While the first-place finisher was " Blades ," the Gunds were concerned about the name's potentially negative association with weapons, and went with the runner-up, " Sharks.

While Asher was praised for bringing cases of factitious disorder to light, critics objected variously that a literary allusion was inappropriate given the seriousness of the disease ; that its use of the Anglicized form " Munchausen " showed poor form ; that the name linked the disease with Münchhausen himself, who did not have it ; and that the name's connection to works of humor and fantasy, and to the essentially ridiculous character of the fictionalized Baron, was disrespectful to patients suffering from the disorder.

While Marchbuck (" march " bearing its archaic meaning of " border ") is the exact representation of Brandagamba, Tolkien rendered it Brandybuck to preserve the name's similarity with the River Branda-nîn ( Baranduin in Sindarin ), which Tolkien then rendered Brandywine in English to reflect an alternate name, Bralda-hîm, meaning " heady ale ", referring to the river's golden-brown colour.

While the title character's name's pronunciation in classical Latin has the a prononunced "" in the IPA, in English the a is usually prononunced ".

While the origin of state-owned automobiles may be obscured, subsequent developments concerning the assignment, use, and management of state automobiles can be related more clearly.

While it would be rash to assert positively that no existing gems were the work of Gnostics, there is no valid reason for attributing any or all of them to such an origin.

While the first application of the term " clipper " in a nautical sense is by no means certain, it seems to have had an American origin when applied to the Baltimore clippers of the late 18th century.

While it is clear that the Christmas tree originates in Renaissance and early modern Germany, there are a number of speculative theories as to its ultimate origin.

While there is no prohibition in the area of the didgeridoo's origin, such restrictions have been applied by other Indigenous communities.

While the origin of Easter eggs can be explained in the symbolic terms described above, a sacred tradition among followers of Eastern Christianity says that Mary Magdalene was bringing cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned brilliant red when she saw the risen Christ. The egg represents the boulder of the tomb of Jesus.

While the article specifically prohibits discrimination based on " sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status ", the last of these allows the court to extend to Article 14 protection to other grounds not specifically mentioned such as has been done regarding discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation.

While they were largely assimilated, their Gothic origin was still well-known: the chronicler Theophanes the Confessor calls them Gothograeci.

While Conservative Jews have varied views regarding the origin of the Torah and its authority today, and believe it can be continuously reinterpreted.

While one or two terms may apparently be of Semitic origin ( such as KU-RO, see below ), there is yet not enough evidence to secure a connection between the language of Linear A and Semitic idioms.

While Brazilian Americans are not included with Hispanics and Latinos in the government's census population reports, any Brazilian American can report as being Hispanic or Latino since Hispanic or Latino origin is, like race, a matter of self-identification.

While the nonrestorative methods can improve contrast by removing out-of-focus light from focal planes, only the restorative methods can actually reassign light to its proper place of origin.

While Jacobs found that statement to be compatible with Orthodox Judaism, the Chief Rabbi condemned his views as denial of the divine origin of the Torah.

While the origin of the city had remained unknown for centuries, the Pelasgi, the Greeks, the Etruscans, and the Ligurians had variously been proposed as founders of the city ( for example, a colony of the ancient city of Pisa, Greece ).

While Spock makes it clear that the events during the period of Surak are well documented (" The Savage Curtain "), he is completely uncertain in regard to the origin of the Romulans: " If the Romulans are an offshoot of my Vulcan blood -- and I think this likely -- then attack becomes even more imperative.

While these latter accounts are common among martial artists, and often serve as origin stories for various martial arts styles, they are viewed by scholars as fictional.

While the generations born before the 1940s tend to use the older terms of Arabic or Persian origin, the younger generations favor new expressions.

While the term Sabbat originated from Judaism and is of Hebrew origin, the festivals themselves have historical origins in Celtic and Germanic pre-Christian feasts, and the Wheel of the Year, as has developed in modern Paganism and Wicca, is really a combination of the two cultures ' solstice and equinox celebrations.

While millets are indigenous to many parts of the world, millets most likely had an evolutionary origin in tropical western Africa, as that is where the greatest number of both wild and cultivated forms exist.

While the origin of the open business plan model is in the free software and Libre services arena,

While the polka is Bohemian in origin, most dance music composers in Vienna ( the capital of the vast Habsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was the cultural centre for music from all over the empire ) composed polkas and included the dance in their repertoire at some point of their career.

