The most notable alteration is the shortening of most feasts from nine to three lessons at Matins, keeping only the Scripture readings ( the former lesson i, then lessons ii and iii together ), followed by either the first part of the patristic reading ( lesson vii ) or, for most feasts, a condensed version of the former second Nocturn, which was formerly used when a feast was reduced in rank and commemorated.

At its second reading, if the Parliament approves the text or does not act, the text is adopted, otherwise the Parliament may propose further amendments to the Council's proposal.

It never reached second reading.

If a second compression test is performed shortly thereafter, and the new reading is much higher, it would be the ring seal that is problematic, whereas if the compression test pressure observed remains low, it is a valve sealing ( or more rarely head gasket, or breakthrough piston or rarer still cylinder wall damage ) issue.

The second reference point was selected as the reading of the thermometer when it was placed in still water when ice was just forming on the surface.

In the second half of 1945, Thomas began reading for the BBC Radio programme, Book of Verse, broadcast weekly to the Far East providing Thomas with a regular income and bringing him into contact with Louis MacNeice, a congenial drinking companion whose advice Thomas cherished.

It comprises two main divisions: the first is the Liturgy of the Catechumens which consists of introductory litanies, antiphons and scripture readings, culminating in a reading from one of the Gospels and, often, a homily ; the second is the Liturgy of the Faithful in which the Eucharist is offered, consecrated, and received as Holy Communion.

" On second reading, the reader should realize that " breast " does not carry the general androgynous connotation of " chest " but instead the specific idea of a woman's breasts, which are so attractive that a man of any religion would kiss the Christian cross to be near.

For example, students have been found to perform better on a test of knowledge about a text passage when a second reading of the passage is delayed rather than immediate ( see figure ).

If deactivation occurs during the first reading, the reader does not need to undergo deactivation in the second reading.

Legislation to accomplish this was defeated on its second reading in Tynwald, prompting Westminster to legislate directly.

Today, a Levite is called up second to the reading of the Torah.

The Bill was subject to sharp criticism from both sides of the House of Commons before passing its second Commons reading in November 2006, but was defeated in the Lords in March 2007.

" Walter Burkert finds that " the second element da-remains hopelessly ambiguous " and finds a " husband of Earth " reading " quite impossible to prove.

Full preterists argue that a literal reading of Matthew 16: 28 ( where Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw him coming in his kingdom ) places the second coming in the first century.

The reading from a second standard buffer solution is then adjusted, using the " slope " control, to be equal to the pH for that solution.

The Stationers were enthusiastic, urging Parliament to pass the bill, and it received its second reading on 9 February.

The reading was deleted by the first corrector, but the second corrector restored it.

In the OECD's international assessment of student performance, PISA, Finland has consistently been among the highest scorers worldwide ; in 2003, Finnish 15-year-olds came first in reading literacy, science, and mathematics ; and second in problem solving, worldwide.

The issue split the Liberal Party ( a breakaway group went on to create the Liberal Unionist party ) and the bill was thrown out on the second reading, ending his government after only a few months and inaugurating another headed by Lord Salisbury.

The Bill was passed in the Commons at second reading on 21 April by 43 votes and third reading on 1 September by 34 votes.

When Heath signed an accession treaty before Parliament had even debated the issue, the second reading of the Bill to put the Treaty into law was passed by just eight votes on second reading, and it became clear that the British people would have no further say in the matter, he declared hostility to his party's line.

The first part of the road was steep, but it leveled off after the second bend and curled gradually into the valley.

When it was followed by a second, whining even closer, Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression.

There had been a good second or two during which my muffler had been blowing out, and now I was certain I'd seen her somewhere before.

He was aware of her as a frightfully good-looking American WAC, a second lieutenant assigned to do the paper work, ( regardless of how important she might have thought she was ) in the Command offices, but that was all.

A phony blonde hanging onto a bygone youth and beauty, but irreparably stringy in the neck, she was already working on her second gin and tonic, though it was not yet ten A.M.

Their skin was covered with a thin coating of sweat and dirt which had almost the consistency of a second skin.

The second specific comment was the report of Eisenhower's Commission on National Goals, titled Goals For Americans.

He gave us a simile to explain his admission that even at the worst period of his second illness it never occurred to him there was any renewed question about his running: as in the Battle of the Bulge, he had no fears about the outcome until he read the American newspapers.

