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The Lynx holds the distinction of being the world's first handheld electronic game with a color LCD.
The Economics Department, whose prominent professors include David Blanchflower and Andrew Samwick, also holds the distinction as the top-ranked bachelor's-only economics program in the world.
One key distinction is the purpose for the practice ; handloaders often seek smaller batches of high-quality ammunition, whereas reloaders are said to make large quantities of ammunition that does not need to be of as high quality but at least one authority ( McPherson ) holds that a better distinction for these connotations is that, regardless of quantity, handloads tend to be of generally high quality while reloads tend to be merely functional.
Iraq holds a special distinction in the history of geography: a clay tablet generally accepted as " the earliest known map " was unearthed in 1930 during the excavation of Ga-Sur at Nuzi Yorghan Tepe, near the towns of Harran and Kirkuk, north of the site of Babylon.
Unusually, Yeats holds the distinction of being Ireland's first medalist at the Olympic Games in the wake of creation of the Irish Free State.
Nasal and oral vowels probably merged around the 11th c. in most of Old East Norse .< sup >: 3 </ sup > However, the distinction still holds in Dalarna .< sup >: 4 </ sup > The dots in the following vowel table separate the oral from nasal phonemes.
The materialistic view of the mind-body problem holds that mental disorders arise from physical processes ; in this view, the distinction between brain and mind, and therefore between organic and functional disease, is an artificial one.
the first science-fiction novel in the Shona language, which also holds the distinction of being the first novel in the Shona language to appear as an ebook first before it came out in print.
The film holds the distinction of being the musical film with the most Academy Award wins ( 10 wins ), including Best Picture.
Buick holds the distinction as the oldest active American make.
The 80 by 120 Foot Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center holds the distinction of being the largest wind tunnel test section in the world.
Miami holds the distinction of being " the only major city in the United States conceived by a woman, Julia Tuttle ", who was a local citrus grower and a wealthy Cleveland native.
Along the Willimantic River ( and border of Mansfield ) stands the Brigham Tavern, which holds the distinction of having housed George Washington around the period of the Revolutionary War.
The country is currently the only nation in Latin America that holds this distinction.
Tao also holds the distinction of being the youngest medalist with his 1986 bronze medal, alongside 2009 bronze medalist Raúl Chávez Sarmiento ( Peru ), at the age of 10 and 11 respectively.
This crossing point holds the distinction of being the highest low point of any U. S. state.
, Jimmy Long's younger brother Gerald Long holds the distinction of being the only current Long in public office and the first Republican among the Long Democratic dynasty.
Five Points holds the distinction of being the first town of its size to receive electricity from Alabama Power in 1925.
Organized by the Warren Chamber of Commerce, the festival celebrates the South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato, a special variety of tomato which holds the distinction of being Arkansas ' state fruit and state vegetable.
The Hialeah Park Race Track also holds the dual distinction of being an Audubon Bird Sanctuary due to its famous pink flamingos and being listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The town holds the distinction of the having the highest percentage of people with Swiss ancestry, followed by nearby Berne, Indiana, according to the 2000 U. S. Census.
At eight state baseball titles, La Porte High School holds the distinction of winning the greatest number in Indiana.
It holds the distinction of being " The Coldest Spot in Iowa ," having recorded a temperature of 47 degrees below zero without wind chill on January 12, 1912.
Concordia holds the distinction of being elected the county seat before the town was created.

holds and being
He supports the steady-state theory which holds that matter is continually being created in space.
Whichever side holds the Ashes, the urn normally remains in the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lord's since being presented to the MCC by Bligh's widow upon his death.
Similarly, intuitionists object to the existence property for classical logic, where one can prove, without being able to produce any term of which holds.
This principle holds that what makes a state conscious is the individual being aware of being in that state.
It provides a rich growing medium, or a porous, absorbent material that holds moisture and soluble minerals, providing the support and nutrients in which plants can flourish, although it is rarely used alone, being primarily mixed with soil, sand, grit, bark chips, vermiculite, perlite, or clay granules to produce loam.
As with the EU, one holds Commonwealth citizenship only by being a citizen of a Commonwealth member state.
" It has also been implied, especially in the ' alternate future ' story Kingdom Come, that the Clark Kent persona is symbolic of the values taught to him by his wholesome Midwestern parents, the values he holds most dear: his instinctive knowledge of right and wrong that allows him to adopt his Superman persona, without being consumed by the moral implications of his actions ; Superman is the means through which he can bring this example to the world.
Many other places are listed as a location where Arthur holds court in the later romances, Carlisle and London perhaps being the most prominent.
The Roman Catholic Church holds that recognition by the Pope is an essential element in qualifying a council as ecumenical ; Eastern Orthodox view approval by the Pope of Rome as being roughly equivalent to that of other patriarchs.
But Saddam embraced Islamic rhetoric and attacked Saudi Arabia, his enemy in the war, for violating Islamic unity and its role as custodian of the two holy cities by allowing non-Muslims on its soil ( traditional Muslim belief holds that non-Muslims must not be allowed on the Arabian peninsula ), and he also accused the Kingdom of being a puppet of the west.
The doctrine of economic individualism holds that each individual should be allowed autonomy in making his or her own economic decisions as opposed to those decisions being made by the state, the community, the corporation etc.
Monistic idealism holds that consciousness, not matter, is the ground of all being.
Botham holds a number of Test records as an all-rounder, including being the fastest ( in terms of matches ) to achieve the " doubles " of 1, 000 runs and 100 wickets, 2, 000 runs and 200 wickets, and 3, 000 runs and 300 wickets.
**** Divine command theory holds that for a thing to be right is for a unique being, God, to approve of it, and that what is right for non-God beings is obedience to the divine will.
Juranitch admits to being somewhat of an eccentric — he holds the current world record for fastest time shaving a beard with an axe, but hasn't shaved his beard since he won the Ragnar job among 3, 000 applicants.
Social Darwinism is a social theory which holds that Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is a model, not only for the development of biological traits in a population, but also as an application for human social institutions — the existing social institutions being implicitly declared as normative.
Where Nestorianism holds that Christ had two loosely-united natures, divine and human, monophysitism holds that he had but a single nature, his human nature being absorbed into his divinity.
From this being the sukta holds, the original creative will proceeds, by which this vast universe is projected in space and time.
Due to the legitimate role that referees play in wrestling of serving as liaison between the bookers backstage and the wrestlers in the ring ( the role of being a final arbitrator is merely kayfabe ), the referee is present, even in matches that do not at first glance appear to require a referee ( such as a ladder match, as it is no holds barred, and the criteria for victory could theoretically be assessed from afar ).
While one perception is that leisure is just " spare time ", time not consumed by the necessities of living, another holds that leisure is a force that allows individuals to consider and reflect on the values and realities that are missed in the activities of daily life, thus being an essential element of personal development and civilization.
A traditional view holds that work is supported by recreation, recreation being useful to " recharge the battery " so that work performance is improved.

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