Almost nothing is said of Charles' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.

But these are side issues to a powerful central theme.

Both of them did communicate one central theme: Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense -- the creative act.

Money, so important a theme elsewhere in Dickens, is here central, and hands are often associated in some way with the false values -- acquisitiveness, snobbery, self-interest, hypocrisy, toadyism, irresponsibility, injustice -- that attach to a society based upon the pursuit of wealth.

In structure, Johnson points out the same central theme, that of cannibalism and the eating of babies as well as the same final argument, that " human depravity is such that men will attempt to justify their own cruelty by accusing their victims of being lower than human.

In the Byzantine Empire, Anatolikon called also Theme of the Anatolics ( ανατολικόν θέμα ) was a theme covering the western and central parts of Turkey's present-day Central Anatolian Region.

In the Byzantine Empire, Anatolikon called also Theme of the Anatolics ( ανατολικόν θέμα ) was a theme covering the western and central parts of Turkey's present-day Central Anatolian Region.

He wrote that the central theme of the topics above is that of topos theory, while the first and last were of the least importance to him.

A cycle of paintings in Schloss Eggenberg, near Graz in Austria, translated the theme to a different medium ; this was completed in the 1670s shortly before the Ottoman army attacked the Habsburgs in central Europe.

The central theme of Daniel 1-6 is God demonstrating that he is more powerful than the monarchs of Babylon and Persia.

The central theme of ethnic nationalists is that ".. nations are defined by a shared heritage, which usually includes a common language, a common faith, and a common ethnic ancestry.

The Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism ; they are said to provide a unifying theme, or conceptual framework, for all of Buddhist thought.

The idea of freedom ( for the theatre against the dominance of its French model ; for religion from the church's dogma ) is his central theme throughout his life.

The basic narrative expresses the central theme: God creates the world and appoints man as his regent, but man proves disobedient and God destroys his world through the Flood.

The central theme of hydrology is that water circulates throughout the Earth through different pathways and at different rates.

His point of departure is Freud's Oedipal theories, and the central theme of mourning that runs through Hamlet.

Bounded rationality is a central theme in behavioral economics.

The general view is that the central theme of the Grail is Christian, even when not explicitly religious, but that much of the setting and imagery of the early romances is drawn from Celtic material.

It is also a central theme of the 2006 Russian film Ostrov.

The first statement in the Institutes acknowledges its central theme.

Its central theme is atonement and reconciliation.

The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of God's name.

Schwitters published a periodical, also called Merz, between 1923 – 32, in which each issue was devoted to a central theme.

The impact of inventions and technology on society is a recurring, if not central theme in Niven's work: for example, addiction to electric brain stimulation resulting in " wireheads ", or the secondary and tertiary effects of an invention such as teleportation on social behavior, problems, and mores.

Second, there were those ( Moise Tshombe ) who favored near-Balkanization, a loose federalism having a central government of limited authority, with much power residing in the states.

Second, the individual may not be aware that he has valuable information, and when he becomes aware, it is only useful for a limited time, too short for it to be communicated to the central or local planners.

The Second Coming of Christ is the central event in Christian eschatology.

Elected to the central council was Fadwa Barghouti, the wife of Marwan Barghouti who is serving five life sentences in Israel for his role in terrorist attacks on civilians in Israel during the Second Intifada.

The Second World War left the surviving remnant of Jews in central Europe as displaced persons ( refugees ); an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, established to examine the Palestine issue, surveyed their ambitions and found that 97 % wanted to migrate to Palestine.

Second, he wanted to create a strong central government in Rome.

Bombing in the Second World War destroyed much of the stadium ; the central tunnel in the South Stand was all that remained of that quarter.

The Second Punic War occurred from 218 – 201 BC ; its central event was Hannibal's invasion of Italy.

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue is the central office of the Catholic Church for the promotion of interreligious dialogue in accordance with the spirit of the Second Vatican Council, in particular the declaration Nostra Aetate.

Regional political power remained strong throughout Republican China, and central authority deteriorated continuously until the Second Sino-Japanese War, to the point that Chiang became no more than the " head of a loose coalition ," as observed by Albert Wedemeyer.

** The Second Congo War starts in 1998 in central Africa and includes 50 different cultures and 7 different nations.

This argument has remained a central argument in all political, ethical and moral thinking since then, and has become especially controversial since firstly Rousseau's Second Discourse, and secondly, the Theory of Evolution.

But when comparing Sherman's scorched-earth campaigns to the actions of the British Army during the Second Boer War ( 1899 – 1902 )— another war in which civilians were targeted because of their central role in sustaining an armed resistance — South African historian Hermann Giliomee declares that it " looks as if Sherman struck a better balance than the British commanders between severity and restraint in taking actions proportional to legitimate needs ".

Second, there are biological and cultural differences between the inhabitants of the Cantabrian zone and those of the central Plateau.

The Second Bank of the United States ( BUS ) served as the nation's federally authorized central bank during its 20-year charter from February 1817 to January 1836.

The Second Bank of the United States was America's central bank, comparable to the Bank of England and the Bank of France, with one key distinction – the United States government owned one-fifth ( 20 %) of its capital.

During the Second World War, the German army made the Orléans Fleury-les-Aubrais railway station one of their central logistical rail hubs.

* The Second Samnite War escalates when the tribes of the central Apennines, the Umbrians, Picentini, and Marsians join the war against Rome.

* Second breakfast is a traditional mid-morning meal served in parts of central Europe.

The film diverges from both the book and the NBC TV adaptation in focusing on a central character, Second Officer Charles Lightoller, played by More.

Many of the novel features of the war in the air between 1914 and 1918 — the lighting restrictions and blackouts, the air raid warnings and the improvised shelters — became central aspects of the Second World War less than 30 years later.

On the state level, Becket is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of the Second Berkshire district, which covers central Berkshire County and is represented by Paul Mark.

On the state level, Cheshire is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of the Second Berkshire district, which covers central Berkshire County, as well as portions of Hampshire and Franklin Counties, and is represented by Paul Mark.

On the state level, Dalton is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by the Second Berkshire district, which covers central Berkshire County, as well as portions of Hampshire and Franklin Counties.