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 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 African-American, Nichols was uncomfortable with some of the dialogue's racial undertones.

Being a player from Serbia in a Croatian city was becoming increasingly uncomfortable for Dejan, so his mentor Ćosić ( coaching AEK Athens at the time ) tried to persuade Bodiroga to follow suit.

Being the " Child of Light ", he has the Prophecy of the Light in his head who tells him how and when to use his power, as well as providing information that is necessary.

The third version, called No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger: Being an Ancient Tale Found in a Jug and Freely Translated from the Jug, returns to Medieval Austria and tells of No. 44's mysterious appearance at the door of a print shop and his use of heavenly powers to expose the futility of mankind's existence.

Shortly after, he demands to hear his curse against Jupiter, and the Earth tells Prometheus " I dare not speak like life, lest Heaven's fell King / Should hear, and link me to some wheel of pain / More torturing than the one whereon I roll " and also that he is " more than God / Being wise and kind ".

Being a slick con-man, he lies and tells Horace his name is Jim LaFleur and he was a captain of a ship which had crashed on the island.

His second, It's Only Temporary ... The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive, tells the story of his long journey toward gratitude in the years after his illness.

She is the Goddess of Disorder and Being, whereas her sister Aneris ( called the equivalent of Harmonia by the Mythics of Harmonia ) is the goddess of Order and Non-Being.

Being Elizabeth's spymaster, he uncovered several plots against her life.

He has directed three videos for her and she contributed the theme song for Jonze's Being John Malkovich film.

In The Importance of Being Earnest ( 1952 ), Dame Edith Evans reprised her celebrated interpretation of Lady Bracknell ; The Importance of Being Earnest ( 1992 ) by Kurt Baker used an all-black cast ; and Oliver Parker's The Importance of Being Earnest ( 2002 ) incorporated some material cut during the preparation of the original stage production.

Being the daughter of Dahak, she quickly developed supernatural powers, and kills within hours of being born, proving to Xena that there was no chance of saving her.

In her early novel Dawn O ' Hara, the title character's aunt is said to have remarked, " Being an old maid was a great deal like death by drowning-a really delightful sensation when you ceased struggling.

Diaz received Golden Globe award nominations for her performances in the movies There's Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky, and Gangs of New York.

She received critical acclaim for her performance in Being John Malkovich ( 1999 ), which earned her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globe Award, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards ( SAG Awards ).

There she wrote her metaphysical book Endliches und ewiges Sein, ( Finite and Eternal Being ) which tries to combine the philosophies of Aquinas and Husserl.

In her television ventures, Beckham has participated in five official documentaries and reality shows about her, including Being Victoria Beckham, The Real Beckhams, and Victoria Beckham: Coming to America.

Her sensual performance in her English-language debut The Unbearable Lightness of Being ( 1988 ), directed by Philip Kaufman, launched her international career.

Produced by Saul Zaentz, producer of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, the film reunited Juliette Binoche with Ralph Fiennes, Heathcliff to her Cathy four years previously.

Rutherford made her first appearance in London's West End in 1933 but her talent was not recognised by the critics until her performance as Miss Prism in the play The Importance of Being Earnest at the Globe Theatre in 1939.

She reprised her stage roles of the headmistress alongside Alastair Sim in The Happiest Days of Your Life ( 1950 ) and Miss Prism in Anthony Asquith's film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest ( 1952 ).

Being brilliant to look upon and to listen to, with the power to subjugate everyone, even a love-sated man already past his prime, she thought that it would be in keeping with her role to meet Caesar, and she reposed in her beauty all her claims to the throne.