The term " the United States " has historically been used, sometimes in the plural (" these United States "), and other times in the singular, without any particular grammatical consistency.

Apollo Citharoedus (" Apollo with a kithara "), Musei Capitolini, Rome

The three sepals are generally colourful and bright ( which is why they are sometimes called outer tepals ), with one on each side (" lateral sepals ") and one usually at the top of the flower (" dorsal sepal "), sometimes forming a hood.

The order Asterales currently includes eleven families, the largest of which are the Asteraceae, with about 25, 000 species, and the Campanulaceae (" Bellflowers "), with about 2, 000 species.

Tungusic – Korean – Japanese (" Macro-Tungusic "), with Turkic and Mongolic as separate language families.

E. H. Shepard illustrated the original Pooh books, using his own son's teddy, Growler (" a magnificent bear "), as the model.

While the term's etymology might suggest that antisemitism is directed against all Semitic peoples, the term was coined in the late 19th century in Germany as a more scientific-sounding term for Judenhass (" Jew-hatred "),

Petra Tou Romiou | Petra tou Romiou (" The rock of the Greeks | Greek "), Aphrodite's legendary birthplace in Paphos, Cyprus.

Arau appeared in the 1972 Mexican film El rincón de las vírgenes (" The Virgins ' Corner "), where he played the assistant of a fake mystical doctor traveling from town to town, who reminisce about their travels, when a group of women decide to propose the doctor for sainthood.

The letter of Auxentius, a 4th-century Arian bishop of Milan, regarding the missionary Ulfilas, gives the clearest picture of Arian beliefs on the nature of the Trinity: God the Father (" unbegotten "), always existing, was separate from the lesser Jesus Christ (" only-begotten "), born before time began and creator of the world.

The main scholarly outlet has been the journal Annales d ' Histoire Economique et Sociale (" Annals of economic and social history "), founded in 1929 by Lucien Febvre and Marc Bloch, which broke radically with traditional historiography by insisting on the importance of taking all levels of society into consideration and emphasized the collective nature of mentalities.

The name comes from the Ancient Greek ἀ a-(" not ") and μέθυστος methustos (" intoxicated "), a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness.

However, the connection that has derived ambrosia from the Greek prefix a-(" not ") and the word brotos (" mortal "), hence the food or drink of the immortals, has been questioned as coincidental by some modern linguists.

The term " adiabatic " literally means impassable, coming from the Greek roots ἀ-(" not "), διὰ-(" through "), and βαῖνειν (" to pass "); this etymology corresponds here to an absence of heat transfer.

Ammianus describes Alemanni rulers with various terms: reges excelsiores ante alios (" paramount kings "), reges proximi (" neighbouring kings "), reguli (" petty kings ") and regales (" princes ").

Moreover, unlike the literary escaped slave Jim, antebellum slaves used the artifice of self-deprecation ( known as " Uncle Toms "), in pandering to societal racist assumptions about the black man's low intelligence, by advantageously using the word nigger to escape the violence inherent to slavery.

Other characters included Mr McHenry ( the elderly gardener who rode a tricycle ), Uncle Hamish and Angus ( in " Dougal's Scottish Holiday "), and a talking train with a 4-2-2 wheel arrangement and a two-wheel tender.

Taylor produced a number of albums over the years with singer / songwriter Randy Stonehill, including Equator ( which included the Stonehill concert favorite " Shut De Do "), the dreamy Wonderama, and the 2001 Children's album Uncle Stonehill's Hat, which also featured Taylor's daughter Noelle contributing her voice to the story.

She focused on blue collar women's issues with themes about philandering husbands and persistent mistresses, and pushed boundaries in the conservative genre of country music by singing about birth control (" The Pill "), repeated childbirth (" One's on the Way "), double standards for men and women (" Rated " X ""), and being widowed by the draft during the Vietnam War (" Dear Uncle Sam ").

