The mere fact that the tall figure with the rifle and field glasses had been seen riding that way was enough to frighten three rustling homesteaders out of the Upper Laramie country in a single week.

But to the cattlemen who had been facing bankruptcy from rustling losses and to the cowboys who had been faced with lay-offs a few years earlier, he was becoming a vastly different type of legendary figure.

While five minutes ago the place had presented a scene of easy revelry, with Gyp Carmer a prominent figure, it was now as somnolent and dull as the day before payday.

I must say the figure was well made up.

And so when Miss Langford came to teach at the one-room Chestnut school, where Jack was a pupil in the eighth grade, the Woman of Jack's mind assumed the teacher's face and figure.

The depersonalization continued as the dancer was further metamorphosed by the play of lights upon his figure.

Now, although the roots of the mystery story in serious literature go back as far as Balzac, Dickens, and Poe, it was not until the closing decades of the 19th century that the private detective became an established figure in popular fiction.

In spite of this catastrophe the final mortality figure from disease in the American Army during World War 1, was 15 per 1,000 per year, contrasted with 110 per 1,000 per year in the Mexican War, and 65 in the American Civil War.

It was logical that he would come up with the figure of the modern jazz musician.

He was all of these rolled into one sturdy figure ; ;

According to one report, however, Mr. Hammarskjold was considered `` too controversial '' a figure to warrant bestowal of the coveted honor last spring.

The figure was so theatrically dressed, that it was as though a character from some other play had blundered into this one.

The figure was wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence.

The figure was close enough now for him to see the nose twitching to dislodge the drop clinging there.

The figure stopped and one hand was perilously freed from the hamper to scratch the nose.

Soon he was ready to go into a three-dimensional figure in clay.

The arrangement with Argiento was working well, except that sometimes Michelangelo could not figure who was master and who apprentice.

But after the doctor's return that night Alex could see, from the high window in his own room, the now familiar figure crouched on a truly impressive heap of towels, apparently giving its egg-hatching powers one final chance before it was replaced in its office by a sure-enough hen.

But he knew how important it was for her to keep her figure.

I was also publicly reprimanded, dragged through the mud by the radical press and made a figure of fun by such leftist publications as The New Republic, The New Yorker, Time and The Christian Science Monitor.

From what I was able to gauge in a swift, greedy glance, the figure inside the coral-colored boucle dress was stupefying.

The anode in figure 2 was mounted by means of the anode holder which was attached to a steel plug and disk.

The standard theological view of world history at the time was known as the six ages of the world ; in his book, Bede calculated the age of the world for himself, rather than accepting the authority of Isidore of Seville, and came to the conclusion that Christ had been born 3, 952 years after the creation of the world, rather than the figure of over 5, 000 years that was commonly accepted by theologians.

Though celebrities come from many different working fields, most celebrities are typically associated with individuals that come from the fields of sports and entertainment or a person who is a public figure in that is commonly recognizable in mass media.

Georges Auguste Escoffier is commonly acknowledged as the central figure to the modernization of haute cuisine and organizing what would become the national cuisine of France.

Figures are probably the most variable of all subjects in terms of scale and are often referred to as their metric equivalent ; for example, a 1: 32 scale figure soldier is more commonly described as " 54mm ".

As the central figure for his works, Ian Fleming created the fictional character of James Bond, an intelligence officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6.

In contrast to the simple supply / demand figure above, it was commonly found that teenagers withdrew from the labor force in response to the minimum wage, which produced the possibility of equal reductions in the supply as well as the demand for labor at a higher minimum wage and hence no impact on the unemployment rate.

Such networks are commonly depicted in the manner shown at the top of the figure, where is shown as being dependent upon itself.

Although Gerald Gardner, a key figure in Wicca, was arguably homophobic this historical aversion is not now commonly held.

The title mullah, commonly translated " cleric " in the West and thought to be analogous to " priest ", is a title of address for any educated or respected figure, not even necessarily ( though frequently ) religious.

Sedatives or hypnotics that alter higher cognitive function include ethanol, scopolamine, 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, potent short or intermediate acting hypnotic benzodiazepines such as midazolam, flunitrazepam, temazepam, and various short and ultra-short acting barbiturates including sodium thiopental ( commonly known as sodium pentothal ) and amobarbital ( sodium amytal ) ( see figure at right ).

Simon is most commonly interpreted as a Christ figure because of his ability to see through misconception, unlike the rest of the boys, and the events he experiences in the book that parallel those of Jesus ' life.

This figure is most commonly depicted as Yama, the lord of death.

Many airport names honour a public figure, commonly a politician ( e. g. Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport ) or a prominent figure in aviation history of the region ( e. g. Will Rogers World Airport ).

* In art, an object that identifies a figure, most commonly referring to objects held by saints ( earlier, by pagan gods )-see emblem

Jitter frequency, the more commonly quoted figure, is its inverse.

The unit Jones is now commonly used with the D * figure of merit.

During the period between 1885 and 1908, between five and fifteen ( the commonly accepted figure is about ten ) million Congolese died because of exploitation and diseases.

She is commonly known by her nickname Granuaile in Irish folklore, and a historical figure in 16th century Irish history, and is sometimes known as " The Sea Queen of Connaught ".

The title mullah ( a Persian corruption of the Arabic maula, " master "), commonly translated " cleric " in the West and thought to be analogous to " priest " or " rabbi ", is a title of address for any educated or respected figure, not even necessarily ( though frequently ) religious.

Satellite image measurement suggests that the larger figure also includes the reef flat, which is commonly not considered part of a lagoon.

The pixel count alone is commonly presumed to indicate the resolution of a camera, but this simple figure of merit is a misconception.

( The figure commonly given, 87 ° 47 ', is based upon Bartlett's slight miscomputation of the distance of a single Sumner line from the pole.

The toe pick has a variety of uses, but is most commonly used for certain jumps in figure skating, such as the Lutz jump and toe loop or starting a backspin.