His short sightedness is shared by his parents, who have on countless occasions ended up in different parts of the town during parents evening.

For whatever reason, Doc Buyers let his short sightedness get the best of him and at the last minute got cold feet and decided against it.

One reason that short sightedness is so common is that people feel that they cannot accurately predict the future.

Unfortunately, due to some short sightedness, no provision had been made for deep wading trunking and the A30 was unable to participate in the Normandy landings ; the tank had to wait until ports had been secured and the Mulberry harbours completed.

Omzack's powers, despite Saiga's boasts, are in fact never fully shown ; while it handily destroyed an entire carrier group in a single massive explosion and was said to possess the " photon lightning system ", Omzack of the Thunder proved an utter failure in battle because of Saiga's overconfidence and short sightedness.

The short answer to those questions is `` yes ''.

It is the gait of the human who must run to live: arms dangling, legs barely swinging over the ground, head hung down and only occasionally swinging up to see the target, a loose motion that is just short of stumbling and yet is wonderfully graceful.

And yet amid all the gay hedonism in Pilgrimage And Wander-Years is a cycle of short poems, `` Thoughts In Loneliness '', filled with brooding, melancholy, and sombre longing ''.

The short poems grouped at the end of the volume as `` Thoughts in Loneliness '' is, as Professor Book indicated, in sharp contrast with the others.

In short, the fictional private eye is a specialized version of Adam Smith's ideal entrepreneur, the man whose private ambitions must always and everywhere promote the public welfare.

In short, he is constantly concerned with the ethical effects.

In his recent book, Hurray For Anything ( 1957 ), one of the most important short poems -- and it is the title poem for one of the long jazz arrangements -- is written for recital with jazz.

Krim says, in short, that he is a suffering Jew.

It is a short course in Communese.

A requirement of reasonably honest administration may be politically uncomfortable in the short run, but it is politically essential in the long run.

Sacrifice will have to be made in some cases, but it is to the municipality's advantage to finance the change-over for a short period of time rather than pay interest on tax anticipation notes indefinitely.

This agreement is considered very good for such short time intervals.

The need here is most clearly felt and our capacity to recruit and train qualified volunteers in a short period of time is greatest.

Interim financing of construction costs is provided by a short term loan from The Chase Manhattan Bank.

If the lever is pulled to clear a signal or move a switch, the tappet moves a short distance lengthwise at the same time.

Rich in Christian and Moslem art, Istanbul is today a fascinating museum of East and West that recently became a seaside resort as well with the development of new beaches on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara only a short distance from the center of town.

As shown in Fig. 4, an external antenna is placed over or around the patient and excited 3000 times a second with short 400-kc. bursts.

The central storage is near a main artery quite easy to reach with large transports on a short crescent swing, with fewer trucks in the residential streets.

It is convenient to classify a child's onset ages and completion ages as `` advanced '', `` moderate '' ( modal ), or `` delayed '' according to whether the child's age equivalent `` dots '' appeared to the left of, upon, or to the right of the appropriate short transverse line.

The growth center depicted here, in the distal phalanx of the second finger, is listed as the fifth of those in the seven short bones.

In some programs, treatment is concentrated over a short period of time, while in others, after the initial contact is established, flexible spacing of interviews has been experimentally used with apparent success.

Two of Grace Kelly's uncles were prominent in the arts ; her father's eldest brother, Walter C. Kelly ( 1873 – 1939 ), was a vaudeville star whose nationally known act The Virginia Judge was filmed as a 1930 MGM short and a 1935 Paramount feature, and another older brother, George Kelly ( 1887 – 1974 ), estranged from the family due to his homosexuality, became renowned in the 1920s as a dramatist, screenwriter and director with a hit comedy-drama, The Show Off in 1924 – 25, and was awarded the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his next play, Craig's Wife.

Other film festivals in Sydney include the renowned short film festivals Tropfest and Flickerfest.

