Rassenschande also featured in Die goldene Stadt, where the Sudeten German heroine faces not persecution but the allure of the big city ; when she succumbs, in defiance of blood and soil, she is seduced and abandoned by a Czech, and such a relationship leads to her drowning herself.

" However, Hippolyta attracts Theseus with her feminine allure and charm to such a degree that he is completely smitten with her.

Plutarch suggests that he played on superstition to give himself an aura of awe and divine allure, in order to cultivate more gentle behaviours among the warlike early Romans, such as honoring the gods, abiding by law, behaving humanely to enemies, and living proper, respectable lives.

As the highest European mountain west of Russia, Mont Blanc holds a special allure for mountain climbers, and Mark Twight described the town as " the death-sport capital of the world " because it is a base for almost all types of outdoor activity, especially their more extreme variants, such as ice climbing, rock climbing, extreme skiing, paragliding, rafting, and canyoning.

Others, such as third-wave feminists and lipstick feminists, argue that feminism shouldn't devalue feminine culture and identity, and that symbols of feminine identity such as make-up, suggestive clothing and having a sexual allure can be valid and empowering personal choices for both sexes.

The allure of the sailboats was such that the Endeavour 42 used for the 1986 season of Miami Vice was sold to a midwest couple, while the Endeavour 40 sailboat, was sold to a chartering service in Fort Lauderdale.

Invocation can refer to taking on the qualities of the being invoked, such as the allure of Aphrodite or the ferocity of Kali.

A femme fatale tries to achieve her hidden purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm, and sexual allure.

To generate excitement and allure for Hawaii as a world-class tourist destination, Matson developed an ambitious and enduring advertising campaign that involved the creative efforts of famous photographers such as Edward Steichen and Anton Bruehl.

But such was the allure of Dalkowski's explosive arm ; the Orioles gave him chance after chance to harness his " stuff ", knowing that if he ever were able to control it, he would be a great weapon.

Proposals to move to Charing Cross or St James's Park had a similar fate ; the allure of tradition and the historical and political associations of Westminster proved too strong for relocation, despite the deficiencies of that site.

He had many things about him which served to allure men to the gratification of their passions ; he had also many things which acted as incentives to industry and toil.

Cassius Dio also spoke of Cleopatra's allure: " For she was a woman of surpassing beauty, and at that time, when she was in the prime of her youth, she was most striking ; she also possessed a most charming voice and knowledge of how to make herself agreeable to everyone.

Ancient artistic traditions have been manifested in native craft for generations ; an important acknowledgement for understanding the inherent aesthetic allure of this area to the Anglo-American artists.

In the Renaissance, the heroic population of the Elysian Fields tended to outshine its formerly dreary pagan reputation ; the Elysian Fields borrowed some of the bright allure of paradise.

It transpires that Angelina was born unattractive and committed crimes to pay for her transformation into a beautiful woman ; her psychological traumas are treated when Jim captures her, but she retains her allure and her criminal tendencies and joins in the Special Corps.

The Summer of Love attracted a wide range of people of various ages: teenagers and college students drawn by their peers and the allure of joining a cultural utopia ; middle-class vacationers ; and even partying military personnel from bases within driving distance.

The DGMEN-Direcção-Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais ( Directorate-General of Buildings and National Monuments ), the forerunner of the IGESPAR first intervened on the site in 1939, through the construction of the chemin de ronde in masonry, including reinforced concrete ; desmantlement and reconstruction of the corner of the keep ; repair and consolidation of the battlements, including the demolition of the tower's allure, reconstruction of a brick vault under the existing ; and reconstruction of the pavement in small stone.

Many older and some not so old children's stories contain gender stereotyping, and music videos and computer games for children and teenagers have been criticised for continuing to portray men as aggressive and in control, while the females are there only for their sexual allure ; women are portrayed as wanting to be chased and caught when they run away.

Some simply accept danger as a risk that they must endure if they want to backpack ; for others, the potential dangers actually enhance the allure of the wilderness.

He argued that, on the one hand, in a consumer-oriented economy the strange and the unfamiliar is always enticing ; in different styles of food, different fashions and in tourism it is possible to experience the allure of what is unfamiliar.

*" The delicately featured Zhao Wei balances a subtle and maddening allure with a hint of intellectual aggression ; the seeming effortlessness of her performance translates directly to the characters of the two women.

He was gifted with animal magnetism and a potent allure for women of any race.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau of Geneva was the first of many to present the Alps as a place of allure and beauty, banishing the prevalent conception of the mountains as a hellish wasteland inhabited by demons.

Despite the allure of a newly lucrative law practice, there was little hesitancy on Garfield's part in deciding to stand for re-election in 1866, due primarily to the urgency presented by Reconstruction.

