The Vinland Map first came to light in 1957 ( three years before the discovery of the Norse site at L ' Anse aux Meadows in 1960 ), bound in a slim volume with a short medieval text called the Hystoria Tartarorum ( usually called in English the Tartar Relation ), and was unsuccessfully offered to the British Museum by London book dealer Irving Davis on behalf of a Spanish-Italian dealer named Enzo Ferrajoli de Ry.

Although the film followed the plot of the novel quite closely, the Nick Charles character, described in the book as overweight and out of shape, was portrayed by the slim William Powell.

According to Walter Benjamin, Kant's slim early book on the earthquake " probably represents the beginnings of scientific geography in Germany.

In 1856, a slim book entitled The Song of Milkanwatha: Translated from the Original Feejee appeared, by " Marc Antony Henderson " ( Rev.

This slim book is only 136 pages, including the index.

Augustus Agar was described by Alfred Draper in his book, " Operation Fish ", as a "... slim, impeccably-uniformed man with an extremely courteous manner ...".

In order to even get the slim volume published, Davies had to forego his allowance and live the life of a tramp for six months ( with the first draft of the book hidden in his pocket ), just to secure a loan of funds from his inheritance.

Although not published until 1907 in Harper's Magazine, followed by a slim book version with some revisions in 1909, the story was quite old.

This slim book consists of two stories by Borges, two by Luisa Mercedes Levinson, and the title story, on which they collaborated.

It was eventually published as a slim book by William L. Crawford's Visionary Publishing Company with a run of 200 copies — the only book of Lovecraft's fiction distributed during his lifetime.

Huxley published his lectures as a slim book on Man's Place in Nature.

The first edition was a slim, grey-covered book.

* Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World ( 2009 ; ISBN 0-670-02108-3 ) – a slim ( 208-page ) book is addressed to parents but organized around a class trip to Dodger Stadium, with sections revolving around concepts including Punctuality, Focus, Decision Making, Taking Pride in What You Do, Selflessness, Humility, Patience, and Teaching Kids to Grow.

In 1888 to commemorate one hundred years of settlement, Edward published, Flanagan's essays ( that had been published in " The Empire ") on the Australian Aborigines, in a slim book called The Aborigines of Australia.

Gowers ' guide was published as a slim paperback Plain Words, a guide to the use of English in 1948, followed by a sequel The ABC of Plain Words in 1951 and, in 1954, a hardback book combining the best of both, The Complete Plain Words – which has never been out of print since.

:" describe the original comic book form, that of a slim, magazinelike periodical, not designed for long-term use or wear and tear.

The village history is told in a slim book, Butleigh — One thousand years of an English Village, by E. F. Synge, a former vicar at the parish church.

C Traps and Pitfalls is a slim computer programming book by former AT & T researcher and programmer Andrew Koenig, its first edition still in print in 2005, which outlines the many ways in which beginners and even sometimes quite experienced C programmers can write poor, malfunctioning and dangerous source code.

As it was, while Central wrangled among itself, Robert Tanner sneaked out of the pilots' barracks, out to the field and over to Helva's slim metal hull.

Among leaf litter frogs in Panama, frogs that actively hunt prey have narrow mouths and are slim, often brightly coloured and toxic, while ambushers have wide mouths and are broad and well camouflaged.

Each anniversary model carries a different theme while retaining some characteristics of previous anniversary models: WM-701S ( user friendliness theme with remote control and slim sterling silver plated body: 1989 ), WM-EX1HG ( efficiency theme with long battery life and pop-up eject: 1994 ), WM-WE01 ( wireless theme with cordless remote control and cordless earphones: 1999 ).

Burns spent twice as much money as Schweitzer on the election and only defeated him by a slim margin, 51-47 percent, while the state voted 58-33 percent for Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush.

Steve Reeves credited LaLanne as his inspiration to build his muscular physique while keeping a slim waist.

A tall slim young man, he gained attention when the wife of a bookseller in Wellington, who was being treated for illness by a doctor from the county hospital, fell dangerously ill while that doctor was away for several days on business.

