Among the nominees in 2012 were Peter Watkins ' Punishment Park and Ken Russell's The Devils.

Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, issuing patents and trademarks, and helping to set industrial standards.

Among distinctive trademarks the scale goes from strong to weak:

Among his personal trademarks are his bow-tie, his weekly TV signoff " Until then, I'll see you on the radio ," and his propensity for delivering his commentaries in whimsical verse.

Among his trademarks were playing the sound of a flushing toilet after hanging up on a caller, playing of funeral music when he deemed the Indians ' season to be over ( giving them a " proper burial ", usually in mid-summer given the poor quality of the Indians ' team during that time ), his running series of the winner and the loser of the day, and boasting that his station ’ s nighttime signal could be heard " over 38 states and half of Canada " ( a claim still stated on-air by hosts on WTAM to this day ).

Among Oliver's trademarks in his strips were little signs reading " Abolish Tuesdays " and regular sightings of a tiny cube with a crank handle attached.

Among the dolls was one that meant very much to the First Lady, who would pick it up and look at it often.

Among some recent imports were seat covers for one series of dining room chairs on which were depicted salad plates overflowing with tomatoes and greens and another set on which a pineapple was worked in naturalistic color.

Among the observers of the 1946 tsunami at Hilo was Francis P. Shepard of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, one of the world's foremost marine geologists.

Among the spectators was the noted exotic dancer, Patti Waggin who is Mrs. Don Rudolph when off the stage.

Among stage performances was a starring role in `` Golden Arrow '' directed by Noel Coward.

Among the many severe measures taken by the First Emperor, Shih Huang-ti, in his efforts to insure the continuation of this hard-won national unity, was the burning of the books in 213 B.C., with the expressed intention of removing possible sources for divergent thinking ; ;

Among the proposed etymologies is the Hurrian and Hittite divinity, Aplu, who was widely invoked during the " plague years ".

Among other things, Moseley demonstrated that the lanthanide series ( from lanthanum to lutetium inclusive ) must have 15 members — no fewer and no more — which was far from obvious from the chemistry at that time.

Among his staff was Isham G. Harris, the Governor of Tennessee, who had ceased to make any real effort to function as governor after learning that Abraham Lincoln had appointed Andrew Johnson as military governor of Tennessee.

Among the Turkmen leaders the Ottomans emerged as great power under Osman and his son Orhan I. Smyrna was conquered in 1330 AD, and the last Byzantine possession, Philadélphia ( modern Alaşehir ), fell in 1390 AD.

Among a few kabbalists, it was posited that some human souls could end up being reincarnated into non-human bodies.

Among others, John Heath has observed, " The unalterable kernel of the tale was a hunter's transformation into a deer and his death in the jaws of his hunting dogs.

Among the victims of Messalina's intrigues were Agrippina's surviving sister Livilla, who was charged with having adultery with Seneca the Younger.

Among the Visigoths settled in Lower Moesia, the situation was ripe for rebellion.

Among the last of his labors was the defense of the orthodoxy of his former pupil, Thomas Aquinas, whose death in 1274 grieved Albertus ( the story that he travelled to Paris in person to defend the teachings of Aquinas can not be confirmed ).

Among these, Pindar was held by many ancient critics to be pre-eminent, but some gave precedence to Alcaeus instead.

Among these gifts was reputed to be a piece of the true cross, a true treasure for the devout Saxon king.

Among these was a raid taking place in Kent, an allied country in Southeast England, during the year 885, which was quite possibly the largest raid since the battles with Guthrum.

Among his collaborators was Giovanni Maria Butteri and his main pupil was Giovanni Bizzelli.

Among Classical Greeks, amazon was given a popular etymology as from a-mazos, " without breast ", connected with an etiological tradition that Amazons had their left breast cut off or burnt out, so they would be able to use a bow more freely and throw spears without the physical limitation and obstruction ; there is no indication of such a practice in works of art, in which the Amazons are always represented with both breasts, although the left is frequently covered ( see photos in article ).

Among his companions he had made enemies and he was destined to take no share in the crusade he had joined.

Among the changes starting in the 19th-century gold rushes was the introduction of words, spellings, terms and usages from North American English.

Among his many philanthropic efforts, the establishment of public libraries throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and other English-speaking countries was especially prominent.

Among other things, sociology's emphasis on the determination of individual tastes and perspectives by social institutions conflicts with rational choice theory's assumption that our tastes and perspectives are given and inexplicable.

" Among radical feminists, the view became widely held that, thus far, the sexual freedoms gained in the sexual revolution of the 1960s — in particular, the decreasing emphasis on monogamy — had been largely gained by men at women's expense.

Among the Beats, Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg in particular were influenced by the Imagist emphasis on Chinese and Japanese poetry.

