Commentators generally praised Brash for his knowledge of economics, but expressed criticism of his inexperience in terms of political leadership.

Commentators in the mainstream media credited MTV and the British acts with bringing colour and energy back to pop music while rock journalists were generally hostile to the phenomenon because they felt it represented image over content.

Commentators then and now put much blame on the generally poor sanitation, sewage and contaminated water supplies of the time, which may have harboured the source of infection.

Commentators do not agree on the intrinsic musical value of Diabelli's theme.

Commentators agree that McIntosh was not a good actress, and during the run of Utopia, her lack of confidence and health problems combined to affect her performance.

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

Commentators were quick to refer to Major's previous " Back to Basics " platform to throw charges of hypocrisy and had knowledge of the affair not been kept closely guarded by Tony Newton, " it is highly unlikely that Major would have become prime minister ".

Commentators differ in their views of which of these forms were most important and the degree to which the new music was a re-branding of African American rhythm and blues for a white market, or a new hybrid of black and white forms.

Commentators starting with A. Arthur Schiller assert that trades secrets were protected under Roman law by a claim known as, “ actio servi corrupti ,” interpreted as an “ action for making a slave worse ” ( or an action for corrupting a servant ).

Commentators may have confused the philosopher with an athletic trainer, Pythagoras of Samos, but it is also possible the trainer and the philosopher were the same person.

Commentators and scholars believed that Abraham himself had many children, but Ishmael and Isaac were the only two who became prophets.

Commentators both within and without Greece have attributed this critical flaw in Greek culture to the Ottoman Empire's brutal mismanagement of Ottoman Greece, in which individual survival became more important than societal stability, tax resistance became a form of patriotism, and property and commercial tax systems were left in shambles, thereby making it impossible for Greece to create an functional civil society or an efficient modern state.

Commentators were drawn from those who had collaborated in the performances in earlier years.

Commentators reflected that the circumstances of the MP's demise were a personal tragedy that unjustly overshadowed his achievements in life and his promising political career.

The result, known as Johnson's and Steevens's edition, was The Works of Shakespeare with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators ( 10 vols., 1773 ), Johnson's contributions to which were very slight.

Commentators were satisfied that his batting technique remained effective and that he could still succeed at the highest level.

Commentators assessing the results of the Conference, and how the pronouncements measured up to expectations, were underwhelmed.

Commentators noted his grace and elegance, and the symmetria or coherent balance of his figures, which were leaner than the ideal represented by Polykleitos and with proportionately smaller heads, giving them the impression of greater height.

Commentators often contrast the Great Commission with the earlier Limited Commission of, in which they were to restrict their mission to their fellow Jews, to whom Jesus referred to as " the lost sheep of the house of Israel " ().

Commentators on The Championship were Peter Drury, Jon Champion, Clive Tyldesley and John Rawling.

Commentators often used the terms Flemish and Netherlandish ( that is, " of the Low Countries ") interchangeably: to 16th-century Italian painter and historian Giorgio Vasari, all northern painters were " fiamminghi ", or " Flemmings ".

Commentators were barely able to keep straight faces as " the newest all-rounder in world cricket " attempted to slog Muralitharan for 6 on the first ball, unfortunately misjudging the spin of the delivery and being easily caught by Yousuf Youhana.

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 have attributed these outbursts to the failure of settlement measures, with the perception that former nomads were among the privileged class during Communist times.

Commentators blamed these walkways for turning the estate into a " rabbit warren " for criminals, and residents complained that they were afraid to leave their homes.

Commentators have widely commented that this is in contravention of Article 158 which stipulates the body that should seek an interpretation from the NPCSC is the Court of Final Appeal.

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 suggested that the Board of Pardons and Parole should have revised the charge as manslaughter in 1945, which would have carried a maximum 15-year sentence.

Commentators cite only three major financial firms from outside the banking industry ( the discount broker Charles Schwab, the insurance company Met Life, and the mutual fund company Franklin Resources ) for qualifying as financial holding companies after the GLBA became effective and before the late-2000s financial crisis.

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 often refer to the ball accelerating to the boundary on fast outfields, but this only physically occurs on grounds with a slope and on which the ball is moving downhill.

Commentators sometimes suggest Lóðurr is identical to Loki, and of course in the Icelandic texts that have come down to us it is Loki who is Baldr's real slayer, with Höðr / Hother being only a tool in Loki's plot.

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.

He first came into the limelight in 1985, when his single, N-N-Nineteen Not Out ( released under the name, " The Commentators ") was a big hit in the British charts.

The song was parodied by British satirist Rory Bremner under the pseudonym ' The Commentators ,' as N-n-nineteen, Not Out, the title referring to the batting average of David Gower, the England cricket captain, during his side's risible performance against the West Indies in 1984 when they lost 5-0.

Commentators have pointed out that the complex would have been under intensive surveillance during the war as a suspected centre of WMD production.

Commentators have taken very different approaches to Machiavelli, and not always agreed.

Commentators also commended the " excellent ( floor lever controlled four speed ) gear change " ( on the early models ) with smooth clutch action.

* Sorabji, R., ( 2005 ), The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD, Cornell University Press.

Commentators have questioned whether Obama, who was elected the first black President of the United States, is black enough, as his mother was white American, and his father was a black Kenyan immigrant.

Commentators from a variety of backgrounds have described Dianetics as an example of pseudoscience — that is, information presented as scientific that fails to meet the basic criteria for science.

Commentators have suggested a variety of reasons for the decline of classical deism.

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 said that while he had the most political experience among prospective candidates ( over Bush and Elizabeth Dole ) and potential grassroots support among conservatives, his campaign was hampered by the legacy of his vice-presidency.

Commentators on news stories involving stocks are often required to disclose any ownership interest in those corporations or in its competitors.

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, 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 have become important in communicating the relevance of the characters ' actions to the story at hand, filling in past details and pointing out subtle actions that may otherwise go unnoticed.

Commentators have traditionally perceived a decline of rock and roll in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Commentators in the 21st century have on the whole regarded Scott more positively, emphasising his personal bravery and stoicism while acknowledging his errors, but ascribing his expedition's fate primarily to misfortune.

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 attributed these price increases to many factors, including reports from the United States Department of Energy and others showing a decline in petroleum reserves, worries over peak oil, Middle East tension, and oil price speculation.

Commentators have sometimes expressed concern that United States military and diplomatic interventions in the Middle East and elsewhere might lead, or perhaps has already led, to the existence of American satellite states.