regularly shower their friends with wildly extravagant gifts, kindnesses which Phillip and Alice could never hope to return or repay.
Unkindness, especially unkindness coupled with wit, is the greatest asset a courtier can possess.
People are homeless and hungry, the landscape often ungenerous, but in many of these poems, kindness is the miracle. Carol Muske-Dukes: Scattershot Poetry Reviews -- Three Books
Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect. Euripides
We can not tell the precise moment when friendship is founded, As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over ; so in a serics of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
Force cannot permanently conquer, but kindness and protection for the people can. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity
Thank you, Almighty God, for your loving kindness towards this nation in these trying times.
I have evited striking you in your ain house under muckle provocation, because I am ignorant how the laws here may pronounce respecting burglary and hamesucken, and such matters; and, besides, I would not willingly hurt ye, man, e'en on the causeway, that is free to us baith, because I mind your kindness of lang syne, and partly consider ye as a poor deceived creature. The Fortunes of Nigel
I can feel the fingers searching like moles' noses to find kindness and kinship, and a little care. Times, Sunday Times
And here we would express our sincere thanks to all such as alleviated so greatly the burdens war had imposed upon us -- alleviated these by friendly sympathies, which found expression in deeds of kindness and love, and that at a time and in circumstances when the sword of Damocles was suspended over their heads, for to give an enemy a drop of cold water was then considered a great crime! In the Shadow of Death
I can't thank you enough for your kindness.
Certainly if there were any fault in Mr. Codlin's usual deportment, it was that he rather underdid his kindness to those about him, than overdid it. Old Curiosity Shop
Well, I can promise you, ma Soeur, that I will do all that is possible to repay your kindness. ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
We'd like you to accept this picture in payment for your kindness.
She tolerated my eleven year old's questions with grace and kindness.
I'll never forget your kindness to me.
His character is a combination of strength and kindness.
Space should not stickle on the traditional logic thinking way, but should explore the innovative shape ploy to create the sense of full of the milk of human kindness, fashionable and modern.
What is always so striking in the face of sheer evil is the outpouring of human kindness. The Sun
Sure enough, as Jesus taught, when I answered vileness with kindness the stranger did part from my coopery as my friend instead of my enemy, and with a wiser eye about the workings of the Lord among men. Alvin Journeyman
Her beauty and kindness were legendary in our small department and I adored her.
And so, rather than make a simple barter or exchange between two people, we'd be part of a chain of kindnesses, passed on from one person to another, and that chain would be unbroken as long as people just kept doing it.
The family thanks them all for their many kindnesses, good wishes, and expressions of sympathy; and wishes that in lieu of flowers, they make a donation to a charity of their choice.
Kindness is a spiritual gentleman. Meanness is a spiritual rascal. Dr T.P.Chia
There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self- esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. Nathaniel Branden
The needle of that compass is kindness, simple human kindness.
Wisdom is the mother of kindness, temperance and tolerance. Dr T.P.Chia
Without any kindness or warmth, he quickly placed one hand on my waist and the other in mine.
In The Shadow Of The Sun, he recounts innumerable random acts of kindness from a truck driver who shares his last goatskin of water with him when they break down in the Sahara to the doctors who save his life.
It was a touching and heart-warming experience and I was grateful for their kindness.
Every little kindness you show me would shake my determination.
Only the dowdy daughter, Martha, treats him with kindness, teaching him to read and shielding him occasionally from her siblings' harshest jibes.
The Popes mandatary came together with two great gentlemen of the Cardinals, and when four oclock of the night was passed, they removed me from my prison, and brought me into the presence of the Cardinal, who received me with indescribable kindness. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail.
He was known for his kindness, his candor, and his dislike of hypocrisy.
How can I reward your kindness?
I like kindness of stonechats, and when I searched YouTube for corroborative material, the first two videos I watched seem to testify to the kindness of stonechats! Ducks, dragons, and dictionaries
I was never really happy there, although the people were kindness itself.
So the Wazir repaired to the door of the kitchen and sat there a little while, till up came the black and would have entered the kitchen; but Shimas caught hold of him and said to him, “Dear my son, I would fain stand in presence of the King and speak with him of somewhat especially concerneth him; so prithee, of thy kindness, when he hath ended his undurn-meal and his temper is at its best, speak for me and get me leave to approach him, so I may bespeak him of that which shall suit him.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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The three strangers were really three angels sent by God to allow Abraham to perform the kindness he longed to do, in spite of his pain and incapacitation.
