Without a writing system, the Ainu were masters of narration, with the Yukar and other forms of narration such as the Uepeker ( Uwepeker ) tales, being committed to memory and related at gatherings, often lasting many hours or even days.

Without the price system to match consumer utility to incentives for production, or even indicate those utilities " without providing incentives ", state planners are much less likely to invest in new ideas to satisfy consumers ' desires.

The group ' Doctors Without Borders ' ranks the place 179th among 179 countries when it comes to freedom of expression, even lower than North Korea.

Without his support, the senate might have remained too frightened to even meet.

Without the proper slaughtering practices even an otherwise kosher animal will be rendered treif.

Without exception, many processes are needed before a clean even staple is obtained-each with a specific name.

Without the Imprimatur, molecular disintegration would result ; this serves as a safeguard against misuse of time travel even if the TARDIS technology were copied.

Without training in the preliminary practices, the ubiquity of allusions to them in Vajrayāna is meaningless and even successful Vajrayāna initiation becomes impossible.

Without realistic motion blurring, video games and computer animations do not look as fluid as film, even with a higher frame rate.

Without the forces necessary for a counter-offensive south of the Gheluvelt plateau towards Kemmel Hill, Rupprecht began to plan for a slow withdrawal from the Ypres salient, even at the risk of uncovering German positions further north and the Belgian coast.

Without even having had the time to pack a few clothes, he arrived at Victoria Station on 19 July.

Without Harrison or Buller present to restrain him, the Prince took command from Carey, even though the latter had seniority.

Without the line-item veto, Presidents have often felt compelled to sign controversial riders into law even if they did not support them.

Without Lindros, the Flyers had trouble scoring in the playoffs even after having re-acquired Mark Recchi at the trade deadline.

* In The Simpsons episode, " Take My Wife, Sleaze ", a parody of Rebel Without a Cause became an inspiration for Homer Simpson to form his motorcycle gang, even though he watched it with his vintage 1955 Harley-Davidson motorcycle he won at a ' 50s nostalgia cafe earlier in this episode.

Without the inmates, the average population of Salem would be older, there would be very few minorities, and there would be a nearly even balance of males and females.

Without such guidance, our facts would be desultory and fruitless ; we could not retain them: for the most part we could not even perceive them.

Without gradual underflow, the subtraction a − b can underflow and produce zero even though the values are not equal.

Without the influence of Ben, Peter became a troublemaker, even going so far as to steal cars, and was eventually exposed to a gamma bomb that transformed him into this reality's version of the Hulk ( Bruce Banner becomes this world's Spider-Man during experiments on the animals that were affected by the bomb ).

Without those, the broken man could last hours and even days, during which birds could peck at the hapless victim.

Without Lorenzo's support it is doubtful that Pico would have survived even the 10 more years that he did.

Without some form of barrier delineating “ self ” from “ non-self ” it is difficult to even define the concept of an organism or of life.

Without this to anchor their wing muscles, they could not fly even if they were to develop suitable wings.

Kaysen notes that McLean is “ a refuge as much as a prison .” Without school, a job, bills, parents, or the outside world to deal with, the girls are free to ignore responsibility, even as that responsibility has been taken from them.

Without a murmur he resigned himself to this hardship ; and even when a lion devoured his donkey, and a cat killed the rooster whose crowing was to herald the dawn to him, and the wind extinguished his candle, the only remark he made was, " All that God does is for the good.

Without taking off his coat, he sat in the blue chair which still faced the closed bedroom door.

Without their opposition, Simon de Brion was unanimously elected to the papacy, taking the name Martin IV, on 22 February 1281.

Without taking symmetries into account, the number of possible games can be determined by hand with an exact formula that leads to 255, 168 possible games ( see Henry Bottomley, 2001, or Steve Schaeffer, 2002 ).

Without EGTRRA, an incorporated business person taking $ 100, 000 in salary would have been limited in Y2004 to a maximum contribution of $ 15, 000.

"(...) Without taking the argument that far, it is evident that in a market system with uneven distribution of empowering work, such as Economic Democracy ( the model of market socialism David Schweickart has developed and refers to as " economic democracy "), some workers will be more able than others to capture the benefits of economic gain.

In 1989, local committees in Beit Sahour initiated a nonviolence movement to withhold taxes, taking up the slogan " No Taxation Without Representation ".

Without a cabin boy, Greybar forces Nathaniel do the chores in return for taking him to Hawaii.

Without Dan and Beth's knowledge, Alex picks up Ellen at school and takes her to an amusement park, buying her ice cream as well as taking her on a roller coaster.

While touring in support of El Cielo, Dredg began work on their third album, Catch Without Arms, spending 8 months writing material before taking another 10 months to record and mix the album.

Without taking note of the number of points made, the geomancer provides the seemingly random mechanism needed for most forms of divination.

Without the legal protection afforded to common lands, the surrounding land was ripe for development and a new settlement, taking its name from the Pond, began to grow.

Without a family member on the outside who would vouch for them, many incarcerated individuals would stay in the asylums for the rest of their lives, many of them taking religious vows.

In response, media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders wrote an open letter to urge Lee and other top officials of the Singapore government to stop taking ‘ libel actions ’ against journalists.

Without taking up irrevocable vows, the Brethren banded together in communities, giving up their worldly goods to live chaste and strictly regulated lives in common houses, devoting every waking hour to attending divine service, reading and preaching of sermons, labouring productively and taking meals in common that were accompanied by the reading aloud of Scripture: " judged from the ascetic discipline and intention of this life, it had few features which distinguished it from life in a monastery ", observes Hans Baron.

Without taking any warmup pitches, he struck out the first four batters without any making contact.

Without anchors Tourville was unable to do more than beach his ships, which he was able to do, leaving three at Cherbourg and taking the remaining twelve to St Vaast la Hougue.

* Without taking more water, wipe your hair from the middle down to the forehead, or vice versa, using the index finger of your right hand ; it is mustahab to use three fingers.

* Without taking more water, wipe the top of your right foot with your right hand.

Without baryon and lepton number being conserved and taking couplings for the R-parity violating couplings, the proton can decay in approximately

In a show of support for the city, President Bill Clinton used the " Taxation Without Representation " plates on the presidential limousine ; however, President George W. Bush had the tags replaced to those without the motto shortly after taking office.

Without the ability to cast spells, Damsels with this item are effectively taking up points while doing nothing.

On January 3, 2012, he took on the role of J. B. Biggley in the hit revival of the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, taking over for John Larroquette.

Without the power of the Omnicube, The Rainbow Palace crashes into the Black Fortress, destroying both, as Regulus escapes with Bomberman, informing him that he was quite surprised with Bomberman's ability to defeat Sirius, as he and his comrades had considerable difficulty taking the Omnicube from Sirius.