| Herzog is known for making delphic pronouncements, and his words tend to be more pensive than the sweeping absolutes that architects like Koolhaas adopt. |
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| It is said of Sybil, the Delphic divinatory oracle of ancient Greece, that she asked for immortality but forgot to ask for youth. |
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| In addition to the two most famous Delphic exhortations, we have copies of inscriptions from two columns at the temple itself. |
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| Croesus asks the Delphic oracle what will happen if he attacks the Persians. |
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| At the same stage of his life, as soon as he attains manhood, Labda's son also goes off to consult the Delphic oracle. |
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| We should be careful, because the Delphic Oracle used cryptic answers that often left the inquisitor more confused than helped. |
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| Are we looking for a Delphic Oracle in the Scriptures, especially in Revelation? |
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| But that's still a lot of money, so what about disclosing instead of being Delphic? |
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| Nevertheless, through the Delphic oracle, the polis could ensure some, if ambiguous, assurance of the correctness of its religious discourse. |
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| Papal pronouncements concerning the war in Abyssinia in 1935-6 had been Delphic. |
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| Suggests that intoxicating nectar may have inspired the mantic states of maenads and the Delphic oracle in ancient Greece. |
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| But the jury with its customary Delphic clarity did not reveal precisely how they had come to that figure. |
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| The primary lesson we took from our Delphic oracle project is not the well-worn message that modern science can elucidate ancient curiosities. |
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| Reporters are given the odd Delphic comment and, using their political antennas, then pin the story together. |
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| The Delphic oracles responded to questions about the future by issuing prophecies. |
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| He's remained fairly Delphic about that and a number of other issues today. |
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| The second sentence of paragraph 41 of the Court's judgment is framed in not untypical Delphic terms. |
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| For instance, the Delphic oracle is said to have told Chaerephon that no man was wiser than Socrates. |
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| At least in recent years, statesmen have been reluctant to define national interests with anything other than Delphic ambiguity. |
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| Wherever a holy one of these Sibyls abided, it was sure that also a Delphic, Bacchic, Kabiric, Dactylic or Eleusinian Mystery existed. |
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| One knows not to question the wisdom of the Delphic seers, those voices of prescience whose cryptic counsels were so poorly interpreted by their clientele. |
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| The climactic moment of this final change is Asclepius's entry into Rome at the appeal of a Delphic oracle, who summons him to help this city against a devastating pestilence. |
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| At long last, those Delphic numbers get the scrutiny they deserve. |
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| I have to say that the document is Delphic to say the least. |
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| In dress he affected a purple robe with a golden girdle, bronze sandals, and a Delphic laurel-wreath, and in his manner he was grave and cultivated a regal public persona. |
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| If the person asking the question seems genuinely interested, he is happy to elaborate on this somewhat Delphic statement. |
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| In an ambient musical atmosphere poised between pleasure and dread, these formulations can take on Delphic power. |
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| The Delphic Youth Games project which unites dialogue among civilizations and the promotion of creativity was met with much interest. |
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| A proposal was presented that UNESCO could stimulate the dialogue through the organization of the Delphic Games. |
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| Know thyself' was the precept of the Delphic oracle which Socrates passed on to his followers. |
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| For the Delphic Oracle to perform, it must tangle itself in a web of predestination. |
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| It is worthwhile to visit the house of Angelos and Eva Sikelianou, which has been converted into the Museum of Delphic Feasts. |
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| With Delphic, user can manage their reports, dashboard and create targeted loyalty programs for their subscribers. |
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| The application Delphic utilize mainstream Open Source technology that ensures flexibility and reliability. |
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| He encourages the reader to wonder who was the Pythian priestess who interpreted the Delphic oracle, vent or dummy, spirit or medium? |
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| Such Delphic obscurity was not inspired by mere perverseness. |
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| This episode also brought out his most alarming and sometimes absurd characteristic, the Cassandra complex coupled with a penchant for Delphic utterance. |
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| Alan Greenspan, the former U. S. Federal Reserve Bank chairman, was a master of manipulation with his Delphic utterances, but instead of acknowledging what he was doing, he pretended that he was merely a passive observer. |
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| If you have any interpretive problems, we highly recommend you join the discussion of this series on Consimworld-www. Consimworld.com-where everything is answered and all becomes clear, albeit in Delphic fashion. |
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| Of the Greek festivals in honour of Apollo, the most curious was the octennial Delphic Stepterion, in which a boy reenacted the slaying of the Python and was temporarily banished to the Vale of Tempe. |
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| Perhaps the young king would appreciate his plan more if he was familiar with the renowned Delphic oracle where Pythia foretold the downfall of the great kingdom. |
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| The next delivery of Ukrainian dry and dessert wines to the Delphic Albion will be issued before the Christmas holidays in the amount of up to 20,000 bottles. |
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| Delphic Viewer is the solution develop by Sibyltel to analyze and interpret your data with scheduled or live reports, offering interactive graphics or tables to get an immediate insight. |
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| He telephoned airlines, government contacts and a whole host of pale, over-brushed acquaintances in the U.S. Consulate, who infuriated him with arch and Delphic answers. |
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