He was also able for a short time to work with Wilhelm Weber, the renowned scientist and inventor, in his Magnetic Observatory.

In this renowned short story, Sam Conrad remains on Earth and it is the lone pilot Marcusson who has the too-close encounter with smaller, more alien Martians.

Bax had already had some of his poems and short stories published in Dublin and to the circle he was simply known by the pseudonym Dermot O ’ Byrne ( the name was possibly inspired by a renowned family of traditional musicians in Donegal ).

Justice Hugo Black, renowned civil libertarian and First Amendment absolutist, filed a short concurrence indicating his agreement with Justice William O. Douglas's longer opinion and pointing out that the per curiams reliance on Dennis was more symbolic than actual.

He used an open stance and a strong grip, was never a long hitter, but was renowned for his accuracy under pressure, as well as a very creative short game.

In the 1990s, several renowned international Shitoryu masters affiliated themselves to Kenzo Mabuni, including Minobu Miki, who joined immediately after he was expelled and forced to leave Hayashi-ha, and Chuzo Kotaka, though both only stayed affiliated with Seitō Shitō-ryū for a very short time.

A master forger, Hofmann deceived a number of renowned document experts during his short career.

When Ver was implicated in the assassination of Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. who is also known as Ninoy on 1983, Ramos became the acting AFP chief of staff for a short time only because on 1985, Ver was reinstated after he was acquitted by the court on the charges against him with regards to the assassination of the Marcos regime's chief political enemy and renowned opposition leader.

As suggested by the presence of a local museum and a summer festival, Toyota is renowned for its firefly population, which makes an appearance for a short time during the month of June.

Wooden was renowned for his short, simple inspirational messages to his players, including his " Pyramid of Success ".

In September of that same year, Holmes read a short article in the Boston Daily Advertiser about the renowned 18th century frigate USS Constitution, which was to be dismantled by the Navy.

One famous instance of this is the short story, " Bitter Almonds ," by renowned mystery author Dorothy Sayers.

At bat, Lewis was a renowned line-drive hitter who consistently finished in the top ten in most offensive categories despite a short career which was interrupted by World War I.

Negri gained much popularity during her short screen career in Warsaw, acting alongside many of the most renowned Polish film artists of the time, including Józef Węgrzyn, Władysław Grabowski, Józef Galewski, and Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski.

Occasionally, if a renowned author has brought out a collection of short stories, five stories from the book will be selected and one broadcast each evening, rather than serialising a novel.

William Johnson Cory ( January 9, 1823 – June 11, 1892 ), born William Johnson, was an educator and poet, born at Great Torrington, and educated at Eton, where he was afterwards a renowned master, nicknamed Tute ( short for " tutor ") by his pupils.

Fatimah Rifaat ( Arabic أليفة رفعت ; June 5, 1930-January 1996 ), better known by her pen name Alifa Rifaat, was an Egyptian author whose controversial short stories are renowned for their depictions of the dynamics of female sexuality, relationships, and loss in rural Egyptian culture.

" The Outcasts of Poker Flat " ( 1869 ) is a short story written by renowned author of the American West, Bret Harte.

This is a short list of the most renowned alumni of the Paris Institute of Political Studies ( Institut d ' Etudes Politiques de Paris ) best known as Sciences Po.

Gencer achieved an international career in a short time and performed with renowned Italian maestros such as ; Gui, Serafin, Gavazzeni and Muti.

Due to his short attention span, he is renowned as a lazy quitter that never keeps any of his promises and is nicknamed ' The Tardy Champion '.

In Italy he has published a collection of short stories “ di corsa ” ( Monteleone / Mapograph – Vibo Valentia ), “ stolen time ” ( Atelier 14 – Milan ), a collection of poems in collaboration with renowned painter Sandro Martini, “ darsena inquinata ” ( Moderata Durant-Latina ) and “ Tra Rothko e tre