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.

If he found data that fitted his general plan, he used it and counted his sources trustworthy.

Passing through the gate, with towers on either side once used as prisons, I entered a huge square surrounded by buildings, and on the wall to my right found a general plan of the grounds, with explanations in English for each building.

He found, as he had suspected, a general consensus that perhaps over half of the present functionally designed course was not really functional for these students.

In this respect, the general palatability and individual acceptance of most radiosterilized foods has, to date, been found to be low in comparison with fresh and commercially processed foods.

Motion-picture exhibitions took place in stores in a general atmosphere like that of the penny arcade which can still be found in such urban areas as Times Square.

It follows, then, provided the possibilities have been exhausted, that the only real alternative is the general viewpoint of the `` left '', which has been represented on the Continent by Fritz Buri and, to some extent at least, is found in much that is significant in American and English theology.

While the Ural – Altaic hypothesis can still be found in encyclopedias, atlases, and similar general references, it has not had any adherents in the linguistics community for decades.

Because the technique has allegedly been used to improve breathing and stamina in general, advocates also claim that athletes, people with asthma, tuberculosis, and panic attacks have also found improvements.

He compares this to the work of the historian Thucydides, who found it difficult recording speeches verbatim but instead had the speakers say what he felt was appropriate for them to say on the occasion while adhering as much as possible to the general sense.

The first modern solution of general relativity that would characterize a black hole was found by Karl Schwarzschild in 1916, although its interpretation as a region of space from which nothing can escape was not fully appreciated for another four decades.

In this period more general black hole solutions were found.

The cosmological solutions of general relativity were found by Alexander Friedmann in the early 1920s.

Studies have found 50-85 % of conditioned athletes have benign sinus bradycardia, as compared to 23 % of the general population studied.

In the United States, because of the broad protections granted by the First Amendment, with extremely limited exceptions, unless the media outlet is a party to the case, a media outlet cannot be found in contempt of court for reporting about a case because a court cannot order the media in general not to report on a case or forbid it from reporting facts discovered publicly.

There is less chauvinism seen in the general modern workplace, though it is still found in more personal relationships within businesses.

Nevertheless, the ICJ found that the U. S. encouraged acts contrary to general principles of humanitarian law by producing the manual Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare ( Operaciones sicológicas en guerra de guerrillas ) and disseminating it to the contras.

Noted for his original, rhythmic and ingenious use of words and imagery, Thomas ' position as one of the great modern poets has been much discussed, though this has not tarnished his popularity amongst the general public, who found his work accessible.

This discovery led to less emphasis on learning the classics because they found that studying the classics does not contribute to overall general intelligence.

A more analogous case is that of the screwball comedy, widely accepted by film historians as constituting a " genre ": the screwball is defined not by a fundamental attribute, but by a general disposition and a group of elements, some — but rarely and perhaps never all — of which are found in each of the genre's films.

In general, functional decompositions are worthwhile when there is a certain " sparseness " in the dependency structure ; that is, when constituent functions are found to depend on approximately disjoint sets of variables.

They found that the increase of scores of general intelligence stopped after the mid-1990s and declined in numerical reasoning sub-tests.

Among the important political issues at the time was the deployment of Pershing II IRBMs and nuclear-tipped cruise missiles by the U. S. and NATO on West German soil, generating strong opposition in the general population that found an outlet in mass demonstrations.

This might be because of the general disarmament of the Empire in the twenty years leading up to the sacking, or because the Byzantines had lost access to the areas where the primary ingredients were to be found, or even perhaps because the secret had been lost over time.

The Cristinos found a capable general in Baldomero Espartero.

A meta-analysis of selection methods in personnel psychology found that general mental ability was the best overall predictor of job performance and training performance.