Travelers entering from the desert were confounded by what must have seemed an illusion: a great garden filled with nightingales and roses, cut by canals and terraced promenades, studded with water tanks of turquoise tile in which were reflected the glistening blue curves of a hundred domes.

Croatia and Slovenia, the two westernmost republics in what was formerly SFR Yugoslavia, accounted for nearly half of the total Yugoslav GDP, and this was reflected in the overall standard of living which in Croatia's case was more than 50 % above Yugoslav average, and close to 90 % in Slovenia.

Geikie, a Scottish-born Canadian, reflected the Anglocentric attitude that would be prevalent in Canada for the next hundred years when he referred to the language as " a corrupt dialect ", in comparison to what he considered the proper English spoken by immigrants from Britain.

The despair reflected what Finlay ( 1994 ) describes as a widespread sense of hopelessness that prepared local business and political leaders to accept a new orthodoxy of centralised government economic planning when it arrived during the Second World War.

Externalists say that if we assume competent speakers know what they think, and say what they think, the difference in what these two speakers mean corresponds to a difference in the thoughts of the two speakers that is not ( necessarily ) reflected by a difference in the internal make up of the speakers or thinkers.

This perception is reflected in Say's Law and in the writing of David Ricardo, which is that individuals produce so that they can either consume what they have manufactured or sell their output so that they can buy someone else's output.

The terminology reflected differences in understanding, as neither the English public nor the Board of the Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC )— the governing body of English cricket — could understand why the Australians were complaining about what they perceived as a commonly used tactic.

Compare what is reflected with your painting and carefully consider whether both likenesses of the subject correspond, particularly in regard to the mirror.

In the article “ Tensions in Proverbs: More Light on International Understanding ,” Joseph Raymond comments on what common Russian proverbs from the 18th and 19th centuries portray: Potent antiauthoritarian proverbs reflected tensions between the Russian people and the Czar.

The Supreme Court of New South Wales held that, despite what the man said, the ring remained a conditional gift ( partly because his saying that she could keep it reflected his desire to salvage the relationship ) and she was ordered to pay him its A $ 15, 250 cost.

According to Malcolm Baird, his son, what is known is that in 1926 Baird filed a patent for a device that formed images from reflected radio waves, a device remarkably similar to radar, and that he was in correspondence with the British government at the time.

6: 2, " For if you are able to bear the entire yoke of the Lord, you will be perfect ; but if you are not able to do this, do what you are able " ( Roberts-Donaldson ), and reflected in the Apostolic Decree of the Council of Jerusalem ().

None of these trends reflected what the hippies had envisioned.

In most nations it is for the legislature to determine to what extent, if at all, treaties concluded by the state will be reflected in its domestic law.

However, the playwright ’ s work is still reflected in the director ’ s prompt copy, a separate form of stage instructions worked out in detail by the director, in which each actor is given details as to what is happening onstage, where exactly he has to be in relation to the back, front, left, or right of the stage, and what he is to do at any one time during the play.

That in 1929 and 1951 photographers found a figure reflected in the Virgin's eyes ; upon inspection they said that the reflection was tripled in what is called the Purkinje effect, commonly found in human eyes.

Based on the premise that all relevant information is already reflected by prices, technical analysts believe it is important to understand what investors think of that information, known and perceived.

This is reflected in the person of the 16th century cloth magnate, Jack of Newbury, the proprietor of what may well have been the first factory in England, and the later tale of the Newbury Coat.

His writings reflected a combination of what has been called meta-history ( ultimate redemption ) and history, including the idea that part of the problem on earth was dishonesty not only among individuals, but also among nations.

In 2008 — in what appeared to be an oblique reference to Forbes — Kerr reflected " Looking back, there was a sacking of one guy that was harsh.

Dean said about the film's accuracy: " In the larger picture, it reflected accurately what happened ".

" Rather, as legal subjects of the country's monarch, the Royal Family holds a unique position reflected in the confusion that sometimes arises around the awarding of honours to them.

