The charges specify that 727, 420 Chinese were " persecuted " during that period, and that 34, 274 died, though the often vague indictment did not specify exactly how.

The record of this period of his life is too vague for historians to form any definitive picture.

With such a vague and variable definition, roots revival could be seen as referring to the creation of any kind of pop music industry, though there are countries with well-developed pop traditions that have not had a period referred to as a roots revival ( such as Jamaica, India, Cuba and Kenya ).

The jubilee of a monk's religious profession was often kept, and probably some vague memory survived of those Roman ludi saeculares which are commemorated in the " Carmen Saeculare " of Horace, even though this last was commonly associated with a period of a hundred years rather than any lesser interval.

Andersen states in that chapter that there is no evidence that " sheela na gig " was ever a popular name for the figures and that it came out of a period ( i. e. the mid-19th century ) " where popular understanding of the characteristics of a sheela were vague and people were wary of its apparent rudeness ".

Measurements are notoriously variable, inaccurate, and definitionally vague even from Ferrari-issued sources of the same period.

The second of the major calendars was one representing a 365-day period approximating the tropical year, known sometimes as the " vague year ".

During a period that is still vague, they lived in behetrias, which were primitive settlements without a head or an organization.

Although the idea of a " great awakening " has been contested by Butler ( 1982 ) as vague and exaggerated, it is clear that the period was a time of increased religious activity, particularly in New England.

Most of the terms used for throwing machines were vague, and could refer to a number of specific engines, and all went through a number of changes and developments over the period.

Otherwise, if the prediction is too vague, no feasible decision ( such as to evacuate the population of a certain area for a given period of time ) can be made.

However, calculation of demographic data from this time period can be described as vague and of a rather varied nature, due to the lack of censuses that would collect comprehensive ethnic information.

Originally invented in a Go school in the Edo period, Prior to the invention, top-to-bottom ranking was evaluated by comparison of handicap and tended to be vague.

This problem is solved by reading other entries in the book, which quite explicitly specify that the Nile was low at 446. This year of the Muslim calendar ran from the 12th of April 1054 to the 1st of April 1055, which is compatible with the appearance of the star in July 1054, as its location ( admittedly rather vague ), is in the astrological sign of Gemini ( which, due to Axial precession, covers the eastern part of the Constellation Taurus ). The date of the event in 446 is harder to determine, but the reference to the level of the Nile refers to the period preceding its annual flood, which happens during the summer.

Dryosaurus ( ; meaning ' oak lizard ', Greek δρυο / dryo meaning ' oak ' and σαυρος / sauros meaning ' lizard '; the name is from the vague oak-leaf shape of its cheek teeth ) is a genus of an ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic period.

In 2007 the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology, after describing him as vague and evasive in answering questions, said " we have serious reservations as to whether Sir John is the right person to guide the MRC Executive through the coming period of change ".

Abstraction uses a strategy of simplification, wherein formerly concrete details are left ambiguous, vague, or undefined ; thus effective communication about things in the abstract requires an intuitive or common experience between the communicator and the communication recipient.

Consequently, the borderline between idealist epistemologies and others can be vague.

In as much as both " race " and " species " are vague terms used in the classification of living creatures according, largely, to physical appearance, an analogy can be made between them.

Thomas, their only son, was born between 1393 and 1416. he became a professional soldier and served under the Earl of Warwick, but all dates are vague, and it is unknown how he became distinguished.

The treaties provided for the partition of Macedonia and Thrace between the allies, although the lines of partition were left dangerously vague.

Justinian hoped that this would contribute to a reunion between the Chalcedonians and monophysites in the eastern provinces of the Empire ; various attempts at reconciliation between the monophysite and orthodox parties were made by many emperors over the four centuries following the Council of Ephesus, none of them succeeding, and some, attempts at reconciliation, such as this — the condemnation of the Three Chapters — causing further schisms and heresies to arise in the process, such as the aforementioned schism of the Three Chapters, and the heresies of monoenergism and monotheletism — the propositions, respectively, that Christ had only one function, operation, or energy ( purposefully formulated in an equivocal and vague manner, and promulgated between 610 and 622 by the Emperor Heraclius under the advisement of Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople ) and that Christ only had one will ( promulgated in 638 by the same ).

Historically, the distinction between a privateer and a pirate has been, practically speaking, vague, often depending on the source as to which label was correct in a particular circumstance.

While the definition of hypersonic flow can be quite vague and is generally debatable ( especially due to the lack of discontinuity between supersonic and hypersonic flows ), a hypersonic flow may be characterized by certain physical phenomena that can no longer be analytically discounted as in supersonic flow.

The exact border between Reuben and the Tribe of Gad, generally considered to have been situated to the north of Reuben, is somewhat vague in the Bible, with Dibon and Aroer being part of Gad according to, but part of Reuben according to.

