While most of these have died away, a few remain such as Robin ( Rob-in, from Robert ), Hank ( Hen-Kin from Henry ), Jack ( Jan-kin from John ), and Colin ( Col-in from Nicolas ).

While still a student, he befriended A. J. Ayer ( with whom he was to share a lifelong amicable rivalry ), Stuart Hampshire, Richard Wollheim, Maurice Bowra, Stephen Spender, J. L. Austin and Nicolas Nabokov.

While occupying northern Portugal, his intrigues earned him the nickname, " King Nicolas.

While in Cambrai he collaborated with Nicolas Grenon on a complete revision of the liturgical musical collection of the cathedral, which included writing an extensive collection of polyphonic music for services.

While observing the construction of the piece from a helicopter, Smithson reportedly remarked " et in Utah ego " as a counterpoint to the famous pastoral Baroque painting et in Arcadia ego by Nicolas Poussin.

While being a constituent member of the Weimar Triangle with fellow states Germany and France, Tusk showed displeasure over German Chancellor Angela Merkel's and French President Nicolas Sarkozy's dominating roles in eurozone negotiations, remarking to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera in January 2012 that " this should not translate into a lasting political monopoly: things cannot be left to only two capitals of Europe.

While serving under Wellington at the Second Battle of Porto, units of Hill's brigade launched an impromptu assault across the Douro River that ultimately routed Marshal Nicolas Soult's French corps from Oporto.

While maintaining the original system of the French mathematician Nicolas Chuquet ( 1484 ) for the names of large numbers, Jacques Pelletier promoted milliard for 10 < sup > 12 </ sup > which had been used earlier by Budaeus.

While it has been said that the river's name comes from Nicolas Gatineau, a fur trader who is said to have drowned in the river in 1683, the local Indian tribe, the Algonquin Anicinabek, assert that the name comes from their language.

While Areva did admit that general negotiations had taken place, Nicolas Sarkozy formally dismissed all of the story, claiming it was " false.

While he was in Italy, Fauconberg translated and published the Histoire du gouvernement de Venise, by Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye.

While the pattern is uneven, some having gained more than others, nationalism has in fact served the Western peoples well.

While sovereignty has roots in antiquity, in its present usage it is essentially modern.

While it is hazardous to project the trend of history, it seems clear that a genuine community is painfully emerging in the Western world, particularly among the countries of Western Europe.

While he is worldly, the musician often cultivates public attitudes of childlike astonishment and naivete.

While some think we move too fast and others too slowly, Florida's record is a good one and stands out among the 50.

While white is the coolest summer shade, there are lots of pastel hues along with tintable fabrics that will blend with any wardrobe color.

While it is easy enough to ridicule Hawkins' pronouncement in Pleas Of The Crown from a metaphysical point of view, the concept of the `` oneness '' of a married couple may reflect an abiding belief that the communion between husband and wife is such that their actions are not always to be regarded by the criminal law as if there were no marriage.

While this may well be true in general, I believe it is also important to keep in mind that some recent developments suggest that over the next year or so military electronics may be one of the most strongly growing areas in an economy which is not expanding rapidly in other directions.

While clay is still pressed in mold, press three equally spaced holes 1/4'' '' deep, using pencil eraser, in bottom of clay to allow for proper drying and firing.

While assembled lid is still on design head, gently but firmly press it on plaster board.

While some regression is inevitable, it is discouraged rather than encouraged so that the transference does not follow the stages of planned regression associated with certain casework adaptations of the psychoanalytic model for insight therapy.

While other conditions might be even more effective in bringing about a change from immobility to mobility in Kohnstamm reactivity, it is our hypothesis that all such conditions would have as a common factor the capacity to induce an attitude in the subject which enabled him to divorce himself temporarily from feelings of responsibility for his behavior.

While we had expected that compulsive children in the unstructured school setting would have difficulty when compared to those in the structured, we were surprised to find that the achievement of the high compulsives within the schools where the whole-word method is used in beginning reading compares favorably with that of the low compulsives.

While roleplaying for testing is not too well understood at the present time, it represents one of the major uses of this procedure.

While the phonemes can be very easily stated, no one is likely to be satisfied with the statement until phonemic occurrences can be related in some way to morphemic units, i.e. until the morphophonemics is worked out, or at least far enough that it seems reasonable to expect success.

