Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

He was the lawman who survived more gunfights than any other famous gun-slinging character in the book.

After the collapse of that desperate and ill-fated campaign the character of the king degenerated for a time into a futility that was not merely pitiable but often ridiculous.

Some people thought he lacked both ability and character, but most agreed that he was noble in appearance and, for a Russian, humane.

Pike was stunned by the first blast against his character, which was published in the March 4th issue of The Gazette under the name `` Vale ''.

Thus, the Church was born and because of its intrinsic character was soon identified as a conservative institution, determined to resist the forces of change, to identify itself with the political rulers, and to maintain a kind of splendid isolation from the masses.

Until the last year or so the profession of friendship with the United States had been an article of faith with Trujillo, and altogether too often this profession was accepted here as evidence of his good character.

The audience was fond of Harry Hawk, he was a dear, in or out of character, but he was not particularly funny.

The figure was so theatrically dressed, that it was as though a character from some other play had blundered into this one.

The sentimental pure heart of Galahad is gone with the knightly years, but I still believe in the heart of the George Meredith character that was not made of the stuff that breaks ''.

Of more importance to the West than Poland's boundaries was the character of her government.

Following Day was Woodbury who spoke of his disapproval of Brown's attempt at servile insurrection, his admiration of Brown's character, and his opposition to slavery.

What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character.

The new `` School For Wives '' was interpreted according to a principle that is becoming increasingly common in the playing of classic comedy -- the idea of turning some obviously ludicrous figure into a tragic character.

At the other extreme in character was the half-hour excerpt from the Petipa-Minkus ballet `` Bayaderka '', which opened the evening.

A year ago it was bruited that the primary character in Erich Maria Remarque's new novel was based on the Marquis Alfonso De Portago, the Spanish nobleman who died driving in the Mille Miglia automobile race of 1957.

Susan was an active character ; ;

It was the kind of thing that could ruin a man's life, and it was a tribute to John's strength of character and very real business ability that it hadn't ruined his.

Unlike many anime titles, viewers weren ’ t expected to have knowledge of Asian culture — character names, signs, and the like were primarily in English to begin with — or have seen any other anime series prior.

For example, in Shakespeare's day, plays were usually expected to follow the advice of Aristotle in his Poetics: that a drama should focus on action, not character.

In return for the support of the laity, bhikkhus and bhikkhunis are expected to live an austere life focused on the study of Buddhist doctrine, the practice of meditation, and the observance of good moral character.

For many decades ( and still to a lesser extent today ) performers were expected to keep the illusions of wrestling's legitimacy alive even while not performing, essentially acting in character any time they were in public.

It has been suggested that these huge license fees have the character of a very large tax paid on future income expected many years down the road.

Van Gogh himself was an avid reader of other artists ' biographies and expected their lives to be in keeping with the character of their art.

Kelsey Grammer initially expected Sideshow Bob to be a one-time role, and calls him " the most popular character I've ever played ".

Parity error is set when the parity of an incoming data character does not match the expected value.

Michael plays his character as a feisty, feminist administrator, which surprises the other actors and crew who expected her to be another swooning female in the plot.

According to Frazer, the early Greek kings, who were expected to produce rain for the benefit of the crops, were in the habit of imitating thunder and lightning in the character of Zeus.

Heinlein acknowledged that such a long life span should not be expected as a result of a mere three generations of selective breeding, but offers no alternative explanation except by having a character declare, " A mutation, of course — which simply says that we don't know ".

The role of Worf required a black actor in order to make the Klingon make up easier to apply, and was expected to be a recurring character, but following the casting of Michael Dorn and his work in " Encounter at Farpoint ", the role was expanded.

Helen Cooper also notes that behaviour in marriage is a theme that emerges in the Wife of Bath ’ s Prologue, and although she does look at the character of Alisoun and notes how she did not really exhibit the behavior expected of her, she also describes Jankyn.

The quality of the transcriptions, previously automatically generated by optical character recognition ( OCR ), were expected to be improved by Wikisource's human proofreaders.

This is the Enemy ( Koehler / Ancona, 1942 ): possible basis for character appearance. As expected from his given position and name, Fearless Leader is a strict, ruthless character, and often harshly criticizes the incompetence of his main minion Boris.

Five or more Successes in a roll is a Exceptional success and usually something very beneficial happens for the character, above what they had expected.

Min-maxing is particularly common in games where the cost of traits does not reflect their expected usefulness ; for instance, in a combat-heavy game a player may focus on physical traits, giving a character abnormally low mental and social skills so that the remaining points can all be channeled to physical statistics that are more likely to come into play.

Sequences are expected to be represented in the standard IUB / IUPAC amino acid and nucleic acid codes, with these exceptions: lower-case letters are accepted and are mapped into upper-case ; a single hyphen or dash can be used to represent a gap character ; and in amino acid sequences, U and * are acceptable letters ( see below ).

Spain is the only country outside Japan where a Game Boy Advance game based in the character was released ( in 2005 by publisher Atari ), with a sequel which was expected to follow in Q3 2006.

The city changed markedly in character during this period as might be expected during such a developmental boom.

Although the second-lowest ranking servant in the house, Henry is often the most insightful character, something which usually gets him into trouble ; for not conforming to the expected etiquette and making inappropriate comments, he is usually soundly clipped about the ear.

The ejective affricate in the name Gwich ’ in is usually written with symbol U + 2019, though the correct character for this use ( with expected glyph and typographic properties ) is U + 02BC.

The consequent expansion of the physical limits of the urban core as well as the expected large increases in population, and its attractiveness to commercial and employment activities, the City Government of Balanga decided to undertake a Master Planning exercise and to propose various developmental projects that would establish Balanga as a well-planned community with quality and character that is innovative and special, although this is currently hindered by an unreliable electricity supply.