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Other examples of gradual changes that have affected the Negro have been his moving up, row by row, in the buses ; ;
Other flowers we might gather as we pleased: myrtle and white violets from beneath the lilacs ; ;
Other scientific agencies, both Federal and civilian, supported studies in quantitative electron microscopical approach to microchemistry and microcytochemistry ; ;
Other good miles have been by Debonnie ( Dale Frost-Debby Hanover ) and Prompt Time ( Adios-On Time ) in 2:28-:36 ; ;
Other pilot programs were conducted by A & S, Babylon, New York ; ;
Other pairs of phonologic subsystems also interact or overlap in this way ; ;
Other nuts consumed in lesser quantity include the spicy nutmeg ; ;
Other members of the Portland delegation attending the conference in Columbus are: Kathleen Mason, Jefferson high school ; ;
Other workshops will be in Tallahassee Oct. 5 ; ;
Other crucial matters required constant supervision: labor and all noncombatant troops, whose morale was vital, too ; ;
Other widely spoken Afroasiatic languages are Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia, with 18 million native speakers ; Somali, spoken by around 19 million people in Greater Somalia ; and Hausa, the dominant language of northern Nigeria and southern Niger, spoken by 18. 5 million people and used as a lingua franca in large parts of the Sahel, with some 25 million speakers in total.
Some adaptations of the Latin alphabet are augmented with ligatures, such as æ in Old English and Icelandic and Ȣ in Algonquian ; by borrowings from other alphabets, such as the thorn þ in Old English and Icelandic, which came from the Futhark runes ; and by modifying existing letters, such as the eth ð of Old English and Icelandic, which is a modified d. Other alphabets only use a subset of the Latin alphabet, such as Hawaiian, and Italian, which uses the letters j, k, x, y and w only in foreign words.
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Often, too, the social institutions are housed in these pavilions and palaces and bridges, for these great structures are not simply `` historical monuments '' ; ;
Herodotus relates that under his prudent administration, Egypt reached a new level of wealth ; Amasis adorned the temples of Lower Egypt especially with splendid monolithic shrines and other monuments ( his activity here is proved by existing remains ).
The Ajanta Caves ( Ajiṇṭhā leni ; Marathi: अज िं ठ ा ल े ण ी) in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India are 30 rock-cut cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to the 600 CE.
But in 1885, when it had published 8 volumes and gotten only halfways ( A – K ), the publisher turned to the government for extra funding ; encyclopedias had become national monuments.
Furthermore, various institutions, monuments and the like, are named for current or previous heads of state, such as streets and squares, schools, charitable and other organizations ; in monarchies ( e. g. Belgium ) there can even be a practice to attribute the adjective " royal " on demand based on existence for a given number of years.
* Garrigan, Shelley E. Collecting Mexico: Museums, Monuments, and the Creation of National Identity ( University of Minnesota Press ; 2012 ) 233 pages ; scholarly analysis of Mexico's self-image, 1867 – 1910, using public monuments, fine-arts collecting, museums, and Mexico's representation at the Paris world's fair
The Orkhon monuments are the oldest known examples of Turkic writing ; they are inscribed on obelisks and have been dated to 732 ( for that relating to Kültigin ), and to 735 ( for that relating to Bilge Kağan.
As the leader of what historians call " revolutionary conservatism " Bismarck became a hero to German nationalists ; they built hundreds of monuments glorifying the iconic symbol of powerful conservative leadership.
The program of dechristianisation waged against Catholicism, and eventually against all forms of Christianity, included the deportation or execution of clergy ; the closing of churches ; the rise of cults and the institution of a civic religion ; the large scale destruction of religious monuments ; the outlawing of public and private worship and religious education ; the forced abjurement of priests of their vows and forced marriages of the clergy ; the word " saint " being removed from street names ; and the War in the Vendée.
The deciding committee which evaluates potential candidates described their reasons for choosing Syracuse because " monuments and archeological sites situated in Syracuse are the finest example of outstanding architectural creation spanning several cultural aspects ; Greek, Roman and Baroque ", following on that Ancient Syracuse was " directly linked to events, ideas and literary works of outstanding universal significance ".
The region also has many important centers of tourism which are known both for their historic monuments and for the beauty of their beaches ; such as Assos, Ayvalık, Bergama, Foça, İzmir, Çeşme, Sardis, Ephesus, Kuşadası, Didim, Miletus, Bodrum, Marmaris, Datça and Fethiye.
