Francesca, born in 1980, is a freelance journalist and literary critic and currently The Observers Debut Fiction columnist.

In reviewing several crime novels in The Observers issue of 10 March 1940, Maurice Richardson began, " An outstanding crime week.

In The Observers issue of November 15, 1936, in a review section entitled " Supreme de Poirot ", " Torquemada " ( Edward Powys Mathers ) said, " I was not the only one who thought that Poirot or his creator had gone a little off the rails in Murder in Mesopotamia, which means that others beside myself will rejoice at Mrs. Christie's brilliant come-back in Cards on the Table.

Observers thought them parsimonious, and their lifestyle simple, even boring.

From 1953-1973 Poland military and civilian personnel also took part in the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Indochina and the International Group of Observers in Nigeria.

The military of Ecuador has been involved in border disputes with Peru ( Ecuadorian – Peruvian War, Paquisha War, Cenepa War ), and has provided Military Observers and troops to the United Nations since 1948.

Nepal Army's long association with UN Peace Support Operations began with the deployment of five Military Observers in the Middle East, Lebanon ( UNOGIL / United Nations Observer Group in Lebanon ) in 1958.

Accordingly, negotiations for a new observer force in the Sinai produced the Multinational Force and Observers ( MFO ), stationed in Sinai in 1981 in coordination with a phased Israeli withdrawal.

Observers were impressed with this demonstration, as well as later experiments by Yamakawa in which he mounted a wine glass containing water or even a live mouse to the top of the pendulum.

Observers have speculated that Bukharin had reached some sort of agreement with the prosecution: while he admitted guilt to general charges, he undercut that by denying any knowledge when it came to specific crimes.

Observers have noted the irony of Neo-Nazi Mongols, because Nazi Germany killed Soviet prisoners of war, including soldiers with Mongoloid features.

As a result, the Mediator and the Truce Commission would be provided with a number of military observers which set a precedence for today's assignment of UNMO's ( United Nations Military Observers ) in the Middle East.

The American Association of Variable Star Observers collects such observations from participants around the world and shares the data with the scientific community.

Non-UN peacekeeping forces include the NATO mission in Kosovo ( with United Nations authorization ) and the Multinational Force and Observers on the Sinai Peninsula.

Observers may disagree about the relative loudness of sounds with different acoustic spectra.

The London Observers Mark Kermode wrote that although the film would have benefited from a tighter script, both Jamie Foxx and Farrell were given " ripe " roles that they " riff with panache ".

Observers noted that voter turnout in the elections was particularly low in comparison with past primaries, with less than 40 percent of the 128, 000 party members casting ballots.

In The Observers issue of June 30, 1935 " Torquemada " ( Edward Powys Mathers ) started his review by saying, " My admiration for Mrs. Christie is such that with each new book of hers I strain every mental nerve to prove that she has failed, at last, to hypnotise me.

Observers at the time commented that the government had been slow to respond to the collapse of the Bank, with the Sunday Times stating that “ Nationalisation was good enough for other European governments but Brian Cowen ’ s administration avoided the inevitable until its back was to the wall.

In April 2008, The Observers diary reported that Aitken was writing a biography of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, with the president's cooperation.

In addition, Flight Commanders and Flight Observers had their insignia surmounted by an eight-pointed star, while Squadron Commanders and Squadron Observers with less than eight years ' seniority had their insignia surmounted by two such stars, one above the other.

In July 2006, during the Bissau summit, Equatorial Guinea and Mauritius were admitted as Associate Observers along with 17 International associations and organizations considered as Consultative Observers.

Observers noted similarities with the overthrow of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević in 2000, who was also forced to resign by mass protests.

The organisations below are cited by the Fourth International as being FI sections and journals, sympathising organisations, organisations including FI supporters or organisations with the status of Permanent Observers.

Observers in some car-focused cultures have noted a tendency to perceive or portray people who use bicycles as members of a social " out-group " with attributed negative connotations.

Observers, in the two school systems studied here, judged the teachers in the structured schools to be more impersonal and demanding, while the atmosphere in the unstructured schools was judged to be more supporting and accepting.

Observers hoped that the impacts would give them a first glimpse of Jupiter beneath the cloud tops, as lower material was exposed by the comet fragments punching through the upper atmosphere.

The boundary dispute led to the Cenepa War between Ecuador and Peru in early 1995 ; after a peace agreement brokered by the four Guarantors of the Rio Protocol ( Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and the United States ), the Military Observers Mission to Ecuador-Peru ( MOMEP ) was set up to monitor the zone.

Observers found that even as late as 1890, their engineering was inferior to Britain ’ s.

Observers found that even as late as 1890, their engineering was inferior to Britain ’ s.

Observers expected her to serve only three to five years, but on January 18, 2002, she was sentenced to two consecutive 10-years-to-life terms.

Observers suggested that Zaki was becoming too popular and hence posed a threat to the Nasir faction.

Observers have noted the irony of Russians embracing neo-Nazism, because one of Hitler's ambitions at the start of World War II was to exterminate, expel, or enslave most or all Slavs from central and eastern Europe ( i. e., Russians, Ukrainians, Poles etc .).

As a result of the Yom Kippur War, the location of UN Observers Post in the Middle East was drastically affected.

Observers used the Chandra X-ray Observatory to observe Saturn's moon Titan as it crossed the nebula, and found that Titan's X-ray ' shadow ' was larger than its solid surface, due to absorption of X-rays in its atmosphere.

UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka ( UNMOP ) was established on 15 January 1996 in Security Council Resolution 1038 as a peacekeeping mission to monitor the demilitarization of the disputed Prevlaka peninsula by carrying out daily foot and vehicle patrols on both sides of the border between Croatia and Montenegro ( then part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ).

Observers stated that this was the most severe split to date within the community other than the split between Colorado City and Centennial Park.

On 3 August 1981, the Protocol to the Treaty of Peace was signed, establishing the Multinational Force and Observers.

Observers interpreted that his departure of federal politics was due to his frustration at the stranglehold on the future leadership of the Liberal party by the then Minister of Finance, Paul Martin, and possibly because Chrétien had promoted John Manley to Deputy Prime Minister, which designated Manley as the preferred successor.

In August 2006 it was reported by The Observers " Pendennis " column that Paddick was considering seeking selection as the Liberal Democrats ' candidate for Mayor of London in the mayoral elections to be held in 2008.

Observers at Cape Canaveral reported that the ice cloud was visible for about three seconds and was " several miles across ".