M. H. Abrams and Stephen Greenblatt assert in their introduction to Beowulf in the Norton Anthology of English Literature that, " The poet was reviving the heroic language, style, and pagan world of ancient Germanic oral poetry it is now widely believed that Beowulf is the work of a single poet who was a Christian and that his poem reflects well-established Christian tradition.

* He is the narrator of the 2006 documentary Quilombo Country, directed by Leonard Abrams.

Equipment from the Soviet Union is being progressively replaced by more modern U. S., French, and British equipment, a significant portion of which is built under license in Egypt, such as the M1 Abrams tank.

Equipment from the Soviet Union is being progressively replaced by more modern U. S., French, and British equipment, a significant portion of which is built under license in Egypt, such as the M1A1 Abrams tank which makes Egypt the owner of the second largest number of latest generation main battle tanks in the region after Israel, and the second after Syria in case of the older generations.

The United States ' XM360, which is planned to equip the Future Combat Systems Mounted Combat System light tank and may be the M1 Abrams ' next gun upgrade, is reportedly based on the XM291 and may include ETC technology, or portions of ETC technology.

It is capable of penetrating MBTs such as the M1 Abrams, older model Mark II version of the Merkava, Challenger 2, or T-90.

Since most of the readily-available RPG-7 rounds cannot penetrate M1 Abrams tank armor from the front, it is primarily effective against soft-skinned or lightly armored vehicles, and infantry.

The HET transports payloads up to 70 tons – primarily Abrams tanks, but is also used for other large military equipment such as forklifts and various tracked vehicles.

In the USA, ECT devices are manufactured by two companies, Somatics, which is owned by psychiatrists Richard Abrams and Conrad Swartz, and Mecta.

It is now a major supplier of armored vehicles of all types, including the M1 Abrams, LAV 25, Stryker, and a wide variety of vehicles based on these chassis.

Abrams Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles ( 3. 7 km ) north of the central business district of Grand Ledge, a city in Eaton County.

" He was a member of a distinguished West Point class that also included Creighton Abrams and Benjamin O. Davis Jr .. Westmoreland graduated as first captain-the highest graduating rank-and received the Pershing Sword, which is given to the most able cadet at the academy.

It is the fabrication of the ceramic in large tiles that gives the Challenger and Abrams their " slab sided " look.

Chobham-type armour is currently in its third generation and is used on modern western tanks such as the British Challenger 2 and the American M1 Abrams.

Lost creator and Star Trek director J. J. Abrams claimed the episode as his favorite, saying, " episode is a beautiful demonstration of the burden of adulthood, told in The Twilight Zone, which everyone thinks is a scary show, but it's actually a beautiful show ," and " The Twilight Zone at its best is better than anything else I've ever seen on television.

The Churchville Test Area is a test track with hills that provide steep natural grades and tight turns to stress engines, drivetrains, and suspensions for army vehicles, including M1 Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and Humvees.

Tekonsha is the birthplace of Talbert Abrams, famous as the " Father of Aerial Photography.

The mayor is Bob Stearley, and the members of the town council are John Abrams, Charles " Chuck " Ring, Brad Hill, and Rita Loy Simmons.

In affirming the lower courts decision to dismiss, Justice Abrams wrote: " Although Korb has a secured right to speak out on matters of public concern, and he has a right to express views with which Raytheon disagrees, he has no right to do so at Raytheon's expense.

Scientific American was interested in the matter as readers were writing letters to the editor saying that Abrams ' revolutionary machines were one of the greatest inventions of the century and so needed to be discussed in the pages of the magazine.

Abrams offered to " cooperate " with the investigators, but always failed to do so on various pretexts.

One specific design requirement was that it should be as fast as the then new M1 Abrams main battle tank so that they could maintain formations while moving, something which the older M113 Armored Personnel Carrier could not do, as it had been designed to complement the older M60 Patton.

The M1 Abrams ' optics are slaved to the main gun barrel, so it would have been pointed at the hotel while the crew located and observed the presumed forward observer.

The fighting grew so intense that armored vehicles as well as M2A3 Bradley IFV and M1A1 / 2 Abrams MBT were called in for assistance.

The U. S. Department of Defense withdrew its cooperation for the film so the tanks Serling commanded early in the film were British Centurions shipped from Australia with sheet metal added to make them resemble M1A1 Abrams.

