| 单词 | unknown quantity |
| 例句 | However, this option, quite aside from the misgivings his lordship was bound to have as regards gossip travelling, entailed my having to rely on unknown quantities just when a mistake could prove most costly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z This is when I realize that Safer might be what Mom calls an unknown quantity. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Jacqui is an unknown quantity in an unmarked bottle, and we are currently at her mercy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The film is something of an unknown quantity, having been held over from last year after losing director Bob Peterson amid creative indigestion. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 fails to satiate box-office bloodlust across the world 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z "However, an unknown quantity of fuel entered the Fox River at Sullivan Road, resulting in an approximated 8-foot-wide sheen on the river's west bank that extends for about 1.5 miles," Aurora officials said. Fuel spill spreads over 1.5 miles of Fox River 2011-12-29T14:09:00Z Though the baroque revival has forced a major reappraisal of much of Telemann's colossal output, his operas remain unknown quantities, and Classical Opera's Orpheus at this year's London Handel festival was to be welcomed. Orpheus – review 2013-03-20T18:33:58Z These are films that are cult classics outside the country in which they were released; but inside that country they are by no means unknown quantities. Cult films: just bad movies in a good disguise? 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z They also may have had little choice but to turn to an unknown quantity in the U.S. New 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah heralds a new frontier in TV: diversity 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z What’s even scarier, though, is that he is an unknown quantity. Mourning Trump and the America We Could Have Been 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Galgut, who is 47 and lives in Cape Town, is hardly an unknown quantity. In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z Though Silbert's ability to bring new plays to life is beyond question, as a director of Shakespeare she was an unknown quantity – so it was far-sighted of the Royal Exchange to present her Shakespearean debut. The Comedy of Errors 2010-04-09T20:30:00Z He arrived in the cultural world an unknown quantity – and leaves it one of its most respected and well liked administrators. Hall in this together: a new boss at the BBC to 'lead us out of a crisis' 2012-11-22T21:10:16Z The show was an unknown quantity, of course. 25 Years Later: How Star Trek: The Next Generation Changed Pop Culture Forever 2012-09-26T12:00:07Z Punters can be reluctant to take a risk on an unknown quantity in a festival schedule – on a director whose name isn’t instantly recognisable and whose CV contains perhaps only a couple of short films. Meet the new directors who lit up the film festivals 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z This has made him an unknown quantity to vast swaths of comedy fans, but also a figure of some mystique inspiring committed admirers who will go to great lengths to see him. Can Daniel Kitson Redefine the Relationship Between Comic and Audience? 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z To a younger generation, however, Borge may be an unknown quantity. Musical funnyman Victor Borge gets star treatment at Nordic museum 2010-12-28T23:38:09Z British teen horror comedy Love Bite is an unknown quantity. Skyfall leaves studios imagining they've drowned and dreamed this moment 2012-11-06T17:51:35Z While he’s not exactly an unknown quantity, the respected, reticent, self-effacing Kirill Petrenko, who was introduced on Monday as the new chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, isn’t very well known in America. Classical Music This Week: Kirill Petrenko in Berlin, Gunther Schuller and Roomful of Teeth 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It’s a show about faith, or faiths, that may initially need to be taken on faith by Met visitors for whom religious art from Southeast Asia is an unknown quantity. Art Review: In ‘Lost Kingdoms,’ National Treasures From Asian Countries 2014-04-10T23:05:18Z Gujarati and Bengali cooking are not exactly unknown quantities in New York, but what about Meghalayan cuisine? At Dhamaka, Chintan Pandya Shows He’s Not Fooling Around 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Aside from a scattering of festival screenings, Hertzfeldt remains largely an unknown quantity. Don Hertzfeldt: the best animator you've never heard of 2013-05-02T12:28:14Z I had just turned seven when it was first released, and love then was an unknown quantity. The Power of Love: a magical hit in which the secular and the spiritual entwine 2012-11-15T20:00:00Z Now that the narrative on his story is turning quickly to the Twitter comments, revealing the risk of taking a chance on an unknown quantity. Comedy Central defends new 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah after tweets 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z She's been showing around the world but in this country she is, as yet, an unknown quantity. Mars attacks 2012-08-07T15:57:41Z It was unsuccessful in Strauss's lifetime and remained an unknown quantity for decades after. Strauss: Josephslegende – review 2013-07-04T20:30:00Z Though still fairly young by architectural standards, Aravena is by no means an outsider or an unknown quantity. Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, 48, wins the Pritzker Prize 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z “Six,” as a fairly unknown quantity — it was just starting to generate buzz during its preview performance period in late February and early March 2020 — is a riskier property in this crowded marketplace. ‘Six’ was shut down on the day it was set to open. It’s finally getting its big Broadway night. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z But Twyford wasn’t an unknown quantity: A native Northern Virginian, she has a résumé in theater in these parts going back to 1993, and estimable range. A longtime D.C. actress tackles her first musical, and it’s by Sondheim 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The very fact that she is an unknown quantity among these very well-known quantities may give us a chance to see everyone we think we know differently–through the eyes of a relative stranger. Mad Men?s Return: Surprise! 2012-03-26T13:11:14Z An unknown quantity as not within recent memory has the ceremony been under such fire. Oscars 2016: a primer, a timetable – and final predictions 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z None of us, Moreno seems to be saying, is a truly unknown quantity. Review: 'The Delinquents,' a superb existential heist-comedy, might just steal your heart 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Despite being an unknown quantity in boxing, Ngannou boasts an MMA record of 12 knockouts from 17 fights, with three defeats. Brash Fury prods Ngannou during Saudi weigh-in 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Despite being an unknown quantity in boxing, Ngannou boasts an MMA record of 12 knockouts from 17 fights, with three defeats, but 'The Gypsy King' said he was "not convinced" by the power. Fury vows to knock Ngannou 'spark out' 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The situation meant Mr Dos Santos "continued to be an unknown quantity", he added. Athlete was 'nervous' during police stop and search, hearing told 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Many algebra problems use x as a variable, to stand in for an unknown quantity. The Mysterious Origins of ‘X’ in Algebra 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z "It was an unknown quantity then. People didn't know what it was," he said. Pat Nevin: My son's autism wasn't a secret 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z She was living in the US about 10 years ago when she first got into the contest, when it was "still very much an unknown quantity". Eurovision 2023: How TikTok has taken over the song contest 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z There's also the unknown quantity of the Reform Party standing candidates. Laura Kuenssberg: What could go right and wrong for parties in England's local elections? 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z One of the pleasures of the movies is the way they can complicate and undermine the idea of history as destiny, taking unbeatable sure things and reminding us that they were once untested, unknown quantities. Review: Ben Affleck's entertaining Michael Jordan-Nike drama is more than hot 'Air' 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Mr Davies then queried why the Ekweremadus had been prepared to leave an "internationally recognised centre of excellence" in London for an unknown quantity in Turkey. Organ donation plot: Family not asked to help, Old Bailey hears 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Ueda is something of an unknown quantity for many in the markets, economists and analysts said. Shock BOJ appointment sparks rush for Japanese economist's obscure texts 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Ueda remains something of an unknown quantity for many in the markets, economists and analysts said. Factbox: Kazuo Ueda: Who is the new Bank of Japan governor and what can we expect from him? 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z American Shelton, 20, is the unknown quantity of this year's Australian Open, reaching the quarter-finals in his first trip outside the United States. Who can stop Djokovic at Australian Open? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, aviation expert John Strickland said this summer was "still of a bit of an unknown quantity", but added airlines, airports and baggage handling companies had been "making the effort" to build worker numbers. Holidaymakers spending more as bookings rise 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Taylor is still a relatively unknown quantity among recruits. Pac-12 recruiting: Oregon rolls, Utah thrives and other fearless forecasts 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Trevor Noah, who went from being an unknown quantity to American TV viewers to a smart, satirical voice on Comedy Central, signed off from “The Daily Show” for the final time Thursday. Inside Trevor Noah’s tearful goodbye to 'The Daily Show' 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z But beyond this issue - which Mr Fairlie says is an "unknown quantity" - he believes there is something more fundamentally wrong with using EPCs to try to cut carbon emissions. Energy crisis: 'My eco-home didn’t keep my family warm' 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z A Black nominee appeared to be a way to do that, even if he was an almost entirely unknown quantity. Herschel Walker’s struggles show GOP’s deeper challenge in Georgia 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z For most people in Britain, Truss is an unknown quantity. Johnson leaves Downing Street to offer resignation to queen 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Identify known and unknown quantities, and identify the system of interest. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z When we use variables other than x and y to define an unknown quantity, we must change the names of the axes of the graph as well. Intermediate Algebra 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z The unknown quantity will not be isolated at first, like it was in Example 3.12. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z The Taliban also seized an unknown quantity of other defense-related items such as communications equipment; explosive ordnance detection and disposal supplies, night vision devices, and other surveillance equipment, officials said. Taliban seized more than $7B in U.S.-provided weapons when Afghan government fell 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The homegrown technocrat was an unknown quantity in the West. Saudi Aramco's Amin Nasser: a homegrown engineer who reached the top 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z The Ukrainians have also accused the Russians of hiding dozens of military vehicles with an unknown quantity of munitions on the premises of at least two reactors. Shelling of Ukraine Nuclear Plant Raising Fears and Outrage 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z We have not factored in the unknown quantities of luggage or probable extra staff on the larger-scale tours. Should clubs travel so far for pre-season? