It is often stated that Copernican astronomy is ' simpler ' than Ptolemaic.

It is often stated that the largest snakes require five years to attain maturity, but this apparently is an overestimation.

It is often stated that the submarine can be destroyed while building, at bases, in transit, and on station.

Here again laboratory approaches are being evolved, for it is recognized how `` elastic '' these readings can be, how they can apply to many people, and are often stated in general terms all too easily applied to any individual's own case.

Until the late 19th century, the axiom of choice was often used implicitly, although it had not yet been formally stated.

It is often stated that a unit of alcohol is supplied by a small glass of wine, half a pint of beer, or a single measure of spirits.

* It is often stated that the Texas flag is the only state flag that can be flown at the same height as the American flag, because of Texas's former status as a nation.

It is stated often that Hurst's hat-trick is technically a " perfect hat-trick ", as he scored with his head, right foot and left foot.

When referring to disk storage capacities it usually means 10 < sup > 9 </ sup > bytes, often stated explicitly on the manufacturer's permanent sticker.

Although haiku are often stated to have 17 syllables, this is inaccurate as syllables and on are not the same.

" Wright further stated that " cocaine is often the direct incentive to the crime of rape by the Negroes of the South and other sections of the country ," even though there was no evidence to support this claim.

A 2006 article stated that contemporary psychologic research often did not reflect substantial recent developments in psychometrics and " bears an uncanny resemblance to the psychometric state of the art as it existed in the 1950s.

In March 2010, in an essay defending Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel, Hogan stated that the mainstream history of the Holocaust includes " claims that are wildly fantastic, mutually contradictory, and defy common sense and often physical possibility.

As a part of marketing, modern ahistoric blade styles and material properties are often stated as traditional and genuine, promulgating disinformation.

He stated that he had often reflected on this verse, which represented the Emperor Meiji's desire for peace, a desire that he shared.

Von Trier has stated he was inspired to make a trilogy about the United States as a reaction to Americans at the Cannes film festival who said he had no right to make the Dancer in the Dark, which was often viewed as being critical of a country he has never been to ( and has no intention of ever visiting, due to his phobia of travel ); however, von Trier himself has stated in interviews he did not intend it to be a criticism of America, saying the film takes place in a " fictional America ".

Larger numbers are often stated in English or numbers instead of Greek.

Earlier it was stated that, " if plasma is pushed hard enough, it generates electric fields which allow it to move in response to the push, often ( not always ) deforming the magnetic field in the process.

It is often mistakenly stated that there are no human characters in the film ; the character Abi is a human.

Similarly, the modern economic argument for capitalism, and most modern forms of economics, was often stated in the form of " public virtue from private vices.

Critics have also stated that proponents of psychological egoism often confuse the satisfaction of their own desires with the satisfaction of their own self-regarding desires.

Everyday pressures are often stated in kilopascals ( 1 kPa

Indeed, God's word often prescribed important roles of authority for women ; the Complete Body of Divinity stated that

Although a contraption at Stephansplatz in Hamburg is now thought to have predated them by two years, it has often been stated that the first traffic lights in Continental Europe were erected at Potsdamer Platz on 20 October 1924, in an attempt to control the sheer volume of traffic passing through.

He explains that there are sometimes honorable courtiers, but that too often a man who succeeds at court does not hesitate to sacrifice his Sovereign and nation to his own avarice and ambition.

Eric Brousseau has argued in his recent award winning book on Liguria that Roman foreign policy towards Liguria was often determined by domestic politics and the personal ambition of individual Roman commanders, transforming Liguria into one of the most exciting regions in Roman Italy.

< p > just as Plato was wont to say often to Xenocrates the philosopher, who had the reputation of being rather morose in his disposition, " My good Xenocrates, sacrifice to the Graces ," so if Marius could have been persuaded to sacrifice to the Greek Muses and Graces, he would not have put the ugliest possible crown upon a most illustrious career in field and forum, nor have been driven by the blasts of passion, ill-timed ambition, and insatiable greed upon the shore of a most cruel and savage old age .</ p >

The myth shares thematic similarities with that of Phaëton — both are usually taken as tragic examples of hubris or failed ambition — and is often depicted in art.

