Dawkins considers temporary agnosticism an entirely reasonable position, but views permanent agnosticism as " fence-sitting, intellectual cowardice.

Second, the clearly pro-Serbian position Russia had been forced to take in the conflict, mainly due to Bulgaria's uncompromising aggressiveness, caused a permanent break-up between the two countries.

By September 1538 Calvin had taken up his new position in Strasbourg, fully expecting that this time it would be permanent ; a few months later, he applied for and was granted citizenship of the city.

He sold two cartoons to the Bystander in 1919 but was unable to secure a permanent position.

In 2000 Jobs took the CEO position as a permanent assignment.

The position became permanent on 8 March 1949, when the first government was formed.

In 1810, a number of Presbyterian congregations and ministers, ejected by Kentucky Synod for their pro-revival position and their relaxation of ordination requirements in a frontier setting, formed the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination, although they never intended the split to be permanent.

From 1947 Nevanlinna had a chair in the University of Zurich, which he held on a half-time basis after receiving in 1948 a permanent position as one of the 12 salaried Academicians in the newly created Academy of Finland.

This is achieved with a solenoid operating a ratchet and cam mechanism, or by having two opposing coils with an over-center spring or permanent magnet to hold the armature and contacts in position while the coil is relaxed, or with a remanent core.

It was similar to the divine right in that it placed the ruler in a divine position, as the link between Heaven and Earth, but it differed from the divine right of kings in that it did not assume that the connection between a dynasty and the state was permanent.

On the checkpoints at the shorter cross streets, the barriers are typically kept in a permanent " emergency " position, and only vehicles with special permits are allowed to pass.

During the academic year 1886-1887, Wilson was a visiting lecturer at Cornell University, but failed to gain a permanent position.

This position of dominance was short-lived, as Wiglaf returned and restored Mercian independence in 830, but the expansion of Wessex across south-eastern England proved permanent.

After World War I, as full-scale formal weddings began to be desired by the mothers of brides who did not have a permanent social secretary, the position of the " wedding planner " who could coordinate the printer, florist, caterer, seamstress, began to assume importance.

In 1882 Jacques-Arsène d ' Arsonval and Marcel Deprez developed a form with a stationary permanent magnet and a moving coil of wire, suspended by fine wires which provided both an electrical connection to the coil and the restoring torque to return to the zero position.

Concluding that this person was the conqueror of Lycia in 546, Fellows conjectured that Harpagos had been made permanent satrap of Lycia for his services ; moreover, the position was hereditary, creating a Harpagid Dynasty.

Although either duty can be performed by anyone who is regarded as qualified by the congregation, at most well-established mosques imam khatib is a permanent ( part-time or full-time ) position.

The permanent magnetic field holds the hammer spring in stressed, ready to strike position.

In 1964, on the recommendation of Althusser and Jean Hyppolite, Derrida got a permanent teaching position at the École Normale Supérieure, which he kept until 1984.

Wiener was unable to secure a permanent position at Harvard, a situation he blamed largely on anti-semitism at the university and in particular on the antipathy of Harvard mathematician G. D. Birkhoff.

All sound and lighting features and their cabling and wiring have to be held in a safe position, above both the stage and the auditorium, and therefore require specialist temporary and permanent fittings to be installed.

US diplomatic pressure to bring Iraq to compliance quickly created a diplomatic crisis in the UN, where some were in agreement with the US position, while others dissented, notably the permanent security council members France, Russia and the People's Republic of China, and fellow NATO members Germany and Belgium.

In France, vice-amiral is the most senior of the ranks in the French Navy ; higher ranks, vice-amiral d ' escadre and amiral, are permanent functions, style and position ( in French rang et appellation ) given to a vice-amiral-ranking officer.

In 2002, Tailer was announced as a permanent member of Overkill, although not on bass guitar, but filling the vacant guitarist position.

In the following year he became provisional Principal of the Theological College of Saint Thomas ( from which he had just graduated ), and in 1903 his appointment was made permanent.

The island then was not the popular tourist destination it later became ; the author George Woodbury described it as " no city of homes ; it was a place of temporary sojourn and refreshment for a literally floating population ," continuing, " The only permanent residents were the piratical camp followers, the traders, and the hangers-on ; all others were transient.

A temporary conservation laboratory was set up in May 1920 and became a permanent department in 1931.

Thus permanent building societies quickly became mortgage banks and in such institutions there always existed a conflict of interest between borrowers and savers.

Those voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the process of Spanish colonization, which foreshadowed the general European colonization of what became known as the " New World ".

When Nevada became a state in 1864 during the Civil War, Carson City was confirmed as Nevada's permanent capital.

These are marketed under the name Throwback and became " permanent " products on the lineup.

The Royal Netherlands Navy also used the rank of commandeur from the end of the 16th century for a variety of temporary positions, until it became a conventional permanent rank in 1955.

Although the CCC was probably the most popular New Deal program, it never became a permanent agency.

Wright became a permanent member in 1959, making the " classic " Quartet's personnel complete.

It quickly became popular on campus, with a permanent course laid out in 1970.

Although both it and Leinster House were intended to be temporary, they became the permanent homes of parliament from then on.

The throwback uniform became the team's permanent alternate jersey in 2009, replacing the former black alternate.

They were organized around the year 1729 to fill out the army and make it look larger in battle, armed only with banners. Dahomey female soldiers The women reportedly behaved so courageously they became a permanent corps.

The stadium later became known simply as Wembley Stadium and it became England's permanent home stadium during the 1950s.

During the run of Patience, Carte built the large, modern Savoy Theatre, which became the partnership's permanent home.

On October 16, 1997, Engdahl became a member of the Swedish Academy, elected to seat number 17 vacated by the death of Johannes Edfelt ; on June 1, 1999, he succeeded Sture Allén as the Academy's permanent secretary, i. e. its executive member and spokesperson.

Settlement became increasingly permanent and intensive.

La Isabela, which became the first permanent European settlement in the Americas.

He became a permanent major on 1 August 1917 and was again promoted acting lieutenant-colonel, this time confirmed as Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, on 15 October.

The budget deficit became permanent and intractable, averaging about 10 percent of the gross domestic product ( GDP ), higher than any other industrial country.

The number of foreign nationals who became legal permanent residents ( LPRs ) of the U. S. in 2009 as a result of family reunification ( 66 %) exceeded those who became LPRs on the basis of employment skills ( 13 %) and for humanitarian reasons ( 17 %).