Reflecting French society, as well as employing stock character associations, many of the lesbian characters in 19th-century French literature were prostitutes or courtesans: personifications of vice who died early, violent deaths in moral endings.

Reflecting in part the troubles of the broadcasting business, in 2005 Viacom wrote off over $ 28 billion from its radio acquisitions and, early that year, announced that it would split itself in two.

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 later in Birthday Letters, Hughes commented that early on he could see chasms of difference between himself and Plath, but that in the first years of their marriage they both felt happy and supported, avidly pursuing their writing careers.

Reflecting inspiration gained from the artists Watteau and Rubens, Boucher's early work celebrates the idyllic and tranquil, portraying nature and landscape with great élan.

Reflecting back to very early in the film when he's reputed to be a gun fighter ( aka Pudgy McCabe ) who shot someone in a card game, one of the hired killers ( the third gunman ) after hearing the story, with the addition that the gun was a derringer, proclaims that McCabe has never killed anyone in his life.

Reflecting the process Paul Volcker had described, as financial reform legislation was considered throughout 1997 and early 1998, Congressional Quarterly reported how different interests groups blocked legislation and sought regulatory advantages.

Reflecting on her early life, Rebbie acknowledged in a 1980s magazine interview that her role within the family had been that of a " second mother " to her younger siblings, who she would often babysit.

Reflecting his background, he saw the early stage of the canal project itself as primarily a problem in railroad engineering, which included rebuilding the Panama Railway and devising a rail-based system for disposing of the soil from the excavations.

Reflecting on her early dance training Erdman said these two influences taught her that dancing is an " expression of something meaningful to the dancer, not a mere series of lively steps.

* The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and Capitol Reflecting Pool, in Washington, D. C. ( the reflecting pool in Washington DC, as of early March 2011, is under renovation )

Reflecting his early career, many of his paintings have naval themes.

Reflecting this, its early slogan described the station as being " 100. 7 degrees cooler ".

Reflecting the realities of the range and ranch houses where the music originated, the early cowboy bands were string bands supplemented occasionally with the harmonica.

Reflecting one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America, it preserves ruins of the early indigenous tribes that lived in the area, including the Ancient Pueblo Peoples ( also called Anasazi ) and Navajo.

Reflecting the liberal educational philosophy of the period, other goals in the early CHS proposals were " to provide an opportunity for a heterogeneous group of students and faculty to learn and work together and to combat prejudices based on race, sex, age, lifestyle, and school achievement ," and " to foster the development of identity and responsibility.

" Reflecting on Steele's habit of using very high headphone levels, Britton said, " Very early on he was extremely hearing damaged.

Reflecting their primacy in ISA's early days, sections retain pre-eminent governance authority, as ISA ’ s legislative body, the Council of Society Delegates, is composed of section representatives ( delegates ) who hold voting power equal to the size of their membership.

Reflecting back on the early 1990s, Southampton Institute researcher David Berry argued: " the ideological forces associated with the previous Stalinist regime were pitted against a much smaller and disparate oppositional group.

Reflecting on her early retirement in 2011, she noted that the tour was stressful as it was like " having an argument every day and preparing for another one tomorrow ".

Reflecting the complex intellectual landscape of the Jin period, Ge is essential reading for an understanding of early medieval Chinese religion, culture and society.

Reflecting on the Commission, historian Doug Owram noted that the report " was not so much the product of the public hearings as ... of the intellectual network of the 1930's ...

Reflecting on the couple's contribution to Vermont, J. Kevin Graffagnino, Executive Director of the Vermont Historical Society, wrote: " Charles and Reiko Tuttle epitomized Vermont ’ s tradition of making a difference without fanfare or self-congratulation.

Reflecting his displeasure with the German Legation in Belgrade, which had advised against pressuring Yugoslavia into signing the Tripartite Pact, when the Bombing of Belgrade took place on 6 April 1941, Ribbentrop refused to have the staff of the German Legation withdrawn in advance, who were thus left to survive the fire-bombing of Belgrade as best they could.

* Hand with Reflecting Sphere also known as Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror, lithograph ( 1935 )

** M. C. Escher used special shapes of mirrors in order to achieve a much more complete view of his surroundings than by direct observation in Hand with Reflecting Sphere ( also known as Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror ).

Reflecting a myth attested in Greek vase paintings from the Classical period, Pseudo-Apollodorus places the Titan ( armed with an axe ) at the birth of Athena, thus explaining how the goddess sprang forth from the forehead of Zeus.

Reflecting on the experience afterwards, Huxley finds himself in agreement with philosopher C. D.

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 Raeder's obsession with big battleships, the Z Plan called a new class of gigantic H battleships to be the core of the proposed fleet, which would have been the largest battleships ever built.

Reflecting this assessment, Raeder was furious with the outcome of the Battle of the River Plate.

Reflecting his belief that Germany would soon attain the long-desired " world power status ", Raeder ordered the Naval General Staff in mid-1940 to start preparing for a war with Japan in the Far East.

Beginning at the edge of the Reflecting Pool, the steps rise to the Lincoln Memorial Circle roadway surrounding the edifice, then to the main portal, intermittently spaced with a series of platforms.

Reflecting elements, from active and passive daylighting collectors, such as light shelves, lighter wall and floor colors, mirrored wall sections, interior walls with upper glass panels, and clear or translucent glassed hinged doors and sliding glass doors take the captured light and passively reflect it further inside.

* 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 the culturally diverse local community of Kilburn-and in order to qualify for an Arts Council subsidy-the Tricycle theatre presents many international pieces and films, often in original language with English subtitles, and hosts or runs social and educational programmes.

Reflecting the number of Edison's residents from India and China, the township has sister city arrangements with Shijiazhuang, China, and Vadodara, India.

Reflecting on the importance of Morath's linguistic gifts, Miller wrote that " travel with her was a privilege because I would never been able to penetrate that way.

Reflecting this stance, Rabbi Soloveitchik asked the Christian community to respect " the right of the community of the few to live, create and worship in its own way, in freedom and with dignity.

Reflecting the times, two earlier science fiction works by Ray Bradbury were adapted for cinema in the 1960s with Fahrenheit 451 and The Illustrated Man.

Reflecting on American culture in an afterword to his play, Israel Zangwill recognized this, writing: " However scrupulously and justifiably America avoids intermarriage with the negro, the comic spirit cannot fail to note spiritual miscegenation which, while clothing, commercializing, and Christianizing the ex-African, has given ' rag-time ' and the sex-dances that go with it, first to white America and then to the whole white world.

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 cultural values, they must be deeply rooted within families and communities, blending what are known about environments that enhance optimal child development with an understanding of traditional child-rearing practices that support and / or curtail a child ’ s development.