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The best of his short stories belong to the early intensely ratiocinative period, and both The Adventures of Ellery Queen ( 1934 ) and The New Adventures ( 1940 ) are as absolutely fair and totally puzzling as the most passionate devotee of orthodoxy could wish ... ( E ) very story in these books is composed with wonderful skill.
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Here is the best short explanation of the origins of the Cold War that has been written.
As a short, possibly not the best method, I looked up `` Word '' in the Concordance and noted that the Bible claims from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 to be God's personal message to man.
Since the ammeter shunt has a very low resistance, mistakenly wiring the ammeter in parallel with a voltage source will cause a short circuit, at best blowing a fuse, possibly damaging the instrument and wiring, and exposing an observer to injury.
A nerdy, wimpy, obese short boy who admires Beavis and Butt-Head and mistakenly believes they are his best friends.
* Morgan, Edmund S. Benjamin Franklin ( 2003 ) the best short introduction excerpt and text search, interpretation by leading scholar
It was selected as one of the best science fiction short stories of the pre-Nebula Award period by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
It won a Special Jury Award at the Cannes International Film Festival for best short film, and received an Academy Award nomination ( for best animated short film ), both in 1978.
While at Ace, he and co-editor Terry Carr began an annual anthology series, The World's Best Science Fiction, the first collection of what they considered the best of the prior year's short stories, from magazines, hardcovers, paperback collections and other anthologies.
He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era.
Wells also wrote dozens of short stories and novellas, the best known of which is " The Country of the Blind " ( 1904 ).
Katherine Anne MacLean ( born January 22, 1925 ) is an American science fiction author best known for her short fiction of the 1950s which examined the impact of technological advances on individuals and society.
Whilst this was dubious in terms of batting technique, it seemed the best way to cope with the barrage, and Bradman averaged 56. 57 in the series ( an excellent average for most, but well short of his career average of 99. 94 ), while being struck above the waist by the ball only once.
" Patinkin found his studies a huge asset in The Princess Bride, playing the role of the best swordsman in the country, short of the main character, and part of his role included proficiency in fencing at a professional level.
Leonard considers Jackie Brown the best of the twenty-six different screen adaptations of his novels and short stories.
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner ( March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933 ) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre.
With the exception of You Know Me Al, which was initially written and published as six separate stories, Lardner never wrote a novel, but is considered by many to be one of America's best writers of the short story.
In short, unless the crime is deemed exceptionally heinous – for example, murder, to which the statute does not generally apply – social justice as enacted through law says that lesser crimes from long ago are best left alone so as not to detract attention from more serious crimes.
Annually since 1965, SFWA members select by vote the Nebula Awards for best short story, novelette, novella, and novel published during the previous year, where the four categories are defined by numbers of words.
Maxim Gorky's best known short story is " Twenty-six Men and a Girl " ( 1899 ).
" As a further indication, of the ten best seasons for OPS, short for On-Base Plus Slugging Percentage, a popular modern measure of offensive productivity, four each were achieved by Ruth and Bonds, and two by Williams.
His best efforts in this line include The Gentleman in the Parlour, dealing with a journey through Burma, Siam, Cambodia and Vietnam, and On a Chinese Screen, a series of very brief vignettes which might almost be notes for short stories that were never written.
However, it is now best described as a field, having range, albeit a very short range.
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There is probably some significance in the fact that two of the best incest stories I have encountered in recent years are burlesques of the incest myth.
Nick recalled stories that the two best fishing spots in Southern California were over the La Jolla Deep and the Redondo Deep, two spots where the ocean dropped off to fantastic depths almost from the shoreline.
Searching for the best in spiritual stories, my roving editors cover not only the country, but the whole world.
He published at his own expense a volume containing six of his best stories, The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies, in an edition of 1000 copies printed by the Auburn Journal.
A contemporary of Brian Aldiss and James White, Kapp is best known for his stories about the Unorthodox Engineers.
The official Darwin Awards website run by Northcutt does its best to confirm all stories submitted, listing them as, " confirmed true by Darwin.
His best friend was mobster accountant Otto Berman, and he incorporated Berman into several of his stories under the alias " Regret, the horse player.
Genesis is perhaps best seen as an example of " antiquarian history ", a type of literature telling of the first appearance of humans, the stories of ancestors and heroes, and the origins of culture, cities and so forth.
* Bosman at his best: a choice of stories and sketches ( 1965 ) edited by Lionel Abrahams ISBN 0-7981-0249-7 Human & Rousseau
One of the best known of all Irish stories, Oidheadh Clainne Lir, or The Tragedy of the Children of Lir, is also part of this cycle.
