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The chief literary antecedents of the Snopes clan appeared in the realistic, humorous writing which originated in the South and the Southwest in the three decades before the Civil War.

There is nothing to suggest that the brain can alter past impressions to fit into an original, realistic and unbroken continuity like we experience in dreams.

But that's hardly realistic.

After Verdi, the sentimental " realistic " melodrama of verismo appeared in Italy.

Early works such as Portrait of a Man ( 1929 ) show Alston's detailed and realistic style depicted through pastels and charcoals, inspired by the style of Winold Reiss.

Soldier of Fortune was praised as being a solid and entertaining shooter, with one of the game's greatest praises being its graphic depiction of gore and violence, which both proponents and detractors consider to be more realistic than most first-person shooter games.

His doctrine of the Resurrection is not quite so realistic as that of other Fathers ; but his conception of the Church is decidedly empirical: the existing catholic Church form is the true one, intended by Christ, the completion of the Church of the Old Testament.

It was followed by Tosca ( 1900 ), arguably Puccini's first foray into verismo, the realistic depiction of many facets of real life including violence.

For much of the night, it looked like Labor might bring down the Menzies government, but a narrow win by Liberal Billy Snedden in Bruce ended any realistic chance of opposition leader Arthur Calwell becoming Prime Minister.

All versions of Gamma World eschew a realistic portrayal of genetic mutation, instead giving characters fantastic abilities ( often resembling comic book superpowers ) such as electrical generation, infravision, quills, sonic attacks, multiple limbs, dual brains, total body carapaces, precognition, planar travel, weather manipulation, telepathy, and " life leeching ".

the cinematic element of time is merely used to increase the realism of an object which would still be reasonably realistic in a still photo.

The most realistic way of facing up to this problem would be to have the State take over full responsibility for assessing all taxable property.

The Drexel collection, called Composite, to be shown by Titche's offers a realistic approach to decorating, a mature modern that is a variation of many designs.

I therefore believe it is realistic to assume a modest drop in the total value of home entertainment electronics to about $1.8 million, slightly below 1960, but above 1959.

The success of the film helped establish Burton as a profitable director, and it also proved to be a huge influence on future superhero films, which eschewed the bright, all-American heroism of Richard Donner's Superman for a grimmer, more realistic look and characters with more psychological depth.

Nearly all spheres are inhabited by humans, with mostly realistic physics.

The coloured lacquer finish, individual facial features, and actual weapons used in producing these figures created a realistic appearance.

During this time, there were exceptional landscape painters like Dong Yuan ( refer to this article for an example of his artwork ), and those who painted more vivid and realistic depictions of domestic scenes, like Gu Hongzhong and his Night Revels of Han Xizai.

Some of these common features are entirely realistic ( language, art ), and others plainly related to the game's fantasy elements ( magic, knowledge of the Fortune Deck ).

There is therefore a realistic possibility that its status could decline to Threatened in the near future.

Some critics also question whether even such low goals are realistic or attainable, and whether success can only be framed in terms of high test scores and high incomes.

Audubon set about to study American birds, determined to illustrate his findings in a more realistic manner than most artists did then.

Ray tracing's popularity stems from its basis in a realistic simulation of lighting over other rendering methods ( such as scanline rendering or ray casting ).

At the American publisher's insistence, Burgess allowed their editors to cut the redeeming final chapter from the U. S. version, so that the tale would end on a darker note, with Alex succumbing to his violent, reckless nature — an ending which the publisher insisted would be ' more realistic ' and appealing to a U. S. audience.

Upon returning to his village, Don Quixote announces his plan to retire to the countryside and live the pastoral existence of shepherd, although his housekeeper, who has a more realistic view of the hard life of a shepherd, urges him to stay home and tend to his own affairs.