* Vuvuzela, a plastic horn that produces a loud monotone note

We expected, in short, that most of the world would make itself over in our image and that it would be relatively simple, from such a position, to deal with the localized aberrations of the Soviet Union ''.

The simple treaty principle that Gabriel was asking him to ratify, in short, was nothing less than total trust.

* They preferred quite short, metrically simple stanzas or ' strophes ' which they re-used in many poems-hence the ' Alcaic ' and ' Sapphic ' stanzas, named after the two poets who perfected them or possibly invented them.

One of his examples: mathematicians enjoy simple proofs with a short description in their formal language.

The caecum is either absent or short and simple, and the colon is not sacculated or much wider than the small intestine.

In addition there are various simple clitics including short prepositions.

In the short term, CERTs perform data gathering, especially to locate mass-casualties requiring professional response, or situations requiring professional rescues, simple fire-fighting tasks ( for example, small fires, turning off gas ), light search and rescue, damage evaluation of structures, triage and first aid.

These simple earning rules work well for small or simple projects because generally each activity tends to be fairly short in duration.

As Weizenbaum later wrote, " I had not realized ... that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people.

These short ( often one small reel ) films were often simple visual aids and accompaniments to live lectures and speeches, and were carried from city to city, town to town, village to village ( along with the lecturers ) to indoctrinate the entire countryside, even reaching areas where film had not been previously seen.

Fruit flies are often preferred over other animals due to their short life cycle, low maintenance requirements, and relatively simple genome compared to many vertebrates.

A German-style board game, also referred to as a Euro game or Euro-style game, is a class of tabletop games that generally have simple rules, short to medium playing times, indirect player interaction, and abstract physical components.

For events of short durations in the past, the distinction often coincides with the distinction in the English language between the simple past " X-ed ," as compared to the progressive " was X-ing " ( compare " I wrote the letters this morning " ( i. e. finished writing the letters: an action completed ) and " I was writing letters this morning ").

Speakers of other languages can also learn to speak and write Interlingua in a short time, thanks to its simple grammar and regular word formation using a small number of roots and affixes.

Variations include " keep it stupid simple ", " keep it short and simple ", " keep it simple sir ", " keep it simple or be stupid ", " keep it simple and stupid ", " keep it simple and straightforward " or " keep it simple and sincere.

Prior to 1990, the only specialty performing laparoscopy on a widespread basis was gynecology, mostly for relatively short, simple procedures such as a diagnostic laparoscopy or tubal ligation.

Thus, in several languages of the Banks Islands, including Mwotlap, the simple m stands for, but an m with a macron ( m ̄) is a labial-velar nasal ; while the simple n stands for the common alveolar nasal, an n with macron ( n ̄) represents the velar nasal ; the vowel ē stands for a ( short ) higher by contrast with plain e ; likewise ō contrasts with plain o.

Similar to the view of Leopold Kronecker that " God made the integers ; all else is the work of man ," musicians drawn to the alphorn and other instruments that sound the natural harmonics, such as the natural horn, consider the notes of the natural harmonic series — particularly the 7th and 11th harmonics — to be God's Notes, the remainder of the chromatic scale enabled by keys, valves, slides and other methods of changing the qualities of the simple open pipe being an artifact of mere mortals.

The side frame of the bogie was usually of bar construction, with simple horn guides attached, allowing the axle boxes vertical movements between them.

Nocks may be simple slots cut in the back of the arrow, or separate pieces made from wood, plastic, or horn that are then attached to the end of the arrow.

* The theme music of Thierry la Fronde was a simple tune in the Dorian mode composed by Jacques Loussier, and performed on a brass instrument ( possibly a French horn ) for the melody.

It was a simple bodice with tabs at the waist, stiffened by horn, buckram, and whalebone.

The horn parts occasionally integrate simple synth lines to alter the tone quality of individual horn lines, for example in " Deacon Blues " this was done to " thicken " one of the saxophone lines.

If the use is unambiguous within a mountain context, then the simple terms peak or horn may be used.

