Charles N. Brown, the publisher of Locus, which primarily addresses the science-fiction publishing world, wrote in the July 2006 issue: " Two Charles McCarry hardcover reprints from Overlook ... aren't really SF or fantasy, but they are two of the best spy thrillers ever written and form a secret or alternate history of the 20th century.

Two ferries were built in 1834 and 1835 and provided a continuous service, operating in alternate months.

Two players alternate naming the stations of the London Underground.

A large part of the plot of the alternate history novel The Two Georges, by Harry Turtledove and Richard Dreyfuss, takes place in Charleroi, Pennsylvania.

2 ) # 123 " The Flash of Two Worlds " ( September 1961 ), the Silver Age Flash met his Golden Age counterpart, Jay Garrick, who ( along with the rest of the original Justice Society ) was said to inhabit an alternate universe.

Two people will alternate the work, one pounding and the other turning and wetting the mochi.

Two derived terms are " newb ", a beginner who is willing to learn ; and " noob ", a derogatory name ( an alternate spelling for n00b ), though " newb " and " n00b " have become opposites of each other, meaning " newb " is plainly someone who is new to the game ( thus having the potential to get better ) and " n00b " is a player who both lacks skill and mainly fools around ( not wanting to become better ).

As noted previously, Megatron's original alternate mode, or " transformation identity ", was a handgun with attachments, but in Generation Two, this was changed to a tank due to safety and security concerns.

Two other opponents had backed out and Quarry was the second alternate.

Two programs were allowed on each tape: primary and alternate.

Two video heads were required, each writing alternate fields.

Two variants of MLC < sub > 17 </ sub > ( MLC < sub > 17a / b </ sub >) exist as a result of alternate splicing at the MLC < sub > 17 </ sub > gene.

Two competing systems, Marconi-EMI's 405-line system and Baird's 240-line system, were installed, each with its own broadcast studio, and were transmitted on alternate weeks until the 405-line system was chosen in 1937.

Two alternate routes were included between Chattanooga and Atlanta, and again between Atlanta and Macon, Georgia.

Two signals, B-Y ( U ) and R-Y ( V ) are used in the PAL system to carry the color information for a picture, with the phase of the V signal ( hue ) reversed ( i. e. shifted through 180 degrees ) on alternate lines ( hence the name PAL, or phase alternate line ).

Two divisions ride ahead of the Queen's carriage and two behind it, and the Life Guards and Blues and Royals alternate these positions each year.

It is used in the fictional Republic of the Two Crowns ( based on the Republic of Two Nations ), in the alternate timeline of Ill Bethisad.

Wenedyk plays a role in the alternate history of Ill Bethisad, where it is one of the official languages of the Republic of the Two Crowns.

Two eight-man brackets were set up and the quarter finals and semi finals were held at Pride Bushido 9, along with an alternate bout in each bracket.

Two alternate servers are available for training events and beta testing the next version respectively.

Two alternate leaves originate from the end of each pseudobulb.

Two alternate means of growing are rooftop gardens and hydroponic ( soil-less ) growing.

Two alternatives to the delay line, the Williams tube and Selectron tube, originated in 1946, both using electron beams in glass tubes as means of storage.

However, this overlooks those parts of scripture which provide for the doctrine of the " Two Swords " and for the medieval Roman Catholic concept of the powers of kings to protect the Christian Constitution of states, to defend and extend the boundaries of Christendom by lawful means only, to protect and defend the innocent, the weak, the poor and the vulnerable, and to protect the church and the papacy with the king's own life, if necessary.

* Dr. Manette, in Dickens ' A Tale of Two Cities, was thrown into the Bastille prison by means of a lettre de cachet.

Two examples of these characteristic means of expression are the use of proverbs and the use of Greek language in the plays of Plautus.

Two subsequent attempts to resolve the problem by means of a negotiated political settlement by James Baker, acting as Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General, the first in 2000 and the second in 2003, failed to gain acceptance, the first being rejected by the Polisario and second by Morocco.

Two things unify these chapters: a series of dreams about red-haired twin sisters, and the fact that a powerful being is killing vampires around the world by means of spontaneous combustion.

Two of the Ute Indian names which are still with us Wasatch, meaning a gap in the mountains and Quitchupah which means a place where animals fare poorly.

Nord-Ost (, means " North-East " in German ) is a Russian musical theatre production that was composed by Aleksei Ivaschenko and Georgii Vasilyev, based on the novel The Two Captains by Veniamin Kaverin.

When referring to such books, it refers to " Niten No Ichi Ryu " or " Ni Ten Ichi Ryu ", which means, when literally translated, " Two heaven, one school ", although many could see the translation as " Two Swords, One spirit ", or " Two Swords, One Entity ".

Two lakes in Norway had the name Øyi ( r ) in Norse times ( now called Øymark and Øyeren ), and these names are derived from the word øy which means " flat and fertile land along the edge of the water ".

In the post World War Two era, the UN Charter prohibits signatory countries from engaging in war except 1 ) as a means of defending themselves against aggression, or 2 ) unless the UN as a body has given prior approval to the operation.

" The Schizoid Man " establishes Number Six as an at-least-occasional cigar smoker, as Number Two brainwashes him into preferring Russian cigarettes as a means of undermining his identity.

Two features of his view particularly resonated with the early spiritualists: first, that there is not a single hell and a single heaven, but rather a series of higher and lower heavens and hells ; second, that spirits are intermediates between God and humans, so that the Divine sometimes uses them as a means of communication.

Two years later he became a candidate for a fellowship in his college and won it immediately, partly by means of his extensive and accurate knowledge of the classics.

In the 1970s, due to the rapidly rising population, it launched the " Two Is Enough " campaign, which reduced the general birth rate through educational means.

Two systems were in operation: British law prevailed in the settlements and Māori custom everywhere else, because the British did not have the means to enforce the law.

Obviously Shakespeare's source for Romeo and Juliet, it features a character called Friar Laurence, as does Two Gentlemen, and a scene where a young man attempts to outwit his lover's father by means of a corded ladder ( as Valentine does in Two Gentlemen ).

The BRSC is the major sponsor of the Bath Community Foundation, raising funds by means of a shirt raffle on every home match day and a competition called " Two in a Bath ", which is jointly promoted with Bath Rugby.

Two tiers of seating were later added to the side walls of the theatre and the stage extended beyond the proscenium, by means of an ' apron '.

Two other issues that must be considered in setting up an absorption spectroscopy experiment include the optics used to direct the radiation and the means of holding or containing the sample material ( called a cuvette or cell ).

Two years after the Labour Party lost the 1949 elections, the goal of implementing " the socialisation of the means of production, distribution, and exchange " was removed from the party's policy platform.