Although people typically disdain thinking about close relationships in exchange terms, partners often do reciprocate favors and kindnesses toward each other.
Kindness reveals concern and respect for others. Tenderness brings happiness and inner peace to the heart. Dr T.P.Chia
Kindness is a spiritual gentleman. Meanness is a spiritual rascal. Dr T.P.Chia
We can not tell the precise moment when friendship is founded, As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over ; so in a serics of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
But the ungenerousness of my conduct towards my master -- one who never treated me with aught but kindness and confidence -- the ungracious return I have made for all his bounties is a source of regret which the judgment of the law cannot repair. Trials and Confessions of Madison Henderson, alias Blanchard, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown, Murderers of Jesse Baker and Jacob Weaver, as Given by Themselves; and a Likeness of Each, Taken in Jail Shortly after Their Arrest.
Let her work for you in return for this; she don't ask alms, she only wants employment and a little kindness, and the best charity we can bestow is to see that she has both. An Old-Fashioned Girl
We meet everywhere so much kindness now, that we can make no pretence to confessorship. ' Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2
By the very nature of what it is, Empires are malignant, not benign though they cloak this malignancy with shallow kindness.
He notes that he looked "to those twelve Caesars so mistreated by Suetonius," in the hope of emulating the best of each: "the clear-sightedness of Tiberius, without his harshness; the learning of Claudius without his weakness; Nero's taste for the arts, but stripped of all foolish vanity; the kindness of Titus, stopping short of his sentimentality; Vespasian's thrift, but not his absurd miserliness. Portrait of Power Embodied in a Roman Emperor
One of them took her by the Hand, and Began to grow very familiar with her; and found he might have any Kindness from her which he had a mind to, for asking; but the other seeing him ingross the wench to himself, began to The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women
An is the nobility marquis to inherit a person, laying claim to kindness to fellowmen.
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Poor Karl, who wears a pitiful wig and returns Lizzie's kindness by trying to protect her from daddy, endures endless humiliations.
Truly a charismatic man, he projects loving kindness to everyone and it shows.
I will never fully recover from the loss, but your outpouring of kindness and understanding has made her death that much more bearable.
There was such a vast understanding in Toohey's eyes and such an unfastidious kindness -- no, what a word to think of -- such an unlimited kindness. The Fountainhead
His greying hair was styled in a comb-over, his brown eyes glowing with kindness.
A forced kindness deserves no thanks.
Frank subscribed firmly to the belief that human kindness would overcome evil.
Tall and angular, he could seem a little aloof, but he was renowned for his kindness to junior colleagues. Times, Sunday Times
I never saw a more interesting creature: his eyes have generally an expression of wildness, and even madness; but there are moments when, if any one performs an act of kindness towards him, or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were, with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equalled. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
He said it had given his dad back his faith in human kindness and after all that has happened, I feel that too.
My experience of the NHS, from the superb and knighted surgeon who operated on me to the Indian tea lady with her endless cups, was one of kindness, courtesy and concern.
Human kindness still flourishes in an uncertain world. The Sun
Hopefully there would be some wonderful moments - instances of consideration and thoughtfulness and kindness.
I was never really happy there, although the people were kindness itself.
Force cannot permanently conquer, but kindness and protection for the people can. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity
Such kindness restores your faith in human nature .
True kindness presupposes sympathy.
I would like to thank you now for your kindnesses as I will be gone before you rise.
He was vulnerable, easily led and prone to rage, but also capable of gentle kindness and love. Times, Sunday Times
Now this is, in effect, so; the body she anoints is as good as dead, and her kindness is very seasonable for that purpose; therefore rather than call it waste, put it upon that score. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
Animals respond to kindness.
Feeling he should express gratitude for the woman's kindness, he held up the crock of salt pork and onions, but the words just wouldn't come.
Love issues in patience, kindness and goodness. Christianity Today
It is an act of kindness/a kind act to help a blind man across the street.
Good nursing care provides for the needs of the patient with humanity and kindness, while retaining a discreet distance from emotional involvement. Times, Sunday Times
You're totally honest but know how to deliver any piece of news with kindness, smarts and tact.
The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. Mahatma Gandhi
Hobbes accepted that human beings are capable of generosity, kindness, and co-operation but the pride and egoism which is inherent in human nature means that mankind also is prone to conflict, violence, and great evil.
