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Various conventions of the detective genre were standardized during the Golden Age, and in 1929 some of them were codified by writer Ronald Knox in his ' Decalogue ' of rules for detective fiction, among them to avoid supernatural elements, all of which were meant to guarantee that, in Knox's words, a detective story " must have as its main interest the unravelling of a mystery ; a mystery whose elements are clearly presented to the reader at an early stage in the proceedings, and whose nature is such as to arouse curiosity, a curiosity which is gratified at the end.
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Various definitions have been given of the genre.
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Various monasteries were founded on these lines, but without any formal bond between them.
Various locations, including the parsonage, were considered.
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Various local legends were compiled by J. W. Burns in a series of Canadian newspaper articles in the 1920s.
Various rock and roll histories have asserted the singing group The Hollies were named in homage to Buddy Holly.
Various written accounts of bunyips were made by Europeans in the early and mid-19th century, as settlement spread across the country.
Various images, originally ivory numbers fully animated against a deep red background, were designed to fit the pace of the channel, and the music soon gained notoriety, and was often satirised and parodied in popular culture, perhaps most famously by comic Bill Bailey who likened the theme music to an " apocalyptic rave ".
Various measures were carried out to improve conditions in the workplace.
Various live local programs with local interests were rapidly being created all over the United States in most major television markets in the early 1980s.
Various MF signaling protocols were devised by the Bell System and CCITT.
Various spin-offs and modifications to the original Duke Nukem 3D were produced in the following years of the game's initial launch.
Various editions from the 3rd to the 9th were pirated for sale in the United States, beginning with Dobson's Encyclopaedia.
Various detection claims made starting in the nineteenth century were all eventually rejected by astronomers.
Various interior scenes were shot on a soundstage ; the final scenes were shot at the Sepulveda Dam, in Sherman Oaks.
Various Soviet directors were more concerned with artistic success than with economical success ( They were paid by the academy, and so money was not a critical issue ).
Various materials were found to absorb the energy from Radar waves, and were incorporated into special finishes that have since found widespread application.
Various explanations have been put forth throughout history to explain what fossils are and how they came to be where they were found.
Various other decisions were promulgated.
Various and standardized
Various approaches have been proposed to reduce image compression effects, but to use standardized compression / decompression techniques and retain the benefits of compression ( for instance, lower transmission and storage costs ), many of these methods focus on " post-processing "— that is, processing images when received or viewed.
Various organizations have standardized the definition of human-readable and machine-readable data and how they are applied in their respective fields of application, e. g., the Universal Postal Union.
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Various and during
Various plants in Scandinavia once bore her name, but it was replaced with the name of the Virgin Mary during the process of Christianization.
Image: Various gas masks WWI. jpg | Various gas masks employed on the Western Front and Eastern Front during World War I
Various Christian feast dates were used for the New Year in Europe during the Middle Ages, including March 25 and December 25.
Various Mobil products during the Socony-Vacuum and Socony-Mobil years included Metro, Mobilgas and Mobilgas Special gasolines ; Mobilfuel Diesel, Mobil-flame heating oil, Mobil Kerosine, Lubrite, Gargoyle, Mobiloil and Mobiloil Special motor oils ; Mobilgrease, Mobillubrication, Mobil Upperlube, Mobil Freezone and Permazone antifreezes, Mobilfluid automatic transmission fluid, Mobil Premiere tires, Mobil Stop-Leak, Mobil Lustrecloth, among many others.
Various irregularities have been exposed during the investigation by a special parliamentary committee into the Lew Rywin affair.
Various anti-popes challenged papal authority, especially during the Western Schism ( 1378 – 1417 ).
Various archaeologists and historians of religion have also suggested that shamanism may have been a dominant pre-religious practice for humanity during the Palaeolithic.
Various protective devices are used to avoid contact with blood, vaginal fluid, semen or other contaminant agents ( like skin, hair and shared objects ) during sexual activity.
Various design issues were identified and solved during V-2 development and testing:
** Various French Republics, most notably the First Republic established during the French Revolution and the Second Republic, the first post-Revolution republic in France.
* Flyby anomaly: Various spacecraft have experienced greater acceleration than expected during gravity assist maneuvers.
Various districts existed, and even issued stamps, during the first part of the century, including Inhambane, Lourenço Marques, Mozambique Colony, Mozambique Company, Nyassa Company, Quelimane, Tete, and Zambésia.
Various witnesses, such as Theodore Majocchi, were called during the reading of the bill, which was effectively a public trial of the Queen.
Various naval conferences were held during the period between the First and Second World Wars to limit the number and size of major warships of the five great naval powers.
Various festive processions were held there, and during Palm Sunday the famous " procession on a donkey " was arranged, in which the patriarch, sitting on a donkey, accompanied by the tsar and the people went out of Saint Basil's Cathedral in the Kremlin.
Various skirmishes took place at Bayport between Union troops and the Confederate Home Guard during the course of the war.
Various artists from across the country performed during the festivities.
Various royal castles were maintained during the period either as part of the English border defences, like Carlisle, or forming part of the internal security measures in Scotland itself, like Stirling Castle.
Various technical and budgetary problems occurred during filming.
Various organizations gave evidence to the Scottish Executive during the consultation process, including the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Wellcome Trust, and the Museums Association.
Various provincial parks created during the previous NDP regime were also downgraded to protected area status, meaning they could be opened for resource exploitation, and fees for use of parks were raised.
Various types of disposable sunglasses are dispensed to patients after receiving mydriatic eye drops during eye examinations.
Various theories in mechanics by physicists during the same period of time, notably fluid dynamics and Newton's laws of motion, led to the foundation of modern aerodynamics.
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