In some cases, the horn section may improvise a simple backing part using well-known " stock " lines.

If a simple open-ended waveguide is used as an antenna, without the horn, the sudden end of the conductive walls causes an abrupt impedance change at the aperture, from the wave impedance in the waveguide to the impedance of free space, ( about 377 ohms ).

Competitors often use short skis and modified water skiing towing equipment, though often this is as simple as a single tow rope looped around the horn or attached to the back of a western saddle.

Dutch heraldry is characterised by its simple and rather sober style, and in this sense, is closer to its medieval origins than the elaborate styles which developed in other heraldic traditions.

Lamberto was of simple rural origins, hailing from Fiagnano in the Casalfiumanese commune, near Imola in present-day Italy.

A band like Hunters & Collectors, for example, saw their sound harden from their arty origins ( which included a brass-section, experimental percussion and complex arrangements ) to a more straightforward rock sound with emphasis on drums, bass and simple guitar riffs ; a sound that more suited the beer barns they were to play in over their extensive touring career.

His simple origins became clear right after his election, when he wore a pectoral cross made of gilded metal on the day of his coronation and when his entourage was horrified, the new pope complained that he always wore it and that he had brought no other with him.

The origins of CTI can be found in simple screen population ( or " screen pop ") technology.

Pikirayi, for example, dismisses Gayre's work on the origins of Great Zimbabwe, criticising some of his architectural comparisons as " simple " and Garlake describes it as " worthless polemic ".

However, Cioran's pessimism ( in fact, his skepticism, even nihilism ) remains both inexhaustible and, in its own particular manner, joyful ; it is not the sort of pessimism which can be traced back to simple origins, single origins themselves being questionable.

After emancipation, this tradition continued and, today, Junkanoo has evolved from its simple origins to a formal, more organized parade with sophisticated, intricate costumes, themed music and incentive prizes.

This surely is a layperson ’ s introduction to the origins of jihad in contemporary South Asia ... Hiro ’ s narrative is ... simple, yet rich in detail.

Place names in the United States tend to be more easily traceable to their origins, such as towns simply named after the founder or an important politician of the time, with no alterations except a simple suffix, like-town.

Of Giles ' origins and early life nothing certain is known, other than that he was a simple farmer.

Trinidadian origins, when they are mentioned at all, are typically treated as simple facts of a character's background rather than as sources of anxiety or conflict ; their visible difference from the Canadian mainstream goes unnoticed or unremarked by most of Alexis's characters.

His second set of projects develop similar themes on a much larger scale, attempting to understand the origins of a world economy as the outcome of mutual influences among regions, rather than the simple imposition by a more " advanced " Europe on the rest of the world.

Although it is clear that Sin had dealings with Fuzzy prior to Fuzzy's memory loss, little is known of his origins or what motivation ( if any ) he has beyond simple greed.

The film chronicles the origins of Santa Claus ( David Huddleston ), who, along with his wife Anya ( Judy Cornwell ), goes from being a simple working man to becoming an international icon of Christmas.

She concluded that their origins were less in workingmen's gardens in the 19th century and more in the leisured classes ' discovery of simple hardy plants, in part through the writings of John Claudius Loudon.

Another dominant feature of the town is the high monumental enclosed block of the Castello del Catajo at the edge of the town, which had its origins in a simple villa that was rebuilt and extravagantly enlarged in the manner of a feudal castle from 1570 onwards by Marchese Pio Enea I degli Obizzi, a member of a literary family well known in Ferrara and Padua ; it contains a vast cycle of historical battle scenes frescoed in 1571 – 2 by Giambattista Zelotti ( 1525 – 1578 ) a pupil of Paolo Veronese ; he began with Roman times and culminated in the military triumphs of Pio Enea degli Obizzi, which were recreated in the gardens with tourneys and spectacles.

It had its origins in a simple villa that was rebuilt and extravagantly enlarged in the manner of a feudal castle from 1570 onwards by Marchese Pio Enea I degli Obizzi, a member of an important Italian family of French origin.