Although the history of the Big Apple was once thought a mystery, research over the past two decades, primarily by amateur etymologist Barry Popik and Gerald Cohen of Missouri University of Science and Technology, has provided a reasonably clear picture of the term's history.

The central role of syntax within theoretical linguistics became clear only in the 20th century, which could reasonably be called the " century of syntactic theory " as far as linguistics is concerned.

Exactly when his chronology was reasonably well established is not clear, but by 1825 visitors to the museum were being instructed in his methods.

* Objects to, or refuses to participate in, any activity, policy or practice which the employee reasonably believes: is in violation of a law, or a rule or regulation issued under the law, or, if the employee is a licensed or certified health care professional, constitutes improper quality of patient care ; is fraudulent or criminal ; or is incompatible with a clear mandate of public policy concerning the public health, safety or welfare or protection of the environment.

According to some sources, the older man was expected to function as a kind of substitute father and role model to his junior partner ; however, others believe it was reasonably certain that they had sexual relations ( the exact nature of Spartan pederasty is not entirely clear ).

If the shoreline was reasonably clear the canoe could be ' tracked ' or ' lined ', that is, the canoemen would pull the canoe on a rope while one man stayed onboard to keep it away from the shore.

She concludes that CCTV surveillance should therefore be reserved for specific circumstances in which there are clear and reasonably demonstrated benefits to its implementation and few ethical compromises.

This is reasonably clear in the case of face-to-face communication.

Of those, only a handful — less than 0. 1 %— can be pointed to as reasonably clear examples of games that probably would have ended differently under standard rules.

Generally speaking we can safely conclude as follows regarding the law in Australia: where it is clear on the evidence that a private citizen, or security officer, in detaining a suspect, acted reasonably and the suspect unreasonably, then it is likely that the court will find in favour of the citizen or security officer and against the suspect if that suspect chooses, later, to sue the citizen for assault or false imprisonment.

Reputable firms of this type are typically marked by clear contract terms, lack of excessive fees, retail prices comparable to those from commercial printers, lack of pressure to purchase " extra " services, contracts that do not claim exclusive rights to the work being published ( though one would be hard pressed to find a legitimate publisher willing to put out a competing edition, making nonexclusivity meaningless ), and honest indications of what services they will and won't provide, and what results the author may reasonably expect.

Zack calls her " Sis " in the series premiere ( which she hates and makes it very clear he is never to do ) and they seem to have a reasonably nice home in San Francisco, California, which is where ACME Headquarters is based.

One may be reasonably clear what ' science ' means in the 19th century and most of the 18th century.

:::( 2 ) If any arrestor attempts to arrest a suspect and the suspect resists the attempt, or flees, or resists the attempt and flees, when it is clear that an attempt to arrest him or her is being made, and the suspect cannot be arrested without the use of force, the arrestor may, in order to effect the arrest, use such force as may be reasonably necessary and proportional in the circumstances to overcome resistance or to prevent the suspect from fleeing: Provided that the arrestor is justified in terms of this section in using deadly force that is intended or is likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm to a suspect, only if he or she believes on reasonable grounds -

A strategy is to draw a clear distinction between the logical model ( in which surrogate keys do not appear ) and the physical implementation of that model, to ensure that the logical model is correct and reasonably well normalised, and to ensure that the physical model is a correct implementation of the logical model.

" With these ideas kicking around in his head, and when " it became clear that 3000 had sold reasonably well ," DC editor Dick Giordano then asked Bolland what project he wanted to work on next.

Although the way in which the Iapetus Ocean evolved and disappeared in the Paleozoic is reasonably well understood, the geodynamics of its origin are less clear.

Thirty years later, Brown revisited the issue in an introductory text for the general public, writing that in " three reasonably clear instances in the NT 1: 8-9, John 1: 1, 20: 28 and in five instances that have probability, Jesus is called God ", a usage Brown regarded as a natural development of early references to Jesus as " Lord ".

“ In the ordinary course a police officer is free to ask a person for identification without implicating the Fourth Amendment .” Since Terry, it has been clear that a police officer who reasonably suspects that a person is involved in criminal activity may detain a person long enough to dispel that suspicion.

The arrangement of the armies and the tactics used, usually neglected by traditional Chinese histories, are reasonably clear.

