Altruism figures prominently in Buddhism.

In Stephen R. Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle, Aurelianus ( most often referred to as " Aurelius ") figures prominently, along with his brother Uther, in the second book of the series, Merlin.

Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature.

Myths in which Ea figures prominently have been found in Assurbanipal's library, and in the Hattusas archive in Hittite Anatolia.

Love poetry, often of a tragic or regretful nature, prominently figures in many folk traditions.

Mattie, while talented, is naïve and apparently somewhat unstable ; she has an apparent electra complex and declares that she will only refer to Urquhart as ' Daddy ', a word that later figures prominently in Urquhart's painful flashbacks of her.

However, Christ cannot be singled out immediately among the gathering figures in the foreground, whereas Simon stands out quite prominently.

She also figures prominently in the commemorations on Lazarus Saturday ( the day before Palm Sunday ).

In the German-speaking states Michael Denis made the first full translation in 1768, inspiring the proto-nationalist poets Klopstock and Goethe, whose own German translation of a portion of Macpherson's work figures prominently in a climactic scene of The Sorrows of Young Werther ( 1774 ).

Frederick II of Prussia ( the Great ) figures prominently for having made very efficient use of the limited forces at his disposal, though Napoleon is perhaps the central figure.

Consequently the eating of matzo figures prominently in the Passover Seder.

This use of the ACAT acronym is reminiscent of another ACAT ( for Acquisition Category ) used in US Defense industry procurements, in which Risk Management figures prominently in decision making and planning.

The Anti-Somoza revolution itself figures prominently into the plot of the game as well, being described within the game's narrative as being started by the fictional KGB agent Vladimir Zadornov in order to make Nicaragua a communist state so the Soviet Union could force the United States out of Central America entirely.

* The song figures prominently in a plotline on the daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope in October 1988 when villain Max Dubujax plants a bomb in a music box that plays the tune.

Turmeric figures prominently in the bridal beautification ceremonies of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.

As a result, seafood figures prominently in their cuisine.

It created a general right to privacy ( Griswold v. Connecticut ), limited the role of religion in public school ( most prominently Engel v. Vitale and Abington School District v. Schempp ), incorporated most guarantees of the Bill of Rights against the States — prominently Mapp v. Ohio ( the exclusionary rule ) and Gideon v. Wainwright ( right to appointed counsel ),— and required that criminal suspects be apprised of all these rights by police ( Miranda v. Arizona ); At the same time, however, the Court limited defamation suits by public figures ( New York Times v. Sullivan ) and supplied the government with an unbroken run of antitrust victories.

The Zohar figures prominently in the mysticism of Chabad.

Clothing figures prominently in the Bible where it appears in numerous contexts, the more prominent ones being: the story of Adam and Eve, Joseph's cloak, Judah and Tamar, Mordecai and Esther.

Yaroslav figures prominently in the Norse Sagas under the name of Jarisleif the Lame ; his legendary lameness ( probably resulting from an arrow wound ) was corroborated by the scientists who examined his remains.

Historic Telluride figures prominently in Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day.

The Stone of Scone figures prominently in Das Königsprojekt, a 1974 novel by the German writer Carl Amery.

Conrad's army was the first to enter the Byzantine territory in the summer of 1147, and it figures more prominently in the Byzantine sources, which imply that it was the most troublesome of the two.

The Queen figures prominently in the later books of Michael Jecks ' Knights Templar Mysteries series.

Morgan watched the two figures for a time, puzzled.

He spent concentrated weeks putting his two figures together: a Mary who would be young and sensitive, yet strong enough to hold her son on her lap ; ;

When more than two figures are separated by subtraction symbols the subtraction must be carried out from the left to right if the result is to be correct.

The greatest difference in the two sets of figures is due to differences in the two sets of lists used.

He had written out the license number of his car but had transposed the last two figures, an old dodge which is still good.

The good feeling which exists between these two important church figures is now well known in England.

The earliest examples of life-sized statues of Apollo, may be two figures from the Ionic sanctuary on the island of Delos.

Their two figures hold the centre.

Ada Lovelace reported in her notes on the Analytical Engine: " Mr. Babbage believes he can, by his engine, form the product of two numbers, each containing twenty figures, in three minutes ".

Isaac de Beausobre properly calls attention to the significant silence of Clement in the two passages in which he instructs the Christians of Alexandria on the right use of rings and gems, and the figures which may legitimately be engraved on them ( Paed.

A number of theories have been proposed to explain the two figures, and there are occasional references to them in popular culture.

The arrangement mirrors the one designed by Bernini for the Tomb of Urban VIII ( 1628 – 47 ), with a central hieratic sculpture of the pope seated in full regalia and offering a hand of blessing, while at his feet, two allegorical female figures flank his sarcophagus.

Immediately after this, Algardi produced an interactive sculptural group representing the beheading of Saint Paul with two figures: a kneeling, resigned saint and the executioner poised to strike the sword-blow, for the church of San Paolo, Bologna.

In this relief, the two principal figures, the stern and courageous pope and the dismayed and frightened Attila, surge forward from the center into three dimensions.

One such figure was Phanes of Halicarnassus, who would later on leave Amasis, for reasons Herodotus does not clearly know but suspects were personal between the two figures.

Yet a simpler alternative interpretation of the conflict between these two figures is that the Historia Brittonum is preserving traditions hostile to the purported descendants of Vortigern, who at this time were a ruling house in Powys.

( There are two typographic styles for rendering European numerals, known as lining figures and text figures ).

Thus in the classical tradition of later Western art and literature, the mythology of the two figures becomes virtually indistinguishable.

Stilicho is alleged by some to have wanted control of both Emperors, and is supposed to have had Rufinus assassinated by Gothic mercenaries in 395 ; though definite proof of Stilicho's involvement in the assassination is lacking, the intense competition and political jealousies engendered by the two figures compose the main thread of the first part of Arcadius ' reign.

The Battle is now in the Alte Pinakothek, which has the best collection of Altdorfer's paintings, including also his small St. George and the Dragon ( 1510 ), in oil on parchment, where the two figures are tiny and almost submerged in the lush, dense forest that towers over them.

Gothic facade of Exeter Cathedral, with rows of figures in aedicular or tabernacle frames above the door, and two above the crenellation s

In addition, different sets of dance figures are usually taught for the two styles.

His first releases under his own name, " Booster Blues " and " Dry Southern Blues ," were hits ; this led to the release of the other two songs from that session, " Got the Blues " and " Long Lonesome Blues ," which became a runaway success, with sales in six figures.