") Reflecting Koestler's later life relationship with science, and particularly his disagreement with various movements within psychiatry, the main character emerges from treatment psychically neutered, and the critical question of the novel is how much of his later trauma and political activity is due to a small incident in his childhood.

During the Second Punic War in 212 BCE, the Ludi Apollinares (" Apollonian Games ") were instituted in his honor, on the instructions of a prophecy attributed to one Marcius.

In practice, the Articles were in use beginning in 1777 ; the final draft of the Articles served as the de facto system of government used by the Congress (" the United States in Congress assembled ") until it became de jure by final ratification on March 1, 1781 ; at which point Congress became the Congress of the Confederation.

No human being can write fast enough, or long enough, or small enough † ( †" smaller and smaller without limit ... you'd be trying to write on molecules, on atoms, on electrons ") to list all members of an enumerably infinite set by writing out their names, one after another, in some notation.

* Atlas ( mythology ), a Titan who bore the spheres of the heavens ; inspiring the widely used image of a man carrying a celestial sphere on his back or shoulders ( also known as Atlas Telamon or " enduring Atlas ")

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 defense counsel will then make a " plea in mitigation " ( also called " submissions on penalty ") wherein he or she will attempt to mitigate the relative seriousness of the offense and heavily refer to and rely upon the defendant's previous good character and good works ( if any ).

The obituary stated (" The merchant of death is dead ") and went on to say, " Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday.

In The Concept of Anxiety ( also known as The Concept of Dread, depending on the translation ), Kierkegaard used the word Angest ( in common Danish, angst, meaning " dread " or " anxiety ") to describe a profound and deep-seated spiritual condition of insecurity and fear in the free human being.

* Anatoly Ravikovich, Zagadka Endkhauza ( End House Mystery ) ( 1989 ; based on " Peril at End House ")

* Konstantin Raikin, Neudacha Puaro ( Poirot's Failure ) ( 2002 ; based on " The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ")

Woolfson sang lead on many of the group's hits ( including " Time " and " Eye in the Sky ") and the record company pressured Parsons to use him more, but Parsons preferred " real " singers, which Woolfson admitted he was not.

Parsons himself only sang lead on one song (" The Raven ") through a vocoder, and can be heard singing backing vocals on a few others, including " To One in Paradise ".

A few species of hummingbirds, notably some hillstars, can be seen at altitudes above, but far higher diversities can be found at lower altitudes, especially in the humid Andean forests (" cloud forests ") growing on slopes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and far northwestern Argentina.

The highest grade amethyst ( called " Deep Russian ") is exceptionally rare and therefore, when one is found, its value is dependent on the demand of collectors.

A native New Englander, Amos Bronson Alcott was born in Wolcott, Connecticut ( only recently renamed from " Farmingbury ") on November 29, 1799.

Animism ( from Latin anima " soul, life ") is a set of beliefs based on the existence of non-human " spiritual beings " or similar kinds of embodied principles.

In the later play Frogs, Aristophanes softens his criticisms, but even so it may be only for the sake of punning on Agathon's name ( ἁγαθός = " good ") that he makes Dionysus call him a " good poet ".

The Vipava Valley, through which Alboin led the Lombards into ItalyAs a precautionary move Alboin strengthened his alliance with the Avars, signing what Paul calls a foedus perpetuum (" perpetual treaty ") and what is referred to in the 9th-century Historia Langobardorum codicis Gothani as a pactum et foedus amicitiae (" pact and treaty of friendship "), adding that the treaty was put down on paper.

He shows how a satisfying argument for the validity of experience can be based neither on demonstration ( since " it implies no contradiction that the course of nature may change ") nor experience ( since that would be a circular argument ).

Amalric died of dysentery ( allegedly brought on by " a surfeit of white mullet ") or even poisoned at Saint Jean d ' Acre on 1 April 1205, just after his son Amalric and four days before his wife, and was buried at Saint Sophia, Nicosia.

Arbor Day (" Tag des Baumes ") is on April 25.

