He scrubbed absent-mindedly at the pans and reflected on how things had turned out.

It sounded like a fair enough invitation, Peter Marshall reflected, and Bang-Jensen must have thought so too, because on the thirteenth, he met the group of three on the thirty-sixth floor of the U.N..

There's no greater catastrophe in the universe, she reflected dourly, impaling tender green beans on the silver fork, than the dwindling away of a family.

But during nighttime hours the skywave radiations are reflected from the ionosphere, thereby creating the possibility of one station's rendering service, via skywave, at a much greater distance than it can through its groundwave signal, and at the same time vastly complicating the interference problem because of the still greater distance over which these skywave signals may cause interference to the signals of stations on the same and closely adjacent frequencies.

The psychological incompatibility of these emotional states seems to be reflected in, or based on, this marked difference.

Limitations on the lengths of these sequences diminish the stability of the comparatively short crystallites which can be formed, and this is reflected in a broadening of the melting range.

The travelling involved in the archaeology had a large influence on Christie's writing, which is often reflected as some type of transportation playing a part in her murderer ’ s schemes.

In marked contrast to earlier constructions and villages on top of the mesas, the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde reflected a region-wide trend towards the aggregation of growing regional populations into close, highly defensible quarters during the 13th century.

Stress on the environment may have been reflected in the social structure, leading to conflict and warfare.

As with all radar measurements, these rely on measuring the time taken for photons to be reflected from an object.

Bronson Alcott later reflected on his childhood at Spindle Hill: " It kept me pure ...

These return waves create the dicrotic notch displayed in the aortic pressure curve during the cardiac cycle as these reflected waves push on the aortic semilunar valve.

Beauty and Truth have been argued to be nearly synonymous, as reflected in the statement " Beauty is truth, truth beauty " in the poem Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats.

The articles on reflection, refraction and caustics discuss the general features of reflected and refracted rays.

This was based on lack of intelligence information and reflected the American nuclear warfare theory and military doctrines.

Ibsen started thinking about the play around May 1878, although he did not begin its first draft until a year later, having reflected on the themes and characters in the intervening period ( he visualised its protagonist, Nora, for instance, as having approached him one day wearing " a blue woolen dress ").

As with other semi-active radar guided missiles, the missile does not generate radar signals, but instead homes in on reflected continuous-wave signals from the launch platform's radar.

During his acceptance speech he reflected on the important influence of traditional European music and the melancholy of the Swedish soul on ABBA's brand of pop music.

This reflected Churchill's concern with security, and his distrust of and hostility to communism, even during the alliance imposed on him by the Nazi threat.

All members of the group were openly gay and their songs reflected this, often containing political commentary on gay-related issues.

Weissman has also argued that Chaplin's problematic relationship to his mentally ill mother was often reflected on the female characters in his films and the Tramp's desire to save them.

Erratic growth rates in the 1990s reflected the economy's vulnerability to swings in tourist arrivals, caused by political instability on the island and fluctuations in economic conditions in Western Europe.

More broadly, philosophers who do not accept the possibility of zombies generally believe that consciousness is reflected in behavior ( including verbal behavior ), and that we attribute consciousness on the basis of behavior.

A point reflected upon with some irony by Shia Bahraini writer, Tawfik Al-Rayyash, who in reference to the government / civil society ’ s reaction to Sharaitmadari's remarks said: " I ask myself why this outcry was led by people who, when they enter their homes or meet their families, change their language from Arabic to Persian.

The Myth of The Blitz ( 1991 ) argued that received ideas of the civilian population's reaction to the bombing of London still reflected wartime propaganda.

Neoclassicism is a revival of the styles and spirit of classic antiquity inspired directly from the classical period, which coincided and reflected the developments in philosophy and other areas of the Age of Enlightenment, and was initially a reaction against the excesses of the preceding Rococo style.

Reactions 1 and 3 are very rapid compared to the second, so it is the slowest reaction that is reflected in the rate equation.

The overwhelming reaction in Japan, both at the highest levels and in mass rallies that reflected angry public opinion, was hostile and sustained.

Controversially he also suggested that the Republic of Ireland should rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations, though it is unclear whether that suggestion actually reflected his opinion or whether he was simply raising the issue at Lemass's request to gauge public reaction.

And the resulting verbal abuse and trash-hurling, followed by the Neanderthal threats and creepy reaction on the Internet, hasn't reflected well on Chicago's sports culture.

Warren G. Harding ran on a promise to " return to normalcy ", a term he coined, which reflected three trends of his time: a renewed isolationism in reaction to World War I, a resurgence of nativism, and turning away from the government activism of the reform era.

Lisée later reflected that his gut reaction was to immediately leave the building and that he was in the process of doing so when he ran into Parizeau, who apparently interpreted the look on his top strategist's face and asked him if he felt his speech was " too harsh.

The opening of the festival is further reflected in the extension of the transmediale Award with the Vilém Flusser Theory Award, as a reaction to a growing number of theoretical and critical works submitted for the competition.

In addition to being a reaction to the realisation that a nuclear war between the two superpowers would ensure the destruction of not only the socialist system but the entirety of humanity, it also reflected the USSR's strategic military disposition-the move away from large, and possibly politically offensive, military ventures towards a force centered on proxy wars and a strategic nuclear missile force.

In the period of political reaction and repression after the fall of Napoleon, when the liberal-minded, educated and prosperous middle and upper classes of European societies found the romantic revolutionary ideals of 1789 – 92 repressed by the restoration of old regimes at home, the idea of the re-creation of a Greek state on the very territories that were sanctified by their view of Antiquity — which was reflected even in the furnishings of their own parlors and the contents of their bookcases — offered an ideal, set at a romantic distance.

The comment provoked an immediate reaction from Prime Minister Paul Martin, who warned that Reid ’ s proposals reflected “ the kind of Canada that Stephen Harper wants.

Reductions that do not fit in any reduction reaction mechanism and in which just the change in oxidation state is reflected include the Wolff-Kishner reaction.

The father's reaction reflected the family's values.

The 1987 debut of Guns N ' Roses, a hard rock band whose image reflected the grittier underbelly of the Sunset Strip, was at least in part a reaction against the overly polished image of hair metal, but that band's wild success was in many ways the last gasp of the hard-rock and metal scene.

This reflected both his distaste for the Hitler regime, and reaction to American suspicion during that time of all things German.

The blog, which reports on a variety of cultural topics, was so-named as it's diversity was reflected in the bredth of knowledge required to excel at the board game.

Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert later reflected on the incident with much disdain, stating in his blog,

Several gaffes by the Liberals also reflected negatively on Ianno, including when Mike Klander ( the executive vice-president of the federal Liberals ' Ontario wing ) made posts on his blog comparing Chow to a Chow Chow dog and calling her husband an " asshole ".