While this does bear some similarity with the classic posture of cowboys firing their twin revolvers from the hip, in games this posture is almost never reflected, with almost all game characters firing twin guns at shoulder level, straight-armed.

While working for the CTC, Erlang was presented with the classic problem of determining how many circuits were needed to provide an acceptable telephone service.

While he was still on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and before being named to the U. S. Supreme Court, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. published a short volume called The Common Law, which remains a classic in the field.

While noir is often associated with an urban setting, many classic noirs take place in small towns, suburbia, rural areas, or on the open road ; so setting cannot be its genre determinant, as with the Western.

While the classic bosal-style hackamore is usually used to start young horses, other designs, such as various bitless bridles and the mechanical hackamore are often seen on mature horses with dental issues that make bit use painful, horses with certain training problems, and on horses with mouth or tongue injuries.

While at least one classic legend, the “ Death Car ”, has been shown to have some basis in fact, folklorists as such are interested in debunking these narratives only to the degree that establishing non-factuality warrants the assumption that there must be some other reason why the tales are told and believed.

While the violins such as those of Amati achieved their classic form before the first half of the century, the viol's form would be standardized later in the century by instrument makers in England.

While Asti province became famous around the world thanks to Martini and Rossi, Gancia and Riccadonna which made commercial wines like Asti Spumante, it is now also becoming famous internationally for its classic red wines such as Barbera d ' Asti, Freisa d ' Asti, Grignolino d ' Asti, Bonarda and Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato.

While Davis ' explorations of modal jazz were sporadic throughout the 1960s — he would include several of the tunes from Kind of Blue in the repertoire of his " Second Great Quintet "— Coltrane would take the lead in extensively exploring the limits of modal improvisation and composition with his own classic quartet, featuring Elvin Jones ( drums ), McCoy Tyner ( piano ), and Reggie Workman and Jimmy Garrison ( bass ).

While lauded for her achievements, Davis and her films were sometimes derided ; Pauline Kael described Now, Voyager ( 1942 ) as a " shlock classic ", and by the mid-1940s her sometimes mannered and histrionic performances had become the subject of caricature.

While Manhattan's movie theaters show classic and foreign films, Los Angeles theaters run less-prestigious fare such as House of Exorcism and Messiah of Evil.

While the 1990s had many different sounds and styles emerging, the genre primarily branched into two directions ; new school metallic hardcore ( sometimes referred to as metalcore ), which incorporated aspects of thrash metal and death metal for a heavier and more technical sound, and old school, reminiscent of classic styles of hardcore punk like youth crew.

While critics of Duck Soup felt it did not quite meet the standards of its predecessors, critical opinion has evolved and the film has since achieved the status of a classic.

While once again quite different from the previous records and musically not considered " classic " Overkill, the album was vocally even more experimental than The Killing Kind, and was well received by fans and critics alike.

While initially displaying a sound typically identified as grunge early on in its career, further releases from the band have shown a variety of influences, including psychedelic rock, bossa nova and classic rock.

While it has been consistently ranked as one of the worst films ever made, Showgirls has become regarded as a cult classic and was released on Blu-ray in June 2010.

While most of the Warner Brothers characters were drawn well ( veteran Warners animator Virgil Ross was working there at the time ), and voiced by veteran voice actor Mel Blanc, the special is not liked by many fans of classic Warner Bros. animation because of its limited animation, as well as a weak storyline.

While famous for classic recordings from Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers, recent hit songs such as " Before He Cheats " by Carrie Underwood and " I Loved Her First " by Heartland continue the city's musical legacy.

While the tickets state the purpose is uniform enforcement of the traffic laws, the real purpose is to generate revenue for this cash-poor city, thus meeting the definition of a classic speed trap.

While being employed at Converse, one of its employees, Jim Labadini ( 1968-78 ), created the chevron and star insignia / logo that still remains on most Converse footwear items that are not classic Chuck Taylors.

While the game follows its own story and maps, much of the game utilizes the same game play mechanics, even going as far as adding in a " classic " mode that removed all of the game's graphics, replacing it with a wireframe environment, 8-bit-style sprites for monsters and characters, and chiptune music.

