Irritating to Hastings is the fact that Poirot will sometimes conceal from him important details of his plans, as in The Big Four where Hastings is kept in the dark throughout the climax.

Between 1220 and 1227, he wrote a Glossa in quatuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi ( A Gloss on the Four Books of the Sentences of Peter Lombard ), which was particularly important because it was the first time that a book other than the Bible was used as a textbook during biblical study.

Among the most important are a controversial treatise on the Catholic Faith, in which are refuted what he saw as the principal errors of the Chinese ; The True Origin of All Things ; and The Life of God, the Saviour, from the Four Gospels.

Zhu's second book, Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns (, Siyuan yujian ), written in 1303, is his most important work.

Similarly, he points out that religions which give little importance to the concept of god exist, such as Buddhism, where the Four Noble Truths is much more important than any individual deity.

* The first session of the Jewish Vaad ( Council of Four Lands ) is held in Lublin, Poland ; 70 delegates of Jewish local qahals meet to discuss taxation and other issues important to Jewish communities.

* Four towns of the county of Holland ( Dordrecht, Haarlem, Leiden and Alkmaar ) and two of the county of Zeeland ( Middelburg and Zierikzee ) accept for the first time to collectively secure a loan by their sovereign, Floris V. This system gives important securities to the lenders and allows the ruler to access the same low interest rates as the cities ’ governments.

Some, like Superman and the Fantastic Four, are adored and seen as important civic leaders.

Four important bodies of water with breeding stocks of striped bass are: Chesapeake Bay, Massachusetts Bay / Cape Cod, Hudson River and Delaware River.

Four important ISO ( International Organization for Standardization ) recommendations standardized containerization globally:

Four of the most important domesticated silk worms, together with their adult moth forms, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon ( 1885-1892 )

Throughout his life, from his earliest songs to the final Four Last Songs of 1948, he preferred the soprano voice to all others, and all his operas contain important soprano roles.

* The Quatre Jours de Dunkerque ( or Four Days of Dunkirk ) is an important elite professional road bicycle racing event.

It was also, at one time, an important entertainment centre, with four or five cinemas within a radius of a ⅓ of a mile, and the Dalston Theatre, a former hippodrome and music hall that later became the Four Aces blues club and the Labyrinth nightclub.

* The Four Doors Room was the formal antechamber to the more important rooms in the palace, and the doors which give it its name are ornately framed in precious Eastern marbles ; each is surmounted by an allegorical sculptural group that refers to the virtues which should inspire those who took on the government responsibilities.

Claypool was previously an important rail transportation hub because it was located at the junction of the Big Four and the Nickel Plate railroad lines.

Four Mile got its ’ name because it was located just four miles from the St. Francis River ferry and other important points of interest.

The enormous costs of repair after both battles depleted the English treasury, so the Four Days Battle is usually seen as both a tactical and important strategic victory for the Dutch.

The most important of Skene's other works are: editions of John of Fordun's Chronica gentis Scotorum ( Edinburgh, 1871 – 1872 ); of the Four Ancient Books of Wales ( Edinburgh, 1868 ); of the Chronicles of the Picts and Scots ( Edinburgh, 1867 ); and of Adomnán's Vita S. Columbae ( Edinburgh, 1874 ); an Essay on the Coronation Stone of Scone ( Edinburgh, 1869 ); and Memorials of the Family of Skene of Skene ( Aberdeen, 1887 ).

Four structures in the grounds around the hall have been designated by English Heritage as Grade II listed buildings ; Grade II listing means that a building or structure is considered to be " nationally important and of special interest ".

Four years later, Conklin and Burton Rascoe published The Smart Set Anthology ( 1934, reissued as The Bachelor's Companion in 1944 ), the first collection of stories from that important literary magazine.

Four of the most important groups are:

Some of the most important early texts include I Ching and Shujing within the Four Books and Five Classics.

Four important archangels also display periodic spiritual activity over the seasons: Spring is Raphael, Summer ( Uriel ), Autumn ( Michael ) and Winter ( Gabriel ).

