Further development of the ring construct led to the Taylor Spatial Frame which is more versatile and far easier to use, but very costly.

" Romare Bearden described Alston as "... one of the most versatile artists whose enormous skill led him to a diversity of styles ..." Bearden also describes the professionalism and impact that Alston had on Harlem and the African American community: "' was a consummate artist and a voice in the development of African American art who never doubted the excellence of all people's sensitivity and creative ability.

Hawks was versatile as a director, filming comedies, dramas, gangster films, science fiction, film noir, and Westerns.

Although clearly a development of the hoplite, the Macedonian phalanx was tactically more versatile, especially used in the combined arms tactics favoured by the Macedonians.

It was not until the large-scale emergence of small combo jazz in the post-WWII period that the guitar took as a versatile instrument, which was used both in the rhythm section and as a featured melodic instrument and solo improviser.

He was regarded as a prolific and versatile poet.

One of the most versatile small German military vehicles, the Kettenkrad, a curious but useful blend of tractor and motorcycle, was powered with a 1. 4 L Olympia four-cylinder engine.

People magazine noted that Cruz's role as Luz showed that she was versatile.

Pius II was a versatile and voluminous author, one of the best and most industrious of his period.

Though it was never widely used as a standard weapon, the woldo saw action on many fronts and was considered by many Korean troops to be a versatile weapon.

The sword in this time period was the most personal weapon, the most prestigious, and the most versatile for close combat, but it came to decline in military use as technology, such as the crossbow and firearms changed warfare.

A different route was chosen by the Soviets, who didn't develop a specialized indirect fire vehicle, but following a tradition of dual-purpose towed artillery, built a series of versatile assault guns with indirect fire capabilities ( example ISU-152 ).

Mozart was a versatile composer, and wrote in every major genre, including symphony, opera, the solo concerto, chamber music including string quartet and string quintet, and the piano sonata.

The Shillelagh was a disappointment compared to the later BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missile first produced in 1970 by the U. S. The TOW system, which could not fire gun rounds, and was guided by a wire which directly sent commands to the missile, proved simpler and more versatile.

She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong, realistic screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra.

Subhas Chandra Bose also said about Vivekananda, " His personality was rich, profound and complex ... Reckless in his sacrifice, unceasing in his activity, boundless in his love, profound and versatile in his wisdom, exuberant in his emotions, merciless in his attacks but yet simple as a child, he was a rare personality in this world of ours.

In spite of the heroin chic movement, model Claudia Schiffer earned a staggering $ 12 million, proving the industry was more versatile than previous decades. The mid 1990s also saw many Asian countries establishing modeling agencies.

The router was described as " the most versatile tool in the world " by Jeremy Broun in his book, The Incredible Router.

As with the other areas of Tapiola, the centre was designed with consideration for the site's features and terrain as well as to provide an active and versatile environment for pedestrians.

Both seemed appropriate for Thorpe, who was so versatile that he served as Carlisle's one-man team in several track meets.

He was a versatile player, playing in numerous positions during his career.

Though Palestrina represents late Renaissance music well, others such as Orlande de Lassus ( a Franco-Flemish composer who also spent some of his early career in Italy ) and William Byrd were arguably more versatile.

Mainly we wanted to see Ubu incarnate in the versatile talent of M. Gémier, and tonight and tomorrow night are the only two performances that M. Ginisty and his production of Villiers de l ' Isle-Adam have been free to relinquish to us.

The versatile D. Francisco Manuel de Mello, in addition to his sonnets on moral subjects, wrote pleasing imitations of popular romances, but is at his best in a reasoned but vehement " Memorial to John IV ", in the witty " Apologos Dialogaes ", and in the homely philosophy of the " Carta de Guia de Casados, prose classics.

The romance of manners is due to the versatile Camillo Castello Branco, a rich impressionist who describes to perfection the life of the early part of the century in Amor de Perdição, Novellas do Minho, and other books.

We shall not go far wrong if we include in the list Hyacinthe Morel ( 1756 – 1829 ), of Avignon, whose collection of poems, Lou Saboulet, has been republished by Frédéric Mistral ; Louis Aubanel ( 178 ~- 1842 ), of Nîmes, the successful translator of Anacreon's Odes ; Auguste Tandon, the troubadour of Montpellier, who wrote Fables, contes et autres pièces en vers ( 1800 ); Fabre d ' Olivet, the versatile littérateur who in 1803 published Le Troubadour: Poésies occitaniques, which, in order to secure their success, he gave out as the work of some medieval poet Diou-loufet ( 1771 – 1840 ), who wrote a didactic poem, in the manner of Virgil, relating to silkworm-breeding ( Leis magnans ); Jacques Azais ( 1778 – 1856 ), author of satires, fables, & c .; d ' Astros ( 1780 – 1863 ), a writer of fables in La Fontaine's manner ; Castil-Blaze, who found time, amidst his musical pursuits, to compose Provençal poems, intended to be set to music ; the Marquis de Fare-Alais ( 1791 – 1846 ), author of some light satirical tales ( Las Castagnados ).

Historically, the House of Chanel is most famous for the stylistically versatile “ little black dress ”, the perfume No. 5 de Chanel and the Chanel Suit.

L. Sprague de Camp recommended the collection highly, praising Heinlein for " his prodigality of invention, his shrewd grasp of human nature and his versatile knowledge of law, politics, business and science.

Charles de Sousy Ricketts ( 2 October 1866-7 October 1931 ) was a versatile English artist, illustrator, author and printer, and is best known for his work as book designer and typographer from 1896 to 1904 with the Vale Press, and his work in the theatre as a set and costume designer.

Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne ( 1589 – November 12, 1662 ), was a versatile Dutch Golden Age painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book-illustrator and designer of political satires and a versifier.

He was a versatile composer who expanded the range of opéra comique to cover a wide variety of subjects from the Oriental fairy tale Zémire et Azor ( 1772 ) to the musical satire of Le jugement de Midas ( 1778 ) and the domestic farce of L ' amant jaloux ( also 1778 ).

Composers in the style of musica reservata included Nicola Vicentino, who wrote about it in his L ' antica musica ridotta alla moderna prattica ( 1555 ); Philippe de Monte, the prolific composer of madrigals who mainly worked in Vienna ; and above all, Orlande de Lassus, the renowned and versatile composer working in Munich whose Prophetiae Sibyllarum, probably written in the 1560s, may represent the peak of development of the style.

Over the decades several organizations were interested in production of the versatile DHC-6 Twin Otter, the rights to which were acquired, with several other de Havilland type certificates, in 2006 by Viking Air of Victoria, British Columbia.

It was the seat of Portuguese marquesses, one of which was an early patron of the Brazilian-born versatile scientist, naturalist and pioneering inventor-aeronaut Bartholomeu Lourenço de Gusmão.

A prolific and versatile writer, he is probably best known by the English translations of his Précis de Grammaire comparée de l ' anglais et de l ' allemand and Précis de Grammaire comparée du Grec et du Latin.

A versatile artist, he made these tableaux de modes famous, while also painting histories and mythologies in a colourful and fluent manner which owed something to both Veronese and Peter Paul Rubens.

") A versatile discourse marker ( or back-channeling item ), it can also be used with appropriate voice tone to show doubt or to seek confirmation (" Okay?

The group demonstrated their technical maturity with their first LP Auf einem Auge blöd (" Stupid on one eye ", a parody of the phrase Auf einem Auge blind meaning " Blind in one eye "), which boasts versatile and humorous lyrics.

The album received positive reviews, with Entertainment Weekly writing, " Consider Lewis the Emmylou Harris of the Silverlake set " and Rolling Stone commenting that " her girlishly seductive vocals are more versatile than ever ".

It is among the most versatile and fearsome weapons on the battlefield, valued for its shock action against other troops and high survivability, although it can be still be vulnerable to anti-tank weapons.

Provided the electron gun can generate a beam with sufficiently small diameter, a SEM could in principle work entirely without condenser or objective lenses, although it might not be very versatile or achieve very high resolution.

Smartcards are probably the most widely deployed form of secure cryptoprocessor, although more complex and versatile secure cryptoprocessors are widely deployed in systems such as Automated teller machines, TV set-top boxes, military applications, and high-security portable communication equipment.

Research over about the last thirty-five years, and particularly experimentation with tunings, have shown it to have been much more versatile and facile than was once assumed, although it definitely was not a prototype of modern orchestral bowed string instruments, which emerged from an altogether different branch of the complex string family tree.

However, the 1950 Volkswagen Type 2, also known as the Kombi, and the 1956 Fiat 600 Multipla, popularised the versatile multi-seater concept some 30 years prior to the Espace, and the concept had been tried several times before that, an early example being the 1935 Stout Scarab, and there was the very similar in concept Plymouth Voyager which Lee Iacocca claims was proposed by himself in 1973 when he was working at Ford, although he never got the chance to build it until he went to Chrysler in 1984, the same year the Renault Espace was launched.

He came to be known as " One Take Woody " or " One Take Van Dyke ", for the speed with which he would complete his assignments, and although not regarded as one of the screen's most talented directors, MGM regarded him as one of the most versatile, equally at home directing costume dramas, westerns, comedies, crime melodramas and musicals.

After Sevilla promoted, Reyes established his reputation as a versatile offensive unit in the following years, his 22 goals in 86 matches over four seasons at Sevilla leading to other clubs taking notice, although the player's popularity with the club's fans made a move to a bigger Spanish club politically difficult for Sevilla's club president.

This makes it very versatile, although the diesel engine produces less power than is available from the third-rail supply so the locomotives rarely stray from the former Southern Region of British Rail.

He played in the inside-forward position although, being a versatile player, he played in midfield as well during his career.

The phone is indeed very versatile and has a huge feature set, especially when compared to other phones of its time, although it lacks many features now considered standard for modern phones, like colour display, integrated camera, polyphonic or digitized ringtones, Bluetooth and GPRS functionality.

A versatile player, Wark played most of his professional games as a midfielder, although he sometimes played as a central defender and on occasion as a striker.

However, it was to be the versatile LNER Thompson Class B1 4-6-0 which succeeded the V2 as the LNER's standard mixed traffic locomotive, although the B1 never matched the V2's power output.

A versatile forward, although primarily an outside-right, he scored 12 times in 81 league games for the Magpies and was a member of the 1908 – 09 Football League championship winning side.

A versatile player, Pessotto was able to play as a full back or midfielder, preferably on the left side although right-footed, and was also used as a center back on occasion.

He then called Bobby Z. to tell him that he was being replaced by the more versatile Sheila E, although he was kept on payroll for quite a few years after the fact, honoring Z's contract.

She did not receive roles similar to those gained by contemporaries such as Ethel Waters, because of her fair skin, although she had similar versatile talents.

Usually measuring 6 foot by 8 foot ( although much larger sizes can be found ) the basha is an extremely versatile shelter that can be erected in many different ways to suit the particular conditions of the location.