The word " muggle " or " muggles " is now used in various contexts in which its meaning is similar to the sense in which it appears in the Harry Potter book series.

An example of this is the Harry Potter story " A Moth to the Fire ", by Sera dy Relandrant, in which Ariana Dumbledore does not go out to play on the day she is attacked by muggle children in canon, and thus does not lose control of her magic, altering the life of her brother, Albus Dumbledore, and eventually the entire world.

Contrary to the name, a being does not have to have half magical and half non-magical blood ; one muggle grandparent and sometimes great-grandparent is enough to be shunned by pure-blood supremists.

Here in these little rooms -- or stages arched open to the sky and river -- they choose a few lines out of the hundreds they may know and sing them according to one of the modes into which Persian music is divided.

But the highroad, according to the description of its traffic, belongs to life as it is lived in unawareness of death, while the way to the churchyard belongs to some other sort of life: a suffering form, an existence wholly comprised in the awareness of death.

Neither is primary experience understood according to the attitude of modern empiricism in which nothing is thought to be received other than signals of sensory qualities producing their responses in the appropriate sense organs.

and according to them, whatever one fancies one feels, what one feels in fact is the opposite.

But when these expectations are once too often ground into the dust, innocence can falter, since its strength is according to the strength of him who possesses it.

Each will decide on his own course somewhere between these two extreme cases according to the sense of responsibility which is determined for him by the particular circumstances of his own life.

Anybody who is expecting a joyride should, according to Mr. Shriver, get off the train right now.

The flood is not as great -- only 700 a week according to one apparently conservative account -- but it is symptomatic.

Of greater interest is a question as to whether movable property was assessed according to its location or ownership.

Laws on boating vary according to the state in which the craft is to be used and according to its horsepower.

The main requirement is to be sure the boat is numbered according to the regulations of the state in which the boat will be principally used.

She is owned by Ralph H. Kroening, Milwaukee, Wis., who, according to the railbirds, can feel justly proud of her.

That he mastered every aspect of his medium according to his own great talents and contemporary judgments, is a good and solid symbol of his people under the tremendous pressures of proclaiming and practising the rigors of a new culture ; ;

The mean temperature of the surface was then computed according to the following relation: Af where x is the fraction of the plug area covered by the hot spot.

The radiation loss from the anode surface was computed according to Af where Af is the mean of the fourth powers of the temperatures Af and Af calculated analogously to equation ( 1 ).

It is convenient to classify a child's onset ages and completion ages as `` advanced '', `` moderate '' ( modal ), or `` delayed '' according to whether the child's age equivalent `` dots '' appeared to the left of, upon, or to the right of the appropriate short transverse line.

Today, according to land economist Homer Hoyt, shopping centers and their associated parking lots cover some 46,000 acres of land, which is almost exactly the total land area in all the nation's Central Business Districts put together.

This is the feed state of the subsequent Af stages which, according to the principle of optimality, must use an optimal Af-stage policy with respect to this state.

It is eminently successful according to all conventional standards.

Yet the truth, according to the New Testament, is that every local church has its existence only by being the embodiment of the whole church in that particular place.

( And this is not, perhaps, the place to discuss Harlem's very complex attitude toward black policemen, nor the reasons, according to Harlem, that they are nearly all downtown.

The book is by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, choreography by Peter Gennaro, scenery, costumes and lighting by William and Jean Eckart, musical direction by Jack Elliott, and the production was directed by Mr. Abbott.

This perspective on celibacy is echoed by several authors including Elizabeth Abbott, Wendy Keller, and Wendy Shalit.

Edwin Abbott Abbott ( 20 December 1838 – 12 October 1926 ), English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the satirical novella Flatland ( 1884 ).

Sennett was profiled in the television series This is Your Life in 1954, and made a cameo appearance ( for $ 1, 000 ) in Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops ( 1955 ).

Abbott declined, and Krantz argued this call the same day of the encounter is evidence against a hoax, at least on Patterson's part.

The artist is unknown, but the painting has been attributed to Lemuel Francis Abbott or Johann Zoffany ; the print under his right hand is a botanical illustration.

Baroque chess is a chess variant invented in 1962 by Robert Abbott.

The district is one of 31 Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as " SDA Districts " based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein-the film's poster title-or Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein-the onscreen title-( although the film is often referred to as simply Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ) is a 1948 American comedy horror film directed by Charles Barton and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.

