For lawyers, reflecting perhaps their parochial preferences, there has been a special fascination since then in the role played by the Supreme Court in that transformation -- the manner in which its decisions altered in `` the switch in time that saved nine '', President Roosevelt's ill-starred but in effect victorious `` Court-packing plan '', the imprimatur of judicial approval that was finally placed upon social legislation.

Bertha, blue-eyed like Mamma, was from the start her mother's daughter, destined for her mother's role in life.

It was here that the terror-stricken Dennis Moon played an unrehearsed role during the children's party.

Its climactic role was to pursue and demoralize a defeated enemy but this chance never came in the Atlanta campaign.

When McPherson pushed blindly through Snake Creek Gap in a potentially decisive movement, the only cavalry in his van was the Ninth Illinois Mounted Infantry, totally inadequate for its role.

Then why was he assuming the role -- the gesture and the suffering??

Or was he now taking the role -- the gesture and the suffering -- because it was the only way to affirm his history and identity in the torpid, befogged loneliness of this land.

She was hired and was found to be entirely satisfactory when she played the role eight hours a day.

They were stressed in the speeches of Si Mubarak Bekkai when the first Council of Ministers was formed and again when the Istiqlal took a leading role in the second Council.

With four younger children at home, Lucy stepped into her mother's role, and even after the brothers and sisters were grown, she was her father's comfort and stay until he died in 1879.

This was disclosed today by a responsible source amid intensified efforts by the Soviet Union to gain a greater role in the staff and operation of the United Nations.

Among stage performances was a starring role in `` Golden Arrow '' directed by Noel Coward.

All week long the President clearly was playing a larger personal role in foreign affairs ; ;

Then there is a matchmaker, one Mikeen Flynn, a role for which Eddie Foy was happily selected.

However, while Apollo has a great number of appellations in Greek myth, only a few occur in Latin literature, chief among them Phoebus ( ; Φοίβος, Phoibos, literally " radiant "), which was very commonly used by both the Greeks and Romans in Apollo's role as the god of light.

He was also called Agyieus ( ; Ἀγυιεύς, Aguīeus, from ἄγυια, " street ") for his role in protecting roads and homes ; and as Nomius ( ; Νόμιος, Nomios, literally " pastoral ") and Nymphegetes ( ; Νυμφηγέτης, Numphēgetēs, from Νύμφη, " Nymph ", and ἡγέτης, " leader ") in his role as a protector of shepherds and pastoral life.

As such Anglicanism was, from the outset, a movement with an explicitly episcopal polity, a characteristic which has been vital in maintaining the unity of the Communion by conveying the episcopate's role in manifesting visible catholicity and ecumenism.

In the film, Thirteen at Dinner ( 1985 ), adapted from Lord Edgware Dies, the role of Japp was taken by the actor David Suchet, who would later star as Poirot in the ITV adaptations.

Due to his close proximity with Jacques Doriot's fascist Parti Populaire Français ( PPF ) during the 1930s and his role in implementing eugenics policies during Vichy France, he was accused after the Liberation of collaborationism, but died before the trial.

Spalding was, however, known to aggrandise his role in the major moments in baseball's history.

Throughout ancient and medieval history, most architectural design and construction was carried out by artisans, such as stone masons and carpenters, rising to the role of master builder.

Still more different from Bachofen's perspective is the lack of role permanency in Freud's view: Freud held that time and differing cultures would mold Athena to stand for what was necessary to them.

Adhemar negotiated with Alexius I Comnenus at Constantinople, reestablished at Nicaea some discipline among the crusaders, fought a crucial role at the Battle of Dorylaeum and was largely responsible for sustaining morale during the siege of Antioch through various religious rites including fasting and special observances of holy days.

Her deputy Mark Popescu became responsible for editorial content in 2004, a role he continued in until the appointment of Bakhurst as Controller in 2005.

Their physical role is to act as the site of assembly of the kinetochore-a highly complex multiprotein structure that is responsible for the actual events of chromosome segregation-e. g.

They believe that they play a role in determining their own behavior and so feel responsible for their own behavior.

They are responsible for popularizing the widely cited distinction among pre-experimental, experimental, and quasi-experimental designs and are staunch advocates of the central role of randomized experiments in educational research.

On some productions the Executive Producer role may be combined with other roles, so that as well as raising the finance they may also be responsible for managing the budget during production.

The lead is largely responsible for initiating movement, whereas the follow's role is to maintain this movement ( though they may choose not to ).

The territorial claim by the Republic of the Marshall Islands on Wake Atoll leaves a certain amount of ambiguity regarding the actual or hypothetical role of the US military, responsible under agreement for the defense of Marshallese territory, in the event of any strategic crisis or hostilities involving Wake.

Because of the vital role that MAOs play in the inactivation of neurotransmitters, MAO dysfunction ( too much or too little MAO activity ) is thought to be responsible for a number of psychiatric and neurological disorders.

The experience of other socialist countries suggests that widespread labor force participation by women often goes hand-in-hand with more traditional role expectations ; in other words, they are still responsible for housework and childrearing.

The company was responsible for primary engineering of the Epsilon ( I ) platform, Epsilon II platform, Delta ( I ) platform, Delta ( II ) platform, Gamma platform and played an important role in the development of especially the higher-end, more-refined version of the Gamma II platform.

In his role as attorney general, though, he was responsible for defending actions taken by the governor.

In their role as Fortress Guards they are also responsible for the guarding of the Palazzo Pubblico in San Marino City, which is the seat of national government.

At that time, the astrologer had an important role, responsible for interpreting and predicting the course of government according to the influence of the Sun, Moon, and stars, as well as other phenomena such as solar eclipses and earthquakes.

Journals are responsible for safeguarding the research record and hence have a critical role in dealing with suspected misconduct.

In addition to the voice actresses who have been responsible for Lara Croft's spoken dialogue during the games, a number of women have taken on the role of Lara for applications outside of the games themselves.

Since its creation, WHO has been responsible for playing a leading role in the eradication of smallpox.

In this context the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms responsible for the switch from planktonic growth to a biofilm phenotype and the role of inter-bacterial communication in persistent disease should provide new insights in P. aeruginosa pathogenicity, contribute to a better clinical management of chronically infected patients and should lead to the identification of new drug targets for the development of alternative anti-infective treatment strategies.

Although their machinations are often directly responsible for the misery of many of Ravenloft's inhabitants, they also appear to play a role as dispenser of justice.

Each borough president had a powerful administrative role derived from having a vote on the New York City Board of Estimate, which was responsible for creating and approving the city's budget and proposals for land use.

Dopamine plays a major role in the brain system that is responsible for reward-driven learning.

The Sophists certainly were not directly responsible for Athenian democracy, but their cultural and psychological contributions played an important role in its growth.

The efficient role of the altepetl as a regional political unit was largely responsible for the success of the empire's hegemonic form of control.

Quinto expressed interest in the role because of the duality of Spock's half-human, half-Vulcan heritage, and how the character " is constantly exploring that notion of how to evolve in a responsible way and how to evolve in a respectful way.