When a dancer does well, she provokes a quiet bombardment of dollar bills -- although the Manhattan clubs prohibit the more cosmopolitan practice of slipping the tips into the dancers' costumes.

In practice, a bidirectional reflectance distribution function ( BRDF ) may be required to characterize the scattering properties of a surface accurately, although the albedo is a very useful first approximation.

In Greek practice the title or function of Abbot corresponds to a person who actually serves as the head of a monastery, although the title of the Archimandrite may be given to any celibate priest who could serve as the head of a monastery.

Among Classical Greeks, amazon was given a popular etymology as from a-mazos, " without breast ", connected with an etiological tradition that Amazons had their left breast cut off or burnt out, so they would be able to use a bow more freely and throw spears without the physical limitation and obstruction ; there is no indication of such a practice in works of art, in which the Amazons are always represented with both breasts, although the left is frequently covered ( see photos in article ).

Included amongst the ethnic names of the repulsed invaders is the Ekwesh or Eqwesh, whom some have seen as Achaeans, although Egyptian texts specifically mention these Ekwesh to be circumcised ( which does not seem to have been a general practice in the Aegaean at the time ).

In practice, the line slows considerably beyond Bordeaux although there are plans to improve the service.

In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely.

In May 2004, Cyprus entered divided the EU, although in practice membership only applies to the southern part of the island which is in the control of the Republic of Cyprus.

However, some scholars argue that although post-mortem dismemberment was the practice during funeral rites, cannibalism was not.

Cheddar cheese was sometimes ( and still can be found ) packaged in black wax, but was more commonly packaged in larded cloth, which was impermeable to contaminants, but still allowed the cheese to " breathe ", although this practice is now limited to artisan cheese makers.

There are also some analytical results which demonstrate theoretical weaknesses in the cipher, although they are infeasible to mount in practice.

In practice, this allows for true 3-dimensional level design that was previously impossible, although the engine is still 2D.

For example, humans, although being in a communicative phase, are not a communicative civilization ; we do not practice such activities as the purposeful and regular transmission of interstellar messages.

The Constitution reserves fifty percent of the assembly seats for ‘ workers and peasants ’, ( although in practice the " workers and peasants " have come to be retired military officers and internal security personnel ).

* Sprengel explosives: A very general class incorporating any strong oxidizer and highly reactive fuel, although in practice the name was most commonly applied to mixtures of chlorates and nitroaromatics.

His musical fantasy One from the Heart, although it pioneered the use of video-editing techniques which are standard practice in the film industry today, ended with a disastrous box-office gross of $ 636, 796 against a US $ 26 million budget, far from enough to recoup the costs incurred in the production of the movie, and he was forced to sell his 23-acre Zoetrope Studio in 1983.

Contrary to normal practice the book was written after the TV series was produced, although the line " Basis for the acclaimed public television triumph " is written on the front cover, using the program transcripts as reference.

Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each, although, in practice, a team might only play one innings or none at all.

The judicial branch, like other two branches, is technically independent and equal to other three branches, although in practice, since its judges are appointed by the president, it is beholden to the same president.

Verner wrote, " We can conclude that although the ancient Egyptians could not precisely define the value of π, in practice they used it ".

Augustine did, however, recognise a phenomenon he called jubilation-sounds of exaltation without words ; commentators such as Richard Hogue speculate that the practice of singing in the spirit persisted in Augustine's era, although xenoglossia was no longer extant among Christian:

The music itself is rather basic — church music at the time placed a large gap between written and performance practice — embellishments were largely placed in the hands of the performers ' tastes, although the Vatican score itself was altered largely by performers and visitors over the years.

Partly as a result of these factors, some scholars have identified a distinctive form of Celtic Christianity, in which abbots were more significant than bishops, attitudes to clerical celibacy were more relaxed and there was some significant differences in practice with Roman Christianity, particularly the form of tonsure and the method of calculating Easter, although most of these issues had been resolved by the mid-seventh century.

These princelings nominally owed allegiance to the Norwegian crown, although in practice the latter's control was fairly limited.

St Paisius Velichkovsky and his disciples made the practice known in Russia and Romania, although Hesychasm was already previously known in Russia, as is attested by St Seraphim of Sarov's independent practice of it.

Having outlined an approach to the theory and practice of preventive casework, we now address ourselves to our final question: What place should brief, crisis-oriented preventive casework occupy in our total spectrum of services??

In practice, the Articles were in use beginning in 1777 ; the final draft of the Articles served as the de facto system of government used by the Congress (" the United States in Congress assembled ") until it became de jure by final ratification on March 1, 1781 ; at which point Congress became the Congress of the Confederation.

From the early Middle Ages until after the Second Vatican Council the sacrament was administered, within the Latin Church, only when death was approaching and, in practice, bodily recovery was not ordinarily looked for, giving rise, as mentioned above to the name " Extreme Unction " ( i. e. final anointing ).

* Canadian spelling sometimes retains the British practice of doubling consonants when adding suffixes to words even when the final syllable ( before the suffix ) is not stressed.

Others, especially Protestants, reject the authority of such traditions and instead hold to the principle of sola scriptura, which accepts only the Bible itself as the final rule of faith and practice.

It is standard practice to allow at a minimum, one more competitor than the number of scoring positions to return to the final round, though 12 plus ties and automatic qualifying distances are also potential factors.

Bruce won the 1964 series, but Mayer was killed in practice for the final race, prompting his brother and manager Teddy Mayer to become involved with the running of the team.

See the sacrifice of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadar who on the final desperate and heart-rending pleas of the Kashmiri Pandit, agreed to put up a fight for their right to practise their religion in which he was executed so another religion besides his own could have the freedom to practice there religion against the tyrant moghul empire who were forcing people to accept Islam.

Whilst the following example illustrates how a desired sound might be achieved in practice, only the final three stages are really subtractive synthesis and the early stages could be considered to be a form of additive synthesis.

We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God and is our final authority in matters of faith and practice.

Designers may use this term to refer to the writing of the final file to disk or CD and its subsequent transmission to the foundry ; however, in current practice the foundry will perform checks and make modifications to the mask design specific to the manufacturing process before actual tapeout.

Following the 1878 season, Grace was assigned to Westminster Hospital for his final year of medical practice and this curtailed his cricket for a time as he did not play in the 1879 season until June.

After the transfers of sovereignty, Hong Kong and Macau continue to practice English Common Law and Portuguese legal systems respectively, with their own courts of final appeal.

The most recent was Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili who suffered a fatal crash during his final practice run for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

he can dismiss final court verdicts ( in practice, the President consults such decisions with the Minister of Justice ).

Articled to a firm of solicitors in Porthmadog, Lloyd George was admitted in 1884 after taking Honours in his final law examination and set up his own practice in the back parlour of his uncle's house in 1885.

The final common method of credentialing is through certification by a Medical Director and permission to practice as an extension of the Medical Director's license to practice some medical acts.

Rather, it sees the Bible as the only final authority in matters of faith and practice.

Vertical integration is a business practice that involves gaining complete control over a product's production, from raw materials to final assembly.

He announces that he has begun to practice the craft of writing so that he might return to his fictional home -- not to displace Landry, but rather so that he might end both of their existences for good in a final, brutal act of vengeance.

Although the Constitution of Norway nominally gives the King the final responsibility for making such a decision, in practice nearly all major governmental decisions are made by the Government ( the Council of State ) in his name.

A very small number of producers, such as Guillon Painturaud and Moyet, do not blend their final product from different ages of eaux-de-vie to produce a ' purer ' flavour ( a practice roughly equivalent to the production of a single-cask Scotch whisky ).