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  1. 2000.; Obfuscation: As with C, obfuscated code competitions were a well known, pastime ,in the late 1990s. The Obfuscated Perl Contest was a competition held by The
  2. First appeared in France during the 11th Century and became a favorite, pastime ,of gamblers. In 1254,Louis IX issued a decree prohibiting his court officials
  3. At the end, although this is often omitted.; Perl golf: Perl" golf" is the, pastime ,of reducing the number of characters (key" strokes" ) used in a Perl program
  4. Commission. According to Cantrell, The two men clashed who helped the national, pastime ,overcome the Black SOX scandal, one through his seemingly iron will, the other
  5. The main activities were swimming and fishing, while in the autumn the chief, pastime ,was hunting for game in the forests. The long winter months were devoted mainly
  6. Half a century. Baseball around the world Baseball, widely known as America's, pastime , is well-established in several other countries as well. The history of
  7. Rest of the country by Mississippi riverboats, on which gambling was a common, pastime , As it spread north along the Mississippi River and to the West during the gold
  8. From their bodies. Croquet is a lawn game, played both as a recreational, pastime ,and as a competitive sport. It involves hitting plastic or wooden balls with a
  9. Lake and mountaineering in the nearby mountains. Cycling is also a popular, pastime , with the vineyards in the surrounding hills providing spectacular views and
  10. Sarajevo and every city in the country. Coffee drinking is a favorite Bosnian, pastime ,and part of the culture. Bosnian's are believed to be the heaviest coffee
  11. And the coining of candidate collective nouns has been a (usually humorous), pastime , of many writers, including nouns pertaining to things other than animals, such
  12. Pastime. In subsequent years, the term" code golf" has been applied to the, pastime ,in other languages. A Perl Golf Apocalypse was held at Perl Conference 4.0 in
  13. Items of poetry that remain unpublished. By the end of the 19th century this, pastime ,of collecting material relating to Karelia and the developing orientation
  14. The expression" to ride one's hobbyhorse ", meaning " to follow a favorite, pastime ,", and in turn, hobby in the modern sense of recreation. Hobbies are practiced
  15. Was cleared, and the common people had an opportunity of seeing the, pastime , In this, the populace thought he had acted the part of a man; but he much
  16. With the advent of indoor artificial ice rinks it has become a year-round, pastime ,in these areas. In North America, the National Hockey League (NHL) is the
  17. And the study of law, history,and other academic subjects was a beloved, pastime ,of the royal family and the nobility. Jerusalem had an extensive library not
  18. Naturists adopted the name Gymnosophy as a thinly disguised euphemism for their, pastime , The English Gymnosophical Society was formed in 1922 and became the New
  19. Alpine climates. Whitewater rafting is something akin to a national, pastime , with 3 rivers including the deepest river canyon in Europe, Tara River. The
  20. To the person named. " Dryden in MacFlecknoe disdainfully called the, pastime ,the" torturing of one poor word ten thousand ways ". " Eleanor Angela ", wife
  21. Road. The well-established" Nanjing 1912" district hosts a wide variety of, pastime ,facilities ranging from traditional restaurants and western pubs to dance clubs
  22. Describes the phenomenon in the 19th century as follows: A very popular Creole, pastime ,was the flying of kites. Easter Monday, a public holiday, was the great
  23. Another indication of its India origin, since dice and gambling were a favorite, pastime ,in ancient India. The rules of the game, however,first appeared in the Middle
  24. Special effects in movies and animations. Multimedia games are a popular, pastime ,and are software programs available either as CD-ROMs or online. Some video
  25. Footballers increasingly came to view the game as a profession rather than a, pastime , Richer and more entrepreneurial clubs outridden clubs like Geelong for
  26. Countries such as Finland, Norway and Sweden, where the once school, pastime ,was becoming a developed sport. Formal rules soon were developed, and clubs
  27. World of Pokémon, stems from the hobby of insect collecting, a popular, pastime ,which Pokémon executive director Satoshi Tajiri-Oniwa enjoyed as a child.
  28. And approved, Navicache is more liberal in approving caches believing that the, pastime ,belongs to participants rather than a governing agency. Open caching Network The
  29. Last century or two has the activity developed into a sophisticated, athletic, pastime , In recent decades, caving has changed considerably due to the availability of
  30. There are even competitions for photomicrograph art. Participants of this, pastime ,either may use commercially prepared microscopic slides or may engage in the
  31. Area. By 1856,local journals were referring to baseball as the" national, pastime ," or" national game ". A year later, sixteen area clubs formed the sport's
  32. Distance. Interestingly, this image describes the game as 'A curious ancient, pastime ,', confirming that croquet games were not new in early nineteenth century
  33. Liberty when bankrupt. During the Middle Ages, dicing became the favorite, pastime ,of the knights, with dicing schools and guilds. After the downfall of feudalism
  34. In Mennonite and Amish groups. The game was viewed as a rather innocuous, pastime ,– unlike the perception that diversions such as card playing or dancing were
  35. Guernsey and the other islands in the Bailiwick from shore or boat is a popular, pastime ,for both locals and visitors with the Bailiwick boasting 12 UK records. Fishing
  36. Was the first player's target. In these three earliest illustrations of the, pastime ,it is worth noting that each player has one bowl only, and that the attitude in
  37. With roots in classical antiquity. Croquet became highly popular as a social, pastime ,in England during the 1860s; by 1867,Jacques had printed 65,000 copies of his
  38. Of the New Englanders were originally from England game hunting was often a, pastime ,from back home that paid off when they immigrated to the New World. Much of the
  39. Gothenburg, Sweden. The sport began as something that was played for fun as a, pastime ,at schools, and pre-season training for bandy clubs. After a decade or so
  40. And his courtiers frequently exercised themselves in the practice of this, pastime ,Whilst the name Pall Mall and various games bearing this name may have been
  41. An arrow). He hurried to the place where the gods were indulging in their new, pastime ,of hurling objects at Bald, which would bounce off without harming him. Loki
  42. In mid-ceremony in 1968 and did not perform this function again. A favorite, pastime ,of the British press during these years was to photograph Montgomery cashing
  43. Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational, pastime , Diving is one of the most popular Olympic sports with spectators. Competitors
  44. His first). Excited as he was to be in Chicago, he began his career-long, pastime ,of writing nostalgic letters to friends in New Orleans. As Armstrong’s
  45. Audiences, but he was not heard of to engage in declamation, which was a common, pastime , He was familiar with the emperor Augustus, formerly Octavian, and the imperial
  46. In the United States and potholing in the United Kingdom—is the recreational, pastime ,of exploring wild (generally non-commercial) cave systems. In contrast
  47. Performed RSA encryption prompted a widespread and practical interest in this, pastime , In subsequent years, the term" code golf" has been applied to the pastime in
  48. First reaches 0 points or fewer wins the game. India Playing cards is a common, pastime ,in India. Playing cards are referred to as Trash in the language Hindi. The
  49. Signatures in Usenet postings and elsewhere. Similar stunts had been an unnamed, pastime ,in the language APL in previous decades. The use of Perl to write a program
  50. See below),and the prohibition was revoked in 1985. Today, it is a favorite, pastime ,in China and other Chinese-speaking communities. Mahjong in the Western world

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