He has also directed productions of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, Stephen Sondheim's Company ( which had the first ever African American " Bobby "), Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus and his farewell duo of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night, which transferred to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Antti Veikko Ilmari Siltavuori ( October 29, 1926 – March 2012 ), better known as Jammu Siltavuori or Jammu-setä (" Uncle Jammu "), was a Finnish murderer and sexual offender.

The eight founding members were Gideon Malherbe, the Dutch immigrant CP Hoogenhout, DF du Toit ( nicknamed Dokter, i. e. " Doctor "), a journalist coincidentally named Daniel Francois du Toit ( nicknamed Oom Lokomotief, i. e. " Uncle Locomotive "), his brother Rev SJ du Toit, August Ahrbeck, Petrus Malherbe and SG du Toit.

The quirky moviemaker filmed much of his 1958 " My Uncle " (" Mon Oncle "), in Saint-Maur, using many of the locals as extras.

Aside from deduced self-portraits in Cănuţă om sucit and elsewhere, he created the famous background character Nenea Iancu (" Uncle Iancu "), building on his colloquial name and his status as a regular client of the beer gardens.

Elsewhere in town, on the ranch of widower H. C. Curry, the air is also charged with anticipation, due to the imminent arrival of H. C .' s daughter (" Lizzie's Coming Home "), who's been off visiting friends of the family ( pseudo-relatives " Uncle " Ned and " Aunt " Marabelle and their sons ) in.

As with racial guilds, some are based in existing fantasy works, like Dragonlance (" Knights of Solamnia ", " Dragonarmies of Ansalon ", " Dwarven Warriors of the Neidar Clan ", " Priests of Takhisis "), The Lord of the Rings (" Rangers of Arnor ", " Rangers of Ithilien ", " Society of Morgul Mages ", " Army of Angmar "), others are based on those fictional works but not found in them ( like the " Ansalon Elvish Archers ", " Secret Society of Uncle Trapspringer " and the " Thornlin Militia "), and original ones (" Union of the Warriors of the Shadow ", " Ancient Order of the Dragon ", " Gladiators of Athas "( also loosely based on the Darksun series from AD & D 2nd Edition ), " Vampires " ( currently closed ), " Calian Warriors ", " The Free Mercenaries of Sparkle ", the " Spirit Circle of Psuchae ", and the " Army of Darkness ").

He was especially fond of the character of Goofy, which he appropriated for a humorous spoof on Italian hippiedom of the 1970s entitled Perché Pippo sembra uno sballato (" Why Goofy Looks Like A Pothead "), and a later, unfinished story entitled La leggenda di Italianino Liberatore (" The Legend Of Italianino Liberatore ", referring to his old friend Tanino Liberatore ); he also said in an interview that Carl Barks, the creator of Uncle Scrooge, Magica De Spell and other characters of the " duck's family ", was a model for his art.

"), the wildly popular Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Sherlock Holmes.

Among these very early artists were Vernon Dalhart, who recorded the million-selling Wreck of the Old 97, Ernest Stoneman from Galax, Virginia, Henry Whitter, A. C. ( Eck ) Robertson, who recorded the first documented country record along with Henry C. Gilliland (" Sallie Gooden " b / w " Arkansaw Traveler "), and Uncle Dave Macon.

* Anthony Asbury-Terrence McBird, Little Cat Z, Matthew Katroom, Milo, The Grinch, Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose, Yertle the Turtle, Dad Tidbiddle ( in " The Simplifier "), Gink ( in " The Gink "), Grandpa Jacob Kangaroo ( in " Talkin ' with the Cat "), Grandpa Mullally ( in " The Song of the Zubble-Wump "), Mick Maputo Bird ( in " The Cat in the Hat's Indoor Picnic "), Mrs. Zabarelli ( in " Mrs. Zabarelli's Holiday Baton "), Uncle Bocks ( in " Who Are You, Sue Snue?

This can also serve to disambiguate meaning ( e. g., in Russian писа ́ ть ( pisáť ) means " to write ", but пи ́ сать ( písať ) means " to piss "), or " бо ́ льшая часть " ( the biggest part ) vs " больша ́ я часть " ( the big part ).

