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 ).

Apologie pour l ' histoire ou Métier d ' historien ( 1949 ), translated as The Historian's Craft ( 1953 ) excerpt of 1992 introduction by Peter Burke, and text search

In the introduction, Socrates muses about the perfect society, described in Plato's Republic ( c. 380 BC ), and wonders if he and his guests might recollect a story which exemplifies such a society.

They determined to reinvestigate the motion of γ Draconis ; the telescope, constructed by George Graham ( 1675 – 1751 ), a celebrated instrument-maker, was affixed to a vertical chimney stack, in such manner as to permit a small oscillation of the eyepiece, the amount of which ( i. e. the deviation from the vertical ) was regulated and measured by the introduction of a screw and a plumb line.

The introduction of simple auxiliary terms, due to C. F. Gauss ( Dioptrische Untersuchungen, Göttingen, 1841 ), named the focal lengths and focal planes, permits the determination of the image of any object for any system ( see lens ).

Jerome, in the introduction to his Latin translation of the books of Samuel and Kings ( part of the Vulgate ), referred to the book as a chronikon (" Chronicles " in English ).

** With the introduction of Windows 7 ( Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise editions ), Windows XP Mode enables full compatibility with older programs supported under Windows XP via Microsoft Virtual PC.

Whereas in the past, the National and American leagues had separate administrative organizations ( which, for example, allowed for the introduction of different rules such as the designated hitter ), under Selig, Major League Baseball consolidated the administrative functions of both leagues into the Commissioner's Office in 2000.

Within a few years of nationalisation, a number of progressive measures had been carried out which did much to improve conditions in the mines, including better pay, a five-day workweek, a national safety scheme ( with proper standards at all the collieries ), a ban on boys under the age of 16 going underground, the introduction of training for newcomers before going down to the coalface, and the making of pithead baths into a standard facility.

Since the popular introduction of effective microorganisms ( EM ), bokashi is commonly made with only molasses, water, EM, and wheat bran.

Park quit in 1998, after deciding that he had done what he intended to do ; he maintained that his biggest achievement was the introduction of Hayley Patterson ( Julie Hesmondhalgh ), the first transsexual character in a British soap.

Cutter completed and published an introduction and schedules for the first six classifications of his new system ( Expansive Classification: Part I: The First Six Classifications ), but his work on the seventh was interrupted by his death in 1903.

The much higher performance memory allowed the CPU, which was synchronous with memory, to be further increased in speed to run at a 300 ns cycle time ( 3. 3 MHz ), which made it the fastest minicomputer for over a decade following its introduction.

While low-quality at first, consumer digital video increased rapidly in quality, first with the introduction of playback standards such as MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 ( adopted for use in television transmission and DVD media ), and then the introduction of the DV tape format allowing recording direct to digital data and simplifying the editing process, allowing non-linear editing systems ( NLE ) to be deployed cheaply and widely on desktop computers with no external playback / recording equipment needed.

The Flash's reimagining in Showcase # 4 ( October 1956 ) proved sufficiently popular that it soon led to a similar revamping of the Green Lantern character, the introduction of the modern all-star team Justice League of America ( JLA ), and many more superheroes, heralding what historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books.

Particularly important for establishing him in the field was his seminal book Language ( 1921 ), which was a layman's introduction to the discipline of linguistics as Sapir envisioned it.

With the introduction of the third actor ( an innovation attributed to Sophocles ), acting also began to be regarded as a skill to be rewarded with prizes, requiring a long apprenticeship in the chorus.

The smith hero Völundr is identified as ' Ruler of Elves ' ( vísi álfa ) and ' One among the Elven Folk ' ( álfa ljóði ), in the poem Völundarkviða, whose later prose introduction also identifies him as the son of a king of ' Finnar ', an Arctic people respected for their shamanic magic ( most likely, the sami ).

In the Talmud ( Tractate Yoma 29a ), Esther is compared to the " morning star ", and is considered the subject of Psalm 22, because its introduction is a " song for the morning star ".

In July 1887 he published his Unua Libro ( First Book ), a basic introduction to the language.

The FDP aims for the introduction of a citizen's dividend ( Bürgergeld ), which collects all the tax-financed social welfare and social security funds of the state.

