While most species of North American red oak are unsuitable for construction of bokken, there are some Asian species of red oak that have a significantly tighter grain and will be able to withstand repeated impacts.

While the term " liberal " had been used to describe all political forces in Colombia, the conservatives began describing themselves as " conservative liberals " and their opponents as " red liberals ".

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 he cultivated a cavalier image ( red-lined gray cape, yellow sash, hat cocked to the side with an ostrich plume, red flower in his lapel, often sporting cologne ), his serious work made him the trusted eyes and ears of Robert E. Lee's army and inspired Southern morale.

While the flesh has protein levels similar to other comparable red meats ( e. g. beef, deer and elk ) it has a low fat content and the fat that is found is made up of a higher proportion of polyunsaturated fats ( rather than saturated fats ).

While red tides in the Gulf of Mexico have been occurring since the time of early explorers such as Cabeza de Vaca, it is unclear what initiates these blooms and how large a role anthropogenic and natural factors play in their development.

While it was being repaired, Rickenbacker's UK distributor Rose Morris gave Lennon a model 1996 ( the export version of a 325, available exclusively in a red finish and with an F-hole ).

While gravitropic response of Arabidopsis root organs is their predominant tropic response, specimens treated with mutagens and selected for the absence of gravitropic action showed negative phototropic response to blue or white light, and positive response to red light, indicating the roots also show positive phototropism.

While the " red " parties tend to focus on the adverse effects of capitalism on the working class, the " green " parties tend to focus on the ecological consequences of unrestrained capitalism.

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 the ships first appear with a red and grey Republic color scheme, the Venator at the movie's end is gray and white ; this lack of color signifies the Empire's rise to power.

While not performing rescues they are also required to wear long-sleeve yellow shirts and red shorts to provide protection against the sun.

While team colors have changed somewhat over the years, with emphasis alternating between blue, white, red, and even black and gold, the 76ers have always been closely identified with the logo featuring the number 76 with 13 stars arranged in a circle above the number 7 to represent the original 13 American colonies.

While most varieties of Malvasia produce white wine, Malvasia Nera is a red wine variety that is used primarily as a blending grape in Italy, being valued for the dark color and aromatic qualities it can add to a wine.

While some accounts do note that Champion wore a red sash at the time of his death, such sashes were common.

While the lower section corresponds to the color red, the upper area is divided once in a blue square and a white rectangle whose lengths are in proportion 1: 2, respectively.

While retaining the red necktie he's had since the 1994 Game Boy remake of Donkey Kong, he also donned a distinct physical appearance featuring heavy brows and a peaked lock of hair on top of his head.

While most of the mills " above the hill " were constructed from native Fall River granite, nearly all of their counterparts along the Taunton River and Mount Hope Bay were made of red brick.

While Patpong is internationally known as a red light district at the heart of Bangkok's sex industry, it is in fact only one of numerous red-light districts some catering primarily to Thai men and some others, like Patpong, catering primarily to foreigners.

While the majority of sparkling wines are white or rosé, Australia, Italy and Moldova all have a sizable production of red sparkling wines.

* While other dialects ( such as Metropolitan French ) have a uvular rhotic, Acadian French has an alveolar one so that rouge (' red ') is pronounced

While the unified facades were never realised, and some developments didn't quite match the rest of the reconstruction efforts on the street leading to criticisms of an opportunity lost, Lower O ' Connell Street was nonetheless rebuilt in a coherent fashion, its buildings maintaining a standard cornice line and making use of similar materials of limestone, granite, Portland stone, and red brick with stone dressings.

While the crest consisted of a single colour only for most of the time, namely blue or red, the current ( 2008 ) crest is blue, red, and white.

While several yards from it, still concealed by the shrubbery, she'd seen two men on her left at the pool's edge.

While they have a total of of shoreline, measured along the outer edge of the reef, there are no ports or harbors, only offshore anchorage.

While many of Alcott's ideas continue to be perceived as being on the liberal / radical edge, they are still common themes in society, including vegetarian / veganism, sustainable living, and temperance / self-control.

While it is possible through skillful play to minimize the house advantage, it is extremely rare that a player has sufficient skill to completely eliminate his inherent long-term disadvantage ( the house edge ( HE ) or house vigorish ) in a casino game.

While in prison on another charge, her husband, Peter Reyn-Bardt, had boasted that he had killed his wife and buried her in the back garden of their bungalow, which was on the edge of the area of mossland where peat was being dug.

While the majority of plutinos have low orbital inclinations, a substantial number of them follow orbits similar to that of Pluto, with inclinations in the 10 – 25 ° range and eccentricities around 0. 2 – 0. 25, resulting in perihelia inside ( or close to ) the orbit of Neptune and aphelia close to the main Kuiper belt's outer edge ( where objects have 1: 2 resonance with Neptune ).

While Clinton County has historically been Republican like the rest of central Pennsylvania, Democrats captured the registration edge in early 2008.

While woodlots often technically have closed canopies, they are so small that light penetration from the edge makes them ecologically closer to woodland than forest.

While most of the county did not immediately benefit from the railroad, Green River, on the eastern edge of Emery County boomed almost overnight following arrival of the rails.

While most of the bands embraced the straight edge lifestyle, some prominent ones from this era did not, such as Biohazard, Madball and Sick of It All.

While its eastern border is fairly regular with the river's edge, the rest of its municipal border, with Peoria, is quite irregular and convoluted.

While New Port had strong religious beginnings, its situation as a river trading hub on the edge of the Appalachian frontier inevitably led to a certain lawlessness.

While he is never shown falling off, or even walking close to the edge of a cliff, he always seems to hold on to that same branch, yelling for help.

While he was still young the family moved from Handsworth to the semi-rural suburb of Kingstanding at the northern edge of the city.

While working on these concepts, he noticed that it was possible to shape the wing in such a way that the shock wave generated off its leading edge would form a horizontal sheet under the craft.

While wintering during the southern summer, it can be found at sea, reaching the southern edge of the Antarctic ice.

While most of the Weald was used for transhumance by communities at the edge of the Weald, several parts of the forest on the higher ridges in the interior seem to have been used for hunting by the kings of Sussex.

While VHS and Beta tapes have a break-off tab to protect recordings from erasure ( as in audio Compact Cassettes and, once broken, the cavity left by the missing tab must be covered or filled before the tape can be reused ), VCCs employ a more elegant solution: a switch on the tape edge can be turned to red to protect the recordings, and back to black / brown ( depending on the colour of the cassette housing ) to re-record.

While later albums have a more political edge, Morbid Visions ( along with the Bestial Devastation EP ) is notable for " Satanic " themes.

While not physically incorporated into the final design, the Convention Center was designed with an open curve along its north edge to allow access to the Sunsphere.

While their original objective was to maintain something of the Festival atmosphere in Edinburgh all year round, the Traverse Theatre quickly and regularly presented cutting edge drama to an international audience on both the Edinburgh International Festival and on the Fringe during August.

While Swamp Sparrows can be found in small numbers on the southern edge of their breeding range, individuals are probably all migratory, moving primarily migrate to the southeastern United States.

While these narrow streets work in the benefit of a pedestrian, a motorist considers them an edge due to the fact that they are very narrow and full of pedestrians crossing at every which way making it very difficult to navigate around.

While tracing an edge, we apply the lower threshold, allowing us to trace faint sections of edges as long as we find a starting point.