Both these paintings share a similar formal structure that consists of an open landscape that is seen beyond and through the opening of a dark grotto.

These became known as the Negro Leagues, though these leagues never had any formal overall structure comparable to the Major Leagues.

Context-free grammars are important in linguistics for describing the structure of sentences and words in natural language, and in computer science for describing the structure of programming languages and other formal languages.

Independent Baptist churches have no formal organizational structure above the level of the local congregation.

The pictures are noteworthy for their formal structure and pictorial harmony.

For dance forms without an association structure such as Salsa or Tango Argentino they may not have formal training.

MWI is distinguished by two qualities: it assumes realism, which it assigns to the wavefunction, and it has the minimal formal structure possible, rejecting any hidden variables, quantum potential, any form of a collapse postulate ( i. e., Copenhagenism ) or mental postulates ( such as the many-minds interpretation makes ).

In addition to the formal structure of the ELDR Party, there are convened at least two Political Leaders ' Meetings a year in order to exchange views on the items on the agenda of the European Council and more general views on the European political situation.

* 1953 – James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA ; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature ( pub.

" Nowadays, as Hezbollah scholar Magnus Ranstorp reports, Hezbollah does indeed have a formal governing structure, and in keeping with the principle of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists ( velayat-e faqih ), it " concentrate ... all authority and powers " in its religious leaders, whose decisions then " flow from the ulama down the entire community.

In many countries, feudalism and manorialism provided a formal social structure that established hierarchical links at every level of society, with the monarch at the top.

It has a role in Italian poetry, and a formal structure, comparable to the iambic pentameter in English or the alexandrine in French.

Authority is highly influential on the formal structure of the organization, including patterns of communication, sanctions, and rewards, as well as on the establishment of goals, objectives, and values of the organization.

In its development, the Lindy Hop combined elements of both partnered and solo dancing by using the movements and improvisation of black dances along with the formal eight-count structure of European partner dances.

Some proponents of this view of language have advocated a formal approach which studies language structure by identifying its basic elements and then formulating a formal account of the rules according to which the elements combine to form words and sentences.

Aggregate population measures such as the proportion of the population in various age classes should also be used alongside individual-based measures like formal life expectancy when analyzing population structure and dynamics.

For instance, a major clause must display some structure that is the formal realization of a choice from the system of " voice ", i. e. it must be either " middle " or " effective ", where " effective " leads to the further choice of " operative " ( otherwise known as ' active ') or " receptive " ( otherwise known as " passive ").

Many secular motets are known as " ceremonial motets " Characteristic of ceremonial motets was a clarity of diction, for the audience was not presumed to be familiar already with the text ( as would have been true with Latin hymns ) and also a clear articulation of formal structure, for example a setting apart of successive portions of text with sharp contrasts of texture or rhythm.

Tegmark writes that " abstract mathematics is so general that any Theory Of Everything ( TOE ) that is definable in purely formal terms ( independent of vague human terminology ) is also a mathematical structure.

While there was a substantial formalist reaction within the modernist schools to the breakdown of structure, this reaction focused as much on the development of new formal structures and syntheses as on the revival of older forms and structures.

In periods of relative liberalization, the influence of people and organizations outside the formal party structure has tended to increase, particularly in the economic realm.

An essential feature of a quango in the original definition was that it should not be a formal part of the state structure.

* 1683 – The Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan ( under the Kingdom of Tungning ) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.

The limited acts passed by this government included the formal abdication of the Qing dynasty and some economic initiatives.

* September 5 – The Qing Chinese admiral Shi Lang receives the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang, ushering in the collapse of the Kingdom of Tungning, which is then incorporated into the Qing Empire.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties ( 1368 – 1912 ), vernacular dialects began to be used in novels, but were not generally used in formal writing, which continued to use classical Chinese.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, both Tibet and Mongolia declared their formal independence under lamaist heads of states, and both had had no success in gaining official recognition from the Republic of China.

It is located northwest of the walls of the Imperial City, built in the 18th and early 19th century, where the emperors of the Qing Dynasty resided and handled government affairs ( the Forbidden City was used for formal ceremonies ).

