He generally assumes one of three avatars: the sweet and innocent child ( as in the children's books ), the poignantly lovelorn and ineffectual being ( as, notably, in the Jerry Cornelius novels of Michael Moorcock ), or the somewhat sinister and depraved outsider ( as in David Bowie's various experiments, or Rachel Caine's vampire novels, or the S & M lyrics of the English rock group Placebo ).

His mother died in 1820, and the boy and his younger brother had no other companion than their grim and somewhat sinister father.

Alternatively it was used as a state prison and therefore had a somewhat sinister reputation.

Elmyra looks sweet and is somewhat a major dunce ( in one episode it shows that mayonnaise has a higher IQ than she ), she speaks in semi-perpetual baby talk, and her hair bow is decorated with a small gerbil skull, which may hint at her sinister side.

The film ends with her sitting in the back of an ambulance, smiling at the doctor, which turns into a somewhat sinister look.

In addition, the portrait he paints of Augustus as a somewhat sinister autocratic figure is immensely influential among subsequent generations of classicists.

Murphy infiltrates the group and discovers a somewhat sinister connection with Japanese heroin dealers.

In response, the programme began attracting criticism from commentators in the British media who suggested that portraying children in this manner ( singing songs which often contained a subtext of adult content, often in unsuitable costumes and heavy make-up ) was somewhat sinister ( one caller on Channel 4's Right to Reply programme fumed, " Minipops should be called MiniWhores.

His lyrics with diverse themes, mostly following a somewhat modernized version of the " aşık " ( wandering folk poets ) tradition were heavily marginal in the popular music scene of 1980s which was mostly dominated by love-themed lyrics.

In one or another ( somewhat compatible ) version, it is used by nearly all personal computers, terminals, printers, and other communication equipment.

British actor Ian McNeice's interpretation of the Baron in the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune ( and its sequel, 2003's Children of Dune ) is, though dramatic, somewhat lighter and more eloquent in comparison to Lynch's version, and therefore more consistent with the novel.

Opera was somewhat faster, but it was proprietary software distributed in trialware and adware versions, both of which lacked some of the functionality of the Microsoft Windows version.

Although all levels are present in this version and feature their correct layouts, their architecture details are somewhat simplified and there is some loss in overall lighting quality.

Whether Gutenberg used this sophisticated technique or a somewhat primitive version has been the subject of considerable debate.

A somewhat corrupt version of the same story is preserved in the 13th-century Vitae duorum Offarum, where, however, the scene is transferred to England.

* In 1956, Lotte Lenya won a Tony Award for her role as Jenny in Blitzstein's somewhat softened version of The Threepenny Opera, which played Off-Broadway at the Theater de Lys in Greenwich Village for a total of 2, 707 performances.

The longest film telecast prior to this was Olivier's version of Richard III, which, unlike Oz, was somewhat edited and not telecast in prime time.

Beethoven accordingly experimented with cutting it back somewhat, for a planned 1808 performance in Prague ; this is believed to be the version now called " Leonore No. 1 ".

The original version, released in the rest of the world, achieved somewhat better box office returns and a mixed critical response.

Depending on the model, the fiberglass version normally does not have as dark and rich a tone as the brass ( King fiberglass sousaphones tended to have smooth fiberglass and a tone somewhat more like a brass sousaphone ; Conn fiberglass sousaphones often had rough fiberglass exteriors and a thinner sound ; the Conn was also lighter ).

Such plans have a somewhat higher degree of candor and informality than the version targeted at external stakeholders and others.

TDT is tied in its rate to the SI second, as is International Atomic Time ( TAI ), but because TAI was somewhat arbitrarily defined at its inception in 1958 to be initially equal to a refined version of UT, TT is offset from TAI, by a constant 32. 184 seconds.

The redesigned version for 2004 grew a little bit in every dimension, becoming a full-size SUV ( and thus somewhat less efficient ), but was still sized between most of its competitors on either side of the aisle.

Much more impressive was " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", a somewhat bowdlerized cover version of the Big Joe Turner recording of earlier in 1954.

While that version ( which did not air ) had a much greater departure from the game's original format, the producers significantly retooled the format to create a somewhat more faithful remake of the program, which was picked up in syndication and began in fall 1998.

