Man vs. Time is the conflict in literature where a character is constrained by time or time is directly conflicting with the character's goal.
The television series 24 could be regarded as an ideal example of this conflict.
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man fears time, but time fears the pyramids — Arab proverb. The ‘learned Arab of the twelfth century’ (quot. 1923). has not been identified. 1876 E. RECLUS et al. Earth and Its Inhabitants 401 ‘All things fear time,’ says the Arab proverb, ‘but time fears the pyramids’. 1923 G. CAROTTI… … Proverbs new dictionary
Spider-Man: Big Time — Big Time Cover to The Amazing Spider Man #648. Art by Humberto Ramos. Publisher Marvel Comics Publ … Wikipedia
Spider-Man: Big Time — «Успех» «Big Time» … Википедия
time — ► NOUN 1) the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future, regarded as a whole. 2) a point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon. 3) the favourable or appropriate moment to do… … English terms dictionary
Time (Unix) — time is a command in the Unix operating systems. It is used to determine the duration of execution of a particular command.UsageTo use the command, simply precede any command by the word time, such as:time lsWhen the command completes, time will… … Wikipedia
Time Is Passing — Chanson par The Who extrait de l’album Odds and Sods (édition de 1998) Sortie 12 avril 1971 Durée 3:31 Genre Rock Parolier … Wikipédia en Français
Time (Unix) — time ist ein Kommando auf Unix Betriebssystemen. Es wird dazu verwendet, um die Ausführungsdauer eines bestimmten anderen Kommandos zu messen. Um es zu benutzen wird das Wort time einfach vor das zu messende Kommando gestellt. Ein Beispiel ist:… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Time binding — can refer to * human progress as seen from the perspective of general semantics, an educational discipline created by Alfred Korzybski in the 1930s In Korzybski s framework time binding is the third level in a progression of bindings. Energy… … Wikipedia
Time Commander — Superherobox| caption= character name=Time Commander real name=John Starr publisher=DC Comics debut= The Brave and the Bold #59 (April May 1965) creators=Bob Haney Ramona Fradon alliances= aliases= supports= powers=Is able to travel through time… … Wikipedia
Time (magazine) — Infobox Magazine title = TIME image size = 200px image caption = Time s first cover (March 3 1923) editor = Richard Stengel editor title = Editor frequency = Weekly circulation = 3,400,000 per week [… … Wikipedia
