Contemporary scholars and patriots such as Noah Webster, John Trumbull, and Joel Barlow were instrumental in securing the passage of these statutes.

Contemporary Western scholars of hadith include: Herbert Berg, Fred M. Donner and Wilferd Madelung.

Contemporary scholars report over a million people are systematically killed in the aftermath.

Contemporary scholars describe it as a composite of several fragmentary scrolls each penned between the 12th and 14th centuries CE.

Contemporary scholars are particularly interested in his account of the third and fourth centuries, which depend upon sources, now lost, whose nature is fiercely debated.

Contemporary scholars continue to debate who was Muslim and who was Jew-some " Islamic scholars " were " Jewish scholars " prior to forced conversion to Islam, some Jewish scholars willingly converted to Islam, such as Abdullah ibn Salam, while others later reverted to Judaism, and still others, born and raised as Jews, were ambiguous in their religious beliefs such as Ibn al-Rawandi-though lived according to the customs of their neighbors.

Contemporary scholars have been uncovering some of the atrocities of Siemens during this time, including forced and slave labor at Ravensbrück and in the Auschwitz subcamp of Bobrek, among others.

Contemporary Islamic scholars have pointed out the inapplicability of this early philosophical division of the world given its lack of scriptural backing and its reflection of an early Muslim response to geo-political realities that simply do not exist today in a globalized world of international law.

Contemporary scholars generally agree that its primary function was ceremonial and that it was part of the process of structuring, reinforcing, and defending hierarchical relationships between communities and individuals.

* Answering-Extremism. com Contemporary Islamic scholars who oppose and refute the Kharijites of the modern-day.

) Contemporary scholars dispute the veracity of the claim that construction work continued, except for brief periods, after the 1906 earthquake.

Contemporary Talmud scholars view these as comments on the relationship between Judaism and Christians or other sectarians, rather than comments on the historical Jesus.

Contemporary scholars refer to the Plotinus ' critical editions made by

Contemporary scholars including Frye classify the following works as Menippean satires:

Contemporary feminist scholars often focus on the play's many instances of women vulnerable to rape, and the tragic results of Angellica's being jilted by Willmore.

Contemporary Muslim writers respond to these charges by stating that on top of the stories of both Asma bint Marwan and Abu Afak being graded as weak and fabricated by the majority of Islamic scholars in history, even in the hypothetical stories these two individuals were not simply mocking but also instigating violence against the Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad.

Contemporary scholars believe the Idra dates to the third generation of Zoharic literature, which produced also the Tiqqunim, the Ra ' aya Meheimna, and other Zoharic material.

Contemporary scholars writing on Aristotle use the Bekker number so that the author's citations can be checked by readers without having to use the same edition or translation that the author used.

" Contemporary scholars conclude that Herzl's own implementation of modem Zionism was undoubtedly influenced by that relationship.

Contemporary Biblical scholars like John P. Meier argue part of the reason why the passages about Christianity in Josephus are authentic is because they exist in all relevant manuscripts – Clare K. Rothschild ( Associate Professor of Theology at Lewis University ) has censured this argument on the basis that " the earliest manuscript dates from the eleventh century ", the Ambrosianus 370 ( F 128 ) being the earliest ; preserved in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan.

Contemporary scholars have begun to turn to the study of the Islamic sources in a sceptical mood.

Contemporary set theorists also study axioms that are not compatible with the axiom of choice, such as the axiom of determinacy.

Increased interest in modern a cappella ( particularly collegiate a cappella ) can be seen in the growth of awards such as the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards ( overseen by the Contemporary A Cappella Society ) and competitions such as the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella for college groups and the Harmony Sweepstakes for all groups.

Contemporary colloquial Cantonese has distinct loanwords from English, such as 卡通 " cartoon ", 基佬 " gay people ", 的士 " taxi ", and 巴士 " bus ".

Contemporary critics such as Webbe and Puttenham praised his poetic ability, and his verses were published in several poetry miscellanies.

