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" Commenting on the return of Hastings, Coady called the character the " densest of Dr Watsons ; but never has the stupidity of the faithful companion-chronicler been so cunningly exploited as it is here.
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Commenting and on
Commenting on the earlier stage, the Notre Dame Chapter of the American Association of University Professors ( in a recent report on the question of faculty participation in administrative decision-making ) noted that the term `` teacher-employee '' ( as opposed to, e.g., `` maintenance employee '' ) was a not inapt description.
Commenting on Alcaeus as a political poet, the scholar Dionysius of Halicarnassus once observed that "... if you removed the meter you would find political rhetoric.
Commenting on much of his early life, Lynch has remarked that " I found the world completely and totally fantastic as a child.
Commenting on the example cited by Winter, the science writer Martin Gardner asserts that " nothing could be clearer from the above dialogue than the fact that the dianetic explanation for the headache existed only in the mind of the therapist, and that it was with considerable difficulty that the patient was maneuvered into accepting it.
Commenting on this, other writers ( such as John von Neumann and David Bohm ) have suggested that consequently there would have to be ' hidden ' variables responsible for random measurement results, something which was not expressly claimed in the original paper.
Commenting on her design of a new home for the Museum of Chinese in America near New York City's bella Chinatown, Lin attached a personal significance to the project being a Chinese-related project because she wanted her two daughters to " know that part of their heritage.
Commenting on Rabbi Yosef Karo's permission to use egg matzah, the Rema responded "… in our communities, we do not knead ( matzah ) dough with fruit juice .… And one should not change from this unless in a time of emergency for the sake of a sick or old person who needs this " Those who follow this prohibition of eating egg matzah on Passover also include chocolate covered matzah, grape flavoured matzah and the many other varieties available.
Commenting on this, and citing an instance of the term in a glossy magazine, blogger Ed Driscoll asked " Why Is " White Trash " An Acceptable Phrase In PC America?
Commenting on Singer's article " Heavy Petting ," in which he argues that zoosexual activity need not be abusive, and that relationships could form which were mutually enjoyed, Ingrid Newkirk, president of the animal rights group PETA, argued that, " If a girl gets sexual pleasure from riding a horse, does the horse suffer?
Commenting on the anti-Sikh riots in the national capital Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi said, " When a giant tree falls, the earth below shakes "; a statement for which he was widely criticised.
Commenting on this device, writer MaryAnn Johanson writes, " That could be happening throughout this story ... indeed, through the entire history of Doctor Who.
Commenting in 2002 on the publication of the 35th Anniversary edition of the Dangerous Visions anthology edited by Harlan Ellison, the critic Greg L. Johnson remarked that
Commenting on Data's perpetual albino-like appearance, he said: " I spent more hours of the day in make-up than out of make-up ", so much so that he even called it a way of method acting.
Commenting on the structure of the canons of the Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould cited this variation as the extreme example of " deliberate duality of motivic emphasis [...] the canonic voices are called upon to sustain the passacaille role which is capriciously abandoned by the bass.
Commenting on the fact that Egyptologists have no problem in reconstructing history using inference of this sort, whereas critics will sometimes not allow the same historical method to be applied to the Bible, Young writes, " Do those who reject the Menahem / Pekah rivalry as improbable also reject as improbable this reconstruction from Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty that Egyptologists use to explain the regnal dates of Thutmose III?
Commenting on a Freudian analysis of the myth stating that Ovid " disconcertingly suggests that might be an unspoken universal of human experience " Doll notes that Ovid's stories work like metaphors: they are meant to give insight into the human psyche.
* Commenting on Nero Wolfe's prolonges struggle with the powerful crime boss Arnold Zeck, Michael Dirda – book critic for The Washington Post – wrote " I was thrilled when Wolfe finally encountered his own Moriarty in the archvillain Arnold Zeck ,".
Commenting and return
Commenting on the Depression in 1931, he stated, " The American people are experiencing a return to religion following a period of carelessness and cynicism marked by the prosperity of the land ... Now they are returning when they find they are in need of something greater than the material in facing adversity and stress.
Commenting and called
Commenting on this first edition of The United Irishman, Lord Stanley in the House of Lords, on 24 February 1848, maintained that the paper pursued " the purpose of exciting sedition and rebellion among her Majesty's subjects in Ireland … it is language used in no common way, and for this reason I have called the attention of her Majesty's Government to it.
" Commenting on the US showing on BBC America, New York Magazine reviewer John Leonard called it "... an interesting argument about the cost benefits of the possible death of God.
" Commenting on Bellamy and Ameche in the roles of the Duke brothers, Ebert called their involvement in the film " a masterstroke of casting.
Commenting on the same issue but disagreeing, Barbara Cherry in her book Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management called the portrayal of Greg as a nurse " one of the most positive film portrayals of men who are nurses " and commented that Greg " humorously addresses and rises above the worst of all stereotypes that are endured by men in this profession.
Commenting on the use of Soussan's writing on Judaism by propagandists, his friend Assad Nissim likens him to Elisha Ben Abuya, or the one they called Aher, the Outcast.
Commenting and character
Commenting on the social impact of such mobs, one character ( articulating the police view ) says, " We call them flash crowds, and we watch for them.
Commenting on her departure, Barton said, " My character has been through so, so much and there's really nothing more left for her to do.
Commenting on Barbara Gordon's eventual evolution into Oracle, she states " any readers and individuals within the industry believe that Barbara Gordon became a ' better ' character after she was paralyzed, but few people comment on specifics of the event that allowed her to become that ' better ' character.
Commenting on the impact and role of comic book character deaths in the modern comics, writer Geoff Johns said:
Commenting on a production scene surrounding the character of Pulovski at his residence, Green noted the home was characteristic of " 359 degrees " of accessible turns of the camera.
Commenting on his character, Neilson has said, " Roy is absolutely his own person and hugely honourable.
Commenting on the storyline and her character, McCutcheon said in 1997, " Tiffany will be really upset that Grant is trying to make out she's not a good mother.
Commenting and Dr
Commenting on the above verse of Mahabharta, noted scholars like Dr K. P. Jayswal observe that " Since the Kambojas were famous for their horses ( aśva ) and as a cavalry-men ( Aśva-yudhah kushalah ), hence the Aśvakas i. e. horsemen was the term popularly applied to them ".
Commenting on the heroic resistance and courage displayed by the Aśvakayanas ( Kambojas ) in the face of treacerous onslaught of Alexander, Dr Buddha Prakash remarks: " Hardly could any Thermopylae be more glorious!
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