I was having lunch not long ago ( apologies to N. V. Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle Ages, one in American history, and one in the Far East ), and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed, majestic instancy '' ( Francis Thompson's words for the Hound Of Heaven's Pursuit ) by judicial fiat.

In this essay, we are, along with most historians, interested in the more general or more inclusive ideas, that are so to speak `` writ large '' in history of literature where they recur continually.

It is another question whether `` they '' -- or a single general, off in a corner of China, secure for a few ( galvanizing??

On this point there was fairly general agreement that assessors would like to do more than they are doing now.

There is little evidence that they are giving any systematic thought to a general theory of the optimum scope and nature of their part in government.

The change in perceptions by some of the Kohnstamm-negative subjects, after they had been informed of the possibilities of normal reactions, suggests that their constriction and guardedness is associated with their general mode of responding to strange or unknown situations.

Like the other policy-making groups, these are middle class in their educational attitudes, and they attempt to act in the general public interest, as they see it.

If they opted for illusion, it could only be illusion per se -- an illusion of depth, and of relief, so general and abstracted as to exclude the representation of individual objects.

Here again laboratory approaches are being evolved, for it is recognized how `` elastic '' these readings can be, how they can apply to many people, and are often stated in general terms all too easily applied to any individual's own case.

What determines the morality, they state, is not the means used, but the motive In general, the means ( excluding abortion ) that prove most effective are considered the most ethical.

When things got a little out of hand, they very rapidly got a lot out of hand -- it seemed to be a general rule.

In particular, social sciences often develop statistical descriptions rather than the general laws derived in physics or chemistry, or they may explain individual cases through more general principles, as in many fields of psychology.

Saturated hydrocarbons can also combine any of the linear, cyclic ( e. g., polycyclic ) and branching structures, and they are still alkanes ( no general formula ) as long as they are acyclic ( i. e., having no loops ). They also have single covalent bonds between their carbons.

Some will think he opposes taxes in general, because they hinder economic growth.

However, applets have very little control over web page content outside the applet dedicated area, so they are less useful for improving the site appearance in general ( while applets like news tickers or WYSIWYG editors are also known ).

If arachnophobics see a spider, they may not enter the general vicinity until they have overcome the panic attack that is often associated with their phobia.

Irregular past tense forms, such as " broke " or " was / were ", can be seen as still more specific cases ( since they are confined to certain lexical items, like the verb " break "), which therefore take priority over the general cases listed above.

In this case, they are called tumor-specific antigens ( TSAs ) and, in general, result from a tumor-specific mutation.

Conversely, Howard Marshall writes that the speeches were not entirely the inventions of the author and, while they may not be verbatim, nevertheless records the general idea.

These orchestral works are mainly in the galant style and though they show some development toward the late classical they reflect a general weakness in comparison to his operatic works of the same and later periods.

They are in general those fears that once seemed to have been amenable to prayer or ritual.

The same command is repeated as many times as there are levels in rank from general to corporal.

( C ) Decisions of a general kind are made by the central command.

Students are approximately equally divided between those who regard vocational preparation as the primary goal of an ideal education and those who chose a general liberal education.

The students who are most willing to acquiesce in the suppression of civil liberties are also those who are most likely to be prejudiced against minority groups, to be conformist and traditionalistic in general social attitudes, and to lack a basic faith in people.

College in gross -- just the general experience -- may have varying effects, but the students who are successful emerge with strengthened and clarified democratic values.

Those who do have occasion to deal with the invasions in a more general way, like T.W. Shore and Arthur Wade-Evans, are on the side of a gradual and often peaceful Germanic penetration into Britain.

Proposed property sales of general interest to small business concerns are publicized through SBA regional news releases, and by `` flyers '' directed to the small business concerns.

Unit prices to the state are considerably lower than to the general public because of quantity purchases and no payment of state sales or federal excise taxes.

Present pool quarters at two locations in Providence are crowded, antiquated and, in general, make for inefficient operation in terms of dispersement of personnel and duplication of such operational needs as stock and repair equipment.

Unit prices for state vehicles are invariably lower than to the general public.

This problem of fair and equitable assessment of value is a difficult one to solve in that the determination of fair valuation is dependent on local assessors, who in general are non-professional and part-time personnel taking an individualistic approach to the problem.

and ( C ) to finance, for not more than three years beyond the end of said period, such activities as are required to correlate, coordinate, and round out the results of studies and research undertaken pursuant to this Act: Provided, That funds available in any one year for research and development may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State to assure that such activities are consistent with the foreign policy objectives of the United States, be expended in cooperation with public or private agencies in foreign countries in the development of processes useful to the program in the United States: And provided further, That every such contract or agreement made with any public or private agency in a foreign country shall contain provisions effective to insure that the results or information developed in connection therewith shall be available without cost to the United States for the use of the United States throughout the world and for the use of the general public within the United States.