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z In this case, a known cost, such as $0.10/mi, is multiplied by an unknown quantity, the number of miles driven. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z Under the radar in the best of times, the comptroller’s race was an unknown quantity to many voters, who polls show were largely undecided on the marquee governor’s race weeks before Election Day. Lierman projected winner in Democratic primary for Md. comptroller 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z He was a bit of an unknown quantity, so much so that the architect, Levine writes, hired an investigator to compile a confidential report on Thurman. Perspective | Frank Lloyd Wright once designed a shimmering complex near Kalorama 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z He swept to power as an unknown quantity, a charismatic former economy minister who had never run for elected office before, offering a more centrist vision for France. French election: Macron v Le Pen - two visions for presidency 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z "He is an evil coward," added DCI John, who also described him as "an unknown quantity" because of his refusal to engage with police and the fact that he has no criminal record. Sabina Nessa: Evil killer struck after marriage ended 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z TRY IT #1 Find a linear equation to solve for the following unknown quantities: One number is three more than twice another number. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z Many Chinese athletes have been training on home soil and have not competed internationally in the build-up to the Games, so they are an unknown quantity. All you need to know about the Winter Paralympics 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z As promising as their starts were, both teams remain unknown quantities, especially LAFC, which is uncertain whether Vela will still be with the team after FIFA’s summer transfer window closes. Hernàndez: Can Galaxy and LAFC reclaim past MLS crown-jewel status? 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z But he is no longer an unknown quantity and many of the voters who backed Mr Macron first time around have tired of him. French election: Macron v Le Pen - two visions for presidency 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z He had previously served as economy minister under President François Hollande, but was an unknown quantity - an investment banker who had never run for elected office. French election: Who's vying to challenge Emmanuel Macron? 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z First, we identify the known and unknown quantities. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z An unknown quantity of oil has leaked from a pipe off the north Wales coast. Irish Sea oil pipe leak off Welsh coast sparks probe 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Mr. O’Toole, who was picked as leader less than two years ago, came to the election campaign as something of an unknown quantity among Canadians. Canada’s Conservative Leader Is Ousted 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Incarcerating people costs tons of tax dollars, she said, and sites that offer “safe supply” drugs will keep people from buying heroin laced with an unknown quantity of deadly fentanyl. TWT panel: Citizens, policymakers should reduce harm from drug addiction, climate change 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z It has now started to take on more water, and an unknown quantity of oil has leaked from the barge. World Digest: Dec. 15, 2021 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Applications can be written as mathematical problems by identifying known quantities and assigning a variable to unknown quantities. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z The subject of several lengthy biographies, Highsmith isn’t exactly an unknown quantity. How a Swiss editor wrangled Patricia Highsmith's messy diaries into a volcanic book 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z One unknown quantity is the amount of business-related travel, which is expected to take longer to recover than the leisure trips that underpin domestic U.S. airline traffic. Analysis: Booming private jet market stretches rich buyers as climate clouds gather 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Without such monitoring, Iran could produce and hide unknown quantities of this equipment that can be used to make weapons or fuel for power plants. World Digest: Sept. 7, 2021 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Without such monitoring and so-called continuity of knowledge, Iran could produce and hide unknown quantities of this equipment that can be used to make weapons or fuel for power plants. IAEA pressures Iran over foot dragging as nuclear talks hang in balance 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The unknown quantity is whether the pace of bond buying should be slowed. Marketmind: Transitory faith in transitory inflation 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Chalamet, always good at suggesting both youthful callowness and limitless potential, proves an inspired choice for the role of a young man who is both a coddled heir and an intriguingly unknown quantity. Review: Denis Villeneuve’s 'Dune' is a transporting vision, but it could use a touch more madness 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z His first season of pro ball was productive, as he rose from an unknown quantity to the Mariners’ No. 21 prospect. ‘Lowest of lows and highest of highs’: Eric Filia’s Team USA stint just one part of Mariners prospect’s roller coaster career 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z But Bennett is something of an unknown quantity in Washington. Israel’s likely leadership change prompts a hasty rethinking in Washington 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z And Joshua is up against it in former cruiserweight king Usyk, who is still a relatively unknown quantity in the heavyweight division. Crawford? Lopez? A homecoming fight? What's next for Taylor? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z After two terms living deep in the shadow of a governor famous for demanding the spotlight, Hochul is an unknown quantity to most New Yorkers. With Cuomo under fire, No. 2 Kathy Hochul treads carefully 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z But he said Trump was such an unknown quantity in Washington that it is not surprising that lobbyists who had relationships with him and top aides would benefit. How Trump abandoned his pledge to ‘drain the swamp’ 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Chelsea starts its group stage campaign as something of an unknown quantity. MATCHDAY: PSG vs Man U as Champions League group stage opens 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z “He was an unknown quantity, but now we know,” said Moore, 45, who lives in a suburban community in Wayne County. ‘Our house is on fire’: Suburban women lead a Trump revolt 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z In reality, the Dodgers remain an unknown quantity. Hernández: Dodgers resurrect their October tradition of feeble offense in loss to Braves 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “The compromise resulted in the exfiltration of an unknown quantity of voter registration data.” Voter details for millions of Americans found on Russian hacking site: Report 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Despite these incidents she remains something of an unknown quantity compared with her predecessors. An unusual, traditional First Lady 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z But she doubted whether Mr. Harrison could achieve the same feat, saying Mr. Graham remained popular with audiences like her readership and arguing that Mr. Harrison was an unknown quantity. Has Lindsey Graham Become Too Trumpy for South Carolina? Not So Fast 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z “It’s just such a weird, weird unknown quantity,” he said. PGA Tour prepares for cheerless, jeerless golf at Players 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z She was largely an unknown quantity in Paris, even to herself. Barty wishing for 'quiet little life' amid Australian Open frenzy 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Ms. Hudson, the hemp farmer, said that as a black voter, placing her trust in an unknown quantity was a risk. The Big Ask of Black Voters: Trust the Government 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Naturally, there was skepticism that such a system from such an unknown quantity — and a non-Southerner to boot — could work in the SEC. Mike Leach once said the SEC ‘isn’t special.’ Now he’s coaching in it. 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Child actors can be a bit of an unknown quantity as interviewees, but Golden Globe-nominated Roman Griffin Davis is pretty relaxed about his new-found fame. How Hitler satire uses 'comedy' to combat 'hate' 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z There are genuine concerns inside the prime minister’s team that the size of the new Conservative intake means some MPs are unknown quantities. Johnson is warned his big win will not speed up Brexit deal 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Andreescu, an unknown quantity to most in Canada a year ago, was a unanimous pick after a breakout season in which she upset Serena Williams in the U.S. Andreescu named Canada's athlete of the year after breakout season 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Trump was an unknown quantity to everyone watching the big screen where the results were being called. Who is Marie Yovanovitch, the diplomat defying Trump to testify on Ukraine? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr Javid is still something of an unknown quantity as chancellor. Spending Review: What's it all about? 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Reyna is an unknown quantity, and the Bulldogs still must replace their two top receivers from a year ago. Fresno State quarterback Jorge Reyna is unknown factor to USC's defense 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z “Overnight, it launched him from being an unknown quantity to being in the hunt with U.S. senators and a former vice president in the polls.” Inslee Out. Moulton Out. De Blasio? Town Hall May Be Last Gasp. 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Richard Wolffe says Trump’s interest in Greenland might originate with Russia, which covets the arctic island’s unknown quantities of oil, gas and minerals. US briefing: Greenland spat, child migrant detention and climate debate 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Hoylake, you see, was kind of an unknown quantity with several changed holes. How Tiger, Irish folklore and obscure international golfers play into my crazy Open pick - Golf Digest 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z The uncertainty kept investors from getting too bullish, particularly with the U.S. payrolls report promising to be an unknown quantity later in the session. Asia shares dazed by trade uncertainty, U.S. jobs risks 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Critics question Zelenskiy’s political inexperience and he remains something of an unknown quantity for investors who want reassurances that he will accelerate reforms and keep Ukraine in an International Monetary Fund program. Landslide election victory thrusts Ukrainian comedian into limelight 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Authorities found Flood with symptoms of an apparent overdose from taking an unknown quantity of prescription medication. Document: Tucson woman admitted shooting her twin grandsons 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z More than any other major candidate, O’Rourke is an unknown quantity. Opinion | Beto O’Rourke jumps in. Now here’s the big question. