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Perfectionism in sport and dance: A double-edged sword
No full textThe author provides comments on the contributions to this special issue on perfectionism in sport and dance focusing on how they provide further support for the view that perfectionism is a "double-edged sword." In addition, the author gives his personal view on using the tripartite model versus the 2 x 2 model of perfectionism as an analytic framework and, in conclusion, outlines future research on perfectionism in sport and dance that he thinks is needed to further advance our knowledge
David J. Breeze, The Frontiers of Imperial Rome. Pen & Sword, Barnsley, 2011 (Coll. Pen & Sword Military)
No full textColling David. David J. Breeze, The Frontiers of Imperial Rome. Pen & Sword, Barnsley, 2011 (Coll. Pen & Sword Military). In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 84, 2015. pp. 446-447
A study of the issues surrounding the understanding of historic military artefacts as primary source documents with particular emphasis on the sword
No full text[Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author #1]
No full textReport to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author. The report contains a list of officers who gave depositions to the United States Attorney
[Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author #2]
No full textReport to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author. The report contains a list of officers who gave depositions to the United States Attorney
[The] Sword of Bunker Hill
No full text80.7568.1199 – “[The] Sword of Bunker Hill”: Bernard Covert: William Ross Wallace: J. G. Clark: G. P. Reed & Co: 1855: Voice. (2 copies, one a quartette
On the So-Called Single-Edged Sword
No full textThe author points at the necessity of revision of the term
"single-edged sword" as used in the Polish archeological terminology. The term "single-edged sword" used to describe pieces of single-edged side-arms, becoming more and more popular in the
middle La-Tené period in Pomerania and nearby areas were gradually accepted by the population of the Przeworsk culture, among which they survived till the early Roman period. Stating the
existence of an essential mistake in the term, being a result of literary translation of a German term (ein schneidiges Schwert), the author proposes that it should be replaced with one of the
names used for elements of arms and accepted in the Polish literature dealing with arms (sax, chopper, dagger, cutlass).
Analysis of features of specimens called these names shows that the term "cutlass" would be most appropriate. This kind of single-edged weapon is characterized with features typical for the
so-called single-edged swords. Cutlassess have asymmetric, slanting hilt. Linings made from organic materials are perpendic ularly fastened to the tang with rivets, the so-called rivetting perpendicular to the edge (unlike the so-called rivetting on the tang met e.g. on choppers ans saxes). The pommel in specimens of this type is usually straight.
Replacing the term "single-edged sword" with the term" cutlass" - apart from cognitive merits - would approach the terminology used by archeologists to general concept sapplied in literature dealing with arms, which are more precise and explicit. This will also allow to abandon the term "two-edged sword"
which also is an exact translation of a German term (zweischneidiges Schwert) by skipping the adjective part of the term. A sword is a type of two-edged side-arms and this fact need not
be stressed additionally.
The author stresses also the need for analysis of the genesis of the so-called single-edged sword. It is accepted in the literature that prototypes for specimens from the Middle La-Tené
period were forms of single-edged side-arms belonging to the
Pomeranian culture. The problem seems, however, to be more difficult. Single-edged side-arms, in separably accompanying the sword in prehistory, represent a parallel developmental continuation. Relationships between their particular types are clearly much less obvious than in the case of two-edged weapons. The prototype was undoubtedly a knife while development of its combat forms might have been taking place quite independently.
