He hung around New York, waiting to hear whether they would accept it for production and in that time came down to Asheville and also paid a short visit to Chapel Hill, where with almost childish delight he visited old friends and favorite campus spots.

These can also move a short distance but at right angles to the tappets.

Somewhat to his surprise he found that one girl, whom he would never have considered for the job since she had appeared somewhat mousy and also had been in the office a relatively short time, did the most outstanding job of playing the role of receptionist, showing wit, sparkle, and aplomb.

They recommended, also, that `` at a fixed hour, let the entire family be assembled for night prayers, followed by a short reading of the Holy Scriptures ''.

It also has a pair of short tentacles near the eye that can be extended and which have tactile and olfactory functions.

Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts.

Much of the region then fell to the short lived Iran based Median Empire, with the Babylonians and Scythians also briefly appropriating some territory.

Derleth also changed Alhazred's final fate, as described in his short story " The Keeper of the Key ", first published in May 1951.

While accompanying Mallowan on countless archaeological trips ( spending up to 3 – 4 months at a time in Syria and Iraq at excavation sites at Ur, Ninevah, Tell Arpachiyah, Chagar Bazar, Tell Brak, and Nimrud ), Christie not only wrote novels and short stories, but also contributed work to the archaeological sites, more specifically to the archaeological restoration and labeling of ancient exhibits which includes tasks such as cleaning and conserving delicate ivory pieces, reconstructing pottery, developing photos from early excavations which later led to taking photographs of the site and its findings, and taking field notes.

* The Thirteen Problems ( short story collection featuring Miss Marple, also published as The Tuesday Club Murders ) ( 1932 )

* Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories ( short stories collected posthumously, also published as Miss Marple's Final Cases, but only six of the eight stories actually feature Miss Marple ) ( written between 1939 and 1954, published 1979 )

Miss Marple also appears in Greenshaw's Folly, a short story traditionally included as part of the Poirot collection The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding ( 1960 ).

This second post he seems also to have left after a short interval, for he appeared again in Constantinople, and narrowly escaped death at the hands of the brothers of Eudoxia.

Fleming also discovered very early that bacteria developed antibiotic resistance whenever too little penicillin was used or when it was used for too short a period.

This short work also highlighted the typical backstage antics of two high flown sopranos.

The Mongols also used adhesives to make their short bows, and the Native Americans of the eastern United States used a mixture of spruce gum and fat as adhesives to fashion waterproof seams in their birchbark canoes.

She also used the priory during her short reign, particularly in 1547, where she felt safe from the English Army.

Detrimental effects on short term memory, which affect the way one figures and calculates ( although this also may be purely subjective ), may also be observed on high enough dosages.

A short hitting action is not only useful for deception: it also allows the player to hit powerful strokes when he has no time for a big arm swing.

" O " is not only short for " Oriole ", but the vowel is also a stand-out aspect of the Baltimorean accent.

There are also several private railways ( some of them narrow-gauge ), which are primarily short tourist lines.

It also has a short, bristly and vertical brown ridge of hair along the spine from the shoulder to the rump ; the white stripes run into this ridge.

They were also published in PC Plus magazine for a short time, and several books of the stories have also been released.

While the Reno Air Races keep this tradition alive, most air shows today primarily feature a series of aerial demos of short duration.

Stoker's posthumously published short story " Dracula's Guest ", known as the deleted first chapter to Dracula, shows a more obvious and intact debt to " Carmilla ": Both stories are told in the first person.

It was the period when the exhibition of films changed from short programmes of one-reel films to longer shows consisting of a feature film of four reels or longer, though still supported by short films.

FNC also shows international weather forecasts when Fox Extra segments run short.

Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally, until a short time before his death in 1998.

Longform improv performers create shows in which short scenes are often interrelated by story, characters, or themes.

* In the Futurama episode " The Luck of the Fryrish ", a short clip shows the first man on Mars with a spacecraft that resembles the Mars Habitat Unit.

The series features short animated vignettes about current television shows, films, games and other aspects of popular culture.

A point of view shot ( also known as POV shot or a subjective camera ) is a short film scene that shows what a character ( the subject ) is looking at ( represented through the camera ).

) The film shows what Patterson and Gimlin claimed was a large, hairy bipedal apelike figure with short black hair covering most of its body, including the figure's prominent breasts.

Melanin, located in the retinal pigment epithelium ( RPE ) and the choroid, shows a gradually increasing absorption towards the short wavelengths.

A short story appearing in Zhang Zhuo's ( 660-741 ) Tang anthology shows how the deity had been venerated in Shaolin from at least the eighth century.

Occasionally, these shows were presented by a local host, especially in programs that showed cartoons and short comedies intended for children.

A short documentary, The Making of The Illustrated Man, details the process the filmmakers used to cover Steiger's body in mock tattoos and shows actors and filmmakers preparing for the movie.

), the action takes place in an enclosed TV studio over a short period of time ; however, they have higher production values, more dramatic background music, and higher stakes than traditional shows ( done either through putting contestants into physical danger or offering large cash prizes ).

Sometimes, short songs from past field shows are used as stand tunes later.

Although other bands, including The Beatles, had made short promotional films or videos of songs prior to this, generally, those were specifically made to be aired on specific television shows.

Even in the short term when compared to short-term hypnotic medication such as zolpidem ( Ambien ), CBT-I still shows significant superiority.

The band then took a short break after finishing the Ozzfest 2000 Tour, playing two acoustic shows at Artist Direct Studios.

A short calculation now shows that the observation yields the correct answer ω with error O ( 1 / N ).

A digital display simply shows the time as a number, e. g., 12: 08 instead of a short hand pointing towards the number 12 and a long hand 8 / 60 of the way round the dial.

This short video shows the cloudy island of Cuba and the Bahamas as the International Space Station | ISS flies from the Caribbean Sea north-east to the Atlantic Ocean.

As late as 1716, Guillaume Delisle's map of Paris shows that a short stretch of roads and fields and market garden plots still separated the grand axe of the Tuileries gardens from the planted " Avenue des Thuilleries ," stretches west from a newly cleared Place du Pont Tournant soon to be renamed for Louis XV and now the Place de la Concorde.

The title is a corruption of " melodrama ", thought to harken back to the earliest minstrel shows, as a film short based on a production of Uncle Tom's Cabin by the Disney characters.