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  1. Is a robot from the 1985 animated television series M. A. S. K. T-Bob bears an, uncanny ,resemblance to an Industrial Automaton-developed Rx-series stomach droid, in
  2. Response to viewing nearly perfect animation of humans, known as" the, uncanny ,valley. " It is one of the" holy rails" of computer animation. Eventually
  3. Leader of the nation" The Imam, it was generally believed, had shown by his, uncanny ,sweep to power, that he knew how to act in ways which others could not begin to
  4. A year. And Henry IV, Part 1,which includes a well-known robbery scene with, uncanny ,parallels to a real-life incident involving Oxford. Oxfords have also
  5. And gloated over their exposition? Are they forgery? If so, whence comes the, uncanny ,note of prophecy, prophecy in part fulfilled, in part so far gone in the way of
  6. Autumn of 1924,but with limited success. This may have been due to Gandhi's ", uncanny ,ability to irritate and frustrate" India's Muslim leadership. The British did
  7. Such as Polar Express and Mars Needs Moms have made steps towards realism,the, uncanny ,valley is still present. Some recent games however, most notably L. A. Noise
  8. Was given to the Vanguard program whose launch vehicle had a strange and, uncanny ,way of exploding on national television. But finally, three months after
  9. Demise because he thought the muscular,6 ft 3 in, square jawed Heston bore an, uncanny ,resemblance to Michelangelo's statue of Moses. In 1958,Heston played a
  10. May be by the intensified concentration that his dyslexia demands -- is Bodies ', uncanny ,ability to recall a key fact, legal citation or piece of contradictory
  11. Usual range of human disappointment and collapse, testifies instead to its own, uncanny ,success: to a belief that the world can always be brought out of its cloudiness
  12. Did not reflect substantial recent developments in psychometrics and" bears an, uncanny ,resemblance to the psychometric state of the art as it existed in the 1950s. "
  13. Faced by the Nixon administration in their own transition. " Ed had an, uncanny ,ability to look down the road," said Pen James, Assistant to the President for
  14. At choosing and motivating artists and assembling creative teams, and for his, uncanny ,ability to connect with the readers—not least through the nickname endearments
  15. A remarkable ability to learn languages. At a young age, Hamilton displayed an, uncanny ,ability to acquire languages (although this is disputed by some historians
  16. Although they may not have spoken to each other, Cobb and Crawford developed an, uncanny ,ability to communicate nonverbally with looks and nods on the base paths. They
  17. She was forgiven. * Mrs Teacher - Teacher's overbearing wife, who bears an, uncanny ,resemblance to him, and is almost always shown to be very assertive, bossing
  18. Yet firm contour, the definite yet discreet distortions of form, the almost, uncanny ,capacity to seize a likeness in the precise yet lively delineation of features.
  19. Or with their ribs laid open and their heart torn out: something unnatural and, uncanny ,that belonged to the world of night-ghasts, not the waking world of sense. " In
  20. Heydrich's facial expression as he died (his" death mask" ) betrayed an ", uncanny ,spirituality and entirely perverted beauty, like a renaissance Cardinal,"
  21. Eeriness "," strangeness "," weirdness ", or what Sigmund Freud calls" the, uncanny ,". The" previous" experience is most frequently attributed to a dream
  22. Dysentery and a minor war wound; Nuclides remarks that Socrates had made some, uncanny ,predictions about Theaters needing to rise to fame. Nuclides' book is read
  23. In a similar color. Although the vocal score gives not a hint of the, uncanny ,brilliance of the orchestration, it demonstrates the sure footholds by which
  24. Greeks of the Classical age always detected that there was something alien and, uncanny ,about the Aegis. It was supposed by Euripides (Ion,995) that the Gorgon was
  25. Fiction. The" Third Qalandar's Tale" also features a robot in the form of an, uncanny ,boatman. The Arabic poetry in One Thousand and One Nights There is an abundance
  26. Were differently configured" in the early portion of the film, creates the, uncanny ,effect where viewers are presented with familiar characters or situations in
  27. Wishing Game (1999) provides a thrilling depiction of life in a strict and, uncanny ,boarding school in the 1950s rural Norfolk, England. * Julie Myerson's novel Laura
  28. Persecution of" enemies of the people," consistent condemnatory message, and, uncanny , prophetic powers brought him the trust of the populace and made him their
  29. Over every aspect of nature and life and a power expressed in the violent, uncanny ,and terrible magic action of Vedic god Arena and in the establishing of lawful
  30. Are used for such shows of strength because they are widely believed to have, uncanny ,instincts and will not cross unsafe structures. Notes *Although the bridge was
  31. Fellowship from freezing to death. In the retreat from Caracas,Boromir's, uncanny ,strength showed as he burrowed through shoulder-high snow with Aragon in order
  32. Row, a feat only shared by Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. Bird possessed an, uncanny ,and unparalleled ability to anticipate and react to the strategies of his
  33. Continual use of real-life political figures, analysts note, have led to some, uncanny ,cases of the cartoon foreshadowing a national shift in the politicians ’
  34. Be monsters with combined anatomy, they might be very beautiful children with, uncanny ,strength, or they could be shape-shifters themselves. P'an HU is represented in
  35. The Mystery of Tunnel 51 (1928) by Alexander Wilson whose novels conveyed an, uncanny ,portrait of the first head of the Secret Intelligence Service, Mansfield
  36. He lacked foresight and was at times cursed by bad judgement, he possessed an, uncanny ,understanding of his most useful subjects, and the vast majority of those who
  37. The oldest elected leader in world history by his intense work habits and his, uncanny ,political instinct. He displayed a strong dedication to a broad vision of
  38. And Hart in Drosophila. This Class II transportable element is known for its, uncanny ,ability to be transmitted horizontally in many species. There are an estimated
  39. There. (Its Cognitive Science and Creative Writing departments also bear, uncanny ,resemblances to those of the universities of Sussex and East Anglia
  40. Leaves with her abusive boyfriend. While in the hospital, Forrest discovers an, uncanny ,ability for ping pong. He begins playing for the U. S. Army team, eventually
  41. And worldview. Cannon was known for terrifying silences, and Milford had an, uncanny ,ability, testified to by Amen House employees, to ‘ disappear’ in a room
  42. Was harsh and cold. In spite of the show's failure, Loewe displayed ... an, uncanny ,ability to write scores indigenous to the time and locale of the characters and
  43. Later remarked on Johnson's interested in jazz and country. Johnson also had an, uncanny ,ability to establish a rapport with his audience; in every town in which he
  44. Solo album Wasp. Other releases include Deface the Music (also 1980),an, uncanny ,Beatles homage that borders on parody; the more politicized Swing to the Right
  45. And vivid phrases made his writing distinct ... again and again Heart showed an, uncanny ,ability to picture the strange jumble of events in strokes as vivid and
  46. Rather powerfully to a parallel pulp tradition: the tales of terror and the, uncanny ,practiced by such writers as Cornell Wool rich and Fredric Brown .... Both dealt
  47. His own sickness s/he will hold the cure to heal all that suffer. This is the, uncanny ,mark of the wounded healer. Mediator Shamans act as" mediators" in their
  48. Ghost, that of a drowned potholer, is said to haunt the cave. There are also, uncanny ,powers associated with the Witch, all adding to the attraction's popularity
  49. Launches his offensive against the New Republic with great success. As if his, uncanny ,knack for anticipating opponents’ strategy wasn’t enough, his forces are
  50. An agnostic makes me live in a larger, a more fantastic kind of world, almost, uncanny , It makes me more tolerant. " *Henry Cadbury (1883–1974),a biblical scholar

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