A pivotal book on Hart was written by Neil MacCormick in 1981 ( second edition due in 2007 ), which further refined and offered some important criticisms that led MacCormick to develop his own theory ( the best example of which is his recently published Institutions of Law, 2007 ).

Enthusiasts within the British armed forces were inspired in the creation of airborne forces ( including the Parachute Regiment, Air Landing Regiments, and the Glider Pilot Regiment ) by the example of the German Luftwaffe's Fallschirmjäger, which had a major role in the invasions of Norway, and the Low Countries, particularly the attack on Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium, and a pivotal, but costly role in the invasion of Crete.

For example, in what Foley called a " pivotal " contribution, Larry Benson introduced the concept of " written-formulaic " to describe the status of some Anglo-Saxon poetry which, while demonstrably written, contains evidence of oral influences, including heavy reliance on formulas and themes A number of individual scholars in many areas continue to have misgivings about the applicability of the theory or the aptness of the South Slavic comparison, and particularly what they regard as its implications for the creativity which may legitimately be attributed to the individual artist.

For example the use of air power, pivotal in modern warfare, is often relegated to transport and surveillance.

Another example is seen in M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, where the significance of an early scene becomes apparent at the end, necessitating a different interpretation of all that has happened in between ; in this case, it is not a physical device but an action which is pivotal to the outcome.

A development towards abstraction had been evident in his paintings, for example, Square Leaves ( 1952 ) and Winter Harbour ( 1955 ) The effect on Heron of the New York painters, together with his move to live at Eagles Nest, overlooking the cliffs at Zennor, that year was a pivotal point in the transformation into his now characteristic language of interlinking forms ; his balancing of colour and space.

He was editor of the first version of The Freeman magazine, and author of many works, including Our Enemy, the State, often cited by modern intellectuals and pundits like Murray Rothbard as a pivotal example of the ideology of individual liberty.

These brothers serve as a perfect example of the pivotal role many northern colonies played in the American slave trade.

The subsequent Battle of Ramillies, fought in the Spanish Netherlands on 23 May, was perhaps Marlborough's most successful action, and one in which he had himself characteristically drawn his sword at the pivotal moment.

It was also highly successful in the Pacific theatre, where its long range proved a pivotal advantage.

In all of the books she plays a pivotal role, though she is not always successful in her endeavours and indeed is temporarily stripped of her fourth-form captaincy ( she is caught shaking a smaller girl ( June ) who was threatening to reveal the secret of a midnight feast held by the fourth formers out of personal spite ), though she gets it back again by resolving a particularly complicated case of sibling rivalry.

He played a pivotal role in the successful second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in September 2009, and continues to be an office holder with the Party of European Socialists.

The mission is successful and Booster plays a pivotal role in the destruction of the satellite.

The successful transfer of data files in Microsoft Excel and other formats, as well as the import and export of data to Oracle, SQL, and Microsoft Access databases is a pivotal aspect of a the modern LIMS.

Georges Auguste Escoffier's Le Guide culinaire ( pronounced ) is a pivotal book in the history of European haute cuisine, being Escoffier's largely successful attempt to codify and streamline the common French restaurant food of the day.

They believe that successful harm reduction plays a pivotal role in this topic.

An extremely successful activist in various aspects of Civil Rights Movement, Diane Nash was an extraordinary woman who played a pivotal role in gaining social justice for many people nationwide.

* The Battle of Tangdao and Battle of Caishi, on the Yangtze river between the Jurchen Jin Dynasty and the Chinese Song Dynasty, result in two pivotal Song naval victories.

The role of Nancy, the wife of naval officer Harry ( Holden ), proved to be a minor but pivotal part of the story.

The pivotal moment in the war was the Battle of Lake Poyang in 1363, one of the largest naval battles in history.

He was appointed executive officer of the cruiser on 26 February 1904, aboard which he participated in the pivotal naval Battle of Tsushima.

