Commentators such as Leo Strauss have gone so far as to name Machiavelli as the deliberate originator of modernity itself.

Commentators such as Quentin Skinner and J. G. A.

Commentators such as Paul Kocher, John D. Rateliff and C. W. Sullivan encourage readers to treat the works separately, both because The Hobbit was conceived, published, and received independently of the later work, and also to prevent the reader from having false expectations of tone and style dashed.

Commentators observed the failures and some air forces, such as the Luftwaffe, concentrated their efforts upon direct support of the troops.

Commentators argued traditional banking regulation contained the “ seeds of its own destruction ” by “ distorting competition ” and “ creating gaps between cost and price .” In particular, by establishing “ cartel profits ” traditional bank regulation led nonbank competitors to develop products that could compete with bank deposits and loans to gain part of such profits.

Commentators such as Stephanus of Byzantium suggest that this Aithaia was in Laconia, thus indicating a large-scale uprising in the region.

Commentators have assembled these into various possible translations ( such as " Iron Star-flame " or " Iron of the Flaming Star "), but Tolkien did not give a definitive translation.

Commentators such as Barlow ( 1994 ) have argued that digital copyright is fundamentally different and will remain persistently difficult to enforce ; others such as Stallman ( 1996 ) have argued that the Internet deeply undermines the economic rationale for copyright in the first place.

Commentators, such as the historian Richard Pipes, the philosopher Michael Polanyi, and the economists such as Paul Craig Roberts or Sheldon L. Richman, have argued that War communism was actually an attempt immediately to eliminate private property, commodity production and market exchange, and in that way to implement communist economics, and that the Bolshevik leaders expected an immediate and large scale increase in economic output.

Commentators ascribed her victory to a strong personal vote, decisive in a campaign dominated by issues such as the Iraq war, criticism of Tony Blair and a leap in council tax caused by periodic revaluation of property values.

Commentators note that people who have a low body image will try to alter their bodies in some way, such as by dieting or undergoing cosmetic surgery.

Commentators often use the term " exceptionalism " to describe surprising developments in economic progress, such as the economic growth of post-World War II Western Europe or the ability of Sweden to generate small-business growth while maintaining high levels of taxation.

Commentators noted that many of the facts of such incidents seemed to change, often with exaggerated media reports.

Commentators wondered if the Jets ' huge margin of victory was a way of retaliating against the Bucs for such poor sportsmanship, but the Jets and their coaches denied that there had been any conscious effort to run the score up.

Commentators have posited that such a " hostile " approach to the issues of church and state were a substantial cause of the breakdown of democracy and the onset of civil war.

Commentators such as Tim Watson claimed that Ablett had " become obsessed with the whole idea of going out there and being the best player " in order to win the Brownlow Medal.

Commentators such as Clare Dyer ( journalist at The Guardian ) have spoken of a legal aid ' crisis ' in regard to trainees.

Commentators argue that Husserl's notion of noema has nothing to do with Frege's notion of sense, because noemata are necessarily fused with noeses which are the conscious activities of consciousness.

Commentators have also critiqued studies that purport to furnish empirical evidence for Cultural Theory, particularly survey studies, which some argue reflect unreliable measures of individual attitudes and in any case explain only a modest amount of the variance in individual perceptions of risk.

Commentators also argue that by forcing urban voters out into the rural areas the cities will be de-populated of MDC supporters thus enabling the government to re-populate the shanty town areas with Zanu-PF supporters.

Commentators have claimed that technological innovation will significantly reduce the demand for same-day parcel delivery, predicting that the fax machine, and then the internet, would render the messenger business obsolete.

Commentators have read various messages in the incident: a reflection of struggles between priestly factions in the post – Exilic period ( Gerstenberger ); or a warning against offering incense outside the Temple, where there might be the risk of invoking strange gods ( Milgrom ).

Commentators, as early as the Classical era, on have excused Noah ’ s excessive drinking because he was considered to be the first wine drinker, the first person to discover the soothing, consoling, and enlivening effects of wine.

Commentators could be heard saying " No man can take this kind of punishment!

Greenspan did not deny that the government might act to “ manage an orderly liquidation ” of a large financial “ intermediary ” in a crisis, but he suggested only insured creditors would be fully repaid, that shareholders would be unprotected and that uninsured creditors would receive less than full payment through a discount or “ haircut .” Commentators pointed to the 1990 failure of Drexel Burnham Lambert as suggesting “ too-big-to-fail ” considerations need not force a government rescue of creditors to a failing investment bank or other nonbank, although Greenspan had pointed to that experience as questioning the ability of firewalls to isolate one part of a financial firm from the rest.

Commentators have argued that for storyline purposes, the Star Trek directive is broken almost as much in that franchise as intentional intervention occurs in Banks ' universe, but the Star Trek characters have to be described as trying to not intervene, whereas Banks can let his characters act purposefully.

Commentators have argued that a standard methodology is needed to present an accurate picture of performance, to make individual private equity funds comparable and so the asset class as a whole can be matched against public markets and other types of investment.

Commentators in taxation law speculate " that profits made in virtual worlds could be taxable even before they are withdrawn as dollars.

Commentators began to discuss the serious possibility that Latham could be Prime Minister by the end of the year.

This can be commented on by the Consultees and Commentators.

' Commentators, however, noted that the recurring use of ' special partnership ' by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs could be signaling an effort to recast terms.

Commentators expected that a referendum would not be held until after the next General Election, which was expected to take place in 2005.

Commentators have stated that among older footballers there is opposition against artificial turf, but that long Norwegian winters cause pitches to be extremely bad during the early parts of the season.

Commentators expected Australia to be easily defeated, being described as " the weakest squad ever to come to these shores ".

Commentators disagree whether or not these adapters should be considered part of the ESB.

Commentators attributed the result to dissatisfaction with some elements of Kennedy's leadership and a belief amongst MPs that the role of party chairman should be more that of a backbenchers ' ' shop steward ' and less under the influence of the leadership.

Commentators on the Qur ' an, like Ibn Kathir are of the opinion that this verse could also be referring to the poor-due mentioned in Sura 6: 141 which states " pay the due thereof on the day of their harvest.

Commentators regarded Gilligan as too naive and easy-going to be effective in the role.

Commentators have published more detailed maps of the location and a modern aerial view of the region can be found on Google Maps.

Commentators have suggested that the state secrets privilege might be used as often to prevent disclosure of embarrassing facts as to protect legitimate secrets.

Commentators on the Qur ' an remark on the last verse that Mary was as close to a perfect woman as there could be, and she was devoid of almost all failings.

Commentators have suggested that the injustice of demolishing a structure seen by the owner as legal could be designed to whip up anger against the MDC elected City Council, thus compromising the MDC's support base in the urban areas.

Commentators of the Qur ' an agree that Muslims should always be willing and ready to negotiate peace with the other party without any hesitation.