While this particular Southwest is notably different in many ways from the classic " Old South " or Southeast, these features are strong enough to give it a separate Southwestern identity quite different in nature from that of the Interior Southwestern states to the west.

While a Roman Catholic chaplain at the University of Oxford ( 1926-1939 ) and as domestic prelate to Pope Pius XI ( 1936 ), he wrote classic detective stories.

While he may never have used the term himself, the origin of the " muckraker " is attributed to President Theodore Roosevelt, who, during a speech delivered on April 14, 1906, and on the occasion of dedicating the U. S. House of Representatives office building, drew on a character from John Bunyan ’ s 1678 classic, Pilgrim ’ s Progress, saying:

While Boniface was not able to safeguard the church from property seizures by the local nobility, he did achieve one goal, the adoption of stricter guidelines for the Frankish clergy, which often hailed directly from the nobility.

While Canada does not federally regulate freezing fish, British Columbia and Alberta voluntarily adhere to guidelines similar to the FDA's.

While OSHA, MSHA, and FRA provide guidelines to limit noise exposure on the job, there is essentially no regulation or enforcement of sound output for recreational sources and environments, such as sports arenas, musical venues, bars, etc.

While every minister governs his department autonomously, the Chancellor may issue overriding policy guidelines.

While consultation on new guidelines is under way, the decision to fly the flag may be made by each government department.

While many films conform to these guidelines, there are other films that ignore the guidelines and bring attention to the film techniques.

While Special Awards and Citations continue to be an important option, the Pulitzer Board believes that the Music Prize, in its own annual competition, should encompass the nation's array of distinguished music and hopes that the refinements in the Prize's definition, guidelines and jury membership will serve that end .”

While these guidelines can be violated, by committing too many violations one risks departing from the defining features of the dance.

While there is no definite threshold for identifying a language as endangered, three main criteria are used as guidelines:

While the appointment and approval process of the Secretary-General is outlined in the UN Charter, specific guidelines have emerged regarding the term limits and selection process.

While these ages are general guidelines, there were exceptions for members holding higher ( salaried ) leadership positions, starting at the organizational level of " Untergau ".

While there are superficial similarities between the list-making, inflexible guidelines, and obsessive aspects of Asperger's syndrome and OCPD, the former is different from OCPD especially regarding affective behaviors and restricted interests, including ( but not limited to ) empathy, recalling every aspect of a subject of interest, non-verbal communication ( such as social cognition ), as well as both conversational and general social skills.

While an Energy Star label indicates that the appliance is more energy efficient than the minimum guidelines, purchasing an Energy Star labeled product does not always mean you are getting the most energy efficient option available.

While in the assembly she worked for the divestment of state pension funds from any businesses active in South Africa, a country then operating under the policy of apartheid and helped pass legislation within the guidelines of the divestment campaign's Sullivan Principles.

While in later games the player character follows a set of ethic guidelines called the Virtues, in the first three games the player is not bound by any moral guidelines, leaving the future Avatar free to steal and murder, with only the easily avoided town guards to stop them.

While Buddhism neither encourages nor discourages marriage, it does offer some guidelines for it.

While initially the main money-making venture of Thieves ' Guild members remained theft, albeit under strict guidelines and leaving a receipt, more recent books show a system of " insurance ", whereby people may pay a fee directly to the Guild and therefore become immune to robbery for a specified period.

While web engineering uses software engineering principles, web development encompasses new approaches, methodologies, tools, techniques, and guidelines to meet the unique requirements for web-based applications.

While voluntary, the guidelines are widely accepted in courts in Wales, England, and Scotland.

While writing the majority opinion for United States v. O ' Brien, Chief Justice Warren described a series of guidelines used to determine whether a law that restricts speech violates the First Amendment.

While the guidelines for interrogation do not specifically ban waterboarding, the executive order refers to torture as defined by 18 USC 2340, which includes " the threat of imminent death ," as well as the U. S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

While Field's structures have helped many screenwriters tailor their ideas to the Hollywood model, his guidelines have sometimes been accused of stifling innovation and experimentation, but as Laura Esquivel ( Like Water For Chocolate ) pointed out ; " Before I met Syd Field, I often felt that structure imprisoned me, but what I learned was structure really freed me to focus on the story.