At either end and in the center there are bays which contain nine greater alcoves as frescoed and capacious as church apses.

Mann understood better than most men the incest comedy at the center of the myth and the psychological truth in which dread is shown as the other face as longing was for him just the kind of deep and complicated joke he liked to tell.

The formal displacement of the geocentric principle far from being Copernicus' primary concern, was introduced only to resolve what seemed to him intolerable in orthodox astronomy, namely, the ' unphysical ' triplication of centric reference-points: one center from which the planet's distances were calculated, another around which planetary velocities were computed, and still a third center ( the earth ) from which the observations originated.

This is done by measuring the distance from the surface on which the tire is resting to the center of the rear axle shaft.

A body of water is usually the center of interest at parks which attract the greatest picnic and camping use.

Nevertheless, Prokofieff was much influenced by Paris during the Twenties: the Paris which was the artistic center of the Western World -- the social Paris to which Russian aristocracy migrated -- the chic Paris which attracted the tourist dollars of rich America -- the avant-garde Paris of Diaghileff, Stravinsky, Koussevitzky, Cocteau, Picasso -- the laissez-faire Paris of Dadaism and ultramodern art -- the Paris sympathique which took young composers to her bosom with such quick and easy enthusiasms.

The mixture was then extracted with alkali and with water following which the carbon tetrachloride was distilled on a Vigreux column, a 25% center cut being retained which was then degassed under vacuum in the presence of Af.

The direction in which the arrow points shows how the maturity level of the growth center was changed at Completion from the level at Onset.

The moment the alarm goes off, information is immediately forwarded to Honolulu, which is the center of the warning system.

This center also receives prompt reports on earthquakes from four Coast Survey stations in the Pacific which are equipped with seismographs.

Giovanni Bernini's `` Fountain of the Rivers '', in the center of the piazza, is built around a Roman obelisk from the Circus of Maxentius which rests on grottoes and rocks, with four huge figures, one at each corner, denoting four great rivers from different continents -- the Danube, the Ganges, the Nile, and the Plate.

Each scene is shot straight through, as had been the universal custom, from a camera fixed in a single position, but in the outdoor scenes, especially in the capture and destruction of the outlaws, Porter's camera position breaks, necessarily, with the camera position standard until then, which had been, roughly, that of a spectator in a center orchestra seat at a play.

The esplanade eliminates Grovers Ave., which on original plans ran through the center of the development.

If working in a zinc mine, which he once did for 87-1/2 cents an hour, paid more than playing center field for the Yankees, Mantle would work in a zinc mine.

Each subject center library was chosen because of its demonstrated strength in a particular area, which headquarters could then build upon.

Although the primary mathematical properties of the middle number at the center of the Lo Shu, and the interrelation of all the other numbers to it, might seem enough to account for the deep fascination which the Lo Shu held for the Old Chinese philosophers, this was actually only a beginning of wonders.

They all have this in common: the earth is situated near the center of the deferent.

This is a public bathing beach, easily accessible by tramway from the center of Athens.

It is as if we, in our center of human observation, from time to time penetrate more deeply into the unknown.

Only a native New Yorker could believe that New York is now or ever was a literary center.

It is a publishing and public relations center, but these very facts prevent it from being a literary center because writers dislike provincialism and untruth.

The research center of the University's School of Business and Public Administration is prepared to undertake the analysis Dr. Ellis has been talking about.

The whole problem of `` peaceful coexistence and peaceful competition '' with the capitalist world is in the very center of this Congress.

It is the strategy of blockade, therefore, that is suddenly at the center of attention of administration officials, Members of Congress, officers in the Pentagon.

As a possible course of action, it also is the center of debate and is raising many questions.

Another thing that must be taken into consideration is the volume of the area between the top of the piston and the top of the cylinder block when the piston is in top dead center position.

The only way to determine the final combustion chamber volume when such pistons are used is by measuring it with liquid while the cylinder head is bolted to the cylinder block and the piston is in top dead center position.

This is one of the best-tempered Tar Heels ever at the center.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is the center of this area.

Rich in Christian and Moslem art, Istanbul is today a fascinating museum of East and West that recently became a seaside resort as well with the development of new beaches on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara only a short distance from the center of town.

The size of the press is usually expressed in terms of chuck capacity ( the maximum diameter tool shank it will hold ) or distance between the spindle center and the column.

The Mayan Palace course was designed by Pedro Guericia and an economical course called the Club de Golf Acapulco is near the convention center.

The building was designed to serve as both a public library and a community center.

Based on Dravidian architecture, it was designed as a pyramid representing the structure of the universe: the highest level at the center of the temple represented Mount Meru, the home of the Hindu gods, with the five towers on the highest level representing the five peaks of the mountain.

Artist and engraver W. Parke Johnson designed this emblem on the basis of the shield that is depicted at the center of the original seal.

This meant that the vehicle had to be designed to push the center of drag as far rearward as possible to ensure stability over the entire flight regime.

At the center of the courtyard he designed a glass and steel pyramid, first proposed with the Kennedy Library, to serve as entrance and anteroom skylight.

A labyrinth in this sense has an unambiguous route to the center and back and is not designed to be difficult to navigate.

He dwelt at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete.

It was a corporate suburb that was planned, designed, and developed as a real estate venture to help offset the costs of building a railway tunnel into the center of Montreal.

Additionally, the William J. Rutter Center, designed along with the adjacent 600-space parking structure by Ricardo Legorreta, opened in October 2005 and contains a fitness and recreation center, swimming pools, student services, and conference facilities.

Unlike MIDI which uses a peer-to-peer serial port connection, ZIPI was designed to run over a star network with a hub in the center.

Lower water pressures are usually needed than for most other types of systems, with the exception of low energy center pivot systems and surface irrigation systems, and the system can be designed for uniformity throughout a field or for precise water delivery to individual plants in a landscape containing a mix of plant species.

On an aircraft so equipped, the wing is designed to rotate on center pivot, so that one tip is swept forward while the opposite tip is swept aft.

* St Augustine's Medical Services: a Private Medical Hospital, designed as an inpatient center for medical, surgical, maternity and emergency admissions.

The new campus center, designed by Rem Koolhaas, and a new state-of-the-art residence hall designed by Helmut Jahn, State Street Village, opened in 2003.

Multifocal contact lenses are typically designed for constant viewing through the center of the lens, but some designs do incorporate a shift in lens position to view through the reading power ( similar to bifocal glasses ).

The complex of commercial buildings in the town center of Hervanta was designed by the Finnish architect Reima Pietilä.

Most of the structures, however, were designed as a civic, religious and economic center.

The Unimog was designed with equal-sized wheels, a mounting bracket in front, a hitch in the rear, and loading space in the center.

Small canoes can be portaged by carrying them inverted over one's shoulders and the center strut may be designed in the style of a yoke to facilitate this.

Christopher Hager, a Lancaster merchant and civic leader, commissioned the renowned Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan ( who later designed the Lancaster County Courthouse ) to create a building that would serve as a community center for meetings, lectures, concerts, and theatrical performances.

Partially designed as a social and economic experiment, the game had to account for the widespread player interaction as well as deal with the long history of players feeling as if they were the center of attention, as had been the case in single-player games.

Most of the openings of Philidor are designed to strengthen and establish a strong defensive center using pawns.

Gray designed the city which included a town square from which hundreds of lots radiated that he called " Elkton ", suggested to him by Edward Shanklin Sr. who formerly had lived near Elkton, Virginia, and by observation of the elk herds that watered near the town center.