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When we consider the disorganized state of the world community, and the legacy of predispositions adversely directed against all who are identified as Jews, it is obvious that the struggle for the minds and muscles of men needs to be prosecuted with increasing vigor and skill.
Proceeding from Parry's conclusions and adopting one of his schemata, Francis P. Magoun, Jr., argues that Beowulf likewise was created from a legacy of oral formulas inherited and extended by bards of successive generations, and the thesis is striking and compelling.
It condemned him for his invention of dynamite and is said to have brought about his decision to leave a better legacy after his death.
In the case of legacies when the funds or assets out of which they are payable are not sufficient to pay them in full, the legacies abate in proportion, unless there is a priority given specially to any particular legacy.
Classics Professor G. P. Goold at University College, wrote of Housman's scholarly accomplishments: " The legacy of Housman's scholarship is a thing of permanent value ; and that value consists less in obvious results, the establishment of general propositions about Latin and the removal of scribal mistakes, than in the shining example he provides of a wonderful mind at work ....
One legacy of the previous era is a greatly overstaffed military industry ; under former leader Josip Broz Tito, military industries were promoted in the republic, resulting in the development of a large share of Yugoslavia's defense plants but fewer commercially viable firms.
It is implemented as an additional layer on top of ( a legacy version of ) Berkeley DB and the Xerces library.
The System / 360 architecture was so popular that it dominated the mainframe computer market for decades and left a legacy that is still continued by similar modern computers like the IBM zSeries.
He furthermore argues that this legacy of imperialism or cultural imperialism is still very influential in international systems of power.
Other major critiques are that the term is not defined well, and employs further terms that are not defined well, and therefore lacks explanatory power, that cultural imperialism is hard to measure, and that the theory of a legacy of colonialism is not always true.
This legacy distinction is somewhat erased by languages such as ChucK, SuperCollider, and Impromptu.
The principal legacy of the Cathar movement is in the poems and songs of the Cathar troubadors, though this artistic legacy is only a smaller part of the wider Occitan linguistic and artistic heritage.
There is a diverse but ardent group of people worldwide who restore and preserve legacy 16-bit Data General systems.
The school is an active member of the eastern Toronto community and celebrates his legacy.
It is used in industrial applications and is quickly replacing legacy data transmission systems in the world's telecommunications networks.
This is a legacy of its bid to be the state capital, which it lost to Olympia.
CWU being placed there is another product of that legacy.
Although opinions differ as to his character there is no dispute over his great achievements: he helped to save the Habsburg Empire from French conquest ; he broke the westward thrust of the Ottomans, liberating central Europe after a century and a half of Turkish occupation ; and he was one of the great patrons of the arts whose building legacy can still be seen in Vienna today.
Eiffel's design is based on object-oriented programming theory, with only minor influence of other paradigms or concern for support of legacy code.

legacy and described
Cobb's legacy as an athlete has sometimes been overshadowed by his surly temperament and aggressive playing style, which was described by the Detroit Free Press as " daring to the point of dementia.
As an example, John Bishop described the book's legacy as that of " the single most intentionally crafted literary artifact that our culture has produced [...] and, certainly, one of the great monuments of twentieth-century experimental letters.
The De Regno Christi ( On the Kingdom of Christ ) was the culmination of Bucer's many years of experience, a summary of his thought and theology that he described as his legacy.
* As described by Kimball you must determine the tangible benefits such as eliminated cost of producing legacy reports.
Assessing the novel's legacy, philosopher Douglas Den Uyl described The Fountainhead as relatively neglected compared to her later novel, Atlas Shrugged, and said, " our problem is to find those topics that arise clearly with The Fountainhead and yet do not force us to read it simply through the eyes of Atlas Shrugged.
" But it was then the unpopular side: the publisher is said to have lost money by the book ; and one of his early friends, Mrs Turner of Norwich, cut down a legacy she had left Porson to £ 30 on being told that he had written what was described to her as a book against Christianity.
Historian Arthur Schlesinger described the legacy of Niebuhr as being contested between American liberals and conservatives, both of whom wanted to claim him.
The folio, which collected together the engravings from the paintings, has been the most lasting legacy of the Boydell enterprise: it was reissued throughout the 19th century and scholars have described it as a precursor to the modern coffee table book.
Today, the legacy and thought of Peron have transcended the confines of any single political party and bled into the broader political landscape of Argentina, therefore Peronists are usually described as a ' movement '.
In the 330-page The Ilocos Heritage ( the 27th book written by Visitacion de la Torre ), the Ilocano legacy and the life of the Ilocano – are described as-" the browbeaten, industrious, cheerful, simple soul who has shown a remarkable strain of bravery and a bit of wanderlust.
With the onset of the 1849 California Gold Rush, Dana's book was one of the few books in existence that described California, adding greatly to the book's readership as well as Dana's renown and legacy.
In the 330 pages “ The Ilocos Heritage ” ( the 27th book written by Visitacion de la Torre ), the Ilocano legacy and the life of the Ilocano – are described as-" the browbeaten, industrious, cheerful, simple soul who has shown a remarkable strain of bravery and a bit of wanderlust.
Helen Clark has described New Zealand's nuclear-free legislation as his legacy.
While most languages are given one code by the standard, twenty of the languages described have two three-letter codes, a " bibliographic " code ( ISO 639-2 / B ), which is derived from the English name for the language and was a necessary legacy feature, and a " terminological " code ( ISO 639-2 / T ), which is derived from the native name for the language.
In a 2010 interview, discussing the legacy of slavery which Franks denounced and described as a " crushing mark on America's soul ", the congressman said, " Half of all black children are aborted.
On succeeding his illustrious father he was said to have remarked: " Imagine what it will be when the Duke of Wellington is announced, and only I walk in the room .." The relationship between father and son is often described as the classic case of the son of a famous father who is never able to live up to his legacy.
Later, he introduced the ultra-high-end Shigeru Kawai Grand Piano line, which he described as " his personal legacy to the piano world.
Romeo and Juliet, due to their enduring legacy and popularity, are considered an ideal supercouple outline for aspects of forbidden or tragic love, and the relationship between Anthony and Cleopatra has been described as fitting the power-couple trope.
What is sometimes referred to as the Edict of Restoration ( actually two edicts ) described in the Bible as being made by Cyrus the Great left a lasting legacy on the Jewish religion where because of his policies in Babylonia, he is referred to by the people of the Jewish faith, as " the anointed of the Lord " or a " Messiah ".
The top-down theory of education described above typifies Duff ’ s evangelical elitism, one of the main elements of his legacy in the subcontinent.
Regarded by Time magazine in 1974 — alongside Prince Valiant author-illustrator Hal Foster — as " some sort of genius ", and described in Jerry Bails and Hames Ware's Who's Who in American Comic Books as " ossibly the most influential artist on early comic books ", Raymond's legacy as an artistic inspiration is immense.
The " legacy house " features prominently in the Mayfair story, and was described by the author nearly exactly as it appeared in real life.
Motifs such as chhajja ( A sunshade or eave laid on cantilever brackets fixed into and projecting from the walls ), corbel brackets with richly carved pendentive decorations ( described as stalactite pedentives ), balconies, kiosks or chhatris and minars ( tall towers ) were characteristic of the Mughal architecture style, which was to become a lasting legacy of the nearly four hundred years of the Mughal rule.
The album as a whole was described as managing " to remain true to Burns ' legacy as a nice-guy kid's show host despite having made an unabashedly adult record that deals with familiar themes of love and loss.

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