In general, such apartments afford more protection than smaller buildings because their walls are thick and there is more space.

but during the middle daytime hours these skywave radiations are not reflected in any substantial quantity, and during this portion of the day both skywave service and skywave interference are, in general, negligible.

The Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. at Carleton are connected with the corresponding national organizations and carry out their general purposes.

In Missouri ( which we are including in our general Midwest region ) you can glance into Mark Twain's birthplace at Hannibal, see the landmarks of his life and writings and visualize where Huck Finn hatched his boyish mischief.

Until a few weeks later, the guilt for the crime had settled loosely on Serbia in general.

Biotechnology ( see also relatedly bioengineering ) can be a somewhat ambiguous term, sometimes loosely used interchangeably with BME in general ; however, it more typically denotes specific products which use " biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof.

In Des Teufels General ( The Devil's General ) of 1954, a Luftwaffe general named Harras loosely modeled after Ernst Udet, appears at first to be cynical fool, but turns out to an anti-Nazi who is secretly sabotaging the German war effort by designing faulty planes.

Horse breeds are loosely divided into three categories based on general temperament: spirited " hot bloods " with speed and endurance ; " cold bloods ," such as draft horses and some ponies, suitable for slow, heavy work ; and " warmbloods ," developed from crosses between hot bloods and cold bloods, often focusing on creating breeds for specific riding purposes, particularly in Europe.

In general, opponents must respond to aggressive play by playing more loosely, which offers more opportunities to make mistakes.

The term " Sudan " derives from the Arabic bilād as-sūdān " land of the Blacks ", and is used more loosely of West and Central Africa in general, especially the Sahel region.

The plot is loosely based on the life of the famous general Belisarius of the 6th century Byzantine Empire.

The First War of Scottish Independence can be loosely divided into four phases: the initial English invasion and success in 1296 ; the campaigns led by William Wallace, Andrew de Moray and various Scottish Guardians from 1297 until John Comyn negotiated for the general Scottish submission in February 1304 ; the renewed campaigns led by Robert the Bruce following his killing of The Red Comyn in Dumfries in 1306 to his and the Scottish victory at Bannockburn in 1314 ; and a final phase of Scottish diplomatic initiatives and military campaigns in Scotland, Ireland and Northern England from 1314 until the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328.

Note that in common use the term convection may refer loosely to heat transfer by convection, as opposed to mass transfer by convection, or the convection process in general.

In the social and political sciences in general, an " organization " may be more loosely understood as the planned, coordinated and purposeful action of human beings working through collective action to reach a common goal or construct a tangible product.

Other nouns are sometimes, more loosely, called names ; an older term for them, now obsolete, is " general names ".

The term is sometimes also loosely applied to the general stylistic variety of 19th century architecture after Neo-classicism ( c. 1820 ), although the revivals of styles in that period have, since the 1970s, generally been referred to as aspects of historicism.

The new terms on the table also included the establishment of a National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord, a loosely defined administrative structure which was to work toward general and local elections within South Vietnam.

The names " japonica " or " Japanese quince " were ( and still are ) often loosely applied to Chaenomeles in general, regardless of their species.

In modern use, the term has been loosely used to refer to the predomesticated ancestor of the modern horse, Equus ferus, to the pre-domestic subspecies believed to have lived into the historic era, equus ferus ferus, and to all European primitive or " wild " horses in general.

The more general invariant mass ( calculated with a more complicated formula ) loosely corresponds to the " rest mass " of a " system.

Asimov loosely based Bel Riose on Flavius Belisarius, a great general of the Roman Empire during the 6th century AD.

Maintaining their bizarre and irreverent style, the pair played host to two teams of celebrity guests ( captained each week by Mark Lamarr and Ulrika Jonsson, and later Will Self, and further Jack Dee ) answering what can be loosely described as general knowledge questions.

In general, however, cross country is a IAAF governed discipline that is typically raced over shorter distances ( rarely over 12 kilometers ), whereas trail running is loosely governed, and run over longer routes.

Sinologist in general usage sometimes loosely refers to anyone who studies China, but, especially in the United States, more frequently refers to those who study classical language, literature, or civilization.

The term geometrodynamics is loosely used as a synonym for general relativity.

The general morphology is that of a typical pigeon, in that it has a relatively small head, a straight soft-based bill and loosely attached feathers.

In the course of the search for a specific inhibitor of the negative effects of prostaglandins which spared the positive effects, it was discovered that prostaglandins could indeed be separated into two general classes which could loosely be regarded as " good prostaglandins " and " bad prostaglandins ", according to the structure of a particular enzyme involved in their biosynthesis, cyclooxygenase.

Motivation was to find a standard, structured and general purpose concept for describing implementation of loosely coupled software components ( called: services ) that are expected to be independently deployed, running, heterogeneous and disparate within a network.