There is, of course, nothing new about dystopias, for they belong to a literary tradition which, including also the closely related satiric utopias, stretches from at least as far back as the eighteenth century and Swift's Gulliver's Travels to the twentieth century and Zamiatin's We, Capek's War With The Newts, Huxley's Brave New World, E. M. Forster's `` The Machine Stops '', C. S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength, and Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, and which in science fiction is represented before the present deluge as early as Wells's trilogy, The Time Machine, `` A Story Of The Days To Come '', and When The Sleeper Wakes, and as recently as Jack Williamson's `` With Folded Hands '' ( 1947 ), the classic story of men replaced by their own robots.

This central episode consists of a series of staccato scenes set in the period from the beginning of the present century up to the first World War.

The famous old French and Spanish buildings with their elaborate wrought iron balconies and the narrow streets of the Latin Quarter present an Old World scene.

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Naga Munchetty, Komla Dumor and Martine Dennis present the BBC World News five o ' clock hour, which is also broadcast on the News Channel and BBC One.

Even though the goal has been the same, the methods and techniques of cryptanalysis have changed drastically through the history of cryptography, adapting to increasing cryptographic complexity, ranging from the pen-and-paper methods of the past, through machines like Bombes and Colossus computers at Bletchley Park in World War II, to the mathematically advanced computerized schemes of the present.

The FP saw combat in Cameroun, and successfully invaded and conquered areas of German East Africa, notably present day Rwanda, during World War I.

The first map to delineate the island under its present name, Diego Garcia, is the World Map of Edward Wright ( London 1599 ), possibly as a result of misreading Dio ( or simply " D .") as Diego, and Gratia as Garcia.

Steve Hogarth, lead singer for Marillion, was also present at the funeral and performed the song " Out of This World " solo.

At a summit in Aleppo, Syria, in 1997, the World Council of Churches ( WCC ) proposed a reform in the calculation of Easter which would have replaced the present divergent practices of calculating Easter with modern scientific knowledge taking into account actual astronomical instances of the spring equinox and full moon based on the meridian of Jerusalem, while also following the Council of Nicea position of Easter being on the Sunday following the full moon.

The Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry document of the World Council of Churches, attempting to present the common understanding of the Eucharist on the part of the generality of Christians, describes it as " essentially the sacrament of the gift which God makes to us in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit ", " Thanksgiving to the Father ", " Anamnesis or Memorial of Christ ", " the sacrament of the unique sacrifice of Christ, who ever lives to make intercession for us ", " the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, the sacrament of his real presence ", " Invocation of the Spirit ", " Communion of the Faithful ", and " Meal of the Kingdom ".

Since that law was repealed in the aftermath of World War II, the present Emperor Akihito became the first crown prince for over a thousand years to have an empress outside the previously eligible circle.

She was the daughter of citrus fruit magnate John A. Snively, who held extensive properties both in Winter Haven and in Waycross ; Parsons ' father was a famous World War II flying ace, decorated with the Air Medal, who was present at the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

According to the Guinness World Records, the passenger terminal of the HKIA was the world's largest airport terminal upon opening, and is at present the world's third largest airport terminal building, with a covered area of 550, 000 m² and recently increased to 570, 000 m².

The present Guinness World Record for haggis hurling has been held by Alan Pettigrew for over 25 years.

In some cases, the irredentist argumentation continued well past the Second World War and on to the present day.

Since the advent of the World Cup in 1930, two trophies have represented victory: the Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 1970, and the FIFA World Cup Trophy from 1974 to the present day.

In their cross-cultural study of signs and symbols, Patterns that Connect, Carl Schuster and Edmund Carpenter present various forms of the labyrinth and suggest various possible meanings, including not only a sacred path to the home of a sacred ancestor, but also, perhaps, a representation of the ancestor him / herself: "... many World Indians who make the labyrinth regard it as a sacred symbol, a beneficial ancestor, a deity.

It was after the veteran TV globetrotter Alan Whicker and journalist Miles Kington turned down presenting the first of these, Around the World in 80 Days, that gave Palin the opportunity to present his first and subsequent travel shows.

His great-great-great-grandfather Cornelis Maessen van Buren had come to the New World in 1631 from the small city of Buren, Dutch Republic, in present day Netherlands.

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But perhaps the most widely discussed periodization scheme of the Middle Ages was the Six Ages of the World, where every age was a thousand years counting from Adam to the present, with the present time ( in the Middle Ages ) being the sixth and final stage.

