Popular interest and belief in the animal has varied since it was brought to the world's attention in 1933.

( Popular belief that he wears a glass eye is untrue.

Nicholas E. Tawa, in his 2005 book Supremely American: Popular Song in the 20th Century: Styles and Singers and What They Said About America, included Beefheart among the prominent progressive rock musicians of the 1960s and 70s, while the Encyclopædia Britannica describes Beefheart's songs as conveying " deep distrust of modern civilization, a yearning for ecological balance, and that belief that all animals in the wild are far superior to human beings.

Popular belief holds that Duck Soup was a box office failure, but this is not true.

Popular belief -- dating back to a 1966 Masters & Johnson study -- states that pre-ejaculate may contain sperm that can cause pregnancy, which is a common basis of argument against the use of coitus interruptus ( withdrawal ) as a contraceptive method.

Popular belief is that he was an engineer.

Popular belief is that Kathakali is emerged from " Krishnanattam ", the dance drama on the life and activities of Lord Krishna created by Sri Manavedan Raja, the Zamorin of Calicut ( 1585-1658 AD ).

Popular belief, however, held that such differences in preferences might be diminished by the advent of radio, which required neither the special skill nor the exertion of reading ( Lazarsfeld, 1940 ).

Popular belief says the phrase originated in ancient Rome: As a Roman general was parading through the streets during a victory triumph, standing behind him was his slave, tasked with reminding the general that, although at his peak today, tomorrow he could fall, or — more likely — be brought down.

Popular belief held that this plant grew where semen ejaculated by hanged men ( during the last convulsive spasms before death ) fell to the ground, and its roots vaguely resemble a human form to varying degrees.

Popular belief is that their entrances point towards certain heavenly bodies.

Popular imperial unity was the central thread of the Scottish Unionist Party's belief system.

Popular belief attributes the colors to those of the sky, clouds and the sun ; some anthems to the flag like " Aurora " or " Salute to the flag " state so as well.

Popular belief claims that the buckskin-clad man on the left is Daniel Boone, who was largely responsible for the exploration of Kentucky, and the man in the suit on the right is Henry Clay, Kentucky's most famous statesman.

Popular belief has it that the Irish Princess, Sheila NaGeira was captured from a Dutch warship by Easton and, while a prisoner, fell in love with one of Easton ’ s lieutenants, Gilbert Pike.

Charles Mackay's book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, first published in 1841, attests to the practice of and belief in witch doctors in England at the time.

Popular belief suggests he was replaced by David Marks, but in fact the two guitarists worked more or less concurrently with the evolving Beach Boys and the confusion arises from Jardine's temporary abandonment of the band.

Popular ballad " Monastirea Argeșului " illustrates the aesthetic myth in folkloric literature and is based on belief that nothing durable and unique by goodliness can not be built without the creator's self-sacrifice, making this creation a philosophical poem.

Popular belief assigned the interior of hills to fairies ' dwelling places and local tradition has handed down accounts of the exploits of the fairy folk, especially among the Finner sand-hills and in the Wardtown district of Ballyshannon.

Popular religion include a variety of unorthodox practices, such as veneration of saints, recourse to charms and amulets, and belief in the influence of evil spirits.

Popular belief generally regarded this battle as a minor one, fought absurdly by the Mexican leadership.

Popular belief holds that shophouses were initially occupied by single families, with their private living areas in one space and the more public family business in another.

Popular belief is that Faith did have an affair with the rapper, and it was later stated by some accounts that she was seen sitting on Tupac's lap prior to the release of the " Hit ' Em Up " song.

Popular Shia belief ascribes cosmological importance to the family in various texts, wherein it is said that God would not have created Jannah ( heaven ) and earth, paradise, Adam and Eve, or anything else were it not for them.

Popular culture has attributed these disappearances to the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings.

" Cuba has also lent support to the prominent Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) and the lesser-known Marxist-Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) both received training from Cuba's General Intelligence Directorate, as well as financial and diplomatic support from the Cuban government.

" Popular videogame director Hideo Kojima has referred to the movie frequently as an influence on his work, in particular the Metal Gear series.

Popular media has a strong hold on its coverage, and can sometimes sway views.

Popular Catholic imagery to a certain extent has remained attached to a Baroque style of about 1650, especially in Italy and Spain.

* David Coulter, Multi-Instrumentalist and Producer / Music Supervisor ; ex-member of Test Dept and The Pogues, has played Musical Saw on numerous albums and live with a who's who of Contemporary Popular Music: Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Tom Waits, Hal Willner, Richard Hawley, Jarvis Cocker, Marianne Faithfull, Tim Robbins, The Tiger Lillies.

He claims to have received two months of training in weaponry and terrorist tactics in Syria as a member of the left-wing Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine paid for by the Communist Bulgarian government, although this has been questioned.

The Popular Democratic Party has challenged the Bush Administration's Task Force Reports stating that in 1953 Puerto Rico achieved a compact of association between both nations that was recognized by the United Nations.

The remaining political organization, the Popular Democratic Party, is less active in its opposition of this case of disfranchisement but has officially stated that it favors fixing the remaining " deficits of democracy " that the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations have publicly recognized in writing through Presidential Task Force Reports.

Popular interest in Magritte's work rose considerably in the 1960s, and his imagery has influenced pop, minimalist and conceptual art.

In 1972 they started manufacturing the Saab B engine, and in 1977 Saab took advantage of Scania's experience with turbochargers and added one to the engine, thus creating one of the earliest turbocharged " family cars " with the Saab 99 Turbo, which has been listed by Popular Mechanics as the second best turbocharged car ever made.

Ambler's Popular Front – period œvre has a left-wing perspective about the personal consequences of " big picture " politics and ideology, which was notable, given spy fiction's usual right-wards tilt in defence of the Establishment attitudes underpinning empire and imperialism.

The Popular Liberation Army demobilized while the country's biggest terrorist group, FARC has been weakened and most of their top commanders have been killed or died during the decade.

CGI rendering of Princeton University's lithium-fed self-field MPD thruster ( from Popular Mechanics magazine ) MPD thruster technology has been explored academically, but commercial interest has been low due to several remaining problems.

He has received seven Australian TV Logie awards including the Logie award for Most Popular New Male Talent and six consecutive Logie awards for hosting the Most Popular Australian Lifestyle Program for Backyard Blitz.

This use of mycelium has been discussed in Time Magazine, Popular Science and other media, as well as the subjects of TED Talks " Are Mushrooms the New Plastic?

He has written a true crime book titled Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence.

The FN has established itself as the third largest political force in France, after the Union for a Popular Movement ( UMP ) and the Socialist Party ( PS ).

* Francis James Child collected fourteen variants in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, but the summary of Child Ballad 39A is considered to be the earliest ( Another Child ballad, Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane has no connection with this ballad except for the similarity of the heroes ' names.

Cuba has an elected national legislature, the National Assembly of People's Power ( Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ), which has 614 members, elected every 5 years and holds brief sessions to ratify decisions by executive branch.

The remaining political organization, the Popular Democratic Party has officially stated that it favors fixing the remaining " deficits of democracy " that the Clinton and Bush administrations publicly recognized through Presidential Task Force Reports.