Accordingly, if civilizations characteristically destroy themselves within a decade of achieving radio astronomy, which is taken as a marker of an advanced civilization, then N = l, and there are no other intelligent life forms in the Galaxy with whom terrestrial researchers can communicate.
It turns crucially on the fact that the consciousness-making higher-order thoughts postulated by the theory are, themselves, characteristically unconscious.
As the politics of health care become more polarized, moderate Democratic senators find themselves caught characteristically in the middle.
The justices' reaction to all of that attention was to conduct business as usual, starting two of the arguments with the announcement of inconsequential decisions and then conducting the arguments themselves in characteristically informal fashion.
Linklater's ambitions have been characteristically slow to reveal themselves, but against all odds the series has turned into something rather grand and marvelous: a ménage-a-trois with a third, unbilled character: time.
While the brothers themselves have remained characteristically silent, earlier threats that they would leave Brecqhou completely if the election went against them are still hanging in the air.
"How will the creationists cope?" For another, the evidence challenges the human-centric idea that humans characteristically modify their surroundings to suit themselves, rather than allowing natural selection to adapt them to their environment.
The modern discourse of rights is characteristically deployed by those who see themselves or others as potential recipients, entitled to insist on certain benefits or protections.
Leicester band Kasabian, in a characteristically cack-handed grasp for cool, named themselves after Linda Kasabian.
Overy's editorial material is characteristically clear and instructive, but the documents themselves are disappointing.