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z He is another European player who is a bit of an unknown quantity in matchplay. Tony Jacklin’s Ryder Cup 2018 player guide: Tiger Woods gives USA the edge 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The self-described “old dude” understands he’s an unknown quantity outside the locker room. “Old dude” Fichtner ready to guide Steelers offense 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The agency distributed talking points for “friendly elite contacts,” including the bald-faced lie that accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was “an unknown quantity to any professional intelligence service.” QAnon: Why we have the CIA partly to thank for the craziest conspiracy theory yet 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z But Putin was an unknown quantity at the time, just over a year into power. Who's wooing who in the Trump-Putin relationship? 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Many Democratic politicians backed Baria, the state House minority leader, arguing that Sherman was an unknown quantity. The Latest: Mississippi Dems choose Baria in Senate runoff 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Indeed, the fact that the 2020 field appears so unsettled suggests that the situation is ripe for precisely such an unknown quantity. Democrats gear up for 2020 — and Bernie Sanders still leads the pack 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Tatum, who the Boston Celtics drafted after trading down from the No1 overall pick, was something of an unknown quantity. Game 7 defeat was the beginning, not the end, for the Boston Celtics 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Kondik said that Braun, as an unknown quantity, carries the most risk for his party against Donnelly, but he might also be able to bring in independents turned off by the other two conservatives. 'Mini-Trump' candidates battle it out in Republican primaries 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z "It's a bit frightening as it's an unknown quantity. It's a disgusting thing that's happened here but we've got to keep going." Can Salisbury survive the spy poisoning? 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z In what Frémaux hailed as "a great renewal" for the festival, the competition is teeming with new names and unknown quantities. Spike Lee and David Robert Mitchell films will compete in the most surprising Cannes lineup in years 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z And so the hollow of the son travels in tandem with the unknown quantity of the state, taking the nation's measure. Jesse Ball's 'Census' is an understated tale of a father and son taking stock of America 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z While new Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell is widely expected to follow Janet L. Yellen’s lead and move interest rates up slowly, he’s still a relatively unknown quantity for the markets. Dow closes down nearly 1,200 points in volatile trading 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z And Mr. Powell is a relatively unknown quantity on Wall Street. Trump, Running Alongside the Market’s Bulls, Risks Being Trampled 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The unknown quantity is his capacity to administer effectively. Ex-footballer George Weah faces his toughest challenge 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Sirotkin remains something of an unknown quantity, even if he performed strongly in testing. Motor racing: Williams pin their hopes on youngest line-up 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Pompeo is an unknown quantity in Europe but is viewed as closer to Trump. U.S. allies fret as 'guillotine' hangs over Tillerson 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z Though still an unknown quantity to the mainstream, Mac has performed all over the world and won awards by the score; A 24-Decade History was shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize. Taylor Mac on queering history: 'Someone like me doesn't normally get to represent America' 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z After all, the two-time Oscar-winning Lee is hardly an unknown quantity, and the film grossed $67 million worldwide, which is fairly robust by this list’s standards. The buried treasures of cinema from the last 20 years 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z “There are too many unknown quantities in tackles,” he said. Julian Nagelsmann: the 30-year-old coach out to wreck Liverpool’s hopes 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Sirotkin remains something of an unknown quantity, even if he performed strongly in testing. Motor racing: Williams pin their hopes on youngest line-up 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Pompeo is an unknown quantity in Europe but is viewed as closer to Trump. U.S. allies fret as 'guillotine' hangs over Tillerson 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z “Each piazza is an unknown quantity, because they are places known to be difficult,” said Cherstich. Putting ‘Don Giovanni’ on a truck and returning opera to its roots 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The club has a habit of developing rough gems and Mahoney, a summer signing from Blackburn Rovers, could be the next relatively unknown quantity to showcase his talents at the highest level. Premier League: 20 players ready to make a breakthrough next season 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z “We knew that because Rob Quist was an unknown quantity with voters, we had the ability to define him negatively out of the gates,” said America Rising chief executive Colin Reed. Republican wins Montana election one night after being charged with assault 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Although in many respects an unknown quantity, the new head of state would not dream of being so un-French as to ignore the demands of his maquillage. Why Emmanuel Macron’s Win Is Good News for Theresa May 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The 39-year-old Macron, a former financial banker who created his own centrist movement just a year ago, largely remains an unknown quantity. French scientists cheer Macron’s victory 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The greatest unknown quantity of the entire Breeders' Cup? Kentucky Derby Updates: What you need to know about this year's Run for the Roses 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z He is an unknown quantity, and that brings with it a blank slate. UEFA’s New President, Aleksander Ceferin, Craves Plenty of Change in His Staid Sport 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z “We’re a relatively unknown quantity outside of the borders of Nebraska,” she said then. More businesses coming to Nebraska 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z It was published on Heat Street, a libertarian-leaning website run by News Corp, and an unknown quantity in journalism. Louise Mensch: the former British MP who scooped US media on Trump's Russian ties 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z How much of a concern is the prospect of the unknown quantity of a post-Wenger era? Arsene Wenger: Key questions on Arsenal's manager future 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Paul J. Massey Jr., a wealthy real estate sales executive and a Republican who wants to unseat Mayor Bill de Blasio in November, is still an unknown quantity to voters. Paul Massey Has Raised $1.6 Million, but Many New Yorkers May Not Know Why 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z A Trump presidency remains a wholly unknown quantity, not least, probably, to himself. With Barack Obama’s exit the US is losing a saint. But a sinner may make a better president | Simon Jenkins 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z He’s pretty much an unknown quantity other than having deep ties to Orange Lutheran. Trinity League's latest hires may signal end of spending wars for high-profile coaches 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Of course Russia wanted an unknown quantity, Donald Trump, instead of the known adversarial and obstinate former secretary of state Hillary Clinton to deal with. Russia’s election interference 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Our president-elect himself of course remains something of an unknown quantity. Trump’s Russian Reset Reset 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z "That’s even more amplified by the fact that there’s this unknown quantity about Donald Trump and his administration and how he will govern." Boycotts. Backlash. Breitbart: U.S. companies confront a volatile political climate 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z That was three years ago, when Fleck was an unknown quantity, a thirty-something newcomer still compact and fit and intense from his days as an undersized NFL receiver. P.J. Fleck, a coach with both oars in the water, has unbeaten Western Michigan rowing in right direction 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Despite his five years as prime minister, for many French voters Mr Fillon was still rather an unknown quantity. Juppe v Fillon: Battle of France's conservatives - BBC News 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z But on actual Israeli policy and posture, Trump is something of an unknown quantity—and that’s clearly making Israeli nervous. Benjamin Netanyahu Embraces Trump—With Hopes of Guiding Him on Israel 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z In comparison to Hillary Clinton, who made several visits to Northern Ireland over the past 21 years, Donald Trump is more of an unknown quantity so far as most Stormont politicians are concerned. Trump US election victory: Northern Ireland reacts - BBC News 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The US dollar has rebounded and equity markets look likely to follow suit this morning, after both fell heavily last week on fears about the unknown quantity a Trump win would mean. Stock markets rally and US dollar jumps after Clinton cleared – business live 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Still, the Pirates remain an unknown quantity to many voters. Upstart Pirate Party senses victory in Iceland elections 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z To some degree, the sampling debate is actually more important this year than it was in 2012, since neither Obama nor Romney were unknown quantities the way political rookie Donald Trump is. Will millions of “missing voters” propel Donald Trump to victory? Probably not 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The soldiers were an unknown quantity in a society where lineage is all-important. Newlywed in a new land: The stories of Japanese war brides 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z In the luxury space, the Caddy is an unknown quantity. What happens when Cadillac takes on BMW? 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The 51-year-old is the unknown quantity in the leadership race, in more ways than one. UKIP leadership: The main contenders to succeed Nigel Farage - BBC News 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Trump may actually find some sympathy in China, even if he is seen as an unknown quantity. For Chinese officials, Trump perhaps better the devil they don't know 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Sanders voters remain something of an unknown quantity. Poll shows demographics stacked against Trump's plan to steal voters 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z It's not easy to find a good job as an unknown quantity without any connections. Fewer Americans Choose to Move to New Pastures 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Thyroid supplements might contain unknown quantities of actual thyroid hormones. Thyroid supplements are more trouble than they’re worth 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z He did so with humility and an understanding that more than 10 years after Boy In Da Corner, grime is still mostly an unknown quantity for US hip-hop fans. Unearthly wails, Chvrches cheese and a fleeting Ghostface Killah haunt SXSW 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z I needed to deliver that message to the team that we’re really an unknown quantity and these guys don’t know how good we are, and we’re going to surprise them. Mason Madness: Inside the most unlikely run in NCAA tournament history 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Nothing is more frightening than the unknown quantity.” ‘It’s too loud’ and other reasons Oscar voters ignore black movies 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Sanders, who represents Vermont, one of the whitest states in the country, remains a largely unknown quantity to African-Americans and Latinos, each large blocs of the Democratic Party electorate. Former NAACP chairman to endorse Bernie Sanders 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z She said Murray and his wife have no doubt been advised to have a Plan B because even though first births tend to be late, false alarms are common and labour is an "unknown quantity". The length fathers go to witness their child's birth - BBC News 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Chinese cars do remain an unknown quantity to consumers, who were also once leery of the first cars imported from Japan — and later, from Mexico and South Korea. We Can Stop Chuckling Now. Chinese Made Cars Have Arrived in U.S. 