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Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller is by far the best known.
Dozens of research papers are presented each year, and SIGGRAPH is widely considered the most prestigious forum for the publication of computer graphics research.
It is customary for the Dozens to be played in front of an audience of bystanders, who encourage the participants to reply with more egregious insults to heighten the tension and consequently, to be more interesting to watch.
Commentary is often related to sexual issues, where the game is then referred to as the " Dirty Dozens ".
According to sociologist Harry Lefever and journalist John Leland, the game is almost exclusive to African Americans ; other ethnic groups often fail to understand how to play the game and can take remarks in the Dozens seriously.
The Dozens is a contest of personal power: wit, self-control, verbal ability, mental acuity, and toughness.
The first academic treatment of the Dozens was made in 1939 by Yale-based psychologist and social theorist John Dollard, who described the importance of the game among African-American males, and how it is generally played.
The Dozens is a " pattern of interactive insult " evident in low -, middle -, and upper-class African Americans, among males and females, children and adults.
The social justification for the popularity of the Dozens is the subject of speculation.
Both Dollard's and Abraham's views have been criticized for not considering proper context in which the Dozens is used.
The ability to remain composed during the Dozens is a hallmark of virtue among many African Americans.
John Leland writes that the loser of the Dozens is the one who takes his opponent's words at face value, therefore ending his own performance in the back-and-forth exchange.
Again, the experience of those in the bigger ghetto is best described by Szpilman: Dozens of beggars lay in wait for this brief moment of encounter with a prosperous citizen, mobbing him by pulling at his clothes, barring his way, begging, weeping, shouting, threatening.
Dozens of other cover versions followed, from Asia to Europe ; one of these is a Tagalog-language version sung by Donna Cruz, entitled " Isang Tanong, Isang Sagot ", released in 1997.
Image: pine_cones, _male_and_female. jpg | Dozens of male cones ( orange and flower-like ) occur in a cluster ; the female cone is still immature ( olive green ).
Dozens of Jingjiao texts have survived, some of them are translations of the Scriptures, including the Pentateuch ( 牟世法王经 )-Genesis is known as 浑元经, Psalms ( 多惠圣王经 ), the Gospels ( 阿思翟利容经 ), Acts of the Apostles ( 传代经 ) and the Pauline epistles ( 宝路法王经 ).
" A Rape in Cyberspace, or How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database into a Society " is an article written by freelance journalist Julian Dibbell and first published in The Village Voice in 1993.
Dozens of regional and local daoist associations are included in this overarching group, which is encouraged by the government to be a bridge between Chinese Taoists and the government, to encourage a patriotic merger between Taoism and government initiatives. The Chinese Taoist Association advocates the recompensation of losses inflicted on Taoism by the Cultural Revolution.
Dozens of boys decide to join the swimming team, but when they realize that she teaches synchronized swimming ( which is generally a women's sport ), all but Suzuki and four other boys drop out.

Dozens and game
Dozens of question sets have been released for the game.
Amuzie Chimezie, writing in the Journal of Black Studies in 1976, connects the Dozens to a Nigerian game called Ikocha Nkocha, literally translated as " making disparaging remarks ".
In a 2010 strip of the webcomic Sinfest, the Devil challenges Jesus to a game of Dozens.
For the remainder of the decade, he occasionally made television appearances, including guest appearances on In Living Color ( including as contestant Damian " Foosball " Franklin in the recurring game show sketch " The Dirty Dozens " and as Marlon Cain in " Ed Bacon: Guidance Counselor ") and in a 1996 freestyle rap commercial on MTV2.
From 1993-1994, he was a writer for the comedy sketch series In Living Color, and appeared as Stu Dunfy, the host of the fictional game show The Dirty Dozens.
Dozens of different variations of the game exist, including the keeping of ' life tallies ' ( lives are lost by strikers if they miss, or by goalkeepers if they concede ).
Dozens of commercial game studios and game engines have adopted the standard.
* The Dozens – A popular game originating from Hip-hop culture where players verbally spar in an attempt to entertainingly insult one another.

Dozens and spoken
Dozens of dialects are spoken in Japan.

Dozens and words
Participants in the Dozens are required to exhibit mental acuity and proficiency with words.

Dozens and two
Dozens of containers were knocked off two container ships at the South End Container Terminal.
Dozens of independent agents have popped up all over Germany, many of them members of the Au Pair Society which has two offices in Germany and more than 40 members.
Dozens were hospitalized following clashes with police and night raids by security forces on two schools housing activists and independent journalists.
Dozens of movies and televisions programs have had scenes filmed at the arboretum beginning in 1936, including portions of two Jurassic Park movies and Objective, Burma !.

Dozens and common
Dozens of species of frogs and amphibians are common throughout the river system including the American Bullfrog and the Eastern Newt.

Dozens and /
* Dozens of then / now photographs taken along Peachtree Street can be seen here
* Schoonmaker, David & Woods, Bruce ; Whirligigs & Weathervanes: A Celebration of Wind Gadgets With Dozens of Creative Projects to Make ; Sterling / Lark, New York, 1991
Dozens of other student organizations, from the Yearbook to Model United Nations to " Pots and Pans " ( a moral / spirit group ), are active throughout the academic year.

Dozens and where
Abrahams believed the Dozens to be exaggeratedly masculine behavior unable to be expressed except in short bursts where a participant attacks his opponent's mother to cause him to attack his own mother.
Dozens of LCHS pupils sought to participate in the project ; those with permission from their teachers were allowed to venture to the shooting location, where they were auditioned and costumed.
Dozens of smaller yachts where also driven ashore ; extensive damage occurred to yacht clubs in the Bedford Basin and Northwest Arm.

Dozens and each
In addition to similar forms of the Dozens found in Nigeria and Ghana, Bantu and Kisii boys have been observed dueling verbally by attacking each other's mothers.
Dozens of other Catholic parishes existed throughout the city, with each ethnic enclave having its own parish.
Dozens are held throughout the city each day, hosted by community groups, corporations, churches, politicians and the Stampede itself.
Dozens of newscasters have been behind the microphone over the years ; most prominent are Giles, Hall and Parker, each having been with the station for more than 20 years, as was former news director Don Richards ( d. 2008 ).
Dozens of the most famous climbers in the world would congregate at Camp 4, learning from each other and trying out new ideas on Yosemite's walls.
Dozens were dead on each side when the violence ended.
Dozens and even hundreds of Gedolei Torah ( Torah leaders ) attend each Siyum HaShas.
Dozens of colloquia are offered, with a wide range of interest such as motorcycle repair, computers, robotics, consumer-education, sewing, quilting, art, photography, paper craft, and Asian calligraphy, and each relates to one specific theme that changes every year.

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