Contemporary analysis distinguishes tangible, physical, or nonhuman capital goods from other forms of capital such as human capital.

Contemporary filmmakers such as Woody Allen, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Pedro Almodovar, Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Emir Kusturica, David Lynch, Girish Kasaravalli, David Cronenberg, Martin Scorsese, and Juraj Jakubisko have cited Fellini's influence on their work.

Contemporary examples of modern German-style board games referred to as German-style, such as Acquire, appeared in the 1960s.

Contemporary American writers in this tradition include Joyce Carol Oates, in such novels as Bellefleur and A Bloodsmoor Romance and short story collections such as Night-Side ( Skarda 1986b ) and Raymond Kennedy in his novel Lulu Incognito.

Contemporary hypnotism makes use of a wide variety of different forms of suggestion including: direct verbal suggestions, " indirect " verbal suggestions such as requests or insinuations, metaphors and other rhetorical figures of speech, and non-verbal suggestion in the form of mental imagery, voice tonality, and physical manipulation.

Contemporary literary theory, however, denies the attribution of such fixed meanings.

Contemporary developments in logic and the foundations of mathematics, especially Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead's monumental Principia Mathematica, impressed the more mathematically minded logical positivists such as Hans Hahn and Rudolf Carnap.

The difference is mostly in the era and styles covered -- Easy Listening is mostly older music done in the style of standards from the early 20th century ( typical artists include Johnny Mathis and Frank Sinatra ) combined with Big Band music and more modern performers in the same style such as Céline Dion and Josh Groban, while Adult Contemporary focuses more on newer pop music from the 1970s on.

Since the late 1980s especially, prose poetry has gained increasing popularity, with entire journals, such as The Prose Poem: An International Journal, Contemporary Haibun Online and Modern Haibun & Tanka Prose devoted to that genre.

Contemporary Paganism, or Neopaganism, includes reconstructed religions such as the Cultus Deorum Romanorum, Hellenic polytheism, Slavic neopaganism ( i. e. Slavianstvo, including Rodnovery ), Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism, or Germanic religious reconstructionism, as well as modern eclectic traditions such as Discordianism, Wicca and its many offshoots.

Contemporary charity is regarded as a continuation of the Biblical Maaser Ani, or poor-tithe, as well as Biblical practices, such as permitting the poor to glean the corners of a field and harvest during the Shmita ( Sabbatical year ).

Contemporary debates have centered on issues such as secularization, civil religion, and the cohesiveness of religion in the context of globalization and multiculturalism.

Contemporary ideas from systems theory have grown with diversified areas, exemplified by the work of biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy, linguist Béla H. Bánáthy, ecological systems with Howard T. Odum, Eugene Odum and Fritjof Capra, organizational theory and management with individuals such as Peter Senge, interdisciplinary study with areas like Human Resource Development from the work of Richard A. Swanson, and insights from educators such as Debora Hammond and Alfonso Montuori.

Contemporary books are more likely to be set with state-of-the-art seriffed " text romans " or " book romans " with design values echoing present-day design arts, which are closely based on traditional models such as those of Nicolas Jenson, Francesco Griffo ( a punchcutter who created the model for Aldine typefaces ), and Claude Garamond.

Contemporary systems of categories have been proposed by John G. Bennett ( The Dramatic Universe, 4 vols., 1956-65 ), Wilfrid Sellars ( 1974 ), Reinhardt Grossmann ( 1983, 1992 ), Johansson ( 1989 ), Hoffman and Rosenkrantz ( 1994 ), Roderick Chisholm ( 1996 ), Barry Smith ( ontologist ) ( 2003 ), and Jonathan Lowe ( 2006 ).

* Paul Smith ( Christian music performer ), Contemporary Christian Music performer and songwriter

Contemporary swing bands such as Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers and The Mighty Blue Kings continue the tradition.

