His personality appears more striking by contrast with Marina, who is -- perhaps purposely -- rather superficially characterized.

Armored Cataphracts began to be deployed in eastern Europe and the near East, following the precedents established by Persian forces, as the main striking force of the armies in contrast to the earlier roles of cavalry as scouts, raiders, and outflankers.

By contrast, the " Verb of Similarity " ( فعل المضارع, fi ' l al-mudaara ' ah ), so called because of its resemblance to the active participial noun, is considered to denote an event in the present or future without committing to a specific aspectual sense beyond the incompleteness implied by the tense: يضرب " yadribu ", he strikes / is striking / will strike / etc.

Lebanon established its own army made up of volunteer militias ; " the free independent bearing of these mountaineers was in striking contrast to that of the underpaid, underfed and poorly clothed conscripts of the regular army ".

In contrast to the rest of Saudi Arabia, and particularly Nejd, Mecca has, according to the New York Times, become " a striking oasis " of free thought and discussion and, also, of " unlikely liberalism " as " Meccans see themselves as a bulwark against the creeping extremism that has overtaken much Islamic debate ".

His family worked as sharecroppers as did most of the people of Sotto il Monte – a striking contrast to that of his predecessor, Eugenio Pacelli ( Pope Pius XII ), who came from an ancient aristocratic family, long connected to the Papacy.

There was a striking contrast with Japan, where Edo ( Tokyo ) had as many as 1 million inhabitants and the urban population comprised as much as 10 % to 15 % of the total during the Tokugawa Period ( 1600 – 1868 ).

The most striking feature of the climate is the contrast.

The surface of the cerebellum is covered with finely spaced parallel grooves, in striking contrast to the broad irregular convolutions of the cerebral cortex.

The brighter yellow star ( actually itself a very close binary system ) makes a striking colour contrast with its fainter blue companion star.

In contrast to grappling martial arts this will allow one to use striking techniques such as punching, elbowing, eye gouging, kicks and groin attack on the ground.

It is Milo's sudden death which makes him most akin to the heroes: there is a hint of hubris in his attempt to rend the tree asunder, and striking contrast between his glorious athletic achievements and his sudden ignoble death.

He reduced official operating costs, walked his trips with a single assistant, and, by the studied lack of ceremony, placed his own frugality in striking contrast with the oppressive opulence of provincial magistrates.

The ridges which ramify from the Paramera are covered with valuable forests of beeches, oaks and firs, presenting a striking contrast to the bare peaks of the Sierra de Gredos.

Nonetheless, Ball's striking beauty was in sharp contrast to physical antics she did in her films ; thus, MGM tried to use her in an array of different film genres that did little to highlight her skills.

The encaustic images are striking because of the contrast between vivid and rich colours, and comparatively large brush-strokes, producing an " Impressionistic " effect.

While black did not suit eighteen-year-old Helene's dark coloring, it made her younger sister's blonder looks more striking by contrast.

An extraordinarily slow-moving variation consisting almost entirely of dotted whole notes in low registers – a striking contrast with the variations immediately before and after.

This examination is, in two respects, in striking contrast to that of certain other Neoplatonist writers.

In striking contrast to Plato's use of idea is that of John Locke.

Martin Kramer writes that in Islamic tradition, in striking contrast with the Christian concept of the eternal Jew, the contemporary Jews were not presented as archetypes — as the embodiment of Jews in all times and places.

The imperturbable courtesy of his style is in striking contrast to the violence of his opponents ; and, in spite of his unorthodoxy, he was not an atheist or even an agnostic.

In this respect Mazanderan furnishes a striking contrast to the waste and barren shores of southern Persia, where for many hundred miles there is not a stream to be met with deep enough to take a horse above the knee.

But the contrast, at this crisis, between his self-sacrificing patriotism and the treachery of the Russophil aristocracy was so striking that, when the Riksdag assembled, Gustav found that the three lower estates were ultra-royalist, and with their aid he succeeded, not without running great risks in crushing the opposition of the nobility by a second coup d ' état on February 16, 1789 and passing the famous Act of Union and Security which gave the king an absolutely free hand as regards foreign affairs and the command of the army, and made further treason impossible.

His style in it, as elsewhere, is in striking contrast to that of the typical classical scholar, and accords with his conviction that the true aim of scholarship is " that which is.

During the Spanish transition to democracy, the Church of St. Francis of Assisi was the scene of the March 3 Killing of 1976 after clashes between police and striking workers.

There are a number of churches located throughout the town, the two most striking of which are the main church, located in Voorschoten's historic centre, and the St. Laurentius Church, located in the north of the town.

They include Minnesota v. Barber, 136 U. S. 313, ( 1890 ) ( striking down a Minnesota statute that required any meat sold within the State, whether originating within or without the State, to be examined by an inspector within the State ); Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydel, 278 U. S. 1 ( 1928 ) ( striking down a Louisiana statute that forbade shrimp to be exported unless the heads and hulls had first been removed within the State ); Johnson v. Haydel, 278 U. S. 16 ( 1928 ) ( striking down analogous Louisiana statute for oysters ); Toomer v. Witsell, 334 U. S. 385 ( 1948 ) ( striking down South Carolina statute that required shrimp fishermen to unload, pack, and stamp their catch before shipping it to another State ); Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc., supra ( striking down Arizona statute that required all Arizona-grown cantaloupes to be packaged within the State prior to export ); South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke, 467 U. S. 82 ( 1984 ) ( striking down an Alaska regulation that required all Alaska timber to be processed within the State prior to export ).

He was England's longest serving bishop since the 14th century and a striking figure of the 19th century Church.

