However, Harold Macmillan was impressed by Alexander's calm and style, conducting dinners in his mess like those at an Oxbridge high table, discussing architecture and the campaigns of Belisarius, rather than the current war.

In the grammar of architecture, the word petrification is often used when discussing the development of sacred structures, such as temples, mainly with reference to developments in the Greek world.

The term memory hierarchy is used in computer architecture when discussing performance issues in computer architectural design, algorithm predictions, and the lower level programming constructs such as involving locality of reference.

The papillon door, slightly different in its architecture from a gullwing door – which Jean Bugatti designed in 1939, fourteen years before Mercedes-Benz produced its similar, famous 300SL gullwing door – is a pre-cursor, but is often overlooked when discussing " Gull-wing " design.

The initial text discussing the Third Temple is written in the Book of Ezekiel chapter 40, where, on the day of Yom Kippur of the Hebrew calendar 3372, Ezekiel prophesies the third temple architecture as well as envisioning the permanent entrance of the God of Israel through the eastern gate of the third temple wall.

While the moment in time at which a particular nucleus decays is unpredictable, a collection of atoms of a radioactive nuclide decays exponentially at a rate described by a parameter known as the half-life, usually given in units of years when discussing dating techniques.

Milton cites " Chaucer's Ploughman " in " Of Reformation " ( 1641 ) when he is discussing poems that have described Constantine as a major contributor to the corruption of the church.

* In Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke when Lascelles and Drawlight are discussing Jonathan Strange, he is described as the man who " when an undergraduate at Cambridge, frightened a cat belonging to the Master of Corpus Christi ".

In the book " People of the Century " by CBS News, they described Bobby as the " anti-Bart " ( referring to Bart Simpson ) while discussing how other characters have tried to " claim Bart's place of honor.

he came to this conclusion using the justification that Roman writers like Julius Caesar and Tacitus had not referred to stone circles when discussing the Iron Age Britons, whereas Late Mediaeval historians like Geoffrey of Monmouth and Henry of Huntingdon had described these megaliths in their works, and that such monuments must have therefore been constructed between the two sets of accounts.

In the 13th century, the physician Lanfranc of Milan's Chiurgia Magna described concussion as brain " commotion ", also recognizing a difference between concussion and other types of traumatic brain injury ( though many of his contemporaries did not ), and discussing the transience of post-concussion symptoms as a result of temporary loss of function from the injury.

In a 2010 interview, discussing the legacy of slavery which Franks denounced and described as a " crushing mark on America's soul ", the congressman said, " Half of all black children are aborted.

While discussing the mixed quality of the Pokémon console games, Retronauts member Kat Bailey described it as “ okay ”.

American tibetologist Donald S. Lopez, Jr., in Prisoners of Shangri-La – Tibetan Buddhism and the West ( 1998 ), points out that when discussing Rampa with other tibetologists and buddhologists in Europe, he found that The Third Eye was the first book many of them had read about Tibet ; " For some it was a fascination with the world Rampa described that had led them to become professional scholars of Tibet.

In discussing the motivations that led to the establishment of a full-time common law school, Weldon described the "' legitimate ambition ' of ' generous spirits who wish their country well ' to build a law school ' that shall influence the intellectual life of Canada as Harvard and Yale have influenced the intellectual life of New England.

The Boltzmann factor is normally used when discussing systems described by the canonical ensemble-for the grand canonical ensemble, it is more appropriate to use the Gibbs ' factor which takes into account particle transfer between the system and the environment.

It noted that several contemporary writers, in discussing married life, had described, praised, and even ventured to recommend something they termed " a reserved embrace ," and forbade priests and spiritual directors ever to suggest that there was otherwise.

In November 2003, just two weeks before her DUI arrest, Wynonna taped an appearance of an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show discussing what she described as a " severe " dependency on food.

A newspaper account in 1933 described it as " personal evangelism -- one man talking to another or one woman discussing her problems with another woman was the order of the day ".

St. Augustine, discussing the morals of the church, described them:

He described this process, while discussing his dramatic trilogy Orestia, in a letter to Tchaikovsky dated June 21, 1891:

The video, described by ActionTrip as " eerie, to say the least " and by both Joystiq and Kotaku as " creepy ", instead presents an interview with a Civil Protection officer discussing the Combine's rule of Earth, adapting Cruise's words to fit the Combine theme.

Hamartia was often described as a tragic flaw, especially in discussing Greek tragedy.

There was a confusion as to whether the Ganesha at a temple in chengattankudy could have been a result of this invasion but this seems not to be true because the temple and association of Lord Ganesha with the same are well described in sthalapuranam or the literature discussing the importance of the place.

Tacitus reports that Augustus on his deathbed, while discussing of possible Tiberius ’ rivals, described him as worthy of becoming emperor ( capax imperii ), but " disdainful " of supreme power.

