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It must have been with some pleasure and relief that on September 12, 1848, Joseph Brown made the momentous entry in his job book, in his characteristically cryptic style, `` Lucian Sharpe came to work for me this day as an apprentice ''.

Similarly, when a reporter once questioned Lincoln in cryptic fashion, Lincoln refused to make any further statement.

The formulation for the literary prize being given for a work " in an ideal direction " ( in Swedish ), is cryptic and has caused much confusion.

Birds of humid Andean forests include mountain-toucans, quetzals and the Andean Cock-of-the-rock, while mixed species flocks dominated by tanagers and Furnariids commonly are seen-in contrast to several vocal but typically cryptic species of wrens, tapaculos and antpittas.

Her cryptic words were " Do not loosen the bulging mouth of the wineskin until you have reached the height of Athens, lest you die of grief.

Because of the seemingly highly symbolic and even cryptic language of this one New Testament passage, some Christian scholars conclude that Mount Armageddon must be an idealized location.

Despite struggling through the task of plotting a story, his cadenced dialogue and cryptic narrations were musical, evoking the dark alleys and tough thugs, rich women and powerful men about whom he wrote.

He was prone to suspicion, displayed an odd, sometimes self-deprecating sense of humour, and often communicated in cryptic ways.

Each commercial showed a slightly different perspective on the events, and each ended with a cryptic weblink.

Paul's letter is a personal one and can appear cryptic to outsiders.

General, who had been sent up north, was at the top of the Wani acclivity, when a certain maiden approached him and sang him a cryptic song, and disappeared.

Parmanand Singh cites Pingala's cryptic formula misrau cha (" the two are mixed ") and cites scholars who interpret it in context as saying that the cases for m beats ( F < sub > m + 1 </ sub >) is obtained by adding a to F < sub > m </ sub > cases and to the F < sub > m − 1 </ sub > cases.

Tags can contain subtle and sometimes cryptic messages, and might incorporate the artist's crew initials or other letters.

The subject matter of gang related graffiti consists of cryptic symbols and initials strictly fashioned with unique calligraphies.

The first part of the film begins with a narrator called The Scientist ( Bela Lugosi ) making cryptic comments about humanity.

His cryptic utterance that " all entities come to be in accordance with this Logos " ( literally, " word ", " reason ", or " account ") has been the subject of numerous interpretations.

The philosophy of Heraclitus is summed up in his cryptic utterance:

Common operations in other languages have cryptic and redundant syntax in INTERCAL.

In the US this box is usually only attainable if the other letterboxer knows the password or passphrase which is sometimes cryptic, straightforward, almost non-existent, or silly.

A more cryptic ( but standard ) syntax is

In some of his modern appearances, mention is made of his villainous father either in cryptic terms or using a variety of new names, due to Marvel no longer having the rights to Fu Manchu.

* ( Title is somewhat cryptic ) Concise, notably-excellent article about magnetrons ; Fig.

" The meaning of this cryptic question is debated.

Unfortunately the paper bears the stamp of the reporter failing to understand Rømer's presentation, and as the reporter resorted to cryptic phrasings to hide his lack of understanding, he obfuscated Rømer's reasoning in the process.

Another is finding cryptic allusions to Oxford's supposed play writing in other literary works of the era that to them suggest that his authorship was obvious to those " in the know ".