" Further comparisons were made to Friends when NBC commissioned an American version of the show in 2003, although some newspapers still pointed out that Coupling " owes much to Seinfeld, with laugh-out-loud riffs on ' unflushable ' exes, escalating ' giggle loops ' during solemn moments of silence and ' porn buddies ,' who in the event of your sudden demise will remove all of the naughty pictures and videos from your flat before your parents arrive.

A sudden total failure in the generation of the audio pulses that constitute the pips was experienced on 31 May 2011 and silence was unexpectedly broadcast in place of the 17: 00 signal.

Composers of the Mannheim school introduced a number of novel ideas into the orchestral music of their day: sudden crescendos – the Mannheim Crescendo ( a crescendo developed via the whole orchestra ) – and diminuendos ; crescendos with piano releases ; the Mannheim Rocket ( a swiftly ascending passage typically having a rising arpeggiated melodic line ); the Mannheim Roller ( an extended crescendo passage typically having a rising melodic line over an ostinato bass line ); the Mannheim Sigh ( a mannered treatment of the Baroque practice of putting more weight on the first of two notes in descending pairs of slurred notes ); the Mannheim Birds ( imitation of birds chirping in solo passages ) and the Grand Pause where the playing stops for a moment, resulting in total silence, only to restart vigorously.

A final gunshot was heard followed not long after by a sudden silence.

This is why the poem speaks not of an ideal life but of a concrete one: the angle of a window, the resonance of streets, cities and rooms, the shadow cast by a wall, a sudden face, the silence, distance and brightness of the stars, the night ’ s breath, the scent of linden and of oregano.

Some of the devices named are: commissura ( passing note dissonances ), fuga ( melodic imitation of varying kinds ), repetitio ( the repetition of a section for dramatic effect ), climax ( passages in parallel thirds or tenths ), complexio ( the reprise of an opening passage at the end to make a cohesive statement ), homoioteleuton ( the dramatic use of silence — by inserting a sudden rest for rhetorical effect ) ( in this Nucius is one of the first music theorists to recognize the powerful musical use of silence, an idea which was to attain fame in modern times in the work of John Cage ), and syncopatio ( syncopation, for rhythmic enhancement ).

The human mind cannot begin to comprehend UFO characteristics: their propulsion, their sudden appearance, their disappearance, their great speeds, their silence, their manoeuvre, their apparent anti-gravity, their changing shapes.

' 1 2 3 4 5 seconds siege guns split the silence in unison tam-tuuumb sudden echoes all the echoes seize it quick smash it scatter it to the infinite winds to the devil

Just as she begins to think Chuck's affections have cooled, because of his silence of several days duration, Vinnie is visited by his daughter who describes his sudden death while climbing the stairs of a small town hall.

What a good story Axil was telling — a new one about Therion, a certain moon creature and a rather gullible Elf — really, the sudden silence of his audience should have warned him.

Despite the rejection of the traditional accounts on many points of detail, as late as 1948 it was still possible to postulate a massive and comparatively sudden ( beginning in ca. 450 ) influx of Germans as the type of invasions.

Ahead there was a stirring of sudden movement at a crossroads.

His sudden unannounced appearance at the Borden home was strange in that he did not carry an iota of baggage with him, although he clearly intended to stay overnight, if not longer.

His signal was coming loud and clear and then all of a sudden it turned to a buzz.

At once the excruciating pain in his chest stopped and he was seized with a sudden, wild exultation.

There was a sudden stillness in the lobby.

This was the first word from Jensen on his sudden walkout.

Maximilian's sudden death came at a time when Dürer was concerned he was losing " my sight and freedom of hand " ( perhaps caused by arthritis ) and increasingly affected by the writings of Martin Luther.

The day became like night, which sudden darkness was believed to be an eclipse of the Sun.

What was surprising was the sudden entry into the market of new competition, whose machines quickly cut off the sales of the 2600.

This was in part due to the sudden switching of troops from the Rhine to reinforce Prince Eugene in Italy, and part due to the deterioration of Baden ’ s health brought on by the re-opening of a severe foot wound he had received at the storming of the Schellenberg the previous year.

In 1950, Olive Ann Beech was installed as president and CEO of the company, after the sudden death of her husband from a heart attack on 29 November of that year.

The first was the late 7th century Deuteronomistic reform of official Judean religion under king Josiah, who banned many elements of the old polytheistic cult from the Temple, and the sudden collapse of Assyria and the rise of Babylon to take its place ; the second was exile of the royal court, the priests and other members of the ruling elite following the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem c. 586 BCE.

However, in late 2006 and early 2007 the rate of attrition reached new proportions, and the term colony collapse disorder was coined to describe the sudden disappearances.

The Teuton infantry tried to defend at tabor, but its resistance was broken by a sudden attack of Polish cavalry.

Carbon may also burn vigorously and brightly in the presence of air at high temperatures, as in the Windscale fire, which was caused by sudden release of stored Wigner energy in the graphite core.

The second was to Livia Medullina, which ended with Medullina's sudden death on their wedding day.

