They emerged as interchangeable cogs in a faulty but formidable machine: shaved nearly naked, hair queued, greatcoated, jackbooted, and best of all -- in the opinion of the British professional, Major Semple-Lisle -- `` their minds are not estranged from the paths of obedience by those smatterings of knowledge which only serve to lead to insubordination and mutiny ''.

He concluded that selective service would not only prevent the disorganization of essential war industries but would avoid the undesirable moral effects of the British reliance on enlistment only -- `` where the feeling of the people was whipped into a frenzy by girls pinning white feathers on reluctant young men, orators preaching hate of the Germans, and newspapers exaggerating enemy outrages to make men enlist out of motives of revenge and retaliation ''.

I have heard people talk with contempt about the British regulars, but that only proves that a lot of people talk about things of which they are deplorably ignorant.

And in the role of Will Danaher, Philip Bosco roars and sneers sufficiently to intimidate not only one American but the whole British army, if he chose.

The only other regions so blessed are the British Isles, western Europe, eastern China, southern Chile and parts of Japan, New Zealand and Tasmania.

Not only was his Belgian nationality interesting because of Belgium's occupation by Germany ( which provided a valid explanation of why such a skilled detective would be out of work and available to solve mysteries at an English country house ), but also at the time of Christie's writing, it was considered patriotic to express sympathy with the Belgians, since the invasion of their country had constituted Britain's casus belli for entering World War I, and British wartime propaganda emphasized the " Rape of Belgium ".

In British English, according to Hart's Rules, the general rule is that abbreviations ( in the narrow sense that includes only words with the ending, and not the middle, dropped ) terminate with a full stop ( period ), whereas contractions ( in the sense of words missing a middle part ) do not.

As neither tune is attributed and both show elements of oral transmission, scholars can only speculate that they are possibly of British origin.

The British refused and only agreed to transfer Hasan Ali Shah ’ s residence to Calcutta, where it would be more difficult for him to launch new attacks against the Persian government.

Of her 49 British and American training crew, only 4 survive.

Until the introduction of ampicillin by the British company Beecham, penicillin therapies had only been effective against Gram-positive organisms such as staphylococci and streptococci.

Written forms of British and American English as found in newspapers and textbooks vary little in their essential features, with only occasional noticeable differences in comparable media ( comparing American newspapers with British newspapers, for example ).

* Full stops / Periods in abbreviations: Americans tend to write Mr., Mrs., St., Dr .; the British will most often write Mr, Mrs, St, Dr, following the rule that a full stop / period is used only when the last letter of the abbreviation is not the last letter of the complete word.

Along with the Bill of Rights 1689, it remains today one of the main constitutional laws governing the succession to not only the throne of the United Kingdom, but, following British colonialism, the resultant doctrine of reception, and independence, also to those of the other Commonwealth realms, whether by willing deference to the act as a British statute or as a patriated part of the particular realm's constitution.

Or, third, it incorporates the United Kingdom rules of succession into the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, which itself can now be altered only by Australia, according to the Australia Act 1986 ; in that way, the British rules of succession have been patriated to Australia and, with regard to Australia, are subject to amendment or repeal solely by Australian law.

British and American forces also deployed vehicles designed for a close support role, but these were conventional tanks whose only significant modification was the replacement of the main gun with a howitzer.

While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British / Indian troops.

While an organism with complete absence of melanin is called an albino ( American English, or British English ) an organism with only a diminished amount of melanin is described as albinoid.

Airline service to West Berlin was granted only to American, British, and French airlines.

Bears ( grizzly, black, and the Kermode bear or spirit bear — found only in British Columbia ) live here, as do deer, elk, moose, caribou, big-horn sheep, mountain goats, marmots, beavers, muskrat, coyotes, wolves, mustelids ( such as wolverines, badgers and fishers ), Cougar, eagles, ospreys, herons, Canada geese, swans, loons, hawks, owls, ravens, Harlequin Ducks, and many other sorts of ducks.

Belize ( formerly British Honduras ) is a country located on the north eastern coast of Central America and it is the only country in the area where English is the official language, although Creole and Spanish are more commonly spoken.