While the U. S. Department of Labor has a program of projecting industry and occupational employment trends and publishing current outlook statements, there is little tangible evidence that these projections have been used extensively in local curriculum planning.

While it had long been known in general, that `` the public is always wrong '', the use of odd-lot indices now puts the adage on a statistical basis.

While there may be several such industries to which the model of this paper is applicable, the authors make particular claim of relevance to the explanation of the course of wages and prices in the steel industry of the United States since World War 2.

While this influence is a complex matter, depending upon personality factors in the individual as well as upon his social-class experience, there probably are some general statements about social-class background and educational policy that can be made with a fair degree of truth.

While one element is announcing progress, another is delineating its problems.

While two-piece bathing suits had been worn on the beach before, the modern bikini was invented by French engineer Louis Réard in 1946.

While working at Bell Labs in November 1937, Stibitz invented and built a relay-based calculator that he dubbed the " Model K " ( for " kitchen table ", on which he had assembled it ), which was the first to calculate using binary form.

While at General Electric, from 1909 – 1950, Langmuir advanced several basic fields of physics and chemistry, invented the gas-filled incandescent lamp, the hydrogen welding technique, and was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in surface chemistry.

While not invented by Macrovision, the company's products implement it.

While invented long before, the practice of including music with the entrance gained rapid popularity during the 1980s, largely as a result of the huge success of Hulk Hogan and the WWF, and their Rock ' n ' Wrestling Connection.

While it is commonly assumed that traditions have ancient history, many traditions have been invented on purpose, whether that be political or cultural, over short periods of time.

While Magic 8 Ball did not exist in its current form until 1950, the functional component was invented by Albert C. Carter, who was inspired by a " spirit writing " device used by his mother, Mary, a Cincinnati clairvoyant.

While resident in Grahamstown he wrote some satirical sketches for local amateur dramatic entertainment and invented the character Caatje Kekelbek or Life Among the Hottentots ( 1838 ), also known as Kaatje Kekkelbek ( Katie Gossip ) who endeared herself forever to South Africans, and held John Philip and other missionaries up to ridicule.

While liquid fuel / electric hybrids date back to the late 19th century, the braking regenerative hybrid was invented by David Arthurs, an electrical engineer from Springdale, Arkansas in 1978 – 79.

While being most known for inventing the Gatling Gun, Gatling invented and patented a number of other inventions.

While canyoners have used and adapted climbing, hiking, and river running gear for years, more and more specialized gear is invented and manufactured as canyoning popularity increases.

While the violent political culture was not invented by Seaga or Manley, and had its roots in conflicts between the parties from as early as the beginning of the two-party system in the 1940s, political violence reached unprecedented levels in the 1970s.

While this game closely resembles Keno, a game which was invented by the Chinese and predates the Han Dynasty, it is recognized as a variant of bingo and permitted in almost all jurisdictions.

While a surgeon in Philadelphia, Koop performed groundbreaking surgical procedures on conjoined twins, invented techniques which today are commonly used for infant surgery, and saved the lives of countless children who otherwise might have been allowed to die.

While selfmate dates from the Middle Age, helpmate was invented by Max Lange in the late 19th century.

While the drink is believed to have been invented by the Manhattan Club ( an association of New York Democrats ) on that occasion, Jennie could not have been involved, as she was in Europe at the time, about to give birth to her son Winston later that month.

While the Caffe Mediterraneum in Berkeley, California claims to have invented the caffèlatte in the 1950's, it was popularized in Seattle, Washington in the early 1980s and spread more widely in the early 1990s.

While with Rickenbacker, Kauffman had invented the " Vibrola " tailpiece, a precursor to the later vibrato or " tremolo " tailpiece.

While in Morocco she invented metal skis and suggested their use on aeroplanes landing on sand.

While there, Rabin invented the Miller-Rabin primality test, a randomized algorithm that can determine very quickly ( but with a tiny probability of error ) whether a number is prime.

* While working as the student sports reporter at Cornell, Troy invented a character named " Johnny Tsal ".

While freestyle dance is random and a personal dance invented by a single person ( even if it's based on someone else's dance style ), a full street dance is a collection of the various similar dance moves and styles collected into one practice and regarded as the same dance.

While based on the Latin alphabet, IPA also contains invented letters, Greek letters, and numerous diacritics.

While working with Pratt, Rogers invented an improved way of separating naphtha, a light oil similar to kerosene, from crude oil.