As other universities in China, there is not a clear and reasonable rule on how personnel can move reasonably, people have to leave the university without official approval.

However, it is not clear what " relatively small " should mean, for example polyploidy in plants is a reasonably common large genetic change.

Since it is warm year-round and reasonably clear it is very heavily used on the weekends for dive training, with programs such as the University of Utah Scuba Program.

Though subsequent non-fiction accounts of Katherine, including those by historians Alison Weir and Jeanette Lucraft, make clear that Seton's various speculations were partly and sometimes significantly incorrect, the novel does provide the reader with a reasonably accurate view of medieval England, life at court, and the lives of women in the 14th century, along with intelligent and sensitive glimpses of Chaucer, Katherine's brother-in-law.

And, given probable public attitudes -- about which reasonably good estimates can be made -- what action is called for to insure necessary support??

But we can say that since a writing poet, with leisure before him, would seem unlikely to invent a technique based upon frequent and substantial circumlocution, the kennings like the epithets must reasonably be ascribed to an oral tradition.

Hot dogs and hamburgers are both based on traditional German dishes, brought by German immigrants to the United States, but in their modern popular form they can be reasonably considered American dishes.

Septic tanks can operate entirely by gravity, and if well managed, are reasonably safe.

If the software works as intended and without issues during normal use, one can reasonably extrapolate the same level of stability in production.

Balsall Heath initially had a reasonably affluent population, which can still be seen in the dilapidated grandeur of some of the larger houses.

" Even some complex " medical devices " ( see below ) can reasonably be deemed " biotechnology " depending on the degree to which such elements are central to their principle of operation.

Because reasonably precise guidance on almost every issue, parties ( especially commercial parties ) can predict whether a proposed course of action is likely to be lawful or unlawful.

The particular characteristics of this ideal observer can vary from an omniscient observer, who would grasp all the consequences of any action, to an ideally informed observer, who knows as much as could reasonably be expected, but not necessarily all the circumstances or all the possible consequences.

The first event in West Saxon history, the date of which can be regarded as reasonably certain, is the baptism of Cynegils, which occurred in the late 630s, perhaps as late as 640.

Phrased another way: young males ( who make up the vast majority of combatants in civil wars ) are less likely to join a rebellion if they are getting an education and / or have a comfortable salary, and can reasonably assume that they will prosper in the future.

Typically, these damages cannot be recovered unless the plaintiff can prove that they are reasonably likely to occur.

An ellipse of low eccentricity can be represented reasonably accurately by a circle with its centre offset.

The Michigan Mental Health Code provides that a person " whose judgment is so impaired that he or she is unable to understand his or her need for treatment and whose continued behavior as the result of this mental illness can reasonably be expected, on the basis of competent clinical opinion, to result in significant physical harm to himself or herself or others " may be subjected to involuntary commitment, a provision paralleled in the laws of many other jurisdictions.

Public and institutional collections and services may be intended for use by people who choose not to — or cannot afford to — purchase an extensive collection themselves, who need material no individual can reasonably be expected to have, or who require professional assistance with their research.

Neither of the previous methods, nor palpation, can give a reasonably accurate idea of the age of the fetus, while an ultrasound procedure can.

Historically, hunting bows usually had draw weights of, which is enough for all but the very largest game and which most reasonably fit adults can manage with practice.

If one accepts that Luke was in fact the author of the Gospel bearing his name and also the Acts of the Apostles, certain details of his personal life can be reasonably assumed.

" For example, a business person can be reasonably assured of predicting a decision where the facts of his or her case are sufficiently similar to a case decided previously.

A field, practice, or body of knowledge can reasonably be called pseudoscientific when it is presented as consistent with the norms of scientific research, but it demonstrably fails to meet these norms.

Around 3-12 items can be reasonably accommodated in a radial layout, but additional items past that tend to counteract the benefits of using pie menus in the first place.

Adobe only supports Windows and Macintosh versions of Photoshop, but using Wine, Photoshop CS5 can run reasonably well on Linux.

The flight plans must be kept reasonably current but can operate to a latency of seconds.

In terms of the two strands of social epistemology, Fuller is more sensitive and receptive to this historical trajectory ( if not always in agreement ) than Goldman, whose self-styled ' veritistic ' social epistemology can be reasonably read as a systematic rejection of the more extreme claims associated with Kuhn and Foucault.