That is particularly true of sovereignty when it is applied to democratic societies, in which `` popular '' sovereignty is said to exist, and in federal nations, in which the jobs of government are split.

Not all recent science fiction, however, is dystopian, for the optimistic strain is still very much alive in Mission Of Gravity and Childhood's End, as we have seen, as well as in many other recent popular novels and stories like Fred Hoyle's The Black Cloud ( 1957 ) ; ;

No other popular idol is accorded even that much grace.

But by comparison with the railroad, the motor car is a relatively new object of popular worship, so it is too much to hope that it may be brought within the bounds of civilized usage quickly and easily.

Taking account of the fact that such a move on our part would be unpopular in world opinion, he argued that the responsibility of the United States is `` to do, confidently and firmly, not what is popular, but what is right ''.

But as the popular response suggests, the potentiality of the Peace Corps is very great.

A salad with greens and tomato is a popular and wonderfully healthful addition to a meal, but add an avocado and you have something really special.

For decades it was the most popular dish served in the Ladies' Grill at breakfast, and it is one of the few old Palace dishes that still survive.

In California is located one of the most popular of the national parks -- Yosemite.

Easy to get to, and becoming more popular every year, it is only fourteen hours from New York by Pan American World Airways jet, four hours from Rome.

For those who need or want and can afford another car, buying one and driving it on the grand tour, then shipping it home, is one popular plan for a do-it-yourself pilgrimage.

Leasing a car is not as common or as popular as renting a car in Europe, but for long periods it will be unquestionably more economical and satisfactory.

The data is now interpreted in conjunction with a price chart, usually of a popular stock average.

Again, contrary to popular belief, there is nothing crazy or frantic about Parker either musically or emotionally.

Continuity exits, but like the neo-swing music developed from Lester Young, it is a continuity sustained by popular demand.

A political scientist writes of the growth of `` alienated voters '', who `` believe that voting is useless because politicians or those who influence politicians are corrupt, selfish and beyond popular control.

About that same time John Crosby's TV series on the popular arts proved again that giving jazz ample breathing space is one of the most sensible things a producer can do.

No reference is made to the possibility of recording other than popular music in this manner, and it would not seem to lend itself well to serious music.

But for all the manifest intention to `` show off '', this was a circus with a difference, for instead of descending in quality to what is known as a popular level, it added further to the evidence that this is a very great dancing company.

Kolo is a roasted barley snack food often served in a paper cone.

The importance of bread in German cuisine is also illustrated by words such as Abendbrot ( meaning supper, literally evening bread ) and Brotzeit ( snack, literally bread time ).

It is also good for heating up Heinz's hot snack line, Snap Pots, for which it was created.

" He told the assembly that he believes the reason people in Utah love Jell-O is that the snack is perfect for families -- and the people of Utah are all about family.

A popular snack, bindaetteok ( mung bean pancake ) is made with ground mung beans and fresh mung bean sprouts.

It is common to find this cultivar packed in children's lunches in North America owing to its small to medium size and longstanding reputation as a healthy snack.

Pizza is a popular snack food in South Korea, especially among younger people.

A similar snack made from potato and sago starch is known as far-far in India.

In South Indian snack cuisine, there is an item called HappLa in Kannada / vadam in Tamil, which is a chip made of an extruded rice / sago or multigrain base that has been around for many centuries.

Although it is believed that the name " Tekka ", meaning ' red hot iron ', alludes to the color of the tuna flesh or salmon flesh, it actually originated as a quick snack to eat in gambling dens called " Tekkaba " (), much like the sandwich.

This dish is very common in night markets as it is the most popular snack in Taiwan.

* As mentioned above, a commonly cited explanation is that an item, be it bread or a flat card, etc., would often be placed on top of a drink to protect it from fruit flies ; at some point it became a habit to top this " cover " with a snack.

The toothpick is used to keep whatever the snack is made of from falling off the slice of bread and to keep track of the number of tapas the customer has eaten.

It is intended as a quick snack, and includes a small folded plastic fork.

The soft, moist, white inner bark ( cambium ) found clinging to the woody outer bark is edible and very high in vitamins A and C. It can be eaten raw in slices as a snack or dried and ground up into a powder for use as a thickener in stews, soups, and other foods, such as Finnish pine bark bread ( pettuleipä ).

Some makers of snacks such as potato chips or crisps have produced baked versions of their snack items as an alternative to the usual cooking method of deep-frying in an attempt to reduce the calorie or fat content of their snack products. Baking has opened up doors to businesses like cake making factories and privatised cake shops but the baking process is done in a more larger mass in bigger and open furnaces.

In many tropical countries, pineapple is prepared, and sold on roadsides as a snack.

Hummus is the Arabic word for chickpeas, which are often cooked and ground into a paste and mixed with tahini, sesame seed paste, the blend called hummus bi tahini, or chickpeas are roasted, spiced, and eaten as a snack, such as leblebi.

Cracklins are a popular snack made by frying pork skins or fat and boudin is created from the ground-up leftover parts of a hog after the best meat is taken, which is mixed with cooked rice.

He has also enjoyed a successful career as an entertainer ( his records have sold in the millions ) and is a sharp businessman.

These blocks are sold in various sizes so it seldom is necessary to cut a block to fit.

Much of this necessary increase in research and development, though properly chargeable to current expenses, is not reflected in earnings until projects are completed and the new machines sold in quantity, usually over a period of several years.

If coffee is sold at the cafeteria, let a few workers in each department get it for the whole group.

This expectation is what really `` sold '' point and figure.

More than 700 employees make gin machinery that's sold anywhere cotton is grown.

A portable kerosene range designed for use aboard boats is sold with a special railing to keep it from moving with the motion of the vessel.

The publisher of a work might receive a percentage calculated on a wholesale or a specific price and or a fixed amount on each book that is sold.

* 1925 – Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $ 146 million plus $ 50 million for charity.

In August 2002, the Armenian government sold an 80 percent stake in the Armenian Electricity Network ( AEN ) to Midland Resources, a British offshore-registered firm which is said to have close Russian connections.

The Antarctican dollar, a souvenir item sold in the United States and Canada, is not legal tender.

The mollusc Concholepas concholepas is often sold in the United States under the name " Chilean abalone ", though it is not an abalone, but a muricid.

The abalone meat from South Africa is prohibited for sale in the country to help reduce poaching ; however, much of the illegally harvested meat is sold in Asian countries.

Today, a soft version is sold under the same name which follows an entirely different recipe.

For many years there was confusion amongst botanists over the generic names Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, one result of which is that the common name " amaryllis " is mainly used for cultivars of the genus Hippeastrum, widely sold in the winter months for their ability to bloom indoors.

* Average selling price, the average price at which a particular product or commodity is sold across channels or markets

AIX ( Advanced Interactive eXecutive, pronounced ) is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM for several of its computer platforms.

Today the altarpiece is dismantled and the predellas depicting the two final scenes, Entombment and Resurrection were sold to Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna in 1923 and 1930.

Heart in Motion is her highest-selling album, with over five million copies sold in the United States alone.

Heart in Motion is Grant's best-selling album, having sold over 5 million copies according to the RIAA.

The software is developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc., first released in December 1982 by Autodesk in the year following the purchase of the first form of the software by Autodesk founder, John Walker.