* Giuseppe Barzilai goes back for explanation to the first verse of the prayer attributed to Rabbi Nehunya ben HaKanah, the literal rendering of which is “ O, with thy mighty right hand deliver the unhappy ,” forming from the initial and final letters of the words the word Abrakd ( pronounced Abrakad ), with the meaning “ the host of the winged ones ,” i. e., angels.

The Beatles ' 1968 track " Back in the U. S. S. R " references the instrument in its final verse (" Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out / Come and keep your comrade warm ").

One verse was written in honor of Gabriel, but it never made it into the final version.

One final, amusing example that comments on the importance Roman poets placed on their verse rules comes from the Ars Poetica of Horace, line 263:

In this form, its defining feature is a constant stress on the tenth syllable, so that the number of syllables in the verse may vary, equaling eleven in the usual case where the final word is stressed on the penultimate syllable.

It is now common for this to be sung in a circle of linked arms that are crossed over one another as the clock strikes midnight for New Year's Day, although it is only intended that participants link arms at the beginning of the final verse, co-ordinating with the lines of the song which contain the lyrics to do so.

The final verse is 224 words long ( which means the previous verse, its corresponding acronym, contains 224 letters ).

Upon completing the repairs, he knows that he will soon die of radiation poisoning, and asks that they record his last song ; he dies just moments after speaking the final, titular verse.

The original theme song had two verses ; the second theme song had a new ( and different-sounding ) first verse ; and the third and final theme song restored the original first verse, inserted a new verse between the first and original second verses ( three verses in all ) and featured brief lead-ins for the first and final verses.

" In the poem, Ibycos parades the names and characteristics of heroes familiar from Homer's Trojan epic, as types of people the poem is not about, until he reaches the final stanza, where he reveals that his real subject is Polycrates, whom he says he will immortalize in verse.

He was a friend of Chicago songwriter Steve Goodman, for whom he wrote the final verse of " What Have You Done For Me Lately?

The final ( and longest ) verse that wraps up the song.

Let me borrow that ," referring to the microphone tattoo on LL Cool J's arm which LL Cool J accused Canibus of insulting him, went hard on him, and when the final cut of the song came out it featured LL Cool J's verse after Canibus, mocking an unspecified person believed to be Canibus.

The final group where a transaction is made, is amongst the Egyptians in the same verse.

These words were written in 1674 by Thomas Ken as the final verse of two hymns, " Awake, my soul, and with the sun " and " Glory to thee, my God, this night ," intended for morning and evening worship at Winchester College.

This final verse, separated from its proper hymns and sung to the tune " Old 100th ", " Duke Street ", " Lasst uns erfreuen ", " The Eighth Tune " by Thomas Tallis, among others, frequently marks the dedication of alms or offerings at Sunday worship.

Since the stress never falls on the final syllable in Medieval Latin, the language is ideal for trochaic verse.

: E-flat suddenly re-enters with the text " Sterben werd ' ich um zu leben ," and a proper cadence finally occurs on the downbeat of the final verse, with the entrance of the heretofore silent organ ( marked " volles Werk ") and with the choir instructed to sing " mit höchster Kraft " ( with highest power ).

This hymn is also famous because it was the last hymn sung by the five missionaries involved in Operation Auca before their deaths and a line from the hymn's final verse provided the title for Elisabeth Elliot's book about that incident, Through Gates of Splendor.

Ordinary politeness may have militated against this opinion being stated so badly but anyone with a wide acquaintance in both groups and who has sat through the many round tables, workshops or panel discussions -- whatever they are called -- on this subject will recognize that the final, boiled down crux of the matter is education.

If Cynewulf was literate, the Beowulf poet may have been also, and so may the final redactor of The Iliad and The Odyssey.

you may have the final and extreme unction but if you are not born again you are lost and headed for hell and eternal punishment.

A thoroughly ingratiating company it is, and when the final curtain falls you may suddenly realize that you have been sitting with a broad grin on your face all evening.

The final effect may be purely physical or it may reach far into the biological or volitional domains.

The two terms may not have originally been distinguished ; though in Homer's poems nectar is usually the drink and ambrosia the food of the gods ; it was with ambrosia Hera " cleansed all defilement from her lovely flesh ", and with ambrosia Athena prepared Penelope in her sleep, so that when she appeared for the final time before her suitors, the effects of years had been stripped away and they were inflamed with passion at the sight of her.

Natural variations in plant alkaloid content and profiles also affect the final concentration of alkaloids in the brew, and the physical act of cooking may also serve to modify the alkaloid profile of harmala alkaloids.

