`` E '' stands for `` execution '' -- the moment a `` go order '' would unleash an American nuclear strike.

Cardboard noisemakers, substitutes for the unavailable tin models, were being hawked and bought at makeshift stands every few yards along Broadway, and one's ears were continually serenaded by the horns' rasps and bleats.

the attitudes of a U.N. delegate who experiences difficulty in finding adequate housing in New York City, or of a foreign diplomat in similar circumstances in our Capital, can easily be directed against the United States and all that it stands for.

More stands on the margins of modernity for one reason alone -- because he wrote Utopia.

Babe Ruth, as he always did in the Stadium, played right field to avoid having the sun in his eyes, and Tommy Thevenow, a rather mediocre hitter who played shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, knocked a ball with all his might into the sharp angle formed by the permanent stands and the wooden bleachers, where Ruth could not reach it.

water is Af and the H stands for hydrogen ; ;

Against this invincible determination to communize the whole world stands a group of nations unable to agree on fundamentals and each refusing to make any sacrifice of sovereignty for the common good of all.

For all practical purposes, the West stands disunited, undedicated, and unprepared for the tasks of world leadership.

Implements of wood and iron are available for close and hasty combat no matter where a man stands.

The others, the ones in the stands, were spellbound, for hearing the mayor was for them like listening to a symphony was for sophisticated folks in New York City.

There was a crowd in the stands for a change and the sun was hot.

John Philoponus stands out for having attempted a fundamental critique of Aristotle's views on the eternity of the world, movement, and other elements of Aristotelian thought.

The Canadian Aboriginal syllabics are also an abugida rather than a syllabary as their name would imply, since each glyph stands for a consonant which is modified by rotation to represent the following vowel.

An abjad is a type of writing system where each symbol always or usually stands for a consonant, leaving the reader to supply the appropriate vowel.

Alpha also stands for thermal expansion coefficient of a compound in physical chemistry.

The win-loss ratio in Ashes Tests ( up to and including the 2011 series ) stands at 123 wins for Australia to 100 wins for England, with 87 draws.

Ann Arbor was founded in 1824, with one theory stating that it is named after the spouses of the city's founders and for the stands of trees in the area.

There are various accounts concerning the origin of the settlement's name ; one states that Allen and Rumsey decided to name it for their wives, both named Ann, and for the stands of burr oak in the of land they purchased for $ 800 from the federal government at $ 1. 25 per acre.

** The L stands for Linux affinity

The " ST " officially stands for " Sixteen / Thirty-two ", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals.

At one point, Hyundai became the butt of many jokes ( i. e. Hyundai stands for " Hope you understand nothing's driveable and inexpensive ") and even made David Letterman's Top Ten Hilarious Mischief Night Pranks To Play In Space: No. 8 – Paste a " Hyundai " logo on the main control panel.

At the center of the park stands the symbol of " Man's Achievements on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe " – the fair's Unisphere symbol, depicting our earth of " The Space Age ".

He took stands against some projects, like the International Space Station, where spending would have flowed to his district.

GEODSS stands for Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance and these wide field Air Force telescopes were designed to optically observe Earth orbital spacecraft.

This acronym stands for the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement system and the unit corrected HST's spherical aberration of the main mirror for all instruments except the WFPC-II camera, which had its own built-in corrective optics.

EXPRESS stands for Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station.

The 11-foot model stands in the Gift Shop downstairs at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D. C.

Although compared ( and often confused ) with the Gerry Anderson productions ( due to the similar use of voice-synchronised marionettes ), Space Patrol stands out on its own.

They also appeared cheering in the stands late in the mixed animation / live-action movie Space Jam.

Notably, an 11-story ride, Space Shuttle, stands out in the park, it is the first shuttle coaster in the Philippines.

Only Dragoon stands in its way and can save the day for Exia: Dragoon J2, more powerful than its precursor, Dragoon, is headed for Exia for the United Galaxy Space Force ( UGSF ) in a mission to save humanity.

VANC stands for Vertical Ancillary Data Space.

The machine travels in time and space, and stands for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space.

Margate City Beach Patrol operates lifeguard stands and beach patrol operations for the Margate beaches.

A Border Patrol Jeep stands watch over the U. S .- Mexico border at San Ysidro, California.

A U. S. Border Patrol jeep stands watch over the U. S .- Mexico border at San Diego from a spot on a hill overlooking the beach, and next to the border fence.

Florida Highway Patrol state troopers and City of Miami police arrived on the field as the fight was going on and remained a visual presence on the sidelines and in the stands to prevent further fighting.

Madison Parish claims the title of birthplace of Delta Air Lines, and the original airport building, Scott's Field, still stands near Tallulah.

Papyrus sedge forms vast stands in swamps, shallow lakes, and along stream banks throughout the wetter parts of Africa, but it has become rare in the Nile Delta.

James McQuillin was the first to settle on the site where the village of Delta now stands, in 1834.

Meeker and Lewis were the first men to bring a stock of goods and sell them on the ground where Delta now stands, their store was kept in a cabin that stood where the Centennial Hotel stands.

The letter Delta ( letter ) | Delta stands for Demokratia, meaning both " Democracy " and " Republic " ( in Greek language there are no separate words ).

Remaining forest stands, such as oak savannas as well as lakeplain prairies, are found along the southern reaches of the river, particularly on the islands of the St. Clair River Delta and on the Michigan shore in Algonac State Park.

Phi Delta Tau ( ΦΔΤ ) which stands for Brotherhood Power and Honor became Central's second fraternity in 1961.

The Lancia ECV ( stands for Experimental Composite Vehicle ) was a prototype Group S rally car developed by the Italian manufacturer Lancia to replace the Lancia Delta S4 in World Rally Championship competition for the 1988 season.

Delta Meadows preserves a river delta much as it appeared 150 years ago, crowded with stands of oak, tule, walnut, willow, and cottonwood.