The second reason for his popularity is his complete spontaneity with the guitar.

Their burgeoning popularity may be a result of the closing of the 52nd Street burlesque joints, but curiously enough their atmosphere is almost always familial -- neighborhood saloons with a bit of epidermis.

The `` chase '' as a standard film device probably dates from The Great Train Robbery, and there is a reason for the continued popularity of the device.

Bruce Hindmarsh suggests that the secular popularity of " Amazing Grace " is due to the absence of any mention of God in the lyrics until the fourth verse ( by Excell's version, the fourth verse begins " When we've been there ten thousand years "), and that the song represents the ability of humanity to transform itself instead of a transformation taking place at the hands of God.

This treatise is not mentioned in surviving Greek sources, but it enjoyed great popularity in the Muslim world, and a large number of copies have survived.

Though wine ( vino ) has traditionally been the most popular alcoholic beverage in Argentina, beer ( cerveza ; the Italian birra is frequently used ) in recent decades has competed with wine in popularity.

A common non-traditional wood gaining popularity is sapele, which is tonally similar to mahogany but slightly lighter in color and possessing a deep grain structure that is visually appealing.

Never achieving the popularity of Weill and Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny is still considered a work of stature with a haunting score.

A cappella is gaining popularity among South Asians with the emergence of primarily Hindi-English College groups.

The popularity of the motto Zazpiak Bat is attributed to Abbadie.

This form of the Apostles ' Creed can be found incorporated into the Eucharistic and Baptismal Liturgies in the Hymnal and in The United Methodist Book of Worship, and hence it is growing in popularity and use.

The widespread popularity of glass beads does not mean aboriginal bead making is dead.

Despite its popularity with young consumers, it is critically discussed in European media, NGOs, political parties, and market surveillance regarding its nutritional values, choking hazards, and traces of unwanted chemical substances.

Bouldering is increasing in popularity ; bouldering areas are common in indoor climbing gyms and some climbing gyms are dedicated solely to bouldering.

Beltane regained popularity during the Celtic Revival and is still observed as a cultural festival by some in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and among their diasporas.

Its popularity since the 1970s is due to a promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, known now as NYC & Company.

An extension that has gained significant popularity since 2003 is Satisfiability modulo theories ( SMT ) that can enrich CNF formulas with linear constraints, arrays, all-different constraints, uninterpreted functions, etc.

Its name originates from the gin's popularity in India during the British Raj and the sapphire in question is the Star of Bombay on display at the Smithsonian Institution.

A second edition of Bunnies & Burrows was printed in 1982 by Fantasy Games Unlimited, although the continuing popularity of the first edition is evidenced by how it was still being actively played in 2008.

Its popularity can in part be explained by its neoplatonic and Christian ethical messages, although current scholarly research is still far from clear exactly why and how the work became so vastly popular in the Middle Ages.

For many reasons, including its age and its popularity among Western militaries, it is one of the most universally known card games in existence.

Tourism is traditionally a notable source of income, particularly during the summer months, but also more recently during the winter months as well, due to an increase in popularity of snow sports such as skiing.

Although Latin Jazz is most popularly associated with artists from the Caribbean ( particularly Cuba ) and Brazil, young Mexican Americans have played a role in its development over the years, going back to the 1930s and early 1940s, the era of the zoot suit, when young Mexican American musicians in Los Angeles and San Jose began to experiment with banda, a Jazz-like Mexican music that has grown recently in popularity among Mexican Americans such as Jenni Rivera.

The optional interlacing feature, which stores image scan lines out of order in such a fashion that even a partially downloaded image was somewhat recognizable, also helped GIF's popularity, as a user could abort the download if it was not what was required.

OpenGL's popularity is partially due to the quality of its official documentation.

In 1987, enduring fan interest, partially preserved by the first four installments of the Star Trek film franchise from 1979 to 1986, those films ' popularity led to the development of the Star Trek sequel Star Trek: The Next Generation, which became extremely successful, and led to the later sequels Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and finally Star Trek: Enterprise, which ended in 2005.

" The Weight " gained widespread popularity, from The Band's performance of it at Woodstock on 17 August 1969 and due partially to its inclusion in the film Easy Rider, though it was omitted from the soundtrack due to licensing issues.

Given the character's unprecedented popularity and the fact that his name was partially derived from the Latin word for " lucky ", some rather notable individuals and organizations adopted Felix as a mascot.

However, with the increasing popularity of the new Kamakura schools, the older schools partially eclipsed as the newer " Kamakura " schools found followers among the new Kamakura government, and its samurai.

This is a fundamentally different approach from most improvement methodologies, which may partially account for its lack of popularity.

Preserved by a series of fragmentary papyruses which attest its popularity, it served as a source of inspiration for Ovid's Ars Amatoria, written around 3 BC, which is partially a sex manual, and partially a burlesque on the art of love.

After the second season, the show's popularity began to decline, partially due to constant scheduling changes.

The newest game in the series, Kin ' iro no Corda, is gaining popularity partially because the manga series it was based on, has been recently licensed by Viz for English language publishing.

Macross creators Mikimoto Haruhiko and Kawamori Shoji have stated that Minmay's popularity in both sides of the war is partially inspired by the song Lili Marleen, a German love song which was popular on both sides during World War II.

It has been noted that this can be ( partially ) overcome by providing links to query results, but this could unintentionally inflate the popularity for a member of the deep Web.

The trend in the increase of XML and YAML ( among other formats ) for use as configuration-file formats is at least partially attributable to the increase in popularity of open source and platform neutral software applications and libraries.

Originating in 1993, Tropfest is often credited as being at least partially responsible for the recent popularity of short films internationally.

It was also theorized that vote-splitting caused by the increase in NDP popularity was partially to blame for the significant losses suffered by the Liberal Party to the Conservatives.

This is partially due to the popularity of CBS's Survivor which was number one on the Nielsen Weekly Ratings.

He was partially responsible for launching the movement to such popularity in the United States.

This may be partially responsible for the server's continuing popularity.

This fall in popularity was due, in addition to the quality of the roles and his conflicts with MGM, partially because by late 1938 he was a tall, nearly 6-foot teenager, and also partially because the world was focusing on the growing problems of World War II and therefore the literary classics and costume dramas Bartholomew excelled at were less in fashion.

Besson is reputedly a fan of Terasawa's work, partially due to the enormous popularity of Space Cobra in France.

The rise in popularity of the Treetops is partially due to Elizabeth II's visit and accession in 1952, but also partially due to their no see, no pay policy during their early years — a common business policy on safaris, where guests were not charged for services if they failed to see any big game.