Piepsam is not, certainly, religious in any conventional sense.

In the first instance, `` mimesis '' is here used to mean the recalling of experience in terms of vivid images rather than in terms of abstract ideas or conventional designations.

Mimesis here is not to be confused with literalism or realism in the conventional sense.

It may be that in this comment he has broken from the conventional pattern more violently than in any other regard, for the treatment in his books is far removed from even the genial irony of Ellen Glasgow, who was the only important novelist before him to challenge the conventional picture of planter society.

The `` conventional '' image of a particular time and place is not necessarily congruent with the image of the facts as established over the years by scholarly and scientific research.

The Australian aborigine is the conventional exemplar of degraded humanity ; ;

For the first time in history the entire world is dominated by two large, powerful nations armed with murderous nuclear weapons that make conventional warfare of the past a nullity.

Our complaint is that in many crucial areas the Kennedy programs are not too large but too small, most seriously in regard to the conventional arms build-up and in aid and welfare measures.

Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.

Moreover, the piece is written in five movements, rather than the conventional four of most quintets, and this gives the opus a serenade or divertimento flavor.

With the source of light behind the copy, there is no loss of lumen output, as with conventional boards illuminated by means of reflected light.

It is believed that these boards will, within the next few years, replace many of the conventional flood-lighted boards now in use.

Willow Run, General Electric's enormous installations at Louisville and Syracuse, the Pentagon, Boeing in Seattle, Douglas and Lockheed in Los Angeles, the new automobile assembly plants everywhere -- none of these is substantially served by any sort of conventional mass rapid transit.

Musically and dramatically, Rangoni is as far removed from the conventional monk as Varlaam.

Like about half of the 1860 - 70 poems, it is a sonnet on a conventional theme -- the unhappiness of love.

The language is the conventional language of the form ; ;

And there is less rhythmic difference between progressive jazz, no matter how progressive, and Dixieland, than there is between two movements of many conventional symphonies.

In modern jazz, the saxophone is treated as a woodwind and played with conventional embouchure.

Because of undesirable flavors, odors, colors, and generally low palatability associated with radiation treatment of this magnitude, the inactivation of enzymes is best accomplished prior to irradiation by the conventional heat-processing methods of blanching.

( The P-20 input is of interest because it corresponds roughly to the light emission of conventional X-ray fluorescent screens ).

this is a `` fade '' ending, and what you have here is a downtalking style of speech, expressing something less than conventional respect for mother.

It is eminently successful according to all conventional standards.

A bout in which the predetermined number of rounds passes is decided by the judges, and is said to " go the distance ".

A boxer may win the bout before a decision is reached through a knockout ; such bouts are said to have ended " inside the distance ".

Referees will stop the bout if a boxer is seriously injured, if one boxer is significantly dominating the other or if the score is severely imbalanced.

On the first day of the tournament, a bout of individual jousting, a mysterious masked knight, identifying himself only as " Desdichado " ( which is described in the book as Spanish for the " Disinherited One ", though actually meaning " Unfortunate "), makes his appearance and manages to defeat some of the best Norman lances, including Bois-Guilbert, Maurice de Bracy, a leader of a group of " Free Companions " ( mercenary knights ), and the baron Reginald Front-de-Boeuf.

A winner is declared during the bout if there is a submission ( fighter quits or fighter's corner throws in the towel ), knockout ( KO ), or referee stoppage ( technical knock out, or TKO ).

A technical knockout (" Outclassed ") can also be declared if a fighter is ahead by 15 points in a bout.

She is mentioned in the Yo La Tengo song " Tom Courtenay ", in the line " dreaming ' bout Eleanor Bron, in my room with the curtains drawn ...".

The winner of a sumo bout is either:

After the winner is declared, an off-stage gyōji ( or referee ) determines the kimarite ( or winning technique ) used in the bout, which is then announced to the audience.

For bouts involving yokozuna and ozeki the number of sponsors of the matchup can be quite large, whereas for lower ranked matchups there may be no bout sponsors at all unless one of the wrestlers is particularly popular, or unless a company has a policy of sponsoring all his matchups.

No bout prize money is awarded for a bout decided by a fusensho ( forfeit victory ).

The cane is more than a prop: a childhood bout with polio has caused him to walk with a limp.

The history of the Canning Stock Route has been well documented from the colonial perspective – accounts of European explorers, drovers, prospectors and law enforcers – but increasingly the Aboriginal history of the track is also being recognised, and Aboriginal people are keen to have their story told: We wanna tell you fellas ' bout things been happening in the past that hasn't been recorded, what old people had in their head.

A rematch of the Wrestlemania III feature bout, once again pitting Champion Hulk Hogan against Andre the Giant on Main Event, was seen by 33 million people, which is still the record for the most watched wrestling match in North America.

It is also worth noting that Rivers's younger brother Charles was also a high achiever at the school ; he too was awarded with the Good Work prize and would go on to become a civil engineer until, after a bad bout of malaria contracted whilst in the Torres Straits with his brother, he was prompted by the elder Rivers to take up outdoor work.

After eight months of recovery following his brief bout of being clinically dead from the shooting, Sascha is incarcerated along with Nick in the newly reopened Alcatraz prison.

In August 2008, his lung cancer was confirmed to be terminal ; he said: " My condition is described as static and has not altered since my last bout of chemotherapy ... I am going to die sooner rather than later.

With Farnsworth's money to smooth the way, Corkle trains him and arranges a bout with the current heavyweight champion, but Mr. Jordan returns to warn Joe that, while he is destined to be the new champion, it cannot happen that way.

Céline's best-known work is Voyage au bout de la nuit, translated into English most recently by Ralph Manheim.