One of the most widespread features of contemporary thought is the almost universal disbelief in the reality of spirit.

In modern English, " Americans " generally refers to residents of the United States, and among native speakers of English this usage is almost universal, with any other use of the term requiring specification of the subject under discussion.

Though their holding-power-to-weight ratio is significantly lower than admiralty pattern anchors, their ease of handling and stowage aboard large ships led to almost universal adoption.

Proper nouns that are plural in form take a plural verb in both AmE and BrE ; for example, The Beatles are a well-known band ; The Saints are the champions, with one major exception: largely for historical reasons, in American English, the United States is is almost universal.

A core standard valve layout based on the action of three valves had become almost universal by ( at latest ) 1864 as witnessed by Arban's Method published in that year.

While commercially successful, the production received almost universal criticism.

This is almost universal among mammalian predators.

Until about 2000, users of Unix desktops regarded CDE as the de facto standard, but at that time, other desktop environments such as GNOME and K Desktop Environment 2 were quickly becoming mature, and became almost universal on the Linux platform, which already had a larger user base than most commercial Unixes in total.

The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as history of cinematography, and it has universal achievements, even though Polish movies tend to be less commercially available than movies from several other European nations.

The widespread ( now almost universal ) adoption of the IEEE 754 standard for binary floating-point arithmetic has essentially removed this problem.

One part of the film, on the other hand, has garnered almost universal praise: Godzilla's final attack on Megalon, a flying kick.

Guilt is a major theme in many works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is an almost universal concern of novelists who explore inner life and secrets.

The almost universal use of the standards means that the products and services from the world's hydrographic and oceanographic offices are increasingly consistent and recognisable for all seafarers and for other users.

High tariffs, especially on manufactured goods, are an almost universal feature of mercantilist policy.

Plain text files are almost universal in programming ; a source code file containing instructions in a programming language is almost always a plain text file.

During this period, most rural workers lacked basic medical care and malnutrition was almost universal, which increased the rates of preventable disease and infant mortality.

Until early 2004, it was almost universal on Linux and the BSDs.

The resulting widespread demoralization of federal forces, and the almost universal opposition of the Russian public to the conflict, led Boris Yeltsin's government to declare a ceasefire in 1996 and sign a peace treaty a year later.

The development of CAD software for personal desktop computers was the impetus for almost universal application in all areas of construction.

It is an almost universal attribute of polyps to reproduce asexually by the method of budding.

In North America, systems which amplify the CODIS 13 core loci are almost universal, while in the UK the SGM + 11 loci system ( which is compatible with The National DNA Database ), is in use.

In reviewing the performance, Jack Moffitt of the Hollywood Reporter said it was " so intimate and revealing of universal human experience that, to me, it almost transcended acting and became reality.

By the 2000s, subwoofers became almost universal in sound reinforcement systems in nightclubs and concert venues.

Subwoofers are now almost universal in professional sound applications such as live concert sound, churches, nightclubs, and theme parks.

The author opens with a prologue, usually taken to be addressed to an individual by the name of Theophilus ( though this name, which translates literally as " God-lover ", may be a nickname rather than a personal appellation ) and references " my earlier book "— almost certainly the Gospel of Luke.

The Encyclopedia of New York City, ( Yale University Press and The New-York Historical Society, ( 1995 ) ISBN 0-300-05536-6 ), has entries, maps, illustrations, statistics and bibliographic references on almost all of the significant topics in this article, from the entire borough to individual neighborhoods, people, events and artistic works.

The Knights ' new name changes almost nightly, improvised by the actor playing the lead Knight ( originally Hank Azaria ), but always starting with " Ecky Ecky Ecky F ' tang F ' tang Olé Biscuitbarrel ..." which itself references several famous sketches from Monty Python's Flying Circus, including Election Night Special.

Many of his astrological references are taken almost word for word from Richard Roussat's of 1549 – 50.

Templar also on occasion would break the fourth wall in an almost metafictional sense, making references to being part of a story and mentioning in one early story how he cannot be killed so early on ; the 1960s television series would also have Templar address viewers.

Another very useful study aid, found in almost all editions of the Talmud, consists of the marginal notes Torah Or, Ein Mishpat Ner Mitzvah and Masoret ha-Shas by the Italian rabbi Joshua Boaz, which give references respectively to the cited Biblical passages, to the relevant halachic codes and to related Talmudic passages.

The story follows the main events of Scrooge's life between 1877 and 1947, including almost all references found in Carl Barks stories about Scrooge's life until 1947 but leaving some room for Rosa and other creators to add more details later.

" writes Ellingson, One who turns for help to Neale Fairchild's 1928 study, a compendium of citations from romantic writings on the " savage " may be surprised to find book The Noble Savage almost completely lacking in references to its nominal subject.

The terms deixis and indexicality are frequently used almost interchangeably, and both deal with essentially the same idea: contextually dependent references.

In this adaptation, the induction and all subsequent references to Sly are absent, but apart from that, it is almost word-for-word the 1623 First Folio text.

As Langham points out, with special references to " Rivers's reputed sexual proclivities ", it is at this point that the experiment takes on an almost farcical aspect to the casual reader.

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There is currently a widespread ban of references in child-related entertainment, and when references do occur, they almost invariably generate controversy.

Among the earliest references to wearing costumes at Halloween is in 1895, where " guisers " are recorded in Scotland, but there is almost no mention of a costume in England, Ireland, or the United States until 1900.

… It is significant, however, that we almost never find any references in the early literature to physical differences between Chinese and barbarians.

Indeed, references to bridges in Plymouth circle almost exclusively around the bridge itself.

Perhaps one of the novel's greatest strengths is that it contains hundreds of references to the popular and educated culture of the time and thus gives a better idea than most contemporary novels of what it was like to live in England then — almost a miniature education in Victorian life.

What is striking from the first reading of C & S3 is the almost complete disappearance of medieval references, the game was now very orientated toward the fantastic, imagination and even less near constant concerns of the previous editions, namely some historical realism and a strong smell of medieval Europeans.

However, in regard to purgatory, Crowley left almost a dozen other references to it in the poem.

) Bauer argued that almost all prominent historical figures in antiquity are referenced in other works ( e. g., Aristophanes mocking Socrates in his plays ), but as he could not find any such references to Jesus, it was likely that the entire story of Jesus was fabricated

Unqualified references to " the " Duke of Wellington almost always refer to him.

, FishBase included descriptions of 32, 100 species and subspecies, 292, 500 common names in almost 300 languages, 50, 500 pictures, and references to 46, 000 works in the scientific literature.

The earliest references to bagpipes in Scotland are in a military context, and it is in that context that the Great Highland Bagpipe became established in the British military and achieved the widespread prominence it enjoys today, whereas other bagpipe traditions throughout Europe, ranging from Portugal to Russia, almost universally went into decline by the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dating Ockeghem's works is controversial, as there are almost no external references allowing precise dating, excepting of course the death of Binchois ( 1460 ) for which Ockeghem composed a motet-chanson.