George I. Sanchez, " Arithmetic in Maya ", Austin-Texas, 1961 found another base 5, base 4 abacus in the Yucatán that also computed calendar data.

If, for instance, someone says " I buried $ 100 in the bank ", most people would not think someone used a shovel to dig in the mud.

For example, a politician might say " I oppose taxes which hinder economic growth ", an example of a glittering generality.

* " Animal I Have Become ", by Three Days Grace

This was developed into the language " E-Prime " by D. David Bourland, Jr. 15 years after his death ( E-Prime a form of the English language in which the verb " to be " does not appear in any of its forms ; for example, the sentence " the movie was good " could translate into E-Prime as " I liked the movie ", thereby distinguishing opinion from fact ).

Related to this is lexicostatistics, which attempts to determine the degree of relation between a set of languages by comparing the percentage of basic vocabulary ( words like " I ", " you ", " heart ", " stone ", " two ", " be ", " and ") they share in common.

" Why I Am Eight Years Younger Than Anthony Burgess ", in At Home: Essays, 1982-1988, p. 411.

" A person ranking at 7 on the scale would be a person who says " I know there is no God ..." Dawkins places himself at 6 on the scale, which he characterizes as " I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there ", but leaning toward 7.

Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named " Edward ", was renamed " Winnie-the-Pooh " after a Canadian black bear named Winnie ( after Winnipeg ), which was used as a military mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war.

Each principle preceded by " Ani Ma ' amin B ' emunah Shleymah ", " I believe with perfect faith that ..." These principles are reflected in the hymn Yigdal.

The word " acoustic " is derived from the Greek word ακουστικός ( akoustikos ), meaning " of or for hearing, ready to hear " and that from ἀκουστός ( akoustos ), " heard, audible ", which in turn derives from the verb ἀκούω ( akouo ), " I hear ".

The singles " I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You ", " Games People Play ", " Damned If I Do ", " Time " ( Woolfson's first lead vocal ), " Eye in the Sky " and " Don't Answer Me " had a notable impact on the Billboard Hot 100.

Anagrams constructed without aid of a computer are noted as having been done " manually " or " by hand "; those made by utilizing a computer may be noted " by machine " or " by computer ", or may indicate the name of the computer program ( using Anagram Genius ).

great ) was subordinate to the priestly ensi, and was appointed at times of troubles, but by later dynastic times, it was the lugal who had emerged as the preeminent role, having his own " é " (= house ) or " palace ", independent from the temple establishment.

A rumor of Jackson having " colored blood ", meaning having " Negro " ancestry, was unproven.

This principle has frequently been called the " Sapir – Whorf hypothesis ", after him and his mentor Edward Sapir, but Whorf called it the principle of linguistic relativity, because he saw the idea as having implications similar to Einstein's principle of physical relativity.

A bicycle, often called a bike ( and sometimes referred to as a " pushbike ", " pedal bike ", " pedal cycle ", or " cycle "), is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other.

But this destruction, coupled with a protracted siege of Rain ( 9 – 16 July ), caused Prince Eugene to lament "... since the Donauwörth action I cannot admire their performances ", and later to conclude " If he has to go home without having achieved his objective, he will certainly be ruined.

The " Road of the lasers ", a major project of regional planning, promotes regional investment in optical and laser related industries leading to the Bordeaux area having the most important concentration of optical and laser expertise in Europe.

This chiastic grouping of chapters having the same theme has implications when it comes to the chapters containing prophecies ( A, A ', A ", A '").

The art, by Charles Loving, was " sketchy and of poor quality ", while the document as a whole gave the appearance of having been typewritten.

" It is based on " similarities emanating from historical, social and cultural characteristics ", and it is identified as having been " one of the world's richest sources of creative talent " between the 17th and 20th centuries.

Crimes conducted by Patassé ’ s militias and Congolese soldiers during this period are now being investigated by the International Criminal Court, who wrote that " sexual violence appears to have been a central feature of the conflict ", having identified more than 600 rape victims.

" To be " is a very special case in having eight forms: " be ", " am ", " is ", " are ", " being ", " was ", " were ", " been ".

But using a broader definition, such as Frederick Streng's characterization of religion as " a means of ultimate transformation ", Confucianism could be described as a " sociopolitical doctrine having religious qualities.

It was also the first full coalition in Britain since 1945, having been formed 70 years virtually to the day after the establishment of Winston Churchill's wartime coalition, although there had been the " Lib-Lab pact ", an agreement stopping short of a full coalition between the Labour and Liberal parties, from March 1977 until July 1978, when a series of by-election defeats had eroded Labour's majority of three seats which had been gained at the October 1974 election.

The reverse reads " EX SC PP OB CIVES SERVATOS ", meaning " Senatus Consulto " ( approved by the Senate ), " Pater Patriae " ( to the father of his country ), " Ob Cives Servatos " ( For having saved the citizens ).

