Some factual assertions are very straightforward (such as 'X is a book'); others are more noticeably inductive in character for example, 'most children are allergic to peanuts'.
In it the numbers are written in Chinese characters, but, for most of the procedures described, the actual computations are intended to be performed on a surface, perhaps on the ground.
Each book shall represent a phase of the journey that ends in closure for most characters.
Louis, Mr. De Niro's character in "Jackie Brown," is for most of the picture just a dim, stoned stooge for Samuel L. Jackson's much more alarming Ordell.
While Mr. Crowe did write for Creem as a young man and the magazine's former editor, Lester Bangs, is a character in the movie, for most of the film the protagonist is working on an article for Rolling Stone; the film does not recount Mr. Crowe's experiences writing for Creem.
THE admirable feistiness of "After You'd Gone," a first novel from a young Irish writer named Maggie O'Farrell, is all the more remarkable given that the main character is in a coma for most of the book.
Philip Witcomb used similar restraint in costume design for most of the characters, but he does put Mr. Burgess in a bright-green suit, presumably to emphasize his toadness.
World Without Stars, in which the two characters are separated for most of the adventure, allows Laureline to step out from under Valérian's shadow for the first time and she proves to be more than an equal to Valérian in ensuring that their mission succeeds.
He doesn't have much feeling for his female characters; for the most part, they're plot points in silk.