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The Blue Cliff Record (; ; Korean: Byeokamrok, 벽암록 ( 碧巖錄 ); Vietnamese: Bích nham lục ( 碧巖錄 )) is a collection of Chán Buddhist koans originally compiled in China during the Song dynasty in 1125 ( 宋宣和七年 ) and then expanded into its present form by the Chán master Yuanwu Keqin ( 圜悟克勤 1063 – 1135 ).

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The Guinness Worlds Record organization was to be present in 2008 to verify the new record.

In 1988 he joined the BBC to present the new flagship political programme On the Record ( 1988 – 93 ).

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They survive to the present day in the Public Record Office, and have become a valuable historical resource for a critical period in English history.

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In January 1876, the Presbyterian Record, a merger of the Church of Scotland's The Presbyterian ( since 1848 ), and the Canada Presbyterian Church's Record ( and its predecessors in the United Presbyterian and Free Church ), began operations that continue monthly ( except August ) to the present time.

Witnesses present with Lennon, including his producer Jack Douglas, cite the Record Plant as the studio where he spent his time recording and mixing tracks the evening of the murder.

His Saturday show eventually ended in September 2005, but he still continued to stand in for weekday presenters on Radio 2 as well as present documentaries and specialist shows for the network, such as The Record Producers, which is usually broadcast from 7-8pm on Bank Holiday Mondays.

From 1998 to present, Rio de Janeiro ( Hotel Glória, Copacabana Palace, Ribalta, Citibank Hall and Vivo Rio ) and São Paulo ( Palace, today Citibank Hall, Via Funchal and Credicard Hall ) alternated the rights to host the annual beauty telecast show, at first broadcast by local affiliates from Rede Manchete, Rede Record and CNT.

The present World Record for haggis hurling has been held by Alan Pettigrew for over 20 years.

`` Here's a present for you '', he said, shoving his bullet-riddled hat down over Nate's purpling forehead.

It seems that for Persia, and especially for this city, there are only two times: the glorious past and the corrupt, depressing, sterile present.

It was to provide a safe and spacious crossing for these caravans, and also to make a pleasance for the city, that Shah Abbas 2, in about 1657 built, of sun-baked brick, tile, and stone, the present bridge.

This almost trivial example is nevertheless suggestive, for there are some elements in common between the antique fear that the days would get shorter and shorter and our present fear of war.

It takes a great deal of abstraction to free oneself from the primitive impression of larger unities of power and influence and to view one's world simply as a collection of sense data arranged in such and such sequence and pattern, devoid of all power to move the feelings and actions except in so far as they present themselves for inspection.

In the following sketch we shall present a brief outline of his life and let him as much as possible speak for himself.

Even if the self portrait we distribute for popular consumption were accurate it would be dangerous to present it as a picture of the ideal society.

The problem is rather to find out what is actually happening, and this is especially difficult for the reason that `` we are busily being defended from a knowledge of the present, sometimes by the very agencies -- our educational system, our mass media, our statesmen -- on which we have had to rely most heavily for understanding of ourselves ''.

Going back over this ground and analyzing the composition of forces which have created the present scene is one of the tasks undertaken by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, in Santa Barbara.

But however we come, finally, to explain and account for the present, the truth we are trying to expose, right now, is that the makers of constitutions and the designers of institutions find it difficult if not impossible to anticipate the behavior of the host of all their enterprises.

I am assured by experts that the thrust of our present missiles is fully adequate for defense requirements.

`` Don't forget, here was a man who had been accusing his colleagues for almost a year of willfully attempting to present an incorrect report.

New Orleans had a notorious red-light district extending over twenty-eight city blocks, and the business-minded mayor of the city journeyed to Washington to present the case for `` the God-given right of men to be men ''.

The NCTA is well advised to seek funds for this purpose from the present session of Congress.

St. Louis county under its present leadership also has largely closed its eyes to the need for governmental reform, and permitted parochial interests to take priority over area-wide interests.

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It would present a forum for them in almost every community.

But, in spite of this, I, at present a man 31 years of age and a College Professor, have been recalled `` by direction of the President '' to report on November 25th to Fort Devens, Massachusetts, for another twelve months of Active Duty as an Sp 4 ( the equivalent of a PFC ).

It seems to me the time has come for the American press to start experimenting with ways of reporting the news that will do a better job of communicating and will be less subject to abuse by those who have learned how to manipulate the present stereotype to serve their own ends.

In view of the increasing shortage of usable surface and ground water in many parts of the Nation and the importance of finding new sources of supply to meet its present and future water needs, it is the policy of the Congress to provide for the development of practicable low-cost means for the large-scale production of water of a quality suitable for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and other beneficial consumptive uses from saline water, and for studies and research related thereto.