It was in the aftermath of 1968 that Guattari met Gilles Deleuze at the University of Vincennes and began to lay the ground-work for the soon to be infamous Anti-Oedipus ( 1972 ), which Michel Foucault described as " an introduction to the non-fascist life " in his preface to the book.

Napoléon finally abolished the calendar with effect from 1 January 1806 ( the day after 10 Nivôse an XIV ), a little over twelve years after its introduction.

The reaction to Napoleon's conquests of German countries during the era of the French Revolution ( 1790s to 1815 ), produced important institutional reforms, including the abolition of feudal restrictions on the sale of large landed estates, the reduction of the power of the guilds in the cities, and the introduction of a new, more efficient commercial law.

Baby bottles are discouraged by the World Health Organization, which considers exclusive breastfeeding followed by introduction of complementary foods with clean utensils safer.

With the introduction of the Seldinger technique in 1953, the procedure became markedly safer as no sharp introductory devices needed to remain inside the vascular lumen.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s the introduction of smart weapons allowed conventional forces to directly attack point targets like bridges and roads, dramatically improving the ability to interdict the enemy, while at the same time allowing the aircraft to operate from safer, higher altitudes.

Its use is now mostly deprecated following the introduction of alternative safer classes of agents.

The introduction of Freon in the 1920s expanded the refrigerator market during the 1930s and provided a safer, low-toxicity alternative to previously used refrigerants.

Since its introduction in the 1880s by students of Robert Bunsen, Julius Tafel and Hans Goldschmidt, sodium amalgam has also been used in organic chemistry as a powerful reducing agent, which is safer to handle than sodium itself.

Since environmental conditions ( ranging from the structural integrity of the climbing surfaces, to equipment wear, to proper use of equipment ) can be more controlled in such a setting, indoor climbing is perhaps a safer and more friendly introduction to the sport.

It involves the introduction of foreign DNA or synthetic genes into the organism of interest.

The quinolones are a family of synthetic broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs The first generation of the quinolones begins with the introduction of nalidixic acid in 1962 for treatment of urinary tract infections in humans.

The 1996 Atlanta Olympics saw the introduction of synthetic surfaces supported by steel frames.

This program, along with the introduction of genetically engineered Bt cotton ( which contains a bacterial gene that codes for a plant-produced protein that is toxic to a number of pests such as cotton bollworm and pink bollworm ), has allowed a reduction in the use of synthetic insecticides.

Chestnut wood is a useful source of natural tannin and was used for tanning leather before the introduction of synthetic tannins.

*, contains a synthetic introduction to the Curry – Howard correspondence.

*, contains a synthetic introduction to the Curry – Howard correspondence.

In section VI ( The Universal Problem of Pure Reason ) of the introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant explains that Hume stopped short of considering that a synthetic judgment could be made ' a priori '.

Suarez-Villa's books argue that new technology sectors such as nanotechnology, biotechnology and its various fields --- such as synthetic bioengineering, bioinformatics, biopharmacology, biomedicine, genetic engineering, and agro-biotech --- as well as the emerging new field of biomimetics and its transformation of robotics, along with bioinformatics, the introduction of advanced software, and of molecular processors in computing and communications --- among various new sectors and technologies --- will become symbolic of the 21st century, in much the same way that aviation and mass production were of the 20th century.

A study undertaken by Whitin Machine Works, a manufacturer of textile making machinery looking to expand out of an industry depressed by the introduction of synthetic fabrics, suggested that “ quick printing ” done with duplicators was a growing market.

The club suffered from the introduction of compulsory synthetic pitches in the 1990s as they were unable to continue use their grass pitch in St. Itas hospital.

The game, as well as the material used to play it, has taken a definitive turn with the introduction of the synthetic field, gaining in speed, losing, some would say, in skills.

The introduction of fine synthetic fibres such as nylon in the construction of fishing gear during the 1960s marked an expansion in the commercial use of gillnets.

These enzymes are often used in genetic engineering to make recombinant DNA for introduction into bacterial, plant, or animal cells, as well as in synthetic biology.

The introduction of synthetic surfaces has significantly changed the sport of field hockey.

It spread to a mass market, benefitting from the introduction of cheap synthetic fabrics such as nylon and its finer successors.

Production for the gem trade decreased after the introduction of synthetic cubic zirconia ; there was little production.

In the game's introduction, he turns on his masters when he kills a synthetic human intended to replace the President's bodyguard, Johnny Slater.