English verbs are inflected according to the number of their subject ( e. g., " Dogs bite " vs " A dog bites "), but in most sentences this inflection just duplicates the information about number that the subject noun already has, and it is therefore uninterpretable.

On the few occasions where Wiggum loses his commission, he breaks down shockingly fast ( as seen in " Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge "), even degrading to the level of a common mugger ( as seen in " Homer vs.

The special features of eme-sal are mostly phonological ( e. g. m is often used instead of ĝ as in me vs standard ĝe < sub > 26 </ sub >, " I "), but words different from the standard language are also used ( e. g. ga-ša-an vs standard nin, " lady ").

The early days of Chinatown were dominated by Chinese " tongs " ( now sometimes rendered neutrally as " associations "), which were a mixture of clan associations, landsman's associations, political alliances ( Kuomintang ( Nationalists ) vs Communist Party of China ) and ( more secretly ) crime syndicates.

Another regular feature of Ōmisoka starts at 7: 30 < span style =' font-variant: small-caps '> pm </ span > when public broadcaster NHK airs Kōhaku Uta Gassen (" Red vs. White singing contest "), one of the country's most-watched television programs.

The " guy vs. gals " vocals of Schneider, Pierson, and Wilson, sometimes used in call and response style (" Strobe Light ," " Private Idaho ", and " Good Stuff "), are a trademark.

During the Soused ( or Brown-Bag ) Period, P. D. Q. Bach wrote a Concerto for Horn & Hardart, a Sinfonia Concertante, a Pervertimento for Bicycle, Bagpipes, and Balloons, a Serenude, a Perückenstück ( literally German for " Hairpiece "), a Suite from The Civilian Barber ( spoofing Rossini's The Barber of Seville ), a Schleptet in E-flat major, the half-act opera The Stoned Guest ( the character of " The Stone Guest " from Mozart's Don Giovanni ), a Concerto for Piano vs. Orchestra, Erotica Variations ( Beethoven's Eroica Variations ), Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice, an opera in one unnatural act ( Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel and the 1969 film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ), The Art of the Ground Round ( Bach's The Art of Fugue ), a Concerto for Bassoon vs. Orchestra, and a Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion.

Styles they have incorporated for specific songs include Jazz ( for the song " Punk ist .."), Metal (" Elke ", " Dauerwelle vs. Minipli "), Rockabilly ( multiple songs on the album " 5, 6, 7, 8 – Bullenstaat!

Factors affecting cycling levels may include: town planning ( including quality of infrastructure: cyclist " friendly " vs. cyclist " hostile "), trip-end facilities ( particularly secure parking ), retail policy, marketing the public image of cycling, integration with other transport modes, cycle training, terrain ( hilly vs. flat ), distance to destinations, levels of motorized transport and climate.

Three of the most famous cases of a fighter using the bolo punch were when Leonard avenged his loss to Roberto Durán ( see " The No Más Fight "), when Leonard drew with Thomas Hearns in their second fight ( see Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns ), and when Ike Ibeabuchi knocked out Chris Byrd with a left-handed bolo punch during their 1999 heavyweight contest.

For example, hue ( shades of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet ), saturation (" deep " vs. " pale "), and brightness or intensity make up the HSI color space.

English verbs are inflected according to the number of their subject ( e. g. " Dogs bite " vs " A dog bites "), but this information is only interpretable once a relationship is formed between the subject and the verb, so movement of the subject is required.

Most other competitive teams do not truly have a real-life rivalry ( e. g., Season 1, Episode 2 " Donors vs Addicts "), while others such as Democrats vs Republicans vs Third Party do.

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Later, in Middle English, stem alternations between long and short vowels appeared in Class I weak verbs ( examples are " meet " vs. " met " and " hear " vs. " heard "), and the class in its turn became unproductive, leaving the original Class II as the only productive verb class in Modern English.