First attested in English in 1785, the word camelopardalis comes from the Latin, and it is the romanisation of the Greek " καμηλοπάρδαλις " meaning " giraffe ", from " κάμηλος " ( kamēlos ), " camel " + " πάρδαλις " ( pardalis ), " leopard ", due to its having a long neck like a camel and spots like a leopard.

He hoped the job would earn him enough money to support his parents, " to make their cares, and burdens less ... and get them free from debt ", though he soon spent most of his earnings on a new suit.

At station nine, an area known as the " Vacant Lot ", which was believed to be free of ejecta from South Ray, Young and Duke spent about forty minutes gathering samples.

George Herman Ruth, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948 ), best known as " Babe " Ruth and nicknamed " the Bambino " and " the Sultan of Swat ", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for three teams ( 1914 – 1935 ).

In Asia, there was " Breast Mountain ", which had a cave where the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma ( Da Mo ) spent much time in meditation.

After completing Low and " Heroes ", Bowie spent much of 1978 on the Isolar II world tour, bringing the music of the first two Berlin Trilogy albums to almost a million people during 70 concerts in 12 countries.

More accurately, it should be described as involving " too much money spent chasing too few goods ", since only money that is spent on goods and services can cause inflation.

Sally tells Ben how her days have been spent with Buddy, in a " harrowing account of a lonely, middle-aged suburban woman's self-delusions ", trying to convince him ( and herself ) (" In Buddy ’ s Eyes ").

He remained a devoted Catholic while a student, and spent most of his leisure time with members of his fencing fraternity, the " League of Apollo ", the president of which was Jewish.

The US spent billions of dollars to aid the mujahideen Muslim Afghanistan enemies of the Soviet Union, and non-Afghan veteran of the war returned home with their prestige, " experience, ideology, and weapons ", and had considerable impact.

The Conservative majority proved too small for effective control over his backbenchers, particularly after the United Kingdom's forced exit from the Exchange Rate Mechanism ( ERM ) on " Black Wednesday ", 16 September 1992, just five months into the new parliament, when billions of pounds were spent in a futile attempt to defend the currency's value.

In the morning, Jacob awakened and continued on his way to Haran, after naming the place where he had spent the night " Bethel ", " God's house ".

Audubon spent much time on " subscription gathering trips ", drumming up sales of the octavo edition, as he hoped to leave his family a sizable income.

After only a year, Leonardo made a list of his misdemeanours, calling him " a thief, a liar, stubborn, and a glutton ", after he had made off with money and valuables on at least five occasions and spent a fortune on clothes.

Though it is claimed the focus is not on " inputs ", OBE is criticised for being used to justify increased funding requirements, increased graduation and testing requirements, and additional preparation, homework, and continuing education time spent by students, parents and teachers in supporting learning.

He lived in Athens as a vegetarian bachelor, prosperous and generous to his friends, until the end of his life, except for a voluntary one year exile, which was designed to lessen the pressure put on him by his political-philosophical activity, little appreciated by the Christian rulers ; he spent the exile traveling and being initiated into various mystery cults as befitted his universalist approach to religion, trying to become " a priest of the entire universe ", worshiping all forms of the One God.

Maslow spent much of his time studying what he called " self-actualizing persons ", those who are " fulfilling themselves and doing the best they are capable of doing ".

The album provided two mainstream hits: the lead single " Price to Play ", and " So Far Away " ( which spent 14 weeks on top of the rock chart, and was featured on an episode of Smallville ); in addition, two other singles failed to crack the Hot 100 —" How About You " and " Zoe Jane "— but " How About You " was a fairly popular song on modern rock radio.

British BBC2 sci-fi series Red Dwarf featured a virtual reality game titled " Better Than Life ", in which the main characters had spent many years connected.

" In his unorthodox quest to maintain such " mental space ", Bion " spent the final years of his long and distinguished professional life ... a futuristic trilogy in which he is answerable to no one but himself.

Chris Wickham states Louis spent five years campaigning to reduce then occupy Bari, " and then only to a Byzantine / Slav naval blockade "; " Louis took the credit " for the success, adding " at least in Frankish eyes ", then concludes by noting that by remaining in southern Italy long after this success, he " achieved the near-impossible: an alliance against him of the Beneventans, Salernitans, Neapolitans and Spoletans ; later sources include Sawadān as well.

Upon the death of his father in 1805, he joined the freethinking household of his mother at Auteuil, and spent two years mixing with the literary set of the so-called " ideologues ", philosophers of the 18th-century school, among whom he made many friends, notably Claude Charles Fauriel.

In his den, which he called his " Shangri-La ", he spent his time reading books and listening to the radio.

Commenting on Data's perpetual albino-like appearance, he said: " I spent more hours of the day in make-up than out of make-up ", so much so that he even called it a way of method acting.

Thus, minimal time is spent providing prehospital care ( spine immobilization ; " ABCs ", i. e. ensure airway, breathing and circulation ; external bleeding control ; endotracheal intubation ) and the victim is transported as fast as possible to a trauma centre.