The term clairvoyance ( from French clair meaning " clear " and voyance meaning " vision ") is used to refer to the ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses, a form of extra-sensory perception.

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value ( referred to as " the stakes ") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and / or material goods.

One can also bet with another person that a statement is true or false, or that a specified event will happen ( a " back bet ") or will not happen ( a " lay bet ") within a specified time.

Loki says that Skaði was once gentler in speech to him ( referring to himself as the " son of Laufey ") when Skaði once invited him to her bed ( an event that is unattested elsewhere ), and that such events must be mentioned if they are to recall " shameful deeds.

The long jump ( formerly commonly called the " broad jump ") is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point.

This event affected the operations of the German fleet, whose commanders were ordered ( the " Laconia Order ") by Admiral Karl Dönitz to stop trying to rescue civilian survivors, ushering in the subsequent unrestricted submarine warfare for the German Navy ( Admiral Nimitz testified at Admiral Dönitz's trial that the US had practiced unrestricted warfare from day one ).

* Safety Quarters ( 11 ) were built near the major fortifications in order to make it possible for fortress (" ouvrage ") crews to reach their battle stations within the shortest possible time in the event of a surprise or sneak attack during peacetime.

Modern systems with a higher time resolution ( roughly 3 nanoseconds ) also use a technique ( called " Time-of-flight ") where they more precisely decide the difference in time between the detection of the two photons and can thus localize the point of origin of the annihilation event between the two detectors to within 10 cm.

") or a hypothetical one (" If one were to build an unobtainium shell around a black hole's event horizon, what would happen to the material piling up on it?

According to Bott, in the " eight words " couplet originally cited by Valiente, " an " is used correctly, in the Middle English sense of " ' in the event that ', or simply ' if ' " ( as in the Shakespearean " an hadst thou not come to my bed ") and thus has no apostrophe.

:* perfect, which combines elements of both aspect and tense, and in which both a prior event and the state resulting from it are expressed ( as in " I have studied well ")

This is, for example, the situation when two persons bet on the outcome of a future event and ask a third, disinterested, neutral person to hold the money ( or " stake ") that they have wagered ( or " staked ")).

The adjective Tridentine ( as in " Tridentine Mass ") literally means pertaining to Trento, but can also refer to that specific event.

While those on whom the Spirit had descended were speaking in tongues, the Apostle Peter stood up with the eleven and proclaimed to the crowd that this event was the fulfillment of the prophecy (" I will pour out my spirit ") In Acts 2: 17, it reads: "' And in the last days ,' God says, ' I will pour out my spirit upon every sort of flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy and your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams.

A design on the left side of the envelope ( a " cachet ") explains the event or anniversary being celebrated.

The word Viracopos (" flip glasses ") was later used by the priest in sermons, referring to the event.

Crisis on Infinite Earths is a 12-issue American comic book limited series ( identified as a " 12-part maxi-series ") and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 to simplify its then 50-year-old continuity.

The broadcasters of your area in voluntary cooperation with the FCC and other authorities ( or, in later years, " federal, state and local authorities ") have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency.

As Secretary of State, Dulles spent considerable time building up NATO and forming other alliances ( the " Pactomania ") as part of his strategy of controlling Soviet expansion by threatening massive retaliation in event of a war, as well as building up friendships, including that of Louis Jefferson, who would later write a good-humored biography on Dulles.

In everyday use, " sheet music " ( or simply " music ") can refer to the print publication of commercial music in conjunction with the release of a new film, show, record album, or other special or popular event which involves music.

The opening of the Hialeah Park Race Track in 1925 ( which was nicknamed the " Grand Dame ") as a horse track received more coverage in the Miami media than any other sporting event in the history of Miami up to that time and since then there have been countless horse racing histories played out at the world famous park.

" The group made up for their absence by donating the proceeds from several shows of their world tour that year, and also contributed a re-recording of " Everybody Wants to Rule the World " ( entitled " Everybody Wants to Run the World ") for Geldof's Sport Aid charity event in 1986.

This event provoked national grief and inspired the album Putain de camion (" fuckin ' truck ") by close friend Renaud.