How did it happen, for example, that the state university, that great symbol of American democracy, failed to flourish in New England as it did in other parts of the country??

Another example is the recent cancellation of the F-108, a long-range interceptor with a speed three times as great as the speed of sound, which was designed for use against manned bombers in the period of the mid-1960's.

It omits, for example, practically the whole line of great nineteenth century English social critics, nearly all the great writers whose basic position is religious, and all those who are with more or less accuracy called Existentialists.

Of course we have before us the example of the great races at the galactic center ; ;

An example of ancient aesthetics in Greece through poetry is Plato's quote: " For the authors of those great poems which we admire, do not attain to excellence through the rules of any art ; but they utter their beautiful melodies of verse in a state of inspiration, and, as it were, possessed by a spirit not their own.

Engraved objects in great number for example, ring-bezels and gems ; and an immense quantity of clay impressions, taken from these.

There was a great deal of freedom of interaction between the groups: for example, Sarah, the granddaughter of the Visigoth king Wittiza, married a Muslim man and bore two sons who were later counted among the ranks of the highest Arab nobility.

Ty Cobb, for example, was known as a great base-stealer, with 892 steals and a success rate of over 83 %.

" Historian and novelist C. S. Forester, writing in 1929, compared the Nile to the great naval actions in history and concluded that " it still only stands rivalled by Tsu-Shima as an example of the annihilation of one fleet by another of approximately equal material force ".

For example, at the Battle of Kursk the Red Army employed a combination of defense in great depth, extensive minefields, and tenacious defense of breakthrough shoulders.

As an example, in British Columbia the forestry industry is of great importance, while the oil and gas industry is important in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador.

The great utility in creating CPUs that deal with vectors of data lies in optimizing tasks that tend to require the same operation ( for example, a sum or a dot product ) to be performed on a large set of data.

* Year collections: Rather than being satisfied with a single specimen of a type, a great many collectors collect type by year ; for example, one Memorial Lincoln Cent for every year from 1959 ( the year it was first minted ) to present.

304 – 232 BC ) inscribed on great pillars around his kingdom, the King showed reverence for all life by giving up the slaughtering of animals and many of his subjects followed his example.

An even more prominent example is that of Cardinal Richelieu, whose power was so great that he was for many years the real ruler of France.

For example Barcelona had a great citadel built in 1714 to intimidate the Catalans against repeating their mid-17th-and early-18th-century rebellions against the Spanish central government.

Even within a type of fiber, there can be great variety in the length and thickness of the fibers ; for example, Merino wool and Egyptian cotton are favored because they produce exceptionally long, thin ( fine ) fibers for their type.

Requiring that no company gain too great a share of any market is an example of how distributism has found its way into US government policy.

* In Roman Catholicism and several other Christian denominations, a Doctor of the Church is an eminent theologian ( for example, Thomas Aquinas, also known as the Angelic Doctor ) from whose teachings the whole Church is held to have derived great advantage.

Recordings of barking dogs and stereo recordings of aircraft taking off and landing have for example been used to great effect, as well as the more obvious electronically generated sounds.

Another argument in favor of an early dating is that the author seems unfamiliar with the Eucharist ritual ( had the author been familiar, it would have served as a great example ).

Woody Guthrie is a great example of a songwriter and artist with such an outlook.

For example the late Alam Lohar is a good example of a classical South Asian folk singer of great repute.

After attaining to great proficiency in that kind of learning, Abdallatif applied himself to natural philosophy and medicine.

Abauzit at an early age acquired great proficiency in languages, physics, and theology.

She had also hoped to develop her psionic powers, which her ancestors were rumored to have possessed with great proficiency.

A member of the powerful Espers, humans endowed with incredible magic proficiency, Noah wields a great variety of spells.

There he gained great proficiency in the art.

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded him a gold medal for distinguished federal civilian service saying Tolson “ has been a vital force in raising the proficiency of law enforcement at all levels and in guiding the Federal Bureau of Investigation to new heights of accomplishment through periods of great National challenge .” In 1970, although Tolson was too old for police duty and past retirement age, Hoover kept him employed in the FBI.

Reluctantly he agrees, only to demonstrate great proficiency.

He had little education, but his great strength and proficiency in all manly sports caused him in 1792 to be elected sergeant-major of the battalion of volunteers of Gers, which he had joined on the breaking out of war between Spain and the French republic.

The operators need great proficiency with their weapons, but also the ability to make split-second decisions in order to avoid or limit friendly casualties.

Due to his great proficiency within two months he was designated as Commanding Officer of Aircraft Squadron 3 at Pensacola.

Despite these limitations, Haigh developed great proficiency in the piano, which he learned at home.

Also the lance reqired a great amount of practice to perfect its use, whilst proficiency in the use of firearms was considerably more easily acquired.

Young Shepstone was educated at the native mission stations at which his father worked, and the lad acquired great proficiency in the indigenous languages of South Africa, a circumstance which determined his career.

Beust had great social gifts and personal graces ; he was proud of his proficiency in the lighter arts of composing waltzes and vers de société.

The bends available at the lower end of the instrument also make playing melodies in a D major scale relatively easy for those who have any semblance of proficiency at the bending technique, though most of the notes ( all but the second and fourth, E and G ) in the scale are on the draw, requiring great skill and strategy in exhaling, even moreso than in crossharp.

She adopted the stage name " Castle " from the name of an accordion manufacturer, another instrument she played with great proficiency.

Their gentle behavior, commendable manners, proficiency in literacy and the art of weaving allured the Nawab of Arcot and they were asked to settle themselves at Walajapet so that they might be of great help to him particularly in matters of administration.

All panathenaic amphorae, not only those by the Kleophrades painter, are done in black figure, and his personal pots show great proficiency in this style.

In addition, she is skilled in military strategy, martial arts, and Pegasus-galaxy diplomacy, and displays knowledge of and proficiency with Earth technology ; she practices a form of stick-fighting ( based on Eskrima ) with John Sheppard and has taken up use of Earth weapons ( such as a P-90 ) with great facility.

He has proficiency and great experience with edged weapons and wields a variety of swords, shields and spears and, not surprisingly, he wears a suit of armor.

With the assistance of a native of Baghdad known in England as David Zamio, then resident at Cambridge, he attained great proficiency in Arabic literature ; and after succeeding William Paley in the chancellorship of Carlisle, he was appointed, in 1795, Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic in Cambridge University.

He has great proficiency with judo, karate, and fancy footwork.