There are, of course, measures of political grit besides the ability to dole out and withstand abuse.
It's a system that may have worked once, but in a modern technocracy there are virtues besides the ability to win a hand-to-hand fight that a ruler would need.
Famous folk also populate Leo Benedictus's intriguing first novel, The Afterparty (Jonathan Cape, £12.99) – and as in Hiaasen's work, they show little talent besides the ability to consume large quantities of drugs and alcohol, make small talk and attract disaster.
The cable-driven design, besides the ability to control the ankle in two DOFs, can provide significant flexibility for managing the ankle-foot inertia.
Our results suggest that, besides the ability to stimulate SWI/SNF activity, these HMG proteins are able to assist the loading of this complex onto gene regulatory regions.
Recently, scientists purified a lectin from the marine sponge Cinachyrella apion (CaL) that was evaluated with respect to its hemolytic, cytotoxic, and antiproliferative properties, besides the ability to induce cell death in tumor cells.
Meaningless vanity metrics aside, it's true that the one big area where Onesheet has been underperforming (besides the ability to get bands signed, of course) has been mobile.
What do Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples and Davis Love III have in common, besides the ability to hit a golf ball farther than most mortal men?
One of Aretha Franklin's greatest gifts, besides the ability to sing the absolute hell out of whatever was put in front of her, was the way in which she was able to make any song her own.
Iced coffee in hand, I took a few minutes to peruse the app and see what it actually provided -- besides the ability to get more iced coffee no matter where I left my wallet.
