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for example, the mode of bravery to this anonymous folk poem: `` They brought me news that Spring is in the plains And Ahmad's blood the crimson tulip stains ; ;
For the family is the simplest example of just such a unit, composed of people, which gives us both some immunity from, and a way of dealing with, other people.
This almost trivial example is nevertheless suggestive, for there are some elements in common between the antique fear that the days would get shorter and shorter and our present fear of war.
Perhaps the most illuminating example of the reduction of fear through understanding is derived from our increased knowledge of the nature of disease.
Beckett's own work is an example.
If he thus achieves a lyrical, dreamlike, drugged intensity, he pays the price for his indulgence by producing work -- Allen Ginsberg's `` Howl '' is a striking example of this tendency -- that is disoriented, Dionysian but without depth and without Apollonian control.
His name is Praisegod Piepsam, and he is rather fully described as to his clothing and physiognomy in a way which relates him to a sinister type in the author's repertory -- he is a forerunner of those enigmatic strangers in `` Death In Venice '', for example, who represent some combination of cadaver, exotic, and psychopomp.
Gustaf Vasa is a superb example, and Charles 10,, the conqueror of Denmark, hardly less so.
For example, suppose a man wearing a $200 watch, driving a 1959 Rolls Royce, stops to ask a man on the sidewalk, `` What time is it ''??
In the extreme and oversimplified example suggested in Figure 3, the organization is more easily understood and more predictable in behavior.
The assumptions upon which the example shown in Figure 3 is based are: ( A ) One man can direct about six subordinates if the subordinates are chosen carefully so that they do not need too much personal coaching, indoctrinating, etc..
This is an unsolved problem which probably has never been seriously investigated, although one frequently hears the comment that we have insufficient specialists of the kind who can compete with the Germans or Swiss, for example, in precision machinery and mathematics, or the Finns in geochemistry.
In the calm which follows the reading of a poem, for example, is the effect produced by the enforced quiet, by the musical quality of words and rhythm, by the sentiments or sense of the poem, by the associations with earlier readings, if it is familiar, by the boost to the self-esteem for the semi-literate, by the diversion of attention, by the sense of security in a legitimized withdrawal, by a kind license for some variety of fantasy life regarded as forbidden, or by half-conscious ideas about the magical power of words??
English philosopher Samuel Alexander's debt to Wordsworth and Meredith is a recent interesting example, as also A. N. Whitehead's understanding of the English romantics, chiefly Shelley and Wordsworth.
In his book Civilization And Ethics Albert Schweitzer faces the moral problems which arise when moral law is recognized in business life, for example.
Easily the best known of these three novels is The Space Merchants, a good example of a science-fiction dystopia which extrapolates much more than the impact of science on human life, though its most important warning is in this area, namely as to the use to which discoveries in the behavioral sciences may be put.
And to do this requires first of all the kind of information about people which is provided by the scientists in industrial anthropology and consumer research, who, for example, tell Courtenay that three days is the `` optimum priming period for a closed social circuit to be triggered with a catalytic cue-phrase '' -- which means that an effective propaganda technique is to send an idea into circulation and then three days later reinforce or undermine it.
One specific example is a secret `` fraternity '' which will `` coordinate anti-Communist efforts ''.