Four wins in a row restored some hope for the Bomber faithful, but another series of crippling injuries ravaged the club, leaving them with as little as 24 fit men for selection.

Four years later, he moved to Canada, where he earned a living as a wrestler and heavyweight boxer, with several notable wins in the ring.

Four wins followed after that, including a rematch with Stock, against whom he avenged his second defeat, knocking him out in 5 rounds.

Four more knockout wins followed, including a five rounder on December 19, 1949 with Phil Muscato ( 56 – 20 – 0 ), an experienced heavyweight from Buffalo, New York and the first " name fighter " Marciano would face.

The Nebraska program is second only to Stanford in all-time NCAA Tournament wins, all-time NCAA Tournament winning percentage, number of NCAA National Semifinal ( Final Four ) appearances, and in the number of NCAA National Championships won.

Current Kansas head coach Bill Self served as a graduate assistant under Brown at KU during the 1985 – 86 season which saw Kansas set a then-record for wins in a single season and the Jayhawks ' first trip to the Final Four in 12 years.

In 2005, Pitino's Louisville team posted a tie for the most single season wins in school history ( 33 ) while he is one of two men's coaches in NCAA history to lead three separate schools ( Providence, Kentucky, and Louisville ) to the Final Four.

Four consecutive wins against the best horses in the world all occurred within just 41 days.

Her second title reign ended with a loss to Miss Kitty, an un-trained wrestler, in a Four Corners Evening Gown Pool match — a match where a wrestler wins by stripping the evening gown off of her opponents — on December 12 at Armageddon.

Four years later, Douglas wins a landslide victory over the incumbent Kramer.

This formed the basis for chapters 17 and 18 of the book – Number Four wins the trick / In the Felsenlabyrinth.

Her 2006 follow-up album, Back to Black, led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made Winehouse the first British female to win five Grammys, including three of the " Big Four ": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Four wins in their first five games took them to the US Open Cup for the second year in a row, although they again lost their opening game, going down 2-1 to strong opposition in the form of USL-1 franchise California Victory.

* Four of a kind wins all nine game automatically ( usually played in 4-card golf ).

Originally, it was a round-robin " Top Four " system in which four teams played against each other and the winner was determined by number of wins, set average, point average, direct confrontation.

* Anders Jacobsen ( Norway ) wins the Four Hills Tournament

Guthridge coached that team to the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship, a school record-tying 34 wins ( including 30 wins going into the NCAA Tournament – the most in school history at the time ) and an appearance in the Final Four, where they lost to Utah.

Four wins in their opening four games took the Bucks back to the US Open Cup after a 2-year break, and once again they upset higher-league opponents, beating Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2 – 0 in Round 1, and overcoming Cincinnati Kings in Round 2, before eventually going down 4 – 1 to Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew in the third round.

During that same episode, he participates in the Four Army relay race, which the Monster Army wins through heavy cheating.

In recent years Honeoye Sports have achieved success in girls volleyball with a Section V championship in 2004 and several Sectional final appearances, girls Soccer with a Section V championship in 2005 and several Sectional final appearances, boys Soccer with nine consecutive sectional appearances, recent league titles in 2004, 2008, 2009, a # 1 Class C State-Ranking in 2009, and a Section V Class CC championship in 2008, cross country with several runners competing in sectional and state competitions, Golf, with several golfers competing in league and sectional competitions, and a streak of 56 straight team wins was snapped in early 2006, girls basketball with a section V championship in 2006, a NYSPHAA West Regional Championship in 2006 and a New York State Final Four appearance in 2006, indoor track with several athletes competing in sectional and state competitions, boys baseball with three consecutive sectional final appearances, 2008 Section V class CCC Championship, 2008 NYSPHAA West Regional Championship, and a New York State Final 4 appearance and girls softball with several sectional final appearances.

Strong solutions, i. e. algorithms that can produce perfect play from any position, are known for some simple games such as Tic Tac Toe ( draw with perfect play ) and Connect Four ( first player wins ).