The Republic of Formosa ( literally Democratic State of Taiwan, also known informally in English as the Formosan Republic, Taiwan Republic or Republic of Taiwan ) was a short-lived republic that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing Dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki and its invasion and occupation by Japanese troops.

The limited acts passed by this government included the formal abdication of the Qing dynasty and some economic initiatives.

The historical claim is based on the formal incorporation of Taiwan into the Qing empire in 1680.

After the rebellion of Yakub Beg, Altishahr was incorporated into the administration of Xinjiang, which became a formal province in the Qing empire in 1884.

The Commission shall certify to the Secretary of State, upon his request, copies of the formal submissions of claims filed pursuant to subsection ( B ) of Section 4 of this Act for transmission to the foreign government concerned.

Azerbaijan has formal involvement with senior ex-U. S. government officials including James Baker and Henry Kissinger as they serve on the Honorary Council of Advisors of the U. S .- Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce ( USACC ).

Allowing himself to be involved in the ecclesiastical disputes that divided Hungary in 1895, he was made the subject of formal complaint by the Hungarian government and in 1896 was recalled.

This led to the first of a number of periods in which an outside power controlled Athens ; Often the outside power set up a local agent as political boss in Athens ; but when Athens was independent, it operated under its traditional form of government ; even the bosses, like Demetrius of Phalerum, kept the traditional institutions in formal existence.

The formal foundation of the Liberal Party is traditionally traced to 1859 and the formation of Palmerston's second government.

Instead a minority Labour government was formed under Harold Wilson but with no formal support from Thorpe.

Hussein learned of the agreement when it was leaked by the new Russian government in December 1917, but was satisfied by two disingenuous telegrams from Sir Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner of Egypt, assuring him that the British government's commitments to the Arabs were still valid and that the Sykes-Picot Agreement was not a formal treaty.

Aristotle ( ca 350 BC ) was one of the first in recorded history to make a formal distinction between ordinary law and constitutional law, establishing ideas of constitution and constitutionalism, and attempting to classify different forms of constitutional government.

The politics of Chile takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Chile is both head of state and head of government, and of a formal multi-party system that in practice behaves like a two-party one, due to binomialism.

AMI Communications also received ( without a formal selection procedure ) a government contract to persuade Czechs to support US radar base.

The United Kingdom also operates a formal coalition cabinet between the Conservative and the Liberal Democrat parties, but this is unusual because the UK normally has a majority government.

Although he did not hold a formal executive position in the government, Chiang continued to issue orders to the army, and many officers continued to obey Chiang rather than Li.

There are two other key organs of political power in the People's Republic of China: the formal government and the People's Liberation Army.

The core of the CHOGM are the executive sessions, which are the formal gatherings of the heads of government to do business.

Such institutional support may include government recognition or designation ; presentation as being the " correct " form of a language in schools ; published grammars, dictionaries, and textbooks that set forth a " correct " spoken and written form ; and an extensive formal literature that employs that dialect ( prose, poetry, non-fiction, etc .).

Otchizna is considered to be very formal, and typically used by government heads, whereas Rodina is more colloquial and widespread.

Any formal or informal group — a family, a church, a club, a business, a trade union — may be said to have government.

In addition to the formal constitutional role, the Governor-General has a ceremonial role, though the extent and nature of that role has depended on the expectations of the time, the individual in office at the time, the wishes of the incumbent government, and the individual's reputation in the wider community.

The government relies on formal international economic assistance for fiscal sustainability.

The government relies on formal international economic assistance for fiscal sustainability, with over half of its annual budget coming from outside sources.

These officials are excluded completely from the executive: they do not possess even theoretical executive powers or any role, even formal, within the government.

In contrast, the only contact the Irish president has with the Irish government is through a formal briefing session given by the Taoiseach ( prime minister ) to the President.

they rejected the notion that " imperialism " required formal, legal control by one government over another country.

This is simpler for the government and family members than the formal process for commitment under mental health laws.

As government officials represented the majesty of the Emperor while carrying out their duties, commoners were also required to kowtow to them in formal situations.