During the trial Tylo published pictures of herself while pregnant which showed that she retained a slim figure.

Party leader Chiam succeeded in retaining his Potong Pasir seat, while Party Chairman Ling How Doong and Cheo Chai Chen won by slim margins in Bukit Gombak and Nee Soon Central respectively.

Following the 2000 election, the U. S. Senate was split between 50 Democrat-held seats and 50 Republican-held seats while the Republicans had an extremely slim majority in the House of Representatives.

The No. 8 Couteau du Jardin or Garden Knife uses a folding drop-point blade in concert with a slim, tapered wood handle, while the Opinel No. 8 and No. 10 Pruning Knives, designed for pruning shrubs and vines, feature a large folding hawkbill blade fitted to an elegantly curved wooden handle.

Arboreal species are slim, delicate and have a long tail, while terrestrial species are stockier and their tail can be small or completely non-existent.

Burns spent twice as much money as Schweitzer on the election and only defeated him by a slim margin, 51-47 percent, while the state voted 58 % to 33 % for the Republican presidential nominee, George W. Bush.

During the Joseon Dynasty, the chima or skirt adopted fuller volumn while the jeogori or blouse took more tightened and shortened form, which are features quite distinct from the hanbok of previous centuries, when chima was rather slim and jeogori baggy and long, reaching well below the waist level.

However, the chances that this method would result in a harmonious settlement were slim, as the Democrats controlled the House, while the Republicans controlled the Senate.

The upper arm had a large deltopectoral crest for muscle attachment, while the ulna and radius were slim.

A vent or kick pleat in the center back seam of the skirt makes it easier to walk with a normal stride, while preserving the slim line.

He praised the cinematography and score, but felt the baseball team did not come together, and that the film, while sincere, was " remarkably shallow wade, rife with incident and slim on substance.

He commented that while Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali took on " a slim poetic form " the structure and tempo of it " would barely pass as a ' rough cut ' with editors in Hollywood ".

Pedersen was greatly concerned with human engineering and developing a comfortable grip angle for his pistol while not sacrificing the slim profile.

It is the simplest eSTREAM entrant ; while it shows remarkable resistance to cryptanalysis for its simplicity and performance, recent attacks leave the security margin looking rather slim.

The new bridge has round, slim pillars, while the old one had wide, rectangular pillars.

He was told that working in the rodeo would be " slim pickings " ( very little money ), giving him his name, but he did well and eventually became a well-known rodeo clown.

Each university sets its own criteria of valuing these exams depending on the area of science or art which is taught, for example, a student enrolling in a Philosophy programme will have 0 % or 5 % of points for enrollment extracted from his Mathematics exam, but up to 80 % from Croatian so if the result of the Math test is excellent, but the Croatian test is bad, the student's chances are reduced because only 5 % will be extrapolated from the excellent Math test an a large 80 % percent from the slim result in Croatian, giving the student a lower sum of enrollment points.

Democrat Al Gore was still Vice President giving the Democrats a slim majority for the 17 days between the January 3 swearing-in of the new Congress and the January 20 inauguration of Republican Vice President Dick Cheney.

They have two wing bars, and the primary remiges are long, giving the wingtip a slim and very pointed appearance.

By then the public had grown tired of the Anti-Masonic Party's " witch hunts ," giving Porter a slim 5, 500-voter margin of victory.

The 911 GT1-98, despite being slower than the Toyota or the Mercedes, fulfilled Porsche's slim hopes, taking both first and second place overall thanks to reliability, giving Porsche its record-breaking 16th overall win at Le Mans, more than any other manufacturer in history.

The blades varied from long and slim, like the more common two edged swords, to somewhat heavy, giving the weapon a more cleaver-like balance.

The " Tenafly Five " ballots were opened by Judge Peter Doyne, and each ballot was cast for Loretta Weinberg, thus giving her the slim margin of victory.

The dimensions are long by wide by high, giving it a low slim profile, similar to a motorcycle.

This affects their body structure ; whereas wild geese have a horizontal posture and slim rear end, domesticated geese lay down large fat deposits toward the tail end, giving a fat rear and forcing the bird into a more upright posture.