( Larkin had been working for a small company called Plane-Aids, a Japanese import company which offered spectacles and sunglasses that contained transistor radios in their temple pieces.

Writing in The Guardian on 18 October, Powell asserted that due to the Falklands War, " Britain no longer looked upon itself and the world through American spectacles " and the view was " more rational ; and it was more congenial ; for, after all, it was our own view ".

I am no good with music or spectacles.

* Le Cubisme apporta à Gleizes le moyen d ' écrire l ' espace, Arts spectacles, no.

* Spectacles in the shape of eyes, so that the user appears to wear no spectacles.

Since location shooting was cheaper ( no sets need be built ) New Hollywood filmmakers rapidly developed the taste for location shooting, which had the effect of heightening the realism and immersion of their films, especially when compared to the artificiality of previous musicals and spectacles.

At the time of his rise, professional Yiddish theater was still dominated by the spirit of the early ( 1886 – 1888 ) plays of its founder, Abraham Goldfaden, which derived in no small measure from Purim plays, often spectacles more than dramas ; Goldfaden's later works were generally operettas on more serious subjects, perhaps edifying, but not naturalistic.

There is no need to use special spectacles for such tests, thereby facilitating use in young children.

* Astigmatism, irregular shaped cornea requiring additional cylindrical corrective lenses in spectacles.

Magnifying glasses, spectacles, contact lenses, microscopes and refracting telescopes are all examples of this manipulation.

This was the start of the optical industry of grinding and polishing lenses for these " spectacles ", first in Venice and Florence in the thirteenth century, and later in the spectacle making centres in both the Netherlands and Germany.

Spectacle makers created improved types of lenses for the correction of vision based more on empirical knowledge gained from observing the effects of the lenses rather than using the rudimentary optical theory of the day ( theory which for the most part could not even adequately explain how spectacles worked ).

Glasses, also known as eyeglasses ( formal ), spectacles or simply specs ( informal ), are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes.

These early spectacles had convex lenses that could correct both hyperopia ( farsightedness ), and the presbyopia that commonly develops as a symptom of aging.

Magnifying lenses or generic spectacles that are used to treat mild presbyopia and hyperopia can be bought off the shelf.

When compared with spectacles, contact lenses typically provide better peripheral vision, and do not collect moisture such as rain, snow, condensation, or sweat.

The mounting of two half lenses into a single frame led to a number of early complications and rendered such spectacles quite fragile.

They can sometimes also function as a visual aid, as variously termed spectacles or glasses exist, featuring lenses that are colored, polarized or darkened.

James Ayscough began experimenting with tinted lenses in spectacles in the mid-18th century, around 1752.

This method includes changing the shape of spectacle lenses, changing the vertex distances with contact lenses, creating a weak telescope system with contact lenses and spectacles, and changing the power of one of the spectacle lenses.

It is generally considered that spectacles for correcting long sightedness with convex lenses were invented in Northern Italy in the late 13th to early 14th century, and the invention of the use of concave lenses to correct near-sightedness is ascribed to Nicholas of Cusa in 1451.

Thus, early knowledge of lenses and the availability of lenses for spectacles from the 13th century onwards through the 16th century means that it was possible for many individuals to discover the principles of a telescope using a combination of concave or concave and convex lenses ; in the 13th century, Robert Grosseteste wrote several scientific treatises between 1230 and 1235, including De Iride ( Concerning the Rainbow ), in which he said:

In early stages of keratoconus, spectacles or soft contact lenses can suffice to correct for the mild astigmatism.

In common with penetrating keratoplasty, the requirement for some vision correction in the form of spectacles or hydrophilic contact lenses may remain subsequent to the operation.

Early in his career, Boycott continued to play in his spectacles, and later switched to contact lenses.

When Papa's slender fingers removed the spectacles, there were red indentations on the bridge of the strong nose.

Dabormida's remains were never found, although his brother learned from an old woman living in the area that she had given water to a mortally wounded Italian officer, " a chief, a great man with spectacles and a watch, and golden stars ".

Another form of entertainment involved ' spectacles ' where paranormal events, such as mesmerism, communication with the dead ( by way of mediumship or channelling ), ghost conjuring and the like, were carried out to the delight of crowds and participants.

However, the historian Kaiming Chiu argues in his The Introduction of Spectacles Into China that spectacles were introduced into China as far back as the late 13th century.

During Heath ’ s first year in office, higher charges were introduced for school meals, spectacles, dentistry, and prescriptions.

The panorama's association with the sublime was likewise offensive to the poet as were other spectacles of the period that competed with reality.

Yellow / amber and brown-tinted spectacles were also a commonly prescribed item for people with syphilis in the 19th and early 20th centuries because sensitivity to light was one of the symptoms of the disease.

It is unknown when the first spectacles were made, but the British scientist and historian Sir Joseph Needham stated in his research that the ancient Chinese invented the earliest eyeglasses 1000 years ago and were also mentioned by the Venetian Marco Polo in his account of his travels in ancient China.

* Nose spectacles – These were developed in the 15th century as amongst the first practical vision correction aids, and could be seen up until the 18th century.

Pince-nez spectacles were worn by both men and women.

Instead the cost rose dramatically, from £ 9 billion in 1948 ( accounting for inflation ) to £ 106 billion in 2011, and charges ( for dentures, spectacles and prescriptions ) were introduced in 1951 ( by the same Labour government that had founded the NHS three years earlier ).

Emily's spirits were greatly lifted by Peter, and Wain taught him tricks, such as wearing spectacles and pretending to read, in order to amuse his wife.

Songs and spectacles were often used in plays to enhance participation.

The technology required spectacles with one darkened lens and one transparent one ; these were sold in shops to the public, with the proceeds going to Children in Need.

There is a record that in 1671 " two and twenty dozen 264 of English spectacles, all very badd both in the glasse and frames not fitt to be put on sale were found badd and deceitful and by judgement of the Court condemned to be broken, defaced and spoyled both glasse and frame the which judgement was executed accordingly in Canning Street on the remayning parte of London Stone where the same were with a hammer broken in all pieces .".

During the regime of Francisco Franco, honest displays of folk life were appropriated for politicised spectacles of patriotism, causing a sharp decline in the popularity of the traditional styles in favour of modern music.

Three pairs of Whiteley's spectacles were donated by Kathryn Apanowicz, his longtime girlfriend, to optical charity Vision Aid Overseas ( VAO ).

It required significantly greater resources than other such entertainments, and as such these spectacles were reserved for exceptional occasions, closely tied to celebrations of the emperor, his victories and his monuments.

Amphitheatres were not exclusively used for naumachiai ; they would have been filled and drained rapidly enough for use in gladiatorial combats and other spectacles.

Whilst some may have adopted the ideas of others and collected spectacles for the Third World or knitted clothes for premature babies, others were more innovative.

However, other than the thick spectacles and Green's habit of disappearing into a crowd, there were too many dissimilarities between the loquacious Green and the reticent Smiley to make this a clear match, and so other sources for Smiley continued to be named.