It has been mass produced on souvenirs, lent its name to a Superman villain, appeared on The Simpsons to demonstrate the redemption of a murderous character named Sideshow Bob, incorporated into Hare Krishna chants and adapted for Wicca ceremonies.

For many years, the U. S. has borrowed and bought while in general, the rest of the world has lent and sold.

Recent empirical research has lent support to the theory that psychological projection plays a role in conspiracy belief.

Cuba has also lent support to Palestinian nationalist groups against Israel.

" Cuba has also lent support to the prominent Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) and the lesser-known Marxist-Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) both received training from Cuba's General Intelligence Directorate, as well as financial and diplomatic support from the Cuban government.

) Ford has also lent Mazda some of its capacity when needed: the Mazda 121 sold in Europe and South Africa was, for a time, a variant of the Ford Fiesta built in plants in Europe and South Africa.

The government has lent strong diplomatic support to the U. S. Government counter-terrorism efforts in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The discovery of artifacts associated with Aga and Enmebaragesi of Kish, two other kings named in the stories, has lent credibility to the historical existence of Gilgamesh.

Rosicrucianism, one of the most celebrated of Christianity's mystical offshoots, has lent aspects of its philosophy to most Christian-based occultism since the 17th century.

The 3rd Duke lent the vase to Josiah Wedgwood, who had already had it described to him as " the finest production of Art that has been brought to England and seems to be the very apex of perfection to which you are endeavoring " by the sculptor John Flaxman.

Gellar has lent her voice to animated TV series, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and several episodes of Robot Chicken.

Red top tabloids are so named due to their tendency, in British and Commonwealth usage, to have their mastheads printed in red ink ; the term compact was coined to avoid the connotation of the word tabloid, which implies a red top tabloid, and has lent its name to tabloid journalism, which is journalism after the fashion of red top reporters.

Skurfing is a sport that has many origins but is said to be created in Australia and New Zealand with bindingless hand shaped boards designed specifically for towing A ' skurf board ' was lent to Jeff Darby and friends in Queensland, Australia who started to make their own and who later came in contact with Tony Finn who was to later produce their brand ' Skurfer ' under royalty.

( It has lent the term " shrapnel " to fragmentation from artillery shells and fragmentation in general ever since, long after it was replaced by high explosive rounds.

Giselle Loren has lent her voice to the character in both the Buffy video games and an unproduced animated series.

Sometimes, this title is conferred upon a celebrity or notable creator who has lent his or her name to a project to boost its prestige or credibility, as a recognition of newly-acquired industry status, or as a perk to the show's main star or creative force.

In addition to influencing the grammar, vocabulary, and syntax of Egyptian Arabic, Coptic has lent to both Arabic and Biblical Hebrew such words as:

It has lent its name to the Oxford comma.

Organizations such as the Wycliffe Bible Translators and the United Bible Societies, have resulted in availability of the Bible in 2, 100 languages, which has further lent an identification with the phrase among Christians themselves.

Thus " Saturday Night " has come to imply the party scene, and has lent its name to the films Saturday Night Fever, which showcased New York discotheques, Uptown Saturday Night, as well as many songs ( see below ).

The strait has also lent its name to the Øresund Region of 3. 8 million inhabitants on both the Danish and Swedish sides.

America's most-published etiquette expert, Marjabelle Young Stewart, recognized Charleston 1995 as the " best-mannered " city in the U. S, a claim lent credibility by the fact that it has the first established Livability Court in the country.

Their reliability has lent itself to occasional use on mail routes, such as the Great Barrier Pigeongram Service established between Auckland, New Zealand and Great Barrier Island in November 1897.

Mr. Nikolais has made a distinctive contribution to the arts of costume and decor.

Without losing the distinctive undertow of Brahmsian rhythm, the pacing is firm and the over-all performance has a tightly knit quality that makes for maximum cumulative effect.

It is because each side has sought to implement its distinctive theological belief through legislation and thus indirectly force its belief, or at least the practical consequences thereof, upon others.

While authors such as Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Marc Ferro and Jacques Le Goff continue to carry the Annales banner, today the Annales approach has been less distinctive as more and more historians do work in cultural history, political history and economic history.

Although the family ( Amaranthaceae ) is distinctive, the genus has few distinguishing characters among the 70 species included.

The Book of Mormon has a number of original and distinctive doctrinal discussions on subjects such as the fall of Adam and Eve, the nature of the Atonement, eschatology, redemption from physical and spiritual death, and the organization of the latter-day church.

The balalaika orchestra in its full form — balalaikas, domras, gusli, bayan, kugiklas, Vladimir Shepherd's Horns, garmoshkas and several types of percussion instruments — has a distinctive sound: strangely familiar to the ear, yet decidedly not entirely Western European.

The reserve has 83 acres ( 33. 6 ha ) of public land and at its highest point it reaches 162 metres with the distinctive landmark at the summit.

This is a yellow-green gas that has a distinctive strong odor, familiar to most from common household bleach.

" Period " also suggests a linearity of development, whereas it has not been uncommon for two or more distinctive cultural approaches to be active at the same time.

The distinctive mark of an impact crater is the presence of rock that has undergone shock-metamorphic effects, such as shatter cones, melted rocks, and crystal deformations.

It has a furrowed stalk with wedge-shaped leaves, the whole plant having a coarse, earthy taste, and a distinctive smell.

Crete has its own distinctive Mantinades poetry.

Chicago has a distinctive fine art tradition.

Each style has distinctive capitals and entablatures.

Eastern Berlin has a distinctly different visual aspect, partly because of the greater survival of prewar façades and streetscapes, some still showing signs of wartime damage, and partly because of the distinctive style of urban Stalinist architecture used in the GDR.

One distinctive feature that has caused a great amount of interest among linguists is what is traditionally seen as three degrees of phoneme length: short, long, and " overlong ", such that, and are distinct.

The transition to behavioral modernity has been characterized as a " Great Leap Forward ", or as the " Upper Palaeolithic Revolution ", because of the sudden appearance of distinctive signs of modern behavior in the archaeological record.

David Bebbington has termed these four distinctive aspects conversionism, biblicism, crucicentrism, and activism, noting, " Together they form a quadrilateral of priorities that is the basis of Evangelicalism.

To a greater extent than classical violin playing, fiddle playing is characterized by a huge variety of ethnic or folk music traditions, each of which has its own distinctive sound.

The development of the forward pass in American football shows how the game has evolved from its rugby roots into the distinctive game it is today.

Traditionally, each region of France has its own distinctive cuisine.

Foster's Lager has been imported into the UK from Australia in its 16 oz distinctive blue, white and gold cans since the early 1970s.

The original purpose of the resonator was to produce a very loud sound ; this purpose has been largely superseded by electrical amplification, but the resonator guitar is still played because of its distinctive tone.

To this basic plot ( which comes from the Yahwist ) the Priestly source has added a series of covenants dividing history into stages, each with its own distinctive " sign ".