The University has performed well in external rankings, having listed among the Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the Southern Region (# 31 ) and # 28 on the list of Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities by the U. S. News & World Report, tied with Alabama A & M University ( also in Huntsville ) and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Historically, it was of particular relevance to sailing warships which used them to outmaneuver opponents when the wind had dropped but might be used by any vessel in confined, shoal water to place it in a more desirable position, provided she had enough manpower.

Historically, MLB had also used a 2-3 format in a best-of-5 series, but is rarely used.

Historically, women's bicycle frames had a top tube that connected in the middle of the seat tube instead of the top, resulting in a lower standover height at the expense of compromised structural integrity, since this places a strong bending load in the seat tube, and bicycle frame members are typically weak in bending.

Historically, the Upper Houses each had their own table.

Historically, this proceeded from the labours of Jean de Launoy ( 1603 – 1678 ), " le dénicheur des saints ", and Louis Sébastien le Nain de Tillemont, who had shown the falsity of numerous lives of the saints ; while theologically it was produced by the Port Royal school, which led men to dwell more on communion with God as contrasted with the invocation of the saints.

Historically, cryptography was split into a dichotomy of codes and ciphers ; and coding had its own terminology, analogous to that for ciphers: " encoding, codetext, decoding " and so on.

Historically, the form of the gallery evolved during the 10th century from the increasingly long hallways which had earlier been used to surround the central sanctuary of a temple.

Historically, the church had censured Knapp for deviating at several points from Eddy's teaching, and had refused to publish the work.

Historically, in Canada, whisky that had some rye grain added to the mash bill to give it more flavour came to be called “ rye ”.

Historically, the term originated in the mainframe field, where it had a well-defined meaning, very close to contemporary computer file.

Historically, lawyers in most European countries were addressed with the title of doctor, and countries outside of Europe have generally followed the practice of the European country which had policy influence through modernization or colonialization.

Historically, the majority of fiddle music was dance music, while violin music had either grown out of dance music or was something else entirely.

Historically, manual alphabets have had a number of additional applications — including use as ciphers, as mnemonics, and in silent religious settings.

Historically, John likely had a larger presence in the public mind than Jesus.

Historically, a marble or limestone edge runner mill, running on a limestone bed was used in Great Britain ; however, by the mid 19th century AD this had changed to either an iron shod stone wheel or a cast iron wheel running on an iron bed.

Historically it has had many definitions, but there are three definitions in current use: the imperial gallon (≈ 4. 546 L ) which since metrication is used colloquially in the United Kingdom and semi-officially within Canada, the United States ( liquid ) gallon (≈ 3. 79 L ), and the lesser used US dry gallon (≈ 4. 40 L ).

Historically, the Indo-European languages had eight morphological cases, though modern languages typically have fewer, using prepositions and word order to convey information that had previously been conveyed using distinct noun forms.

Historically, each of the several hundred small towns of Indiana had its own small school system.

Historically, land owners developed most roads and later Turnpike Trusts collected tolls so that as early as 1800 Ireland had a road network.

Historically, the telephone system on the Isle of Man had been run as a monopoly by the British General Post Office, and later British Telecommunications, and operated as part of the Liverpool telephone district.

Historically the Arvand Roud / Shatt-al-Arab waterway ( called Arvand Roud in Iran and Shatt-al-Arab in Iraq ) and Khuzestan Province was all that remained of their prior holdings in Mesopotamia, which had been lost to Turkey centuries earlier.

Historically, Jamaica has had close ties with the UK, but trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant.

Historically, the airport had nonstop and direct Douglas DC-9 jet service to Dallas Love Field with continuing, no change of plane service to Houston on Texas International Airlines ( which previously operated as TTa, Trans-Texas Airways, flying DC-9-10 jet service from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, Roswell and Midland / Odessa on a direct route to Dallas ), as well as nonstop service to Phoenix, AZ on America West Express, which utilized Beechcraft 1900 turboprop aircraft operated by regional carrier Mesa Airlines.

Historically, Flagstaff was served by the original Frontier Airlines with Convair 580 turboprop service to Phoenix as well as direct, no change of plane flights to Denver via intermediate stops in Gallup, NM, Farmington, NM and Durango, CO. More recently, Horizon Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Alaska Air Group ( which also operates Alaska Airlines ), served Flagstaff with nonstop and direct flights to Los Angeles ( LAX ) operated with Bombardier Q400 high speed turboprop aircraft.

Historically, the Boston Tea Party is an early example of American violent direct action.

Historically, the party in control of the General Assembly would reassign control of agencies from the governor or to the governor based his party affiliation, and the party affiliation of the cabinet heads, which at times has left the governor with no direct control over state agencies.

Historically, Beaumont / Port Arthur was served by Eastern Airlines during the 1950's with Martin 4-0-4 and Convair 440 twin prop " Silver Falcon " airliners with flights to Houston as well as direct service to Baton Rouge and New Orleans via intermediate stops en route in Lake Charles, LA and Lafayette, LA.

