While my memory holds with relentless tenacity, as I cannot too often stress, to my wrongs, when it comes to my shames, it gestures and jokes and toys with chronology like a prestidigitator in the hope of distracting me from them.

There is much variation ; often the CEO also holds the title of President, while in other organizations if there is a separate CEO, the President is then second highest-ranking position.

In spaces that are compact in this latter sense, it is often possible to patch together information that holds locally — that is, in a neighborhood of each point — into corresponding statements that hold throughout the space, and many theorems are of this character.

Compactness, when defined in this manner, often allows one to take information that is known locally — in a neighborhood of each point of the space — and to extend it to information that holds globally throughout the space.

In the natural sciences, gradualism is a theory which holds that profound change is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes, often contrasted with catastrophism.

The jacket, or " gi ", form most often utilizes grips on the cloth to control the opponent's body, while the " no-gi " form emphasizes body control of the torso and head using only the natural holds provided by the body.

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.

This holds equally for all photons of the visible spectrum, which is why metals are often silvery white or grayish with the characteristic specular reflection of metallic luster.

Unlike other mozzarellas — 50 % of whose production derives from non-Italian and often semi-coagulated milk — it holds the status of a protected designation of origin ( PDO 1996 ) under the European Union.

The Roman Catholic Church holds the view of natural law set forth by Thomas Aquinas, particularly in his Summa Theologica, and often as filtered through the School of Salamanca.

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.

However, heel champions often find advantages, not in Champion's Advantage, but in the use of weapons and outside interference, as these poly-sided matches tend to involve no holds barred rules.

Wrestlers often execute high flying moves characteristic of lucha libre by utilizing the wrestling ring's ropes to catapult themselves towards their opponents, using intricate combinations in rapid-fire succession, and applying complex submission holds.

The Douay-Rheims Challoner Bible is still often preferred by more conservative or Traditionalist Catholics, and holds a status in the Catholic world equivalent to that held by the Authorized King James Version in the Protestant world.

When dealing with garbage collection schemes, it's often helpful to think of the reference graph, which is a directed graph where the vertices are objects and there is an edge from an object A to an object B if A holds a reference to B.

Modern, less traditional, replicas often feature a threaded pommel or a pommel nut which holds the hilt together and allows dismantling.

The vagina is examined during gynecological exams, often using a speculum, which holds the vagina open for visual inspection of the cervix or taking of samples ( see pap smear ).

The " frog " ( which holds the bowhair and adjusts its tension ) is also different from that of modern bows: whereas a violin bow frog has a " slide " ( often made of mother of pearl ), which pinches the hair and holds it flat and stationary across the frog, viol bows have an open frog that allows more movement of the hair.

This notion was deeply rooted in the aesthetic value simplicity holds for human thought and the justifications presented for it often drew from theology.

Some students of universal grammar study a variety of grammars to abstract generalizations called linguistic universals, often in the form of " If X holds true, then Y occurs.

Coloured tape placed under climbing holds is another way that is often used to mark different climbing routes.

One of the canons is also Rector of St Margaret's Church, Westminster, and often holds also the post of Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

Sharon Tate's biographer, Greg King, holds a view often expressed by members of the Tate family, writing in Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders ( 2000 ): " Sharon's real legacy lies not in her movies or in her television work.

A frequently-used plot device holds that ships with shields raised may not use their transporters, which often prevents protagonists extracting colleagues from hazardous situations, because doing so would require lowering the shields and endangering the ship.

It is often referred to simply as an acoustic guitar, though the nylon-strung classical guitar is also sometimes called an acoustic guitar.

The most common type is often called a flat-top guitar, to distinguish it from the more specialized archtop guitar and other variations.

* detachable pickup, often straddling the soundhole and using the same magnetic principle as a traditional electric guitar ; or

He often plays songs on his acoustic guitar which typically end in him being severely hurt and in some cases almost killed.

Maria Elena reported Buddy was keen to learn finger-style flamenco guitar, and would often visit her aunt's home to play the piano there.

These instruments have three double courses similar to the stringing of the mandolin and often use a " guitar " tuning.

They were often accompanied by banjo and guitar which followed the blues musical format.

Rolling Stone called the album " accessible, fiery and intimate — often at the same time [...] a basic guitar record that's anything but basic.

* Strumming is a less common technique in classical guitar, and is often referred to by the Spanish term " rasgueo ," or for strumming patterns " rasgueado ," and uses the backs of the fingernails.

The guitar top, or soundboard, is a finely crafted and engineered element often made of spruce, red cedar or mahogany.

This thin ( often 2 or 3 mm thick ) piece of wood, strengthened by different types of internal bracing, is considered the most prominent factor in determining the sound quality of a guitar.

The top, back and sides of a classical guitar body are very thin, so a flexible piece of wood called kerfing ( because it is often scored, or kerfed so it bends with the shape of the rim ) is glued into the corners where the rim meets the top and back.

A clavinet played through an instrument amplifier with guitar effect pedals is often associated with funky, disco-infused 1970s rock.

A 1973 diagnosis of colon cancer, however, led Atkins to redefine his role at RCA, to allow others to handle administration while he went back to his first love, the guitar, often recording with Reed or even Homer & Jethro's Jethro Burns ( Atkins's brother-in-law ) after Homer died in 1971.

Orchestral instruments such as the flute are often used for solo melodies, and lead guitar is less frequently in disco than in rock.

The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique.

Before the development of the electric guitar and the use of synthetic materials, a guitar was defined as being an instrument having " a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard, ribs, and a flat back, most often with incurved sides ".

The type of resonator guitar with a neck with a square cross-section — called " square neck " or " Hawaiian "— is usually played face up, on the lap of the seated player, and often with a metal or glass slide.

Acoustic bass guitars have steel strings or gut strings and often the same tuning as an electric bass guitar.

Harmonica players who play the instrument while performing on another instrument with their hands ( e. g., an acoustic guitar ) often use an accessory called a " neck rack " or holder to position the instrument in front of their mouth.

While tab is most often associated with fretted stringed instruments such as the guitar, tab is also used with other instruments such as the organ and harmonica.