Its second press release was on January 15, 1958, and it recommended that the secret papers be destroyed.

His second wife, Lillian, was the mother of John H. Mercer.

One shawl was so tremendous that she could not wear it, so she draped it over the banister on the second floor, and it hung over the stairway.

The second half of the sixteenth century in England was the setting for a violent and long controversy over the moral quality of renaissance literature, especially the drama.

Bridges, a son by his second wife, was christened at Pebworth in 1607, but Thomas the younger was living at Packwood two years later and sold Broad Marston manor in 1622.

The second name was ( Edward ) Kempe, matriculated from Queens' College at Easter, 1625.

Andre Malraux's The Walnut Trees Of Altenburg was written in the early years of the second World War, during a period of enforced leisure when he was taken prisoner by the Germans after the fall of France.

The House was his habitat and there he flourished, first as a young representative, then as a forceful committee chairman, and finally in the post for which he seemed intended from birth, Speaker of the House, and second most powerful man in Washington.

When he came to Baltimore, he was leaving a team which was supposed to win the National League pennant, and he was joining what seemed to be a second division American League club.

But during the second half of the century its fortunes reached a low point and when in 1897 Cyrus H. K. Curtis purchased it -- `` paper, type, and all '' -- for $1,000 it was a 16-page weekly filled with unsigned fiction and initialed miscellany, and with only some 2,000 subscribers.

Each sheet could be written or read in one second.

Catholic Christians, following the Canon of Trent, describe these books as deuterocanonical, meaning of " the second canon ," while Greek Orthodox Christians, following the Synod of Jerusalem ( 1672 ), use the traditional name of anagignoskomena, meaning " that which is to be read.

For example, the string GGGAAACCC, if read from the first position, contains the codons GGG, AAA, and CCC ; and, if read from the second position, it contains the codons GGA and AAC ; if read starting from the third position, GAA and ACC.

He was the second child of Robert and Mabel, neither of whom could read or write.

After some 25 years of work, his Theory of the Earth ; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe was read to meetings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in two parts, the first by his friend Joseph Black on 7 March 1785, and the second by himself on 4 April 1785.

The vocalization of the second name component may be read as Hoshea-the name used in the Torah before Moses added the divine name ().

The first was technically proficient ; the second may have read some of the texts on obstetrics and gynecology ; but the third was highly trained and reasonably considered a medical specialist with a concentration in midwifery.

In the second edition of January 1860, Darwin quoted Kingsley as " a celebrated cleric ", and added the phrase " by the Creator " to the closing sentence, which from then on read " life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one ".

Beginning in his second year, he read widely in political philosophy and history.

* November – In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Act 1894 is read for the second time in the House of Commons.

For example, the first line can be read from left to right or by moving from the first square to second line, third syllable ( 2. 3 ) and then to 1. 5 to 2. 7 to 4. 8 to 3. 6 to 4. 4 to 3. 2.

During the Victorian era, Thackeray was ranked second only to Charles Dickens, but he is now much less read and is known almost exclusively for Vanity Fair.

The difference between the boot loader and second stage loader is the addition of checking code to trap paper tape read errors, a frequent occurrence with hardware such as the Model 33 ASR.

The song, preceded by a recitative for Strephon (" My bill has now been read a second time ") appeared shortly after # 21, following the exit of the two Earls and the Lord Chancellor and the entrance of Strephon.

He indicated that he had a second letter from Celestine which was read to the bishops now in attendance.

Most questions have a 5 second time limit after a question has been read.

Paper tape could be read into computers at up to 1000 characters per second.

Formerly self-styled as the " World's Greatest Newspaper " ( for which WGN radio and television are named ), it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is currently the eighth largest newspaper in the United States by circulation ( and became the second largest under Tribune's ownership after the Chicago Tribune's parent company purchased the Los Angeles Times ).

Greetings from members of the audience to friends and family at home ( frequently humorous ) are read each week by Keillor just after the show's intermission at the top of the second hour.

He published his system in 1829, and by the second edition in 1837 had discarded the dashes because they were too difficult to read.

Done twice through, sometimes with the viewer trying to read the word the second time through.

" In the geonic schools, the first term was taken to signify certain vowel-changes which were made in words in pause or after the article ; the second, the cancellation in a few passages of the " vav " conjunctive, where it had by some been wrongly read.