Historically, a senior lectureship reflected prowess in teaching or administration rather than research and was far less likely to lead direct to promotion to professor.

Historically, JAA even offered Taipei -- Okinawa, Taipei -- Hong Kong, and Taipei -- Manila routes under the Fifth Freedom traffic rights granted by Taiwan, as well as the connection flights between Taipei and Kaohsiung before the direct Narita — Kaohsiung route was inaugurated in August 2005.

Historically, an uchi-deshi was typically chosen and groomed to become the next head of a school of martial arts when a direct family member was not available.

* Historically the owners of vineyards and producers of wine had no direct access to buyers.

Historically, the pass provided the most direct route through the mountains between the upper valley of the Pecos River to the east and the upper valley of the Rio Grande to the west.

Historically, Bexhill was the original name of Bexhill West, on a branch from the Hastings Line at Crowhurst, providing direct services north to London.

Historically, torture has been reviled as an idea, yet employed as a tool and defended by its wielders, often in direct contradiction to their own averred beliefs.

Historically, backwash water was discharged directly to surface water supplies ; however, direct discharge is now highly regulated through NPDES discharge permits and is often discouraged.

Historically, Living Newspapers have also urged social action ( both implicitly and explicitly ) and reacted against naturalistic and realistic theatrical conventions in favor of the more direct, experimental techniques of agitprop theatre, including the extensive use of multimedia.

Historically, no VAT was levied in Jersey, with the result that luxury goods have often been cheaper than in the UK or in France.

Historically, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were also home to Bukharan Jews, who trace their ancestry to the Lost Tribes of Israel taken captive by the Babylonians in the 7th century BC, but almost no Bukharian Jews are left in Tajikistan.

Historically, military fiat had no relation to particular theories of economics or how to use the power of the state (" political science ").

Historically no Shikoku-based team has competed in the top Japanese division of baseball, football ( soccer ) or even rugby union.

Historically, the piccolo had no keys, and should not be confused with the fife, or classical piccolo, which has a smaller bore and is therefore more strident.

Historically, past industries formerly located in Rochester included a refinery for sugar beets, a paper products company, and the Western Knitting Mills factory, which was later adapted and utilized during World War II for incendiary production — businesses that no longer exist in the area.

Historically, white footballs have been used in football games played at night so that the ball can be seen more easily ; however, this practice is no longer commonplace, as artificial lighting conditions have improved to the point where it is no longer necessary.

Historically, there was no official residence of the Taoiseach, with each Taoiseach residing in either their own homes, or in an apartment in Dublin.

Historically, the term Swing applied with no connection to the Swing era, or its Swing music.

It was Buñuel's intention to shock and insult the intellectual bourgeoisie of his youth, later saying: " Historically the film represents a violent reaction against what in those days was called ‘ avant-garde ,’ which was aimed exclusively at artistic sensibility and the audience ’ s reason .” Against his hopes and expectations, the film was a huge success amongst the French bourgeoisie, leading Buñuel to exclaim in exasperation, " What can I do about the people who adore all that is new, even when it goes against their deepest convictions, or about the insincere, corrupt press, and the inane herd that saw beauty or poetry in something which was basically no more than a desperate impassioned call for murder?

Historically, standard Gatwick Express services did not charge penalty fares and permitted tickets to be purchased on board at no extra charge.

Historically, at least two Council seats have always been held by French-or Italian-speaking Swiss, and no canton has in fact ever had more than one of its citizens on the Federal Council.

Historically, admission by legal articleship or clerkship was accepted but such route is no longer existed.

Historically there was no Bachelor's degree involved, and today's program is a five years Master's degree education.

Historically, no person of status went out unattended, and the size of the retinue was closely calculated to be appropriate to the family's social status.

Historically, some anvils have been made with a smooth top working face of hardened steel welded to a cast iron or wrought iron body, though this manufacturing method is no longer in use.

Historically, most high-information-capacity broadcast has used lower frequencies, generally no higher than the UHF television region, with television itself being a prime example.

Historically there was no central village, but instead settlement was divided between a number of hamlets called " Ends ", for example, Up End, Wood End and Box End.

Historically, there have been so many incentives to buy locally that no one had to make any kind of point to do so, but with current market conditions, it is often cheaper to buy distantly produced goods, despite the added costs in terms of packaging, transport, inspection, retail facilities, etc .. As such, one must now often take explicit action if one wants to purchase locally produced goods.

Historically, there has been no universally accepted definition as to the proper use of the terms Bolivarianism and Bolivarian within all the countries in the region.

Historically Itoigawa lies at the end of the famous shio no michi ( salt road ) that supplied salt to ancient Edo ( Tokyo ) via Nagano.

Historically, the term " unorganized territory " was applied to an area in which there was no effective government control of affairs on a day-to-day basis, such as the former U. S. territories where the government exerted only transient control when its forces were actually present.