His friend and literary executor, John Sparrow, once commented that Bowra had cut himself off from posterity, " as his prose was unreadable and his verse was unprintable.

Sparrow, has commented that Kyo is one of the most enjoyable to play in the King of Fighters series praising his dynamism of his moveset and fighting style.

Sparrow commends the manga for " a healthy amount of additional storylines, characters and dialogue have been added to this manga " compared to the film.

Sparrow criticises the manga for making Tadahiro " possibly the most boring character written in the history of manga.

Sparrow of IGN Comics remarked " Strawberry 100 % is a harem manga of the highest caliber, and it has all the trappings of a good harem manga: Plenty of fan service, excellent artwork, and in those rarest of cases, a compelling storyline.

Sparrow and its derivatives were the West's principal beyond visual range ( BVR ) air-to-air missile from the late 1950s until the 1990s.

The Italian company Finmeccanica, Alenia Difesa licensed the AIM-7E Sparrow technology from the US, and produced its own improved version called Aspide.

Although the external dimensions of the Sparrow remained relatively unchanged from model to model, the internal components of newer missiles represent major improvements, with vastly increased capabilities.

The AIM-7 Sparrow medium range missile ( MRM ) was purchased by the US Navy from original developer Howard Hughes

Many original television theme songs of the era also showed a strong disco influence, such as " Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow " ( theme from Baretta, performed by Sammy Davis, Jr. and later a hit single for Rhythm Heritage ), Theme from " S. W. A. T.

The names " passerines " and " Passeriformes " are derived from Passer domesticus, the scientific name of the eponymous species ( the House Sparrow ) and ultimately from the Latin term passer for Passer sparrows and similar small birds.

The largest species is the crowned pigeon of New Guinea, which is nearly turkey-sized, at a weight of 2-4 kg ( 4. 4-8. 8 lb ) The smallest is the New World ground-dove of the genus Columbina, which is the same size as a House Sparrow and weighs as little as 22 g. With a total length of more than 50 cm ( 19 in ) and weight of almost 1 kg ( 2 lb ), the largest arboreal species is the Marquesan Imperial Pigeon, while the Dwarf Fruit Dove, which may measure as little as 13 cm ( 5. 1 in ), has a marginally smaller total length than any other species from this family.

They are distinct from the American sparrows, which although similar in appearance are placed in the family Emberizidae, and from a few other birds sharing their name, such as the Java Sparrow.

Members of this family range in size from the Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey ), at and, to the Parrot-billed Sparrow ( Passer gongonensis ), at and.

While not as skilled or as sadistic as Angelus, Spike also proves himself to be effective at torture, noting he had gained " screams, various fluids, and a name " from Doctor Sparrow.

AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile from an F-15 Eagle

This was alluded to at the end of the previous film where Captain Jack Sparrow had taken the map from Captain Hector Barbossa.

The House Sparrow is a compact bird, typically about long, ranging from.

In weight, the House Sparrow ranges from.

This sparrow breeds over most of temperate Eurasia and Southeast Asia, where it is known as the Tree Sparrow, and it has been introduced elsewhere including the United States, where it is known as the Eurasian Tree Sparrow or German Sparrow to differentiate it from the native unrelated American Tree Sparrow.

Its contrasting face pattern makes this species easily identifiable in all plumages ; the smaller size and brown, not grey, crown are additional differences from the male House Sparrow.

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Its flight is strong and undulating, and it gives a characteristic explosive " shreep " call, somewhat similar to the chirp of a House Sparrow.

Consequently a 1, 400 strong detachment, known as the Sparrow Force, and centred on the 2 / 40th Battalion, arrived at Kupang on 12 December 1941.

Sparrow began performing around the Hollywood club scene, receiving a strong, local following due to their old school rock and roll vibe, and were signed to DreamWorks Records shortly after.

The Sind Sparrow is very similar but smaller, with less black on the male's throat and a distinct pale supercilium on the female.

The female is effectively inseparable from House Sparrow in its plumage, which is grey-brown overall but more boldly marked.

File: Zonotrichia leucophrys ( female ) at Owl Canyon, Bodega Bay. jpg | Female White-crowned Sparrow hunting for food on the ground.

The female is pale brown and very similar to a female House Sparrow, although the legs are much shorter and appearing stockier and shorter-necked.

