By piercing their orifices, the nose, the mouth, and ears, they would stop evil entities, “ Khoughkh ”, from entering their bodies ( Osborn, 52 ).

The money was devoted largely to developing “ technical advice on the conduct of defoliation and anti-crop activities in Southeast Asia .” By the end of fiscal year 1962, the Chemical Corps had let or were negotiating contracts for over one thousand chemical defoliants.

By having two different temporal positive feedback loops or “ dual-time switches ” allows for ( a ) increased regulation: two switches that have independent changeable activation and deactivation times ; and ( b ) linked feedback loops on multiple timescales can filter noise.

Qa ’ an replied: “ By the aid of heaven we have pacified you ; you are our slaves.

By evaluating “ buy signals ,” marketers can see which prospects are most likely to transact and also identify those who are bogged down in a sales process and need assistance.

By the 1880s, Pissarro began to explore new themes and methods of painting in order to break out of what he felt was an artistic “ mire ”.

As for the contradiction between German rearmament and his message of peace, Ribbentrop argued to whoever would listen that the German people had been “ humiliated ” by the Versailles treaty, that Germany wanted peace above all, and German violations of Versailles were part of an effort to restore Germany's " self-respect " By the 1930s, much of British opinion had been convinced that the treaty was monstrously unfair and unjust to Germany, so as a result, many in Britain like Thomas Jones were very open to Ribbentrop ’ s message that if only Versailles could be done away with, then European peace would be secured.

“ By allowing deals with Burma ’ s state-owned oil company, the U. S. looks like it caved to industry pressure and undercut Aung San Suu Kyi and others in Burma who are promoting government accountability ,” HRW ’ s Business and Human Rights Director Arvind Ganesan said.

By 1876 North had ceased to function due to troubles, but managed to secure an amalgamation with Albert Park to form “ North Melbourne Cum Albert Park ”.

By exploring ideas about Roman loyalty, Greek deceit, and differences in ethnicity, “ Plautus in a sense surpassed his model .” He was not content to rest solely on a loyal adaptation that, while amusing, was not new or engaging for Rome.

By the 1960s, decades of racial, economic, and political forces, which generated inner city poverty, sparked “ race riots ” across America.

By gradually changing from “ oooh ” to “ aaah ” and back again, a spectral glide is created, emulating the ‘ sweeping filter ’ effect that is the basis of the ‘ wah-wah ’ guitar effect.

By 9 February 1942, Peenemünde engineer de Beek had documented the radio interference area of a V-2 as 10, 000 meters around the “ Firing Point ”, and the first successful A-4 flight on 3 October 1943, used radio control for Brennschluss.

By 23 February 1877 he had completed a second and more extensive prose draft of the work, and by 19 April of the same year he had transformed this into a verse libretto ( or “ poem ”, as Wagner liked to call his libretti ).

In 2002, he completed Going Forth By Day, a digital “ fresco ” cycle in High-Definition video, commissioned by the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin and the Guggenheim Museum, New York.

* By “ jacklighting ” or shining at night.

The Fagaceae, or oak family, is a very slow evolving clade compared to other angiosperms, and the patterns of hybridization and introgression in Quercus pose a great challenge to the concept of a species since a species is often defined as a group of “ actually or potentially interbreeding populations which are reproductively isolated from other such groups .” By this definition, many species of Quercus would be lumped together according to their geographic and ecological habitat, despite clear distinctions in morphology and, to a large extent, genetic data.

“ By 1924 the first objective had been won with – 1 ) All spaces in the building duly differentiated and equipped for specialized, as well as general, uses.

By 1988, the U. S. Department of Defense ( DoD ) issued Instruction 4630. 8 ( reissued in 1992, 2002, 2004 ) stating its policy that “ all forces for joint and combined operations be supported through compatible, interoperable, and integrated Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence systems.

* The Law to Improve Occupational Old Age Pensions ( 1974 ), which extended coverage of occupational pensions whilst also “ co-ordinating them more closely with state pensions and setting minimum standards as regards benefit levels and the preservation of pension rights .” By 1976, as a result of this legislation, 65 % of private sector employees were covered by occupational schemes and over two-thirds of these workers were eligible for benefits equal to more than 15 % of their earnings at retirement.

By far, the largest proportion of respondents in the three countries ( 74 % in Canada, 67 % in Britain and 63 % in the United States ) said that conversations with friends were “ very useful ” or “ moderately useful .” The next reputable source was the media ( television, books, movies, magazines ), mentioned by three-in-five Britons ( 65 %) and Canadians ( 62 %) and more than half of Americans ( 54 %) as useful.

By 2010 two new “ green ” complexes now under construction — a.

By far the most recognizable brand was their Crayola “ Gold Medal ” line in the familiar yellow boxes.

In 1978, “ Forever Changes ” was ranked as the 16th greatest rock album of all time in “ Rock Critics ’ Choice: The Top 200 Albums ,” a book compiled by Paul Gambaccini.

The English metaphor derives from the 16th c. Old French métaphore, from the Latin metaphora “ carrying over ” from the Greek ( μεταφορά ) metaphorá “ transfer ”, from ( μεταφέρω ) metaphero “ to carry over ”, “ to transfer ” and from ( μετά ) meta “ between ” + ( φέρω ) phero, “ to bear ”, “ to carry ”.

Intolerance towards Nichiren Buddhism did not cease after Nichiren ’ s death ( 1282 ), and the most famous persecution was the violent attacks on Nichiren temples in the 16th century, Kyoto, Japan: “ Nichiren temples in Kyoto were attacked by the monks from Mt.