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z To the students at the high school, Meade was an unknown quantity, but for Meade, returning to Lathrop was a homecoming of sorts. Lathrop principal reflects on 20 years of teaching in Alaska 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z The Algeria international was another unknown quantity when he was signed for only 400,000 pounds from Le Havre in January 2014. Leicester: The team that feared relegation now tops EPL 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Mr Belt had a similar memory: "There was a lot of concern locally about the impact on neighbouring towns and cities, because they were an unknown quantity." Lakeside: How a 'white stiletto' shopping centre defied doubters - BBC News 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z He bears one of the most famous surnames in Canadian politics, but he was something of an unknown quantity in his first run for the nation’s top job. Justin Trudeau leads Liberal Party’s remarkable rebound in Canada 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Age, number of publications, technical qualifications, years of experience, memberships of learned societies and apparent impartiality do not explain an expert's ability to estimate unknown quantities or predict events. Policy advice: Use experts wisely 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z The intrigue is enhanced by the fact that both of these sides remain, to an extent, unknown quantities. Samoa v Japan: Rugby World Cup 2015 – live! 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Noah moved to the United States in 2011 and remains largely an unknown quantity to most Americans despite his eight months as a contributor to the satirical Comedy Central late night program during Stewart's reign. Trevor Noah enters softly into The Daily Show's 'beautiful house' 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Then, with the car still an unknown quantity, he was adamant he wanted to stay. Speculation mounts that Button will retire from F1 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z I am not on my own in not knowing what to expect from him, let alone where he will play, but being a bit of an unknown quantity will help him against Liverpool. 'Football needs Martial to be a hit' 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The massive transfer fee raised eyebrows in world football because Martial, with a little more than 50 league games to his name, was largely an unknown quantity outside France. League leader PSG looks to continue perfect start to season 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z The intrigue is enhanced by the fact that both of these sides remain, to an extent, unknown quantities. Samoa v Japan: Rugby World Cup 2015 – live! 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z The hottest name in American comedy, Schumer is nevertheless still something of an unknown quantity in the UK. Who does Amy Schumer think she is? - BBC News 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z You might quote certain overseas signings but hardly any have played here before, a total unknown quantity. Who will finish where this season? 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Sunday's third round was one of the great days of Open golf, when big beasts jostled with unknown quantities and fresh-faced amateurs at the top of the leaderboard. Open weathers storm for magical end 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z But he remains a largely unknown quantity in Berlin. Jeb Bush in Berlin: remember my dad's role in cold war, not my brother's in Iraq 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z “It's an unknown quantity at this point,” he said of the final price tag. More Corinthian students' federal loan debt to be erased 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z "Chambers Bay at the U.S. Open is a bit of an unknown quantity. But there are two great opportunities for major titles and a lot of other opportunities for wins." Confident McIlroy targets two more majors this year 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The unknown quantity here is West Ham's new manager. Who will finish where this season? 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Mohammed bin Salman has enjoyed an unprecedented rise to power by Saudi standards, and remains very much an unknown quantity. Camp David summit to show Obama Gulf's generational shift 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z But the S-300 is by no means an entirely unknown quantity. Russia sets its sights on Middle East 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z But Sipila, who favors austerity and trimming welfare, is mostly an unknown quantity. Millionaire businessman wins Finland vote, euroskeptics take second place 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z He was an unknown quantity to the rest of the Big Ten when he entered the starting lineup in November 2013 as junior. Frank the Tank’s run comes to end with Wisconsin loss 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z So with D’Angelo back on top of the world, that leaves Hill as the unknown quantity of the bunch. Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu take the long road to neo-soul immortality 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The new bylaw "uses an undefined term to deny a privilege for an unknown quantity of students statewide," Akemann wrote in the 10-page opinion. Judge clears way for international Mooseheart basketball players 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z “Muriel remains still an unknown quantity,” said Brittany Benowitz, 37, an attorney who ventured to the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Ward 5 Saturday not to vote, but to swim some laps. D.C. mayor’s race may turn on independents, disaffected Democrats 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Beyond that, the six-time European Cup winners were something of an unknown quantity. How 'Barney Rubble' toppled Real 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z While he is well known in France, Modiano is something of an unknown quantity for even the most widely read people in other countries with only a smattering of his works published in English. Nobel prize winner Patrick Modiano hailed as modern Marcel Proust 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Modiano is well known in France but something of an unknown quantity for even the most widely read people in other countries. Patrick Modiano wins the Nobel prize in literature 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “Giving away content is so valuable because you’re an unknown quantity,” he says. Seven Ways Market Your New Book 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z He's a smash hit with the conservative commentariat class in Washington, but remains a largely unknown quantity to the everyday Arkansan. The GOP Is Worried Cotton Falls Flat on Campaign Trail 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The reason banks don’t want to provide bank accounts to bitcoin businesses is because it’s an unknown quantity, and the regulatory situation is not settled. Meet Britain’s bitcoin barrister - Digits - WSJ 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Yet Alibaba remains a mystery and an unknown quantity to most investors, business people and consumers located outside of China. As IPO Approaches, ALIBABA Still A Mystery to Many Outside China -"The Alibaba Effect" Explains What's At Stake 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z At the time, Mr. Cook was well regarded as a behind-the-scenes operations guy, but he was a relatively unknown quantity outside the company. Tim Cook, Making Apple His Own 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z However, because the bidding had left the South hand an almost unknown quantity, it was very hard for West to find that defense. An Elusive Hand at the Goldman Pairs 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Kim, in contrast, is somewhat of an unknown quantity this season. Figure skating: Lipinski knows it's tough to win at 15 2014-02-17T15:09:46Z Closed to outsiders for five decades, Burma, also known as Myanmar, is something of an unknown quantity, particularly in terms of its natural riches. Preserving nature's lost kingdom 2013-11-28T00:53:22Z Closed to outsiders for five decades, Burma is something of an unknown quantity, particularly in terms of its natural riches. Preserving nature's lost kingdom 2013-11-28T00:53:22Z In the college game, unlike the NFL, the new acquisitions are more likely to be unknown quantities — an unproven true freshman, a player who redshirted last year. College football preview: Looking ahead to Saturday’s best games 2013-09-06T01:33:18Z It means for the first time in a long time, Australia will be a bit of an unknown quantity for New Zealand, which will see the return of captain Richie McCaw from his six-month sabbatical. Rugby: New Australian Rugby Coach Is Thrown Straight Into the Fire 2013-08-15T12:06:06Z Kelly said: "The results are an entirely unknown quantity - which is terrifying and thrilling in equal measures - but no matter what, they should be interesting." Memory bank to launch at V&A 2013-06-17T17:05:40Z Secretary of the society, Fiona Adams, said: "It's still an unknown quantity how busy this new centre will become." Scientology HQ plan gets green light 2013-05-16T07:10:40Z The Israeli strikes — following reports in recent weeks that Assad’s forces probably deployed chemical weapons in unknown quantities — appeared to bolster the case of those who have long favored direct U.S. support for the rebels. Reported Israeli airstrikes in Syria could accelerate U.S. decision-making 2013-05-05T21:46:53Z Stuart Hogg, an unknown quantity, will act as cover for Owen Farrell or Jonathan Sexton if either is injured in the opening games. Lions squad presents soft underbelly in fly-half department 2013-04-30T21:00:02Z It’s plainly foolish, for example, to give a new experimental treatment to all six participants in a ‘first-in-man’ trial at the same time, if that treatment is a completely unknown quantity. Trial sans Error: How Pharma-Funded Research Cherry-Picks Positive Results [Excerpt] 2013-02-13T17:15:00.297Z "But until the point that we make an unknown quantity known, we will continue to be assailed by the opposition in the most talented recruiting base in the country." Golden: Miami has already paid stiff penalties 2013-02-07T01:00:11Z The Scots are something of an unknown quantity with new coaches, so we've got to be on our guard and ready for anything. Ian McGeechan's RFU review calls for FA-style national training centre 2013-01-30T22:00:01Z Elsewhere, Mali, who have never won the trophy, are an unknown quantity but are another country to have picked a team full of regulars from clubs in Europe's major leagues. Ivorians lead Nations Cup charge 2013-01-18T17:34:35Z On a short, sharp tour that kind of reliability holds obvious attractions, leaving Hogg as the only unknown quantity to Australian defenders. Lions squad presents soft underbelly in fly-half department 2013-04-30T21:00:02Z They are likely to be in open revolt, too, at the change in the dugout, with Mauricio Pochettino an unknown quantity charged with maintaining the team's encouraging recent form. Southampton v Everton: Squad sheets 2013-01-18T17:16:56Z Bianchi would be a clean rookie, an unknown quantity as a racer. IHT Rendezvous: As Formula One Hibernates, Some Puzzlers to Ponder 2013-01-12T08:23:22Z But for his own team, too, he remains very much an unknown quantity. NFL playoffs: Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers - live! 2013-01-06T00:14:52Z But it's a pricey affair for an unknown quantity. iPad mini, Kindle Fire HD, or Google Nexus 7? What's in your stocking? 2012-12-10T07:30:01Z He seemed in need of that outing but has won both races since and is something of an unknown quantity. Aidan O'Brien may pitch Declaration Of War into battle with Frankel 2012-10-14T19:03:38Z “She was a relatively unknown quantity,” said Nick Bitel, the chief executive of the London Marathon. Under Mary Wittenberg, The New York City Marathon Is Thriving. So What’s the Problem? 