After establishing a career as a writer, becoming best known for his science fiction and fantasy stories, he developed a self-help system called Dianetics which was first published in May 1950.
Although many respected writers wrote for pulps, the magazines are best remembered for their lurid and exploitative stories and sensational cover art.
Anderson is probably best known for adventure stories in which larger-than-life characters succeed gleefully or fail heroically.
W. H. Auden, in his review of the sequel The Fellowship of the Ring calls The Hobbit " one of the best children's stories of this century ".
He is best known for the Martine books, a series of illustrated children's stories he prepared with artist Marcel Marlier.
One of his longest and best stories derived from the history of Mongol princess Khutulun.
With this letter began one of the best known love stories in film history, with Bergman and Rossellini both at the peak of their careers.
The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year.
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To these last 34 years of his career belong the most important of his works ; his version of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew text, the best of his scriptural commentaries, his catalogue of Christian authors, and the dialogue against the Pelagians, the literary perfection of which even an opponent recognized.
To his Frankfurt period belong the editions of Pausanias, Herodotus, Dionysius Halicarnassensis ( one of his best pieces of work, highly praised by Carsten Niebuhr ), Aristotle, the Greek and Latin sources for the history of the Roman emperors and the Peri syntaxeos of Apollonius Dyscolus.
Eligibility often requires that a student belong to some special category or be among a nation's best.
Some of the best dhrupad singers outside the Dagar family, such as Pandit Ritwik Sanyal and the Gundecha Brothers, also belong to the Dagar vani.
Jack's sister Susie and her best friend Binkie often make an appearance in the books ; they hate the Secret Seven and delight in playing tricks designed to humiliate them, although much of this is fuelled by their almost obsessive desire to belong to the society.
The Chishti are perhaps best known for the welcome extended to seekers who belong to other religions.
Although most are non-aligned, some of the best known independent schools also belong to the large, long-established religious foundations, such as the Anglican Church, Uniting Church and Presbyterian Church, but in most cases, they do not insist on their students ’ religious allegiance.
To this didactic and descriptive category belong his best poems, Trost-Gedichte in Widerwãrtigkeit des Krieges ( written 1621, but not published until 1633 ); Zlatna, oder von der Ruhe des Gemüths ( 1622 ); Lob des Feldlebens ( 1623 ); Vielgut, oder vom wahren Glück ( 1629 ), and Vesuvius ( 1633 ).
One former scanlator, by the pseudonym Stephen, noted that scanlators often fall into three types of cliques: those who belong to prestigious ' old guard ' groups that have been active for several years, to newer groups that established themselves through hard work, and to fringe groups that attempt to undercut other groups attempting to best them via larger download count.
In light of this view, authors writing on the subject, such as Ted Peters and Martinez Hewlett, say that " The best science and our best thinking about God belong together.
Fishermen operating a particular type of vessel or in a particular port often belong to a local association which disseminates information and may be used to coordinate activities, such as how best to prevent overfishing in particular areas.
*' Let no one say the best hurlers belong to the past, they're with us now and better yet to come.
Among his few poems are several that belong to the best in the Serbian poetry of the nineteenth century: Na Liparu ( On the Lipar Hill ), Put u Gornjak ( The Road to Gornjak ), Mila ( This song is dedicated to his first great love, Mila, who he intended to marry, but never actually found courage to tell her a single word.
His thoughts, however, chiefly belong to Mme de Marelle who, when wishing him all the best, indicates that she has forgiven him for his new marriage and that their intimate meetings can be taken up again.
The bacteria that perform the anammox process belong to the bacterial phylum Planctomycetes, of which Planctomyces and Pirellula are the best known genera.
A. O. Scott of The New York Times called the film " surely the best movie yet made from Mr. Irving's fiction " and added, " It may even belong in the rarefied company of movies that are better than the books on which they are based.
To Him belong the best names.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991 and is considered to belong among the best Czech films ever.
To this period of his best work belong a " Child Jesus on the Lamb ", " Belisarius at the Porta Pinciana at Rome ", and " Job and His Friends ".
I can be genuinely happy by functioning as best I can within the frame of reference to which I legitimately belong without either exaggerating or obliterating my role and identity.
Dowling summarized it best saying, " as they progress in wealth and station they frequently strive to hide their origins, to change their names and affect manners that do not belong to them.
Although some rap fans believe he does not belong to the Russian rap scene, the musician won the nomination for best Russian rap in 2005 on the MTV Russia Music Awards.
Rebated rims were also a feature of the cartridges of automatic cannons derived from the 20-mm Becker, of which the best known belong to the Oerlikon family.
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