Among various points of criticism of the Sōka Gakkai is its teaching of members for praying for material benefit as well as spiritual development in daily life: " This emphasis on benefit has been viewed with great suspicion by some Gakkai critics in the West ".. SGI clarifies the benefit of the practice as: “ Gakkai members learned to chant for vitality, courage, and mental and physical health, adequate food and housing, a decent job, a good spouse and a happy family ..

Among the many similarities, an emphasis on hero development and combat style are especially prominent in both.

Among those groups that did reject naskh were the Mu ' tazili and Zaidiyah, on the rationalist grounds that the word of God could not contain contradictions, and the much later Ahmadīs, who argued that all Qur ' ānic verses have equal validity, in keeping with their emphasis on the " unsurpassable beauty and unquestionable validity of the Qur ' ān ".

Among the most striking elements of the work are its emphasis on the importance of humility, compassion, sympathy and the quest for spirituality.

Among COSPAR's objectives are the promotion of scientific research in space on an international level, with emphasis on the free exchange of results, information, and opinions, and providing a forum, open to all scientists, for the discussion of problems that may affect space research.

Among the Khoisans extensive use of string instruments with emphasis on footwork.

Among the dystopias, for example, Isaac Asimov's The Caves Of Steel ( 1954 ) portrays the deadly effects on human life of the super-city of the future ; ;

Among the most frequently quoted Biblical sentences are the Beatitudes and yet so few persons, other than scholars, really understand the true meaning of these eight blessings uttered by Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount.

Among the subjects discussed will be Russian restrictions on poets and writers in the USSR ( Channel 9 at 9:30 ).

) There are also numerous instances where the killer is not brought to justice in the legal sense but instead dies ( death usually being presented as a more ' sympathetic ' outcome ), for example Death Comes as the End, And Then There Were None, Death on the Nile, Dumb Witness, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Crooked House, Appointment with Death, The Hollow, Nemesis, Cat Among the Pigeons, and The Secret Adversary.

Among his very numerous works two poems entitle him to a distinguished place in the Latin literature of the Middle Ages ; one of these, the De planctu naturae, is an ingenious satire on the vices of humanity.

Among the economic development institutions established in East Africa were companies such as the Diamond Jubilee Investment Trust ( now Diamond Trust of Kenya ) and the Jubilee Insurance Company, which are quoted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and have become major players in national development.

Among these are commentaries on the Apocalypse, on the Psalms, and on the Song of Solomon ; Lives of Saints Paldo, Tuto and Vaso ; Assumption of the Virgin ; and a Combat between the Virtues and the Vices.

Among his most well-known essays from this period are " Urban culture " 1924 ), " Temple baths on Jyväskylä ridge " ( 1925 ), " Abbé Coignard's sermon " ( 1925 ), and " From doorstep to living room " ( 1926 ).

Among other variants, IBM later produced AIX Version 3 ( also known as AIX / 6000 ), based on System V Release 3, for their IBM POWER-based RS / 6000 platform.

Among the Syrian junds were contingents of old Umayyad clients, numbering perhaps 500, and Abd al-Rahman believed he might tug on old loyalties and get them to receive him.

Among other composers who set Housman songs were John Ireland ( song cycle, Land of Lost Content ), Michael Head ( e. g. ' Ludlow Fair '), Graham Peel ( a famous version of ' In Summertime on Bredon '), Ian Venables ( Songs of Eternity and Sorrow ), and the American Samuel Barber ( e. g. ' With rue my heart is laden ').

Among the Wiccan Sabbats, Beltane is a cross-quarter day ; it is celebrated in the northern hemisphere on 1 May and in the southern hemisphere on 1 November.

" Among the anti-government journals in France, the defeat was blamed on the incompetence of the French Directory and on supposed lingering Royalist sentiments in the Navy.

Among them were the minutes of a Cabinet Eastern Committee meeting, chaired by Lord Curzon, which was held on 5 December 1918.

Among the dead on the Polish side was Maciej Hagen from Danzig ( Gdańsk ).

Among the evidence presented to the tribunal were the results of paraffin tests, used to identify lead residues from firing weapons, and that nail bombs had been found on the body of one of those killed.

Among Christian beliefs, the death and resurrection of Jesus are two core events on which much of Christian doctrine and theology is based.

Among many achievements, Henry institutionalized common law by creating a unified system of law " common " to the country through incorporating and elevating local custom to the national, ending local control and peculiarities, eliminating arbitrary remedies and reinstating a jury system – citizens sworn on oath to investigate reliable criminal accusations and civil claims.

Among the plays which he wrote in French, the most successful was Le bourru bienfaisant, produced on the occasion of the marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1771.