Furthermore, Marr himself was very vague about what constituted race and, in turn, the racial differences between Jews and Germans, though this became a feature of Nazi racial " science ".

In an absolute context, the word " integrity " conveys no meaning between people with differing definitions of absolute morality, and becomes nothing more than a vague assertion of perceived political correctness or popularity, similar to using terms such as " good " or " ethical " in a moralistic context.

At times, the discussion became quite heated ; the Italian Marxist historian Rosario Villari, speaking of the work of Trevor-Roper and Mousnier, claimed that: " The hypothesis of imbalance between bureaucratic expansion and the needs of the state is too vague to be plausible, and rests on inflated rhetoric, typical of a certain type of political conservative, rather than on effective analysis.

The distinction between a heron and an egret is rather vague, and depends more on appearance than biology.

The cultural and geographical distinction between the firth and the River Clyde is vague, and people will sometimes refer to Dumbarton as being on the Firth of Clyde, while the population of Port Glasgow and Greenock frequently refer to the firth to their north as " the river ".

The distinction between smartphones and feature phones can be vague, and there is no official definition for what constitutes the difference between them.

Scholarly articles probe the relationship between the Beatles and the nouvelle vague films of Jean-Luc Godard, discuss ' the brio and elegance ' of Dionne Warwick's singing style as a ' pleasurable but complex ' event to be ' experienced without condescension.

This peace didn't last very long and it soon became apparent that the bà role had become outdated ; the four major states had each acquired their own spheres of control and the notion of protecting Zhou territory had become less cogent as the control over ( and the resulting cultural assimilation of ) non-Zhou peoples, as well as Chu's control of some Zhou areas, further blurred an already vague distinction between Zhou and non-Zhou.

Patently there is no point to trying to draw arbitrary lines of distinction between such vague, and often variable, life histories.

This is due to the fact that the evidence for a co-regency between the two kings is vague and highly ambiguous.

For the next few weeks, the specific details of the " Orchard deal " remained vague: a secret between MacKay, Orchard, and their advisors.

The term is used in a variety of senses, from the very definite arithmetical calculation of using an algorithm to the vague heuristics of calculating a strategy in a competition or calculating the chance of a successful relationship between two people.

Although the differences between " pop ", " rock " and " iskelmä ", not to mention other genre names, especially between the first two and the last one, are remarkable both in terms of musical sound and social signification-stereotypically " iskelmä " being music for people of greater age and countryside, " rock " and " pop " that of youth and people living in cities-the boundaries between the " genres " are in reality rather vague.

Even at this short distance they were only vague shapes, setting up the machine gun on a small knoll so that it could fire above the heads of the rest of the patrol.

According to Theoretical Synthesis, " when a stimulus is presented short and clarity is uncertain that gives a vague stimulus, perception becomes a top-down approach.

Resnais is often linked with the group of French filmmakers who made their breakthrough as the New Wave or nouvelle vague in the late 1950s, but by then he had already established a significant reputation through his ten years of work on documentary short films.

Apologists for the Vatican's role during WWII have cited Pope Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address as evidence that the Papacy and the Roman Catholic establishment did indeed condemn Nazi genocide but the relevant passage ( a single short paragraph ) in this address is so vague, obfuscated and un-specific as to offer little support for this claim.

It is lighted by a row of lights as far as you can see, which shed a veiled light, like sepulchral lamps ; the atmosphere is foggy ; you go along considerable stretches without meeting a soul ; the walls sweat like those of an aqueduct ; the floor moves under your feet like the deck of a vessel ; the steps and voices of the people coming the other way give forth a cavernous sound, and are heard before you see the people, and they at a distance seem like great shadows ; there is, in short, a sort of something mysterious, which without alarming causes in your heart a vague sense of disquiet.

New jocks appeared with vague names ( e. g., Lee Gray was originally " Lee Your Leader ") and bizarre stunts ( e. g., Frankie Crocker played two very short songs over and over again for an hour ).

The short story deals with a vague and mild-mannered man who drives into Waterbury, Connecticut with his wife for their regular weekly shopping and his wife's visit to the beauty parlor.

Even the answers to real questions began with vague hints, so a player could choose to stop short of getting explicit solutions to the puzzles.

It is common for arguments which commit this fallacy to omit any specifics about exactly how, or how badly, a proposed solution is claimed to fall short of acceptability, expressing the rejection in vague terms only.

As I review it, the short hairs on my neck bristle with vague fear.

His denunciations, such as they were, were so vague and short as to be meaningless.

The author of this text seems modern and progressive when he insists that epilepsy has a natural cause, yet when he comes to explain what that cause is and what the proper treatment would be, his explanation is as short on specific evidence and his treatment as vague as that of his rivals.

Most of the videos are short and vague by themselves.

The first constitution was vague and short.

However, in public, he failed to present any concrete proposals for greater self-government in the short term, other than a vague commitment to increase the number of Indian members of the Viceroy's Executive Council.