Historian Neil Davidson notes that “ after 1746 there was an entirely new level of participation by Scots in political life, particularly outside Scotland ”.

Davidson also states that “ far from being ‘ peripheral ’ to the British economy, Scotland – or more precisely, the Lowlands – lay at its core ”.

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

* “ Functionalism and Anomalous Monism ”, in Ernest LePore and Brian McLaughlin, eds., Actions and Events: Perspectives on the Philosophy of Donald Davidson ( Blackwell, Oxford, 1985 ), pp. 387 – 98

* “ The Constitutive Ideal of Rationality: Davidson and Sellars ”, Crítica xxx ( 1998 ), 29-48

* “ Scheme-Content Dualism and Empiricism ”, in Lewis E. Hahn, ed., The Philosophy of Donald Davidson ( Open Court, Chicago and Lasalle, 1999 ), pp. 87 – 104

* “ Scheme-Content Dualism and Empiricism ”, in Petr Kotatko, Peter Pagin, and Gabriel Segal, eds., Interpreting Davidson ( Stanford: CSLI Publications, 2001 ), 143-54.

“ Dolph ” grew up on Davidson Avenue and 183rd Street, off Fordham.

“ Vive bene chi sa improvvisare ” ( George Lewis and philosopher Arnold I. Davidson ).

Pa sites are present on most of the easily defendable coastal headlands, although the relatively small amount of habitable land enclosed within defensive earthworks compared to area of occupied open settlements leads Davidson to conclude some of the open settlements may have been pallisaded without earthwork defences, and that settlement on Motutapu was most likely a “ peace-time horticultural based occupation, with periodic episodes of stress leading to fort construction and use ”.

However, the novel can be argued to dignify Elizabeth ’ s character by playing down the sensationalism of the many newspaper accounts of her death, which Cathy N. Davidson has argued were “ the stuff of good rumor, of gossip, of sentimental novels.

Cathy N. Davidson argues that The Coquette is not merely a novel about the evils of sin and seduction, but rather “ a remarkably detailed assessment of the marital possibilities facing late-eighteenth-century women of the middle or upper-middle classes .” Davidson notes the centrality of Foster ’ s novel in “ countering received ideas on women ’ s circumscribed power and authority ,” positioning The Coquette as “ an important voice in the debate on women ’ s role in the Republic .” In her exploration of the early American novel, Davidson uses the contradictions between Foster ’ s novel and the moral accounts of Elizabeth Whitman ’ s death to explore the emergence of the early American sentimental novel:

Maurice Adams, one of the first members of the Fellowship, wrote of Davidson “ ‘ Intellectual Honesty ’ was his watchword, and what he had perhaps most at heart .”

* Lee Davidson, “ Conservatives Rally in D. C .”, Deseret News, 29 February 2004

Achievement: “ The Lunch Date ”, Adam Davidson --- Columbia University, New York City.

Donald Davidson ( 1969 / 1980 ) attempted to solve the problem by first criticizing earlier thinkers who wanted to limit the scope of akrasia to agents who despite having reached a rational decision were somehow swerved off their “ desired ” tracks.

A study on the relationship happiness to various character strengths showed that “ a conscious focus on gratitude led to reductions in negative affect and increases in optimistic appraisals, positive affect, offering emotional support, sleep quality, and well-being .”

Some cultural differences may be based on linear traditions, on teaching from one generation or “ school ” to another.

He used his time in Bourg to research mathematics, producing Considérations sur la théorie mathématique de jeu ( 1802 ; “ Considerations on the Mathematical Theory of Games ”), a treatise on mathematical probability that he sent to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1803.

A year later in 881 Alfred fought a small sea battle against four Danish ships “ on the high seas ”.

A special burial ground for infants, a tophetAgelarakis A., “ The Amathous ( tophet ) cremations in Cyprus ”, In D. Christou on “ Human Cremations at the Western Necropolis of Amathous ” < Cremations in Bronze and Early Iron Age >, Proceedings of Int.

Agathocles was cited as from the lowest, most abject condition of life and as an example of “ those who by their crimes come to be princes ” in Chapter VIII of Niccolò Machiavelli ’ s treatise on politics, The Prince ( 1513 ).

" 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.

Also, supporters of this view would characterize Luke ’ s portrayal of the Roman Empire as positive because they believe Luke “ glosses over negative aspects of the empire and presents imperial power positively .” For example, when Paul is before the council defending himself, Paul says that he is “ on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead ” ( Acts 23: 6 ).

“ Charges of sedition come from the Jews ” ( Acts 17: 6-7 ; 24: 5 ) which shows that Luke ’ s emphasis was not on the politics of the Empire but rather on the spiritual matters of believers.

The army report that day contains only one phrase: “ All quiet on the Western Front .” As Paul dies, his face is calm, “ as though almost glad the end had come .”

One of the cookbooks that proliferated in the colonies was The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy written by Hannah Glasse, wrote of disdain for the French style of cookery, stating “ the blind folly of this age that would rather be imposed on by a French booby, than give encouragement to a good English cook !” Of the French recipes, she does add to the text she speaks out flagrantly against the dishes as she “… think it an odd jumble of trash .” Reinforcing the anti-French sentiment was the French and Indian War from 1754-1764.

Those on the “ rice coast ” often ate ample amounts of rice, while the grain for the rest of the southern poor and slaves was cornmeal used in breads and porridges.

The work contexts in which African-Americans sang songs comparable to shanties included: boat-rowing on rivers of the south-eastern U. S. and Caribbean ; the work of stokers or “ firemen ,” who cast wood into the furnaces of steamboats plying great American rivers ; and stevedoring on the U. S. eastern seaboard, the Gulf Coast, and the Caribbean — including " cotton-screwing ": the loading of ships with cotton in ports of the American South.