This version somewhat inconsistently anglicised the character names and recast the play in prose.

She hears voices in her head, each one ostensibly the voice of a person in her life, primarily " The Goodwife " or " Goody Burlingame " ( a somewhat Puritanical version of Jessie ), Ruth Neary ( an old college friend ), and Nora Callighan ( her ex-psychiatrist ), both of whom Jessie hasn't spoken to in decades.

Set in a dystopian present, the plot revolves around the contestants of a gruelling walking contest, held annually by a somewhat despotic and totalitarian version of the United States of America.

There was a CPU with the 68070 designation, which was a licensed and somewhat slower version of the 16 / 32-bit 68000 with a basic DMA controller, I²C host and an on-chip serial port.

Another rescore of the theme could be heard, another jazz-style arrangement, somewhat louder than the 1974-75 version ; it was played at a slower tempo for the corporate credits.

A less successful earlier version ( 1988 ) on ITV cast Richard Harris in the lead role, with a somewhat idiosyncratic reading of the character.

The video quality of the Avid / 1 ( and later Media Composer systems from the late 1980s ) was somewhat low ( about VHS quality ), due to the use of a very early version of a Motion JPEG ( M-JPEG ) codec.

The use of the word tomte in Swedish is now somewhat ambiguous, but often when one speaks of jultomten ( definite article ) or tomten ( definite article ) one is referring to the more modern version, while if one speaks of tomtar ( plural ) or tomtarna ( plural, definite article ) one could also likely be referring to the more traditional tomtar.

Obviously, such a Northern tourist's purpose is somewhat akin to a child's experience with Disneyland: he wants to see a world of make-believe.

At this point a working definition of idea is in order, although our first definition will have to be qualified somewhat as we proceed.

Fortunately, it is possible to be somewhat more concrete and factual in diagnosing the involvement of values in education.

Having hedged its bets in this way, PHS apparently decided it would be possible to make some sort of determination after all: `` At present radiation levels, and even at somewhat higher levels, the additional risk is slight and very few people will be affected ''.

For the near term, however, it must be realized that the industrial and commercial market is somewhat more sensitive to general business conditions than is the military market, and for this reason I would expect that any gain in 1961 may be somewhat smaller than those of recent years ; ;

The assisting musicians from the Vienna Octet are somewhat lacking in expertise, but their contribution is rustic and appealing.

This whole development is certain to be of interest to the readers, for the idea has so often been mentioned, somewhat wistfully.

Rates for American cars are somewhat higher, ranging from about $8.00 a day up to $14.00 a day for a Chevrolet Convertible, but the rate per kilometer driven is roughly the same as for the larger European models.

This calculation results in an enthalpy rise which is somewhat high because it assumes a mass flow equally distributed over the plug cross section whereas in reality the mass velocity is expected to be smaller in the regions of higher temperatures.

the former figure is based on a somewhat unusual birth of four by a Central American female ( see chapter on Laying, Brooding, Hatching, and Birth ), the latter on a `` normal '' newly born individual.

It is of interest that her menarche was somewhat later than the average for the girls in this group.

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.

First is the long and still somewhat obscure process of preparation, planning and discussion.

The tendency for general business activity to soften somewhat is becoming more evident.

Although the pause in the advance of general business activity this year has thus far been quite modest, it is hard to escape the conclusion that the softening process will continue into the first quarter of 1961 and possibly somewhat longer.

It is as follows: `` The usual sensitivity tests showed that the specific qualities of skin-perceptiveness ( pressure, pain, temperature ), as well as the kinesthetic sensations ( muscular feelings, feelings in the tendons and joints ), were, as such, essentially intact, although they seemed, in comparison with normal reactions, to be somewhat diminished over the entire body.

A quiet but sturdy theme, somewhat folklike in character, appears whenever the old monk speaks of the history he is recording or of his own past life:

The consequence of this is that the girls at Brooklyn College outnumber the boys and do somewhat better academically.

Missionary outreach by friendly contact looks somewhat different when one reflects on what is known about friendly contact in metropolitan neighborhoods ; ;

The reason, says the Housing Center, is that the builders invited to the intentions conference `` are generally among the more successful businessmen, and usually do somewhat better than their fellow builders ''.