This place of honour accorded so persistently to the canticle of Mary from such remote antiquity is but one of the many, and of the least striking, proofs of the devotion which has always been paid to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Church.

During the Spanish transition to democracy, the Church of St. Francis of Assisi was the scene of the March 3 Killing of 1976 after clashes between police and striking workers.

The most striking feature of the village is the medieval Church of St. Nicholas, Bradfield.

Meanwhile, Russian retained a layer of Church Slavonic " high vocabulary ", so that nowadays the most striking lexical differences between Russian on the one hand and Belarusian and Ukrainian on the other are the much greater share of Slavonicisms in the former and of Polonisms in the latter.

* St. Catherine's Church: built 1360 – 1365, High Gothic church in the heart of the town with a coppersmith altar ; the high tower with its spire is a striking landmark in the town centre.

There are many notable timber framed buildings in the town and St Idloes Church has a 15th century hammerbeam roof with striking carved angels.

The Albert Ball Memorial Homes in Church Street are a striking and lasting monument to the brief life of Albert Ball.

The doctrine of the collegiality of the bishops as a body was enunciated by the Second Vatican Council which " desired to integrate all the elements which make up the Church, both the mystical and the institutional, the primacy and the episcopate, the people of God and the hierarchy, striking new notes and establishing new balances which would have to be worked out and theologized upon in the lived experience of the Church.

John Davies, a Liverpool Church of England vicar chose Absolon's Job Club as his picture of the month in February 2005, saying, " Of all the striking paintings in The Stuckists: Punk Victorian exhibition ... Philip Absolon's hit me hardest.

Hence, in the striking interplay between the Eucharist which builds up the Church, and the Church herself which " makes " the Eucharist, the primary causality is expressed in the first formula: the Church is able to celebrate and adore the mystery of Christ present in the Eucharist precisely because Christ first gave himself to her in the sacrifice of the Cross.

Holy Ghost Church This Catholic church was built in 1966 and is especially striking due to its version of the cross made of scrap metal and the Stations of the Cross made of linen.

Most striking indeed is this beyond-normal ability to put a finger on `` pre-conscious '' moods and to clarify them.

Most striking was the disparity in wages.

Most striking was the productivity surge in capital, as Milken … and others took the vast sums trapped in old-line businesses and put them back into the markets.

Most henges do not contain stone circles ; Brodgar is a striking exception, ranking with Avebury ( and to a lesser extent Stonehenge ) among the greatest of such sites.

Most striking among the stories include the countess of Cellant seeking vengeance on one lover by means of others ( part 1, story 4 ), two whores seeking to win their husbands back ( part 1, story 17 ), two brother thieves in cahoots to rob the treasures of the king of Egypt ( part 1, story 23 ), a disdained lover voluntarily choosing to live inside a cave ( part 1, story 25 ), a woman killing herself only out of fear that her good fortune will turn bad ( part 1, story 48 ), Filippo Lippi, released from slavery in Africa because of his talent as a celebrated painter ( part 1, story 50 ), a woman disdaining a man and then killing herself when he no longer pursues her ( part 2, story 16 ), an abbot making music from a chorus of pigs ( part 2, story 23 ), an adulterous lover buried alive and then saved ( part 3, story 1 ), a merchant's murder of another ( part 4, story 1 ), a case of double adultery whereby each husband cuckolds the other ( part 4, story 11 ), and two women yelling at each other after being falsely told they are hard of hearing ( part 4, story 21 ).

Most striking was her love for Hitler.

Most western countries partially legalized striking in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.

Verses by Angilbert, who fought the battle on the side of Lothar are cited by historian Eleanor Shipley Duckett as the " Most striking of all these Latin records of the battle ".

Most species are strongly sexually dimorphic ; only the male has the striking plumage patterns characteristic of the genus, though the females share the white or red rump patches.

Most phrases now considered clichéd were originally regarded as striking, but lost their force through overuse.

Most were young men, with dreams of owning their land or striking it rich quick would essentially sell years of their labor in exchange for passage to the islands.

Most are dull black flies, and are usually small to medium in size,, and many species have striking wing patterns.

Most striking to Cole was Europe's tallest active volcano, Mount Etna ( Regarding the title: " Etna " is the more common spelling in the present day, but " Aetna " was a common nineteenth-century variant ).

Most striking were the " beavertail " observation cars of the 1930s and the " Skytop Lounge " observation cars by industrial designer Brooks Stevens in the 1940s.

Most notably, Joshi points to Hugh Elliott's Modern Science and Materialism, a 1919 nonfiction book that mentions the " extremely limited " senses of humans, such that of the many " aethereal waves " striking the eyes, " the majority cannot be perceived by the retina at all ".

Most longcase clocks are striking clocks, which means they sound the time on each hour or fraction of an hour.

Most striking are the comparisons between the Kincaid and Angel sites, which include analogous site plans, stylistic similarities in artifacts, and geographic proximity.

Most of the Mizo musical instruments used at the time of festivals and dances are striking instruments such as different types of Khuang and Dar, Bengbung, Seki, Talhkhuang.

Most striking in this regard is González Prada ’ s essay " Our Indians " included in his Horas de lucha after 1924.

Most uses of treads are for their striking appearance.

Most are grown for the ornamental foliage while others bear striking inflorescences.

Most striking in today ’ s skyline is the development known locally as the Chinamauer (“ China Wall ”), a roughly 300 m-long block of maisonette flats.

Most striking was how comfortable these Italians seemed in their appropriated shoes, adopting a foreign culture and somehow making it theirs.

Most striking are stripes on the side-on each side one beige and below a black stripe.