They beat the tattoo, called the roll, had supper, and settled
down round the fires for the night- some repairing their footgear, some smoking pipes, and some stripping themselves naked to steam the lice out of their shirts.
Only his hands, with which he kept his coat-skirts
down round Nikita's sides, and his legs which the wind kept uncovering, began to freeze, especially his right hand which had no glove.
Having settled this point to the perfect satisfaction of all parties, concerned and unconcerned, we sat
down round the fire in the ladies' cabin - just to try the effect.
Just then, whether it was the cold of the morning that was now approaching, or that he had eaten something laxative at supper, or that it was only natural (as is most likely), Sancho felt a desire to do what no one could do for him; but so great was the fear that had penetrated his heart, he dared not separate himself from his master by as much as the black of his nail; to escape doing what he wanted was, however, also impossible; so what he did for peace's sake was to remove his right hand, which held the back of the saddle, and with it to untie gently and silently the running string which alone held up his breeches, so that on loosening it they at once fell
down round his feet like fetters; he then raised his shirt as well as he could and bared his hind quarters, no slim ones.
Meanwhile, disappointing returns from firms going public amid market volatility has made investors bearish, resulting in
down rounds - where a firm's valuation in a round of fundraising falls below that of a previous round.
Former public offerings for technology have sputtered, while onetime high-fliers have started to mount new rounds of capital at lower valuations, in much-feared
down rounds that may exhibit weakness.
* The anti-dilution included in preference terms to protect early investors against down rounds; and
The Cap Table after the down round Series B is shown in Table 7.
A down round is one reason why venture capitalists get called "vulture capitalists."
With tight credit markets making "down rounds" more prevalent, issuers of securities need to pay close attention to how they account for derivatives that may be buried within a securities offering.
Issuers may at first overlook the accounting implications of price reset protection, only to discover during a down round that the impact can be huge.
"I have had some up and
down rounds this year," said Love, whose 72-hole total was one stroke off the tournament record set in 1996 by Loren Roberts.
