Though there are many exceptions, which we have noted in preceding pages, white wine is as a rule best consumed between two and six years old, and red wines, nowadays, between three and ten.

Beginning in 2007, MLB has implemented a new rule to give the team from the league that wins the All-Star Game with the best regular season record a slightly greater advantage.

Some scholars have claimed that the vow formula of the Rule is best translated as " to live in this place as a monk, in obedience to its rule and abbot.

This is shown in the first rule of parity, which involves the use of the words " better " and " best ".

The Mandate of Heaven would then transfer to those who would rule best.

Probably the epoch best known for this part of the imperial tradition is Rome's third century rule.

In his treatise Leviathan, ( 1651 ), Hobbes expresses a view of natural law as a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or takes away the means of preserving the same ; and to omit that by which he thinks it may best be preserved.

Doctor Doom's style of rule can best be described as an absolute monarchy, as it was revealed that there is no legislature, and one minister boasted " Doctor Doom decides everything.

the scheme of distributive and corrective justice that would be established under the best political community ; were this to take the form of law, this could be called a natural law, though Aristotle does not discuss this and suggests in the Politics that the best regime may not rule by law at all.

As used by Thomas Hobbes in his treatises Leviathan and De Cive, natural law is " a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or takes away the means of preserving the same ; and to omit that by which he thinks it may best be preserved.

The Drevlians sent twenty of their best men to convince Olga to marry their Prince Mal and give up her rule of Kievan Rus.

For example, if a player declaring swing has the best high hand but loses for low ( or ties for low with a no-ties rule ), the whole pot is awarded to the low hand that defeated him.

But Jehovah's Witnesses also hold that this period of suffering is one of non-interference from God, which serves to demonstrate that Jehovah's " right to rule " is both correct and in the best interests of all intelligent beings, settling the " issue of universal sovereignty ".

Tempera adheres best to an absorbent ground that has a lower " oil " content than the tempera binder used ( the traditional rule of thumb is " fat over lean ", and never the other way around ).

Markovnikov is best known for Markovnikov's rule, elucidated in 1869 to describe addition reactions of H-X to alkenes.

It is considered that the best way to adhere to the 100 % rule is to define WBS elements in terms of outcomes or results.

This result limits the efficiency of the best possible algorithms when considering boards of arbitrary size, but it doesn't rule out the possibility of computing explicit strategies on small boards of a given size.

As a rule of thumb, polar solvents dissolve polar compounds best and non-polar solvents dissolve non-polar compounds best: " like dissolves like ".

Some scholars believe that given China's socialist and non-democratic political system and practice, it is at best regarded as a country of rule by law with law used by the state as an instrument for social control.

The term derives from the Greek aristokratia, meaning " rule of the best ".

In origin in Ancient Greece, it was conceived of as rule by the best qualified citizens, and contrasted with monarchy.

Modern depictions of aristocracy regard it not as a legitimate aristocracy ( rule by the best ) but rather as a plutocracy ( rule by the wealthy ).

He believed that decisions based upon tradition and rules of thumb should be replaced by precise procedures developed after careful study of an individual at work, including via time and motion studies, which would tend to discover or synthesize the " one best way " to do any given task.

Therefore, it is suggested to follow the following rule of thumb: the dates from de Graaf and Ricklefs for the period before the Siege of Batavia can be accepted as best guess.

A common rule of thumb indicates that for EBP > 100, a driver is perhaps best used in a vented enclosure, while EBP < 50 indicates a sealed enclosure.

Over-precise description can be a waste of time, and as a rule of thumb, layers thinner than 5 cm ( 2 inches ) or so are best described as pans or segregations within a horizon rather than as a distinct layer.

A general rule of thumb, however, is that market risks that result in unique risks for the firm are the best candidates for financial risk management.

Most of its tracks are considered to be the best examples of Wes Montgomery's two distinguishing techniques-' thumb picking ' and the use of octaves.

The best antidote for the bitterness and disappointment that poisoned him was hard work.

( The best evidence is that he received a monthly wage of about $125, very good money in an era when top hands worked for $30 and found.

Singing into the mirror and his interested eyes, he was pleased to note, when he stripped for his own bath, that he still had the best part of his Italian sun tan.

Washington never had a chance to work for an extended stretch at the occupation he loved best, plantation management.

The networks for military communications are one of the best examples of networks which not only must be changed with the changes in objectives but also must be changed with the addition of new machines of war.

Ironically no president we have had would have regretted more than President Eisenhower the possibility to which his own words, in the press conference held at the beginning of August, testified: that unable as he was himself to say his running was best for the country, unconsciously he had placed his party before his nation.

The best gifts of the novelist will be wasted on the reader who is insulated against any surprises the novelist may have in store for him.

The Rooseveltian America was a haven of liberalism and progress and seemed to him to constitute the last best hope for civilization.

Here Wright gave a slight sigh of weariness, and continued, `` It means more long years lived across the social grain of the life of our people, making shift to live in the face of popular disrespect and misunderstanding as I best can for myself and those dependent upon me ''.

A truism is that the time to prepare for the worst is when times are best.

In `` My Song's Young Virgin Date '', for example, Thompson wrote: `` Yea, she that had my song's young virgin date Not now, alas, that noble singular she, I nobler hold, though marred from her once state, Than others in their best integrity.

Obviously the commander-in-chief had confidence that Morgan would furnish him good intelligence too, for on the 23rd of May, he told Morgan that the British were prepared to move, perhaps in the night, and asked Morgan to have two of his best horses ready to dispatch to General Smallwood with the intelligence obtained.

Affirmatively Baker worked on the premise that `` young men spontaneously prefer to be decent, and that opportunities for wholesome recreation are the best possible cure for irregularities in conduct which arise from idleness and the baser temptations ''.

Sturley wrote to Quiney that Sir Edward `` gave his allowance and liking thereof, and affied unto us his best endeavour, so that his rights be preserved '', and that `` Sir Edward saith we shall not be at any fault for money for prosecuting the cause, for himself will procure it and lay it down for us for the time ''.

they merely do their best to make it real for others ''.

It was, the brief writers decided, `` man's best hope for a peaceful and law abiding world ''.

And there, on the way, had been the box turtle, that slow, self-contained, world-ignoring relic of pre-history, bent, for reasons best known to itself, on crossing the road.

Civil Defense has far to go and many problems to solve, but is it not in the best spirit of our pioneer tradition to be not only willing, but prepared to care for our own families and help our neighbors in any disaster -- storm, flood, accident or even war??

Yet although the Kennedy Administration, and the Eisenhower Administration before it, have both declared themselves solidly for repeal of the Connally amendment, as contrary to our best interests, no action has yet been taken.

His parents talked seriously and lengthily to their own doctor and to a specialist at the University Hospital -- Mr. McKinley was entitled to a discount for members of his family -- and it was decided it would be best for him to take the remainder of the term off, spend a lot of time in bed and, for the rest, do pretty much as he chose -- provided, of course, he chose to do nothing too exciting or too debilitating.