Shortly after purchasing the Inverted Jennys he proceeded to trade them with Donald Sundman, president of the Mystic Stamp Company, a stamp dealer, for one of only two known examples of the USA 1c Z Grill.

He buys an Inverted Jenny from a stamp dealer ( who claims-inaccurately-that it is " the only known copy in existence ") for $ 1. 25 million, and then uses it to mail a postcard to the crooked lawyers " Granville & Baxter " plotting to steal his money from him.

Inverted or " covert " narcissists are people who are " intensely attuned to others ' needs, but only in so far as it relates to own need to perform the requisite sacrifice "— an " inverted narcissist, who ensures that with compulsive care-giving, supplies of gratitude, love and attention will always be readily available ...

Inverted positions are especially hazardous in this regard since a head-first fall of only a few inches can kill or paralyze a person.

Green is known to philatelists for forming one of the great collections of postage stamps of the early 20th century, exceeded in size and value only by that of King George V. In 1918, he purchased the sheet of Inverted Jenny stamps from the dealer Eugene Klein for $ 20, 000.

* Giant Inverted Boomerang, a model of Vekoma roller coaster, of which there are only four in operation worldwide as of 2011

The Inverted Jenny ( also known as an Upside Down Jenny or Jenny Invert ) is a United States postage stamp first issued on May 10, 1918 in which the image of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane in the center of the design appears upside-down ; it is probably the most famous error in American philately.

" Cat's Cradle " ( 1916 ), appears upside down in a later step as the " Manger " or " Inverted Cradle ".

As bishop, he immediately adopted an ascetic lifestyle, apportioned his money to the poor, donating all of his land, making only provision for his sister Marcellina ( who later became a nun ), and committed the care of his family to his brother.

The nun wears these ornaments again only on the day of her monastic jubilee, and after her death on her bier.

In some earlier printed editions, they are shown as the standard nun upside down or rotated, because the printer did not want to bother to design a character to be used only nine times.

As the only daughter in a five child family, Parish acquired the nickname " Sister ," which led to her being mistaken in the press as a nun with a talent for arranging furniture.

In common parlance, all members of male religious institutes are often termed " monks " and those of female religious institutes " nuns ", although in a more restricted sense, a monk is one who lives in a monastery under a monastic rule such as that of Saint Benedict and the term " nun " was in the 1917 Code of Canon Law officially reserved for members of a women's religious institute of solemn vows, and is sometimes applied only to those who devote themselves wholly to the contemplative life and belong to one of the enclosed religious orders living and working within the confines of a monastery and reciting the Liturgy of the Hours in community.

For many, the 1961 withdrawal of Pope Gregory XVI's 1837 authorization of liturgical veneration of Saint Philomena in a limited number of places ( which was not an official declaration that she never existed nor that she is not a saint ) merely means that the situation has returned to that existing before 1837, when in many places there was fervent devotion to her, accompanied only by vague speculation about the circumstances of her life and death or by belief in the revelations of the Neapolitan nun.

He attempts hypnosis on a nun, who kicks him in his genitals, buys another pheromone spray ( Pig Piss ) which only attracts a blind woman's guide dog and makes a desperate approach to Millie Tant, who repays him with yet another vicious kick.

: The Superior now informed me that having taken the black veil, it only remained that I should swear the three oaths customary on becoming a nun ; and that some explanation would be necessary from her.

* Thérèse de Lisieux ( 1873 – 1897 ), Roman Catholic nun who was canonised as a saint, and is one of only 33 Doctors of the Church

In the Greek language the term can apply to women ; but in modern English it is mainly in use only for men, while nun is typically used for female monastics.

The dispute gained nationwide and international attention due to the repeated hunger strikes of a Buddhist nun, led to a suspension of works in 2005, and only ended with a supreme court ruling in June 2006.

This sketch starts off with the first of only two on-screen appearances of Terry Gilliam, dressed as a nun, saying " Well, I think it's overrated.

