The turn of the century, or to be more precise, the two decades preceeding and following it, marks a great change in the history of early English scholarship.

This, naturally, will be difficult to do since both the archaeological and place-name evidence in this period, with some fortunate exceptions, is insufficient for precise chronological purposes.

As soon as the time came for re-sharpening, the precise form of the gear tooth was lost and a new cutter had to be made.

It is equipped with electronic controls that can be set to hold precise tension and speed.

These frequencies are amplified and detected by the FM receiver after each burst of transmitted energy and, after the `` pill '' has been calibrated, precise internal pressure indications can be obtained.

He concludes that some changes can be made in the current orthography which will appreciably improve its usefulness, but hesitates to suggest precise graphic devices to effect these changes.

Because an algorithm is a precise list of precise steps, the order of computation will always be critical to the functioning of the algorithm.

So to be precise the following is really Nicomachus ' algorithm.

For more rigorous and precise analysis, the numerical approximations must be used.

All three men named Aeolus appear to be connected genealogically, although the precise relationship, especially regarding the second and third Aeolus, is often ambiguous.

Although it was recognized that certain tributaries, represented for example, in the XVIIIth Dynasty tomb of Rekhmara at Egyptian Thebes as bearing vases of peculiar forms, were of some Mediterranean race, neither their precise habitat nor the degree of their civilization could be determined while so few actual prehistoric remains were known in the Mediterranean lands.

Adoptionism was one position in a long series of Christian disagreements about the precise nature of Christ ( see Christology ) in the developing dogma of the Trinity, an attempt to explain the relationship between Jesus of Nazareth, both as man and God, and God the Father while confidently claiming to be uncompromisingly monotheistic.

The function ƒ ( x ) may or may not be defined at a, and its precise value at the point x = a does not affect the asymptote.

The backhand clear is considered by most players and coaches to be the most difficult basic stroke in the game, since precise technique is needed in order to muster enough power for the shuttlecock to travel the full length of the court.

Cosmologists now have fairly precise and accurate measurements of many of the parameters of the Big Bang model, and have made the unexpected discovery that the expansion of the Universe appears to be accelerating.

Perforator techniques such as the DIEP ( deep inferior epigastric perforator ) flap and SIEA ( superficial inferior epigastric artery ) flap require precise dissection of small perforating vessels through the rectus muscle, and purport the advantage of less weakening of the abdominal wall, though rectus abdominus muscle function may still be compromised.

Using terms from formal language theory, the precise mathematical definition of this concept is as follows: Let S and T be two finite sets, called the source and target alphabets, respectively.

A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the dynamic nature of tides.

) In reliance on this assumption, modern statutes often leave a number of terms and fine distinctions unstated — for example, a statute might be very brief, leaving the precise definition of terms unstated, under the assumption that these fine distinctions will be inherited from pre-existing common law.

Because reasonably precise guidance on almost every issue, parties ( especially commercial parties ) can predict whether a proposed course of action is likely to be lawful or unlawful.

For example, civil law can be clearer than case law when the legislature has had the foresight and diligence to address the precise set of facts applicable to a particular situation.

If precise dates are required, the beginning may be set in 802 AD, when the founder of the Khmer Empire, Jayavarman II pronounced himself universal monarch ( chakravartin ) and declared independence from Java, and the end may be set in 1431 AD, when Thai invaders from the kingdom of Ayutthaya sacked Angkor and caused the Khmer elite to migrate to Phnom Penh.

He didn't think it was possible for this couple to be pretending.

And, for the sake of Julia and Susan, it had to be tried.

All of you be ready to ride hell for leather ''.

There's bound to be someone on guard, but the hat might fool them long enough for me to get close ''.

Having nothing else to do except wait for my forms to be processed, I gave myself over to speculations concerning the hall itself.

They'll be there waiting for you.

Their roar, like the swelling volume of a hundred tornadoes could be heard for miles.

If she, Pamela, were being held responsible for his crimes, then hers must be the final act of expiation.

Bushes and vines abetted the rocks in forming thorny detours for the struggling stranger, and without the direct light of the sun to act as compass, Pamela could no longer be positive of her direction.

Looks like we might be in for a speck of trouble ''.

A wildcatter had to be prepared for almost any emergency.

It poured out of him like an electric current, a feeling that the muscles and nerves of his fine-drawn body were coiling for action, and that that action would be all that he anticipated.

Rumors of the offer Tom Horn had made at the Stockgrowers' Association meeting had leaked out by then, and as a grand jury investigation of the murder got underway, the prosecuting attorney, a Colonel Baird, ordered that the tall stock detective be summoned for questioning.

He studied the problem for a few seconds and thought of a means by which it might be solved.

And she really tried to go a step further and say she hoped they'd be just as right as they now were for her and for Rod.

It'll be a pleasure for you to return this money to Colcord and tell him about it, Russ ''.

Yet long before the scheduled time for return, Donovan would be watching for every speck in the sky.

A hell of an altitude for a barrel roll, but it could be done.

Forced to realize that this was the end of a very short line I scanned a road marker and discovered what the end of a slightly longer line would be for the old Mexican: Moriarty, New Mexico.

Her impact in the zing commercials had led to her being considered for an excellent part in an upcoming TV series, Underwater Western Eye, a documentary-type show to be sponsored by Oatnut Grits.

I'll be soaking for at least half an hour ''.

A card to Walter would get him an introduction to this Meredith, and that might be good for something.

And he missed the point that the swarthy witches might be laughing at him for hoping to escape Nicolas Manas.