100 % solid PSAs may be low viscosity polymers that are coated and then reacted with radiation to increase molecular weight and form the adhesive ; or they may be high viscosity materials that are heated to reduce viscosity enough to allow coating, and then cooled to their final form.

The acceptance phase may also act as the final quality gateway, where any quality defects not previously detected may be uncovered.

A player may build up the handle with one or several grips before applying the final layer.

In addition to establishing the level and denomination of the final contract, the final contract may be doubled ( by the opponents ) or redoubled ( by the declaring side after the opponents had already doubled ), in which case the score for the hand is increased, whether the contract is made or defeated.

The purpose of some early bids may be exchange information rather than to set the final contract.

Sports teams may also contract out their transport to a team bus, for travel to away games, to a competition or to a final event.

( In games such as Blackjack or Spanish 21, the final bet may be several times the original bet, if the player double and splits.

Many rendering algorithms have been researched, and software used for rendering may employ a number of different techniques to obtain a final image.

" He actively campaigned for Nixon in the final days and may have done Nixon some harm.

Litigants may appeal final decisions of the Court of Chancery to the Delaware Supreme Court.

Other inputs may include intermediate goods used in production of final goods, such as the steel in a new car.

Generally, final agency determinations may subsequently be appealed to the appropriate court.

Foods have varying degrees of natural protection against spoilage and may require that the final step occur in a pressure cooker.

If she, Pamela, were being held responsible for his crimes, then hers must be the final act of expiation.

What will be the final symmetry of the good society??

But as he remarks in his preface to The Walnut Trees, `` a novel can hardly ever be rewritten '', and `` when this one appears in its final form, the form of the first part will no doubt be radically changed ''.

The action of the Commission in allowing or denying any claim under this title shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact and not subject to review by the Secretary of State or any other official, department, agency, or establishment of the United States or by any court by mandamus or otherwise.

Such certification shall be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to review by any other official or department, agency, or establishment of the United States.

As was said in Gonzales, `` it is the Appeal Board which renders the selective service determination considered ' final ' in the courts, not to be overturned unless there is no basis in fact.

The books and records with respect to each project shall be maintained for the duration of the project, or until the expiration of three years after final disbursement for the project has been made by the United States, whichever is later.

Sometimes it is necessary to roughly calculate the square inch area of the opening but the calculation can usually be made with sufficient accuracy that it won't affect the final computation.

Any irregularity on the piston heads will make it impossible, with normal means, to determine the final combustion chamber volume because the volume displaced by the piston heads cannot be readily computed.

If a human figure or wild life are to be part of the projected final picture, I try to place them in the initial sketch.

Out of long experience I have found that incidental figures and other objects like trees, logs, and bushes can be traced from the original sketch and moved about in the major areas on the final sheet until they occupy the right position, which I call clicking.

In fact, we had one birth before the end of the course, and another student had to take the final examiantion a week early, just to be on the safe side.

To be sure of matching color as well as form, pieces of cartoon were traced on the roughcast, and large samples painted in fresco, then left two months to dry out to their final key.

It could be seen that both artists used a very thick final coat of plaster, one half inch, and that both followed the traditional Italian fresco technique as described by Cennino Cennini in the 14th Century, and current in Italy to this day.

The same could be said for the song to which they make their entrance in the final scene.

To the extent that a tale is twice told, its final author must be suspect, although plagiarism in an oral tradition is less a misdemeanor than the standard modus dicendi.

It is obvious that such an influence can only be expected in the final stage of an image intensifier at rather high output levels.

Keep occupied to the point you are not bored with life and you will truly find these final days and years of your lives to be sunshine sweet.

And there are some positive results, though the final findings will not be known for a long time -- and then further research can be formulated.

Moreover, prudence alone would indicate that, unless the local customs are already ready to fall when pushed, the results of direct economic action everywhere upon national chain stores will likely be simply to give undue advantage to local and state stores which conform to these customs, leading to greater decentralization and local autonomy within the company, or even ( as the final self-defeat of an unjust application of economic pressure to correct injustice ) to its going out of business in certain sections of the country ( as, for that matter, the Quakers, who once had many meetings in the pre-Civil War South, largely went out of business in that part of the country over the slavery issue, never to recover a large number of southern adherents ).

The proposal would have to receive final legislative approval, by two-thirds majorities, before March 1 to be printed on the April 4 ballot, Roberts said.

Long after the erratic climate and the washed-out final round on Sunday have become meteorological footnotes, the 1961 Masters will be remembered as the scene of the mano a mano between Arnold Palmer and Gary Player.