Being very difficult to measure, only about 60 stellar parallaxes had been obtained by the end of the 19th century, mostly by use of the filar micrometer.

Being relatively heavy and positively charged, alpha particles tend to have a very short mean free path, and quickly lose kinetic energy within a short distance of their source.

Being is quite conceivable apart from actual existence ; so much so that the very first and the most universal of all the distinctions in the realm of being is that which divides it into two classes, that of the real and that of the possible.

Being one of the first film hyphenates ( film director, editor and engineer ) Porter also invented and utilized some of the very first ( albeit primitive ) special effects such as double exposures, miniatures and split-screens.

Being very uncomfortable Marlow tells her that the final words that Kurtz pronounce was her name.

Being very underweight or malnourished can cause a low libido due to disruptions in normal hormonal levels.

Being nearly landlocked affects conditions in the Mediterranean Sea: for instance, tides are very limited as a result of the narrow connection with the Atlantic Ocean.

Being a shield volcano, Olympus Mons has a very low profile.

Augustine wrote: That the good purpose of marriage, however, is better promoted by one husband with one wife, than by a husband with several wives, is shown plainly enough by the very first union of a married pair, which was made by the Divine Being Himself.

Being a noble gas, radon is chemically not very reactive.

Being strong and skillful, he did very well, winning some events outright.

Being one of the smallest phones on the market, it proved very popular.

Being rules, the " statement " has a very special meaning in the Archaeology: it is not the expression itself, but the rules which make an expression discursively meaningful.

Being an extremely standardized form, Seitei Iaido is practiced not only in Japan, but all over the world in very similar way.

Being immaterial has its advantages and with the advent of high quality digital printing techniques a very traditional long lasting print of this artwork can also be produced and marketed.

Being created at a time where there was only telephones and radio the act had very specific rules towards regulation in these markets.

Being cut off from the tube map and at the very edge of the metropolis may have meant Thamesmead was not first port of call for immigrants arriving in London.

Being so physically close to Ground Zero, tourism and business had been very slow to return to the area for several years but appears to have rebounded more recently.

Being very involved in the community, he saw Scouting as a program making significant positive impact on the lives of young men.

Being accompanied by the movie Cherchez l ’ idole, the EP with " La plus belle pour aller danser " became n ° 1 in France, sold over a million copies in Japan, very successful in Korea and Spain too, and her 1st release in Italy.

Being a Swedish, very old-fashioned, Partille Kyrka has no bell tower, as a compliment a separate belfry was built in 1652.

Cui's very last published articles ( from 1917 ) constituted merciless parodies, including the little song " Гимн футуризму " (" Hymn to Futurism ") and " Краткая инструкция, как, не будучи музыкантом, сделаться гениальным модерн-композитором " (" Concise Directions on How to Become a Modern Composer of Genius without Being a Musician ").

Being the only two predominantly Catholic nation in Asia, relations with the Philippines became very positive as soon as East Timor was multilaterally recognized as an independent state.

Being very muscular, his upper arms were far larger than his hands.

Being very broad, they can sometimes include centrist and liberal ( or " bourgeois ") forces as well as socialist and communist (" working-class ") groups.

Being particularly popular in the British garrison town Poona ( now Pune ), the game also came to be known as Poona.

Being a modern, dynamic, flexible and highly skilled, composed of the national popular resource to maximize the operational aspect of the Bolivarian National Armed Force, through the integration of people organized under the constitutional principle of responsibility between the State and Society Aimed at ensuring the overall defense of the nation.

Semi-spoken music has long been especially popular in British entertainment, and such examples as David Croft's theme to the 1970s ' sitcom Are You Being Served ?, the 1979 song Mickey as performed by Toni Basil in 1982, and the 1984 title song, " One Night in Bangkok " for the musical Chess have elements indistinguishable from modern rap.

Junior men race over 500 m. Being such a short, high-intensity event, the kilo is popular with riders who specialise in the sprint.

Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.

The Importance of Being Earnest is Wilde's most popular work and continually revived today.

Being their most popular record and many fans ' first exposure to the group, the album has occasionally been performed in its entirety at live shows.

Being the " default " direction on the compass, North is referred to frequently in Western popular culture.

Being at an elevation of 1, 023 metres ( 3, 356 ft ), it is the highest capital city in Europe and a popular ski resort.

Being a 1st-century orator and philosopher around the time of Christ, he was compared with Jesus of Nazareth by Christians in the 4th century and by various popular writers in modern times.

* In the popular BBC sitcom, Are You Being Served, Mr. Lucas ( played by Trevor Bannister ) lives in Highgate.

Gielgud had triumphs in many other plays, notably his greatest popular success Richard of Bordeaux ( 1933 ) ( a romantic version of the story of Richard II ), The Importance of Being Earnest which he first performed at the Lyric Hammersmith in 1930 and which remained in his repertory until 1947, and a legendary production of Romeo and Juliet ( 1935 ) which Gielgud directed and alternated the roles of Romeo and Mercutio with a young Laurence Olivier in his first professional Shakespearean leading role.

Being a popular theme among Jordaens and his clients, several versions of this painting were created.

Being largely a musical novelty character, the animators attempted to keep Betty's cartoons interesting by pairing her with popular comic strip characters such as Henry, The Little King and Little Jimmy hoping to create an additional spin-off series with her pairing with Popeye in 1933.

Being in the vanguard of the scientific writing, it paved the way for much subsequent popular scientific journalism.

He is particularly noted for producing and co-writing a string of popular BBC sitcoms including Dad's Army, Are You Being Served ?, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi !, ' Allo ' Allo!

Being within 30 miles of these regions makes the city a popular destination and stopping point for tourists during the summer.

Being the Socialist Party's most popular politician at the time ( including Mitterrand himself ), he announced that he would run for president but his " Call of Conflans " did not result in majority support within the PS, and he withdrew his candidacy.

Being the first boxed triple album in popular music, the packaging for All Things Must Pass became a talking point in its own right.

Being situated within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) and its proximity to the spectacular south Devon coast and sailing venues, such as Salcombe, Kingsbridge has developed into a popular tourist destination.

The most famous examples in popular music are to be found in the work of The Beatles: George Martin cut up and randomly reassembled a recording of a carousel in " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite " on the Sgt.

Being bulkier of build than his sleeker opponents, and slower of movement, Hack ’ s style and temperament were not geared as much to the newly popular catch-as-catch-can style.

Being in the geographical centre of Scotland, it is a popular touring base ( it is a well-known local saying that a map of Scotland can balance on the head of a pin under Pitlochry ).

Being a popular actor, his fan clubs became the electoral mobilization-the head of his fan club association, R. M.