* Idavoll, in Scandinavian mythology the plain on which Asgard is built

Therefore, it is plain that the clear distinctions of the nineteenth century are no longer with us.

The girls sit quietly with the musicians, wearing prim dresses or plain, secretarial shifts, until it is time to go off to a back room and reappear in the spare uniform of the harem.

It is plain as hell Johnson is no reactionary.

It is easy for the teacher to rationalize that the child who is not achieving in accordance with his known ability is just plain lazy, or that the child who lacks interest in school, who dislikes the teacher, or who is overaggressive is a hopeless delinquent.

But it is plain that a warning system, however efficient, is not enough.

If tests are to be resumed, the argument went, it is vital that the U. S. make plain that the onus belongs to the Soviet Union.

To the southeast, it is bounded by the ranges that separate it from the Orontes valley in Greater Syria and the Mesopotamian plain.

For Lamprias had said that the first articulate sound made is " alpha ", because it is very plain and simple — the air coming off the mouth does not require any motion of the tongue — and therefore this is the first sound that children make.

That the emperor sincerely sympathized with Alexei, and suspected Peter of harbouring murderous designs against his son, is plain from his confidential letter to George I of Great Britain, whom he consulted on this delicate affair.

Steele noted that " This plain Man's Story is a memorable Example, that he is happiest who confines his Wants to natural Necessities ; and he that goes further in his Desires, increases his Wants in Proportion to his Acquisitions ".

English speakers treat them as the same sound, but they are different: the first is aspirated and the second is unaspirated ( plain ).

Abadeh is situated at an elevation of in a fertile plain on the high road between Isfahan and Shiraz, from the former and from the latter.

Megiddo is mentioned twelve times in the Old Testament, ten times in reference to the ancient city of Megiddo, and twice with reference to " the plain of Megiddo ", most probably simply meaning " the plain next to the city ".

The time was about 16: 30, and the two armies were in close contact across the whole four-mile ( 6 km ) front, from the skirmishing in the marshes in the south, through the vast cavalry battle on the open plain ; to the fierce struggle for Ramillies at the centre, and to the north, where, around the cottages of Offus and Autre-Eglise, Orkney and de la Guiche faced each other across the Petite Gheete ready to renew hostilities.

During the Middle Ages, Milan prospered as a centre of trade due to its command of the rich plain of the Po and routes from Italy across the Alps.

Apparently a very plain woman, she was overlooked in favour of her sister Zoe, who was selected as the potential bride, but Otto III died before she could be wed. From that point onwards, Theodora lived a life of virtual total obscurity in the imperial gynaeceum until circumstances ( her uncle Basil II dying childless and her dying father not siring any sons ) forced her into the centre of imperial politics.

To the south-east stretches the fruitful plain of Beauce, the " granary of France ", of which the town is the commercial centre.

The plain Classical brick stable block with pedimented centre is of c. 1800.

* Hinomaru bento () is the name for a bento consisting of plain white rice with an umeboshi in the centre.

The spy would advise Bonaparte to march via Sale on the northern side of the plain, so that he could be engaged by the Austrian left wing ; meanwhile the main force would move through Marengo village in the centre, turn north, and fall into the French left flank.

The lower valley contains the city of Lower Hutt, administered by Hutt City Council, while the adjacent, larger but less populous city of Upper Hutt has its centre on the smaller plain above the Taita Gorge.

The Chao Phraya is a major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country.

In the centre of the 5th Army front lay the Mignano Gap, which because of the marshy conditions on the coastal plain represented the only realistic path to the mouth of the Liri valley.

The arms were Quarterly of nineteen, 1st, Azure, a lion barry Argent and Gules ( Landgrave of Thuringia ); 2nd, Gules, an escarbuncle Or and a shield at the centre point Argent ( Cleves ); 3rd, Or, a lion rampant Sable ( Meissen ); 4th, Or, a lion rampant Sable ( Jülich ); 5th, Argent, a lion rampant Gules crowned Azure ( Berg ); 6th, Azure, an eagle displayed Or ( Palatinate of Saxony ); 7th, Or, two pales Azure ( Landsberg ); 8th, Sable, an eagle displayed Or ( Palatinate of Thuringia ); 9th, Or, semé of hearts Gules a lion rampant Sable crowned of the second ( Orlamünde ); 10th, Argent, three bars Azure ( Eisenberg ); 11th, Azure, a lion passant per fess Or and Argent ( Tonna in Gleichen ); 12th, Argent, a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper ( Burgraviate of Altenburg ); 13th, Gules plain ( Sovereign rights ); 14th, Argent, three beetles ' pincers Gules ( Engern ); 15th, Or a fess chequy Gules and Argent ( Marck ); 16th, Per pale, dexter, Gules, a column Argent crowned Or ( Roemhild ), sinister, Or, on a mount Vert, a cock Sable, wattled Gules ( Hannenberg ); 17th, Argent three chevronels Gules ( Ravensberg ); and over all an inescutcheon barry Or and Sable, a crown of rue ( or a crancelin ) in bend Vert ( Saxony ).

The coastal plain is widest in the south and narrowest in the north, with the city centre located about midway.

The A303 road runs along the southern area of the plain, and the A360 cuts across the centre.

The city centre is situated to the south of the middle reach of the Yellow River, where its valley broadens into the great plain.

The original settlement, consisting of fifty people and six square miles of agricultural settlement, was established prior to the Domesday Survey of 1086 where the town is recorded as Magele on a ridge of high ground, that can be most clearly seen at Red Lion Bridge towards the centre of the town and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal follows it on the plain and the A5147 on the brow.

Between Godmanchester, Huntingdon and Brampton lies England's largest meadow, Portholme, which remains an important flood plain but which has served as a horse race course and centre for early aviation.

In 1911 BC during the reign of Fodbgen, the Firbolg High-King of Ireland, the name Magh Senaig was changed to Magh Slécht ( The plain of prostrations ) as it became the nationwide centre of the cult of the god Crom Cruaich.

Marugame occupies the centre of an alluvial plain.

The river plain now containing the city centre was originally settled as a castle town around the seat of the lords of Tosa Province, Kōchi Castle.

The flat area of Redhill's town centre was formerly the marshy flood plain caused by its often silted waters.

* The bar for a second award is plain gold with an Imperial Crown in the centre.

It is at the centre of a fertile river plain, surrounded by rolling hill country.

Pays de France was the fertile plain located immediately north of the city of Paris, with the city of Saint-Denis at its centre.

The Mesaoria is a broad, sweeping plain which makes up the centre of the island of Cyprus.

The ship is propelled over the edge of the flat Earth and into space, coming to rest upon the plain of Asgard.

A revelation of the ancient myths follows, but at the end the palace and the people disappear in a clap of thunder and Gylfi finds himself alone on the plain, having been deluded ( Section 59 ).

In a lengthy dissent, Justice Thomas argued that the plain meaning of Section 2 removed " any doubt regarding its broad scope, the Amendment simplified the language of the Webb-Kenyon Act and made it clear that States could regulate importation destined for in-state delivery free of negative Commerce Clause restraints.

After a rash of indecent sexual assaults on the Green Line in 2007 and 2008, detectives from the Criminal investigations Section began riding Green Line trains in plain clothes.

The old lake plain is part of the Tamarack Lowlands Subsection within the Northern Minnesota Drift Plains Section of the Laurentian Mixed Forest.

The former Special Constables are now referred to as " Transit Enforcement Officers " and are working in uniforms and plain clothes enforcing the Criminal Code of Canada, pursuant to Section 494 ( commonly referred to as Citizen's arrest powers, as well as By-Law # 1 and the Trespass to Property Act of Ontario.