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character and which
and in early 1939, a `` Fallen Figure '' of very ominous character, which concluded his abstract phase.
Johnson Jones Hooper, whose character Simon Suggs bears a close kinship to Flem Snopes in both his willingness to take cruel advantage of all and sundry and the sharpness with which he habitually carried out his will ; ;
The Agreeable Autocracies is an attempt to explore some of the institutions which both reflect and determine the character of the free society today.
Pike was stunned by the first blast against his character, which was published in the March 4th issue of The Gazette under the name `` Vale ''.
For a dawning sense of illumination occurs in consequence of two events which, as so often in Malraux, suddenly confront a character with the existential question of the nature and value of human life.
The historical sign tells its story, but nothing gets interest across as well as some of the original historical items or places themselves which still have the character of the period covered.
The theory claims to show by analysis that when we say, `` That is good '', we do not mean to assert a character of the subject of which we are thinking.
Is not the present world crisis a race between things we have created which can now destroy us and between populations of sufficient wisdom and character to forestall the tragedy.
An enthusiastic audience confirmed the `` live '' character of the hour, and provided the interaction between musician and hearer which almost always seems to improve the quality of performance.
At the other extreme in character was the half-hour excerpt from the Petipa-Minkus ballet `` Bayaderka '', which opened the evening.
His own children had suffered from the weakening of those values which he and Theresa had always taken for granted, and as for his grandchildren ( he had one so far, still in diapers ), he shuddered to think that the true meaning of character might never dawn on them at all.
Locating the lowercase letters in columns 6 and 7 caused the characters to differ in bit pattern from the upper case by a single bit, which simplified case-insensitive character matching and the construction of keyboards and printers.
* Steve Austin, fictional character in Martin Caidin's novel Cyborg, which inspired the television series The Six Million Dollar Man
While each scene has its own character and completeness it must fit into the general sequence to which it belongs.
Some scholars point to a character from the Babylonian cuneiform which may have been derived from a representation of the abacus.
This is in contrast to other types of writing systems, such as logographies, in which each character represents a word, morpheme or semantic unit, and syllabaries, in which each character represents a syllable.
Many theorems which are provable using choice are of an elegant general character: every ideal in a ring is contained in a maximal ideal, every vector space has a basis, and every product of compact spaces is compact.
However it is in its proper sense, in which it indicates national character and the subjection due to that character, that the word is more important.
Christie has also been parodied on screen, such as in the film Murder by Indecision, which featured the character " Agatha Crispy ".
A 1945 radio series of at least 13 original half-hour episodes ( none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories ) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor Harold Huber, perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various Charlie Chan films.
Aphrodite figures as a secondary character in the Tale of Eros and Psyche, which first appeared as a digressive story told by an old woman in Lucius Apuleius ' novel, The Golden Ass, written in the second century AD.

character and was
Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.
He was the lawman who survived more gunfights than any other famous gun-slinging character in the book.
After the collapse of that desperate and ill-fated campaign the character of the king degenerated for a time into a futility that was not merely pitiable but often ridiculous.
Some people thought he lacked both ability and character, but most agreed that he was noble in appearance and, for a Russian, humane.
Thus, the Church was born and because of its intrinsic character was soon identified as a conservative institution, determined to resist the forces of change, to identify itself with the political rulers, and to maintain a kind of splendid isolation from the masses.
Until the last year or so the profession of friendship with the United States had been an article of faith with Trujillo, and altogether too often this profession was accepted here as evidence of his good character.
The audience was fond of Harry Hawk, he was a dear, in or out of character, but he was not particularly funny.
The figure was so theatrically dressed, that it was as though a character from some other play had blundered into this one.
The sentimental pure heart of Galahad is gone with the knightly years, but I still believe in the heart of the George Meredith character that was not made of the stuff that breaks ''.
Of more importance to the West than Poland's boundaries was the character of her government.
Following Day was Woodbury who spoke of his disapproval of Brown's attempt at servile insurrection, his admiration of Brown's character, and his opposition to slavery.
What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character.
The new `` School For Wives '' was interpreted according to a principle that is becoming increasingly common in the playing of classic comedy -- the idea of turning some obviously ludicrous figure into a tragic character.
A year ago it was bruited that the primary character in Erich Maria Remarque's new novel was based on the Marquis Alfonso De Portago, the Spanish nobleman who died driving in the Mille Miglia automobile race of 1957.
Susan was an active character ; ;
It was the kind of thing that could ruin a man's life, and it was a tribute to John's strength of character and very real business ability that it hadn't ruined his.

character and pitched
Murder, She Wrote was never pitched as an American version of the Agatha Christie character Miss Marple, contrary to rumors.
Following that decision, Gleason pitched another concept for season five to NBC in May 1986, introducing a character named " Eddie " as a rival for Laura's affections.
In Mario Tennis and Super Mario Advance ( a remake of Super Mario Bros. 2 ), the character was given a high pitched female voice provided by Jen Taylor.
The term is also applied, often disparagingly, to films that are pitched and developed almost entirely upon such a simply stated premise rather than standing upon complex character study, cinematography, or other strengths that relate more to the artistic execution of a production rather than simply an engaging high-concept premise with broad appeal.
One of his character puppets was Willy the Worm, a " balloon " propelled worm that emerged from its house that used a high pitched voice to announce birthdays or special events on the noontime show – that character never appeared when Soupy moved to Los Angeles.
Certain networks are pitched the idea of including a character in a series in order to boost ratings.
* Maggot-an odd character with a high pitched voice.
In 1996, Hillenburg pitched the show to Nickelodeon, using an aquarium, character models, a theme song and the storyboard that would become the pilot episode " Help Wanted ".
However, as filming progressed, Reeves found the actor's high pitched voice unsuitable for such a rough character, and after production was completed he had all of his dialogue dubbed by another actor, Jack Lynn ( who also appeared in a small role as an innkeeper ).
While deciding who the culprit was, Oakley and Weinstein pitched Barney Gumble because he was a character that could go to jail and it could change the dynamic of the show.
The character of Will was part of a sitcom Mutchnick and Kohan first pitched to NBC executives in 1997.
Several of the designs were pitched and drawn by Ron Hauge, a former Simpsons writer who was responsible for coordinating character designs on the series for many years.
The initial idea for the character of Azrael stemmed from a two-part story idea pitched by Detective Comics writer Peter Milligan circa 1991, as he was leaving that position.
A Hetalia eyecatch consists of the Hetalia logo and a character popping out from behind the logo, saying " Hetalia " in a high ( but not too high ) pitched version of that character's normal voice.
According to Tom Brevoort, " Originally, Allan pitched Hulkling as a female character using her shape-changing abilities to pose as a man.
After developing story and character ideas with Michael Ryan, Rosewater pitched the Saga idea to his bosses.

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