But there's one thing I never seen or heard of, one thing I just don't think there is, and that's a sportin' way o' killin' a man ''!!

I seized the rack and made a western-style flying-mount just in time, one of my knees mercifully landing on my duffel bag -- and merely wrecking my camera, I was to discover later -- my other knee landing on the slivery truck floor boards and -- but this is no medical report.

The true artist is like one of those scientists who, from a single bone can reconstruct an animal's entire body.

In fact, one important aspect of their very religion is the annihilation of men ''.

It took thirty of our women almost six moons to build this one, which is higher and stronger than the old one.

I clapped the big man with the bleached hair on his shoulder and said heartily, hoping it would make an impression on the women: `` This one is the maku Frayne.

`` This one is a tender chicken, oui??

but he presents it publicly so enmeshed in hypocrisy that it is not an honest one.

My definition of this much abused adjective is that a reconstructed rebel is one who is glad that the North won the War.

For one thing, this is not a subject often discussed or analyzed.

The general acceptance of the idea of governmental ( i.e., societal ) responsibility for the economic well-being of the American people is surely one of the two most significant watersheds in American constitutional history.

A third, one of at least equal and perhaps even greater importance, is now being traversed: American immersion and involvement in world affairs.

Today, as new nations rise from the former colonial empires, nationalism is one of the hurricane forces loose in the world.

Historically, however, the concept is one that has been of marked benefit to the people of the Western civilizational group.

It is one of the ironic quirks of history that the viability and usefulness of nationalism and the territorial state are rapidly dissipating at precisely the time that the nation-state attained its highest number ( approximately 100 ).

But it is more than irony: one of the main reasons why nationalism is no longer a tenable concept is because it has spread throughout the planet.

Accidental war is so sensitive a subject that most of the people who could become directly involved in one are told just enough so they can perform their portions of incredibly complex tasks.

Only one rule prevailed in my conversations with these men: The more highly placed they are -- that is, the more they know -- the more concerned they have become.

However, the system is designed, ingeniously and hopefully, so that no one man could initiate a thermonuclear war.

The travelling involved in the archaeology had a large influence on Christie's writing, which is often reflected as some type of transportation playing a part in her murderer ’ s schemes.

Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels, one play, and more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era.

Very little mention is made in Christie's work about this part of his life, but in " The Nemean Lion " ( 1939 ) Poirot himself refers to a Belgian case of his in which " a wealthy soap manufacturer poisoned his wife in order to be free to marry his secretary ".

The detective novelist Ariadne Oliver is Agatha Christie's humorous self-caricature.

In Agatha Christie's Poirot, George is played by actor David Yelland.

Jane Marple, usually referred to as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christie's crime novels and in twenty short stories.

Alongside Hercule Poirot, she is one of the most loved and famous of Christie's characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen.

The character of Miss Marple is based on Christie's grandmother and her cronies, but there is no definitive source for the derivation of the name ' Marple '.

Christie's The Sittaford Mystery ( 1931 ) is set on Dartmoor and features an escaped prisoner.

The same joke-translation is mentioned in Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun by Patrick Redfern to Hercule Poirot – a prank which inadvertently gives Poirot the answer to the murder.

The band's fashion-sense has been seminal ; Simeon Lipman, head of pop culture at Christie's auction house, has commented that " Led Zeppelin have had a big influence on fashion because the whole aura surrounding them is so cool, and people want a piece of that ".

In the novel Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B. S. Johnson, Christie's girlfriend is referred to as the Shrike because she works in a butcher's shop.

* November 6 – Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None is published in book form in the United States.

** Christie's auctions a diamond known as Deepdene ; it is later found to be artificially colored.

In Agatha Christie's, " Appointment with Death " ( 1938 ), the mysterious and enigmatic Petra is the setting for a murder mystery featuring Hercule Poirot.

She is probably best known for her 1960s performances as Miss Marple in several films based loosely on Agatha Christie's novels.

The Fulton Opera House is home to its own actor's company, which stages seven theatrical productions per year including plays ( Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, 2007 ) and musicals ( Oliver !, 2006 ), some of which are world premier originals ( critically acclaimed Lightning Rod, 2005 ).

He is known for his role as Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot in the long-running British TV dramatic series Agatha Christie's Poirot.

Christie's is stepping into the Chinese market

Christie's is an art business and a fine arts auction house, and currently the world's largest with sales for the first half of 2012 some $ 3. 5 billion representing the highest total for a corresponding period in company and art market history.

Christie's main London salesroom is on King Street in St. James's, where it has been based since 1823.

Christie's South Kensington is one of the world's busiest auction rooms.

Christie's International Real Estate is a wholly owned subsidiary of Christie's, and is the leading international network of real estate brokers dedicated to the marketing and sale of luxury properties.