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.

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 private detective is militant against injustice, a humorous and ironic explorer of the underworld ; ;

It is ironic that Washington is having to struggle so for a concept that for six years it bypassed as unreasonable.

Truly, that Liberals should choose Louis 14, as a bogey-symbol of conservatism is grotesquely ironic, considering the Louis 14, character of their Grand Monarque, FDR: not only in his accretion of absolute power and personal deification, ( le roi gouverne par lui meme ), but in the disastrous effects of his spending and war policies.

W. F. Bryan suggests that certain kennings in Beowulf were selected sometimes for appropriateness and sometimes for ironic inappropriateness, but such a view would appear untenable unless it is denied that the language of Beowulf is formulaic.

Through such details Dickens indicates at the outset that guilt is a part of the ironic bond between Pip and Magwitch which is so unpredictably to alter both their lives.

It is truly odd and ironic that the most handsome and impressive film yet made from Miguel De Cervantes' `` Don Quixote '' is the brilliant Russian spectacle, done in wide screen and color, which opened yesterday at the Fifty-fifth Street and Sixty-eighth Street Playhouses.

As music critic Tim Riley notes, " singing Love and Theft shifts artfully between humble and ironic ...' I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound ,' he sings in ' Floater ,' which is either hilarious or horrifying, and probably a little of both.

It is sometimes used humorously to dispel cabal-like organizational conspiracy theories, or as an ironic statement, indicating one who knows the existence of " the cabal " will invariably deny there is one.

She is a figure both of the epic tradition and of tragedy, where her combination of deep understanding and powerlessness exemplify the ironic condition of humankind.

The original title for these drawings was Mr Punch's face is the letter Q and the new title " cartoon " was intended to be ironic, a reference to the self-aggrandizing posturing of Westminster politicians.

However, in two of his most remarkable pieces, this interest is not sympathetic, but ironic.

Doublespeak Award is an " ironic tribute to public speakers who have perpetuated language that is grossly deceptive, evasive, euphemistic, confusing, or self-centered.

Sometimes the word deprogramming is used in a wider ( and / or ironic or humorous sense ), to mean the freeing of someone ( often oneself ) from any previously uncritically assimilated idea.

There is thus an ironic contrast between Paul's own temporal imprisonment and Philemon's temporal freedom ( and mastery over Onesimus ), balanced by the inversion of that relationship in what Paul sees as his own spiritual authority over Philemon and Philemon's spiritual subservience to Paul, who is claiming that Onesimus – temporally, a slave – is, spiritually speaking, not simply equal to his master but a brother of his.

What makes this mystery somewhat ironic is that the name " Imhotep " in Ancient Egyptian language translates to “ He who came in peace ,” underlining the way he came into the world, made his impact, and left it in peace taking all his genius work with him.

The nature of this rivalry is ironic because while the Colts and Patriots were division rivals from 1970 to 2001, it did not become prominent in league circles until after Indianapolis was relocated to the AFC South.

If the < code ><! DOCTYPE html ></ code > declaration is not included, various browsers will revert to " quirks mode " for rendering.

The ballpark also contains quirks such as " Tal's Hill ", which is a hill in deep center field on which a flagpole stands, all in fair territory.

Well known examples of his work also include Drawing Hands, a work in which two hands are shown, each drawing the other ; Sky and Water, in which light plays on shadow to morph the water background behind fish figures into bird figures on a sky background ; and Ascending and Descending, in which lines of people ascend and descend stairs in an infinite loop, on a construction which is impossible to build and possible to draw only by taking advantage of quirks of perception and perspective.

# Even when the original vendor is genuinely interested in promoting a healthy competition ( so that he may also benefit from the resulting innovative market ), post-facto interoperability may often be undesirable as many defects or quirks can be directly traced back to the original implementation's technical limitations.

Although in an open process, anyone may identify and correct such limitations, and the resulting cleaner specification may be used by all vendors, this is more difficult post-facto, as customers already have valuable information and processes encoded in the faulty but dominant product, and other vendors are forced to replicate those faults and quirks even if they could design better solutions, for the sake of preserving interoperability.

One of the quirks of this constant infighting is the relatively short lifespan of the average Drow.

Todd McCarthy of Variety noted that " Richard role is too much the American Everyman and not enough of a well-defined individual to entirely capture one's interest and imagination, and DiCaprio, while perfectly watchable, does not endow him with the quirks or distinguishing marks to make this man from nowhere a dimensional character.

Wells, in a personal letter to Joyce, argued that " you have turned your back on common men, on their elementary needs and their restricted time and intelligence [...] I ask: who the hell is this Joyce who demands so many waking hours of the few thousands I have still to live for a proper appreciation of his quirks and fancies and flashes of rendering?

Similarities have been noted between the character and Evans ' work habits, mannerisms, quirks, clothing style, hairstyle, and large, square-framed eyeglasses ; in fact, the real Evans is said to have joked, " I'm magnificent in this film.

Every kid is rated in running, batting, fielding, and pitching and has personality quirks that may affect the team.

Sunk costs do, in fact, influence actors ' decisions because humans are prone to loss-averse and framing effects, and in light of such cognitive quirks, it is unsurprising that people frequently fail to behave in ways that economists would deem " rational.

Despite his quirks, he is a competent teacher and offers words of wisdom and advice to his students.

Often good use is made with syntax quirks.

A hallmark of Frontline is the Apall-o-meter which highlights particularly ironic or astonishing news quirks.

He tolerates all of his friends ' quirks and is notable as the only staff member to treat Doctor Zoidberg decently.

The catcher is usually the first to notice the tendencies, quirks, and peculiarities of each home-plate umpire.

he commended the character development in the film calling the characters " wonderful comic inventions " and explained that its comedic success is because the film " develops the quirks and peculiarities of its characters, so that they're funny because of who they are.

The skill system contains a number of quirks and odd features ; for example, some skills are used in unexpected ways, such as the skill " adventuring. movement. climbing. rock ", which, while it is used for climbing rocks, is typically used to climb virtually any surface which isn't a tree or rope, such as a metal drainpipe.

The premise behind Sister Princess is that an ordinary young man ( the player ) is made to live with twelve lovable little sisters, each with their own distinct quirks and personalities.

This expansion has resulted in some quirks in the building that are still visible today, most notably a door leading to stairs to the basement that is only half-exposed above the floor of the hallway.

One of the incidental quirks of the Basin is that, as traffic about it flows one way, it is reputedly the largest traffic island in the southern hemisphere.