The female resembles a female House Sparrow, with streaked brown upperparts, buff underparts, a whitish supercilium and a yellowish bill, although she also has red legs.

The female is like a small House Sparrow, with a streaked brown back, greyish head and buff-white underparts.

The Spanish Sparrow is not common on most of the Cape Verde islands, due to the presence of the endemic Iago Sparrow, and the House Sparrow on São Vicente.

Sparrow has since appeared in other video games, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow where he was voiced by Johnny Depp, the adaptation of Dead Man's Chest where he was once again voiced by James Arnold Taylor, and various game versions of At World's End where he was voiced by Jared Butler with motion capture movements provided by Johnny Paton.

It is very similar to the American AIM-7 Sparrow, but, at the moment of its introduction, the Aspide was provided with monopulse guide instead of the conic scan, which made it more resistant to ECM and more precise.

Due to this resemblance, and the fact that Selenia was provided with technology know-how about AIM-7 ( of which it had produced c. 1, 000 on license ), has generally led non-Italian press to address Aspide as a Sparrow version: however, Aspide had original electronics, warhead and a new and more powerful engine.

The Sparrow was used as the basis for a surface-to-air missile, the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, which is used by the United States Navy for air defense of its ships.

Even this version had room for improvement, leading British Aerospace and the Italian firm Alenia to develop advanced versions of Sparrow with better performance and improved electronics as the BAe Skyflash and Alenia Aspide, respectively.

Sparrow is now being phased out with the availability of the active-radar AIM-120 AMRAAM, but is likely to remain in service for several years.

The weapon needed for interceptor aircraft, the Bendix AAM-N-10 Eagle, would be an air-to-air missile of unprecedented range when compared to contemporary AIM-7 Sparrow missiles.

Guidance for the Sparrow required that the launching aircraft use its radar to continuously illuminate a single target for the missile's " passive " seeker to track, or guidance would be lost.

She recorded a series of bluegrass-inspired albums, beginning with The Grass Is Blue ( 1999 ), winning a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, and Little Sparrow ( 2001 ), with its cover of Collective Soul's " Shine " winning a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Sparrow Hospital is the Regional Center for pediatrics, cancer care, including radiation therapy, trauma care, neurological care, high-risk obstetrics and neonatal intensive care.

As programming chief, Robert W. Pittman recruited and managed a team for the launch that included Tom Freston ( who succeeded Pittman as CEO of MTV networks ), Fred Seibert, John Sykes, Carolyn Baker ( original head of talent and acquisition ), Marshall Cohen ( original head of research ), Gail Sparrow ( of talent and acquisition ), Sue Steinberg ( executive producer ), Julian Goldberg, Steve Lawrence, Geoff Bolton studio producers and MTV News writers / AP Liz Nealon, Nancy LaPook and Robin Zorn, Steve Casey ( creator of the name " MTV " and its first program director ), Marcy Brahman, Ronald E. " Buzz " Brindle, and Robert Morton.

He bought a lovely little place in the country for the family, Spurveskjul ( Sparrow Hideaway ).

In Steven Moffat's short story " What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow " ( the basis for the Tenth Doctor episode " Blink "), the Ninth Doctor has a rooftop sword fight with two Sontarans in 21st century Istanbul, defeating them with the help of spy Sally Sparrow, apparently before the events of " Rose " in his personal timeline.

These include most importantly American sparrows ( Emberizidae ) – Dark-eyed Junco ( Junco hyemalis ), Song Sparrow ( Melospiza melodia ), Golden-crowned Sparrow ( Zonotrichia atricapilla ) and White-crowned Sparrow ( Z. leucophrys ) – and true finches ( Fringillidae ) – Pine Siskin ( Carduelis pinus ), Purple Finch (" Carpodacus " purpureus ), and the Douglas-fir Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra neogaea ) which is uniquely adapted to foraging for P. menziesii seeds.

At the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, he won the award for " Best Villain " for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd and " Best Comedic Performance " for Jack Sparrow.

The dense bunches of these grasses also provide cover for small animals such as the rare Botteri's Sparrow ( Aimophila botterii ); lovegrasses may be ground cover of key importance on oceanic islands like Laysan, where other plants are rare.