Again and again, in both poetry and prose, Pessoa denied that he existed as any kind of distinctive individual.
The key aspects of the mutationist conception are that (1) the issue is framed in terms of the ultimate fate of distinctive individual mutants, (2) the role of "selection" is to modulate this fate, and (3) this modulation is stochastic, i.e., beneficial variants are not guaranteed of success, nor are unfavorable (or neutral) ones guaranteed of failure.
Prokosch's first novel, The Asiatics (1935), was the picaresque story of a young American who travels from Beirut, Lebanon, across vivid Asian landscapes to China, encountering a variety of distinctive individuals along the way; it won wide acclaim and was translated into 17 languages.
But the sense of a distinctive individual response does not carry through the entire suite.
Their impressive vocal blend, purity of tone and distinctive individual voices, which have helped them sell almost two million copies of their albums on the Harmonia Mundi label, were beautifully highlighted here.
At 2 p.m., Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800, carnegiehall.org; $12.50 to $25. (Smith) ★ Anonymous 4 (Thursday) This early-music a cappella vocal ensemble, celebrating its 25th anniversary this season, continues to demonstrate an impressive vocal blend, purity of tone and distinctive individual voices.
The facsimile reproduces the very form of the pages of the original manuscript, complete with the distinctive individual shape of each page, including holes in the vellum.
In scripture, we find at the very beginning of Jesus' ministry, he chose a community of very distinctive individuals.
And Ray Tadio's "Tik-ka," a tribute to Filipino women, opened the program with dance that introduced the distinctive individual presences of the Reflections performers in a blend of Indian-accented modern dance and ballet.
Du Noyer praised Liam's vocal contributions and described his "Northern punk whine" as "the most distinctive individual style of our time".
The distinctive, individual properties of real biological modules generally imply that there is no universal 'signature' that would enable module detection based on thresholding relationship strength or, by extension, some related summary measure.