The nun had been seen before, but only ever appearing to ladies, and the dining room itself was built on land that once belonged to the church or friary.

* Mary MacKillop ( 1842 – 1909 )-Roman Catholic nun and the only Australian saint, born on Brunswick Street.

* 1969 In This House of Brede, follows Philippa ( a cloistered Benedictine nun in the abbey of Brede in Sussex ) through her first years in the abbey and not only her, but many of the other nuns who live there as well ; made into a television film starring Diana Rigg

Van Outen was particularly good in this as the ugly nun who would occasionally speak up only to be shouted down as an abomination by the goodly vicar Vaughan, complete with flashing lights and thunder effects called down from above.

Willmore and Hellena flirt with one another ; Hellena reveals she is destined to be a nun, to which Willmore replies “ There ’ s no sinner like a young saint .” Hellena agrees to meet Willmore again later, presumably for a sexual liaison ; he swears to love only her.

( The Rommelys ' second oldest daughter, Eliza, is mentioned only briefly ; she becomes a nun and joins a convent.

A new nun, Sister Lucia, is only at the convent to hide from the police.

Told by a nun concerned only with spiritual matters, this tale tells the story of Saint Cecilia.

The Reverend Mother Dolores Hart is Prioress of the Abbey ( since 2001 ), but she remains a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, having in recent years become the only nun to be an Oscar-voting member.

The couple asks about the neighbors, and Mrs. Logan explains to them that there are only two: a violin player and an old, blind nun.

Her corpse was arrayed in the black and white vestments of a nun and she was buried at the Escorial, although not in the royal crypt where, by tradition, only queens who had given birth to a royal heir were interred.

Meanwhile, in 765, a Buddhist nun named Guangcheng ( 廣澄 ) claimed to be Li Kuo's mother Consort Shen, but after further interrogation, it was discovered that she had only been Li Kuo's wet nurse, and Emperor Daizong had her whipped to death.

The accounts of Micah's idol also include reference to a Jonathan son of Gershom as being a priest, and although the masoretic text seems to avoid the implication that non-Aaronim could be priests by describing this particular Gershom as a son of Manasseh ( מנשה ), this appears to have been distorted ; the letter nun ( נ ) appears here in superscript, suggesting that the text originally described this Gershom as the one that was a son of Moses ( משה ).

In the YQTL ( imperfect ) conjugation, the nun is ( where possible ) assimilated into the first root consonant and appears as a dagesh forte.

She appears as a short, somewhat heavyset nun in a habit, wearing a Richard Nixon mask and having black eyes with tiny white pupils.

Perhaps identifying the murderer may depend on finding a nun whom Miss Gilchrist claims to have noticed twice?

He was seven when he was discharged from the hospital and was sad to leave the hospital staff, especially the key nun involved in his care.

Each of the seven Orochi fit easily into archetypes, consisting of a sociopathic criminal, an unintelligent brute, a former Japanese idol, an anti-social manga artist, a catgirl, a seemingly betrayed friend, and a disillusioned nun.

She was nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances as Bette Davis's domineering mother in Now, Voyager ( 1942 ), a sceptical nun in The Song of Bernadette ( 1943 ), and Rex Harrison's mother, Mrs. Higgins, in My Fair Lady ( 1964 ).

Hebrew letter nun-15th-century Ashkenazi book-handThe forewings of this species are reddish-brown with distinctive patterning towards the base ; a black mark resembling the Hebrew letter nun (< span style =" font: 15pt ' times new roman ';"> נ </ span >) with a pale cream-coloured area adjacent to this mark.

( In modern times, these ceremonies are normally held on a regular basis at temples and presided over by the temple master, and one would not ask a random monk or nun to perform the ceremony.

Despite her mild unprepossessing manner more like a nun, Jane has strong internal passions and shows her strength in character in expressing her opinions and showing resolve in times of trouble.