A good example of the contempt the first democrats felt for those who did not participate in politics can be found in the modern word ' idiot ', which finds its origins in the ancient Greek word, idiōtēs, meaning a private person, a person who is not actively interested in politics ; such characters were talked about with contempt, and the word eventually acquired its modern meaning.

Europeans did not know about the numerals ' origins in ancient India, so they named them " Arabic numerals ".

The National Cartoonists Society had its origins during World War II when cartoonists Gus Edson, Otto Soglow, Clarence D. Russell, Bob Dunn and others did chalk talks at hospitals for the USO in 1943.

He did much to develop schooling in Ottoman Albania as well, as his mother was from Albanian origins and his forefathers were soldiers under the command of Scanderbeg's army.

Alan Moore's additional information about the Swamp Thing's origins did not contradict or change any of the events depicted in the character's previous appearances, but changed the reader's interpretation of them.

Regardless of its possible origins, the word was used to indicate an activity and those who participated in it, and it did not belong to any ethnic or cultural group.

Michael Jackman, writer for Detroit's " Metro Times ," did an interview with Meatmen singer Tesco Vee, who said that the song's origins dated to the late 1970s and early 1980s in Detroit, when hardcore punk bands, unable to get booked in bars and in a city lacking all-ages clubs, would do " punk nights " at gay men's bars, creating what Vee called a " worlds collide " sort of thing.

Follow the Leader marked the first album where the majority of the lyrics did not have origins relating to early occurrences, with songs like " Justin " and " Pretty " written about incidents occurring during adulthood.

However, this theory only explained experimental observations — it did not allow the microscopic origins of the superconducting properties to be identified.

Though the assumptions surrounding this species ' origins were not yet entirely accurate, by the 20th century, it was established among naturalists that the brown rat did not originate in Norway, rather the species came from central Asia and ( likely ) China.

Although he was not forthcoming with specific events and incidents, he did talk about the origins of his writing ability ; Richardson would tell stories to his friends and spent his youth constantly writing letters.

In that document, the Volksdeutsche were defined as " people whose language and culture had German origins but who did not hold German citizenship.

The day after the final concert, he was interviewed on NBC's Today Show about the origins of his support for Amnesty International and he stated: " I've been a member of Amnesty and a support member for five years, due to an entertainment event called The Secret Policeman's Ball and before that I did not know about Amnesty, I did not know about its work, I did not know about torture in the world.

Starting no later than Robert Toll's Blacking Up ( 1974 ), a " third wave " has systematically studied the origins of blackface, and has put forward a nuanced picture: that blackface did, indeed, draw on African American culture, but that it transformed, stereotyped, and caricatured that culture, resulting in often racist representations of black characters.

The document was an echo of Fianna Fáil's republican origins, and although Lynch was not happy with it, he did not stop it.

Its origins are with Anton Schindler, Beethoven's unreliable biographer, whose account conflicts in a number of ways with several established facts, indicating that he did not have first-hand knowledge of events.

Messi Me Nkonda Martin undoubtedly did the most to evolve bikutsi from its folk origins into a popular style using electric guitars and other importations, while Manu Dibango brought makossa to new audiences around the world.

Dominican music: Merengue had been popular in the Dominican Republic for decades since evolving out of confusing folk origins, but did not truly become a form of pop music until the early 1960s, when legends like Johnny Ventura brought the music to new audiences at home and abroad.

Nonetheless, he did have strong connections with Muslim royal families in the Arab World, particularly Egypt, whose ruling dynasty had Albanian origins.

This was due to relative irrelevance of academic degrees for educated people at that time, as they did not secure any social position for those coming from upper classes, and those coming from more humble origins could not commonly afford a college education if they did not hold a scholarship.

Fly-fishing remained more pure, as it was in its origins, anglers in Japan could continue using the long rods and did not feel the need to invent running line systems and reels.

Although his aunts recognized him at his 1935 appearance in Hastings, they did not talk about his British origins until 1937.

This is not out of keeping with its origins, probably the most humble of any in the Ivy group.

The U. S. census race definitions says a black is a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

It is true that its origins are buried in the mists of time: there are no records of any emperor who was not said to have been a descendant of other, yet earlier emperors.

TeamGym ( also known as " Gymnastics for All ") has it origins in earliest times. These days, although teams can compete the sport itself was developed to enhance fitness and health in the participants and is accessible to anyone of any age.

Archaeologists and historians attempting to trace the origins of these villagers have found it impossible to identify any distinctive features that could define them as specifically Israelite – collared-rim jars and four-room houses have been identified outside the highlands and thus cannot be used to distinguish Israelite sites, and while the pottery of the highland villages is far more limited than that of lowland Canaanite sites, it develops typologically out of Canaanite pottery that came before.

Section 61 ( Racial Disharmony ) makes it unlawful to publish or distribute " threatening, abusive, or insulting ... matter or words likely to excite hostility against or bring into contempt any group of persons ... on the ground of the colour, race, or ethnic or national or ethnic origins of that group of persons.

Without specific recourse to any specific representation of this deity Murray speculates that the head coverings common in inquisition-derived descriptions of the devil ' may throw light on one of the possible origins of the cult '.

Haggis is popularly assumed to be of Scottish origin, but there is a lack of historical evidence that could conclusively attribute its origins to any one place.

Facts about my life and my origins, I felt, should not be used to test the book's authenticity, any more than they should be used to encourage readers to read The Painted Bird.

Daniel, though claiming to be a contemporary, admits to no knowledge of John's origins — any speculation on John's birth is the result of much later speculation, and is confined to references in the Menologion.

Kenneth's origins are uncertain, as are his ties, if any, to previous kings of the Picts or Dál Riata.

However, the abstract formalization of the group axioms, detached as it is from the concrete nature of any particular group and its operation, allows entities with highly diverse mathematical origins in abstract algebra and beyond to be handled in a flexible way, while retaining their essential structural aspects.

For this purpose, an American Indian or Alaska Native is defined as " A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America ( including Central America ), and who maintains a tribal affiliation or community attachment.

In addition, folklore that is not any longer perceived as holding any religious significance can in some instances be traced to pre-Christian or pre-Islamic origins.

There is at present little scholarly support for the view that tales of Robin Hood have stemmed from mythology or folklore, from fairies or other mythological origins, any such associations being regarded as later development.

Joel Lidov has criticized this restoration, arguing that the Doricha story is not helpful in restoring any fragment by Sappho and that its origins lie in the work of Cratinus or another of Herodotus ' comic contemporaries.

Visitors of any religious or socio-economic background are welcomed, where langar ( food for all ) is always served to people of all origins, the same ( vegetarian ) food, while sitting together on the same level of the floor.

However, there is no evidence of the existence of any similar Arab dishes from that period ; though the Arabic mahallabīyah is similar, its origins are uncertain.

Powell stated, " I have and always will set my face like flint against making any difference between one citizen of this country and another on grounds of his origins ".

Linguists, however, do not support any Indian origins.

Bettman was later sold to Microsoft founder Bill Gates's separate Corbis Corporation, which continues to control the images of UPI and its predecessor agencies, storing them underground in Pennsylvania and digitizing them for licensing, frequently without any notation of their UPI origins.

One is that a single point of origin generated any given tale, which then spread over the centuries ; the other is that such fairy tales stem from common human experience and therefore can appear separately in many different origins.