Since the New Testament never condemns instruments themselves, much less in any of these settings, it is conceded that “ the church Fathers go beyond the New Testament in pronouncing a negative judgment on musical instruments .”

According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

His comment on Numbers 23: 19 has a still more polemical tone: “ God is not a man that he should lie ; neither the son of man, that he should repent ; < font face =" times new roman " size = 3 > if a man says: ‘ I am a god ’ he is a liar ; if he says: ‘ I am a son of man ’ he will have cause to regret it ; and if he says, ‘ I will go up to heaven ’ he has said but will not keep his word ” last phrase is borrowed from B ' midbar 23: 19 ( Yer.

On her second visit to Rank, Nin reflects on her desire to be “ re-born ,” feelingly, as a woman and artist.

“ The Power to Destroy: Understanding Stratospheric Ozone Politics as a Common Pool Resource Problem ”, in J. Barkin and G. Shambaugh ( eds.

22 March 2006: in terms of a Memorandum of Understanding signed by Nigeria ’ s federal Government on 16 March, the Guangdong Xinguang International Group is to construct a revolutionary “ fast ” rail ( RFR ) system from Lagos to the capital Abuja ( where there is no existing railway ) as well as light rail lines to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport from Lagos city and to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport from the Abuja city centre.

In the article “ Tensions in Proverbs: More Light on International Understanding ,” Joseph Raymond comments on what common Russian proverbs from the 18th and 19th centuries portray: Potent antiauthoritarian proverbs reflected tensions between the Russian people and the Czar.

Terrorology specialist Gus Martin, writes in his university-level textbook, Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, perspectives and issues that “ it is important to note that the State Department ’ s list includes countries that have significantly reduced their involvement in terrorism, such as North Korea and Cuba.

* Jo Anna Hunter, “ Oro Pataki Aganju: A Cross Cultural Approach Towards the Understanding of the Fundamentos of the Orisa Aganju in Nigeria and Cuba ”.

In his meetings with Nehru, Krishnamurti elaborated at length on the teachings, saying in one instance, “ Understanding of the self only arises in relationship, in watching yourself in relationship to people, ideas, and things ; to trees, the earth, and the world around you and within you.

“ Simplifying and Understanding Photographic Exposure with the APEx System ”, PHOTO Techniques, Jan / Feb 2000, 54 – 59.

* “ Anti-Realism and the Epistemology of Understanding ”, in Herman Parret and Jacques Bouveresse, eds., Meaning and Understanding ( De Gruyter, Berlin and New York, 1981 ), pp. 225 – 48

“ The Turntable as Weapon: Understanding the DJ Battle .” Capturing Sound: How Technology has Changed Music.

Adopting the motto “ Exploring, Understanding, Designing Change – Globally, Regionally, Locally ", the Geography Department offers an integrated bachelor degree programme in geography in addition to teacher training programmes, focusing on methodology and approaches in the fields of regional global change research, remote sensing and spatial modeling, environmental analysis, land use management, conservation as well as threats to nature.

These adverts and business cards could often been found in almost every green room, pinned-up or stuck into “ frames of the looking-glasses, in the joints of the gas-burners, and sometimes lying on-top of the sacred cast-case itself .” Understanding the power of photographic advertisements to promote their shows, burlesque women self-constructed their identity to make themselves visible.

Understanding Comics received praise from notable comic and graphic novel authors such as Art Spiegelman, Will Eisner, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Garry Trudeau ( who reviewed the book for the New York Times ), and was called “ one of the most insightful books about designing graphic user interfaces ever written ” by Apple Macintosh co-creator Andy Hertzfeld.

Understanding the age of onset of hoarding behavior can help develop methods of treatment for this “ substantial functional impairment ”.

“ Understanding the Media Reform Movement ,” International Journal of Communication, Vol.

Understanding Poetry was an unparalleled success and remains “ a classic manual for the intellectual and imaginative skills required for the understanding of poetry ” ( Singh 1991 ).

Understanding Your “ Slippery ” Slip Jigs Diddlyi Magazine, 18 November 2009.

On 17 December after they considered the value of the essay Einiges Philosophische in gemeinfasslicher Form ( Some Philosophy at Everybody's Understanding ) and after „ a verbal defense in front of the academic committee, brilliantly held for original opinions “, the Sorbonne committee „ granted him the title of licencé ès lettres “ ( Philology Licenced ).

* William Wallace, ' Europe and the war on terror ', in “ Understanding global terror ” ( Cambridge, Malden MA: Polity Press, 2007 )

# System of systems problems are a collection of trans-domain networks of heterogeneous systems that are likely to exhibit operational and managerial independence, geographical distribution, and emergent and evolutionary behaviors that would not be apparent if the systems and their interactions are modeled separately < ref > DeLaurentis, D. “ Understanding Transportation as a System of Systems Design Problem ,” 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 10-13, 2005.

* DeLaurentis, D. “ Understanding Transportation as a System of Systems Design Problem ,” 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 10-13, 2005.

He appears ( as a character ) in the introduction to Scott McCloud ’ s book Understanding Comics, in which his work is also cited as an example of “ iconic ” art taken to its greatest degree.

Behn ’ s New World seems almost utopian as she describes how the people get along: “ with these People, … we live in perfect Tranquility, and good Understanding, as it behooves us to do .” This New World is unique during this period ; it is " simultaneously a marvelous prelapsarian paradise and the thoroughly commercialized crossroads of international trade ”.

* Riggs, Wayne D. “ Understanding ‘ Virtue ’ and the Virtue of Understanding .” In Intellectual Virtue: Perspectives from Ethics and Epistemology, ed.