As it happens, "The Time Machine" belongs to an era of formidable competition for writers of supernatural fiction: the so-called golden age of the English ghost story, that pre-Great War era which included Henry James and M. R. James and Oliver Onions.
The once formidable Soviet-era aircraft industry has fallen so far that Aeroflot, Russia's best-known airline, recently upgraded its fleet with Boeings rather than buy Russian-made Ilyushin or Tupelov aircraft.
Meanwhile, his nightlife became a gossip factory: among the women he was linked to were the platinum-blond torch singer Alice Faye, the beautiful rising star Loretta Young, and the formidable silent-era actress Estelle Taylor Jack Dempseyey's ex.
For instance, when The Advocates put the Equal Rights Amendment on its docket, the lead counsel in favor of passage was Eleanor Smeal, then president of the National Organization of Women, while the opposition arguments were framed by Phyllis Schlafly, the formidable head of Stop ERA.
His shadow fell not only across the provinces of Delhi and Agra but also on Rajasthan and Gujarat, making him the most formidable Maratha leader of the era.
He said she was a "formidable" leader who "defined an era" in UK public life.
Although Ukraine maintained a formidable military in the Soviet era, observers describe today's army as "chronically underfunded, corrupt, and poorly trained and equipped".
TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Guillermo Gomez-Pena: Strange Democracy Hammer Museum (Westwood) 7pm Post-Mexican writer and performance artist Guillermo Gomez-presentssents a new solo performance, dealing with the end of the Bush era and the formidable challenges facing President Obama.
What we have witnessed since is an attempt to legitimize white supremacists and hate groups that last had a formidable presence during the Jim Crow era, when they openly terrorized the nation.
The best moments showcase Duvall and Franco, formidable stars representing different cultural eras, testing the waters of a father-son relationship bruised by outmoded views of love and sin.
From 2001 to 2007, the United States government violated one of the signature prohibitions of the post-Watergate era by turning its formidable eavesdropping apparatus on its own citizens.
