In short, the fictional private eye is a specialized version of Adam Smith's ideal entrepreneur, the man whose private ambitions must always and everywhere promote the public welfare.

His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string.

Sörla þáttr is a short story in the later and extended version of the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason in the manuscript of the Flateyjarbók, which was written and compiled by two Christian priests, Jon Thordson and Magnus Thorhalson, in the late 14th century.

The setting of Call of Cthulhu is a darker version of our world, based on H. P. Lovecraft's observation ( from his short essay, Supernatural Horror in Literature ) that " The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.

ITV then confirmed to the Mail that a second version had been recorded in the 1970s, but was only used for a very short while before reverting to Hunt's 1960 recording.

( The VHS version of the 1980s, sharing the removal of the Scarecrow's laugh from Terry Gilkyson's title song, was expanded to include the story material from all three TV episodes, while retaining feature film structure and credits ; it was available for a relatively short amount of time.

E-Prime ( short for English-Prime, sometimes denoted E ′) is a version of the English language that excludes all forms of the verb to be.

# " Roadhouse Blues " ( the short version )-3: 37

Japanese has five vowels, and vowel length is phonemic, with each having both a short and a long version.

In 2004 VAZ also introduced Lada 2113, a restyled version of Lada 2108, but this car has never used much popularity, as the Lada 2108 was only popular for a short time.

This is because the Z80 combines two full ( but short ) clock cycles into a relatively long memory access period compared to the clock, while the more asynchronous 6809 instead has relatively short memory access times: depending on version and speed grade, approximately 60 % of a single clock cycle was typically available for memory access in a 6809 ( see data sheets ).

One of these poems mentions Gilgamesh ’ s journey to meet the flood hero, as well as a short version of the flood story.

Pulp fiction author Robert E. Howard wrote extensively about his romanticized version of the Picts, especially in his short stories revolving around the fictional character Bran Mak Morn, but also in many other of his stories.

The longest available version is the DVD published by the British Film Institute ( BFI ), containing a short scene usually deleted from other prints, in which, during the first wedding, one of the masters quotes a Gottfried Benn poem.

In the same year, Waits lent his vocals to Gavin Bryars ' 75-minute reworking of his 1971 classical music piece Jesus ' Blood Never Failed Me Yet ; appeared in Robert Altman's film version of Raymond Carver's stories Short Cuts and Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California, a short black-and-white movie with Iggy Pop ; and his third child, Sullivan, was born.

The name Masaccio is a humorous version of Maso ( short for Tommaso ), meaning " clumsy " or " messy " Tom.

* Rain ( 1932 ), the first sound version of the short story " Miss Thompson " ( retitled as " Rain "), with Joan Crawford and Walter Huston.

# An abbreviated version of an Academy Award-winning short film by Saul Bass, Why Man Creates ; and

In 1997 the long-lost episode, " Alf's Dilemma ", was found in a private collection on a 21-minute 16mm telerecording ( some sources state that the episode is an edited version, others that it was just a short episode ).

" The cinematic version of The Basement Room short story, The Fallen Idol ( 1948 ), directed by Carol Reed, replaced novelist Greene's niggers usage with natives.

In recent years, an unofficial short version of the anthem is sung during Belgian National Day on July 21 yearly, combining the words of the anthem in all three of Belgium's official languages, similar to the bilingual version of O Canada.

In the previously mentioned version, this short story describes the first settlers coming to Mars, the " Lonely Ones ", the ones that came to start over on the planet.

These features are the features typical of a shotgun shell, namely a relatively short, wide cartridge, with straight walls, and operating at a relatively low pressure.

Pen manufacturers using a proprietary cartridge ( which in almost all cases are the more expensive ones like the ones mentioned above ), tend to discourage the use of cheaper internationally " recognised " short / long cartridges or adaptations thereof due to their variance in ink quality in the cartridges which may not offer as much performance / or be of lesser quality than the manufacturer of the pen ; ink that has been designed specifically for the pen.

