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It is this curious blend of rugged individualism and public service which accounts for the great appeal of the mythological detective.
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In the meantime, while the South has been undergoing this phenomenal modernization that is so disappointing to the curious Yankee, Southern writers have certainly done little to reflect and promote their region's progress.
It is curious that even centuries of repetition of the yearly cycle did not induce a sufficient degree of confidence to allow people to abandon the ceremonies of the winter solstice.
It is worth dwelling in some detail on the crisis of this story, because it brings together a number of characteristic elements and makes of them a curious, riddling compound obscurely but centrally significant for Mann's work.
As everybody is curious to see the battery of glass tubes I have invented, I have had quite a small one made here of four glass tubes ( in Copenhagen I used 30 ) and intend to carry it with me ''.
It is curious that at its best, the work of this school of painting -- Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell, Willem De-Kooning, and the rest -- resembles nothing so much as the passage painting of quite unimpressive painters: the mother-of-pearl shimmer in the background of a Henry McFee, itself a formula derived from Renoir ; ;
I was curious to know if Lumumba's death, which is surely among the most sinister of recent events, would elicit from `` our '' side anything more than the usual, well-meaning rhetoric.
There is, however, one curious discrepancy in this broad and flattering picture.
" Heath comments that " The last phrase is curious, but the meaning of it is obvious enough, as also the meaning of the phrase about ending " at one and the same number "( Heath 1908: 300 ).
The classic example, considered by their American counterparts quite curious, was the maintenance of the internal comma in a British organisation of secret agents called the " Special Operations, Executive " — " S. O., E " — which is not found in histories written after about 1960.
In this same passage of Augustine's Confessions is a curious anecdote which bears on the history of reading:
For the specific heats at least, the limiting value itself is definitely zero, as borne out by experiments to below 10 K. Even the less detailed Einstein model shows this curious drop in specific heats.
While many versions of myths portray Ægir as a giant, it is curious that many do not.
Here Acts 12: 21-23 is largely parallel to Antiquities 19. 8. 2 ; ( 2 ) the cause of the Egyptian pseudo-prophet in Acts 21: 37f and in Josephus ( War 2. 13. 5 ; Antiquities 20. 8. 6 ); ( 3 ) the curious resemblance as to the order in which Theudas and Judas of Galilee are referred to in both ( Acts 5: 36f ; Antiquities 20. 5. 1 ).
During his time at al-Farooq, there is a curious mention under Mushabib al-Hamlan's details that Nami had recently had laser eye surgery, an uncited fact that does not reappear.
Boulder routes are commonly referred to as problems ( a British appellation ) because the nature of the climb is often short, curious, and much like problem solving.
Nothing is known of the biography of the author of the book of Malachi although it has been suggested that he may have been Levitical ( which is curious, considering that Ezra was a priest.
It is a curious document and remains a source of confusion and argument.
On the Nature of Animals, (" On the Characteristics of Animals " is an alternative title ; usually cited, though, by its Latin title ), is a curious collection, in 17 books, of brief stories of natural history, sometimes selected with an eye to conveying allegorical moral lessons, sometimes because they are just so astonishing:
The longest and best known of these is " El Curioso Impertinente " ( the impertinently curious man ), found in Part One, Book Four.
Reviewing the film for Scientific American, John Rennie says " The term is a curious throwback, because in modern biology almost no one relies solely on Darwin's original ideas ...
This early ninth century military leader is commemorated in this way because he is said to have ordered huge illuminated lanterns to be placed at the top of hills ; and when the curious Emishi approached these bright lights to investigate, they were captured and subdued by Tamuramaro's men.
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While white is the coolest summer shade, there are lots of pastel hues along with tintable fabrics that will blend with any wardrobe color.
There is nothing infra dig about a good blend from a good shipper.
Cyprus Sign Language is reported to be a blend of ASL and Greek Sign Language, which may itself have developed from a combination of ASL and FSL.
The composition of resins is highly variable ; each species produces a unique blend of chemicals which can be identified by the use of pyrolysis – gas chromatography – mass spectrometry.
Nonetheless Canadian English also features many British English items and is often described as a unique blend of the two larger varieties alongside several distinctive Canadianisms.
Its fur changes colour with the seasons: in the winter it is white to blend in with snow, while in the summer it is brown.
Exterior " latex " house paints may also be a " co-polymer " blend, but the very best exterior water-based paints are 100 % acrylic, due to elasticity and others, but 100 percent acrylic resins cost double as much as vinyl and PVA ( polyvinyl acetate ) is even cheaper, so paint companies make many combinations of them to match the market.
