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I have requested the Secretary of Defense to reexamine the roles and missions of the reserve components in relation to those of the active forces and in the light of the changing requirements of modern warfare.
This is particularly important for light, modern anchors designed to bury in the bottom, where ratios of 5 – 7 to 1 are common, whereas heavy anchors and moorings can use 3 to 1 or less.
The ' far-away light ' () is a reference to St Elmo's Fire, an electrical discharge supposed by ancient Greek mariners to be an epiphany of the Dioscuri, but the meaning of the line was obscured by gaps in the papyrus until reconstructed by a modern scholar — such reconstructions are typical of the extant poetry ( see Scholars, fragments and sources below ).
In modern armoured warfare, armoured units equipped with tanks and infantry fighting vehicles serve the historic role of both the battle cavalry, light cavalry and dragoons, and belong to the armoured branch.
In modern cattle, numerous breeds share characteristics of the aurochs, such as a dark colour of the bulls with a light eel stripe and light colour in cows, or a typical aurochs-like horn shape.
Originally a dark beer, a modern bock can range from light copper to brown in colour.
Although the form declined in popularity towards the end of the 18th century its influence can be seen in light operas like that of Gilbert and Sullivan's early works like The Sorcerer as well as in the modern musical.
In light of this, and the practical difficulty of managing such long keys, modern cryptographic practice has discarded the notion of perfect secrecy as a requirement for encryption, and instead focuses on computational security, under which the computational requirements of breaking an encrypted text must be infeasible for an attacker.
In many modern armies, the term cavalry is still often used to refer to units that are a combat arm of the armed forces which in the past filled the traditional horse-borne land combat light cavalry roles.
They have also argued that, while the modern Communist Party may be flawed, it is comparatively better than previous regimes, with respect to improving the general standard of living, than any other government that has governed China in the past century and can be seen in a more favourable light compared with most governments of the developing nations.
Nerva was old and childless, and had spent much of his career out of the public light, prompting both ancient and modern authors to speculate on his involvement in Domitian's assassination.
ET, in turn, can now be seen ( in light of modern results ) as close to the average mean solar time between 1750 and 1890 ( centered on 1820 ), because that was the period during which the observations on which Newcomb's tables were based were performed.
The modern theory that explains the nature of light includes the notion of wave – particle duality.
It is the most common form of artificial lighting and is essential to modern society, providing interior lighting for buildings and exterior light for evening and nighttime activities.
Most modern day electronics now use printed circuit boards made of materials such as FR4, or the cheaper ( and less hard-wearing ) Synthetic Resin Bonded Paper ( SRBP, also known as Paxoline / Paxolin ( trade marks ) and FR2 )-characterised by its light yellow-to-brown colour.
For example, the sentence " The coat is red " has no observer, the sentence " We see the coat as red " ( where " we " indicates observers ) appears more specific in context as regards light waves and colour as determined by modern science, that is, colour results from a reaction in the human brain.
All of this early work assumed that light could slow down and fall, which was inconsistent with the modern understanding of light waves.
In spite of the closure of most of France's tram systems in earlier years, a fast growing number of France's major cities have modern tram or light rail networks, including Paris, Lyon ( Lyon having the biggest one ), Toulouse, Montpellier, Saint-Étienne, Strasbourg and Nantes.
These same visible lines, accompanied by the emission lines of trivalent europium and trivalent terbium, and further accompanied by the emission continuum of divalent europium in the blue region, comprise the more discontinuous light emission of the modern trichromatic phosphor systems used in many compact fluorescent lamp and traditional lamps where better color rendition is a goal.
The significance of the railways to the Civil War of the Finns is well symbolized by the most modern and frightening weapon used in the turmoil: armoured train, carrying light cannons and heavy machine guns.
In contrast, modern light machine guns such as the FN Minimi are often wielded by a single infantryman.
According to the modern scholar Pat Southern, however, some historians now see him in a more positive light.
In modern times, the gegenschein is not visible in most inhabited regions of the world due to light pollution.

light and historical
A number of important historical sites, artifacts and documents exist which shed light on early board games.
" However, a Declaration of the Revolutionary Government dated 8 June 2009 stated that while Cuba welcomed the Assembly's gesture, in light of the Organization's historical record " Cuba will not return to the OAS ".
Attlee's modesty and quiet manner hid a great deal that has only come to light with historical reappraisal.
Several scholars have argued that historical materialism ought to be revised in the light of modern scientific knowledge.
These are the first recorded historical links between the speed of light and electromagnetic phenomena.
Shortly afterwards, on January 24, 1922, the Conservative movement publicized the 71-page response written by Ginzberg tackling the halakhic aspects of drinking grape juice instead of wine in light of the historical circumstances.
Thus, Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc saw the pagan religions of Africa of his day as relicts that were in principle capable of shedding light on the historical Paganism of Classical Antiquity.
Historical revisionism is either the legitimate scholastic re-examination of existing knowledge about a historical event, or the illegitimate distortion of the historical record such that certain events appear in a more or less favourable light.
* In The Terror Dream Faludi analyzes the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in light of prior American experience going back to insecurity on the historical American frontier such as in Metacom's Rebellion.
For instance, our historical understanding about " sound ," " light " and " heat " have today been reduced to " wave compressions and rarefactions ," " electromagnetic waves ," and " molecular kinetic energy ," respectively.
Russian Orientalist art was largely concerned with the areas of Central Asia that Russia was conquering during the century, and also in historical painting with the Mongols who had dominated Russia for much of the Middle Ages, who were rarely shown in a good light.
Nonetheless, the interior has been restored and is in use for cultural events, such as concerts ( συναυλίες ) and Sound and Light Productions ( Ηχος και Φως ), when historical events are recreated using sound and light special effects.
The panic of 1873 can only be understood in light of the various tendencies involved — deflation and other ; and deflation can only be understood in the light of various historical manifestations — 1873 and other.
In the second half of 20th century, substantial contributions and formalizations have been made by Europeans such as Jürgen Aschoff and Colin Pittendrigh, who pursued different but complementary views on the phenomenon of entrainment of the circadian system by light ( parametric, continuous, tonic, gradual vs. nonparametric, discrete, phasic, instantaneous, respectively ; see this historical article, subscription required ).
For example, there appears to be continuity between the character of Cleopatra and the historical figure of Queen Elizabeth I, and the unfavourable light cast on Caesar has been explained as deriving from the claims of various 16th century historians.
Exactly in what sense the Eric of the sagas may have been based on the historical Eric of Northumbria, and conversely, to what extent later evidence might or might not be called upon to shed light on the historical figure, are matters which have inspired a variety of approaches and suggestions among generations of historians.
In his poem " Past Ruin'd Ilion ", English writer and poet Walter Savage Landor ( 1775-1864 ) wrote the line " Alcestis rises from the shades " as having a double meaning, evoking her rise from Hades while demonstrating the ability of enduring poetry to give her vitality, drawing her into the light from the shadows of historical oblivion.
Such spontaneous posterior dislocations ( akin to the historical surgical procedure of couching ) in ancient times were regarded as a blessing from the heavens, because some perception of light was restored in the cataractous patients.
* On September 14, 2002, Vargas surrendered his WBA title to Oscar De La Hoya in an historical light middleweight championship unification showdown that filled the Mandalay Bay Events Center to capacity and sold approximately one million pay-per-view buys.
The first historical record of them recalls that in 1883 a young cowhand, Robert Reed Ellison, saw a flickering light while he was driving cattle through Paisano Pass and wondered if it was the campfire of Apache Indians.
He was its first manager, and wrote several plays for the company, mainly historical pieces and light comedies.

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