A story similar in character, and obviously older in date, is the one alluded to in 2 Maccabees 1: 18 et seq according to which the relighting of the altar fire by Nehemiah was due to a miracle which occurred on the 25th of Kislev, and which appears to be given as the reason for the selection of the same date for the rededication of the altar by Judah Maccabee.

They were particularly impressed by the social market economy and the Wirtschaftswunder (“ German miracle ”) and speculated about the possibility of accomplishing similar policies in their own countries.

The false miracle for example ( dramatised in 2. 1 ) is found only in Grafton, not in Hall or Holinshed ( although a similar scene is also outlined in John Foxe's Acts and Monuments, Book of Martyrs ( 1563 ), with which Shakespeare may have been familiar ).

Many of the stories also conclude with miracle tales and similar wonderlore from accounts of those who called upon that saint for aid or used the saint's relics.

The assessment of the injury and the consequences of a miracle or lack of one, followed a similar procedure to that described above.

In the presence of al-Mutawakkil, he unmasked a woman falsely claiming to be Zaynab, daughter of Ali, by descending into a lions ' cage in order to prove that lions do not harm true descendants of Ali ( a similar miracle is also attributed to his grandfather, Ali ar-Ridha ).

The surviving fragments include four stories: 1 ) a controversy similar to John 5: 39-47 and 10: 31-39 ; 2 ) curing a leper similar to Matt 8: 1-4, Mark 1: 40-45, Luke 5: 12-16 and Luke 17: 11-14 ; 3 ) a controversy about paying tribute to Caesar analogous to Matt 22: 15-22, Mark 12: 13-17, Luke 20: 20-26 ; and 4 ) an incomplete account of a miracle on the Jordan River bank, perhaps carried out to illustrate the parable about seeds growing miraculously.

The Spanish miracle fed itself on a rural exodus which created a new class of industrial workers, similar to the French banlieue or, more recently, the vast migration of China's rural workers into its cities.

* A similar orthographic and phonemic construction in Tibetan is ' phrul which has the various meanings: magic, miracle, black art, emanation, jugglery, trick, magical illusion, conjuring, manifestation.

Another similar orthographic and phonemic construction in Tibetan is ' phrul which holds the semantic field: magic, miracle, black art, emanation, jugglery, trick, magical illusion, conjuring, manifestation.

* A similar miracle to the miracle of draught of fishes — also called the catch of 153 fish, to distinguish it from the account in Luke — is reported in the Gospel of John but takes place after the Resurrection of Jesus.

Unlike the modern chapters, which tend to be of roughly similar length, the distance from one kephalaion mark to the next varied greatly in length both within a book ( the Sermon on the Mount, comprising three chapters in the modern system, has but one kephalaion mark, while the single modern chapter 8 of the Gospel of Matthew has several, one per miracle ) and from one book to the next ( there were far fewer kephalaia in the Gospel of John than in the Gospel of Mark, even though the latter is the shorter text ).

The Common basilisk, along with the other members of its genus, take the nickname the " Jesus Christ Lizard " or " Jesus Lizard " because when fleeing from predators, they gather sufficient momentum to run across the water for a brief distance while holding most of their body out of the water ( similar to the Biblical miracle of Jesus walking on water ).

Mike can accumulate other weapons and magical items, some of which are baseball-themed, while some others were renamed according to the Operations Guide, in these areas, such as baseball bats, baseballs ( also called wonder horsehides ), cleats ( also known as spikes ), torches ( titled as " fire "), bolas ( also known as twisters ), asterisk / twin cross-blades ( which are similar to shurikens, but can split apart to move in a 90 degree angle ), slingshots, reflective mirrors ( known as " miracle mirrors "), two types of laser guns ( a pistol and a rifle ) and more.

Other notable pieces of Cornish literature include the Creation of the World ( with Noah's Flood ) which is a miracle play similar to Origo Mundi but in a much later manuscript ( 1611 ); the Charter Fragment, a short poem about marriage, believed to be the earliest connected text in the language ; and the recently-discovered Beunans Ke, another saint's play, notable for including some Arthurian material.

The personal quality of Samuel Beckett is similar to qualities I had found in the plays.

The career of Charles 12, is obviously very similar to that of Napoleon.

A similar amateurish characteristic is revealed in Adams' failure to check the accuracy and authenticity of his informational sources.

But there is, nevertheless, always a subtle difference in the way in which supposedly similar opinions are held.

First of all there is ample area in East Greenwich already zoned in the classification similar to that which petitioner requested.

What was missing in the Governor's argument, as in so many similar arguments, was a premise which would enable one to make the ethical leap from what might be militarily desirable to what is right.

Although a similar situs for tangible property is mentioned in the statute, this is cancelled out by the provision that definite kinds of property `` and all other tangible property '' situated or being in any town is taxable where the property is situated.

The resulting setup, it was declared, `` would be similar to that which is in successful operation in a number of metropolitan counties as large or larger than Rhode Island ''.

Super-Set No. 2 is made up of similar exercises, but this time done with dumbbells, and using both `` moon '' and flat benches.

