Few plants bloom in the winter, one exception being the flowering plum, which flowers in time for Chinese New Year.

In the period between 27 November and 13 December 1950, 30, 000 United Nations ( UN ) troops ( nicknamed " The Chosin Few ") under the command of Major General Edward Almond were encircled by approximately 67, 000 Chinese troops under the command of Song Shi-Lun.

Hu Shih's work fell into disrepute in mainland China until a 1986 article, written by Ji Xianlin, " A Few Words for Hu Shi ", advocated acknowledging not only Hu Shih's mistakes, but also his contributions to modern Chinese literature.

Few monolingual Tujia speakers remain ; nearly all are bilingual in some dialect of Chinese.

Few statistics are kept on how many Chinese and Koreans have naturalized, as such statistics are not maintained by the Japanese government.

Few, if any, records exist from the period of Chinese history when Yu reigned.

Few hyangak pieces are performed in Chinese style ; these include Pollyeong, Haeryeong ( hangul: 해령 ; hanja: 解令 ), and Poheoja

Few known recorded languages preserve simple CV forms which apparently are fully functional roots conveying meaning, i. e. are words ---- but are not the reductions from earlier complex forms that we find in Mandarin Chinese CV forms, almost always derived with tonal and phonological modifications from Sino-Tibetan *( C ) CV ( C )( C )/( V ) forms.

Few Sino-Mauritian youth speak Chinese ; those who do use it primarily for communication with elderly relatives, especially those who did not attend school and thus had little exposure to English or French.

Few of the native Jews who had lived in Lublin were still in the ghetto.

Few Burkinabé have had formal education.

Few had work experience beyond occasional odd jobs.

Few had succeeded as Bowie did now.

Few of them had any publishing experience before they found themselves running Ace.

In July 1841, Poe had published an essay called " A Few Words on Secret Writing " in Graham's Magazine.

Few dared venture inland from the coast ; those that did, like the Portuguese, often met defeats and had to retreat to the coast.

Few then were surprised when Major's Conservatives lost the 1 May 1997 general election to Tony Blair's " New Labour ", although the immense scale of the defeat was not as widely predicted: in 1987 and 1992 the Conservatives had polled better than had been suggested by the opinion polls, but in 1997 this was no longer the case.

Few others in the American study of religion have had this kind of impact on students of so many approaches and interests.

Few could believe that a renowned former companion of Nero had chosen such an honourable end.

Few people in the countryside had access to potable water, electricity, bank credit, or public transportation.

Few of these houses were used for single-family occupancy, however, and many had been converted into low-cost apartments.

Few orders did in fact come out of the trip, and when Steer's box of samples returned, the London office found that they had not been opened further down than the second layer.

Few women ever sought this status ; instead, the average Romanian family during the time had two to three children ( see Demographics of Romania ).

Few were as vocal as Peng Dehuai had been, but the general consensus was that the chairman's grand experiment had failed completely.

Few records remain of the original design, the most valuable being that of the flag used in the Declaration of Independence, which had a width of two meters and a length just over two feet.

Few first novels have had a comparable impact.

Few whites had ever seen him.

Few transmissions by secret agents of German Intelligence evaded RSS ' notice and changes in procedure, which the Germans used for security, were in many cases identified before the enemy had become familiar with them.

Few Māori had good understanding of either sovereignty or " governorship ", as understood by 19th century Europeans, and so some academics, such as Moana Jackson, question whether Māori fully understood that they were ceding sovereignty to the British Crown.

A Few Good Men had its world premiere at the Heritage Repertory Theatre at the University of Virginia's Department of Drama on September 19, 1989.

In January 1993 A Few Good Men had its premiere in German language at the Volkstheater, Vienna, Austria ( translation: Gunther Baumann, director: Erhard Pauer, Daniel Kaffee: Alfons Haider ).

Few mine workers had cars and cross valley roads were in marginal condition.

Few areas, if any, are as good as prepared shelters but they are worth knowing about.

Few individual situations will provide the ideal mix of materials at any point in time.

Few academics argue that the text, in its present form, dates back any earlier than the 14th – 16th centuries ; although a minority see it as containing portions of an earlier work, and almost all would detect the influence of earlier sources — over and above the Vulgate text of the Latin Bible.

J. D. G. Dunn comments on historical Jesus scholarship, " Few scholars would regard John as a source for information regarding Jesus ' life and ministry in any degree comparable to the synoptics.

Few, if any, of the clumps of stunted Pisonia grandis once found on the island still survive.

Few calves are born ahead of time and of these, hardly any will survive.

Sabata and If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death, directed by Gianfranco Parolini introduces into similar betrayal environments a kind of hero molded on the Mortimer character from For a Few Dollars More, only without any vengeance motive and with more outrageous trick weapons.

::" Few human creatures would consent to be changed into any of the lower animals, for a promise of the fullest allowance of a beast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool, no instructed person would be an ignoramus, no person of feeling and conscience would be selfish and base, even though they should be persuaded that the fool, the dunce, or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than they are with theirs … A being of higher faculties requires more to make him happy, is capable probably of more acute suffering, and is certainly accessible to it at more points, than one of an inferior type ; but in spite of these liabilities, he can never really wish to sink into what he feels to be a lower grade of existence … It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

Few inscriptions of any length have been found at Petra, perhaps because they have perished with the stucco or cement which was used upon many of the buildings.

* Few, if any, windows.

* Few if any non-English speaking nations use the whole word teaching method. They do not have to ; phonics works for their language because it follows the alphabetic principle: the words are almost entirely spelled as they sound.

Few people were capable of writing histories, as literacy was not widespread in almost any culture until long after the end of ancient history.

Microsoft has received a great deal of bad press surrounding their Palladium software architecture, evoking comments such as " Few pieces of vaporware have evoked a higher level of fear and uncertainty than Microsoft's Palladium ", " Palladium is a plot to take over cyberspace ", and " Palladium will keep us from running any software not personally approved by Bill Gates ".

Few circulated in any real sense so they often remain in well-preserved condition.

Few if any Red-tailed Black Shark s ( Epalzeorhynchos bicolor ) remain in the wild today.

Few, if any, Southwestern Pennsylvania towns can boast the range of architecture from its period of settlement to the 20th century as can be found in Greensboro.

However in a September 15, 2011 article of the New York Times, Sorkin was quoted saying, “ The character of Dan Kaffee in ‘ A Few Good Men ’ is entirely fictional and was not inspired by any particular individual .”

Some sources say that piperine, a substance present in black pepper, irritates the nostrils, causing the sneezing ; Few, if any, controlled studies have been carried out to answer the question.

Few, if any, made a living from playing in the years 1970 – 73, nor did they expect to.

Few riders would ever deny a dragonless rider due to the strength of the bond between dragon and rider, losing one's dragon almost always results in insanity in all but the strongest of character such as Lytol, though these people remain emotional vulnerable to any mention of Dragons.

Few details of Lucian's life can be verified with any degree of accuracy.

Few mathematicians are typically concerned on a daily, working basis over logicism, formalism or any other philosophical position.

Few Grand Tourists called on Athens during the first half of the 18th century, and none made any significant study of the architectural ruins.

Few of the leaders in the intelligence community were willing to part with any of the power that the current ad hoc system granted them.