Isfahan became more of a legend than a place, and now it is for many people simply a name to which they attach their notions of old Persia and sometimes of the East.

`` I'd simply like to know if it is as good as you kind people seem to think '', he said.

To understand American politics is, simply, to know people, to know the relative weight of names -- who are heroes, who are straw men, who controls, who does not.

One is that people will be more helping when they know that their helping behavior will be communicated to people they will interact with later, is publicly announced, is discussed, or is simply being observed by someone else.

Another effect is that people would like altruism to be due to a personality characteristic rather than due to overt reputational concerns and simply pointing out that there are reputational benefits of an action may actually reduce them.

There is a large number of amateur astronomical societies around the world that serve as a meeting point for those interested in amateur astronomy, whether they be people who are actively interested in observing or " armchair astronomers " who may simply be interested in the topic.

The plague that carries people off unexpectedly echoes the reality of the occupation, in which people could be snatched from their homes by the Gestapo and imprisoned or sent to work as slave labor in German-controlled territories or simply killed.

Tartarus was for the people that blasphemed against the gods, or were simply rebellious and consciously evil.

That influence was based on his relation with the assembly, a relation that in the first instance lay simply in the right of any citizen to stand and speak before the people.

MSP Alex Johnstone wrote " Clearly, the Declaration of Arbroath is a literary work of outstanding universal significance by any stretch of the imagination " In 2008, the Campaign Group Chairman, Councillor Jim Millar launched a public petition to reinforce the bid explaining " We're simply asking people to, local people especially, to sign up to the campaign to have the Declaration of Arbroath and Arbroath Abbey recognised by the United Nations.

Essentially we need local people to sign up to this campaign simply because the United Nations demand it.

From a sociological and demographic perspective, the Big Brother franchise allows the opportunity for analysis of how people react when forced into close confinement with people who lie outside their comfort zone, since they may hold different opinions or ideals from other contestants, or simply belong to a different group of people than a contestant normally interacts with.

W. H. Chamberlin claims, " It is simply impossible to believe that the Cheka only put to death 12, 733 people in all of Russia up to the end of the civil war.

However, the Coes write that xicalli referred to the gourd out of which the beverage was consumed and that the use of a frothing stick ( known as a molinollo ) was a product of creolisation between the Spanish and Aztec ; the original frothing method used by the indigenous people was simply pouring the drink from a height into another vessel.

The influence of such persons may reflect a heightened spiritual consciousness, or may simply represent people attempting to explain the world as best they could given the tools of the time.

Wells tells Lois that in truth the people of the future simply considered Lois to be blinded by love, and that this has made her story a compelling one throughout the intervening years.

With one third of the game ( 9 levels ) distributed as shareware, Doom was played by an estimated 10 million people within two years of its release, popularizing the mode of gameplay and spawning a gaming subculture ; as a sign of its effect on the industry, games from the mid-1990s boom of first-person shooters are often known simply as " Doom clones ".

Others, who regard the Buddha as simply an enlightened human being, see the Dharma as the essence of the " 84, 000 different aspects of the teaching " ( Tibetan: chos-sgo brgyad-khri bzhi strong ) that the Buddha gave to various types of people, based upon their individual propensities and capabilities.

The population was further altered by Joseph Stalin's mass deportations and executions while many people simply left as a result of World War II.

" One widely used definition is simply " Folk music is what the people sing ".

Thomas certainly wanted to tell people about the ruin and disorder of the world.

The King Arthur offered respectable and convenient lodgings to people from the suburbs who wanted to see a show and didn't want -- heaven knew didn't want!!

He wanted to identify with people and have a connection with them ; ;

He helped her meet people so she could go out and do the work she wanted.

* Gaudi wanted the people who lived in the flats to all know each other.

Socrates happened to be the citizen presiding over the assembly that day and refused to cooperate ( though to little effect ) and stood against the idea that it was outrageous for the people to be unable to do whatever they wanted.

:" For this city he ordained, as the first among our people, the abbot Hiltin, whom he wanted to call John.

Bombardier wanted to develop a fast, lightweight snowmobile that could carry one or two people.

In times of division, chaos, and endless wars between feudal states, he wanted to restore the Mandate of Heaven () that could unify the " world " (, " all under Heaven ") and bestow peace and prosperity on the people.

When asked about the " DK " logo in an interview, Jello Biafra explained, "... I wanted to make sure it was something simple and easy to spray-paint so people would graffiti it all over the place, and then I showed it to Winston Smith.

Diderot wanted to give all people the ability to further their knowledge and, in a sense, allow every person to have any knowledge they sought of the world.

Frits Philips wanted to give the people of Eindhoven a beautiful and educational gift to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the company that bears his family name.

Even if one wanted to follow the literal word of God, the need for people first to understand that word necessitates human interpretation.

He could not buy expensive jewels, own property outside Venice or the Veneto, display his insignia outside the Ducal Palace, decorate his apartment as he wanted, receive people in his ducal dress, send official letters, or have close ties with guilds, amongst a great many other restrictions.

It appears Louis had a strong sense of justice and always wanted to judge people himself before applying any sentence.

As the majority of French people wanted to be rid of them, they could achieve their purpose only by extraordinary means.

Because we were funny people it was going to be a funny film, but we wanted to get it right.

Pei wanted his design for Dallas City Hall to " convey an image of the people ".

He was deeply concerned that so many Indian people could not read or write and wanted mass education to release Indian society from the limitations that ignorance and religious traditions imposed.

As for the contradiction between German rearmament and his message of peace, Ribbentrop argued to whoever would listen that the German people had been “ humiliated ” by the Versailles treaty, that Germany wanted peace above all, and German violations of Versailles were part of an effort to restore Germany's " self-respect " By the 1930s, much of British opinion had been convinced that the treaty was monstrously unfair and unjust to Germany, so as a result, many in Britain like Thomas Jones were very open to Ribbentrop ’ s message that if only Versailles could be done away with, then European peace would be secured.

They wanted people who would work on something forever.

Many people decided that this prodigious situation meant that eating the fish would grant them immortality, and so all present wanted to buy the fish.

Gompers only wanted skilled workers representing his union and many black people were not considered skilled.

Most people who could afford a book wanted it to be in French, since that was the common language of the ruling classes.

Adam Killeya, the mayor of Saltash and the convenor of the Keep Cornwall Whole campaign, said that of the border that it was " ancient and distinctive " and most people wanted to continue with that status.