One growth center in a short bone -- distal phalanx of the second finger -- was chosen as an example for discussion here, primarily because epiphyseal-diaphyseal fusion, the maturity indicator for Completion in long and short bones, occurs in this center for girls near the menarche and for boys near their comparable pubescent stage.

One could hardly blame Newbold Morris, the Parks Commissioner, for devoting so much grateful mention to the department's technicians who at short notice provided the stage with its rising platforms, its balcony, its generous wings and even its impressive trapdoors for the use of the villains.

One Nepōhualtzintzin ( 91 ) represented the number of days that a season of the year lasts, two Nepōhualtzitzin ( 182 ) is the number of days of the corn's cycle, from its sowing to its harvest, three Nepōhualtzintzin ( 273 ) is the number of days of a baby's gestation, and four Nepōhualtzintzin ( 364 ) completed a cycle and approximate a year ( 1 days short ).

One method of building a mooring is to use three or more conventional anchors laid out with short lengths of chain attached to a swivel, so no matter which direction the vessel moves one or more anchors will be aligned to resist the force.

One ansible-like device which predates Le Guin's is the Dirac communicator in James Blish's 1954 short story " Beep ".

One of his examples: mathematicians enjoy simple proofs with a short description in their formal language.

On the west side of Hawkcraig Point there is a short concrete jetty that was used as part of the development of radio controlled torpedoes during World War One.

After two successful comedy albums, Comedy Minus One ( 1973 ) and the Grammy Award-nominated A Star Is Bought ( 1975 ), Brooks left the stand-up circuit to try his hand as a filmmaker ; his first film, The Famous Comedians School, was a satiric short that appeared on PBS and was an early example of the mockumentary sub-genre.

One of the forces that worked as an impetus for his pressing forward was the first stirring of what would later be called Romanticism — the Sturm und Drang, or " storm and stress " phase in the arts, a short period where obvious emotionalism was a stylistic preference.

One variety is the short model traditional cornet, also known as a " Shepherd's Crook " shaped model.

One series concerns the rogue and adventurer, Northwest Smith, and his wanderings through the Solar System ; the other is a short fantasy series about Jirel of Joiry ( one of the first female protagonists in sword-and-sorcery fiction ).

One technique is to allow the upper body to enter slightly short of vertical so that the continuing rotation leaves the final impression of the legs entering vertically.

Thomas was an accomplished writer of prose poetry, with collections such as Potrait of the Artist as a Young Dog ( 1940 ) and Quite Early One Morning ( 1954 ) showing he was capable of writing moving short stories.

One of Thomas ' most popular works was the short essay A Child's Christmas in Wales, which after being released as part of a recording, in which Thomas read his own work, became his most popular prose work in America.

One basis for this idea was the finding that Dolly's telomeres were short, which is typically a result of the ageing process.

One distinctive feature that has caused a great amount of interest among linguists is what is traditionally seen as three degrees of phoneme length: short, long, and " overlong ", such that, and are distinct.

* One Wild Time ( 1926 short )

One of these poems further intrigued him, and he began to rework the headnote to turn it into first a short story and then a novella.

One short Egmont-licensed Disney comic explained Phooey's sporadic appearances as a freak incident of nature.

One of the first applications of key frame animation was the award-wining 1974 animated short film, Hunger.

There are also two or three short stories which share common themes and some background elements with Known Space stories, but which are not considered a part of the Known Space universe: Bordered in Black and One Face ( see the collection Convergent Series ), and possibly The Color of Sunfire.

One of Anderson's early short films, Thursday's Children ( 1954 ), concerning the education of deaf children, made in collaboration with Guy Brenton, a friend from his Oxford days, won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 1954.

One example, Fountainhead's Anna, is a short film that focuses on the cycle of life and is reminiscent of Fantasia.

he tells stories of the Thousand and One Nights, and conjures up before us the bazaars of Damascus.

Seven stories are inspired by a nursery rhyme: And Then There Were None by Ten Little Indians ; One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by One, Two, Buckle My Shoe ; Five Little Pigs by This Little Piggy ; Crooked House by There Was a Crooked Man ; A Pocket Full of Rye by Sing a Song of Sixpence ; Hickory Dickory Dock by Hickory Dickory Dock, and Three Blind Mice by Three Blind Mice.

* In the Judge Dredd comic stories, originally published in 2000 AD, the megalopolis of Mega-City One consists of many hundreds, if not thousands, of City Blocks, in which a citizen can be born, grow, live, and die without ever leaving.

One of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, he is usually described as a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and is often accompanied in stories by his animal companion, Babe the Blue Ox.

One popular technique is to mock external interfaces or data to mimic other stories which might not be played out during an iteration ( as those stories may have been relatively lower business priority ).

" One of the biggest stories of the season transpired as the club made a midseason deal for Fred McGriff, which was drawn out for nearly a month as McGriff debated waiving his no-trade clause, as the Cubs led the wild card race by 2. 5 games in early September.

One columnist stated in April 1981 that " the microcomputer industry abounds with horror stories describing the way Commodore treats its dealers and its customers.

One scholar wrote about the detective novels of Tony Hillerman, set among the Native American population around New Mexico, " many American readers have probably gotten more insight into traditional Navajo culture from his detective stories than from any other recent books.

Don Quixote, Part One contains a number of stories which do not directly involve the two main characters, but which are narrated by some of the picaresque figures encountered by the Don and Sancho during their travels.

# " Encyclopedia Brown, The Boy Detective in One Minute Mysteries " ( This episode adapted 6 of the Encyclopedia Brown stories from the books, including Encyclopedia's very first case-" The Case of Natty Nat ", " The Case of the Scattered Cards ", " The Case of the Civil War Sword ", " The Case of the Foot Warmer ", " The Case of the Bitter Drink " and " The Case of the Great Merko ".

One solution is to see the patriarchal stories as resulting from God's decision not to remain alienated from mankind: God creates the world and mankind, mankind rebels, and God " elects " ( chooses ) Abraham.

One reason for the hero-as-self interpretation of stories and myths is the human inability to view the world from any perspective but a personal one.

One of the best known of all Irish stories, Oidheadh Clainne Lir, or The Tragedy of the Children of Lir, is also part of this cycle.

One of her shortest stories, " Ain " is a sympathetic portrait of a scientist whose concern for Earth's ecological suffering leads him to destroy the entire human race.

One of the most widely published Japanese manga artist, nearly all of his stories have been translated into other languages, including English.

One collection of her stories has been published.

One of the last stories of this type, describing an Earth poet's study of Martian language and literature.

It also resembles an incident described in the earlier tale of " The Three Apples ", one of the stories narrated in the One Thousand and One Nights ( Arabian Nights ).