( B ) A message runs too great a risk of being distorted if it is to be relayed more than about six consecutive times.

Another example is the recent cancellation of the F-108, a long-range interceptor with a speed three times as great as the speed of sound, which was designed for use against manned bombers in the period of the mid-1960's.

Whether or not Plato's tale of the lost continent of Atlantis is true, skeptics concede that the myth may have some foundation in a great tsunami of ancient times.

Miss Pons is certainly not 70 -- no singer ever is -- and yet the rewards of the evening again lay more in paying tribute to a great figure of times gone by than in present accomplishments.

The great Torah scholar, commentator and kabbalist, Nachmanides ( Ramban 1195-1270 ), attributed Job's suffering to reincarnation, as hinted in Job's saying " God does all these things twice or three times with a man, to bring back his soul from the pit to ... the light of the living ' ( Job 33: 29, 30 ).

great ) was subordinate to the priestly ensi, and was appointed at times of troubles, but by later dynastic times, it was the lugal who had emerged as the preeminent role, having his own " é " (= house ) or " palace ", independent from the temple establishment.

He spent a great deal of time working on these books, which he tells us he gradually wrote through the many stressful times of his reign to refresh his mind.

However, Buddha said that the purity of his heart was so great that, " Should Ananda die without being fully liberated ; he would be king of the gods seven times because of the purity of his heart, or be king of the Indian subcontinent seven times.

On the seventh day, the seven priests sounding the seven trumpets of rams ' horns before the Ark compassed the city seven times and, with a great shout, Jericho's wall fell down flat and the people took the city ( Josh.

" The Abyssinians possess also the Ark of the Covenant ", he wrote, and, after a description of the object, describes how the liturgy is celebrated upon the Ark four times a year, " on the feast of the great nativity, on the feast of the glorious Baptism, on the feast of the holy Resurrection, and on the feast of the illuminating Cross.

During ancient times Aegina was a rival to Athens, the great sea power of the era.

It is also said that if one runs around the great pine tree at the summit seven times, then the Fairies will appear.

The combined surface area of all red blood cells of the human body would be roughly 2, 000 times as great as the body's exterior surface.

river he was faced by Pompey with an army at least three times as great.

The Ravens have experienced great success in their brief history, making the playoffs eight times since 2000, and winning the AFC North three times ( 2003, 2006, and 2011 ).

Yet now the very spirit of the times demands great, courageous purity.

Dr K. K. Shah said " Fasting is a method of curing the meditation of mind and body which has been proved by great jain monks, sanyasis and munis of ancient times.

Because his vision of personal and social perfections was framed as a revival of the ordered society of earlier times, Confucius is often considered a great proponent of conservatism, but a closer look at what he proposes often shows that he used ( and perhaps twisted ) past institutions and rites to push a new political agenda of his own: a revival of a unified royal state, whose rulers would succeed to power on the basis of their moral merits instead of lineage. These would be rulers devoted to their people, striving for personal and social perfection, and such a ruler would spread his own virtues to the people instead of imposing proper behavior with laws and rules.

In prehistoric times, great amounts of sediment collected on the floor of Lake Amora.

My arguments perverted some others, particularly Collins and Ralph ; but each of them having afterwards wrong'd me greatly without the least compunction, and recollecting Keith's conduct towards me ( who was another freethinker ) and my own towards Vernon and Miss Read, which at times gave me great trouble, I began to suspect that this doctrine, tho ' it might be true, was not very useful.

According to this doctrine, the gods of Olympus were not supernatural powers still actively intervening in the affairs of men, but great generals, statesmen and inventors of olden times commemorated after death in extraordinary ways.

If the late queen would have believed her men of war as she did her scribes, we had in her time beaten that great empire in pieces and made their kings of figs and oranges as in old times.

Prices may diverge during a financial crisis, often termed a " flight to quality "; these are precisely the times when it is hardest for leveraged investors to raise capital ( due to overall capital constraints ), and thus they will lack capital precisely when they need it most.

It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis.

Barter usually replaces money as the method of exchange in times of monetary crisis, such as when the currency may be either unstable ( e. g., hyperinflation or deflationary spiral ) or simply unavailable for conducting commerce.

This did not happen all around the world at the same time, but occurred sporadically, generally in times of war or financial crisis, beginning in the early part of the 20th century and continuing across the world until the late 20th century, when the regime of floating fiat currencies came into force.

The primary function of a central bank is to manage the nation's money supply ( monetary policy ), through active duties such as managing interest rates, setting the reserve requirement, and acting as a lender of last resort to the banking sector during times of bank insolvency or financial crisis.

In The Different Drum: Community-Making and Peace, Scott Peck argues that the almost accidental sense of community that exists at times of crisis can be consciously built.

In the United Kingdom, coalition governments ( sometimes known as national governments ) usually have been appointed only in times of national crisis.

However, in times of constitutional crisis the Administrator can appoint someone else as Chief Minister.

At this time there were two customary means of selecting a leader: having a hereditary leader for general purposes, and choosing someone with good qualities in times of crisis or opportunities for action.

* " The European Company: attractiveness and opportunities in times of crisis " blog of Maître Catherine Cathiard, Avocat ( Free translation of the article " La société européenne: intérêts et opportunités en temps de crise " Catherine Cathiard, Avocat et David Zeitoun, directeur juridique groupe, Unibail-Rodamco, DECIDEURS Stratégie Finance Droit n ° 108, sept. 2009 )

In times of crisis, spies can also be used to steal technology and to sabotage the enemy in various ways.

Hergé chose a subject that was as fantastic as possible rather than issues related to the crisis of the times to avoid trouble with the censors.

Recognizing the great power of the State, it is only natural that in times of great crisis such as an overwhelming calamity the people should invoke general State aid.

Coalitions have also been formed during times of national crisis such as war.

The Armed Forces of São Tomé and Príncipe ( Forcas Armadas de Sao Tome e Principe: FASTP ) are the smallest and probably the worst-funded in Africa, yet they retain a covert influence in political life that has several times become overt and provoked political crisis.

In times of crisis or war, the Federal Assembly elects a General ( OF-9 ) as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ( Oberbefehlshaber der Armee ).

Sometimes these conventions, reserve powers and other influences collide in times of crisis, and in such times the weaknesses of the unwritten aspects of the Westminster system, as well as the strengths of the Westminster system's flexibility, are put to the test.

Since the British sovereign is a constitutional monarch, he or she abides by the advice of his or her ministers, except when executing reserve powers in times of crisis.

The late-2000s recession, which is the most significant global crisis since the Great Depression, has at times been termed a depression, but this terminology is not widely used, with the episode instead being referred to by other terms, such as the " Great Recession ".

The race has been shortened four times due to rain ( in 1965, 1966, 2003, and 2009 ) and once in response to the energy crisis of 1974.

The lower-ranked inspector had executive powers only during times of crisis, such as raising militias across the commanderies under his jurisdiction to suppress a rebellion.

In times of crisis, the National Security Advisor operates from the White House Situation Room, updating the President on the latest events of a crisis.

It has been labelled the ' forgotten county ' by its own politicians, owing to the increasing regularity with which it is ignored by the Irish Government, even in times of crisis.