While most alphabets have letters composed of lines ( linear writing ), there are also exceptions such as the alphabets used in Braille, fingerspelling, and Morse code.

While Zhuyin is not used as a mainstream writing system, it is still often used in ways similar to a romanization system — that is, for aiding in pronunciation and as an input method for Chinese characters on computers and cellphones.

While living in the home, Louisa began writing in earnest and was given her own room.

While the precise identity of the author is debated, the consensus is that this work was composed by a ( Koine ) Greek speaking Gentile writing for an audience of Gentile Christians.

Some scholars believe that the apologetic view of Luke ’ s work is overemphasized and that it should not be regarded as a “ major aim of the Lucan writings .” While Munck believes that purpose of Luke ’ s work is not that clear-cut and sympathizes with other claims, he believes that Luke ’ s work can function as an apology only in the sense that it “ presents a defense of Christianity and Paul ” and may serve to “ clarify the position of Christianity within Jewry and within the Roman Empire .” Pervo disagrees that Luke ’ s work is an apology and even that it could possibly be addressed to Rome because he believes that “ Luke and Acts speak to insiders, believers in Jesus .” Freedman believes that Luke is writing an apology but that his goal is “ not to defend the Christian movement as such but to defend God ’ s ways in history .”

While at Canterbury he promoted the cult of Dunstan, ordering the writing of the second Life of Dunstan, which Adelard composed between 1006 and 1011.

While historians disagree over the exact authorship of the work, the writing contains clear indications of Allen's style.

While critics point to the common practice of pseudonymous writing in the ancient world, they usually fail to point out that this practice, though common in the culture, was not common in personal letters, and was categorically rejected by the early church ( cf.

While he had programmed extensively in machine code in the 1950s, he was known for his low opinion of the GOTO statement in computer programming, writing a paper in 1965, and culminating in the 1968 article " A Case against the GO TO Statement ", regarded as a major step towards the widespread deprecation of the GOTO statement and its effective replacement by structured control constructs, such as the while loop.

While living at the Cecil House, Edward's daily studies consisted of dancing instruction, French, Latin, cosmography, writing exercises, drawing, and common prayers.

While some women chose a militant, and often violent, path, others chose to influence events through writing, publications, and meetings.

" While most other modern critics have little positive to say about the story's writing, Ralph 124C 41 + is still considered an " essential text for all studies of science fiction.

While this saved computer memory it also saved time in reading and writing programs from cassette tape.

While he was in Düsseldorf, Brahms participated with Schumann and Albert Dietrich in writing a sonata for Joachim ; this is known as the " F – A – E Sonata " ().

While griots still compose in the traditional way ( without writing scores ), some Western musicians began to write partitures for the kora and adopted the Keur Moussa notation system at the beginning of the 1980s.

While in graduate school at UC Berkeley, Wall and his wife were studying linguistics with the intention afterwards of finding an unwritten language, perhaps in Africa, and creating a writing system for it.

While the children are not participants in the tutoring program, they do show marked improvement in their reading and writing skills throughout the semester, due in part to the admiration and respect they gain for their college reading buddy.

While writing that the series fulfills the norms of mass-market fiction, as mentioned above, magazine writer Michelle Goldberg characterized the books as an attack on Judaism and liberal secularism, and suggested that the near-future " end times " in which the books are set seem to reflect the actual worldview of millions of Americans, including many prominent conservative leaders.

While the types of writing systems in Mesoamerica range from minimalist " picture-writing " to complex logophonetic systems capable of recording speech and literature, they all share some core features that make them visually and functionally distinct from other writing systems of the world.

While still legally married to Upshaw and needing income for herself, Mitchell got a job writing feature articles for The Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine.

While the language was chosen as a medium of prestige in records and official statements along with Latin in the early 13th century, Occitan faced competition from the rising local Romance vernacular, the Navarro-Aragonese, both orally and in writing, especially after Aragon's territorial conquests south to Saragossa, Huesca and Tudela between 1118 and 1134.

