The 21st chapter was omitted from the editions published in the United States prior to 1986 .< ref > Burgess, Anthony ( 1986 ) A Clockwork Orange Resucked in < u > A Clockwork Orange </ u >, W. W. Norton & Company, New York .</ ref > In the introduction to the updated American text ( these newer editions include the missing 21st chapter ), Burgess explains that when he first brought the book to an American publisher, he was told that U. S. audiences would never go for the final chapter, in which Alex sees the error of his ways, decides he has lost all energy for and thrill from violence and resolves to turn his life around ( a slow-ripening but classic moment of metanoia — the moment at which one's protagonist realises that everything he thought he knew was wrong ).

The popular AFI 100 Years … series, which ran from 1998 to 2008, and created jury-selected lists of America ’ s best movies in categories including Musicals, Laughs and Thrills, drove new generations to experience classic American films.

The classic example, considered by their American counterparts quite curious, was the maintenance of the internal comma in a British organisation of secret agents called the " Special Operations, Executive " — " S. O., E " — which is not found in histories written after about 1960.

A classic use of an abatis was found at the Battle of the Chateauguay, 26 October 1813, when approximately 1, 300 Canadian voltigeurs, under the command of Charles-Michel de Salaberry, defeated an American corps of approximately 2, 300 men.

Li ' l Abner was one of 20 classic American comic strips honored with a USPS commemorative postage stamp.

Bernard Bailyn's classic The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution ( 1967 ) notes that a similar phenomenon could be found in America during the time preceding the American Revolution.

In the world of anime, the MTV spoof series Ultracity 6060 created by Beavis and Butt-head animator Mike Judge has become a hard-to-acquire cult classic among American anime fans.

An even earlier work was James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel, The Spy, written in 1821, about an American spy in New York during the Revolutionary War.

The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the " classic period " of American film noir.

The NAFC-North American Floorball Championship is an international club tournament series currently including three tournaments: Canada Cup, Falls floorball classic and USA Cup.

Siege, from Weymouth, Massachusetts, were influenced by classic American hardcore ( Minor Threat, Black Flag, Void ) and by British groups like Discharge, Venom, and Motörhead.

Howard Winchester Hawks ( May 30, 1896December 26, 1977 ) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era.

In June 2008, AFI revealed its " Ten Top Ten "-the best ten films in ten " classic " American film genres-after polling over 1, 500 people from the creative community.

The classic punk rock look among male American musicians harkens back to the T-shirt, motorcycle jacket, and jeans ensemble favored by American greasers of the 1950s associated with the rockabilly scene and by British rockers of the 1960s.

Following his commercial breakthrough with Alien ( 1979 ), his best-known works are sci-fi classic Blade Runner ( 1982 ), Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ), best picture Oscar-winner Gladiator ( 2000 ), Black Hawk Down ( 2001 ), Matchstick Men ( 2003 ), Kingdom of Heaven ( 2005 ), American Gangster ( 2007 ), Robin Hood ( 2010 ), and Prometheus ( 2012 ).

Growing up in Venice he developed a particular love for American cartoons and Disney comics, that, at the time, were published in the big format of the Topolino Giornale which was then printing now classic Floyd Gottfredson's stories.

In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its " Ten Top Ten "— the best ten films in ten " classic " American film genres — after polling over 1, 500 people from the creative community.

* Blau, Peter & Duncan Otis D .; The American Occupational Structure ( 1967 ) classic study of structure and mobility

Typee ( 1846 ; in full: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life ) is American writer Herman Melville's first book, a classic in the literature of travel and adventure partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva ( which Melville spelled as Nukuheva ) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842.

The classic John Updike essay " Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu " chronicles this event and is often mentioned among the greatest pieces of sports writing in American journalism.

In June 2008, AFI revealed its " Ten top Ten "— the best ten films in ten " classic " American film genres — after polling over 1, 500 people from the creative community.

The engine was designed by Walter Becchia and Lucien Gerard, with a nod to the classic " boxer " BMW motorcycle engine ( it is reported that Becchia dismantled the engine of the BMW motorcycle of Flaminio Bertoni before designing the 2CV engine ).

The benign climate has also fostered subcultures devoted to driving and exhibiting classic cars and there are several motorcycle clubs that regularly tour through Ojai as well.

The park hosts the annual Back to the 50s Weekend classic car show, and previously hosted the similarly themed Thunder in the Cascades motorcycle show until concerns about nudity and alcohol use at the event as opposed to the more family-friendly Back to the 50's Weekend had the event moved to the Lawrence County Fairgrounds in nearby Hickory Township in the early 21st century.

With this, the book details two types of personalities: those who are interested mostly in gestalts ( romantic viewpoints, such as Zen, focused on being " In the moment ", and not on rational analysis ), and those who seek to know the details, understand the inner workings, and master the mechanics ( classic viewpoints with application of rational analysis, vis-a-vis motorcycle maintenance ) and so on.

The distinctive fuel tank makes this model a desirable classic motorcycle.

The 1927 Coventry-Victor Silent Six has today become a sought after classic motorcycle.

The first rocker reunion motorcycle run of 70 classic British motorcycles rode to Pitsea.

When Warner Bros. released its video series " Golden Jubilee ", featuring the classic cartoons, the opening sequence shows the Tasmanian Devil maniacally riding a motorcycle down a city street, chased by a police car.

It used a double-cradle steel ( Norton featherbed-style ) frame with a transverse-mounted air-cooled 4-cylinder DOHC ( Double Over Head Cam ) engine -- a classic universal Japanese motorcycle.

Junak is called by some “ the Polish Harley ”, being the heaviest Polish post-war motorcycle, recognized today commonly as a classic in Poland.

Louie resembles the monolith from the classic film and Arthur C. Clarke novel 2001: A Space Odyssey ; Dewey is a vaguely humanoid walking robot ; and Huey is a motorcycle.

Its ambition was to produce a modern day classic Vincent motorcycle that could be marketed, in reasonable volumes, worldwide.

The Real American Hero Collection, as it is called, included Team Packs of three figures grouped together by a common theme such as Commando and Cobra Command, and Mission Packs, which featured classic figures packaged with a small vehicle like a Cobra Flight Pod or Silver Mirage motorcycle.

In the live action film, he wears a white leather racing jacket unzipped and over his classic outfit, and white pants.

" This incarnation of her did not have the classic one piece suit but a more modern jacket, pants, and shirt combination, though she still had the Saturn logo on her shirt.

One classic gun fu move consists of reloading two pistols simultaneously by releasing the empty magazines, pointing the guns to the ground, dropping two fresh magazines out of one's jacket sleeves, or strapped to one's legs, into the guns, and then carrying on shooting.

Leslie Irvin first designed and manufactured the classic sheepskin flying jacket.

The classic smoking jacket is a mid thigh-length jacket made from velvet, silk, or both.

In 1938, the Chaîne d ' ancre bracelet and the riding jacket and outfit joined the classic collection.

A complete departure from his classic uniform, Zartan wore a leather jacket and neon green pants.