Some of the oldest and most widespread stories in the world are stories of adventure such as Homer's The Odyssey.

Some hard science fiction stories use small ( possibly nano-sized ) paired wormholes dedicated to communication by means of a laser which traverses the wormhole.

Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events ; others are completely fictional tales set in a familiar setting, such as the American Old West, or the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

Some stories say that he placed both Arcas and Callisto into the heavens as bears, forming the Ursa Minor and Ursa Major constellations.

Some of the stories included in Saint Anthony's biography are perpetuated now mostly in paintings, where they give an opportunity for artists to depict their more lurid or bizarre interpretations.

Some early ' skyscrapers ' were made in masonry, and demonstrated the limitations of the material – for example, the Monadnock Building in Chicago ( opened in 1896 ) is masonry and just 17 stories high ; the ground walls are almost thick, clearly building any higher would lead to excessive loss of internal floor space on the lower floors.

Some stories he refers to are the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the departure of the Argonauts, Theseus and the Minotaur, Ariadne ’ s abandonment, Tereus and Procne, as well as Protesilaus and Laodamia.

Some songs are about history or stories of famous capoeiristas.

Some short stories set in the Anno Dracula universe have also included Carmilla.

Some anthologies of Linebarger's fiction include a chart, with each of his stories inserted into the appropriate slot in the timeline.

Some well known stories include the Yuan Dynasty story Circle of Chalk ( Chinese: 灰闌記 ), the Ming Dynasty story collection Bao Gong An ( Chinese: 包公案 ) and the 18th century Di Gong An ( Chinese: 狄公案 ) story collection.

Some of these stories are whodunits ; in others the criminal is well known, and it is a case of getting enough evidence.

Some of the gadgets ( dōgu ) are based on real Japanese household devices with fanciful twists, but most are completely science fiction ( although some may be based on folklore or religious stories ).

Some fans write fan fiction, stories based on the universe and characters of their chosen fandom.

Some parts of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time ( 1840 ) are also considered to belong in the gothic genre, but they lack the supernatural elements of the other Russian gothic stories.

* Some scholars hold that there has been extensive editorial reshaping of the stories and statements within the Mishnah ( and later, in the Talmud.

Some stories claim the adolescent Matilda took the field in some of these engagements, but no evidence supports this.

Some of the Aztec stories about Moctezuma describe him as being fearful of the Spanish newcomers, and some sources, such as the Florentine codex, comment that the Aztecs believed the Spaniards to be gods and Cortés to be the returned god Quetzalcoatl.

Some scholars have theorized that Smith became familiar with the name " Moroni " through his study of the treasure-hunting stories of Captain William Kidd.

Some stories explore the relationships among child-rearing, pair-bonding ( romantic love ), and sexual activity.

Some regions independently developed a character similar to Nasreddin, and the stories have become part of a larger whole.

Some stories have been written with a proverb overtly as an opening, such as " A stitch in time saves nine " at the beginning of " Kitty's Class Day ", one of Louisa May Alcott's Proverb Stories.

Some of these books, such as The Number of the Beast and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, start out as tightly constructed adventure stories, but transform into philosophical fantasias at the end.

Some religious organizations and practitioners believe that some or all of their traditional stories are not only sacred and " true ", but also historically accurate and divinely revealed, and that calling such stories " myths " disrespects their special status.

Some of us might be inclined to argue, in fact, that an independence of mind and action and an intolerance of regimentation, either mental or physical, are particularly Southern traits.

Some years ago Julian Huxley proposed to an audience made up of members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science that `` man's supernormal or extra-sensory faculties are ( now ) in the same case as were his mathematical faculties during the ice age ''.

Some are fishing, some driving the team, and many are sitting indolently on the banks of the river.

Some historians have found his point of view not to their taste, others have complained that he makes the Tory tradition appear `` contemptible rather than intelligible '', while a sympathetic critic has remarked that the `` intricate interplay of social dynamics and political activity of which, at times, politicians are the ignorant marionettes is not a field for the exercise of his talents ''.

Some of the marble busts in the park are of young Englishmen who fought and died for Garibaldi.

Some accounts are quite lengthy but Florida's is the shortest of all, requiring only four paragraphs.

Some plant-location specialists take these signs to mean St. Louis county doesn't want industry, and so they avoid the area, and more jobs are lost.

Some fiscal changes are important.

Some brilliant rookies nailed them down, so that this spring just two spots, left and right field, are really up for grabs.

Some of the stumps are as much as three feet long, but most of them have been flattened by the pressure of the overlying sediments.

Some privately held inholdings are a source of direct damage to these Federal lands.

Some 45 frequencies are assigned for use primarily by dominant Class 1, -- A or Class 1, -- B clear-channel stations, designed to operate with adequate power and to provide service -- both groundwave and ( at night ) skywave -- over large areas and at great distances, being protected against interference to the degree necessary to achieve this objective.

Some deductions are subtracted from Gross Income to determine Adjusted Gross Income.

Some renditions are of symphonic dimensions, with the contrabass given free rein.

Some of them are obvious, such as the fact that we associate recorded and live music with our responses and behavior in different types of environments and social settings.

Some tasty frank toppings are chili con carne, Coney Island sauce and savory sauerkraut.

Some general things to look for in a site, if you haven't already bought one, are accessibility, water drainage, and orientation.

Some distribution costs are kept up by competitive pressure, some by the fact that the customers have come to expect certain niceties and flourishes.

Some of these temperatures are plotted in figure 4.

( Some suspensions break up before they are near to the direction of shear, and some become asymptotic to it without breakup.

Some experiments are composed of repetitions of independent trials, each with two possible outcomes.

Some of these speculations may have some merit, others are somewhat ambiguous.

Some phonetic features, for example glottal catch or murmur, are sometimes to be assigned to segmental phonemics and sometimes to accentual systems.

Some are failing to achieve as much as their ability would permit ; ;