This made Lisp arithmetic comparable in speed to Fortran for scalar operations ( though Fortran array and loop implementation remained much better ).

The swimming efficiency and an array of other physiological adaptations make them better built for deep and long diving and long distance migration.

The large fixed antenna array through its better beam focusing, improves system sensitivity and tracking accuracy.

* 1926: Shintaro Uda and Hidetsugu Yagi publish their first paper on Uda's " tuned high-gain directional array " better known as the Yagi antenna.

The modifications included narrowing and shaping the walls above the stage to reduce the volume of space and increase useful reflections, replacing the cloud of reflector discs with a more effective array that covers a larger area and is computer adjustable, pulling in the walls of the floor-level seating to make the audience area narrower and more rectangular, adding aisles to replace the former continental seating, adding diffusing elements in various parts of the hall, and increasing the “ rake ” of the floor seating to provide better sightlines.

The Reverend Brian F. Linnane, the university's president, stated that the " college " designation no longer fit the school and that its comprehensive array of academic fields, some with graduate programs, was better reflected in its new name.

The station's antenna array includes a tall main antenna ( 195 electrical degrees ; optimum and much better than average for a Class A station's main antenna ), and a shorter emergency antenna ( 135 electrical degrees ; much better than average for a Class A's emergency antenna but inadequate for a Class A station's main antenna ), with only one antenna being active at a time.

Alternatively, a microprocessor ( or, better yet, a gate array ) could be used to perform the same calculation using appropriate software.

However, once phased array radars compact enough for field use and with reasonable digital computing power appeared they offered a better solution.

He saw numerous doctors and took an ever-changing array of medicines to get better.

Some Unixes provide system-specific calls with better scaling ; for example, in Linux ( that fills the return selection array with only those event sources on which an event has occurred ), in FreeBSD, and in Solaris.

Organizers presented an array of demands from better wages to an end to the war in Iraq.

Although modules can be interconnected to create an array with the desired peak DC voltage and loading current capacity, using independent MPPTs ( maximum power point trackers ) provides a better solution.

In 1810, Welsh social reformer Robert Owen, from Newtown in mid-Wales, and his partners purchased New Lanark mill from Owen's father-in-law David Dale and proceeded to introduce better labour standards including discounted retail shops where profits were passed on to his employees.

Recently, these shopping centres have been refaced and extended to provide new social housing and better quality shops to complement the W. M. Morrison's supermarket to the east of town in an attempt to make Erith more attractive and welcoming.

Upon his visit to Dublin in 1845, William Makepeace Thackeray observed: " The street is exceedingly broad and handsome ; the shops at the commencement, rich and spacious ; but in Upper Sackville Street, which closes with the pretty building and gardens of the Rotunda, the appearance of wealth begins to fade somewhat, and the houses look as if they had seen better days.

The improvements delivered wider pavements, better lighting and better access to shops.

* 15 May 2005 News " Slowly, but steadily, a slew of construction projects is providing troops with better housing and improved work areas as well as a handful of new shops for eating and entertainment.

Today, Armory Square is the home of some of Syracuse's better restaurants, at least two coffeehouses, a radio station company, dozens of small shops selling everything from band instruments to used records to women's clothing, several bars and nightclubs, Urban Outfitters, Armory Massage Therapy, a newly-restored upscale hotel, and two tattoo parlors.

In the ILGWU, for example, the cutters – who were often primarily of English, Irish and German stock, were almost exclusively males, were better paid, and were typically more skilled – often looked down on the immigrant, largely female, unskilled " operators " who ran sewing machines in their shops or elsewhere.

The question remains whether consumers in a free-market are better able to determine their need for various high cost financial products including pawn shops, check cashers, and RALs or whether people need protection from these products by the government.

In the mid-19th century many of the merchants would sell silk, jade and consult feng shui to open shops that favour better spiritual arrangements.

Unlike their counterparts in North America or Australia, they have not formed distinct Vietnamese enclaves within the major cities of France ( although many Vietnamese-run shops can be found in the Chinatown neighborhood of Paris ) and the degree of assimilation is higher than in the United States, Canada or Australia due to better cultural, historical and linguistic knowledge of the host country.

Using GIS, crime analysts can overlay other datasets such as census demographics, locations of pawn shops, schools, etc., to better understand the underlying causes of crime and help law enforcement administrators to devise strategies to deal with the problem.

