When we look at countries like Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Burma, where substantial progress has been made in creating a minimum supply of modern men and of social overhead capital, and where institutions of centralized government exist, we find a second category of countries with a different set of problems and hence different priorities for policy.

Most countries in this second category share the difficulty of having many of the structures of a modern political and social system without the modern standards of performance required to make them effective.

A modern PC can do the same thing in well under a millionth of a second.

Some modern historians theorize that Nero's decision to kill Agrippina was prompted by her plotting to set Gaius Rubellius Plautus ( Nero's maternal second cousin ) or Britannicus ( Claudius ' biological son ) on the throne.

In modern law, the title would have fallen into abeyance between the two daughters of the second son, and nobody else would have been able to claim it even if the abeyance were settled ; in 1597, the grandson of the third son claimed the title and its precedence.

Other Flexowriter characters that were found a use in Atlas Autocode were: in floating-point numbers, e. g. for modern ; to mean " the second half of an Atlas memory word "; for the mathematical pi number.

... was also a great and profound chess thinker second only to Steinitz, and his works – Die Blockade, My System and Chess Praxis – established his reputation as one of the father figures of modern chess.

In modern firearms terminology this is often called a " New York reload " after the practice of New York Police Department officers carrying second ( and even third ) guns as backup.

The first player's bowl has come to rest just in front of the jack ; the second has delivered his bowl and is following after it with one of those eccentric contortions still not unusual on modern greens, the first player meanwhile making a repressive gesture with his hand, as if to urge the bowl to stop short of his own ; the third player is depicted as in the act of delivering his bowl.

The Bronze Age is the second principal period of the three-age system, as proposed in modern times by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, for classifying and studying ancient societies.

The second article, published in 1938, states that launching a swift strategic knockout has great attractions for Germany but appears to accept that such a knockout will be very difficult to achieve by land attack under modern conditions ( especially in view of the existence of systems of fortification like the Maginot Line ) unless an exceptionally high degree of surprise is achieved.

As in modern times, though, reports of cannibalism were often told as apocryphal second and third-hand stories, with widely varying levels of accuracy.

" Civilization was not used in its modern sense to mean " the opposite of barbarism "— as contrasted to civility, meaning politeness or civil virtue — until the second half of the 18th century.

It is the second largest bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, the double bass being the largest.

The second theory is that the rules of the modern game of croquet arrived from Ireland during the 1850s, perhaps after being brought there from Brittany where a similar game was played on the beaches.

Starting in the 1880s, and more significantly by the mid-20th century, CGS was gradually superseded internationally for scientific purposes by the MKS ( metre – kilogram – second ) system, which in turn developed into the modern SI standard.

The book's second part contained an extensive analysis on the modern state's institutionalized forms of " classroom learning " as the cultural – historical context that shapes much of modern learning and socialization.

These African importees have had the most dominant racial influence, and their rich and ancient culture has had an influence second only to that of Europe on the political and cultural character of the modern Dominican Republic.

The term started to get its modern negative meaning with Cornelius Sulla's ascension to the dictatorship following Sulla's second civil war, making himself the first Dictator in more than a century ( during which the office was ostensibly abolished ) as well as de facto eliminating the time limit and need of senatorial acclamation, although he avoided a major constitutional crisis by resigning the office after about one year due to poor health, dying shortly after.

By 1987, with Yzerman, now the captain following the departure of Danny Gare, joined by Petr Klima, Adam Oates, Gerard Gallant, defenseman Darren Veitch and new head coach Jacques Demers, the Wings won a playoff series for only the second time in the modern era.

Equipment from the Soviet Union is being progressively replaced by more modern U. S., French, and British equipment, a significant portion of which is built under license in Egypt, such as the M1A1 Abrams tank which makes Egypt the owner of the second largest number of latest generation main battle tanks in the region after Israel, and the second after Syria in case of the older generations.

It is the second smallest of the modern constellations ( after Crux ), spanning only 72 square degrees.

Don Daglow wrote an enhanced version of the program called Ecala on a PDP-10 mainframe computer at Pomona College in 1973 before writing what was possibly the second or third computer role-playing game, Dungeon ( 1975 ) ( The first was probably " dnd ", written on and for the PLATO system in 1974, and the second may have been Moria, written in 1975 ).

For the second annual " Beastie Awards " in 1989, Dragons readers voted Pool of Radiance the most popular fantasy role-playing game of the year, with Ultima V as the runner-up.

* Pokémon Gold and Silver, the second installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse is a role-playing video game for the PlayStation 2, and the second installment in the series.

Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds is the second scenario in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games.

In terms of the number of game releases, Ys is second only to Final Fantasy as the largest Eastern role-playing game series.

are the second installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color.

Golden Sun: The Lost Age, released in Japan as, and under various names in other countries, is the second installment of a series of role-playing video games developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo.

EverQuest: The Scars of Velious ( SoV, Velious, or simply the Velious expansion ) is the second expansion released for EverQuest, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG ).

The site has also spawned a series of comic strips, several short films, a second role-playing game, a card game, a multimedia CD, and a book.

The second type is the role-playing game solitaire adventure ( an example of this is the Tunnels and Trolls series of gamebooks ), which combines the branching-plot novel with the rules of a role-playing game, allowing the game to be played without a Gamemaster but requiring the purchase of separate manuals.

* Damage per second, a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games

In 1998, Robin and CGI were contacted by Auran Games, an Australian video game company interested in developing a Hârnic Internet role-playing game. Robin signed his second contract with CGI that same year.

Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress, released on August 24, 1982 ( USCO # PA-317-502 ), is the second role-playing video game in the Ultima series.

* 6 August – Square releases Secret of Mana for the SNES, the second in a series of action role-playing games ( the first technically being Final Fantasy Adventure for the Game Boy in 1991 ).

is a role-playing video game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation video game console and the second installment of the Suikoden video game series.

is the second role-playing video game for the PlayStation 2 based on the series of the same name.

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, released in Japan as, is the second role-playing video game from Nintendo's Pokémon franchise for the Nintendo GameCube.

is the second installment in the Fire Emblem Tactical role-playing game series developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo.

Final Fantasy Legend II, originally released in Japan as, is a role-playing video game developed by Square Co. for the Game Boy handheld console as the second game of their SaGa series.

Planned for future release was a second card set, new accessories for the figures, a nationwide sanctioned tournament league, a companion video game, an animated series, and an accompanying role-playing game.

He was responsible for composing the soundtracks to three top-selling role-playing games in 2002, those of Dungeon Siege, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and Neverwinter Nights ; Morrowind earned him his second Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences award nomination.