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A notable example of this occurred during the sinking of the Titanic, in which most people who entered the water died within 15 – 30 minutes.
A dramatic historical example of this type of jinxing is the RMS Titanic, which was said to be unsinkable, then sank on its maiden voyage.
In the competition for passengers, ocean liners added luxuries — the Titanic being the most famous example — such as fine dining and well-appointed staterooms.
A well-known and often-depicted example occurred on the RMS Titanic in 1912 just before she collided with an iceberg.
Lois mentions that Brian goes out of his way to not agree with the general consensus on many things ( for example, he hated Slumdog Millionaire and Titanic but defends the movie Cocktail ), and accuses him of being a " contrarian " rather than a genuine believer.
For example, the rights to the soundtrack of the film Titanic is licensed to Sony Music.
Articles in the FINANCIAL TIMES: DIRECT LINE TO HIDDEN PLACES, and in the INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE explored these new features and possibilities of multi-dimensional colour graphics further: " Innovative Imaging: An Extra Dimension ", explaining for example how the RMS Titanic was located.
After the Titanic starts sinking, naval architect Thomas Andrews ( Victor Garber ) tells her to put her lifebelt on to " set a good example.
For example, the Canadian Pacific Steamships RMS Empress of Russia and White Star Line RMS Olympic ( sister ship of the ill-fated RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic ), former passenger liners, were given the " dazzle " treatment when used as troopships.
Greek films dominate the domestic market, for example Safe Sex had more box office receipts than Titanic.
At the time of the filming of James Cameron's movie, Titanic, for example, the Commutator provided extensive, behind-the-scenes coverage of set construction and details not shown in the final movie release.
He invented the " Löschfunkensender " ( generator of slightly weakened electromagnetic oscillations, used for example, on the RMS Titanic ) during the years 1906 to 1909 and the Wien bridge in 1891.
Politician Björn Engholm, for example, received 40, 000 Deutsche Mark in compensation, and this, coupled with 190, 000 DM in legal fees, drove Titanic close to bankruptcy.
For example, passengers and crew of the Titanic who were not rescued by the RMS Carpathia were declared legally dead soon after Carpathia arrived at New York City.
" Tessa often jokes about MacLeod's immortality, for example telling him in " For Tomorrow We Die " that the last time MacLeod "... wore a tuxedo was on the deck of the Titanic.
This review, referring to those who froze to death in the Atlantic following the sinking of the RMS Titanic, is an example of a “ pop culture reference ” review, as it is a pun on a famous quote from another film ( The Sixth Sense ).

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For example, the ship Wilhelm Gustloff sank taking about 9, 400 people with her – the worst loss of life in a single sinking in maritime history.
Providing water to the Upper Ward of the castle was problematic, and despite the sinking of a deep well, the water supply often ran out during drought or siege, for example during the Lang Siege of 1573.
The sinking of cold lithosphere at subduction zones is another example of downwelling in plate tectonics.
Hanja are often also used as a form of shorthand in newspaper headlines, advertisements, and on signs, for example the banner at the funeral for the sailors lost in the sinking of ROKS Cheonan ( PCC-772 ).
The organic carbon that forms the biological pump is transported primarily by sinking particulate material, for example dead organisms ( including algal mats ) or faecal pellets.
One example of Pope's style and satire shows in his description of sinking in painting.
For example, Hampton Roads is gradually sinking at a rate between 15 and 23 centimeters ( 5 and 7. 5 inches ) per century.
An example would be the Central Pacific Railroad Company, which challenged the constitutionality of mandatory sinking funds for companies in the case In Re Sinking Funds Cases in 1878.
In some US states, Michigan for example, school districts may ask the voters to approve a taxation for the purpose of establishing a sinking fund.
Other perilous situations may take the place of the sinking balloon, for example, a shipwrecked raft, or a nuclear bunker.
For example, while reaching the end of a stage ( platform ), killing the boss, advancing your characters ' progress through the story ( RPG ) or sinking the ball into a hole ( golf ) may be the purpose of playing a game, the fun of playing a game is derived primarily by the means and the process in which such goal is achieved.
Many reefs are built using objects that were built for other purposes, for example by sinking oil rigs ( through the Rigs-to-Reefs program ), scuttling ships, or by deploying rubble or construction debris.
The other drifters around Gowanlea followed her example but were also subject to heavy fire, three sinking and the last lurching away seriously damaged.
Amortization is chiefly used in loan repayments ( a common example being a mortgage loan ) and in sinking funds.
The most famous example is related to the sinking of the steamship SS Arandora Star on 2 July 1940, that resulted in the loss of over 700 lives — including 446 British-Italians being deported as enemy aliens.
An example of the use of limpet mines by British special forces was in Operation Frankton which had the objective of disabling and sinking merchant shipping moored at Bordeaux, France in 1942.
One example was a meeting held between him and Hitler on 3 January 1942, where they both agreed on the action of sinking life-boats working for the rescue of Allied naval personnel fleeing ships sunk in military action.

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