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Some historians have found his point of view not to their taste, others have complained that he makes the Tory tradition appear `` contemptible rather than intelligible '', while a sympathetic critic has remarked that the `` intricate interplay of social dynamics and political activity of which, at times, politicians are the ignorant marionettes is not a field for the exercise of his talents ''.
Combellack argues further, and here he makes his main point, that once The Iliad and The Odyssey are thought formulaic poems composed for an audience accustomed to formulaic poetry, Homeric critics are deprived of an entire domain they previously found arable.
The scarred, disfigured wrists of Mr. Jaggers' housekeeper are the tell-tale marks of her sinister past, for her master, coolly exhibiting them to his dinner guests, makes a point of the `` force of grip there is in these hands ''.
Sir Julian Huxley in his book Uniqueness Of Man makes the novel point that just as man is unique in being the only animal which requires a long period of infancy and childhood under family protection, so is he the only animal who has a long period after the decline of his procreativity.
Writing a little later, Tertullian makes the same main point but adds expressly that recently founded churches ( such as his own in Carthage ) could be considered apostolic if they had " derived the tradition of faith and the seeds of doctrine " from an apostolic church.
From a philosophical point of view, what makes the brain special in comparison to other organs is that it forms the physical structure that generates the mind.
The active method makes use of a specially constructed message that must be inserted at a specific point in the protocol, to make the master and slave repeat the pairing process.
It is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with a melting point of 28 ° C ( 82 ° F ), which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at ( or near ) room temperature.
Because of the come bet, if the shooter makes their point, a player can find themselves in the situation where they have a come bet ( possibly with odds on it ) and the next roll is a come-out roll.
Rothkopf additionally makes the point that globalization and the Internet are accelerating the process of cultural influence.
To summarize, every established national group used cultural productions to assert and strengthen a sense of national unity and destiny ; less politically consolidated groups, especially those pursuing the goal of nationhood, used them in the same ways, though often with a note of determination that makes them easier to see from our contemporary point of reference.
Centripetal force ( from Latin centrum " center " and petere " to seek ") is a force that makes a body follow a curved path: its direction is always orthogonal to the velocity of the body, toward the fixed point of the instantaneous center of curvature of the path.
Here, x is the angle that a line connecting the origin with a point on the unit circle makes with the positive real axis, measured counter clockwise and in radians.
A " Winning Smile " that makes the hero likable is worth 0 points because of its trivial effect, while a " Charming Song " that inspires one emotion when played might be useful enough to count as Frequent ( 1 point ).
There is a surviving report of the ceremony by Widukind of Corvey which makes no mention of his wife having been crowned at this point, but according to Thietmar of Merseburg's chronicle Eadgyth was nevertheless anointed as queen, albeit in a separate ceremony.
Hutchins makes this point very clear:
Although the fundamental group in general depends on the choice of base point, it turns out that, up to isomorphism ( actually, even up to inner isomorphism ), this choice makes no difference as long as the space X is path-connected.
In general, divisions within the church at Corinth seem to be a problem, and Paul makes it a point to mention these conflicts in the beginning.
The pressures encountered at the areas where the water is heated makes the boiling point of the water much higher than at normal atmospheric pressures.
In both Cagan's model and the neo-classical models, a tipping point occurs when the increase in money supply or the drop in the monetary base makes it impossible for a government to improve its financial position.
Her rage at losing makes her join the Greeks in the battle against Paris's Trojans, a key event in the turning point of the war.
Southern African transit point for South Asian hashish, South Asian heroin, and South American cocaine probably destined for the European and South African markets ; producer of cannabis ( for local consumption ) and methaqualone ( for export to South Africa ); corruption and poor regulatory capability makes the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, but the lack of a well-developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center.
At the point where it makes its great bend the river meets the Chinchipe, which originates in southern Ecuador.
Richard W. Hughes, author of Ruby and Sapphire, a Bangkok based gemologist who has made many trips to Burma makes the point that for every ruby sold through the junta, another gem that supports subsistence mining is smuggled over the Thai border.

makes and maintaining
It also makes hazard-avoiding techniques like branch prediction, speculative execution, and out-of-order execution crucial to maintaining high levels of performance.
The Ghana Highway Authority, established in 1974 is tasked with developing and maintaining the country's trunk road network totaling 13, 367 km, which makes up 33 % of Ghana's total road network of 40, 186 km.
The exercise and maintaining of this liberty makes men grow more evil, and in time to be worse than brute beasts: The other kind of liberty I call civil or federal ; it may also be termed moral, in reference to the covenant between God and man, in the moral law, and the politic covenants and constitutions, among men themselves.
Early nutritional scientists such as the German Carl von Voit believed that protein was the most important nutrient for maintaining the structure of the body, because it was generally believed that " flesh makes flesh.
The low height of the radar mast makes it difficult to acquire and lock onto a target while maintaining a safe distance.
However, since Toyota also makes a point of maintaining high quality relations with its entire supplier network, several other suppliers immediately took up production of the Aisin-built parts by using existing capability and documentation.
* A political system is one that ensures the maintaining of order and sanity in the society and at the same time makes it possible for some other institutions to also have their grievances and complaints put across in the course of social existence.
But its importance in creating and maintaining disciplinary communities makes the academic department the building block from which disciplines are created ".
When thin-sliced and deep-fried in oil, tempeh obtains a crisp golden crust while maintaining a soft interior — its sponge-like consistency makes it suitable for marinating.
For example, Call of Cthulhu's foremost concern is recreating the mood of brooding horror and cosmic insignificance of the Cthulhu Mythos, and makes heavy use of illusionism to craft grisly fates for the players ' characters, thereby maintaining consistency with the source material.
It also encourages developers to offer benefits that are better than the established minimums when competing against other projects ( e. g., charging lower rents, or maintaining the low income requirements for a longer number of years, will often improve a project's rank in the competitive process ; it is important to check the particular state's QAP and application to see how it makes these judgments ).
He did this without diminishing the essential core of what makes BC Law special, maintaining our commitment to educating the whole person — mind, body and spirit — while nourishing a community of learners intent on supporting one another in reaching their common goal.
Though the Bell has a larger cabin with more seats ( four passengers plus pilot in the Bell vs. three passengers plus pilot in the R44 ) and carrying capacity, the dramatically higher cost of purchasing and maintaining a turbine-powered helicopter makes the Robinson a viable option for many prospective buyers.
By maintaining the same tone throughout the novel, García Márquez makes the extraordinary blend with the ordinary.
The dense " sugar coating " of mucins gives them considerable water-holding capacity and also makes them resistant to proteolysis, which may be important in maintaining mucosal barriers.
He is one of the low-profile maintaining billionaires who prefers to keep his personal life private and makes an effort to stay completely out of Moscow ’ s lavish partying society.
Ermenegildo Zegna's website claims, " Ermenegildo Zegna's " Su Misura " service makes it possible to produce tailor-made suits, jackets, trousers, coats, shirts, ties in just a few weeks, respecting the clients size and needs, and maintaining the standards of quality for which Zegna is rightfully famous.
Such proactive use of makes values " easier to understand, track, and reason about ," and it thus increases the readability and comprehensibility of code and makes working in teams and maintaining code simpler because it communicates information about a value's intended use.
He often makes reference to the difficulties in maintaining a relationship, given his career, as does his family.
Through Tusten, NY 97 makes several bends to the north, before maintaining a long northwest stretch after Grassy Swamp Road.
With more than 1, 400 team members dedicated to maintaining the company ’ s standards of quality, freshness, and honest hard work, the Schwebel family makes sure that customers get nothing short of great taste every time.

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