* Joe points out that Sid, if he had a new wardrobe and hairstyle, bears an uncanny resemblance to a pop star and girls flock to him after being made to look like the artist in question.

He also seems to have an uncanny instinct for sensing if a suspect is guilty or innocent, even without evidence.

Maurice Willson Disher's review in The Times Literary Supplement of 16 January 1943 concluded, " No crime enthusiast will object that the story of how the painter died has to be told many times, for this, even if it creates an interest which is more problem than plot, demonstrates the author's uncanny skill.

Robert Alan Aurthur, who was present during the filming and interviewing of Truman later said, "... an image I can easily evoke ... in that brief time when we knew and worked with Harry Truman, is any moment when Merle Miller walked into a room or office where Harry Truman was waiting ... if Truman did not ignore the rest of us completely ... for Merle, always a smile, always an inside greeting that had to do with a couple of fellas from Missouri and Iowa ... both were from the Midwest ; both had strong mothers, weak eyes ... a boyhood and lifelong devotion to books and music, total dedication to the truth, and a sense of history which encompasses an uncanny ability to relate past events, great and small, not with 20-20 hindsight or fashionable revisionism, but purely in their own terms as they happened.

Nightbeat carries a stun gun and is able tell if he is being lied to with uncanny accuracy.

If you had the knack, Puck might do minor housework for you, quick fine needlework or butter-churning, which could be undone in a moment by his knavish tricks if you fell out of favour with him.

His hat was stuck on the top of his head so lightly, that it threatened to fall off every moment -- and would have done so, very often, if the wearer had not had a knack of every now and then giving his head a sudden twitch, which brought it back to its old place again.

As if blinded by the architect's knack for flash and publicity, they cannot locate, or perhaps refuse to acknowledge, the faults in his creation.

He had the knack of threatening men with punishments he could not deliver ( such as dismissal from the service ) if they did not reform, and succeeded.

His plans and dreams had revolved around her so much and for so long that now he felt as if he had nothing.

She could not scream, for even if a sound could take shape within her parched mouth, who would hear, who would listen??

Besides, 'tain't no more'n right for me to follow with my black oxen, so's I can unhook and pull up fast if either of you get in a pinch ''.

It was spoiled now for seed, and it would sour and mold in three days if they failed to find a place and fuel to dry it.

`` And if the dive goes OK he has the exclusive import rights to your line for this country, is that right ''??

and if a poll had been taken immediately following the dispatch of troops to Little Rock I believe the majority would have been for the Old South.

He will not curb his instinctual desires but release the energy within him that makes him feel truly and fully alive, even if it is only for this brief moment before the apocalypse of annihilation explodes on earth.

And if I have gone into so much detail about so small a work, that is because it is also so typical a work, representing the germinal form of a conflict which remains essential in Mann's writing: the crude sketch of Piepsam contains, in its critical, destructive and self-destructive tendencies, much that is enlarged and illuminated in the figures of, for instance, Naphta and Leverkuhn.

I was having lunch not long ago ( apologies to N. V. Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle Ages, one in American history, and one in the Far East ), and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed, majestic instancy '' ( Francis Thompson's words for the Hound Of Heaven's Pursuit ) by judicial fiat.

In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the Af incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.

Also, I am convinced that if my company were a sole proprietorship instead of a partnership, I would have been even abler to solve long-range problems for myself and my fellow-employees.

Even if the self portrait we distribute for popular consumption were accurate it would be dangerous to present it as a picture of the ideal society.

But however we come, finally, to explain and account for the present, the truth we are trying to expose, right now, is that the makers of constitutions and the designers of institutions find it difficult if not impossible to anticipate the behavior of the host of all their enterprises.

Before being daughter, wife, or mother, before being cultured ( a word now bereft both socially and politically of the sheen you children of frontiersmen bestowed on it ), before being sorry for the poor, progressive about public health, and prettily if somewhat imprecisely humanitarian, indeed first and foremost, you were a lady.

Just as in the case of every prodigy child, we must watch for the efficacy of my teaching to show up in the future -- if he should master all the strenuous exercises I inflicted on him.

As for missionaries, even if they succeeded in getting into the country they probably would not be allowed to preach the Christian faith to the Burmans.

When he remembered that he might have not signed the check, Mercer made out another for the same amount, instructing the bank to destroy the other -- especially if he had happened to have absent-mindedly signed both of them.

After allowing for group exposures, it is apparent that other factors must be considered if we are to comprehend fanaticism.

for instance, imagine the situation if Israel ever joins an enemy coalition.

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??

Of course, if you don't make the American a success, Hearst will have no further use for you ''.

The alternative to this is that if a conservative candidate is nominated the national committee will have to appeal to the trusts for their campaign funds, and in doing this will incur obligations which would make a Democratic victory absolutely fruitless.

Technicians use these surveys to help determine whether a trend will continue or if a reversal could develop ; they are most likely to anticipate a change when the surveys report extreme investor sentiment Surveys that show overwhelming bullishness, for example, are evidence that an uptrend may reverse ; the premise being that if most investors are bullish they have already bought the market ( anticipating higher prices ).