2012-10-13T18:44:52Z Before measurement, of course, the photon number is not merely a classically unknown quantity. Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics 2012-10-09T20:45:02.517Z The Beavers, despite their win over Wisconsin, are still something of an unknown quantity, since it doesn't look like the Badgers are of the ilk of previous seasons. The Picks, Week 4: 2012-09-21T01:15:22Z Many voters have said the former Massachusetts governor and business star is still something of an unknown quantity. Ann Romney in prime-time speech 2012-08-29T02:32:17Z The 22-year-old Toussaint acknowledged in court that he was stopped for running a red light on July 21 after drinking an unknown quantity of brandy where he lives. Michigan RB Toussaint pleads guilty to lesser DUI 2012-08-28T20:52:08Z Mr Romney's wife Ann is expected to seek to "humanise" her husband, a former business star who remains something of an unknown quantity to many voters. Republicans ready to crown Romney 2012-08-28T15:02:44Z In June, police in the autonomous region of Guangxi Zhuang dismantled a ring of traffickers in endangered animals and seized hundreds of bear paws and an unknown quantity of bear meat. Letter From Paris: The French Explore the Art of Chinese Cooking - Letter From Paris 2012-08-06T21:11:24Z The men fled with an unknown quantity of money, police said. Armed robbers hurt garage cashier 2012-08-05T10:06:42Z The U.S. has strengthened its four for London and is something of an unknown quantity having not raced internationally this season. Britain, Australia through to men's 4 final 2012-07-30T13:30:12Z The unknown quantity is the interrelation of online personas with actions in the real world. On social media the new religion is sharing. Some of that sharing may not be very nice 2012-07-18T18:59:00Z The bigger potential problem is an unknown quantity. Analysis: Low on policy options, ECB may face stark choice 2012-07-06T14:07:42Z One unknown quantity, he said, was how well Apple's voice search software Siri would work with the Chinese language. Apple gets share of Baidu ad cash 2012-06-15T16:33:12Z Going into the playoffs, they weren’t so much massive underdogs as an unknown quantity. Essay: 2012 Stanley Cup — Kings Needed Hot Goalie to Win Championship 2012-06-13T00:03:35Z Further, the Atom processor in phones is something of an unknown quantity. Taking the (Med)Field: Britain's First Intel/Android Phone Arrives Next Week 2012-06-01T13:16:33Z Oxlade-Chamberlain effectively offers options across midfield and, even if he remains raw, he travels east next week as a relatively unknown quantity for the French, Swedes and Ukrainians. England offers Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain the gift of free expression 2012-05-28T21:07:00Z So to many Africans the Rainbow Flag, which has emerged as one of the most powerful and recognisable 21st Century symbols of gay rights, is an unknown quantity. South Africa targets rainbow tourists 2012-05-18T23:42:39Z Tides were a mystery to him, the mariner's compass an unknown quantity. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z This is an argument impossible to refute because the exact worth of prestige is an unknown quantity, as to which no two people are agreed. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z It is the Serendib of the “Arabian Nights,” rich in glorious scenery, equable climate, tropical vegetation, unknown quantities of gems and pearls, and many minerals. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Despite the program’s popularity, it is still a bit of an unknown quantity to some students. Bike-Sharing at N.Y.U. Offers a Glimpse of New York City Program 2012-03-22T03:06:47Z Inquiry in the neighbourhood directed us to a large saw mill in the Calle de la Fábrica, where we ordered what to us was an unknown quantity of firewood. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z I had never a passion for knowing that when circles or triangles attempt impossibilities it is absurd; and x was an unknown quantity I was ever content to walk round about. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z That the enemy was an unknown quantity was one of the sources of his growing disquiet. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Outside Delaware, the Blue Hens are still a mostly unknown quantity. Prized Recruit Chose Delaware Over Powerhouse Connecticut 2012-03-17T16:56:33Z Everywhere in his calculations, appearing unchanged in his results, is found the unknown quantity of variation from ancestral type, the known factors being heredity, and natural and sexual selection in the struggle for existence. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z But, aside from these reasons, there is undoubtedly an unknown quantity calling for further investigation, which, in the absence of positive knowledge, we are content to term the predisposition of the individual patient. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Of course, the height of the ice-cap, the character of its surface, and the irregularities of the road were all unknown quantities. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z “There are a number of valuation issues but we believe the unknown quantity of Glencore is as big an issue as any with investors.” Biggest Mining Deals No Promise of Xstrata Bonanza: Commodities 2012-02-16T00:33:52Z To women such as Agla�, true pride is an unknown quantity. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z But here, as everywhere in Darwin's work, an unknown quantity appears—namely, the cause of variation; i.e. of the differences, or tendency to differ, of offspring, from the parental type. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z For Miss Sibson was still in some measure an unknown quantity, a perplexing mixture of severity and benevolence, sound sense and Mrs. Chapone. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The big question about such an unknown quantity as separation is the terms of the 'divorce settlement' - how resources, rights and responsibilities will be broken up. 'Clarity' call over independence 2012-02-15T00:13:14Z The improvised feast was turned into a festival now, and of her own accord she added a second dish; the party, Granmar at the head, devoured unknown quantities. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Then, indeed, we might call it what we pleased; the name would stand merely as the symbol of an unknown quantity. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The remote contingent that was to come from Southwest Virginia was an unknown quantity, not to be considered until it could report for service. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Quinn, who joined the Giants in 2007, acknowledged that there was always an unknown quantity in special teams because of the constant turnover among players. Giants Can?t Find Right Formula for Consistent Special Teams 2011-12-10T19:55:34Z It was this knowledge which helped Edward Morgan over the difficulties of his courtship with a girl whose heart he had yet to win, and to whom passion was an unknown quantity. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z The physician had been an unknown quantity; Rodney, who, through devious channels, had heard of a good many things, had never heard of him. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z You are fearful today because the American League is an unknown quantity. Astros' pending move to AL West not popular with their fans 2011-11-16T22:02:05Z The identity of the miscreant was an unknown quantity. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z He was beginning to regard him as an uncertain or even an unknown quantity. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z As for the people, we are but travelling the road, and Calne is only an incident on our way—the people of it something less to ourselves, resembling, in fact, x, an unknown quantity. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z Arkansas State may still be somewhat of an unknown quantity to many high school players, but Michael Oher and “The Blind Side” need no introduction. Coach From ?Blind Side? Thrives in College Game 2011-10-28T02:15:11Z The man who was thus honored by the Republican Party over all of the other eminent men before the convention was by no means an unknown quantity. A History of the Republican Party 2011-10-14T02:00:29.980Z You are to me what mathematicians call an unknown quantity; you may stand for something or for nothing. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Even now it was not certain that the Austrians had been definitively pushed aside, while it was quite clear that Beaulieu’s main body was intact and Colli was still more an unknown quantity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z This means that it was the science of finding the value of an unknown quantity in a statement of equality. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z In this manner we use the letters x and y to denote unknown quantities in algebra. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z As for the cost, that has always been an unknown quantity, and, I think, has always been a secondary consideration. The Panama Canal and its Makers 2011-10-10T02:00:22.307Z Grace and charm and physical beauty, which Hogarth could use effectively, are unknown quantities to Gillray. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Liberty of the press was ever an unknown quantity in the Philippines. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z He seems to have been the first to represent an unknown quantity by letters. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z They were named X-rays by their discoverer, because the ultimate nature of their radiation was unknown, the letter X being commonly used in algebra to represent an unknown quantity. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z He was something of an unknown quantity for the Mets because of his history of elbow problems. Mets 8, Cardinals 6: Mets Defeat Cardinals by Rallying in the Ninth 2011-09-23T00:24:16Z But this stamp seems to be an unknown quantity, almost as much so as the 3d. "perforated 13" of Major Evans' Catalogue. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z The new Russian Government was an unknown quantity, acting quite differently from the old. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z I can also calculate the relative importance of the various kinds of arms; nor is the military value of patriotism an unknown quantity to me. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z For his campaign, it was a prime opportunity for a candidate who, while leading the Republican field in recent polls, is an unknown quantity for most voters outside Texas. Gov. Perry back on campaign trail, even as Texas wildfires continue to rage 2011-09-07T22:29:10Z Quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, still an unknown quantity, needs time in the pocket. Seahawks keep rebuilding in second year of the Pete Carroll-John Schneider era 2011-09-08T01:12:13Z That morning Daisy had a serious rival in the field-kitchen, which like her was an unknown quantity, capable alike of ministering to the happiness of all, or of withholding that which was expected of it. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z You know where to find the criminal; but the moral coward is an unknown quantity. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z She had not even arranged for my box to be taken upstairs; and as for hot water, decently served meals, or proper waiting, they are simply unknown quantities. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Open champions, remain unknown quantities after a season of battling injuries. Wanted: young Americans to serve and volley 2011-08-13T01:49:38Z In the domestic arena the stress may not be so great as in recent times, but there are unknown quantities for United and City to consider with care. Both Manchester clubs are set to dominate the domestic scene 2011-08-05T22:04:01Z Here was, indeed, a problem in that unknown quantity, girl nature. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z The rocket, on the other hand, is still an unknown quantity. Atlantis heads home for farewell 2011-07-20T18:53:26Z The court heard Ms Donnison was later found to have taken a large but unknown quantity of sleeping tablets. Woman 'admitted killing children' 2011-07-12T14:01:52Z I tell you all women are deadly alike, in spite of the spurious philosophical cant which affects to stamp them as an unknown quantity, inscrutable, mysterious, and so forth. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z It appears as a kind of equation from which the unknown quantity must be found. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Why am I not like the other people in this section, with whom ignorance is bliss, grammar an unknown quantity, and culture a thing to be sneered at? The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z He is an unknown quantity in an unsettled field. The Huntsman Roadshow Opens For Business 2011-06-22T09:15:00Z Mainly, however, it has been redundant and for the vast majority of players involved in this year's draws the court conditions under the roof will be an unknown quantity, including six-times champion Roger Federer. Nadal set for under cover start at Wimbledon 2011-06-19T13:23:23Z Let X equal the unknown quantity, or rather let Mignon equal the unknown quantity. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z It's a little bit of an unknown quantity because it depends on... where we're able to get planning consent. Store hopes to create 4,000 jobs 2011-06-03T09:59:27Z So much for mental attainments and physical perfection, but in the domain of womanly emotions she is simply an unknown quantity—a latter-day sphinx, fresh and fair before drifting desert sands deface her. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Until Gutierrez gets at least a month under his belt back in the majors, he will remain an unknown quantity. What to do when David Aardsma, Franklin Gutierrez return to Mariners? A six-man bullpen looks good right now 2011-05-04T17:55:05Z Do you remember, in the arithmetic, when we came to the Rule of Three,--you seek the fourth unknown quantity, and first get the ratio, and then it goes! Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z In practice a certain number of these quantities are known in any given case; the unknown quantities are then found by the solution of an equation or equations. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Quade is a relatively unknown quantity, and doesn't have the national presence of his two predecessors. Quade keeping low profile with Cubs 2011-03-31T02:44:00Z As he stood there, a prey to increasing uneasiness, Napier had his further glimpse of one of the disintegrating effects of wartime: the unknown quantity in character. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z For some reason, Jane found it more difficult than ever to keep her mind on square roots and unknown quantities that morning. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z He may now benefit from being such a constant onlooker since he remains something of an unknown quantity, albeit a very orthodox and unassuming one. James Tredwell takes the spotlight after long winter in England's wings 2011-03-18T22:00:00Z The entire contents of the book is about God, heaven, salvation, and other equally unknown quantities, states and conditions. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z It is difficult to claim more for the story told by Junius than that it represents an unknown quantity of fact with various legendary additions. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z Grey Bird was a four-year-old, and had won a couple of minor races at Swamp Creek and Barragong, but so far as the big meetings were concerned he was an unknown quantity. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z Cassara was an unknown quantity, and a few key players transferred. Hofstra?s Charles Jenkins Stayed at Home and Stayed Focused 2011-03-05T05:50:07Z How this fun-making, fun-loving, story-telling nonsense rhymer could turn in a twinkling into the grave, precise “don” and discourse on rectangles, and polygons, and parallel lines, and unknown quantities was more than they could understand. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z We admit the unknown quantity of the universe; but we do not see the necessity of worshiping it. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z It is many years since he figured himself out of this unsatisfactory world, into a state of existence where vision is clearer even than mathematical demonstration, and where x does not "equal the unknown quantity." My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z When the number of unknown quantities exceeds the number of equations, the equations will admit of innumerable solutions, and are therefore said to be indeterminate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z IPv6 is still, in many respects, an unknown quantity in terms of security. Why the Internet Will Have Plenty of Space 2011-02-25T01:38:00Z I shouldn't dare to trust to an absolutely unknown quantity. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z This word loses its terror when we realize that it stands for an unknown quantity. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z The argument directed immediately at the value of gold of necessity involves consideration of the demand for gold, which, as a price-making factor, remains an unknown quantity. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Thus we have obtained a value of the unknown quantity y, in terms of the known quantities q and r; therefore the equation is resolved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z But that unknown quantity in her restrained him. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z The seven-time grand slam champion arrived in Melbourne last year as an unknown quantity, a wildcard still finding her feet in her second tournament back after quitting, disillusioned with the game, in May 2008. Henin happy to be in Melbourne after second layoff 2011-01-15T04:20:23Z But their ability to climb beyond the lower reaches of the top eight would seem to depend on the attacking potency of Shad Royston and Patrick Ah Van, both unknown quantities at this level. A winter of Super League comings and goings 2011-01-13T11:08:10Z HP's forthcoming tablet, meanwhile, is a completely unknown quantity, but the challenge will be the same: getting the developers on board. Tablet strategies, chip strategies, 3D TV, smart TV and MIAs 2011-01-10T10:36:30Z Indeterminate problems are of different orders, according to the dimensions of the equation which is obtained after all the unknown quantities but two have been eliminated by means of the given equations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The father, a Baron Grenwitz, is a nullity; the baroness, an unknown quantity, which I could not ascertain. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Whatever the Australians say, it cannot help them that Beer is a completely unknown quantity at this level. Australia find their own Fab Four 2010-12-19T07:59:03Z Because of a lack of continuity in October, the Heat enter the season as an unknown quantity. Winderman: It's not as easy as it looks for Heat 2010-10-23T05:47:00Z Paranormal Activity 2, thus far unseen by critics, is an unknown quantity, while Red, toplined by Bruce Willis, should attract an older demographic. Scorn Universal no more. Despicable Me wins more friends than The Social Network 2010-10-19T12:29:00Z The unknown quantity is Christensen, a cerebral player who sometimes seems nagged by self-doubt. Injuries Shake Up Rangers? Top Lines 2010-10-09T02:16:00Z Smith also knows the danger attached to any unknown quantity. Walter Smith warns Rangers not to think of Bursaspor as pushovers 2010-09-28T21:00:00Z But as a chief designer, she remains an unknown quantity. McQueen to Enter a New Season 2010-09-21T06:09:00Z Liechtenstein's notable lack of match action before the 4-0 loss to the world champions means they are already enough of an unknown quantity for Levein to be slightly edgy, before this mini-international incident. Craig Levein turns his anger from Lithuania to Liechtenstein 2010-09-04T20:59:00Z This whole unlikely project is aided by the niche they have developed in providing introductions to the Premier League for unknown quantities who turn out to have saleable talent. Premier League preview No 19: Wigan Athletic 2010-08-13T06:00:00Z Usually the teams relegated from the Premier League have a distinct advantage but Portsmouth and Hull are enduring off-field horrors and Burnley are an unknown quantity. The Championship 2010-11: What to expect from the coming season 2010-08-01T00:47:00Z “The four trucks were also accompanied by an unknown quantity of ANA uniforms to facilitate carrying out the attacks.” Inside the Fog of War: Reports From the Ground in Afghanistan 2010-07-26T01:50:00Z Now cast among the favorites after nearly failing to qualify last year, Argentina have the talent to go all the way but Maradona's players are an unknown quantity as a team. Time for Argentina to answer critics 2010-06-11T02:20:00Z The Australians will be potent behind the scrum but their front row is an unknown quantity following an injury crisis which has robbed Deans of his first-choice unit. Australia select 19-year-old James O'Connor for first Test 2010-06-10T09:19:00Z "This squad is an unknown quantity," is his summation. Argentina's Juan Sebasti?n Ver?n comes full circle at World Cup 2010 2010-06-09T06:01:00Z Brazil, who won the last of their five World Cups in South Korea and Japan in 2002, are in the toughest of the eight groups with Ivory Coast, Portugal and unknown quantity North Korea. A unique setting for a familiar battle 2010-06-07T10:32:00Z Asked how financial markets would react to his appointment, RBS' Walker said he was an unknown quantity. UK coalition plans seen surviving Laws' departure 2010-05-30T16:45:00Z All six of his rivals have raced at least twice, so none of them are unknown quantities, and none of them appear to offer a threat. Talking Horses: Daily racing blog 2010-04-26T11:04:00Z Miller's win-or-bust style means he's something of an unknown quantity, but when it works he's hot stuff - and he found some form to win the super combined in Wengen in January. 2010-02-11T06:53:00Z "It was an unknown quantity what he was actually going to look like in situ." 2010-01-13T00:38:00Z Analytically the elements are determined from these data by solving the four equations just given, regarding a, b, c and d as unknown quantities, and x, y, x′, y′ and t as given quantities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" And when it comes to driving in scores when they count, we predict that old Herman and his swatstick are going to be lamented. 170Keeper is more or less of an unknown quantity. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager I tremulously inquired, starting aside in some dismay at the prospect of encountering this unknown quantity of love and devotion. X Y Z A Detective Story "No more he is, nunky!" answered the Viscount, "but then, Lord, sir, Dalroyd is something of an unknown quantity, at all times." Our Admirable Betty A Romance Boys to Hamlen had been unknown quantities, creatures to be endured if necessary but avoided if possible, and Philip did much to raise the standard of his genus in the older man's mind. The Bachelors A Novel The actor had no social standing; he was no longer looked down upon, but he was an unknown quantity; he was, in short, an actor pure and simple. Life on the Stage We have learnt that the Tibetan has courage, but in other respects he is still an unknown quantity. The Unveiling of Lhasa Morality is an unknown quantity in the general calculation. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Mills of Somerville High came in as an unknown quantity, and took the broad jump with a leap of 20 ft. Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 There will be no fast time made in the quarter, and the race will furnish a good opportunity for a surprise by some unknown quantity. Harper's Round Table, June 11, 1895 It seems a difficult problem at this early date to name the winner, for there are so many unknown quantities to consider. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 These men are a good deal of an unknown quantity. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 After all, the welcome haven is in all probability a mere rough Boer homestead, the abode of dirt and fleas, a place wherein comfort is an unknown quantity. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Or did some wise people invent them, assigning certain letters to certain phases of thought, as mathematicians express unknown quantities by freely chosen algebraic exponents? Lectures on The Science of Language I expressed it thus: D-y=T+a?, or an unknown quantity. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance All these words are merely our puny euphemisms for X, the unknown quantity. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 The Somerville High nine is somewhat of an unknown quantity too. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 The ballot, which had made the voter independent of the influence of his landlord or his wealthy customer, had converted the power of the petticoat into a sort of unknown quantity. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. "How does the bear get caught?" asked Sparrer, to whom traps were an unknown quantity. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp The king, although seemingly in high spirits, was an unknown quantity, and before now there had been those in power who, with a smile on their lips, had sent doomed men to a scaffold. A Prince of Good Fellows The complexity of a woman’s character had been an unknown quantity to him. In the Brooding Wild Then we are after an unknown amount—an unknown quantity of doubloons. Doubloons—and the Girl In most of the operations of nature there is at least one unknown quantity; to find the exact value of this unknown factor is not so easy. A Year in the Fields "But I never yet found an X. Y. who would advance me the L. s.; and, therefore, I shall not be more respectful to X. Y. than to any other unknown quantity." The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 The father considered it for a moment, less with admiration than with curiosity: this daughter of his was an unknown quantity: he never could predicate what she would do or say. Brooke's Daughter A Novel He was an unknown quantity in the Eastern Division, for he belonged to a different army-corps; but military gossip gave a not very favourable account of him. Jena or Sedan? It is like, in algebra, solving an equation with two unknown quantities, by giving the value of one unknown quantity in terms of the other. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education That island was an unknown quantity, but still one which was destined to play a considerable part in the near future. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... There was a friend; here, immediately beneath me, an unknown quantity—the gardener: how to communicate with the one and not attract the notice of the other? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) The only unknown quantity was the spirit or gameness of us two. Gold "What's the little old idea!" asked the girl coldly, her eyes narrowing as she studied the other girl in detail and attempted to classify her into the known and unknown quantities of her world. Exit Betty I am thinking of much more human and familiar things, quite natural and inevitable as it seems, which make us feel that life is threaded through and through by the unknown quantity. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales What was he to do with this tough problem of unknown quantities? Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart The student will perhaps find the necessary condition expressed by the statement that "the number of independent equations must equal the number of unknown quantities." How to Study Judd, he knew, was just fairly fast; as for the others— "Two." —they were unknown quantities, except for one, the man called Jake. Hawk Carse It's an unknown quantity, so I want you to stand watch by it. The Passing of Ku Sui Without the unknown quantity life would be easier, perhaps, but certainly less interesting. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales The one has to do with right actions in this world; the other with unknown quantities in the next. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures Must each equation contain all the unknown quantities? How to Study While at a word or look children flocked to me like friendly puppies in response to a call, to Silvia they were still an unknown quantity. Our Next-Door Neighbors This panel is now the unknown quantity so far as I'm concerned, and I don't like unknown quantities; so I am asking you to show me where it is and how it works. The Passing of Ku Sui It is the sign of the unknown quantity, the sense of mystery and strangeness, that runs through human life. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales The "Q" boat, or mystery ship, has been surrounded by so much secrecy that to most people its very being is an unknown quantity. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships May some of these equations contain none of the unknown quantities? How to Study In the promotional stage of our business life we were solving problems made up of unknown quantities, problems for which the only angle of approach was found in the formula x+y=z. Higher Education and Business Standards And Toby––well, Toby was so far an unknown quantity in all things except his power of spending on drink the money he had never earned. The Twins of Suffering Creek The largeness and the smallness of the world amaze him; the mystery of life bewilders him; he is confused in the presence of the unknown quantity. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales There was such a note of necessity in his voice that they felt sure he didn't know how to deal, quite by himself, with this unknown quantity of a son. The Prisoner What would be the condition of things if there were fewer equations than unknown quantities? How to Study They could hardly wait for school to close, and over the pages of Greenleaf danced, those last two days, unknown quantities of fishing tackle, tents, and the regular regalia of a camping out-fit. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad It came to be the rule to eat in daylight for protection against the unknown quantity in the hardtack. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 Moreover, the railroad as a new and unknown quantity caused a feeling of uneasiness in all conservative circles. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses His blame was plentiful; his praise so rare as to be almost an unknown quantity. The First Violin A Novel What if there were more equations than unknown quantities? How to Study He was an unknown quantity to them, that most irritating of newcomers to a wild place, the man with a name preceding him. Valley of Wild Horses They had an established reputation of having never once been forced back or whipped, but the One Hundred and Thirty-second was new and, except as to numbers, an unknown quantity. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 Strategy is a game of wits, with many unknown quantities; as Napoleon and Nelson have said—and not they alone—the unforeseen and chance must always be allowed for. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles Because there could surely be but one such Grecian in Greek Street, or but one that realized the other conditions of the unknown quantity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 German ennui must be something as superlative as Barclay’s treble X, which, we suppose, implies an extremely unknown quantity of stupefaction. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Though productivity as a measure of maximum wages is more or less of an unknown quantity, it is none the less true that as this "unknown" fluctuates so the possibility of high wages fluctuates. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production His son and successor, William II, was less than thirty years old, a more or less unknown quantity, with little experience, but possessing a very strongly individual temperament. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers This wonderful new creature whom she adored was after all an unknown quantity, and Elizabeth was always afraid of the unknown. 'Lizbeth of the Dale How about the jury, that unknown quantity of capricious predilections? Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century Accordingly, when the evaluation of any factor is under consideration, its value as an unknown quantity can be determined to the extent that the values of the other pertinent factors are known. Sound Military Decision General culture was at that time an unknown quantity in the possibilities of Berlin Jewish life. Jewish Literature and Other Essays At the end of a week she regarded him as an unknown quantity. Juggernaut He prefers, as his pseudonym implies, to remain an unknown quantity. From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India What Consolidated Smelting represented, or what place it held in the market were unknown quantities to the Colonel. Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman The row of three quaint little brick houses here seem to be an unknown quantity to even some of the oldest inhabitants and nearest neighbors. A Portrait of Old George Town Leisure, my dear boy, has been an unknown quantity ever since I undertook to pilot this most inexorable young woman among the antiquities of our venerable city. A Princess in Calico The vast majority were to be found in schools where the standard of education, if not altogether an unknown quantity, was deplorably low. Lord John Russell For the second, the fact that he remained an unknown quantity was in his favour, if only that the unfamiliarity of reserve—mystery—never fails to appeal strongly to the minds of women—and savages. The Sign of the Spider "X"—because he was then the unknown quantity. 'All's Well!' For a time the well flowed forty thousand barrels of oil each day, and an unknown quantity of gas. Conservation Reader And I am tempted to believe that much of the mischief thus laid at the door of that poor unknown quantity Thinking is really due to its ubiquitous twin-brother Talking. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life Life was an unknown quantity—no man could gauge what moments were still left him. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Both were strong crews, and so was Johnson's, just behind—too strong, indeed, for Durend to feel very comfortable with an unknown quantity at his back. Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns Idly his pen traced upon the paper in front of him a large X, the sign of the unknown quantity. Uncanny Tales Krishna, destruction 1000 2468 years, representing really only 268 + 200 years, with an unknown quantity representing Aryan migrations and settlements in the Punjab. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Mrs. Willis had explained that her eldest daughter could help her more by "looking after" the impetuous Shirley and that unknown quantity, Sarah, than by remaining in the house to open the trunks and boxes. Rainbow Hill The word "Cosike" is an adjective that was used for a long time in Germany as equivalent to algebraic, being derived from the Italian cosa, which stood for the unknown quantity. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II I do entreat you to remember, you are dealing with an unknown quantity. The Mistress of Shenstone But how, in this case, to find out what was the unknown quantity? Uncanny Tales What Stephen might say or do was an entirely unknown quantity until it had actually taken place, and this attracted her on the instant, whether she was conscious of it or not. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution New Women and rational costumes have not yet penetrated to the depths of Copthorne, so their counter-poising ideal is to her an unknown quantity. When the Birds Begin to Sing An algebraic term for an equation in which the unknown quantity rises to two or more several powers. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. An unknown quantity estimated at several bushels was plowed under when wheat was sown shortly before we visited the tree in the fall of 1951. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 Though, it is true, there were many references in them, here and there, to X, the unknown quantity. Uncanny Tales And now here was Siebold himself, one of the surest batters in the team, facing the unknown quantity. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In For example, while there are advocates for the maintenance of pure strains, and the crossing of the Tamworth with both the black and white pigs, the large white Yorkshire is practically an unknown quantity. Australia, The Dairy Country In most small towns, and especially in farm houses, a furnace is an unknown quantity. The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers The danger I ran as clan-ensign of a nation marked for punishment was an unknown quantity to me. The Reckoning She overheard him once muttering something to himself about "the unknown quantity," and that made her think that he had been working too hard. Uncanny Tales The existing degree of acidity is an unknown quantity until a careful test has been made. Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement But if we say, indefinitely, “They say” “so and so,” there is a mysterious potency in the unknown quantity which leads, if not to universal belief, at least to universal transmission. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Now the actual amount of money lost may not have been great, but it had the irritating feature of being an unknown quantity and the additional vague risk of making all his winter work fruitless. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers He paid no attention to this, and, as he was still an unknown quantity in the country, which was new and thinly settled, he seemed sure to be killed. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado The future is not such a distressingly unknown quantity as it was then. Mary Ware's Promised Land She was thinking of a different kind of "unknown quantity." The Right Knock A Story Cream is an unknown quantity in this room. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's We had just ratified a treaty with China, after long obstinacy on their part, and Japan was still The Hermit Kingdom and the Mikado an unknown quantity. A Little Girl in Old New York For the amount of advertising that such a publisher is likely to do is an unknown quantity. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Its factors are for the most part unknown quantities; if not prime in themselves they are, at least, prime to each other. Flamsted quarries Tom, sober, silent and new among them, was an unknown quantity. Tom Slade on a Transport But no man can estimate the value of good blood in man or hoss—it's the unknown quantity that makes him ready to come again. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills Just how any man will act under excitement is an unknown quantity. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen For X, which, they said, always represented "an unknown quantity," they had prepared some express packages. Marjorie's Busy Days But if the number of those who suffered remains an unknown quantity, it is not difficult to approximate to the destructive power of the disturbances. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III He had the courage of his opinions, and none wiser than he when it was best to keep opinions an unknown quantity. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler The penalty of backsliding is not something unreal and vague, some unknown quantity which may be measured out to us disproportionately, or which perchance, since God is good, we may altogether evade. Natural Law in the Spiritual World Ned had invested an unknown quantity of gold-dust in a yard of diaper,—awfully coarse,—which, divided into four pieces, and fringed to match the tablecloth, he had placed napkin-wise in the tumblers. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 They were for sale at a price that was fair for their contents, and people were asked to buy them unopened, thus purchasing "an unknown quantity." Marjorie's Busy Days The unknown quantity asserted itself just at the moment when France, in spite of some successes, seemed to be deeply wounded by the loss of Toulon. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III We had now to tow this unknown quantity close upon a hundred yards across before we could gain the shore, and the hooked one was resisting all the time. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler The idea of a fighting establishment—the germ of standing armies—had never occurred to him: even the rudest form of civil government was strange to him—taxes, salaries, assessments, were all “unknown quantities.” Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States He had been brought up by three maiden aunts who thought that a man in the kitchen was out of his sphere, so the kitchen was an unknown quantity to him. Marcia Schuyler It's one of the unknown quantities to us. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation They counted upon the known when they measured their forces with those of revolutionary France; they could not count upon the unknown quantity which was to disturb all their calculations. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III It had no right, they said, at such a time, to make itself a negative expression or an unknown quantity in the Algebra which was to work out the great problem. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 But it was not that of a Goethe, who knows how to harmonize passion and intellect; it was that of a man in whom the former is an unknown quantity. Mary Wollstonecraft I shouldn’t like to trust myself to an unknown quantity like steam, but time will tell.” Marcia Schuyler IT seems a curiously contradictory fact that, although Englishwomen are on the whole greater readers than men, they are, as book-collectors or bibliophiles, an almost unknown quantity. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting The work includes linear equations with two unknown quantities, and easy quadratics. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals Therefore if, as unknown quantities, we call matter a and motion b, all we are entitled to affirm is that a + b = z, where z is a known quantity, or mind. Mind and Motion and Monism But the gentleman with the scar was an unknown quantity. The Lure of the Mask During these days the Commanding Officer was an unknown quantity as one never knew where he would next appear on the five-mile line. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 V.—The equation being given you are looking for the unknown quantity. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside In the Bakhṣālī manuscript above mentioned, the word śūnya, with the dot as its symbol, is used to denote the unknown quantity, as well as to denote zero. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals The Farmers' Alliance came in as allies of the Democracy, but, while they were an unknown quantity, they did not appear to be very dangerous. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The unknown quantity falls not within the terms of any equation to which man can reduce her. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy We will put it in the following proportion; let Ac equal acting length of fork, and x the unknown quantity; 28∶10.25 ∷ Ac∶x; the answer will be the theoretical impulse radius. An Analysis of the Lever Escapement Nature's charm was almost an unknown quantity to him, but it held him in close bonds to-night. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls That old lady was an Esquimaux whose age might be algebraically expressed as an unknown quantity. The World of Ice A. An unknown quantity to a lady after forty. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893 “Why, sir, you always said let x represent the unknown quantity, and—and x stands for ten—ten o’clock.” Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel We are going to search for the unknown quantity. Glyn Severn's Schooldays Beyond this a fourth nervous element of unknown quantity, the effect of the form of injury on the vaso-motor nerves accompanying the great vessels, must be taken into consideration. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre She even tried to get up an interest in the unknown quantities, whose values, Hamish assured her, were so easily discovered by the rules laid down in the book. Shenac's Work at Home He has always been rather an unknown quantity, and he is regarded by the powers as an enfant terrible. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 "As for the X, if you remember your algebra you know that letter stands for the unknown quantity." Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope Then, alas! the word “moderation” stands for an unknown quantity, easy to use but hard to define, since one man’s moderation may be another man’s excess, and to-day’s moderation may be an excess to-morrow. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found And now having reduced the visitors of the tables to an unknown quantity, I may disappear myself. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 Previous to 1902, before the arrival of the Danes, tobacco was an unknown quantity. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Likely enough, there is some great 'equation of the universe' where the value of the unknown quantities can be determined. Short Studies on Great Subjects And when you rise in the morning you have to say: "Here rises an unknown quantity which is still myself." Fantasia of the Unconscious In several elections they successfully traded their political assistance, an unknown quantity, for specific reform. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 Mrs. Herrick could only be near her, not with her, and Kerr was still an unknown quantity—except that he was fire. The Coast of Chance Boys and girls were at that time an unknown quantity to us, as were most of their sports and pastimes. Chatterbox, 1905. Among the aborigines thrift was an unknown quantity, and the scattered remnants of those tribes existing to-day are the same. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England Civilization was an unknown quantity, whereas the jungle was familiar to himself and his ancestors, and the fear transmitted by his ancestors was firmly emplanted in his mind. Civilization Tales of the Orient In those days, the big bags were risky and unknown quantities, and an ascent was something to talk about. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers On the other hand the Hearst papers and many others were antagonistic; the middle West at least is pro-German, and the South is an unknown quantity. On the Fringe of the Great Fight In many of these caves, sketches on bone, horn, and ivory have been found, remarkable for their clear and vigorous drawing at a time when art was an unknown quantity. Chatterbox, 1905. Some definite shape of what the object of a man's existence should be would in spite of all efforts mix itself with his algebra, and form an extra unknown quantity, still more elusive. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England She was an unknown quantity, which I would waste no time in studying, while the situation that opened bade me sharpen my wits. Everyman's Land In too many, indeed, Christian charity, even in a modified form, was an unknown quantity. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective These stresses will be unknown quantities, which the designer cannot take into account, and such a combination should if possible be avoided. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" In face of the coroner's instructions, they could bring in but one verdict; yet I knew from experience that a jury is ever an unknown quantity, often producing the most unexpected results. The Holladay Case A Tale The verification of Le Verrier's prediction affords even a more satisfactory proof of the necessarily conjectural character of astronomical computations of unknown quantities and distances. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity A Russian verst about night-fall, and under such conditions as I have endeavoured to point out to the reader, is an unknown quantity. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The strength of the enemy was an absolutely unknown quantity, unless one cared to rely on the figures found in the ordinary military statistics, which had probably been doctored by the Japanese. Banzai! by Parabellum Logic is an unknown quantity in the ordinary public estimation of women lecturers. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Joyce's moral sense was an unknown quantity in her present development. Joyce of the North Woods They were in the presence of an unknown quantity, the master of the Flying Ring. The Man Who Rocked the Earth But to compound the equation another unknown quantity of female force arose beside my mother's lamp. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times As he neared the heart of it, it, too, took on an unknown quantity more terrible than the bugaboo of the shadows and the dark. The Way of the Wind It would be time enough to invite Link's assistance, he thought, when Mrs. Bensusan—as yet an unknown quantity in the case—proved obstinate in replying to his questions. The Silent House They are the unknown quantity of the polar equation. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club |
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