Reflecting the city's economic decline, much of the downtown area consists of boarded-up and abandoned buildings.

Reflecting this non-traditional ethos, the city's school district opened two experimental alternative schools during those years: Earthworks ( originally Pioneer II ) in fall 1971, and Community High School ( CHS ) in fall 1972.

Reflecting its philosophical position, Reform Judaism, unlike Conservative Judaism, has altered the traditional prayers to refer to " redemption " rather than a " redeemer " and removed petitions for restoration of the House of David.

Reflecting this position as a “ state within the state ”, the Reichswehr created the Ministeramt or Office of the Ministerial Affairs in 1928 under Kurt von Schleicher to lobby the politicians.

Reflecting telescopes come in many design variations and may employ extra optical elements to improve image quality or place the image in a mechanically advantageous position.

Reflecting their vulnerable position, the regulation of agency work goes beyond discrimination, to place a set of duties on employment agents ' operations and conduct.

Reflecting market priorities and price point control, some safety equipment is either unavailable or available only at extra cost on some models in some markets — including side airbags, anti-lock brakes, fog lamps and a rear center position three-point seatbelts and headrests.

Reflecting the diverse historical roots of the movement, however, they also included postal savings banks ( 318 million accounts ), state agricultural and development banks ( 172 million accounts ), financial cooperatives and credit unions ( 35 million accounts ) and specialized rural banks ( 19 million accounts ).

Reflecting the view that the park should be kept in a more natural state and is already saturated, the park board has banned the erection of any further memorials.

He joined the school at a particularly important ferment: while the university had abandoned its social democratic and Fabian roots, its professors and students were heavily influenced by a liberal reformism which, in the words of one commentator, was “ a widely shared belief that the irrationality of war and suffering could be eliminated by the judicious application of humane rationality specifically manifested in the form of a generous and intelligent welfare state .” Reflecting upon his time as the LSE Porter notes that he was most animated by “ a concern for ethical principles in social life .”

Reflecting the divided loyalties of the time, part of the Foreign Legion joined the Free French movement while another part served the Vichy government.

Reflecting on his time in government, Ellsberg has said the following, based on his extensive access to classified material:

Reflecting the distrust of government that began in the 1960s in the U. S., the brilliant but rebellious scientist became a common theme, often serving a Cassandra-like role during an impending disaster.

Reflecting the spread of modern Ukrainian national consciousness, the pro-Ukrainian faction, led by Avhustyn Voloshyn, gained control of the local government and Subcarpathian Ruthenia was renamed Carpatho-Ukraine.

Reflecting official government ownership, Wichita Municipal Airport was re-designated the Wichita Air Force Base on 15 May 1953.

Reflecting on his youth as en elderly politician, he noted the social unrest at the time and protests against the government of Prime Minister Kishi, and said that lectures were rarely held and there was no worthwhile education to be had.

Reflecting international dismay at the overturning of the civilian government, ECOMOG forces intervened and retook Freetown on behalf of the government, but they found the outlying regions more difficult to pacify.

Reflecting Archaeoastronomy's development as an interdisciplinary subject, research in the field is conducted by investigators trained in a wide range of disciplines.

Reflecting " partisan public sentiment on an English-Protestant national holiday ", in the published editions of 1645 and 1673 the poem is preceded by five epigrams on the subject of the Gunpowder Plot, apparently written by Milton in preparation for the larger work.

Reflecting their satiric and humorous intent, the two editors took for their name and masthead the anarchic glove puppet, Mr. Punch, of Punch and Judy ; the name also referred to a joke made early on about one of the magazine's first editors, Lemon, that " punch is nothing without lemon ".

Reflecting its status as a major bauxite producer, Suriname is a member of the International Bauxite Association.

Optima was chosen as the font to be used for the names of those who lost their lives in the September 11 attacks, carved into bronze parapets, at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, which is named " Reflecting Absence ".

Reflecting different national usages, cunt is described as " an unpleasant or stupid person " in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary, whereas Merriam-Webster has a usage of the term as " usually disparaging and obscene: woman ", noting that it is used in the U. S. as " an offensive way to refer to a woman "; the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English states that it is " a despicable man ", however when used with a positive qualifier ( good, funny, clever, etc.

* Reflecting the respect which medieval European scholars paid to him, Averroes is named by Dante in The Divine Comedy with the great pagan philosophers whose spirits dwell in " the place that favor owes to fame " in Limbo.

Reflecting a trait of mynah birds who can imitate human speech, he is extremely vain and self-centered, which was originally the spotlight and center of jokes in his stories.

* Reflecting the growing level of discontent with his tyrannical conduct, Dion is assassinated by Callippus, an Athenian who has accompanied him on his expedition to take over as tyrant of Syracuse.

Reflecting excellence in quality rather than popularity or commercial success, the Peabody is the industry ’ s most competitive honor, with an average of about 25-35 winners chosen annually from more than 1, 000 entries.

Reflecting in 2011 on the sustained topicality of Yes, Minister / Prime Minister, Jonathan Lynn noted that, since the opening of the stage show in Chichester, " all we've added is a couple of jokes about hacking and an extra joke about the Greeks at the time to a debt crisis.

Reflecting the patterns of nineteenth-century settlement, the area is still chiefly agricultural and majority African American in population.

Reflecting its Czech Catholic heritage, Prague is also the home of the National Shrine of the Infant Jesus, which draws numerous visitors each year.

Reflecting on the speech he had written on taking his consulship in 143, when he had praised the young Marcus, Fronto was ebullient: " There was then an outstanding natural ability in you ; there is now perfected excellence.

Reflecting the retaliatory nature of these suits, at least one of the co-defendants is still waiting to find out from the judges which particular statements if any he made were actually false.

" Reflecting on the overall result of her rewritten scenes, Raft is said to have remarked, " She stole everything but the cameras.

Reflecting an attitude which prevails in many developing countries, a judge from Honduras said, on condition of anonymity: " If the victim child prostitute is older than 12, if he or she refuses to file a complaint and if the parents clearly profit from their child's commerce, we tend to look the other way ".

Reflecting on the relationship between the obvious symbolic meaning of a photograph ( which he called the studium ) and that which is purely personal and dependent on the individual, that which ‘ pierces the viewer ’ ( which he called the punctum ), Barthes was troubled by the fact that such distinctions collapse when personal significance is communicated to others and can have its symbolic logic rationalized.

Reflecting Crisp's sense of humour, among the statuary is a monk holding a frying pan with holes in it, and a plaque reading " Two Holy Friars ".

Reflecting the area ’ s Zoque heritage is the Zoque Carnival and a ritual called the “ lowering of the virgins ” which occurs in Copoya.

Reflecting the extraordinary complex constitutional set-up of the Holy Roman Empire, a third category, composed of semi-autonomous cities that belonged to neither of those two types, is distinguished by some historians.

Reflecting the largest percentage of high-end sets such as consoles and combinations since 1953, dollar value of home entertainment electronics in 1960 was about $1.9 billion, compared to $1.7 billion in 1959.

Reflecting the interest in 1970s skate culture the line was intended to be " At home on the bleachers of a lazy suburban swimming pool mixed with denim jeans or sitting on the beach ".

Reflecting upon the fact that Kahna was conquered by the Empire as its guardian, The Holy Dragon, Bahamut ( Apparently all major Lagoons across Orelus are home to an ancient holy dragon each ), never woke up to defend it despite the previous king's attempts, they come then to the conclusion that in order to defeat Emperor Sauzer, they must gather the powers of the Holy Dragons to their side.