The distinctive claw, on the second digit of dromaeosaurids, has traditionally been depicted as a slashing weapon ; its assumed use being to cut and disembowel prey.

According to Mike Nesmith, it was Dolenz's voice that made the Monkees ' sound distinctive, and even during tension-filled times Nesmith and Peter Tork voluntarily turned over lead vocal duties to Dolenz on their own compositions, such as Tork's " For Pete's Sake ", which became the closing title theme for the second season of the TV show.

The distribution of the arthropathy is distinctive, but not unique, frequently affecting the second and third metacarpophalangeal joints of the hand.

The second distinctive feature is the representation of a falcon at the very top of the crown in the same position a cross would occupy on the top of an orb in the traditional crown of a Christian sovereign.

Software constraints of the time — similar to those that gave Mario his distinctive look in Donkey Kong — meant Luigi's first appearance was restricted to a simple palette swap of Mario designed to represent the second player.

because the first one is that of logic … and as I cannot object to the premise " that all people have the right to eat ", I must defer to all the conclusions …. The second of the two compelling voices, of which I am talking, is even more powerful than the first, because it is the voice of hatred, the hatred I dedicate to this common enemy that constitutes the most distinctive contrast to communism and that will oppose the angry giant already at the first instance – I am talking about the party of the so-called advocates of nationality in Germany, about those false patriots whose love for the fatherland only exists in the shape of imbecile distaste of foreign countries and neighbouring peoples and who daily pour their bile especially on France ".

Recognized by his distinctive flattop haircut, Haldeman would serve throughout Nixon's first term and into his second, though his service was cut short due to the unfolding Watergate scandal, and his role in it.

The distinctive doctrine of Pentecostalism is that there is a second work of grace after conversion, which Pentecostals call the baptism in the Holy Spirit, that is evidenced by glossolalia (" speaking in tongues ").

The first movement, which for the most part has the character of a march, features a motif consisting of an A major triad turning to A minor over a distinctive timpani rhythm ( the chords are played by trumpets and oboes when first heard, with the trumpets sounding most loudly in the first chord and the oboes in the second ):

He contrasts this view with what he deems to be his own " naturalistic " perspective in which the distinctive capacities of mind are a cultural achievement of our " second nature ", an idea that he adapts from Gadamer.

The term macropod comes from the Greek for " large foot " and is appropriate: most have a very long, narrow hind foot with a distinctive arrangement of toes: the fourth toe is very large and strong, the fifth toe moderately so, the second and third are fused and the first toe is usually missing.

The second, noble rot, occurs when drier conditions follow wetter, and can result in distinctive sweet dessert wines, such as Sauternes or the Aszú of Tokaji.

Several structures have distinctive " in-and-out masonry "; each tier is built with a batter, every second course projecting slightly beyond the course below it.

Tying is the practice of making the sale of one good ( the tying good ) or service to the de facto customer ( or de jure customer ) conditional on the purchase of a second distinctive good ( the tied good ) or service.

The distinctive sound of Bulgarian folk music comes partly from the asymmetric rhythms, harmony and polyphony, such as the use of close intervals like the major second and the singing of a drone accompaniment underneath the melody, especially common in songs from the Shopi region in Western Bulgaria and the Pirin region.

The second is a more ornate version worn by Thots or other officials that has gold lining and distinctive gold stripes running down the top of the helmet and the " beak ", as seen in later episodes of Deep Space Nine, such as " Strange Bedfellows ".

Rimmer was played by Chris Eigeman in the first American pilot and then by Anthony Fuscle in the second pilot. The character's distinctive " H " was replaced with a marble-shaped object in the first pilot, but the " H " returned in the second one.

Upland Sandpipers can be identified by a distinctive call, sometimes called a " wolf whistle ", which features a long, ascending whistle followed by a second rising and / or falling call.

The tuning of the second string in the third course ( G ) varies: some players use a unison string while others prefer the distinctive high-pitched, bell-like quality an octave string makes in this position.

The show's distinctive musical score, which was originally orchestral-based and shifted to more synthesizer-oriented arrangements early in the second season, was composed and conducted mainly by Sylvester Levay.