Davies is often at his most affecting when he sings of giving up worldly ambition for the simple rewards of love and domesticity (" This is Where I Belong ", 1966 ; " Two Sisters ", 1967 ; " The Way Love Used to Be ", 1971 ; " Sweet Lady Genevieve ", 1973 ; " You Make It All Worthwhile ", 1974 ), or when he extols the consolations of friendship and memory (" Days ", 1968 ; " Do You Remember Walter?

While Cavendish often speaks of her writing in metaphors of domestic or stereotypically feminine activities, here she attempts to excuse her desire for fame by distancing her ambition from the feminine.

She remarks that it is an honour for someone of great ambition ( as she has often identified herself ) to share the disease of such wise and eloquent men.

His immediate resignation of his absolute authority with the end of the crisis has often been cited as an example of outstanding leadership, service to the greater good, civic virtue, lack of personal ambition and modesty.

Though Dilton often spends much of his time in his lab, he has a secret ambition to be a Riverdale High athlete.

He is happy being a lieutenant with the homicide department, and often makes statements about his lack of ambition.

Chen showed little of the ambition, opportunism, or freedom of scruple that is often observed in those who rise to the top in politics, whether in China or abroad.

Despite Iorga's ambition of fusing research and pedagogy, his students, both rivals and friends, often noted that he was inferior to other colleagues when it came to teaching, in particular in directing advanced classes — his popularity, it was claimed, dropped with time, after the aging Iorga became aggressive toward some of his students.

The animals and plants shown often had moral or perhaps political significance that is not always obvious today ; the Chinese-style ink wash scroll by Kanō Eitoku of Chao Fu and his Ox, illustrated in the gallery below, illustrates a Chinese legend and contains a " Confucian moral points to the dangers inherent in political position ", a very topical message for Japan in the period following the disruptive civil wars caused by naked political ambition.

Her style was more like that of the male authors of her era, creating aggressive and often physically violent female characters who demonstrate powerful sexual desires and ambition.

Despite its ambition and the quality of its teachers ( often chosen among prestigious Parisian academics ), the school was considered as a second chance for upper-class children who did not want to attend university and a way to shorten compulsory military service ( one year instead of three ).

Military ambition quite often exceeded gratitude in Gallienus's reign.

" With regard to Hitler's later ambition of imposing a National Socialist regime throughout Europe, Nazi propaganda used the term Neuordnung ( often poorly translated as " the New Order ", while actually referring to the " re-structurization " of state borders on the European map and the resulting post-war economic hegemony of Greater Germany ), so one could probably say that the Nazis pursued " a " new world order.

Pan-Turkism is and has always been a movement viewed with suspicion by many, often perceived as nothing else but a new form of Turkish imperial ambition.

He has often stated his ambition to play in the NFL for his hometown Dallas Cowboys.

Strongly influenced by the feelings of immigrants to the city, these productions used song in narratives that often reflected themes of hope and ambition.

A vivid and often violent portrayal of lust and ambition in an Italian court, the play typifies the satiric tone and cynicism of much Jacobean tragedy.

Early persecuted heroines were often driven from their husbands ' homes by the persecutations of their mothers-in-law, whose motives are seldom delineated, and whose accusations are of the heroines ' having borne monstrous children, or committed infanticide, or practicing witchcraft — all of which appear in such fairy tales as The Girl Without Hands and many others ; but, as time progresses, a new persecutor appeared: a courtier who was rejected by the woman or whose ambition requires her removal, and who accuses her of adultery or high treason, motifs not duplicated in fairy tales, and while he never eliminates the mother-in-law, many romances such as Valentine and Orson have later variants that change from the mother-in-law to the courtier, whereas a more recent version never goes back.

Besides Stone Cold Steve Austin who was their main adversary in ambition ( seeking to capture the WWF Championship ) and character ( an everyman redneck ), the popular faction of rebels D-Generation X butted heads with the stable over principles with DX leader Triple H frequently challenging The Rock for the WWF Title though often lost due to screwing on the part of The Corporation.

The Augustan poets tended to distance themselves from the world of high politics, and often drew a humorous contrast between the martial ambition of their rulers and their own ignoble love affairs.