For two years now, that basic, terrestrial formula was enough to make Angry Birds the de facto king of mobile gaming, and a stand-in for a casual gaming revolution that was gripping phone users and proving a full-fledged commercial phenomenon.
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Even when Symbian was the de facto king of the smartphones, it never gained a solid foothold in the US. Developers flocked to iOS, and to a lesser extent the nascent Android platform, even though numerically in those days Symbian was the larger platform.
For them, old units like the pied de Roi (King's Foot) kept people chained to ignorance and superstition, and had to be swept away for Reason to take hold.
Benzema did not play in Real Madrid's victory over archrivals FC Barcelona last Tuesday in the semifinals of Spain's Copa de Rey, or King's Cup, but the club spokesman said that was a decision of coach Jose Mourinho and was unrelated to the alleged traffic violation.
In the wider world he became known, through his chairmanship of De Beers, as the king of diamonds, and was a presence on lists of the richest people.
Trying to preserve her youth, Diane de Poitiers, mistress of French King Henry II, died from drinking gold.
Ashfield MP Gloria De Piero said the move by King's Mill Hospital near Mansfield to impose the charges was "not fair".
The Dutch engraver Johann Theodore de Bry's "Gabonese King Receiving Europeans" (1599) depicts a pair of bemused, elaborately dressed European explorers, before the nude king and queen of Gabon and surrounded by their gesticulating subjects, also nude.
There were no preliminary signs of foul play and no obvious injuries on King's body, De Anda said.
As a make-up artist, Mr Swords King has brought King Kong and the Marquis de Sade to life on screen.
T-shirt, Mr Gates is as much a character in the television films as the characters he discusses: King Solomon or Don Francisco de Souza, Ivory Coast's most notorious slave trader.
Miguel Primo de Riveria, seized control in Spain with the approval of King Alfonso XIII.
The Swans were thankful again to De Vries on the hour when he had to push away King's 20-yard free kick before Alan Tate blocked a Jutkiewicz effort.
Affianced to the lovely Imoinda, the warrior prince Oroonoko, heir to a west African throne, is obliged to suffer the king his grandfather's insistence on his droit de seigneur.
The fastest rider on each course is dubbed KOM, for King of the Mountain, a term borrowed from the Tour de France.
The yellow-brown diamond in a fire rose cushion cut was purchased from De Beers by a group led by Henry Ho of Thailand and given to Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in honor of his 50th coronation anniversary.
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Kelly -- who was a juror in King's lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles in 1994 -- told police King was an "avid swimmer, " but that she was not, De Anda said.
Isabelle Adjani plays Margot, the suspiciously close sister of the King of France (Jean-Hugues Anglade), the daughter of Catherine de Medici (an iron-willed Virna Lisi), and the unwilling wife of Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil).
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (1599 - 1660) was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain, and is best known for his portraits of the royal family, including his masterpiece, Las Meninas.
Rafael Spottorno, head of the king's household, said the 43-year-old Duke of Palma de Mallorca - a former Olympic handball player - had agreed with the palace that he would not take part in official duties for the foreseeable future.
In Mr. Gomes's showcase, Jorma Elo's awkwardly titled "Still of King, " the dancer looked ballet-classical in uncredited costuming of cream tights and crepe-de-chine "Romantic" shirt, but the classic costume design turned out to be a gag for the choreographer.
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