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The complexities of Venetian politics eluded him, but the story of the revolution itself is told in restrained measures, with no superfluous passages and only an occasional overemphasis of the part played by its leading figure.
Finding peaceful coexistence temporarily unsuitable because of domestic politics, Moscow resumed scowling and `` Smilin' Mike '' dropped quietly out of the press except for an occasional story reporting that he had been stoned somewhere in the Middle West.
Suspension of disbelief may be seen in enjoyment of many B-grade science fiction films and television series such as the early series of Doctor Who, where the audience willingly ignores low-budget props and occasional plot holes, in order to engage fully with the story — which may be the more so for those additions to its inherent outrageousness.
Heinlein ’ s work on Campbell ’ s All was considerably more than just a re-slanting ; Campbell ’ s story was felt to be unpublishable as it stood, written in a pseudo-archaic dialect ( with occasional inconsistencies ), with no scientific explanations for the apparently miraculous powers of the American super-weapons.
Even after children learn to read well enough to enjoy a story without illustrations, they continue to appreciate the occasional drawings found in chapter books. A late 18th-century reprint of Orbis Pictus by Comenius, the first children's picture book.
Today most geologists combine catastrophist and uniformitarianist standpoints, taking the view that Earth's history is a slow, gradual story punctuated by occasional natural catastrophic events that have affected Earth and its inhabitants.
Initially Paterson drew the vast majority of strips, with the occasional story drawn by Keith Reynolds, but by 2003 other artists such as Leslie Reavey began to ghost the strip due to Tom Paterson's workload.
At the very end of the story, Kin comes to suspect that the builders of the flat world in fact constructed the universe as a whole, with the evidence of previous races being hoaxes and the flat world being an inside joke, analogous to the false strata Kin and the Company themselves manufacture, and the occasional hoaxes put in these strata by rebellious employees.
The story is reminiscent of Joseph and Potiphar's wife, but fit well with the hostility of contemporary sources, which also suggest occasional outbursts of rage.
" Now, naturally, in writing such a story as this, with its conditions as laid down in its Introduction, it is not surprising that an occasional " rough spot " in composition is found ," the narrator says.
He makes occasional appearances in the story as a spiritual guide to the young princes.
Other works include A Rose for Winter, about a trip he made to Andalusia fifteen years after the Civil War ; Two Women ( 1983 ), a story of Lee's courtship and marriage with Kathy, daughter of Helen Garman ; The Firstborn ( 1964 ), about the birth and childhood of their daughter Jessye ; and I Can't Stay Long ( 1975 ), a collection of occasional writing.
He returns to Earth about a year later and is met by Lewis and another friend: the remainder of the story is told from Ransom's point of view, with Lewis acting as interlocutor and occasional commentator.
Romantic storylines, which would have bored his younger readers and embarrassed the older ones were also omitted, with only the very occasional exception, such as in Biggles Looks Back, where he and Von Stalhein rescue Marie Janis ( with whom Biggles was briefly in love in an earlier story ) from her prison in Bohemia.
While the story can stand on its own, independent of Matsumoto's other works, it mostly assumes that the viewer has seen the other Harlock titles, especially Galaxy Express 999 ( the TV series and the movies ), which featured Maetel, Emeraldas ' sister, but had the occasional appearance of Emeraldas ( Note: Maetel, for some reason in the English dub is referred to as Mataire, possibly as a translation error ).
The two story centre is home to the Craigieburn Library, a café, gallery, occasional childcare facilities and Council's Craigieburn Customer Service Centre on the ground level, and a conference and training centre on level one.
One occasional story is where Scrappy broke into Paul and Jill's attic and realized he was lost.
Another occasional story is where Charlie and the other geese ruin Paul's Corvette and Buckles scares them off by barking at them.
Reprinted Josie stories ( including the occasional pre-Pussycats story ) appear frequently in the various Archie digest reprint magazines.
It has several different ' themes ', which have their own characters, with isolated story arcs and occasional crossovers.
In the 1940s and 1950s, one of the most significant contributors to the planetary romance genre was Leigh Brackett, whose stories combined complex, roguish ( sometimes criminal ) heroes, high adventure, the occasional love story, richly detailed physical settings with a depth and weight unusual for the pulps, and a style that bridged space opera and fantasy.
His biographer Hamilton was far superior to the comte de Gramont, but he relates the story of his hero without comment, and no condemnation of the prevalent code of morals is allowed to appear, unless by an occasional touch of irony.
Epic Illustrated also included an occasional Marvel Comics protagonist, such as the first issue's Silver Surfer story by Stan Lee and John Buscema, and Vanth Dreadstar, who first appears in issue # 3. Each issue usually featured a main story, a number of regular serials, and anthological shorts.