The band's music is described as a blend of genres, including hard rock, funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, jazz and ska and is often compared to that of Rage Against the Machine, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone.
Thus, Bakunin's " Collectivist Anarchism ", notwithstanding the title, is seen as a blend of individualism and collectivism.
Canadian English spelling is largely a blend of British and American conventions.
It is also common to blend different fibers in the yarn, e. g., 85 % alpaca and 15 % silk.
2, with the character of Bill noting that Superman was not born into his alter ego ( Spider-Man was " Peter Parker " first, Batman was born " Bruce Wayne "), using the blanket he was wrapped in as his costume, and Clark Kent is a collage of mankind's less impressive traits meant to blend in with other humans ( as well as a device to pursue Lois Lane's affections ).
Trevor Sands is penning the script which will blend the first two cantos " Hyperion " and " The Fall of Hyperion " into one film.
His genre-bending inventiveness is shown above all in Alcestis, a blend of tragic and satyric elements.
In Scandinavian folklore, which is a later blend of Norse mythology and elements of Christian mythology, an elf is called elver in Danish, alv in Norwegian, and alv or älva in Swedish ( the first is masculine, the second feminine ).
This blend is allowed to slowly reduce while being frequently skimmed.
Religious thought among the Japanese people is generally a blend of Shintō and Buddhist beliefs.
Ghent established a nice blend between comfort of living and history – it is not a city-museum.
The New York Times said of Bogart, " he is incredibly adroit ... the skill with which this old rock-ribbed actor blend the gags and such duplicities with a manly manner of melting is one of the incalculable joys of the show.
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Yet he is right when he claims in his autobiography that he drew the real features of the man, his tender and selfless motives and his rugged fearless strength.
Thor Hanover ( Adios-Trustful Hanover ) is a wonderful looking prospect and another good individual, with solid, rugged conformation, good, flat bone and excellent feet.
Torrid Freight ( Torrid-Breeze On Hal ) is a very rugged, strong-made colt with a wonderful stride who has done with ease everything asked of him.
Perhaps the lesson we should take from these pages is that the welfare state in England still allows wild scope for all kinds of rugged eccentrics.
The coast is rugged and rocky, with rivers that cascade through the gorges of the coastal ranges.
Eastern Anatolia, where the Pontus and Taurus mountain ranges converge, is rugged country with higher elevations, a more severe climate, and greater precipitation than are found on the Anatolian Plateau.
In addition to its rugged mountains, the area is known for severe winters with heavy snowfalls.
He is a seventy-five-year-old Spaniard with a rugged face, who comments on events in Oran that he hears about on the radio and in the newspapers.
Terrain is most rugged in the extreme southeast, which is drained by the Bargushat River, and most moderate in the Araks River valley to the extreme southwest.
Its total land area is -- slightly larger than Washington, D. C. -- consisting of five rugged, volcanic islands and two coral atolls.
To the northeast of these highlands and lowlands is a rugged section with steep mountain-sides, deep narrow coves and valleys, and flat mountain-tops.
The third division of the higher region of Africa is formed by the Ethiopian Highlands, a rugged mass of mountains forming the largest continuous area of its altitude in the whole continent, little of its surface falling below, while the summits reach heights of 4600 m to 4900 m ( 15, 000 to 16, 000 ft ).
The southern volcanic part of the island is rugged and mountainous, and largely barren.
He was followed in the role by Glenn Causey, who portrayed the rugged frontiersman for 41 years, and whose image is still seen in many of the depictions of Boone featured in the area today.
The nation's terrain is coastal plain separated by rugged mountains, the Cordillera Central and the Cordillera de Talamanca, which form the spine of the country and separate the Pacific and Caribbean watersheds.
With the field rugged computers, GPS and laser rangefinders, it is possible to perform mapping directly in the terrain.
Geologically, Dominica is part of the rugged Lesser Antilles volcanic arc.
Dominica's rugged surface is marked by its volcanic past.
* The Cordillera Central ( also called Sierra del Cibao ) is the island's most rugged and imposing feature and is known in Haiti as the Massif du Nord (" Northern Massif ").
The first third of the hike is through rugged, brushy terrain and gains slightly in elevation.
The hills reach elevations of more than 1, 900 m. The region's most prominent feature is the easterly chain of rugged mountains, the Red Sea Hills, which extend from the Nile Valley eastward to the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea.
Grenada is more rugged and densely foliated than its outlying possessions, but other geographical conditions are more similar.
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