The circumstances of the ever-changing market and ever-changing product are capable of breaking any business organization if that organization is unprepared for change — indeed, in my opinion, if it has not provided procedures for anticipating change.

When this occurs, the safeties and linebackers usually cannot return to their zone obligations in time, especially if they were anticipating a run as the play began.

Though a detour opened in August, 2006, those anticipating travel between Mariposa and El Portal ( Yosemite National Park ) on SR140 are still advised to contact the National Park Service, California Highway Patrol, Caltrans, or the Mariposa County Sheriff to find out if the road is open.

In the run-up to the 1976 presidential election, TIME magazine profiled Powell, anticipating that if Carter were elected, Powell would serve a " dual role as adviser and spokesman ", and would become one of the most powerful White House press secretaries in history due to his close relationship with Carter.

However, Grimlock, anticipating possible defeat, programmed their ship to fire upon their location if they did not return, burying them all in lava, until a human archeology team discovered them many years later.

A low-budget slasher film notable for its extremely graphic splatter effects by Tom Savini-who also appears in the picture-Maniac is mostly a character study, anticipating the much superior ( if no less unpleasant ) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer ( 1986 ).

He notes, correctly anticipating foreign specimens " As there is now no vexatious delay or trouble experienced by Custom-house regulations, specimens of natural history being admitted free of duty, it is recommended that all packages may be entered in the ship ’ s papers, and if a list of all the contents of each package could, with convenience, be attached inside the lid of the box or cover, the risk of injury to the specimens, by examination at the Custom-house, would in great measure be avoided ".

There were fusion tickets in which all of Lincoln's opponents combined to support the same slate of Electors in New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, but even if the anti-Lincoln vote had been combined in every state, Lincoln still would have won a majority in the Electoral College.

If the opponents win the rally and their new score is even, the player in the right service court serves ; if odd, the player in the left service court serves.

Teams " holding shot " with the closest bowl will often make their subsequent shots not with the goal of placing the bowl near the jack, but in positions to make it difficult for opponents to get their bowls into the head, or to places where the jack might be deflected to if the opponent attempts to disturb the head.

It only helps, for the most part, if the exclusive risk of losing the first two tricks is due to the opponents ' holding two cashable aces.

This is only paid if the player tackling does not either deliberately or unintentionally hold the ball to their opponents body.

Because of the vulnerability of a player in such a position, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (" Fed ") have adopted rules providing that if a player is positioned at least 7 yards behind the neutral zone to receive a snap, opponents are not to deliberately contact the snapper until one second after the snap ( NCAA ), or until the snapper has a chance to react ( Fed ).

While Bongo's major opponents rejected the outcome as fraudulent, international observers characterized the result as representative even if the election suffered from serious administrative problems.

It was also used as a secondary weapon if the main shaft snapped, or for the rear ranks to finish off fallen opponents as the phalanx advanced over them.

Irenaeus argues that if Jesus was in his thirties, his opponents would've argued that He's not yet 40 years, since that would make Him even younger.

Multiple inheritance has been a touchy issue for many years, with opponents pointing to its increased complexity and ambiguity in situations such as the " diamond problem ", where it may be ambiguous as to which superclass a particular feature is inherited from if more than one superclass implements said feature.

At any time during a betting round, if one player bets and no opponents choose to call ( match ) the bet and all opponents instead fold, the hand ends immediately, the bettor is awarded the pot, no cards are required to be shown, and the next hand begins.

With 47 unknown cards, the player will make the straight approximately one time for every five times he doesn't, thus a bet is profitable if six or more of his opponents will call the bet ( he will win once (< font color =" green ">+ 6 bets </ font >) and lose five times (< font color =" red ">- 5 bets </ font >) out of every six hands like this, resulting in an expectation of < font color =" green ">+ 1 bet </ font >).

For example, if a hand is currently the best, but each of four opponents has a 1-in-6 chance of drawing an out, the four opponents combined become the favorite to win, even though each one is individually an underdog.

For example, if an opponent raises and a player suspects he is holding a weak, but playable hand, they may reraise to pressure other opponents to fold, with the aim of getting heads up with the opening raiser.

A draw occurs if both opponents are simultaneously disqualified ( as via countout or if the referee loses complete control of the match and both opponents attack each other with no regard to being in a match, like Brock Lesnar vs Undertaker at 2002 Unforgiven ), neither opponent is able to answer a ten-count, or both opponents simultaneously win the match.

This particular deviation is disputed by some if only because E. F. Codd himself eventually advocated the use of special marks and a 4-valued logic, but this was based on his observation that there are two distinct reasons why one might want to use a special mark in place of a value, which led opponents of the use of such logics to discover more distinct reasons and at least as many as 19 have been noted, which would require a 21-valued logic.

Soon after, the two main opponents to Morton, the Member for Earlwood, Eric Willis, and Askin, declared that they would only take the Leadership if they were given an absolute majority of 28 votes.

I hate war movies where they show a soldier killing his opponents without sweating, as if it were insignificant.