It's not too much to assume that you will have a more lasting interest in paper hats than will Mr. Average Citizen.

Since the 1960s, composite airframes and quieter, more efficient engines have become available, and Concorde provided supersonic passenger service for more than two decades, but the most important lasting innovations have taken place in instrumentation and control.

The Dutch followed the Portuguese to Banda but were to have a much more dominating and lasting presence.

More lasting and of more economic impact were canals like the Naviglio Grande built between 1127 and 1257 to connect Milan with the Ticino River.

In medicine, a coma ( from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep ) is a state of unconsciousness lasting more than six hours, in which a person: cannot be awakened ; fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound ; lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle ; and, does not initiate voluntary actions.

Coyotes are persistent hunters, with successful attacks sometimes lasting as long as 21 hours ; even unsuccessful ones can continue more than eight hours before the coyotes give up.

One example is the First Things First manifesto which was launched within the graphic design community and states " We propose a reversal of priorities in favor of more useful, lasting and democratic forms of communication – a mindshift away from product marketing and toward the exploration and production of a new kind of meaning.

Taken orally with an appropriate MAOI, DMT produces a long lasting ( over 3 hour ), slow, deep metaphysical experience similar to that of psilocybin mushrooms, but more intense.

From 1968 to 1982, the Wings had 14 head coaches ( not counting interim coaches ), with none lasting more than three seasons.

First launched by Ken Garland in 1964, it was re-published as the First Things First 2000 manifesto in 1999 in the magazine Emigre 51 stating " We propose a reversal of priorities in favor of more useful, lasting and democratic forms of communication-a mindshift away from product marketing and toward the exploration and production of a new kind of meaning.

Following Napoleon's defeat in the Napoleonic Wars France went through several further regime changes, being ruled as a monarchy, then briefly as a Second Republic, and then as a Second Empire, until a more lasting French Third Republic was established in 1870.

Benton's rural American subject matter shaped Pollock's work only fleetingly, but his rhythmic use of paint and his fierce independence were more lasting influences.

The leading figure behind the establishment of the society as a more organised body during this early period seems to have been Matthew Boulton: his home at Soho House in Handsworth was the principal venue for meetings, and in 1776 he is recorded as planning " to make many Motions to the Members respecting new Laws, and regulations, such as will tend to prevent the decline of a society which I hope will be lasting.

Enlargement of the nodes lasting more than three weeks may indicate infection or some other disease process requiring further medical attention.

After Whitefield's death in 1770, however, American Methodism entered a more lasting Wesleyan and Arminian phase of development.

Regions that experienced greater environmental effects as the last glacial period ended have a much more apparent Mesolithic era, lasting millennia.

They are typically different from other transient symptoms by their brevity ( lasting no more than 2 minutes ), frequency ( from 1-2 times / day up to a few hundred times / day ), stereotyped fashion and excellent response to drugs ( usually carbamazepine ).

Some of the bigger stars in the industry, such as Shawn Michaels, Triple H, The Undertaker, and The Sandman, can perform ring entrances lasting up to three minutes or more.

The NBER defines an economic recession as: " a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales.

In Britain, where post-war prosperity was more limited, rock and roll culture became attached pre-existing to the Teddy Boy movement, largely working class in origins, and eventually to the longer lasting rockers.

* morning stiffness lasting more than one hour for at least six weeks

* Conditional Fee simple: An estate lasting forever as long as one or more conditions stipulated by the deed's grantor does not occur.

The status of leadership of the Federal Yugoslav president was unstable with no president lasting more than four years in office.

The cost of good quality feathers is similar to that of good quality plastics, but plastics are far more durable, typically lasting many matches without any impairment to their flight.

The most positive accomplishment during his Administration was the purchase of Alaska from Russia, though this was probably due more to the efforts of William H. Seward than President Johnson.

To attain the latter rank at the age of 34 was a notable accomplishment, but Cantor desired a chair at a more prestigious university, in particular at Berlin, at that time the leading German university.

He is proud of this accomplishment despite the fact that his victories had more to do with the Slayers ' state of mind than a special prowess on his part ( or " luck ," as he reveals in Buffy episode Fool for Love ).

The reforming churches believe that human weakness is naturally drawn to a form of false religion that is worldly, pompous, ritualistic, anthropomorphic, polytheistic, infected with magical thinking and legalism, and that values human accomplishment more highly or more practically than the work of God ( divine grace ) is valued.

In time the traits and behaviors spread across the United States and abroad, metamorphosizing into a caricature of unapologetically spoiled " ditzes " and " airheads " more interested in shopping, personal appearance and social status than intellectual development or personal accomplishment.

It was an accomplishment he held for more than 26 years, until Kenny Rogers's hit record in May 2000 ( at 61 years and nine months ), " Buy Me a Rose ".

Governor Porter's statement of pardon said, " It is represented to me by highly respected citizens of Lycoming County, that this prosecution was instituted more with a view to the accomplishment of political ends than to serve the cause of law and order.

This accomplishment is all the more remarkable considering the engineers did not enjoy the benefits of computer-aided design or wind tunnel testing.

For example, some countries and cultures value the trait of assertiveness and personal accomplishment while others instead place more merit on cooperation and interpersonal connection.

This accomplishment is even more remarkable considering that he played only 113 games in 1994, due to the strike.

His real accomplishment was recognizing the potential, breaking it all down into its components only to build it back up again in a more effective and productive combination, therefore to produce an optimum method for the real world.

However, since lacrosse is more of a high-scoring game than hockey or soccer, the accomplishment is not as rare as in hockey or soccer, and good players may pick up hat-tricks easily.

Children with natural growth accomplishment tend to have a more difficult time improving their social standing.

The accomplishment was achieved nearly 50 years after his debut on the UK chart, more than half a century after his U. S. debut and four years after his death.

" They also noted the game's high difficulty, which, instead of making the game frustrating, they say, " make it that much more of an accomplishment when you complete a quest.

" Stephen Hunter from The Washington Post praised the film saying, " The movie's proudest accomplishment is that it revises our version of Moses toward something more immediate and believable, more humanly knowable.

The term Kuoshu ( or Guoshu, meaning " national art "), rather than the colloquial term gongfu was introduced by the Kuomintang in an effort to more closely associate Chinese martial arts with national pride rather than individual accomplishment.

Despite his exemplary achievements as a racehorse, and his unique accomplishment in being the only horse to ever defeat two U. S. Triple Crown winners in the same race ( and only the second ever to do so in his career ), Exceller is now remembered more for the tragic manner of his death and the horse rescue movement it helped inspire.

While the IBM 5100 seems large today, in 1975 it was an amazing technical accomplishment to package a complete computer with a large amount of ROM and RAM, CRT display, and a tape drive into a machine that small ; it was two more years before the similar Commodore PET was released.

Newcomb's work was no small accomplishment, especially considering that it predated the advent of digital computers by more than a half century.

However, the route taken by competitors around the court has changed over the years, thus making the accomplishment much more attainable.

He dismissed the resolution as " little more than junk " and " the supreme accomplishment of reaction within this party.