The Royal Society of the United Kingdom has not changed its concurring stance reflected in its participation in joint national science academies ' statements on anthropogenic global warming.

The overlap of interests between the ESL and the Royal Geographical Society ( RGS ) was reflected by common membership.

" The Royal Proclamation ," writes historian Colin Calloway, " reflected the notion that segregation not interaction should characterize Indian-white relations.

This was partly because Chipp had supported another candidate, Billy Snedden, in the Liberal leadership ballot, and partly because Gorton disapproved of Chipp's decision to hold a second Royal Commission into the 1964 Voyager disaster – a decision which Gorton felt reflected badly on the Royal Australian Navy.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century there was a broad consensus, as reflected in the list of Vascular Plant Families and Genera maintained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, that the following genera should be regarded as synonyms of Rebutia:

An interest in combining poetry, science and religion is reflected in poems on genetics, debates on poetry and prayer with Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury lectures at the Royal College of Surgeons and a residency at the Environment Institute, University College London.

Dickens had strong humanitarian interests which were manifested in her work with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( reflected in her 1953 book No More Meadows and her 1964 work Kate and Emma ), the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( coming to the fore in her 1963 book Cobbler's Dream ), and the Samaritans, the subject of her 1970 novel The Listeners – she helped to found the first American branch of the Samaritans in Massachusetts in 1974.

Until 1948, the numbers reflected the vehicle's engine size in units of taxable horsepower as defined by the Royal Automobile Club.

This arrangement reflected the inequality of status between Royal Navy officers, and Royal Marine counterparts.

The Library reflected an important aim of the original Royal Colonial Institute: " to establish a reading room and a library, in which recent and authentic intelligence upon colonial subjects may be constantly available ".

The splitting of Hesperoyucca from Yucca is still not widely reflected in available literature or online ( for example, the British Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Royal Horticultural Society websites do not recognise the name as current ).

Most famously, the British Royal Navy held command of the sea for long periods from the 18th to the early 20th century, allowing Britain and its allies to trade and to move troops and supplies easily in wartime while its enemies could not ( the importance of which is reflected in the famous British patriotic song, " Rule, Britannia !," which contains the exhortation, " Rule Britannia!

The hospital ’ s name changed a further two times – once in 1988, when it became the Royal Hospital and Home, Putney, and again, in 1995, to the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability-a name that better reflected its work.

His first work at the Royal Academy ( 1769 ) was A small portrait in oil ,' and the last ( 1819 ), A late Princess personifying Peace crowning the glory of England reflected on Europe, 1815.

Ted reflected ; ' Ah remember as far as commin ' out of t ' King's Arms wi't ' sergeant and gettin ' as far as t ' Royal Oak, An ' Ah remembers nowt else.

The cookbook appeared under various titles that reflected regime changes: with the restoration of the Bourbons it became Le Cuisinier Royal ( Paris: Barba, 1817 ) in its ninth edition, and in 1852, in its twenty-second edition, Le Cuisinier National.

In 1947, affidavits were filed with the Commission by various clear-channel stations alleging that extensive interference was being caused to the service areas of these stations during daylight hours, from class 2, stations whose signals were being reflected from the ionosphere so as to create skywave intereference.

A third issue, reform of the legal system, again split the members, with Fifth Monarchists arguing that only laws contained in scripture should be reflected in the temporal legal system, while former members of the Rump's Hale Commission pushed for progressive reform.

This density is reflected in the built form, which consists primarily of strata titled units, apartments and flats, including a single Housing Commission of Victoria tower.

This is reflected in the names of the institutions, the Council is formally the " Council of the European Union " while the Commission is formally the " Commission of the European Communities ".

The effects of its work are reflected in the series Prace Komisji Środkowoeuropejskiej of the Commission on Central Europe.

Environmental resource management is an issue of increasing concern as reflected in its prevalence in seminal texts influencing global socio-political frameworks such as the Brundtland Commission ’ s Our Common Future which brought to the fore the integrated nature of environment and international development and the Worldwatch Institute ’ s annual State of the World ( book series ) reports.