She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea ( 1955 ) with Dirk Bogarde, Helen of Troy ( 1954 ), in which she was understudy for the title role but appears only as Helen's handmaid, and Act of Love ( 1954 ) with Kirk Douglas.

The Japanese manufacturers have also been frequent visitors to the US sports car scene ( Nissan and Toyota in particular during the heyday of IMSA ) and to the European scene, in particular Le Mans, where despite many years of trying by all the man Japanese marques the only victory to have been scored by a Japanese marque was by Mazda in 1991.

The term is most often applied to sedans and usually only those manufactured by luxury automobile marques.

Once an important conglomerator of British motorcycle marques, since the sale of its components division in 2003 the company has only one operating division — LTI Limited, trading as The London Taxi Company — which manufactures and retails London Black Taxis.

The Acclaim's demise saw the end of the Triumph marque as a car ( although the name continues in motorcycles ), as Austin Rover's restructuring retained only the Austin, Rover and MG marques.

All three marques of the Elite range were available with bus grant specification front doors and interiors, although this option was late for Panorama Elite and only a few built.

The exact number and placement of Endosymbiotic theory | endosymbiotic events is currently unknown, so this diagram can be taken only as a general guide It represents the most parsimonious way of explaining the three types of endosymbiotic origins of plastids.

The second longest-lived isotope of astatine, astatine-211, is the only one currently having any commercial application, being employed in medicine to diagnose and treat some diseases via its emission of alpha particles ( helium-4 nuclei ).

Throughout European history, philosophers such as Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, among others, contemplated the possibility that souls exist in animals, plants, and people ; however, the currently accepted definition of animism was only developed in the 19th century by Sir Edward Tylor, who created it as " one of anthropology's earliest concepts, if not the first ".

NTSC is currently only used with system M, even though there were experiments with NTSC-A ( 405 line ) and NTSC-I ( 625 line ) in the UK.

However, ramipril currently remains the only ACE inhibitor for which such effects are actually evidence-based.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is currently the only living holder of the rank of Field Marshal in the Australian Army.

Brady Anderson was the first, and currently only, player to be hit by the pitch two times in the same inning in an American League game.

This is currently one of the only Scandinavian analogues to receive a general consensus of potential connection.

In the BWF World Championships, first held in 1977, currently only the highest ranked 64 players in the world, and a maximum of four from each country, can participate in any category.

The identity of the land of Sepharad, mentioned only here in this verse in the bible,, is currently unknown.

Scientists currently know the functions of only a few genes.

Bordered by Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon, Lake Chad currently covers only 1350 square kilometers, down from 25, 000 square kilometers in 1963.

Diamonds are the only of these mineral resources currently being developed ; reported sales of largely uncut diamonds make up close to 60 % of the CAR's export earnings.

Capital punishment has in the past been practised by most societies ( one notable exception being Kievan Rus ); currently 58 nations actively practice it, and 97 countries have abolished it ( the remainder have not used it for 10 years or allow it only in exceptional circumstances such as wartime ).

It is also common to render only parts of the scene at high detail, and to remove objects that are not important to what is currently being developed.

Fulham is the only club currently in the UK to have such an area.

" Roache was the only remaining member of the original cast until Dennis Tanner ( Philip Lowrie ) returned on 12 May 2011, and is currently the longest-serving actor in Coronation Street and in British and global soap overall.

First, the only player on the field who may be legally tackled is the player currently in possession of the football ( the ball carrier ).

Culture remains useful in selected circumstances and is currently the only assay approved for testing non-genital specimens.

This is currently the only member of this family but it seems likely that other species will be allocated to this family in the near future.

The Afghan economy has always been agricultural, despite the fact that only 12 % of its total land is arable and less than 6 % currently is cultivated.

Only two models of this latter were built and the only surviving example is currently stored at the Lomonosov University in Moscow.

For example, the previous emperor is usually called Hirohito in English, although he was never referred to as Hirohito in Japan, and was renamed Shōwa Tennō after his death, which is the only name that Japanese speakers currently use when referring to him.

Laser and electric energy are not currently used in practice to generate most of the required energy, but only to initiate reactions.

Operations are privatized and currently the only operator is the state-owned VR.