Everyone was discussing the writings of Thomas Malthus on population outstripping resources as the New Poor Law described by opponents as " a Malthusian bill designed to force the poor to emigrate, to work for lower wages, to live on a coarser sort of food " brought the construction of workhouses in the southern counties despite riots and arson.

When discussing the Major Lazer project, Diplo described the dancehall sound as being "

, has been considered by the critics as the definitive book on the relations between sound and image, which are described as two different languages within the multimedia art form, discussing the argument from both technical-linguistic and aesthetic points of view, where before it was discussed principally in terms of narrative implications.

In an article discussing Barton, The Nation described the Providence Foundation as " a Christian Reconstructionist group that promotes the idea that biblical law should be instituted in America.

Then he kept Blackman awake for more than an hour while he did an imaginary dialogue between his wife and himself in which, discussing the evening, he was continually berated.

Though Symmes himself never wrote a book about his ideas, several authors published works discussing his ideas.

As he is discussing something which is true about himself, he is not barred from making an argument which considers subjective facts, and so he does not commit the fallacy.

Grace was a non-smoker but he enjoyed good food and wine ; many years later, when discussing the overheads incurred during Lord Sheffield's profitless tour of Australia in 1891 – 92, Arthur Shrewsbury commented: " I told you what wine would be drunk by the amateurs ; Grace himself would drink enough to swim a ship.

" Leah S. Marcus, whilst discussing the prevailing bad quarto theory, suggests that A Shrew is not a transcription of a performance of The Shrew, but is in fact an earlier version of The Shrew ; that is to say, Shakespeare himself authored both works.

Regular subplots since the 1980s included: Howard and Marina trying to have an affair without Howard's wife finding out ( a variation of the Wainwright-Partridge subplot of the 1970s ), the older women meeting for tea and discussing their theories about men and life, Auntie Wainwright trying to sell unwanted merchandise to unsuspecting customers, Smiler trying to find a woman, Barry trying to better himself ( at the insistence of Glenda ), and Tom trying to stay one step ahead of the repo man.

Apart from his description of the battle itself, when later discussing the subject of Roman Legion versus Greek Phalanx, Polybius says that "... against Hannibal, the defeats they suffered had nothing to do with weapons or formations " because " Hannibal himself ... discarded the equipment with which he had started out ( and ) armed his troops with Roman weapons ".

While the two parties were bickering over the price, the Midland's John Ellis overheard two directors of the Birmingham and Bristol Railway on a London train discussing the business, and took it on himself to pledge that the Midland would match anything the Great Western would offer.

After discussing it with his family, he began using the name " Williams " as a stage name, and he began marketing himself in earnest to Chicago clubs and bands.

In a particular scene between Delacroix and New York radio talk show host Imhotep Gary Byrd ( who plays himself ) discussing critics and art, Delacroix makes a reference to the controversy surrounding the Sensation exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in 1999 where then-current Mayor Rudy Giuliani issued a lawsuit against British artist Chris Ofili's painting The Holy Virgin Mary.

Her relationship with Bokassa soured after he began discussing the possibility of instituting a monarchy with himself as emperor.

There he fell to discussing philosophical subjects, and presents were bestowed upon him, so that he could not only fit himself out, but could also provide those who accompanied him with clothing and all other necessaries of life.

Liu and Deng both saw it as a gamble rather than a strategic move, and even Mao himself was not certain if such gamble would pay off by openly discussing the three possible outcomes:

* Notably reticent about discussing himself, Peter Sellers only agreed to take part if he was allowed to walk on as someone else.

In 2009, Urban appeared as himself in the documentary film Reclaiming the Blade, discussing his sword-wielding experience in films such as The Lord of the Rings.

Not every 20th-century critic opined primarily on the quality of the final lines when discussing the success or failure of the poem ; Sidney Colvin, in 1920, explained that " while imagery drawn from the sculptures on Greek vases was still floating through his mind, he was able to rouse himself to a stronger effort and produce a true masterpiece in his famous Ode on a Grecian Urn.

After discussing this with various SNP members he was persuaded to contest the leadership himself and launched a challenge against the SNP leader, John Swinney.

While they are discussing how to make her father Marko give his consent to their marriage, father himself comes and drives Mica off, refusing to give shelter to a scoundrel.

Indeed, when confronted on the issue directly, Clarke himself clarified that he was not discussing non-human primate based cyberterrorism threats.

" Desaad himself appears in the episode " Abandoned " alongside Godfrey and Granny Goodness discussing their plans to break humanity for Darkseid's arrival.

A month in Florence discussing with Craig, himself an important reformer of the theatre, helped put many of his own ideas in perspective for Copeau and Craig did not always agree on the means to reach their goal of a theatre renewed.

Each story is preceded by an autobiographical introduction ; until this book Varley had avoided discussing himself, or his works, in print.

* Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure ( 2007 ) ( as himself, discussing wine making )

Valerius Maximus, to whom we owe the last anecdote, tells us that Carneades, before discussing with Chrysippus, was wont to purge himself with hellebore, to have a sharper mind.