The feasibility of the Restoration was in doubt, but the allure of peace to a war-weary French public, and demonstrations of support for the Bourbons in Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille, and Lyons, helped assure the Allies.

Cyclists could ride individually ( French allure libre ) and there was a limit of 96 hours.

Lord was particularly concerned with the effects of sound film on children, whom he considered especially susceptible to their allure.

Even as Edison followed his dream of securing the Kinetoscope's popularity by adding sound to its allure, many in the field were beginning to suspect that film projection was the next step that should be pursued.

Taylor was an early pioneer in the field of process analysis and synthesis ( which is why many people, falling for the storytelling allure of the Great Man theory, tend to think that the whole field owes everything to him ).

While, at the time of launch, and for several years, the IBM platform did not support networking or a centralized database as did the Convergent Technologies or Burroughs machines, the allure of IBM was strong, and Excelerator came to prominence.

" In April 2003, it was decided that Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo would be manifestations of Sephiroth's spirit — his cruelty, strength, and allure respectively.

Grahame was often featured in film noir pictures as a tarnished beauty with an irresistible sexual allure.

Questel's " Boop-boop-a-doop " routine, done in a style similar to that of the song's originator, Helen Kane, while at the same time evoking something of the naughty allure of film star Clara Bow, was exactly what Fleischer wanted, and he hired Questel in 1931.

However, the allure of instant success and the amount of interest Shoaib was ready to invest in the band kept Rohail and Shahzad going and convinced Junaid to hang around for at least the recording of their first album.

The passage along the parapet was the ancient chemin de ronde ( allure ) on which guards were posted.

baron Delamer of Dunham Massey, a person of unblemished honour, impartial justice, strict integrity, an illustrious example of steady and unalterable adherence to the liberties and properties of his country in the worst of times, rejecting all offers to allure, and despising all dangers to deter him therefrom, for which he was thrice committed close prisoner to the Tower of London, and at length tried for his life upon a false accusation of high treason, from which he was unanimously acquitted by his peers,

Journalism is widely seen as a more promising career field than in the past, while government work has lost much of its allure as other opportunities open up.

Evidence of the allure of the wearable computer and the weak market acceptance is evident with market leading Panasonic Computer Solutions Company's failed product in this market.

God K also figures in an enigmatic Classic scene known only from ceramics ( see fig. 2 ), showing an aged ancestor or deity emerging from the serpentine foot of the lightning god, apparently to mate with a nude young woman of decidedly aristocratic allure entwined by the serpent.

The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

But, Columbia then wanted Marlon Brando, or someone with " greater box-office allure ," to play the part of Murphy, so Field and Ritt had to insist on Garner.

He has to struggle to get dressed and converse with others, because of the allure of his daydream about snow.

Famous male seducers, their names synonymous with sexual allure, range from Genji to James Bond.

Living in Naples as Sir William's mistress, Emma developed what she called her " Attitudes ", using Romney's idea of combining classical poses with modern allure as the basis for her act.

Today many listeners will take the two phrases as representing almost opposite approaches, with ' carpe diem ' urging us to savour life and ' memento mori ' urging us to resist its allure.

In Rolling Stone, Peter Travers rated the film 3½ out of a possible four stars and added, " Wayne Kramer, who co-wrote the scrappy script with Frank Hannah, makes a potent directing debut and strikes gold with the cast ... Top of the line is Baldwin, whose revelatory portrayal of an old Vegas hard-liner in thrall to the town's faded allure is the stuff Oscars are made of.

This allure of precision as a mark of aesthetic progress ( played out even today with contemporary computer-based sequencers ) generated high expectations for the Mark II, and contributed to the increased awareness of electronic music as a viable new art form.

Whereas Touch Me had been in competition with other visual-centric video games and consequently remained only a minor success, the allure of a personal electronic game allowed Simon to capture a much greater share of the market.

With Carrot's help, he resists the weapon's allure and Carrot, learning of his apparent heritage as the heir, kills Dr. Cruces with his distinctly non-magic sword.

Southern France and Provence held its allure, and Reyer returned there to socialize with local people with whom he loved to play dominoes while smoking a pipe.

Along with its powerful commercial allure its location and offerings make Beijing Finance Street a coveted location for tourists and residents.

To increase his allure with a touch of exoticism, he changed his name to Chung Ling Soo and took his show to Europe.

As is the case with many former members of Congress, Kuykendall could not resist the allure of the Washington, D. C. area and lived for many years in Bethesda, Maryland.

The amazing snow clad mountains with the added advantage of inspiring heights are enough to allure the adventure spirits of the avid skier, providing all the thrill and fun attracted to the sport.