Often, flakes are struck from a core using a punch, in which case the percussor never actually makes contact with the objective piece.

Often, the game's objective is for either the lone player or the team of three to survive for a certain amount of time while the opposing player / team tries to take them out.

Often, a narrator using the first person will try to be more objective by also employing the third person for important action scenes, especially those in which he / she is not directly involved or in scenes where he / she is not present to have viewed the events in first person.

Often, this person will provide the objective view on progress being made, problems that may be foreseen, and solutions that may be found.

Often the objective of grooming is minimizing the cost of the network.

Often Henson, in the need to feign some sort of objective or high-tech analysis system, will refer to an imaginary supercomputer " on loan from MIT " which is assisting him with whatever bit he is ' using ' it for.

Often, I heard my uncles and cousins speak of it when I was a small boy growing up in Rabaul.

Often it is recognized that all the details of the pattern may not be essential to the outcome but, because the pattern was empirically determined and not developed through theoretical understanding, one is never quite certain which behavior elements are effective, and the whole pattern becomes ritualized.

Often, threading through the overcast, he was forced to fly close to the ground by a low ceiling, skimming above the Winooski or the White River along the line of the broken railroad.

Often he was terribly despondent and talked to no one.

This led to the first of a number of periods in which an outside power controlled Athens ; Often the outside power set up a local agent as political boss in Athens ; but when Athens was independent, it operated under its traditional form of government ; even the bosses, like Demetrius of Phalerum, kept the traditional institutions in formal existence.

Often the Aegis is described as the bag in which Athene carried her shield and the serpent who was her son.

Often his research was simple: he would review period newspapers of the dates of reported incidents and find reports on possibly relevant events like unusual weather, that were never mentioned in the disappearance stories.

Often assumed to be illiterate, Catherine is acknowledged by Raymond in his life of her as capable of reading both Latin and Italian, and another hagiographer, Tommaso Caffarini, claimed that she could write in her own hand, though the majority of her written work was dictated.

Often dialogue was changed, and the show became less " Serious " in tone compared to the Japanese version, instead featuring more jokes and added dialogue, along with a completely different musical score ( usually orchestral music ) and completely different sound effects, due to licensing issues.

Often the work of these auteurs was first recognised abroad rather than in Germany itself.

The original scores, which dated from 1804 when the composer was twelve, were found in the Library of Congress in Washington D. C. Often transcribed for string orchestra, these sonatas reveal the young composer's affinity for Haydn and Mozart, already showing signs of operatic tendencies, punctuated by frequent rhythmic changes and dominated by clear, songlike melodies.

Often this means making the central bank very aggressive about maintaining price stability, as was the case with the German Bundesbank or moving to some hard basis of currency such as a currency board.

Often Zeus ( or Jupiter ) was considered the supreme, all-powerful and all-knowing, king and father of the Olympian gods.

Often enormously complicated matters, ICJ cases ( of which there have been less than 150 since the court was created from the Permanent Court of International Justice in 1945 ) can stretch on for years and generally involve thousands of pages of pleadings, evidence, and the world's leading specialist public international lawyers.

Often the technology was purchased from Britain or British engineers and entrepreneurs moved abroad in search of new opportunities.

Often some attempt was made to smooth and shape the blade so it had less water resistance.

Often, the midwife would call for the assistance of a physician when a more difficult birth was anticipated.

Often the entrance was protected by a lifting bridge, a drawbridge or a timber gate tower.

Often an oil, such as linseed, was boiled with a resin, such as pine resin or even frankincense ; these were called ' varnishes ' and were prized for their body and gloss.

Often in the past, some Oromo communities used Galla to label themselves, as was exemplified by western Oromo leaders who established the " Western Galla Confederation " in the 1930s.

Often this point was made by referring to " ordinary English ," since the school of philosophy that most vigorously promoted this meta-philosophy was Oxford.

Often, the center of the blade was a core of soft steel, and the edges were solid high carbon steel, similar to the laminates of the Japanese.

Often these were ex-servicemen or ex-policemen ; retiring to run a pub was popular amongst military officers at the end of their service.

Often called the " dean of science fiction writers ", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre in his time.

Often strong men muscle the subject into a car and take him to a place where he is cut from everyone but his captors.

Often, widowed priests will take monastic vows.

Often on his way home from school Keith would go to Macari's Music Studio in Ealing Road and would take instruction and practice on the drums there, where he learned his basic drumming skills.

Often a match will take place under additional rules, usually serving as a special attraction or a climactic point in a feud or storyline.

Often, the required velocity ( delta-v ) for a mission is unattainable by any single rocket because the propellant, tankage, structure, guidance, valves and engines and so on, take a particular minimum percentage of take-off mass that is too great for the propellant it carries to achieve that delta-v.

Often, Vice Presidents will take harder-line stands on issues to ensure the support of the party's base while deflecting partisan criticism away from the President.

Often, the dikaryotic mycelium is more vigorous than the individual monokaryotic mycelia, and proceeds to take over the substrate in which they are growing.

Often specialist groups take the ferries to hear more information.

Often petitions are directed to the King, although the system of ministerial responsibility makes it impossible for him to take action by himself ; his secretarial cabinet relegates such petitions to the relevant ministries.

Often, secular people will undergo painful experiences in order to become more self-aware, to take control of their bodies or " own " them more fully, to bond with a group that is spiritual in its aims, or to overcome the body's limitations in ways that do not refer to any higher power.

Often testing includes many archers and may take as much as 6 to 8 hours to test all of the prospective students.

Often, within countries such as the US, the UK ( and, in all likelihood, China ) there are standardised qualifications, examinations and workbooks that form the concrete teaching materials needed for secondary-school and pre-university courses ( for example, within the UK, all students are required to sit or take Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers, A-levels or their equivalent in order to ensure that a certain minimal level of mathematical competence in a wide variety of topics has been obtained ).

Often, changes will take place during notes call, but if serious problems occur the performance may be halted and the issue will be resolved then.

Often he would take his son with him, and before long, young William started to play the organ himself and developed a keen interest that bordered on the obsessional.

Often people have more than one home in different states or they move a lot because of their work so it is important to take that into account in the drafting process.

Often, workers would just take souvenirs without permission, aware that their employers did not particularly care.

Often executives will ask their assistant to take the minutes at meetings and prepare meeting documents for review.

Often ignored, expletives may take up many adverbial syntactic functions.

Often the European system will also include the scene number ; however, a separate continuity sheet that maps the slate number to the scene number, camera angle and take number may be used if the scene number is not included on the slate.

Often, Alter users will take small chunks out of the surrounding environment to use as matter to form their Alter.

Often, this will take on the crystal form and habit of the original protolith assemblage ; actinolite pseudomorphically replacing pyroxene is an indication that the amphibolite may not represent a peak metamorphic grade in the amphibolite facies.

Often Crow has been known to take on the appearance and sometimes the personality of one of the characters in the movie that is currently being shown, usually ending with Mike, Tom Servo, or Joel using Crow's role-playing as a plot device or setup to a joke that mocks the film even more.

Often these sites have frescoes with an allegorical passage of the deceased to take in the afterlife ( for dedutio inferos ).

Often during the slave period, the women became the diviners and healers which was not part of African tradition ; however, the male slaves were constantly working and did not have the time to take care of daily instances.