" The shops are somewhat better than at Karashar, but not so good as at Turfan.

Lord Curzon described 19th century regional differences in the situation of the Persian Jews: " In Isfahan, where they are said to be 3, 700 and where they occupy a relatively better status than elsewhere in Persia, they are not permitted to wear kolah or Persian headdress, to have shops in the bazaar, to build the walls of their houses as high as a Moslem neighbour's, or to ride in the street.

And better amenities, a large commercial district grew up to support this large population, the main road through the centre has shiny public buildings, big shops, shopping centres, branches of all the banks etc.

Many factors reportedly contributed to these tensions, including the fact that U. S forces received better rations than Australian soldiers, shops and hotels regularly gave preferential treatment to Americans, and the American custom of caressing girls in public was seen as offensive to the Australian morals of the day.

Skylights were introduced in the main malls to make better use of natural light ( a common, but now outdated ' feature of Arndale centres had been that the walkways were deliberately kept dark, so that the lights from the shops would shine out ).

With gold, players can buy additional items and better equipment in shops and restore their life meter in hospitals.

“ There are, of course, larger Railway shops existing in Europe but not few are more self contained or better occupied with modern electrically driven machinery than this workshop .”

Lee Tung Street, better known by its local nickname " Wedding Card Street ", is famous for its printing shops that sell custom-made wedding cards, coloured flashy red for luck.

It was established to give " boys who wished to enter a trade a better opportunity than do shops and factories of the present time.

They have migrated mostly due to better economic conditions in Pakistan and have set up numerous shops and colonies in Ishkoman.

Laura used the crisis as an opportunity to rebuild in a smarter and better way, creating what is now a thriving redevelopment zone with shops, cafes and a legitimate theater converted from an X-rated movie house.

I assume that the number of readers of this anthology who regard themselves as morally perfect is small, and that most readers are willing to consider procedures by which they may gain more insight into themselves and better understanding of others.

What is required is the full implementation of Article 2 of the Treaty, which provides: `` The Parties will contribute toward the further development of peaceful and friendly international relations by strengthening their free institutions, by bringing about a better understanding of the principles upon which these institutions are founded, and by promoting conditions of stability and well-being.

The man is right, and at this time, indications are that these three are ready for better seasons.

`` Chickens have short memories '', the doctor remarked, `` that's why they are better company than most people I know '', and he went on to break some important news to Alex.

Declinations and substitutions are better received when he explains why his obligations to his institution preclude his acceptance.

Ants carry away the seeds so better be sure that there are no ant hills nearby.

Either a nervous dog because you are livid with rage -- a sure sign that you are taking things too seriously and had better stop!!

Whole blocks are disappearing and more are scheduled to vanish to make room for wide boulevards that will show off its treasures to better advantage -- the great domes and graceful spires of its mosques, the panorama of the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn.

Trial and error are better placed in the preliminary sketch than in hoping for miracles in the final painting.

Bare feet are better for such work than any form of slipper.

Even if gymnastics are not the ultimate goal, the good tumbler will be a better dancer, a better athlete, and a human being with a greater margin of safety in any activity.

Among them, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, are: ( 1 ) shorter work weeks, ( 2 ) higher pay, ( 3 ) longer paid vacations, ( 4 ) better transportation, ( 5 ) earlier retirement, and ( 6 ) more education.

The broods of workers that appear later tend to be bigger than the first ones, probably because they are better fed.

In proportion as meanings are concrete, we can better rely on their being insulated and distinctive.

Concerning this responsibility of the teacher, suggestions for helping children gain better control of the emotions are presented in Chapter 11.

This does not necessarily mean that such teachers will favor vocational education, as contrasted with liberal education, but they are likely to favor an approach to liberal education which has a maximal vocational-advancement value, as against a kind of `` pure '' liberal education that is not designed to help people get better jobs.

In reference to Brown's raid she wrote, `` though we are non-resistants and religiously believe it better to reform by moral and not by carnal weapons, we know thee was anemated by the most generous and philanthropic motives ''.

If you are not well acquainted with the area in which you wish to locate, or if you are not sure that you and your family will like and make a success of farming, usually you would do better to rent a place for a year or two before you buy.

A few red wines, notably those of the Beaujolais, are better consumed at cellar temperature.

and it is better to be shamed and criticized by one's parents, who already consider one different and difficult to understand, than by one's peers, who are also experiencing a similar groping for and denial of adult status.