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Many " books of tables " had been compiled, but his almanac contained tables which allowed one to find the days on which the Coptic, Roman, lunar, and Persian months begin, other tables which give the position of planets at any given time, and still others facilitating the prediction of solar and lunar eclipses.
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Many of my friends at the time thought that I had received a well-deserved condemnation when Lincoln Steffens denounced me in a review of one of my books as a perfect example of the obsolete man who could understand and sympathize only with the dead past.
Many of the settings for Agatha Christie ’ s books were directly inspired by the many archaeological field seasons spent in the Middle East on the sites managed by her second husband Max Mallowan.
Many of Christie ’ s books and short stories both set in the Middle East and back in England have a decidedly otherworldly influence in which religious sects, sacrifices, ceremony, and seances play a part.
Many parents today purchase “ Baby Signs ” DVDs and books which incorporate ASL signs for infant and toddler communication.
Many books of type-in programs were also available, and in particular, Ahl published versions of the original 101 BASIC games converted into the Microsoft dialect and published it from Creative Computing as " BASIC Computer Games ".
Many books were printed using movable type.
Many of the most popular books of the Golden Age were written by Agatha Christie, who produced a long series of books featuring her detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, amongst others, and usually including a complex puzzle for the reader to try to unravel.
Many books and reviews were published as the debate continued over which version of events was correct.
Many such books are now lost works and remembered only by his references, much like the lost sources mentioned in the work of Vitruvius a century earlier.
Many books have been written about EastEnders.
Many books still appeared after that, but were mainly story books made up from recycled work.
Many feminist theologians assert that personal experience can be an important component of insight into the divine, along with the more traditional sources of holy books or received tradition.
Many new age authors have written books which mix New Age teachings with Gaia philosophy this is known as New Age Gaian.
Many combats, deaths, boasts, threats, epithets, figures of speech, stories, lines of poetry and books of the Iliad later, Hector lays hold of Protesilaus ' ship and calls for fire.
Many universities and public libraries use IR systems to provide access to books, journals and other documents.
Many libraries contain a " reference section ", which holds books, such as dictionaries, which are common reference books, and are therefore not lent out.
Many Lithuanians, living further east, were unable to receive the Lithuanian printed books smuggled into Lithuania by knygnešiai during the time of the ban on printing books in the Latin alphabet, and they switched to Polish.
Many episodes in the Wimsey books express a mild satire of the British class system, in particular in depicting the relationship between Wimsey and Bunter, the two of them clearly being the best and closest of friends, yet Bunter invariably punctilious in using " my lord " even when they are alone, and " his lordship " in company.
Many of the books used cultural references: naming places, terms, describing modes of dress and other codes to isolated women.
Many midrashim start off with a seemingly unrelated sentence from the Biblical books of Psalms, Proverbs or the Prophets.
Many of these books are published in conjunction with the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Information.
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Many casinos today pay blackjacks at less than 3: 2 at some tables.
Many neighborhood parks offers a wide variety of features, including picnic tables, beaches, restrooms, fishing, softball, basketball, pond, tennis, and volleyball.
Many conversion tables and programs exist, largely created by genealogists.
Many races get specialized hit location tables, characteristic maxima and minima, skills and traits.
Many companies now offer various fringe benefits such as free snacks and beverages and are relaxed about employees taking time out to ' unwind ' – sometimes providing video games, ping pong tables and comfortable lounge areas.
Many reproductions have been made and are still being produced of drawing tables, copying the period styles they were originally made in during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Many of the ancestors of modern tables games are no longer widely played.
Many in the user community recall the 1620 being referred to as CADET, jokingly meaning " Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try ", referring to the use of addition tables in memory rather than dedicated addition circuitry.
Many real world applications fall between the two extremes, for instance text classification for the automatic analysis of emails and their routing to a suitable department in a corporation does not require in depth understanding of the text, but is far more complex than the management of simple queries to database tables with fixed schemata.
Many illustrations: author portraits ( many of ancient Greeks – Socrates, Plato, Euclid, Pythagoras ), birds, tables and diagrams of geomantic significance.
Many aspects of the Land of the Lost, including the time doorways and environmental processes, were controlled by the Pylons, metallic obelisk-shaped booths that were larger on the inside than the outside and housed matrix tables — stone tables studded with a grid of colored crystals.
Many an al fresco party was held here, with round tables set on the azoteas and verandah for dinner and the Ceremonial Hall, doors thrown open, cleared for dancing.
Many of these aspects may be altered by programmers who specialize in these areas, however ( for example, strategy tables may be implemented by AI programmers ).
Many of the classrooms in the building are seminar style, meaning a circle of tables that students sit at to encourage discussion between students and the professor, rather than a lecture.
Many restaurants located along the beach have beach-side tables and serve various seafood dishes.
Many buildings have detailed interiors, right down to the napkin dispenser and placemats on the tables at the corner cafe.
Many decision tables include in their condition alternatives the don't care symbol, a hyphen.
Many sundials therefore have tables or graphs of the equation of time engraved on them to allow the user to make this correction.
Many examples of this style survive, exemplified by massive chests of drawers with scroll pillars and glass pulls, work tables with scroll feet and ' fiddleback ' chairs.
Many jib features resemble outdoor items used when snowboarding in urban areas, such as stair handrails, benches, tables, etc.
Many conference rooms which have meeting tables but not desks will also have a credenza desk against one wall.
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