This shows tolerance, acceptance and kindness, whether you support his view or not.
She's full of the milk of human kindness.
He was a bit of a porcupine to the last, still shedding darts; or rather he was to the end a bit of a schoolboy, and must still throw stones, but the essential toleration that underlay his disputatiousness, and the kindness that made of him a tender sicknurse and a generous helper, shone more conspicuously through. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have been kindness, beauty and truth.
Its time to treat yourself with the same kindness and care you give others.
We experienced the warmth and kindness of the local people who soon became our friends.
They go far, _far_ beyond my most sanguine expectations, and indeed are expressed with such peculiar warmth and kindness as to affect me in the tenderest manner. Washington Irving
As the monk spoke to the people in the silent woods with the stars burning overhead, he told them not only of the baby Jesus, but of the man Jesus, who went about doing good, and he implored the listeners to follow Jesus' way of loving kindness.
Mostly, I hope people see the humanity and kindness that followed an act of inhumanity. The Sun
Cruelly, it is his very kindness and thoughtfulness, his puppyish overeagerness to please, that is his downfall. Times, Sunday Times
There was _no_ other monitor who did not try to be of some use to his fags; many of the monitors, by quiet kindnesses and useful hints, by judicious help and unselfish sympathy, were of most real service to the boys who nominally "fagged" for them, but who, in point of fact, were required to do nothing except taking an occasional message, seeing that the study fires did not go out, and carrying up the tea and breakfast for a week each, in order of rotation. St. Winifred's, or The World of School
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Human kindness still flourishes in an uncertain world. The Sun
I wept from the fulness of mine, with words of sweetest kindness and consolation, he soothed and tranquillised me. Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World
felt obligated to repay the kindness
He could be distant, private, sensitive, fiery, but he was a man also governed by impressive kindness and responsibleness.
Clearly the man wants to atone for his sins and continues to punish himself by refusing offers of kindness or love. Times, Sunday Times
The Popes mandatary came together with two great gentlemen of the Cardinals, and when four oclock of the night was passed, they removed me from my prison, and brought me into the presence of the Cardinal, who received me with indescribable kindness. CXXVII
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty and truth.
And it's that accumulative effect, what I call the gathering momentum of millions acts of kindness which take place on a daily basis, which literally can transform this country one heart and one soul at a time. CNN Transcript Feb 26, 2003
Frank subscribed firmly to the belief that human kindness would overcome evil.
After all, how can we expect a person who is cruel to small creatures to show kindness and benevolence to his countrymen?
Kindness-under the influence of which a man is said to ‘be kind’ may be defined as helpfulness towards some one in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the person helped. Rhetoric
We can not tell the precise moment when friendship is founded, As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over ; so in a serics of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
Frank subscribed firmly to the belief that human kindness would overcome evil.
The individual members of this particular community are by no means all wonderfully multifaceted, but they are at least inconstant, generous and judgmental, visionary and blinkered, capable of extreme kindness and gross inhumanity.
A quiet, inoffensive person, she was the essence of gentleness and kindness.
If he come to see me" (as it has always been reckoned a piece of neighbourly kindness to visit the sick) "he speaks vanity; that is, he pretends friendship, and that his errand is to mourn with me and to comfort me; he tells me he is very sorry to see me so much indisposed, and wishes me my health; but it is all flattery and falsehood. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
The large bell -- used to announce the services of the church, and, through the kindness of Lady Rollo, to ring at "matins" and at "even-song" -- is of very full tone. Chronicles of Strathearn
A: You must thank him for his kindness. B: Kindness indeed!
Next morning, when the family met at the breakfast-board, they were not a little surprised to hear Wallace recount the adventure of the night; and while Loch-awe promised every kindness to the shepherd, and a messenger was despatched with a purse to Archibald, Edwin learnt from the earl's servant, that his reason for supposing the regent was gone to his room arose from the sight of his bonnet in the outer hall. The Scottish Chiefs
Every little kindness you show me would shake my determination.
I'm not doing this out of kindness, but from an almost pathological curiosity to see how people live in these grand spaces. Times, Sunday Times
The manner in which this request was made is evidence that the many matchlessly renowned great masters of the central and bordering regions of Tibet, who assert themselves as upholding all four schools of Buddha Dharma without discrimination, through the ripples of the white wave of expertise, conduct and kindness, all feel humbled and subdued before the one who wears the golden coloured crown and takes great responsibility (for the doctrine). Concerning Dholgyal with Reference to the Views of Past Masters and other Related Matters
Medical schools used to put clinical excellence at the top of the agenda, at the expense of human contact and kindness.