The First Punic War, a pivotal war between Rome and Carthage in the 3rd century BC, was largely a naval conflict.

He was assigned to the flagship of Admiral William T. Sampson, the cruiser, and was on board during the bombardment of Aguadores and Santiago and the pivotal naval Battle of Santiago de Cuba on July 3, 1898, where the Spanish fleet was wiped out and Admiral Pascual Cervera taken prisoner.

The Battle of Manila was a short land engagement between the United States and Spain at the end of the Spanish – American War, which occurred a couple of months after the pivotal American victory during the naval Battle of Manila Bay.

The pivotal event was the opening of the Carron Iron Works to the east of Stenhousemuir, in 1759, which produced a range of cast-iron goods and the Carronade, a naval cannon.

The pivotal moment of his naval career came in 1744, when he attempted to intercept a Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Toulon.

The border regions faced direct attacks from forces within Serbia and Montenegro, and saw the shelling of UNESCO world heritage site Dubrovnik, where the international press was criticised for focusing on the city's architectural heritage, instead of reporting the destruction of Vukovar, a pivotal battle involving many civilian deaths.

In December 1944, the battalion played a pivotal role in the Division's heroic defense at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, during which the battalion withstood heavy armor and infantry attacks launched by surrounding German forces.

He took a small but pivotal role as Andy Warhol in Basquiat, artist / director Julian Schnabel's 1996 biopic of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and co-starred in Giovanni Veronesi's Spaghetti Western Il Mio West ( 1998, released as Gunslinger's Revenge in the US in 2005 ) as the most feared gunfighter in the region.

The famous and pivotal scene described in Chapter 10, in which Pilar describes the execution of various fascist figures in her village is drawn from events that took place in Ronda in 1936.

Snelson's main body of work began in 1959 when a pivotal exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art took place.

The rural town is best known as the location of the pivotal American Civil War engagement the Battle of Pea Ridge, or, as it is locally known, the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, which took place approximately five miles east of the town.

In the decade of the 180s, Pertinax took a pivotal role in the Roman Senate until the praetorian prefect Sextus Tigidius Perennis forced him out of public life.

Arsenio Rodríguez took the pivotal step of replacing the guitar with the piano, which greatly expanded the contrapuntal and harmonic possibilities of Cuban popular music.

The Bulls took the next two games and the series, with Malone struggling from the foul line in the pivotal Game 6.

Chandler was pressured by MacPhail, a close friend who was pivotal in having him appointed Commissioner, but the commissioner also discovered Durocher and Raft might have run a rigged crap game that took an active ballplayer for a large sum of money.

A pivotal moment would come, when, in 1852, he decided he had discovered the " correct " interpretation of the Book of Revelation, after which he took a vow of poverty and left for Palestine as soon as his meager funds would allow.

The Missouri State Guard in Jefferson City retreated to Boonville, where a pivotal skirmish took place on June 17.

The pivotal engagement took place in January 1868, when Captain S. B. M.

When the war of independence against the Spanish broke out, he played a pivotal role in the uprising of the province of Camagüey which took place on November 4, 1868.

The sniper fire and the bombardment continued until 23 June 1857, the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Plassey, which took place on 23 June 1757 and was one of the pivotal battles leading to the expansion of British rule in India.

Matthew Tait took his spot at outside centre which proved to be very pivotal, as Noon's young Newcastle teammate was one of England's standout players throughout the tournament, in particular the final where he ran 50 meters and evaded 5 Springboks tacklers, only to be pulled down a few metres short by a great cover tackle by Victor Matfield.

Along with Miller, the pair took 14 wickets between them, displaying their pivotal role in Australia's bowling attack, especially in the absence of the injured Johnston, who was unavailable for most of the tour.

Lombard as President of the Commission was pivotal in the exoneration of De Nobili and subsequently the Church took a whole new view to incultration of Christianity and it's missions to the unchurched.