Unlike conventional carbines, which are generally a version of a parent rifle with a shorter barrel ( like the earlier. 30-40 U. S. Krag rifle and carbine and the later M16 rifle and M4 carbine ), the M1 carbine has only one minor part in common with the M1 rifle ( a short buttplate screw ) and fires a different cartridge.

After reports of inadequate performance at both short and long ranges during the campaigns in Italian North Africa ( 1924-1934 ), and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War ( 1934 ), the Italian army introduced a new short rifle in 1938, the Modello 1938, together with a new cartridge in 7. 35 × 51mm caliber.

It has also become popular as a " dual use " cartridge in short, light rifles like the American Old West lever-actions.

The use of the. 25 ACP allows for a very compact lightweight gun, but the cartridge is relatively short ranged and low powered, putting it in the same class as the. 22 LR rimfire cartridge but at a significantly higher cost.

The other two periods, when the chain moves across the " short " sides of the rectangle, sideways relative to the axis of the barrel, determine how long the breech remains locked while firing, and open to allow cartridge extraction and ventilation of fumes.

The Pedersen Device is an attachment developed during World War I for the M1903 Springfield rifle that allowed it to fire a short. 30 Caliber ( 7. 62 mm ) intermediate cartridge in semi-automatic mode.

The resulting cartridge — which was introduced in 1983 — is very powerful, packing the flat trajectory and high energy of a magnum revolver cartridge into a relatively short, versatile rimless cartridge for a semi-automatic pistol.

When the length of the cartridge case is too short, pressure measurement will take place at a cartridge specific defined shorter distance from the breech face depending on the dimensions of the case.

A precursor to the D-pad also appeared on Entex's short lived " Select A Game " cartridge based handheld system ; it featured non-connected raised left, right, up and down buttons aligned to the left of a row of action buttons.

The Aguila SSS ( SubSonic Sniper ) round uses a. 22 Short case with a bullet ( twice the weight of the. 22 Short bullet and half again as heavy as the. 22 Long Rifle bullet ) giving an overall length of a. 22 Long Rifle round, making categorizing the SSS problematic: while the SSS case size is. 22 short, the firing chamber of the barrel must be. 22 LR dimensions to accept the SSS cartridge.

Designed for use in short barrels, the resulting cartridge is more efficient and more powerful than the. 30-30.

While it can be used on small game at short ranges, this cartridge is more of a curiosity than a practical hunting or target round.

A. 30 Carbine case necked down to. 223 caliber ( 5. 56 mm ), this cartridge was developed to convert military surplus M1 Carbines into short range varmint guns.

When the cartridge is fired, the bolt and slide move together a short distance rearward powered by the energy of the cartridge as in a standard blowback system.

All of the WSM cartridges are based on the. 404 Jeffery non-belted magnum cartridge which is shortened to fit a short rifle action ( such as a. 308 Winchester ).

The idea behind these cartridges was that a short, fat cartridge would be more " efficient " than the traditional long, narrow cartridge, as more of the powder column would be in the immediate vicinity of the primer as it detonated.

He also set National League records for career assists ( 4, 532 ), total chances ( 6, 777 ) and double plays ( 389 ) at third base, all of which were eventually broken by Mike Schmidt between 1986 and 1988 ; his National League total of 2, 102 games at third base fell 52 short of Eddie Mathews ' league record, and he then ranked sixth in National League history in putouts ( 1, 930 ) and ninth in fielding percentage (. 954 ).

The short, fat, unaerodynamic Foster slug was no longer needed for its inherent stability ; new slugs were smaller in diameter, usually 12. 7 millimeter (. 50 caliber ) ( compared to the 18. 5 millimeter (. 73 inch ) bore diameter of a 12 gauge ), and carried in a plastic sabot.

He was out for the year and had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances ( 12 ), falling short of qualifying for the batting title, won by teammate Dave Parker (. 338 ).

The Russian models are distinct from the Spanish Berdan 15mm (. 58 + cal ) conversion rifles adopted by Spain as the M1857 / 67 Berdan ( and related engineer, artillery & short rifles ).