Described by Messier as nebulae without stars, their true nature was not recognized until the 1920s.

Described as “ one of New Zealand ’ s finest songwriters ” and “ a true son of the Pacific ”, he won the Senior Pacific Artist award in 2005 for his contribution to the Pacific Arts.

Described as the first lady of South African theatre, Bryceland was a committed South African artist who, in 1972, defied racial segregation by co-founding, with her husband, South Africa's first non-racial theatre, the Space Theatre in Cape Town.

Described at her birth as " a small, but completely healthy Archduchess ", she was also known at the Austrian court as Antonia, but more often as Madame Antoine, since French was commonly spoken in the Hofburg.

Described variously by modern scholars as " warped "," perverted "," malicious ", and " psychopathic ", Efnysien is often considered to be one of the most vivid and interesting characters to appear in the four branches.

Described by critics as using an acting style that is highly deadpan or a camera style that approaches near-stasis, Kitano often uses long takes where little appears to be happening, or editing that cuts immediately to the aftermath of an event.

Described as being " the master of the double standard ", a " Psycho-Dad " as well as a perceived hypocrite who often embarrasses his children, even if he wants what is best for them.

Described often as M = CR < sub > 2 </ sub >, they represent a class of organic ligands intermediate between alkyls (- CR < sub > 3 </ sub >) and carbynes (≡ CR ).

Described by the US Navy as the " Gateway to the Mediterranean ", Naval Station Rota is home to an airfield and a seaport ; the airfield has often caused the base to be misidentified as " Naval Air Station Rota.

Described as an " outdoors Sherlock Holmes ", his behaviour often leads to the frustration of his de-facto partner, Chicago detective Raymond Vecchio, played by David Marciano.

Described by his wife Mary as not " an unemployed person " but " the original unemployed person ", Rab is very rarely seen in anything other than a pinstripe suit in very poor condition, rotting plimsolls, a filthy headband and a string vest.

* Marina Larsen Described on cover Vol. 17, No. 12 ( December 1982 ) as '... the most beautiful girl we've ever seen '

Described by Victor Hugo as a " gigantic and delicate marvel ", and by Goethe as a " sublimely towering, wide-spreading tree of God ", the cathedral is visible far across the plains of Alsace and can be seen from as far off as the Vosges Mountains or the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine.

Described by Amnesty International as, "... one of the most compelling cases of apparent innocence that human rights campaigners have ever seen ," Richey's case became something of a cause célèbre in the United Kingdom.

Described by Wisden as ' arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen ', Evans collected 219 dismissals in 91 Test match appearances between 1946 and 1959 and a total of 1066 in all first-class matches.

Described as “ the determining moment in Fellini ’ s life ”, he enjoyed steady employment between 1939 and 1942, interacting with writers, gagmen, and scriptwriters that eventually led to opportunities in show business and cinema.

Described in more commercial terms, PCS is a generation of wireless-phone technology that combines a range of features and services surpassing those available in analog-and digital-cellular phone systems, providing a user with an all-in-one wireless phone, paging, messaging, and data service.

Described in English as a sparth ( from the Old Norse sparðr ) or pale-axe, the weapon featured a larger head with broader blade, the rearward part of the crescent sweeping up to contact ( or even be attached to ) the haft.

Described as a wealthy, sporting man who served in the army with Colonel Brandon, he is very affable and keen to throw frequent parties, picnics, and other social gatherings to bring together the young people of their village.

Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as " now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater ", his most famous works include ( as composer / lyricist ) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods.

Described as " a typical New York butch " and " a dyke — stone butch ", she had been hit on the head by an officer with a billy club for, as one witness claimed, complaining that her handcuffs were too tight.

Described as a place of unending Springtime and a paradise of green plants, Tlalocan was the destination in the afterlife for those who died violently from phenomena associated with water, such as by lightning, drowning and water-borne diseases ( Miller and Taube, 1993 ).

Described as a " sonic novel ", the album explores Amos's alter ego, Scarlet, intertwined with her cross-country concert tour following 9 / 11.

Described in detail by eyewitness Thomé Lopes and chronicler Gaspar Correia as one that is unequalled in cold-blooded cruelty, da Gama looted the ship with over 400 pilgrims on board including 50 women, locked in the passengers, the owner and an ambassador from Egypt and burnt them to death.

Described as a giant Philistine warrior, he is famous for his combat with the young David, the future king of Israel.

Described later by Friedrich List, it was designed to allow the fledgling American manufacturing sector, largely centered on the eastern seaboard, to compete with British manufacturing through the creation of tariffs.

Described as " vain, capricious, and troublesome ", Isabella could not reconcile herself with her less prominent position in France.

Described as a jeep track, it linked Thimphu and Phuntsholing with Jaigaon, West Bengal.

" Described by writer Johannes Jonsson as " slow black metal with influences from Nordic folk music ", it has been considered a category of folk metal.

* Sam " Bo " McClelland ( 1966 – 1973 ) Described as a " tough disciplinarian ", he was personally appointed by Spence to succeed him as Chief of Staff, due to his having served in the Korean War with Spence's former regiment, the Royal Ulster Rifles.

Described as a great warrior with a " blackened face ", Gwyn is intimately associated with the otherworld in medieval Welsh literature, and is associated with the international tradition of the Wild Hunt.

* Plas Mawr, Conwy: Described with considerable justification as the best-preserved Elizabethan town house in Britain, with a gatehouse added in 1585 to the house built in 1576-80 by Robert Wynn.

Described by Joseph Bruce as a " Juggalo Woodstock ", the Gathering of the Juggalos spans four days and includes concerts, wrestling, games, contests, autograph sessions, karaoke, and seminars with artists.

Described by many as the most anti-traditional of the Abstract Expressionists, Still is credited with laying the groundwork for the movement.

* Carroll, H. K. The Religious Forces of the United States, Enumerated, Classified and Described: Returns for 1900 and 1910 Compared with the Government Census of 1890: Condition and Characteristics of Christianity in the United States ( 1912 ), very usefuul sumamries of each denomination and detailed statistics.

Described once as " an active volcano "' she was unquestionably a force to be reckoned with.

Described as " European experimental meets West Coast American grunge ", The Humans recorded their debut album We Are the Humans in Seattle in 2008, released in Estonia in May 2009 to coincide with the band's return to play in front of the country's president.

Described by German zoologist Heinrich Boie in 1826, the genus Phylloscopus contains about 50 species of small insectivorous Old World woodland warblers which are either greenish or brown above and yellowish, white or buff below.

Described later as an " inner sanctum ", " an immense informal network of influence ", and by Jan Smuts as a " dangerous, cunning, political fascist organization ", in 1920 Jong Zuid Afrika now restyled as the Afrikaner Broederbond, was a grouping of 37 white men of Afrikaner ethnicity, Afrikaans language, and the Calvinist Dutch Reformed faith, who shared cultural, semi-religious, and deeply political objectives based on traditions and experiences dating back to the arrival of Dutch white settlers, French Huguenots, and Germans at the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries and including the dramatic events of the Great Trek in the 1830s and 40's.

Described as an “ endangered species ”, Doggett is one of the two white Democratic House members ( the other being Gene Green ) in a state with mostly Republicans and minority members of the Democratic Party.

Described as " remarkably intelligent, but socially naïve ", the character is a fan of buses and trains, wears a beige anorak, scarf, woollen gloves and clutching a nylon shopping bag with a set of keys taped to the handle.