Murdoc, his name obviously derived from the word " murder ", is to MacGyver what Professor Moriarty was to Sherlock Holmes – a bitter and savage-minded rival who is also an exceptionally astute and brilliantly intellectual man, but who has turned his talents and abilities to evil instead of good.

Charles was an exceptionally skilled military leader and tactician as well as an able politician, credited with introducing important tax and legal reforms.

With a trunk up to 0. 8 m diameter ( exceptionally up to 52 m tall and 1. 6 m diameter in very old trees ), with thick, deeply furrowed blackish bark.

It is very likely that none of the offers from Aremberg were in good faith, and it is exceptionally unlikely that the Spanish court, already deeply indebted to banks in Belgium and Netherlands and having lost its armada and many of its galleons to English pirates, was in any position to offer such an astronomical sum to an unlikely intrigue.

At a later period and almost universally the Newts themselves came to accept a different faith, whose origin among them is unknown ; this involved adoration of Moloch, whom they visualized as a giant Newt with a human head ; they were reported to have enormous submarine idols made of cast iron, manufactured to their orders by Armstrong or Krupp, but no further details ever leaked out of their cultic rituals since they were conducted under water ; they were, however, believed to be exceptionally cruel and secret.

They are made to move by use of tractor beams, resulting in highly articulated and computer-controlled " puppets " which are exceptionally realistic, showing nearly equal behavior to that exhibited by living beings, depending, of course, on the limits of the software involved.

The IT had well maintained track between towns and could operate freight trains at considerable speed, but once into the many towns and villages along its route, it reverted to its legacy interurban street running, including exceptionally tight turns at town block corners, and such street operation often was an annoyance to the communities involved.

In modern Japanese culture, because monkeys are considered to indulge their libido openly and frequently ( much the same way as rabbits are thought to in some Western cultures ), a man who is preoccupied with sex might be compared to or metaphorically referred to as a monkey, as might a romantically involved couple who are exceptionally amorous.

The number of appellants who choose to do this are exceptionally small, mainly due to the inherent risks involved, appellants who serve a custodial sentence can have part of that sentence ordered to be served again if the court is of the view that the application is without merit.

The Spanish Army ( which had not been involved in World War I ) exceptionally continued to issue coloured uniforms to all its conscript rank and file until 1926 and thereafter to the garrisons of Seville, Barcelona and Madrid for special ceremonials until 1931.

Henry Clausen reported the war warnings could not be more precise because Washington could not risk Japan guessing the U. S. was reading important parts of their traffic ( i. e., most importantly Purple, despite the fact there was no known tactical or strategic info in that traffic ), as well as the fact neither was cleared to receive Purple ; Clausen does not answer why Washington could not have said " an exceptionally reliable source " was involved, with very strong instructions to pay attention.

Series 5 also demonstrates the variety that the programme could offer: in Well — There Was This Girl, You See ... Marker becomes involved in stolen jewels again but is exceptionally careful — too careful as it turns out, as his tactic of exerting pressure on a young man he thinks is involved backfires when he chooses to run to the police rather than Marker and wrecks Marker's chances of getting a share of the reward money.

The list of deceased participants on the Irish side alone indicates that exceptionally high numbers were involved.

the other was with her American husband and their exceptionally appealing children.

In cases where the density of the air is significantly different from the calibration value ( as on a high mountain, or with an exceptionally low barometer ) an allowance must be made.

Two fundamental themes dominated Chad's colonial experience with the French: an absence of policies designed to unify the territory and an exceptionally slow pace of modernization.

It should be noted that calculated fatality rates based on distance for bicycling ( as well as for walking ) can have an exceptionally large margin of error, since there are generally no annual registrations or odometers required for bicycles ( as there are with motor vehicles ), and this means the distance traveled must be estimated.

Since the 1990s the region has experienced an exceptionally tumultuous period in its regional economy with the collapse of large portions of the ground fishery throughout Atlantic Canada, the closing of coal mines and a steel mill on Cape Breton Island, and the closure of military bases in all three provinces.

For a given material, it can have a positive or negative sign or exceptionally it can be zero, and this can depend on the temperature, as it does for water about 4 C. The concept of latent heat with respect to volume was perhaps first recognized by Joseph Black in 1762.

Scientific expeditions in 1996 and 2006 described the lagoon and surrounding waters of Diego Garcia, along with the rest of the Chagos Archipelago, as " exceptionally unpolluted " and " pristine ".

The Distinguished Service Medal ( DSM ) is a military award of the United States Army that is presented to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the United States military, has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility.

The Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the United States Army, has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility.

It was announced by War Department General Order No. 6, 1918-01-12, with the following information concerning the medal: " A bronze medal of appropriate design and a ribbon to be worn in lieu thereof, to be awarded by the President to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army shall hereafter distinguish himself or herself, or who, since 1917-04-06, has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility in time of war or in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States.

