striving for effect
1striving for effect — index flagrant, histrionic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2Japanese strategic planning for mainland Asia (1905–1940) — As a result of her victories in the wars against China (1894–95) and Czarist Russia (1904–05), Japan secured the basic elements of her national desires for the time being. Afterwards she undertook the management of Manchuria. This marked the… …
3Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period — The Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period (also called the transitional administrative law or TAL), the Iraqi provisional constitution in the immediate postwar period, was signed on March 8, 2004 by the Iraqi… …
4Council for the National Interest — at June 2007 rally. The Council for the National Interest ( CNI ) is a 501(c) organization in the United States advocating a new direction for U.S. Middle East policy. With its sister organization the Council for the National Interest Foundation… …
5Northampton School for Boys — Motto A Tradition of Excellence Established 1541 Type Academy Headmaster Mr. Michael Grif …
6The Reformation and art — Hans Holbein the Younger s Noli me tangere a relatively rare Protestant oil painting of Christ. It is small, and generally naturalistic in style, avoiding iconic elements like the halo, which is barely discernible. The Protestant Reformation… …
7Counter-Reformation — Main articles: History of Christianity and History of the Catholic Church The Vulgata The council then went on to cite Sacred Tradition in support of the Vulgate s The Counter Reformation (also the Catholic Revival[1] or Catholic Reformation)… …
8Art in Roman Catholicism — Roman Catholic art consists of all visual works produced in an attempt to illustrate, supplement and portray in tangible form the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. This includes sculpture, painting, mosaics, metalwork, embroidery and even… …
9Gorky, Maksim — orig. Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov born March 28, 1868, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia died June 14, 1936, Nizhny Novgorod Russian writer. After a childhood of poverty and misery (his assumed name, Gorky, means bitter ), he became a wandering tramp. His… …
10flagrant — I adjective aiming for effect, apparent, arrant, audacious, blatant, bold, brazen, clear, conspicuous, daring, done for effect, enormous, flagitious, flaming into notice, flashy, flaunting, glaring, gross, immodest, impudens, infamous, loud,… …