The two of them trekked and hitched across Iran, relying on the kindness of strangers.
Eid is also a time to show kindness to others and remember the poor and needy. Times, Sunday Times
Gone are the days when virtues like faith, patience, temperance, knowledge, virtue, godliness, brotherly kindness and love, once fuelled our moral tanks.
Then I meet Suzanne Leff, who effuses kindness.
Her simpleminded innocence, her laughter and kindness, cast a mysterious poetic glow over it. Times, Sunday Times
Your new love has a job that takes courage and kindness. The Sun
Her kindness of heart endeared her to everyone.
And she beshrewed herself for so unkindly judging of his unkindness. Tales from Shakespeare
Mrs. Feeney must have been in a lot of pain for she was normally a retiring woman noted for her kindnesses.
We can not tell the precise moment when friendship is founded, As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over ; so in a serics of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
Love cancels resentment, envy and jealousy and replaces them with kindness, forbearance and cordiality.
Your new love does work that takes courage and kindness. The Sun
The Imam Rafeek Mohamed entreated God for love, kindness, and compassion for all creations; a safe, secure and clean environment; comfort for the suffering, while calling on us to recognize, embrace and celebrate our differences. Liz Neumark: Breakfast for Champions
Her many acts of kindness have given me great comfort.
There is love, kindness and bounty in special relationships that bring you much happiness and joy.
It's also about remembering someone who, whatever her faults, performed more kindnesses to more people than most of us will get round to meeting in lifetimes twice as long.
His gruff manner always belied a kindness in him that all his close friends knew he had.
A better collective noun might be a kindness. Times, Sunday Times
When Steve scores a 100, he's not only cheered by the fellow Aussie fans at the venue but also applauded by the poor children in India, who are grateful to him for his loving kindness.
His kindness, his gentleness and his intelligence, which she had foolishly deplored as somehow unromantic, now suddenly seemed very appealing and attractive.
Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind, your humor, your kindness and your moral courage.
But the ungenerousness of my conduct towards my master -- one who never treated me with aught but kindness and confidence -- the ungracious return I have made for all his bounties is a source of regret which the judgment of the law cannot repair. Trials and Confessions of Madison Henderson, alias Blanchard, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown, Murderers of Jesse Baker and Jacob Weaver, as Given by Themselves; and a Likeness of Each, Taken in Jail Shortly after Their Arrest.
She felt such warmth and kindness from him, as well as a fierceness to protect, and an urge to do what he thought was the right thing.
Platonism put an emphasis on spirit and valued truth 、 kindness andbeauty and reached the ideal spiritual state.
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As the wheels of the grant system grind so slowly this tradition of kindness breaks down in some foster homes who demand that their charges bring in an income.
I have no ready money; but take this from me in requital of thy kindness and good offices. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
She loved his kindness and his silliness, though she was a little unnerved by his desire to get into scuffles.
I grew to love and respect Xavier, who showed me many small kindnesses like tying my shoe-laces, wiping my nose or offering me the odd sweet.
We can not tell the precise moment when friendship is founded, As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over ; so in a serics of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
Thanks to the kindness of Captain Buckley, of the Scots 'Fusileer Guards, and Colonel Somerset, who lent us means of conveyance for our "impedimenta," I was able to move up in one day. Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
I grant that precaution is necessary in dealing with them," Joan agreed; "but I believe that more satisfactory results can be obtained by treating them with discreet kindness and gentleness. Chapter 7
Then she'd turned the page over and added " Warmth . Humor . Kindness . Thoughtfulness.
_Le bourgeois et sa dame_ would watch them with kindly interest, deeming it a kindness not to tell them that there were no trains after twelve; and when the lovers at last determined that they must depart, _le bourgeois_ and _la bourgeoise_ would tell them that their room was quite ready, that there was no possibility of returning to Paris that night. Memoirs of My Dead Life
I can't thank you enough for your kindness.
We are indebted to the kindness of Captain Franklyn, master of the "Columba," for a large sheet of plate glass, which makes a magnificent window. Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol
We can not tell the precise moment when friendship is founded, As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over ; so in a serics of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.

How To Use Kindness In A Sentence

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