Against the growing authority of the dukes and the deep differences in dialect, customs, and social structure among the tribal duchies there stood only the Carolingian tradition of kingship; but, with Charles III (Charles the Simple) as ruler of the West Frankish kingdom, its future was uncertain and not very hopeful.
Intrinsic "molecular rulers" based on microtubule dynamics or length-dependent modulators have also been described (Picone et al., 2010; Varga et al., 2009), but given the plasticity and lengths involved, a simple microtubule "ruler" is not a likely length-sensing mechanism for large cells.
Rudolf was the son-in-law of Robert I, briefly king of France, with whom in 922 he led a rebellion that ousted Charles III the Simple, the Carolingian ruler of France.
In most measurements of the palatal arch dimensions (width, height and length) that have been reported since the early decades of the twentieth century, very simple techniques (essentially a ruler or caliper) have been used.
That jury might have pointed out that the problem Falco had spotted -- that two parallel lines on a painted table covering go askew to the "true" vanishing point -- could have been caused by a rather simpler device, the humble ruler, shifted a mite carelessly.
In another reproducibility study Mercer and coworkers [ 15] evaluated a simple, inexpensive, and portable ruler-method for measuring RT on 30 community-dwelling older adults using an intra-day (20 min pause) design.
For one thing, it is simpler for absolute rulers to defend monarchy than for democracies to act together in defence of democracy if only because electorates are fickle and may want to change the score.Take Australia.
He is surrounded by things denoting his interests – a sign saying "Plain Simple and Useful", a steel ruler, a photograph of the Eiffel Tower seen between the legs of a girl.
At the Dubai Airshow's opening on November 17th, following an announcement that his family airline, Emirates, had ordered Boeings and Airbuses for $99 billion at list prices, the 64-year-old ruler set a simple new goal.