Monument Park remained there until the stadium's closing in 2008 ; after the new Yankee Stadium opened, the retired numbers, plaques, and monuments were moved into a new Monument Park in the new ballpark.
:( a ) To commit any acts of hostility directed against the historic monuments, works of art or places of worship which constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage of peoples ;
Many water towers were constructed during the Industrial Revolution ; some are now considered architectural landmarks and monuments, and may not be demolished.
Rossi held that the city remembers its past ( our " collective memory "), and that we use that memory through monuments ; that is, monuments give structure to the city.

; and Stonehenge
Some of their works are considered precursors of archaeoastronomy ; antiquarians interpreted the astronomical orientation of the ruins that dotted the English countryside as William Stukeley did of Stonehenge in 1740, while John Aubrey in 1678 and Henry Chauncy in 1700 sought similar astronomical principles underlying the orientation of churches.
; About Stonehenge
* Stonehenge English Heritage official site: access and visiting information ; research ; future plans
The Ridgeway passes near many Neolithic, Iron Age, and Bronze Age sites including Avebury Circle, a stone circle similar to Stonehenge ; Barbury Castle, Liddington Castle, Uffington Castle, Segsbury Castle, Pulpit Hill and Ivinghoe Beacon Hill, all Iron Age and Bronze Age hill forts ; Wayland's Smithy, a Neolithic chieftain burial tomb ; the Uffington White Horse, an ancient chalk horse carved into the hillside near Uffington Castle ; and Grim's Ditch, a section of earthwork near Mongewell created by Iron Age peoples as a possible demarcation line.
The Monk liked to meddle in history and to change it for his own amusement and for what he considered to be the better: lending mechanical assistance to the builders of Stonehenge ; giving Leonardo da Vinci tips on aircraft design ; making money by using time travel to exploit compound interest ; and, when the Doctor first encountered him, attempting to prevent the Norman Conquest as part of a plan to guide England into an early age of technological prosperity.
Most henges do not contain stone circles ; Brodgar is a striking exception, ranking with Avebury ( and to a lesser extent Stonehenge ) among the greatest of such sites.
To add to the theatre, the government of the Reich again called upon the architectural firm of Krüger in Berlin and using the Stonehenge parallel again ; above the entrance, a giant stone ( symbolically from Koenigsberg ) was placed, with the Field Marshall's name inscribed upon it.
In 2001, Warwick Castle was named one of Britain's " Top 10 historic houses and monuments " by the British Tourist Authority ; the list included Tower of London, Stonehenge, and Edinburgh Castle.
* Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered ( 1906 ; second edition, 1909 )
Further comparisons with Stonehenge were quickly noticed by Cunnington ; both have entrances oriented approximately on the midsummer sunrise and the diameters of the timber circles at Woodhenge and the stone circles at Stonehenge are similar making the reasons for the name more understandable.
Some of the best known of these include ; Hadrian's Wall, Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites, Tower of London, Jurassic Coast, Westminster, Saltaire, Ironbridge Gorge, Studley Royal Park and various others.
Countering the misleading " discoveries " of pseudoarchaeology binds academic archaeologists in a quandary, described by Cornelius Holtorf as whether to strive to disprove alternative approaches in a " crusading " approach or to concentrate on better public understanding of the sciences involved ; Holtorf suggested a third, relativist and contextualised approach, in identifying the social and cultural needs that both scientific and alternative archaeologies address and in identifying the engagement with the material remains of the past in the present in terms of critical understanding and dialogue with " multiple pasts ", such as Barbara Bender explored for Stonehenge.
It falls into four parts: ( 1 ) " Templa Druidum ", a discussion of supposed " druidic " temples, notably Avebury and Stonehenge ; ( 2 ) " Chorographia Antiquaria ", a survey of other early urban and military sites, including Roman towns, hillforts (" camps "), and castles ; ( 3 ) a review of other archaeological remains, including sepulchral monuments, roads, coins and urns ; and ( 4 ) a series of more analytical pieces, including four exercises attempting to chart the chronological stylistic evolution of handwriting, medieval architecture, costume, and shield-shapes.
* Avebury, about N. of Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire ;
His projects include the Peace Arch, a monument to 100 years of peace between the United States and Canada, on the border between Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia ; the Maryhill Museum of Art, a building originally conceived as a residence ; and Maryhill Stonehenge, a replica of Stonehenge in Maryhill, Washington, a memorial to fallen World War I soldiers from Klickitat County, Washington.

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