The 2009 J. J. Abrams film depicts cadet James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine ) reprogramming the test so the Klingon ships ' shields suddenly drop, allowing all five to be destroyed with ease so the safe rescue of the Kobayashi Maru can commence.

Abrams was concerned about casting a Korean-American as the character, but George Takei explained to the director that Sulu was meant to represent all of Asia on the Enterprise, so Abrams went ahead with Cho.

After the Vietnam War, division and brigade commanders determined that the U. S. Army needed elite, rapidly deployable light infantry, so in 1974 General Creighton Abrams constituted the 1st Ranger Battalion ; eight months later, the 2nd Ranger Battalion was constituted, and in 1984 the 3rd Ranger Battalion and their regimental headquarters were created.

While Westmoreland had for years run the war using search-and-destroy tactics, these gave way to the clear-and-hold strategies that Abrams was so keen to implement.

Additionally, the Abrams was so heavy that it could safely cross the AVLB's bridge only at a very slow speed.

For example the M1 Abrams was designed to protect the crew from cook-off, and this is accomplished by storing the main gun ammunition in a compartment at the rear of the turret, which is separated from the crew by a rapidly power operated armored door, which is only opened for a couple of seconds each time the loader needs to grab another round, and the top of this compartment has special roof panels that are armored against outside attack, but are much less resistant to pressure from inside, so that if this compartment is penetrated by enemy fire, these panels will vent the explosion generated by the ammunition burning, while protecting the crew.

J. J. Abrams, producer of the 2008 film Cloverfield, mentioned that a scene in his film, which shows the head of the Statue of Liberty crashing into a New York street, was inspired by the poster for Escape from New York.

* The Cinema of George Lucas ( Hardcover ) by Marcus Hearn, Publisher: Harry N. Abrams ( March 1, 2005 )

LCD monitors have been adopted by the United States military, instead of CRT displays, because they are smaller, lighter and more efficient, although monochrome plasma displays are also used, notably for the M1 Abrams tank.

When General Abrams mentioned the cavalry's concerns over the new vehicle, Patton recommended that the Sheridans be combat tested by a divisional cavalry squadron and a squadron from his own regiment ; both of which had completely different missions.

* Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge And The City Of Light, Paris ( 2003 ), by Robert Burleigh-Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Having read Chafee's article, Holmes decided to retroactively reinterpret what he had meant by " clear and present danger " and accepted Chafee's characterization of the new test in his dissent in Abrams v. United States just six months after Schenck.

Abrams described the theory and practice of spondylotherapy in a 1910 book by that name.

In Abrams ' view, American medicine was dominated by physicians with excessive admiration for German doctors and researchers.

According to Rawcliffe, Abrams and his successors had " founded a good many special clinics in the United States and their number has by no means diminished in the ensuing years ".

* Egon Schiele: The Complete Works Catalogue Raisonné of all paintings and drawings by Jane Kallir, 1990, Harry N. Abrams, New York, ISBN 0-8109-3802-2.

He played the elder Spock in the 2009 Star Trek movie, directed by J. J. Abrams.

Zachary Quinto was cast in the role of a young alternate-timeline Spock for the 2009 Star Trek film, directed by J. J. Abrams.

Books such as The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability and the 25th Amendment, by Herbert Abrams, and Reagan's autobiography, An American Life, argue Reagan's intent to transfer power to Bush was clear.

It was the home, for nearly seventy years ( 1940-2010 ), of the U. S. Army Armor Center, the U. S. Army Armor School ( now at Fort Benning ), and was used by both the Army and the Marine Corps to train crews on the M1 Abrams main battle tank.

Westmoreland was replaced by General Creighton Abrams in June 1968, the decision being announced shortly after the Tet Offensive.

Evanier's illustrated Jack Kirby biography, Kirby: King of Comics, was published February 2008 by Abrams Books.

After being cheated of her money by Jeff, who gave her the lift, Nomi meets Molly Abrams, a seamstress and costume designer who takes her in as a roommate.

Bruce Greenwood portrays Pike in the 2009 Star Trek movie, directed by J. J. Abrams.

The city limits are defined by Eudora, Abrams, and CR 44 ( bypass ) on the East, CR44 to the North, US Hwy 441 to the South, and Lake Eustis and Florida Hospital Waterman to the West.

A book of his life and work, Mutts: The Comic Art of Patrick McDonnell, was published in 2003 by Abrams Publishing.