While the traditional snail mail pen pal relationship has fallen into a decline due to modern technology closing the world's communication gap, prison pen pal services have combined technology with traditional letter writing.

While very little in the way of Pictish writing has survived, Pictish history since the late 6th century is known from a variety of sources, including Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, saints ' lives such as that of Columba by Adomnán, and various Irish annals.

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 term " Mormon Church " has long been attached to the church as a nickname, it is an unauthorized title, and the Church's style guide says, " Please avoid the use of ' Mormon Church ', ' LDS Church ' or the ' Church of the Latter-day Saints.

While proposing the theory, Beck says that his scenario may be regarded as Cumontian in two ways.

While the band Korn is considered the pioneers of the nu metal genre, frontman Johnathan Davis stated: " I remember when were coming out we were fighting being called a metal band because we weren't a metal band, we were something that wasn't classifiable ," Davis says.

While Robert the Monk says so, it is also possible that the slogan was created as a catchy propaganda motto afterward.

As of the 2009 release of The Proposal, Mark Kermode said she's made only three " good " films in her career — Speed, While You Were Sleeping, and Crash, and says " she's funny, she's gorgeous, it's impossible not to love her and yet she makes rotten film after rotten film after rotten film.

While Catholic tradition says she later traveled to France and lived out her days there in penance.

While those on whom the Spirit had descended were speaking in tongues, the Apostle Peter stood up with the eleven and proclaimed to the crowd that this event was the fulfillment of the prophecy (" I will pour out my spirit ") In Acts 2: 17, it reads: "' And in the last days ,' God says, ' I will pour out my spirit upon every sort of flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy and your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams.

While the various sagas name anywhere from 11 to 20 sons of Harald in various contexts, the contemporary skaldic poem Hákonarmál says that Harald's son Haakon only would meet " eight brothers " when arriving to Valhalla.

While one report says Milo held his arm outstretched and challengers were unable to bend his fingers, another anecdote recorded by Claudius Aelianus disputes Milo's reputation for enormous strength.

While there he predicted a severe famine that the author says came under the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius.

While flyting with Atli, Hrímgerðr says that she had seen 27 valkyries around Helgi, yet one particularly fair valkyrie led the band:

While Charles ' father and lawyers are on the phone with her pleading to settle quickly, Jean says she doesn't want any money at all, just for Pike to tell her it's over to her face.

While Joey and Chandler are having breakfast, Joey says " Man this is weird.

While some may see a conflict of interest in a boxing promoter being paymaster of what is essentially a magazine / rankings organization that awards world titles and belts, De La Hoya says that is not the case.

While the context is not definitive, Taliesin also implies it, in his Marwnad Rhun () that laments the death of Maelgwn's son Rhun, where he says that Rhun's death is " the fall of the court and girdle of Cunedda ".

" " While we were making the movie, I just knew I had a really good part ", Ruck says.

While the 8th-century Nayanar saint Cuntarar says that Shiva is always inseparable from the Mother Goddess, another 7th-century Nayanar saint Campantar describes how the " eternal feminine " is not only her consort, but she is also part of him.

While praising the application of rules to classical Latin, most intensely in the Golden Age, he says " In gaining accuracy, however, classical Latin suffered a grievous loss.

While Njáll says they have been foolish in raising the matter, he advises them to publicise it so that it will be seen as a matter of honor.

Speaking of himself in his Chronicon januense, he says, " While he was in his order, and after he had been made archbishop, he wrote many works.

While on other buttresses it says:

While now known as the BBC Proms, the text on the tickets ( along with the headline " BBC Proms " next to the BBC logo ), still says " BBC Music presents the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts ".

While there was philosophy prior to Socrates, it was Socrates, says Cicero, who was " the first who brought philosophy down from the heavens, placed it in cities, introduced it into families, and obliged it to examine into life and morals, and good and evil.