The code, however, appears to have been known amongst the Visigoths by the title of “ Lex Romana ”, or “ Lex Theodosii ”, and it was not until the 16th century that the title of “ Breviarium ” was introduced to distinguish it from a recast of the code, which was introduced into northern Italy in the 9th century for the use of the Romans in Lombardy.

When Carter County was organized the 16th section of each township was set aside for schools, and when sold the interest on the money raised would go toward the maintenance of public schools, also known as Common Schools as they were regarded as being for the “ common ” people who could not afford to patronize one of the private schools.

* The " Scrigno " Room: the Venetian nobility as a caste came into existence because of the “ closure ” of admissions to the Great Council in 1297 ; however, it was only in the 16th century that formal measures were taken to introduce restrictions that protected the status of that aristocracy: marriages between nobles and commoners were forbidden and greater controls were set up to check the validity of aristocratic titles.

Curious as to his “ namesake ” Post Office, on Feb. 16th Mr. Merna wrote a letter to Kenneth L. Bergstrom, then the Postmaster of Merna, Nebraska 68856, inquiring how the town got its name " Merna.

Masterpieces of Ottoman manuscript illustration include the two “ books of festivals ,” one dating from the end of the 16th century, and the other from the era of Sultan Murad III.

The Ottomans are also known for their development of a bright red pigment, “ Iznik red ,” in ceramics, which reached their height in the 16th century, both in tile-work and pottery, using floral motifs that were considerably transformed from their Chinese and Persian models.

1970, November 14 – “ Convention about measures aimed on prohibition and prevention of illegal import, export and transfer of rights of property for cultural values ” was accepted at 16th session of general U. N. O.

This practice is mentioned as early as the 16th century, although at that time in connection with a wedding ; still, it is called “ Midsummer Night fire ”.

Shakespeare, working in the 16th and 17th centuries, made a character called the “ prince of darkness ” ( King Lear: III, iv ) and gave darkness jaws with which to devour love.

Romanians in the 14th – 16th Centuries: From the “ Christian Republic ” to the “ Restoration of Dacia ”.

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" The Chicago Daily Tribune called it “ One of the most spectacular crimes of the 20th century, and what is believed to be the first airplane kidnap murder on record .” Because it occurred somewhere over three Missouri counties, and involved interstate transport of a stolen airplane, it raised questions in legal circles about where, by whom, and even whether he could be prosecuted.

The “ Pops ” have been Grammy nominated and are the first lower Manhattan all volunteer community band in a century.

Early 20th century American preacher Billy Sunday epitomizes the Evangelical focus on " going to heaven " in his sermon “ Heaven: A Wonderful Place ; Where There is No More Death ; Blessed Hope of the Christian .” In the message Sunday characteristically explained the feelings of his audience by saying “ Everybody wants to go to Heaven.

Starting from the political purges in the Soviet Union during the Thirties, similar “ brainwashing ” techniques were intermittently and less systematically used by most Stalinist regimes of the twentieth century.

For example, it has been suggested that, in the early 20th century Shanghai, “ Western food, and in particular identifiably nourishing items like milk, became a symbol of a neo-traditional Chinese notion of family .”

until its “ rediscovery ” in the mid-eighteenth century.

Compare the ingredients listed ( spirits, sugar, water, and bitters ) with the ingredients of an Old Fashioned, which originated as a term used by late 19th century bar patrons to distinguish cocktails made the “ old-fashioned ” way from newer, more complex cocktails.

During the 20th century Italian universities introduced more advanced research degrees, such as the Ph. D., and now that it is part of the E. U. Bologna Process, a new three-year first degree, or “ laurea ” ( equivalent to a B. A.

“ This doctrine is rooted in Aristotle's conception of the soul, and has antecedents in Hobbes's conception of the mind as a ‘ calculating machine ’, but it has become fully articulated ( and popularly endorsed ) only in the last third of the 20th century .” In so far as it mediates stimulus and response, a mental function is analogous to a program that processes input / output in automata theory.

In the 5th century, the Christian historian Socrates Scholasticus described Eusebius as writing for “ rhetorical finish ” and for the “ praises of the Emperor ” rather than the “ accurate statement of facts .” The methods of Eusebius were criticised by Edward Gibbon in the 18th century.

In the 19th century Jacob Burckhardt viewed Eusebius as ' a liar ', the “ first thoroughly dishonest historian of antiquity .” Ramsay MacMullen in the 20th century regarded Eusebius's work as representative of early Christian historical accounts in which “ Hostile writings and discarded views were not recopied or passed on, or they were actively suppressed ..., matters discreditable to the faith were to be consigned to silence .” As a consequence this kind of methodology in MacMullens view has distorted modern attempts, ( e. g. Harnack, Nock, and Brady ), to describe how the Church grew in the early centuries.

Indeed, as Edward Muir points out, “ by the sixteenth century virtually every word, gesture and act that the doge made in public was subject to legal and ceremonial regulation ”.

However, more than a century before Ebbinghaus, Johann Andreas Segner invented the “ Segner-wheel ” to see the length of after-images by seeing how fast a wheel with a hot coal attached had to move for the red ember circle from the coal to appear complete.

Since about the 3rd century CE, the Jewish calendar has used the Anno Mundi epoch ( Latin for “ in the year of the world ,” abbreviated AM or A. M .; Hebrew ), sometimes referred to as the “ Hebrew era .” According to Rabbinic reckoning, the beginning of " year 1 " is not Creation, but about one year before Creation, with the new moon of its first month ( Tishrei ) to be called molad tohu ( the mean new moon of chaos or nothing ).