Student housing is located in three areas: the Medary complex located in the northwest corner of campus, consisting of traditional residence halls, Hansen, Waneta and Wecota Annex, and apartment-style living at Meadows North and Meadows South ; the Grove complex near the Student Union, consisting of traditional residence halls, Brown, Mathews and Pierson, as well as a newer ( 2010 ) variation on the theme of traditional residence halls in Spencer, Thorne and Abbott ( also called the Jackrabbit Village ); and the Larson complex on the east side of campus, consisting of traditional halls Binnewies and Young and suite living at Caldwell Hall.

Diane Julie Abbott ( born 27 September 1953 ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, when she became the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons.

Abbott is founder of the London Schools and the Black Child initiative, which aims to raise educational achievement levels amongst black children.

Abbott is a frequent public speaker, newspaper contributor and TV performer, appearing on programmes such as Have I Got News For You, Celebrity Come Dine with Me and Cash in the Celebrity Attic.

Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.

`` Dear girl '', Walter had finally said, `` he writes me that he is sleeping in the English Gardens ''.

`` His address '', Walter added, `` is that great foundling home, the American Express.

`` Now that Bruno Walter is virtually in retirement and my dear friend Dimitri Mitropoulos is no longer with us, I am probably the only one -- with the possible exception of Leonard Bernstein -- who has this special affinity for and champions the works of Bruckner and Mahler ''.

-- James P. Mitchell and Sen. Walter H. Jones R-Bergen, last night disagreed on the value of using as a campaign issue a remark by Richard J. Hughes, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, that the GOP is `` Campaigning on the carcass of Eisenhower Republicanism ''.

C & O president Walter J. Tuohy was summoned back for cross-examination by New York Central attorneys before examiner John Bradford who is hearing the complex case.

The sociological impact is perhaps most eloquently summed up in this quotation of J. Walter Carroll of KSAN, San Francisco:

Walter Goffart believes it is probable that in this narrative Paul was making use of an oral tradition, and is sceptical that it can be dismissed as merely a typical topos of an epic poem.

The cause of the conflict is uncertain, as the sources are divided ; the Lombard Paul the Deacon accuses the Gepids, while the Byzantine historian Menander Protector places the blame on Alboin, an interpretation favoured by historian Walter Pohl.

The tale is treated with scepticism by Walter Goffart, who observes that it conflicts with the Origo Gentis Langobardorum, where she was captured only after the death of her father.

Canberra is a planned city that was originally designed by Walter Burley Griffin, a major 20th century American architect.

Walter Burkert notes that " Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war.

At this time the games tended to be low scoring, dominated by such pitchers as Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, and Grover Cleveland Alexander to the extent that the period 1900 – 1919 is commonly called the " Dead-ball era ".

In Scotland the only one which has survived the convulsions of the 16th century is Aberdeen Breviary, a Scottish form of the Sarum Office ( the Sarum Rite was much favoured in Scotland as a kind of protest against the jurisdiction claimed by the diocese of York ), revised by William Elphinstone ( bishop 1483 – 1514 ), and printed at Edinburgh by Walter Chapman and Andrew Myllar in 1509 – 1510.

It shows the influence of Walter Scott, and Brontë's modifications to her earlier gothic style have led Christine Alexander to comment that, in the work, " it is clear that Brontë was becoming tired of the gothic mode per se ".

On one episode while the gang is at a Bears vs. Packers game, Eric comes to the seat in a Walter Payton jersey and is booed by the surrounding Packers fans.

Walter Camp, known as the " Father of American Football ", is credited with changing the game from a variation of rugby into a unique sport.

Young compiled 511 wins, which is most in Major League history and 94 ahead of Walter Johnson who is second on the list.

The first case was done by the Gorenstein – Walter theorem which showed that the only simple groups are isomorphic to L < sub > 2 </ sub >( q ) for q odd or A < sub > 7 </ sub >, the second and third cases were done by the Alperin – Brauer – Gorenstein theorem which implies that the only simple groups are isomorphic to L < sub > 3 </ sub >( q ) or U < sub > 3 </ sub >( q ) for q odd or M < sub > 11 </ sub >, and the last case was done by Lyons who showed that U < sub > 3 </ sub >( 4 ) is the only simple possibility.

* 1935 – Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder.

In 1935, American radio commentator Walter Winchell coined the term " disc jockey " ( the combination of disc, referring to the disc records, and jockey, which is an operator of a machine ) as a description of radio announcer Martin Block, the first announcer to become a star.

There is an increasing number of published compositions and arrangements for double bass ensembles, and the International Society of Bassists regularly features double bass ensembles ( both smaller ensembles as well as very large " mass bass " ensembles ) at its conferences, and sponsors the biennial David Walter Composition Competition, which includes a division for double bass ensemble works.