occasional and Charlie
`` Behind that Charlie Chaplin moustache and that truant lock of hair that always covered his forehead, behind the tirades and the sulky silences, the passionate orations and the occasional dull evasive stare, behind the prejudices, the cynicism, the total amorality of behavior, behind even the tendency to great strategic mistakes, there lay a statesman of no mean qualities: Shrewd, calculating, in many ways realistic, endowed -- like Stalin -- with considerable powers of dissimulation, capable of playing his cards very close to his chest when he so desired, yet bold and resolute in his decisions, and possessing one gift Stalin did not possess: The ability to rouse men to fever pitch of personal devotion and enthusiasm by the power of the spoken word ''.
He finally got the chance to record as a leader in 1946, with an occasional group called the Miles Davis Sextet plus Earl Coleman and Ann Hathaway — one of the rare occasions when Davis, by then a member of the groundbreaking Charlie Parker Quintet, can be heard accompanying singers.
* Alex Rocco ... Charlie Polniaczek ( occasional, 1981 – 1988 )
The group was composed of singer / occasional guitarist Alex Smith, formerly of Bilgola Bop Band and This Side Up ; guitarist / keyboardist Garry Frost ( The Harps ); saxophonist, Andy Thompson ( Bilgola Bop Band ), Charlie Cole on keyboards / trumpet ; bass player, Ian Lees ( This Side Up ) and Paul Freeland on drums.
* Charlie Charters, Marketing Manager 2001 – 04, occasional Acting CEO
In September 2009 he was a fill-in for Kyle Sandilands on 2Day FM's breakfast program, The Kyle and Jackie O Show and has been an occasional guest host for Charlie Pickering and is still a regular contributor to The 7PM Project.
Played by Dominic Monaghan, Charlie was a regular character in the first three seasons, and continued to make occasional appearances until the final season.
It was hosted by Tom Kennedy ( occasional celebrity guest Jamie Farr filled in for one week ) and announced by Charlie O ' Donnell.

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One consequence is the occurrence of occasional conflicts because private owners of some inholdings object to public programs of use on neighboring National Forest or other Federal land, or because such ownerships are developed for uses that are not compatible with use for the public of neighboring National Forest land.
Nevertheless it remains the case that, although spoken American and British English are generally mutually intelligible, there are enough differences to cause occasional misunderstandings or at times embarrassment — for example some words that are quite innocent in one dialect may be considered vulgar in the other.
The intense vomiting and occasional diarrhea it induces can clear the body of worms and other tropical parasites, and harmala alkaloids themselves have been shown to be anthelmintic Thus, this action is twofold ; a direct action on the parasites by these harmala alkaloids ( particularly harmine in ayahuasca ) works to kill the parasites, and parasites are expelled through the increased intestinal motility that is caused by these alkaloids.
News statements are shown as continuously scrolling upper-case text located at the bottom of the screen ; some past ambiguities noted have included spelling the plural of MPs as " MPS ", together with other occasional spelling and grammatical errors.
" His early years were spent with his mother and brother in the London district of Kennington ; Hannah had no means of income, other than occasional nursing and dressmaking, and Chaplin Sr. provided no support for his sons.
These clutches had long operating lives, cycling for tens, maybe hundreds of millions of cycles without need of maintenance other than occasional lubrication with recommended oil.
He was eventually hired as editor and scripted and drew most of the contents while continuing to sell occasional work to other magazines.
The levels are sometimes labyrinthine and feature plenty of items such as additional ammo, health increases and other " power-ups " along the way, as well as the occasional secret areas which are not immediately obvious as a reward for players who explore more carefully.
Carangi's sexual orientation has been disputed during and after her life ; LGBT outlets label her lesbian, and other times as bisexual due to her occasional sexual relationships with men.
There are also occasional sightings off the eastern coast of Kamchatka ( Russian Federation ) and in other coastal waters of the northern Okhotsk Sea ,.
These four productions, with other occasional sermons, were in 1760 republished collectively, in three volumes, at Amsterdam, and preceded by an Essai historique sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de M. Abbadie.
" Sperm whales, on the other hand, while having demonstrated the ability and occasional behavior to swallow more than a grown man whole, have not yet been observed to demonstrate the inclination to swallow humans and generally are known to use their teeth to tear their food to pieces rather than swallow whole.
As is the case with other Afghan cities, occasional suicide attacks by militants have taken place in recent years.
The revelation of her gender had less adverse impact on people's opinions of her talent than she had feared ; her final Nebula Award ( for " The Screwfly Solution ", published under her other occasional pseudonym, Raccoona Sheldon ) was awarded in 1977.
While the city is being developed, it is the scene of occasional deadly suicide bombings and explosions carried out by the Haqqani network, Taliban's Quetta Shura, Hezb-i Islami, al-Qaeda, and other anti-government elements who are allegedly supported and guided by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence ( ISI ) spy network.
John Whitehurst's move to London in 1775 had a less dramatic effect: he kept in regular contact with other members of the society and remained an occasional attender of meetings.
The first, superficial, difference: hijacking is usually an occasional " outburst " of the Follow, which otherwise diligently follows the lead, while a " backlead " may do this almost on every other step.
The symbol for the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative forms the basis for the occasional ad hoc symbols for other voiceless lateral fricatives — retroflex, palatal, and velar ( the latter two only known from affricates ):
Prion replication is nevertheless subject to occasional epimutation and then natural selection just like other forms of replication.
In summer months the river is deep enough to permit vessels with drafts of up to three meters to reach Salto del Guairá, but seasonal and other occasional conditions severely limit the river's navigational value.
Using stock sets for other shows results in odd subcategories like the science fiction western ; some established shows also have the occasional episode.
Despite the clear collapse of their power, and the decline of their kingdom around them, nobles continued to play kingmakers on a regular basis, with occasional intervention from Ptolemaic Egypt and other outside powers.
There are occasional quotations from older works in other dialects of Aramaic, such as Megillat Taanit.
The campus is home to deer, owls, squirrels, the occasional cougar and many other wild animals native to the area.
During the late 1980s the " Black Sun " was rekindled, this time written, illustrated and produced by Tim Pollard ( with occasional contributions from other GW authors such as Andy Chambers ).

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