One or two of the schools have a five year curriculum, but the usual pattern of American education has limited most of them to the four-year plan which seems to be the minimum in acceptable institutions.

Whereas the usual organic surface-active agent is strongly sorbed at oil - water interfaces, the highly charged ions are most strongly sorbed at interfaces between water and insoluble materials exhibiting an ionic structure ( see Table 26-2 on p. 1678 ).

It seems clear, when one takes into consideration the exceedingly defective eyesight of the patient ( we shall describe it in detail in connection with our second question, the one concerning the psychical blindness of the patient ), that he had to rely on his sense of touch much more than the usual portfolio-maker and that consequently that faculty was most probably more sensitive to shape and size than that of a person with normal vision.

The moments of sung melody, in the usual sense, come most often when the character is actually supposed to be singing, as in folk songs and liturgical chants.

I was curious to know if Lumumba's death, which is surely among the most sinister of recent events, would elicit from `` our '' side anything more than the usual, well-meaning rhetoric.

He suddenly and unexpectedly loses the moral support which the usual violent resistance of most victims would render him '' ; ;

Instead of the usual straggling privet hedges and patches of bare dirt in most small-town squares, the building was hemmed in by a semitropical growth of camellias and azaleas and a smooth lawn the improbably bright-green shade of florist's grass.

About all that remains to be said is that the present selection, most of which appeared first in The New Yorker, comprises ( as usual ) a slightly unstrung necklace, held together by little more than a slender thread cunningly inserted in the spine of the book.

As usual, Alcott's methods were controversial ; a former student later referred to him as " the most eccentric man who ever took on himself to train and form the youthful mind.

It is most usual to date Athenian democracy from Cleisthenes, since Solon's constitution fell and was replaced by the tyranny of Peisistratus, whereas Ephialtes revised Cleisthenes ' constitution relatively peacefully.

The most usual shabi term for the geographic area of a bishop's authority and ministry, the diocese, began as part of the structure of the Roman Empire under Diocletian.

Its most usual form … is said to be that of an enormous starfish.

Although central banks today are generally associated with fiat money, the 19th and early 20th centuries central banks in most of Europe and Japan developed under the international gold standard, elsewhere free banking or currency boards were more usual at this time.

The most usual is the system of the Confederação Brasileira de Capoeira ( Brazilian Capoeira Confederation ), which adopts ropes using the colors of the Brazilian flag, green, yellow, blue and white.

: My friend planted a row of Indian corn that was colored red and blue ; the rest of the field being planted with yellow, which is the most usual color.

In the western musical tradition, the most usual shape is a cylinder, although timpani, for example, use bowl-shaped shells.

The two most usual cases of the latter are the in the sayings òf ... òf ( either ... or ) and nòg ... nòg ( neither ... nor ) to distinguish them from of ( or ) and nog ( again, still ).

In 1828, he attempted the entrance examination for the École Polytechnique, the most prestigious institution for mathematics in France at the time, without the usual preparation in mathematics, and failed for lack of explanations on the oral examination.

Early Roman Emperors avoided any type of ceremony or regalia different from what was already usual for republican offices in the Roman Republic: the most intrusive change had been changing the color of their robe to purple.

Current research has established that humans are genetically highly homogenous ; that is, the DNA of individuals is more alike than usual for most species, which may have resulted from their relatively recent evolution or the possibility of a population bottleneck resulting from cataclysmic natural events such as the Toba catastrophe.

The TGV has set many world speed records, the most recent on 3 April 2007, when a new version of the TGV dubbed the V150 with larger wheels than the usual TGV, and a stronger engine, broke the world speed record for conventional rail trains, reaching 574. 8 km / h ( 357. 2 mph ).

Never commercial enterprises, most science fiction fanzines were ( and many still are ) available for " the usual ," meaning that a sample issue will be mailed on request ; to receive further issues, a reader sends a " letter of comment " ( LoC ) about the fanzine to the editor.

A weak man who preferred to engage in activities like thatching and ditch-digging rather than jousting, hunting, or the usual entertainments of kings, he spent most of his reign trying in vain to control the nobility, who in return showed continual hostility to him.

The usual features are a handle and a head, with most of the weight in the head.

In sponsalia de praesenti, the most usual form, the couple declared they there and then accepted each other as man and wife.

Even the most rational of men, under great stress, may be transported by a new faith and behave like mystics.

In a general way, psychiatrists were able to establish on a wide basis what many of them had always felt -- that the most telling cues in psychotherapy are acoustic, that such things as stress and nagging are transmitted by sound alone and not necessarily by words.

Abiotic stress is the most harmful factor concerning the growth and productivity of crops worldwide.

Research has also shown that abiotic stressors are at their most harmful when they occur together, in combinations of abiotic stress factors.

The most common of the stressors are the easiest for people to identify, but there are many other, less recognizable abiotic stress factors which affect environments constantly.

The most obvious detriment concerning abiotic stress involves farming.

It has been claimed by one study that abiotic stress causes the most crop loss of any other factor and that most major crops are reduced in their yield by more than 50 % from their potential yield.

A variety of galling insects are among the most specialized and diverse herbivores on the planet, and their extensive protections against abiotic stress factors have helped the insect in gaining that position of honor.

Martin being among the most influential designers of their times ); to not only strengthen the top against collapsing under the tremendous stress exerted by the tensioned strings, but also to affect the resonation of the top.

A breaking stress of at least 20 kN ( 20, 000 newtons = approximately 4, 500 pounds of force which is significantly more than the weight of a small car ) with the gate closed and 7 kN with the gate open is the standard for most climbing applications, although requirements vary depending on the activity.

According to Cassius Dio Claudius became very sickly and thin by the end of Caligula's reign, most likely due to stress.

The radius itself reduces the stress in these critical areas, but since the radius in most cases are rolled, this also leaves some compressive residual stress in the surface, which prevents cracks from forming.

As in most Romance languages, stress is distinctive.

As in most Romance languages, stress is distinctive.

While weekly therapy is certainly valuable, most providers also suggest an aggressive self-care regimen at home to help combat muscle tension, such as daily muscle relaxation audiotapes, stress reduction and anxiety management on a daily basis.

In fact outside marsh and riparian zones, most of Nepal's native vegetation is adapted to withstand drought, although less so at higher elevations where cooler temperatures mean less water stress.

The recommended weight corresponds to a flex rating that is determined by the manufacturer by placing a standardized amount of stress ( most commonly a 50 lb weight ) on the pole and measuring how much the center of the pole is displaced.

The shock of firing can also put a great deal of stress on the crane, as in most designs the cylinder is only held closed at one point, the rear of the cylinder.

As with most aerobic exercise, swimming is believed to reduce the harmful effects of stress.

It is the most popular isotope used for thallium nuclear cardiac stress tests.

One of the most feared injuries for a running athlete, Hird was first struck with a stress fracture of his navicular bone early in the 1998 season.

( However, this terminology is also sometimes used to mean " single-valued ", i. e., each argument is mapped to at most one value ; this is the case for any function, but is used to stress the opposition with multi-valued functions, which are not true functions.