While most of the Tang army was made of fubing Chinese conscripts, the majority of the troops led by Turkic generals were of non-Chinese origin, campaigning largely in the western frontier where the presence of fubing troops was low.

While many have differed on the specific Scottish-Pictish origin of the Old Red Sandstone of which the artifact is comprised, the Irish geological origin has been precluded.

While we cannot prove that Heraclianus, Appollinaris, Placidianus, or Marcianus were of Danubian origin themselves, it is clear that none of them were members of the Severan aristocracy, and all of them appear to owe their prominence to their military roles.

While the old term for electrical conductance, the mho ( the inverse of the resistance unit ohm ), is still used, a new name, the siemens, was adopted in 1971, honoring Ernst Werner von Siemens.

While honoring the initiatic tradition of his predecessors, Pir Vilayat continually adapted traditional Eastern spiritual practices in keeping with the evolution of Western consciousness.

While Tarkington never earned a college degree, he was accorded many awards recognizing and honoring his skills and accomplishments as an author.

While accepting orders for the current model until January 31, 2011, and honoring all Xserve warranties and extended support programs, the company suggested users switch to Mac Pro Server or Mac mini Server.

" While it is commendable that Beck's rally will honor the brave men and women of our armed forces ... organizers present this event as also honoring the ideals and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. ... My father ... would be the first to say that those participating in Beck's rally have the right to express their views.

While many scholars believe Witte Wieven originated as above from honoring graves of wise women, others think the mythology of witte wieven come from part of the Germanic belief in disen, land wights, and / or alven ( Old Dutch for " elf ") for several reasons: The practice of bringing offerings and asking for help from their graves is very similar to honoring disen, land wights and alfen in Germanic paganism.

While supported by many local residents, it was criticized as being inappropriate given that some might interpret it as honoring the USSR under Joseph Stalin.

While Metra does not specifically refer to any of its lines by a particular color, the timetable accents for the Union Pacific / West line are printed in " Kate Shelley Rose " pink, honoring an Iowa woman who saved a Chicago & North Western Railway train from disaster in 1881.

While Metra does not specifically refer to any of its lines by a particular color, the timetable accents for the Union Pacific / Northwest line are printed in bright " Viking Yellow ," honoring the Chicago & North Western Railway's Viking passenger train.

While Metra does not specifically refer to any of its lines by a particular color, the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District North line are printed in pale " Hiawatha Orange ," honoring the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha passenger trains.

While Metra does not specifically refer to any of its lines by a particular color, the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District / West line are printed in dark " Arrow Yellow ," honoring the Milwaukee Road's Arrow passenger train.

While it ’ s true that the top television and film actors have become movie and television stars, musicians and pop singers that become pop stars, or athletes that become sports stars often become celebrities, the other professionals that play a more peripheral role in the entertainment sphere, such as television, music, and film directors and producers, screenwriters, playwrights, and animators are less likely to attain celebrity status ( albeit there are some exceptions, such as directors Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and animator Seth MacFarlane ).

While largely accurate, it notably omits Benedict Arnold from the capture of Ticonderoga, and Seth Warner as the leader of the Green Mountain Boys.

While searching for a group of relentless horse thieves, Roosevelt met Seth Bullock, the famous sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota.

While district attorney, in 1986 one Amy Bishop of Braintree killed her brother Seth.

While Seth goes out to buy some food, Richie brutally rapes and murders the teller, which infuriates Seth when he returns.

While this is occurring, we learn that Seth Garin was addicted to shows like Bonanza, a spaghetti western called The Regulators, and a sci-fi cartoon called MotoKops 2200.

While working on MADtv, Borstein met Seth MacFarlane, who was then preparing to launch the animated sitcom Family Guy on FOX ( MacFarlane was originally supposed to create animated shorts for MADtv, but declined in favor of creating an independent series ).

" While conducting tedious research for his dissertation, Seth would divert himself with trips to the bookstore.

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While with the Eagles he was a very popular player with the " Gang Green " Defense, playing with NFL greats Reggie White, Seth Joyner, and Wes Hopkins.

While the designs of Seth and Munchie were not modeled after anyone in particular, their hair-styles were slightly based on those of Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, owners of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's.

While Seth enacted the part of Nehru as the story-teller at key points in every episode, Om Puri provided the narration.

While he has a long standing heterosexual relationship with his wife, he was accused by Seth of being a closeted homosexual, despite a complete lack of evidence.

While in OVW she used the ring name Shelly, and managed several wrestlers, including Aaron Stevens, Paul Burchill and Seth Skyfire.