The subspecies R. a. indicus has, in addition to its distinctive plumage, very different vocalisations to the other subspecies, and it was considered a separate species in early works, including the first edition ( 1898 ) of Fauna of British India, but later demoted to a subspecies by E. C. Stuart Baker in the second edition ( 1929 ).

He usually enters her second story bedroom with a ladder while a distinctive guitar tune plays every time he is about to enter.

The distinctive sounds of women's choirs in Bulgarian folk music come partly from their unique rhythms, harmony and polyphony, such as the use of close intervals like the major second and the singing of a drone accompaniment underneath the melody, especially common in songs from the Shope region around the Bulgarian capital Sofia and the Pirin region.

With a variety of dialects and acting as something of a crossroads for the cultures and immigrants of England, Scotland and Ireland, there is a distinctive local character to folk music, which expressed itself in local enthusiasm that emerged as a major factor within the wider folk movement in the second revival.

She snapped five tenths of a second off the mark set by Helen Shipley, of Wellsley College, in the National A.A.U. meet in Columbus, Ohio.

Singer comments that defenders of abortion attack the second premise, suggesting that the fetus becomes a " human " or " alive " at some point after conception ; however, Singer finds this argument flawed in that that human development is a gradual process, and it is nearly impossible to mark a particular moment in time as the moment at which human life begins.

On 12 August that year, Helen Dance, wife of the captain of the second ship, Sulphur, cut down a tree to mark the founding of the town.

" A three-blade shutter projecting a 16 fps film would slightly surpass this mark, giving the audience 48 images per second.

:* Matthew 24: 36 – phrase ουδε ο υιος ( nor the Son ) the first corrector marked as doubtful, but the second corrector ( b ) removed the mark.

:* Mark 10: 40 ητοιμασται υπο του πατρος μου ( instead of ητοιμασται ) – the first corrector marked " υπο του πατρος μου " as doubtful, but the second corrector removed the mark.

The attendance mark of 63, 130 was second lowest only to the first Super Bowl's attendance of 61, 946, and the Metrodome was the smallest stadium to ever host the Super Bowl.

30 second ads for Super Bowl XXIX went for $ 1. 15 Million, the first time that Super Bowl ads exceeded the $ 1, 000, 000 mark.

Formerly, when a word or phrase in quotation marks came at the end of a phrase or clause that ended with a semicolon, the semicolon would be put before the trailing quotation mark ; now, however, the magazine follows the more commonly observed style and puts the semicolon after the second quotation mark.

The second player, whom we shall designate " O ", must respond to X's opening mark in such a way as to avoid the forced win.

Even so, Grace made his mark by scoring 34 out of 77 – 2 in the second innings to steer the Gentlemen to victory.

During the cycle, the red second hand continues its normal 1 rpm motion but is held in place when it reaches the 60 second mark.

It initially ran as a temporary installation from March 11 to April 14, 2002, and was launched again in 2003 to mark the second anniversary of the attack.

For example, one would morph one face into another by marking key points on the first face, such as the contour of the nose or location of an eye, and mark where these same points existed on the second face.

A year later, Henderson finished second in the league in batting average with a mark of. 325, losing out to the Kansas City Royals ' George Brett on the final day of the season.

The book reflects James's consuming interest in the theatre and is often considered to mark the close of the second or middle phase of his career.

* Haile Gebrselassie, considered one of the greatest distance runners of all time, was the 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist in the 10, 000 m, and held the 5000 m and 10, 000 m world records from 1998 until 2004 with a mark of 12: 39. 36 and 26: 22. 75 respectively ( still the second best athlete of all time ).

After spending so much time with the CSM, Collins felt compelled to leave his mark on it, so during the second night following their return from the Moon, he went to the lower equipment bay of the CM and wrote:

These improvements mark the second phase of a multi-year improvement plan for Dodger Stadium.

Puckett won the AL batting title in 1989 with a mark of. 339, while also finishing fifth in at bats, second in doubles, first in hits, and second in singles.

If you put the two scales together with zero points aligned then the first mark on the vernier scale will be one tenth short of the first main scale mark, the second two tenths short and so on up to the ninth mark which would be misaligned by nine tenths.