Soon after, he was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923.

Reopened at Trent on 1 May 1551 by convocation of Pope Julius III ( 1550 – 5 ), it was broken up by the sudden victory of Maurice, Elector of Saxony over the Emperor Charles V and his march into surrounding state of Tirol on 28 April 1552.

Evidence for the fire hypothesis is the sudden increase in widespread ash deposits at the time that people arrived in Australia, as well as land-management and hunting practices of modern Aboriginal people as recorded by the earliest European settlers before Aboriginal society was devastated by European contact and disease.

A sudden loss of power caused by an interruption to fuel flow would mean that this downthrust was lost and K7's bows would have risen above the 6 ' safe limit.

Unfortunately, because of cash flow problems ( resulting from growing too fast, insufficient financial backing, technical problems, and a sudden problem with Z80 processor deliveries ) the company suddenly folded even before it came to full fruition.

So too a tangle in the hair was called an elf-lock, as being caused by the mischief of the elves ( or especially by Queen Mab ), and sudden paralysis was sometimes attributed to elf-stroke.

His use of routier mercenaries in the central regions had rapidly eaten away his remaining support in this area too, which set the stage for a sudden collapse of Angevin power.

On 5 July 2003 about 350 skiers and 70 skifield staff were trapped on the mountain overnight at Top o ' the Bruce when a sudden snow storm blew up and within a few minutes made the access road too dangerous to descend.

During a festival in honor of Dionysus that she attended, Priapus tried to rape her while she was asleep, but she was awakened by a sudden cry of a donkey and ran off, leaving Priapus in embarrassment as everyone else woke up too and became aware of his intentions.

A sudden frenzied outburst of repressed passion, the revelation of desire and a need for love that has been thwarted and comes too late is central here.

Seeing the dismayed expressions of her " parents ", combined with a series of sudden realizations, including the fact that the family photo album contains no pictures of her as a child, she arrives at the shocking reality that she, too, is a robot, albeit much more emotionally sophisticated than the ones that were dismantled.

They tend to browse quietly until disturbed, then remain still, their earthy browns blending into the earth and leaf litter until the intruder approaches too closely, at which point the bronzewing takes off with an explosive burst of sudden wing clapping and feather noise, and disappears from sight within moments.

But the rumour of insolvency caused a sudden demand of withdrawal of too many customers, which could not be answered, causing the bank to become insolvent and declare bankruptcy.

The reforms, however, were not only too sudden for a China still under significant neo-Confucian influence and other elements of traditional culture, but also came into conflict with Cixi, who held real power.

Because the human ear is very sensitive to sudden changes, however, it is necessary for the success of the illusion that the amplitude of the tone in the region of the discontinuity not decrease or increase too abruptly.

" It also said that Gates " has been caught flat-footed by Internet's sudden emergence " and saying the book is " part of Mr. Gates's extensive effort to force his way back into the game before it's too late.

However, Macmillan's sudden illness and announcement of his resignation in October 1963 came at a time when Maudling was considered too junior.

The BBFC felt that this and the sudden onslaught of violence were too heavy for ' PG '.

However, a shrewd German player can " game " the USAT table and keep the USA neutral by not declaring war on too many minor countries, taking only limited offensives or even hoarding her U-boats for a sudden, devastating assault on Britain's economy ( the latter loophole came to light after publication, and the rules were later amended to require Germany to make at least limited use of any U-boats she builds ).

Wyatt's stint as Wichita deputy came to a sudden end on April 2, 1876, when Earp took too active an interest in the city marshal's election.

After his death, his role in Alias Smith and Jones was taken over by Roger Davis ( previously, the series ' narrator ), but the sudden loss proved too great and fans were slow to accept the dissimilar-looking Davis.

This seemingly independent movement gave the illusion that the bird had its own personality, which entailed sudden, unprovoked and aggressive attacks on anyone and anything that came too close.

He generally grows weary too soon, and is provoked, by the sullen and suspicious pride of the one, and by the saucy contempt of the other, to treat the first with neglect, and the second with petulance, till at last he grows habitually insolent, and forfeits the esteem of them all ... those sudden changes of fortune seldom contribute much to happiness ( p. 66 ).

What we wouldn't want to do is have a stadium that all of a sudden was too big after the World Cup had gone.

This was the race of the sudden torrential downpour captured in the feature film Grand Prix, and although Gurney completed the race in seventh place, he was judged too far back to be classified as a finisher.

For one thing, the organism was too well established in forests in the Santa Cruz and San Francisco Bay areas by the time the cause of sudden oak death was discovered to enable any eradication effort to succeed.

When his curiosity was satisfied, he was ready to drive away, Hryniewiecki who was leaning against the railing with a parcel in his hands, turned to face the Emperor and before any one could stop him, he shouted: " It is too soon to thank God yet, Alexander Nikolaevich ," and raised both arms and made a sudden movement.

Once Boo dies trying to protect him, he eventually comes to realize all too late the nature of his actions and has a sudden change of heart.