The choice would help substitute a major Christian holiday for the popular Pagan celebrations surrounding the Winter Solstice ( Roman Sol Sticia, the three day stasis when the sun would rise consecutively in its southernmost point before heading north, December 21, 22 and 23.

Al-Mutanabbi had no other choice but to leave Aleppo heading toward Egypt.

For example, in the Library of Congress Subject Headings ( a subject heading system that uses a controlled vocabulary ), authorized terms -- subject headings in this case -- have to be chosen to handle choices between variant spellings of the same concept ( American versus British ), choice among scientific and popular terms ( Cockroaches versus Periplaneta americana ), and choices between synonyms ( automobile versus cars ), among other difficult issues.

The choice of which pantograph to use can be left up to the locomotive by the driver, which would automatically use the back pantograph in the direction of travel, or, in double heading, where two locomotives are coupled, it would be the front pantograph on the front locomotive, and the back pantograph on the back locomotive.

Assuming ZF is consistent, Paul Cohen employed the technique of forcing, developed for this purpose, to show that the axiom of choice itself is not a theorem of ZF by constructing a much more complex model which satisfies ZF ¬ C ( ZF with the negation of AC added as axiom ) and thus showing that ZF ¬ C is consistent.

This technique of dyeing is unique, in that the final color is controlled by the choice of the diazoic and coupling components.

However, with the proper choice of h, one can use the technique of rolling hash to compute all those hashes with an effort proportional to k + n.

) In order to assess these structures radiographically, a technique called an intravenous pyelogram was historically utilized, and today at many institutions CT urography is the technique of choice.

Cohen is noted for developing a mathematical technique called forcing, which he used to prove that neither the continuum hypothesis ( CH ), nor the axiom of choice, can be proved from the standard Zermelo – Fraenkel axioms ( ZF ) of set theory.

It can be the method of choice for catching the elusive muskie, and a useful technique for catching walleye, black bass and striped bass.

The choice of weapon and knowing the opponents ' weapons is detrimental to the assessment of the right technique and strategy.

The imaging technique of choice for cystic echinococcosis is ultrasonography since it is not only able to visualize the cysts in the body ’ s organs but it is also inexpensive, non-invasive and gives instant results.

As with cystic echinococcosis, ultrasonography is the imaging technique of choice for alveolar echinococcosis and is usually complemented by CT scans since CT scans are able to detect the largest number of lesions and calcifications that are characteristic of alveolar echinococcosis.

All this led to the choice of Code Excited Linear Prediction ( CELP ) as the encoding technique to use for Speex.

The ability to move the shape of an arpeggio up and down the fretboard in order to initiate, or because of, a change in key lends itself to being the primary choice of guitar players, helping ease the use of what is considered an intermediate technique of guitar performance.

In his presidential address he urged colleagues to adopt what he called " a middle line ": to combine the best of tradition with a fresh modern approach, to eschew dogma, and recognise " the influence of surroundings on the choice of materials and the technique of their use.

I Love Lucys pioneering use of three cameras led to it becoming the standard technique for the production of most sitcoms filmed in front of an audience, though single-camera remained the technique of choice for sitcoms that did not use audiences.

Delacroix's most influential work came in 1830 with the painting Liberty Leading the People, which for choice of subject and technique highlights the differences between the romantic approach and the neoclassical style.

" One must learn this art by practicing without technique — watching oneself: in daily activities ( walking, eating ), practices ( speech, gossip ), reactive emotions ( hate, jealousy )— becoming aware of these things " without any choice.

She also argues that given a choice, a human group will always choose the technique which has the lowest absolute labor cost rather than the highest yield.

The overall research showed that adolescents in music therapy “ change more when discipline-specific music therapy techniques, such as improvisation and verbal reflection of the music, are used .” The results of this study showed that music therapists should put careful thought and deliberation into their choice of technique with each individual client.

This technique is particularly useful on multiple choice problems.

Catheter-related infections may be minimised by appropriate choice of catheter and insertion technique.

In it they defended their freedom of choice in subject and technique, concluding:

The plant life available in a region affects the choice of material, which in turn influences the weaving technique.

Because of the discontinuous operating mode of those converters, a discontinuous sliding mode controller is a natural implementation choice over continuous controllers that may need to be applied by means of pulse-width modulation or a similar technique of applying a continuous signal to an output that can only take discrete states.

The measure of combat efficiency in an indecisive campaign is a matter of personal choice.

The harder the choice, the more willing the league is to wade in.

If this choice is less exciting than New York Democrats may wish, it nevertheless must be made.

-- Her choice of one color means she is simply enjoying the motor act of coloring, without having reached the point of selecting suitable colors for different objects.

What it is trying to do is to protect the little man, too, as well as trying to maintain a flow of fresh meat to all stores, with choice of cut being made by the consumer, not the store.

The appointment of U Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary General -- at this writing, the choice appears to be certain -- offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends.

Only this time around the conditions are different and the choice is far harder.

It is by no stretch of the imagination a happy choice and the arguments against it as a practical strategy are formidable.

Its primary advantage is that it is a moral choice ; ;

but if he is up against China's crusading spirit in world affairs, he is going to be faced with the most agonizing choice in his life.

To the members of our Advisory Board, and most specially to its members who constitute our committees of selection, the Foundation is indebted for its successes of choice of Fellows.

The essence of contract is that one is free to make a choice of what one will or will not do.

Hence, the condition of freedom is a necessary condition for choice.

Advances in equipment and fabrication techniques give the sign or display manufacturer an extremely wide choice of production techniques, ranging from injection molding for intricate, smaller-size, mass-production signs ( generally 5000 units is the minimum ) to vacuum and pressure forming for larger signs of limited runs.

For outdoor signs and displays, where the problem of weathering resistance is no longer a factor, the choice of plastics is almost unlimited.

Since the choice is by lot each week, the outcomes of different trials are independent.

In early childhood the choice of a companion is likely to be for another child of his own age or a year or two older, who can do the things he likes to do ; ;

Here, the choice is that between the horns of a dilemma.

The fact seems to be that very many large branch stores are uneconomical, that the choice of location in the suburbs is as important as it was downtown, and that even highly suburbanized cities will support only so many big branches.

One of the greatest Homerists of our time, Frederick M. Combellack, argues that when it is assumed The Iliad and The Odyssey are oral poems, the postulated single redactor called Homer cannot be either credited with or denied originality in choice of phrasing.