Their marriage also appears to have been exceptionally liberal for the period, with Emma being as active as Einhard, if not more so, in the handling of their property.

From 1809 to 1898, a period called Pax Russica, Finnish-Russian relations had been exceptionally peaceful and stable compared with other parts of the Russian Empire.

Needless to say, a function that is exceptionally good for a specific kind of data may have dismal performance on data with different distribution.

An exceptionally well-preserved skull of Estemmenosuchus, a therapsid from the Upper Permian shows smooth, hairless skin with what appears to be glandular depressions.

Mead also had an exceptionally close relationship with Ruth Benedict, one of her instructors.

The term bolide refers to either an extraterrestrial body that collides with the Earth, or to an exceptionally bright, fireball-like meteor regardless of whether it ultimately impacts the surface.

Even before dominating the region they had continued the cylinder seal tradition with designs which are often exceptionally energetic and refined.

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The impact of these twin haircuts was immediate ; both Childeric and Theuderic, whose exceptionally long hair endowed them with royal mystique in the eyes of their countrymen, were rendered ineligible to hold the throne.

The effect of circumstances on manorial economy is complex and at times contradictory: upland conditions tended to preserve peasant freedoms ( livestock husbandry in particular being less labour-intensive and therefore less demanding of villein services ); on the other hand, some upland areas of Europe showed some of the most oppressive manorial conditions, while lowland eastern England is credited with an exceptionally large free peasantry, in part a legacy of Scandinavian settlement.

Coupled with a simplified grammar, this made Occidental exceptionally popular in Europe during the 15 years before World War II, and it is believed that it was at its height the fourth most popular planned language, after Volapük, Esperanto and perhaps Ido in order of appearance.

This imbalance would have been exceptionally small, on the order of 1 in every ( 10 < sup > 10 </ sup >) particles a split second after the Big Bang, but after most of the matter and antimatter annihilated, what was left over was all the baryonic matter in the current universe, along with a much greater number of bosons.

1947 proved to be a particularly difficult year for the government ; an exceptionally cold winter that year caused coal mines to freeze and cease production, creating widespread power cuts and food shortages.

For example, members of the Irish Cabinet are dismissed by the President on the advice of the Taoiseach ; in other instances, the head of state may be able to dismiss an office holder unilaterally ; other heads of state, or their representatives, have the theoretical power to dismiss any office-holder, while it is exceptionally rarely used.

In some cases, exceptionally tall skyscrapers have been built not out of necessity, but to help define the city's identity and presence or power as a city.

Yastrzemski was well known for his batting stance, holding his bat exceptionally high, giving his swing a large, dramatic arc, and more power at the plate.

Shunt-excited masts ( i. e., not insulated from the ground, hence " grounded at the base ") have fallen into disuse, except in cases of exceptionally high power, 1 MW or more, where series excitement might be impractical.

Some systems even allow Newtypes to control entire Mobile Suits or Armors just with the power of their mind, although this would require an exceptionally powerful Newtype, with significant risks.

The National Party, while not performing exceptionally poorly, failed to gain enough support to keep it in power.

As all three lakes now often have a higher water level to supply the power station, this has had the effect of exacerbating the winter floods on much of the Shannon during exceptionally wet conditions.

In the American Civil War, Confederate troops equipped with barrel-length three power scopes mounted on the exceptionally accurate British Whitworth rifle had been known to kill Union officers at ranges of about 800 yards ( 731. 5m ), an unheard-of distance at that time.

His power lifts included a military press above his head of 300 pounds, a clean and jerk above his head at 325 pounds, and a bench press of 425 pounds, all of the lifts considered to be exceptionally strong for that era of play.

Specifically, the transmit duty cycle is so exceptionally low and pulse time so exceptionally short, that the electronics must be capable of extremely high instantaneous power to rival the average power of conventional radars.

His exceptionally long judicial career coincided with the development of many important industries, so that he made law on such matters as water power, railroads and other public utilities.

The exceptionally high operating temperature of thermionic converters, which makes their practical use difficult in other applications, gives the thermionic reactor decisive advantages over competing energy conversion technologies in the space power application where radiant heat rejection is required.

* Draconis-transformed when he was a devout priest ; became an exceptionally powerful vampire ; increased his own power by feeding on other vampire ; he trained to destroy Blade but was weakened after Blade drained his blood who then later decapitated him ; reanimated when Blade unwittingly fulfilled a prophecy

The power supply was only available by mail-order, and as such is exceptionally hard to find today ( but a common universal A / C adapter will work with the system ).

His power makes him exceptionally resistant to injury, as he survived Strong Guy breaking through his hardened form, and was also able to reconfigure himself after being blown apart by Havok.

After learning that Welles ' film is actually a thinly-veiled and exceptionally unflattering biography, publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst ( Cromwell ) uses his immense power and influence to try to bury the picture.