This continues to be an open problem calling for further analysis.Zadanie pt. „Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki” nr 885/P-DUN/2014 dofinansowane zostało ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej naukę
The Sword of Ambition Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt
No full textCover -- Table of Contents -- Letter from the General Editor -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- Ayyubid Cairo -- The Central Near East in the 7th Century -- Notes to the Introduction -- THE SWORD OF AMBITION -- The First Chapter, On the Reprehensibility of Employing Dhimmis for the Muslims' Jobs, in Fifteen Sections -- The First Section: The Testimony of the Illustrious Book -- The Second Section: The Example of the Messenger of God -- The Third Section: The Testimony of the Ancient Authorities -- The Fourth Section: The Example of Imam Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, God Be Pleased with Him -- The Fifth Section: The Example of Imam 'Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb -- The Sixth Section: The Example of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwān -- The Seventh Section: The Deeds of al-Ḥajjāj -- The Eighth Section: The Example of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Azīz, God Be Pleased with Him -- The Ninth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Manṣūr -- The Tenth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Mahdī -- The Eleventh Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd -- The Twelfth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Ma'mūn -- The Thirteenth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of al-Mutawakkil -- The Fourteenth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Muqtadir Bi-llāh -- The Fifteenth Section: Examples of the Jews' Ignominy, Wickedness, and Trickery -- The Second Chapter, A Description of the Copts and Their Perfidies, in Fifteen Sections -- The First Section: A General Description of Them -- The Second Section: Why the Copts Specialize as Secretaries and Neglect Other Professions -- The Third Section: Concerning Their Pervasive yet Imperceptible Influence in the Land of EgyptThe Fourth Section: How Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn Discovered Their Notorious Malfeasance, and How He Resolved to Act toward Them -- The Fifth Section: What Befell Them at the Hands of Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān -- The Sixth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh -- The Seventh Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of al-Āmir, and the Confiscations Carried Out by the Accursed Monk -- The Eighth Section: Their Perfidy in the Story of 'Arīb the Singer -- The Ninth Section: Their Scheming in the Days of al-Ḥāfiẓ, Their Perfidy during His Regime, and the Way in Which They Corrupted Aspects of His Life Which Had Otherwise Been Righteous -- The Tenth Section: Their Shameless Testimony in Court Cases Involving Muslims -- The Eleventh Section: Concerning Their Scheming in Carrying Out the Cadastral Survey, and Their Shamelessness in Causing Harm, with No Concern for God, Be He Exalted, No Fear of Scandal from the Discovery of Their Disgrace, and No Regard for Consequences -- The Twelfth Section: Their Scheming against a Certain Judicial Witness Who Was in Their Company, and How They Cannot Be Restrained from Malfeasance -- The Thirteenth Section: Concerning a Calculated Stratagem Carried Out by a Christian against His Jewish Associate, a Shocking Act That Only Someone of That Accursed Community Would Dare to Commit -- The Fourteenth Section: Their Disgraceful Deeds in the Days of al-'Āḍid, When al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ Ṭalā'i' ibn Ruzzīk Was Sultan -- The Fifteenth Section: Why It Is That When One of Them Converts to Islam Due to Some Predicament or Calamity, He Becomes Even More Miserable and Dishonest than He Had Been Formerly, and Even More Insolent -- The Third Chapter, A Description of Secretaries and Their Art, in Three Sections -- The First Section: A Description of the Secretarial ArtThe Second Section: An Account of Those Men Who May Properly Be Called Secretaries, along with Some of Their Achievements in Prose, Though It Be but a Single Phrase to Demonstrate the Excellence of Each One -- The Third Section: Examples of the Poetry Produced by the Most Excellent Secretaries, Though It Be but a Single Line Each -- The Fourth Chapter, An Account of the Ignorant Men Who Have Unworthily Donned the Garments of the Secretaries, in Three Sections -- The First Section: Poetry Composed about Such Men in Former and More Recent Times -- The Second Section: Concerning Amusing Aspects of Their Vulgar Expression, and Their Foolishness -- The Third Section, From Which Our Book Gets Its Title: What Should Be Done with Them, Namely, Taking Back the Property They Have Skimmed for Themselves from Public Funds Rightfully Belonging to the Muslims -- A Section with Which I End This Book, Explaining My Reason for Composing It -- Notes -- The Fatimid Caliphs in Egypt -- The Ayyubid Sultans in Egypt -- Glossary of Names and Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute -- About the Typefaces -- Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature -- About the Editor-TranslatorDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. 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Murder on the mountain: author talk with Peter J. Wosh
No full textAuthor talk by Peter J. Wosh on May 5th, 2022, on his book, "Murder on the Mountain: crime, passion, and punishment in gilded age New Jersey.
J. Deschenes, The Sword and the Scales, et Les plateaux de la balance
No full textJ. Deschenes, The Sword and the Scales, et Les plateaux de la balance. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 32 N°2, Avril-juin 1980. pp. 467-468
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