Chuck a length of 1/8'' '' dia. drill rod into a drill press or some similar turning device and while it is rotating file the end square and then file a slight taper 1/8'' '' long.

There is the free intra-city `` rent it here, leave it there '' service, as an example, the free delivery and collection at the airport, dockside or your hotel, luggage racks, touring documents and information and other similar services.

There is one exception to the above statement as has been pointed out, and that is that fluids can relax by flowing into fields of lower rates of shear, so the statement should be modified by stating that the mechanics are similar.

) This is, of course, a similar type of behavior to that indicated by birefringence studies.

The life history of the alkali bee is similar to that of Andrena, but the first activity of the adults does not take place until summer, and the individuals hibernate in the prepupal stage.

In litters of eight mice from similar parents, the number of mice with straight instead of wavy hair is an integer from 0 to 8.

This theorem is similar to the theorem of Kakutani that there exists a circumscribing cube around any closed, bounded convex set in Af.

In hunger stimulates man too the situation is very similar.

) These general facts are mentioned to make clear that the total situation in the two families is similar enough to warrant comparison.

It will be seen that where the scope is similar, the Athabascan ratios come out somewhat higher ( as indeed they ought to with a total ratio of 2.8 as against 3.5 or 4: 5 ) except for verbs, where alone the Athabascan ratio is lower.

For example, suppose another excess profits tax similar to prior laws is enacted, providing for carryover of excess profits credits.

A similar effect can be achieved with a 1-bit alpha channel, as found in the 16-bit RGBA Highcolor mode of the Truevision TGA image file format and related TARGA and AT-Vista / NU-Vista display adapters ' Highcolor graphic mode.

Commonly, substitutions involve picking another ( actual ) word starting with the same sound ( e. g. clocktower-colander ), picking another semantically related to the first ( e. g. letter-scroll ), or picking one phonetically similar to the intended one ( e. g. lane-late ).

Several related flagellates, such as Perkinsus and Colpodella have structures similar to the polar ring and were formerly included here, but most appear to be closer relatives of the dinoflagellates.

A related form of protection is the use of body doubles a person built similar to the person he is expected to impersonate.

The sport is related to ball badminton, which originated in Tamil Nadu, and is similar to Hanetsuki which originated in Japan.

This broad-winged raptor has a wide variety of plumages, and in Europe can be confused with the similar Rough-legged Buzzard ( Buteo lagopus ) and the only distantly related European Honey Buzzard ( Pernis apivorus ), which mimics the Common Buzzard's plumage for a degree of protection from Northern Goshawks.

Ctesias related that Artaxerxes II was also called Arsicas which is understood as a similar shortening with the Persian suffix-ke that is applied to shortened names.

Behavioral coordination and production of signalling substances is achieved through interpretation processes that enables the organism to differ between self or non-self, abiotic indicator, biotic message from similar, related, or non-related species, and even filter out " noise ", i. e. similar molecules without biotic content.

Precise identification before picking is very necessary due to its similar appearance to Hemlock ( Conium ), to which it is related.

In contrast, there is convergent evolution with other groups not related due to ecological or physical drivers toward a similar solution, including analogous structures.

Therefore the Aediles would have been in some cooperation with the current Censors, who had similar or related duties.

Though both are similar in appearance and have similar ecological roles, the New World and Old World Vultures evolved from different ancestors in different parts of the world and are not closely related.

For example, a payroll file might contain information concerning all the employees in a company and their payroll details ; each record in the payroll file concerns just one employee, and all the records have the common trait of being related to payroll — this is very similar to placing all payroll information into a specific filing cabinet in an office that does not have a computer.

Silicon carbide has two similar crystalline forms, which are both related to the diamond structure.

Disjunctive syllogism is closely related and similar to hypothetical syllogism, in that it is also type of syllogism, and also the name of a rule of inference.

The complementary dualistic concept in Taoism represents the reciprocal interaction throughout nature, related to a feedback loop, where opposing forces do not exchange in opposition but instead exchange reciprocally to promote stabilization similar to homeostasis.

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It is often considered to be related to the phonetically similar Caladbolg, a sword borne by several figures from Irish mythology, although a borrowing of Caledfwlch from Irish Caladbolg has been considered unlikely by Rachel Bromwich and D. Simon Evans.

English " knight " and German and Dutch Knecht are clearly related ( though pronounced differently ), and originally had also a similar meaning, denoting a person rather low in the social scale.

Under the disputed Nostratic theory and similar theories such as that of monogenesis, some of these examples would indeed be distantly related cognates, but the evidence for reclassifying them as such is insufficient.

Possibly related to the Flynn effect is a similar change of skull size and shape during the last 150 years.

Another similar system used to write the Greek language was the Cypriot syllabary ( also a descendant of Linear A via the intermediate Cypro-Minoan syllabary ), which is closely related to Linear B but uses somewhat different syllabic conventions to represent phoneme sequences.

A related class of firearm to the submachine gun is the " Personal Defense Weapon " or PDW, which is in simplest terms a submachine gun designed to fire rounds similar to rifle cartridges.