The word recurs: "A clever engagement with a novel is... one of the more noble functions of human intelligence".
Dolorism holds that misery is good for you and that the noblest function the writer can perform is to give his readers as much of it is possible.
Harrison Krix, a 29-year-old Australian replica artist, has just unveiled a "real" Gravity Gun, as a follow up to last year's "real-life" Portal Gun but both weapons serve a much nobler function in real life than they do in the games.
Some say subsidies are perfectly defensible if the service fulfills a noble civic function.
It served its noble purpose.
In the world of the Iliad and Odyssey, aretê is understood as that set of skills and aptitudes which enables someone — paradigmatically, a noble warrior — to function successfully in his social role.
Thus, on the coins and charters issued in her name, Tamar is identified as: The queen never achieved autocratic powers and the noble council continued to function.
According to the model of charge transfer through the Schottky barrier, ideally, the Fermi energy level determined by the doping type and doping level of the Si substrate and the work function of the noble metal will determine the surface band bending of Si, thus affecting the hole injection from the noble metal to the Si and, furthermore, affecting the etching rate.
We get that fashion is all about pushing boundaries and experimenting with perceived notions of social acceptability and pursuing the noble ideals of aesthetics over function, but fuck me, lads, honestly, dressing like a character from Dragon Ball Z who got into DJ Deeon last year isn't as nice as putting on a comfortable pair of chinos, a sensible shirt, and cableknit jumper.
