They plan on striking Nick's head and making it seem he fell and drowned in the bathtub.

In complexity theory, the class NC ( for " Nick's Class ") is the set of decision problems decidable in polylogarithmic time on a parallel computer with a polynomial number of processors.

The novel is set in the weeks following Nick's recapture after several years on the run, alternating between moral arguments with his interrogator, who is trying to discover why the program's star pupil had absconded, and flashbacks of his career.

At the age of 22, Nick's age when he left Tarnover, Kate is a perpetual student at " UMKC ".

She is perceptive enough to penetrate Nick's adopted persona, deeply disturbing him even though she fascinates him.

Besides the two Hearing Aid tapeworms, and Nick's ultimate tapeworm, there is a " denunciation tapeworm " created as revenge by a representative of " Anti-Trauma Inc ." whom Nick insults and curses.

Mike enters himself in a game of Russian roulette against Nick, hoping to jar Nick's memory and persuade him to come home, but Nick's mind is gone.

Though Helena is the victim of Nick's kidnapping and mutilation, she dominates the dialogue with her constant emasculating ridicule of him for all of his shortcomings.

Once the two get there, they initially set out where Harry's son was last seen, only to have Nick's powers tell them that Harry is up to something.

Nick shrewdly suspects that her boyfriend, who is considerably older than Alex, plans to sleep with her and then dump her, but she does not want Nick's advice.

When he and his young son, Charlie, finish the late, legendary St. Nick's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole where Scott learns he must become the new Santa and convince those he loves that he is indeed Father Christmas.

Nick and Nora Charles are looking forward to a relaxing day at a racetrack, but when a jockey accused of throwing a race is found shot to death, Police Lieutenant Abrams requests Nick's help.

The musician is too badly shaken up to answer Nick's questions, though Nora's presence seems to calm him down.

The residents are convinced that Nick is in town on an investigation, despite Nick's repeated denials.

( Early on, it is revealed that Nick's father, Dr. Bertram Charles, has never been overly impressed with his son's unusual career choice, so this gives Nick an opportunity to change his father's mind.

Nick's father is very impressed.

The white cliff headland of Young Nick's Head at the other end of the bay is visible from the city.

The principal decides to visit Nick's house to end the use of the word, but the situation is out of Nick's hands now, and the word's usage cannot be controlled.

Alfie is a friend of Nick's.

Although his body type is similar to that of Nick's, he has less hair and is even less intelligent.

( In a later book of the series, The Tin Woodman of Oz, the girl is said to be the Witch's servant, and it is the Witch herself who decides to enchant Nick's axe.

He recalls Nick's earlier words which promptly lead him to find the money and a wedding present in the spare tire of his car.

His personality is quite the opposite of his brother's, and more inline of Nick's sons, and he seemed to lead a careless life.

* Catherine Keener as Nicole, an actress playing the female lead in Nick's film.

* James LeGros as Chad Palomino, the male lead in Nick's film, a major Hollywood star appearing in a low-budget movie to gain critical kudos.

Julie runs upstairs to get Nick's briefcase, and returns to find Paula stripping him.

An enraged Nick storms into Nilsen's office, assaults him, and accuses him of having sold Nick's file to Catherine.

By this time, both Henry and Bobby know that there is an FBI agent undercover in their drug operations and despite Nick's idea to ' leak ' the operation and have him pulled, decide to simply assassinate him.

Although Nick was initially leery of Heath and felt he had to test Heath's mettle, Heath would go on to prove himself worthy of even Nick's acceptance, and eventually Nick seemed to grow even closer to Heath than he was to Jarrod, perhaps in a sense due to Heath having more in common with him than Jarrod did.

Death ( McKellen ) walks through the resulting portal and follows Slater and Danny to Nick's theater, where Danny hopes to save Slater by transporting him back into the Slater film.

Nick's congenial manner wins him acceptance from his fellow jurors, with the exception of Frank Herrera ( Curtis ), a former Marine who takes an instant dislike to him.

She then accuses him of sexually assaulting her with " evidence " obtained from a used condom from Nick's trash, leading to his arrest.

In later branches, he is viewed as Nick's mentor and often helps him escape sticky situations ( he releases Nick's handcuffs when he was captured in the airport and appeared in one scene to get Nick out of a police car ).

Nick's lackeys were killed before him in confrontations with Ozzy and Drix but when Nick was finally powerful enough to hold Ozzy and Drix back from foiling his plans, Hector decided not to smoke anymore in favor of Christine and Nick was weakened by him breaking the addiction, giving Ozzy the chance to squash him under his shoe.

Directed by Randal Kleiser and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri and Amy O ' Neill, who reprise their roles as Wayne, Diane, Nick, and Amy Szalinski respectively, as well as newcomer Keri Russell as Mandy, Nick's love interest and babysitter of Adam, the Szalinskis ' new two-year-old son, whose accidental exposure to Wayne's new industrial-sized growth machine causes him to gradually grow to enormous size.

But a friend of Nick's warned him that Scarfo was mad at him.

"), which was a frequent parting gift for contestants on Nick's popular game show Double Dare, where slime was heavily used along with several variations such as ' gak ' or ' gooze ', and Mattel even sold Nickelodeon slime and gak in the 1990s.

He also appeared, uncredited, in the movie It's a Wonderful Life, playing piano in the scene where George Bailey gets thrown out of Nick's Bar.

The following year he returned to Nick's, where he remained through 1946.

He became a regular at Nick's in Manhattan, where he played with Pee Wee Russell, Baby Dodds, and others.

The plot focuses on Nick's community service and recovery from drug addiction, as well as his strained relationship with his father who was managing partner of the corporate law firm where Nick was employed full time.

* Dabney Coleman as Burton Fallin, Nick's father and senior partner at the law firm where Nick works.

Meanwhile, Doyle ( Searcy ), a Fitch subordinate, tracks down Nick's history in the rural town of Gardner, Indiana, where he discovers that Nick is really Jeff Kerr, a talented former law student drop-out, and that Marlee's real name is Gabby Brandt.

* Cary ( Kang ) Wilson: Nick's little brother, owner of a vast chain of 24-hour dojos throughout the city, where Nick can improve his fighting ability.

The west end of this block-long building houses Nick's Seafood, where crabcakes, steamed shrimp, oysters, and sushi can be enjoyed amongst the aromas of the catch of the day.

In the scene where Ellen is swimming at night, she calls playfully up to Nick's bedroom window and invites him to join her.

After getting Nick's model Viking ship from the hotel, they drive around a route provided by Sandspur of where the giants are, playing the mermaids ' song.

Annie goes to California, where she meets her father, the Parker family's housekeeper Chessy ( Walter ), their dog Sammy, and Nick's young, opportunistic fiancée Meredith ( Hendrix ), who is only interested in Nick's money.

However, there are several references in Room Service, where Greg says that Ecklie assigned him onto Warrick and Nick's case.

He feels that the scene where Nick's body is outlined by raindrops is more effectively imagined than an identical scene in Daredevil.