* Smith, David L. A Handbook of Contemporary Theology ( 1992 ), ch 2. a Fundamentalist view of Niebuhr

Contemporary poets associated with Irish modernism include those associated with New Writers Press and The Beau magazine ; these include Trevor Joyce, Michael Smith, Geoffrey Squires, Randolph Healy, Billy Mills, Catherine Walsh, and Maurice Scully.

The Big Chill has, over the years, seen contributions from and collaborations with Spencer Tunick, Pete Fowler, Gavin Turk, Cedric Christie, Peter Blake, Rankin, Bob & Roberta Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Tate Britain, the British Film Institute, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Bompas & Parr, the Roundhouse, Apples & Snakes, Penguin Books, The World Famous, Film4, and the Art Car Boot Fair, to name but a few.

Contemporary artists like Mark Stephen Smith ( William Campbell Gallery, USA ) and others have developed extensive bodies of work mapping the convergence of brain science and painting.

Contemporary proponents include Pia de Solenni, a moral theologian in Washington, DC, Janet E. Smith, Katrina Zeno, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Colleen Carroll Campbell of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Mary Beth Bonacci, Sister Prudence Allen, Alice von Hildebrand, Kimberly Hahn, Dorinda C. Bordlee of the Bioethics Defense Fund (" Holistic Feminism " in law and policy ), and Mary Ellen Bork.

Contemporary newspaper reports at the beginning of September linked Tabram's murder to those of Emma Elizabeth Smith on 3 April and Mary Ann Nichols on 31 August, though before she died, Smith had told the police that a gang had attacked her.

Leber and Chesworth were the 2007 recipients of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art's Helen Macpherson Smith Commission for which they created the major installation work Almost Always Everywhere Apparent.

* Almost Always Everywhere Apparent ( 2007 ) Helen Macpherson Smith Commission Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne

* Review by Lorraine Smith of The F Word: Contemporary UK Feminism

In the last couple of years, three books have appeared in public sociology: The " Public Sociologies Reader ", edited by Judith Blau and Keri Iyall Smith ; " Public Sociology: The Contemporary Debate ", edited by Larry Nichols ; and " Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-First Century ", edited by Dan Clawson, et al.

A Top 40 hit again in the U. S. in 1960 when a recording by Joni James reached No. 35, " Little Things Mean a Lot " was a U. S. C & W hit in 1978 for Margo Smith, whose version reached No. 3 C & W and also charted at No. 42 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Contemporary chef Delia Smith is quoted as having called Acton " the best writer of recipes in the English language.

Murray E. G. Smith, " Productivity, Valorization and Crisis: Socially Necessary Unproductive Labor in Contemporary Capitalism ", in: Science and Society ; 57 ( 3 ), Fall 1993, pages 262-93.

Stone, Contemporary American Woodworkers, Gibbs Smith, Salt Lake City UT, 1986, pp. 48-63.

In 2008, Schneider's review of the novel White Teeth, by British author Zadie Smith was a featured excerpt in Contemporary Fiction: The Novel Since 1990, edited by Pamela Bickley, and published by Cambridge University Press.

As early as January 1865 Sheffield FC was associated with scoring a goal through " scientific movements " against Nottingham A contemporary match report of November 1865 notes " We cannot help recording the really scientific play with which the Sheffield men backed each other up " Combination play by Sheffield players is also suggest in 1868: " a remarkably neat and quick piece of play on the part of K Smith, Denton and J Knowles resulted in a goal for Sheffield, the final kick being given by J. Knowles " Contemporary proof of passing occurs from at least January 1872.

Contemporary residents of note include record-breaking long distance swimmer and National Public Radio sports commentator Diana Nyad, Earth, Wind & Fire bass player Verdine White, screenwriter / author Stephen Rebello, and Jennifer Nairn Smith, a former featured ballerina and dancer on stage, Broadway, and in films under the direction of such choreographers as George Balanchine, Michael Bennett, and Bob Fosse.