But his greatest achievement, in his own eyes and in the eyes of his colleagues and teachers, was his amazing ability to produce literary Latin pieces, and he was often called on to do so.

The set of all binomial distributions is called the family of binomial distributions, but in general discussions this expression is often shortened to `` the binomial distribution '', or even `` the binomial '' when the context is clear.

This element is often called `` strong hands ''.

Private international law ( which Americans call the `` conflict of laws '' ) was thus segregated from international law proper, or, as it is often called, public international law.

`` Unfortunately '', says Chief Postal Inspector David H. Stephens, who has prosecuted many device quacks, `` the ghouls who trade on the hopes of the desperately ill often cannot be successfully prosecuted because the patients who are the chief witnesses die before the case is called up in court ''.

Hereford cattle were often called `` white faces '', or `` open-face cattle '', and the old-time cowman gave the name of `` hothouse stock '' to them newly introduced cattle.

What is now called Christian fellowship is often little more than the social chumminess of having a gracious time with the kind of people one likes.

Then and throughout the war, Lincoln came under heavy, often vituperative attack from antiwar Democrats, called Copperheads.

Biological anthropologists are interested in both human variation and in the possibility of human universals ( behaviors, ideas or concepts shared by virtually all human cultures ) They use many different methods of study, but modern population genetics, participant observation and other techniques often take anthropologists " into the field ," which means traveling to a community in its own setting, to do something called " fieldwork.

Harris dates studies of both to Classical Greece and Classical Rome, specifically, to Herodotus, often called the " father of history " and the Roman historian, Tacitus, who wrote many of our only surviving contemporary accounts of several ancient Celtic and Germanic peoples.

Franz Boas, one of the pioneers of modern anthropology, often called the " Father of American Anthropology "

Local thickenings ( often called warts ) are common, such as those found on toads.

Outside the United States, the product is often called bitumen.

Alphabets often come to be associated with a standard ordering of their letters, which can then be used for purposes of collation – namely for the listing of words and other items in what is called alphabetical order.

He became commander of the Confederacy's western armies in the area often called the Western Department or Western Military Department.

It is found in a region often called the Sea due to its profusion of constellations with watery associations such as Cetus the whale, Pisces the fish and Eridanus the river.

One camp, often called the " Altaicists ", views these similarities as arising from common descent from a proto-Altaic language spoken several thousand years ago.

The other camp, often called the " anti-Altaicists ", views these similarities as arising from areal interaction between the language groups concerned.

The American Civil War ( 1861 – 1865 ), in the United States often referred to as simply the Civil War and sometimes called the " War Between the States ", was a civil war fought over the secession of the Confederate States.

* Commissioned: Publishers made publication arrangements, and authors covered all expenses ( today the practice of authors paying for their publications is often called vanity publishing, and is looked down upon by many publishers, even though it may have been a common and accepted practice in the past ).

In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur ' an, Aaron ( or ; Ahărōn, Hārūn, Greek ( Septuagint ): Ααρών ), who is often called "' Aaron the Priest "' () and once Aaron the Levite () ( Exodus 4: 14 ), was the older brother of Moses, ( Exodus 6: 16-20, 7: 7 ; Qur ' an 28: 34 ) and a prophet of God.

These villages, called pueblos by Spanish settlers, were often only accessible by rope or through rock climbing.

The secondary constituents are often called solutes.

This grace ( often called prevenient or pre-regenerating grace ) acts on all people to convince them of the Gospel, draw them strongly towards salvation, and enable the possibility of sincere faith.

For example, psychologists use anagram-oriented tests, often called " anagram solution tasks ", to assess the implicit memory of young adults and adults alike.

George Washington ( February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799 ), the country's first president, is often said to be the father of his country.

Throughout the authoritarian period, tensions often existed between the High Command and the five generals who served as president.

Alternatively, a manager of managers is often referred to as a " senior manager ' or as an " associate vice president ", depending upon levels of management, and industry type.

Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, the title is most often applied to the wife of a sitting president.

Cleveland used the veto far more often than any president up to that time.

In the French system, in the event of cohabitation, the president is often allowed to set the policy agenda in foreign affairs and the prime minister runs the domestic agenda.

In presidential systems, the president often has the power to fire ministers at his sole discretion.

In such systems, the head of state or the head of state's official representative ( i. e. the monarch, president, or governor-general ) usually holds a largely ceremonial position, although often with reserve powers.

* In the former Soviet Union, while the real power was exercised by the general secretary of the Communist Party, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet executed powers of collective head of state, and its chairman was often called " president " in the West.

As the country's head of state, in most countries the president is entitled to certain perquisites, and may have a prestigious residence ; often a lavish mansion or palace, sometimes more than one ( e. g. summer and winter residence, country retreat ) – for symbols of office, such as an official uniform, decorations, a presidential seal, coat of arms, flag and other visible accessories ; military honours such as gun salutes, Ruffles and flourishes, and a presidential guard.

Conversely, though every president from Washington to John Quincy Adams can be definitely assigned membership in an Anglican or Unitarian body, the significance of these affiliations is often downplayed as unrepresentative of their true beliefs.

No president identified himself as a deist, but George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Tyler are often identified as having some degree of deistic beliefs.

Nabeel Rajab, then BCHR vice president, said: " It is appalling that Bahrain is willing to rest on the benefits of these people ’ s hard work, and often their suffering, but that they refuse to live with them in equality and dignity.

The General Assembly meets under its president or Secretary-General in regular yearly sessions the main part of which lasts from September to December and resumed part from January until all issues are addressed ( which often is just before the next session's start ).

Taft did not enjoy the easy relationship with the press that Roosevelt had, choosing not to offer himself for interviews or photo opportunities as often as the previous president had done.

After Arafat was elected to the post of President of the PNA, he was often referred to as the Ra ' is, ( literally president in Arabic ), although he spoke of himself as " the general ".

For instance, former South African president Nelson Mandela often refers to the debt South Africa owes Zambia.

In presidential republics or absolute monarchies, the head of government may be the same person as the head of state, who is often also called a president or a monarch.

Such disdain did not prevent the Société des Peintres Orientalistes (" Society of Orientalist Painters ") being founded in 1893, with Jean-Léon Gérôme as honorary president ; the word was less often used as a term for artists in 19th century England.

The vice president sometimes assumes some of the ceremonial duties of the president, such as attending functions and events that the actual president may be too busy to attend ; the Vice President of the United States, for example, often attends funerals of world leaders on behalf of the President.

He has often hinted at wanting to be promoted to the position of executive vice president, but Burns has repeatedly squashed this dream, while whimsically bestowing the vice presidency on a dog.