A regularly featured plot device was the transformation of the Phoenix into a flaming bird-shaped craft able to handle virtually any exceptional situation by functioning as a sort of giant, super blowtorch called the Fiery Phoenix.

He was especially known for his exceptional strength in wrestling-capable of fighting several opponents at the same time.

Fire agate shows iridescent phenomena on a brown background ; iris agate shows exceptional iridescence when light ( especially pinpointed light ) is shone through the stone.

In the top division in the last few days wrestlers with exceptional records will often have matches against much more highly ranked opponents, including sanyaku wrestlers, especially if they are still in the running for the top division championship.

While the gameplay was universally praised as an exceptional experience ( especially for multiplayer ), the lack of a story was strongly criticized by many fans.

Other events take advantage of Bullhead City's exceptional climate, especially in the fall and winter months.

Today the River is a major recreational asset, with exceptional fishing opportunities, especially with the annual Spring Rockfish ( striped bass ) and shad runs.

The tragopans ( Tragopan ), Mikado Pheasant ( Syrmaticus mikado ) and several species of grouse and ptarmigan are exceptional in their largely vegetarian and arboreal foraging habitats ; grouse are especially notable for being able to feed on plants rich in terpenes and quinones – such as sagebrush or conifers –, which are often avoided by other herbivores.

It does not unduly single out the exceptional, especially favour the gifted, nor exclude the poor or marginalised.

The city's Franciscan monastery dates from the 18th century, and is also Baroque in style, with exceptional architecture, especially of the church yard, and monastery church interior, with its beautiful altar and paintings.

As such, it experiences times of exceptional humidity ; especially in late summer.

Arthur Kennedy ( February 17, 1914January 5, 1990 ) was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create " an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage " especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway.

It is also technically possible to break free from handcuffs by applying massive amounts of force from one's arms to cause the device to split open or loosen enough to squeeze one's hands through ; however, this takes exceptional strength ( especially with handcuffs made of steel ).

Others, like Beaugrand-Champagne, find her just as inspiring as an exceptional, outspoken, independent-minded woman, who fought for her freedom and her life with courage and wit, against formidable odds, and in spite of a society that expected submission from women, especially if they were also black and slaves.

Sébastien de Brossard in his Dictionaire de Musique ( Paris, 1703 ) approached the word virtuoso by its Latin root virtu emphasizing exceptional training, especially in theory.

Note that color variations with more or less yellow, or pink instead of yellow or black, are not exceptional, especially in Bewick's Swans, which very rarely may even have yellowish feet.

Confalonieri was taken to Vienna and had a long interview with Prince Metternich, who tried to extract further confessions incriminating other persons, especially Charles Albert, but although Confalonieri seemed at one time inclined to prepare a report on the revolutionary movement for the emperor, he did not do so, and once he was in prison he refused to say or write another word, and was treated with exceptional severity in consequence.

The lessons, especially those of Constantin Heger, were very much appreciated by Charlotte, and the two sisters showed exceptional intelligence, although Emily hardly liked her teacher and was somewhat rebellious.

It is used both positively, in admiration of an exceptional performance by a team or player, or as a negative sign of disgust at an especially bad performance.

The most significant of these new staff members were Homer Rodeheaver, an exceptional song leader and music director who worked with the Sundays for almost twenty years, and Virginia Healey Asher, who ( besides regularly singing duets with Rodeheaver ) directed the women's ministries, especially the evangelization of young working women.

Bradley's wealthy background made his exceptional athletic ability especially unusual.

Despite his physical limitations and alcohol-related troubles, Hank was intelligent and had an exceptional knowledge of rock music trivia, especially late 60s — early 70s rock music ( Hank had been regularly listening to rock radio stations since he was four or five years old ).

Ančerl's remarkable control of orchestral dynamics, along with an exceptional grasp of both musical form and detail made him an especially effective recording artist.

Generally, to avoid rank inflation, the number of civil servants in the higher ranks ( especially " exceptional class ") is contrained by a maximal percentage of the total number of civil servants of the corps.

In Miguel de Cervantes ' Don Quixote, the ideal beauty is Dulcinea whose " hairs are gold "; in Milton's poem Paradise Lost the noble and innocent Adam and Eve have " golden tresses ", the protagonist-womanizer in Guy de Maupassant's novel Bel Ami who " recalled the hero of the popular romances " has " slightly reddish chestnut blond hair ", while near the end of J. R. R. Tolkien's work The Lord of the Rings, the especially favorable year following the War of the Ring was signified in the Shire by an exceptional number of blonde-haired children.

Like other groups, the members of this family show patterns in its electron configuration, especially the outermost shells ( though for this family it is particularly weak with palladium being an exceptional case ).

This process holds for all cases of exceptions, and so the ‘ rules ’ have as many ‘ sub-rules ’ as there are exceptional cases, which, in the end, makes an agent seek out whatever outcome produces the maximum utility.

His salary alone makes Jan van Eyck an exceptional figure among early Netherlandish painters, since most of them depended on individual commissions for their livelihoods.

What makes the cathedral special from an artistic viewpoint is its exceptional state of preservation.

But what makes The Ruling Class exceptional ( and difficult for some ) are its outrageous mixing of genres and its sheer ambition.

" What makes Birmingham so exceptional among the Red Brick universities is the deployment of so many other major Modernist practices: only Oxford and Cambridge boast greater selections ".

The Special Achievement Award is an Academy Award given for an achievement that makes an exceptional contribution to the motion picture for which it was created, but for which there is no annual award category.

All of this makes God's Word an exceptional literary work

It makes it radical because it establishes that the alliance of God with people is much more than a simple code of laws and lithurgical rituals: it is an invitation to justice and charity, not as exceptional practices but as a stable structure.

The short length and intensity of the course makes entry on to the course extremely competitive and usually only those with exceptional promise will be accepted.

You could make a robot that does any one of those three very well, but being able to do all three, and many other difficult combinations, is what makes snake robots exceptional.

“ Damman Frères is a family business that for three generations makes exceptional tea.

He comments that Larroca's art is exceptional however poor inking and colouring makes it subpar.

The exceptional size of the role of Manfred also makes the play difficult to cast.

While this does not make it impossible that he should marry Elizabeth Cole, who is thirty-five, it certainly makes it exceptional.

When abnormality makes society feel uncomfortable, it is the exceptional person themselves who will laugh it off to relieve social tension.

Its exceptional sunshine makes it one of the sunniest islands in the Aegean Sea.