Critics do, however, acknowledge that the author of Daniel was familiar with the history of Near Eastern imperial power from the sixth to the second centuries.

Critics acknowledge that, whereas in the Anglo-Saxon cultures there is a large tradition of scientists writing popular books, such tradition was absent for a long period in the German and French languages, with journalists often filling the gap.

" Critics respond that, as the authors acknowledge in their paper, the model “ entails ... the same degree of tuning required in any cosmological model ...”.

Critics and audiences alike may have failed to acknowledge Williams ' new style and novel approach to theater he developed during 1960s and refused to accept daring and different work from the playwright.

Critics acknowledge that the diet gives quick results but say that weight loss on the plan results simply from the reduced caloric intake, and is mostly water weight that is quickly regained ; in addition, critics argue that the diet is so extreme as to be unhealthy.

Critics of " fun feminism " such as Maureen Dowd wrote of ' bimbo feminism, giving intellectual pretensions to a world where the highest ideal is to acknowledge your inner slut '.

Critics of Salmon's alleged proof acknowledge that the highlighted difference between < x, y > and < x, x >-- that there is a fact whether the elements of the latter, but not of the former, are the same thing — is genuine, but respond that it does not validly support the conclusion that those pairs are not the same.

Critics have observed that Wenclas ' arguments are weakened by his unwillingness to acknowledge the differences among these individuals and institutions, and his similar unwillingness to acknowledge the world of literature that exists between the poles represented by the " establishment ", as exemplified by the above, and the " underground ", as exemplified by the ULA and other DIYers.

Critics of Wittfogel's oriental despotism theory point out that water management was not a high priority when compared to taxes, rituals, and fighting off bandits.

Critics, such as Andrew Davies in the Times Educational Supplement and Armando Iannucci, have noted that the show had high expectations of audience.

Critics sometimes refer to neoliberalism as the " American Model ," and make the claim that it promotes low wages and high inequality.

Critics claim the forced integration has destroyed the School District and any concept of " neighborhood schools ": for example, black students from far east Little Rock ( predominantly black ), were sent to high schools in far west Little Rock ( predominantly white ).

Critics of heroin maintenance programmes object to the high costs of providing heroin to users.

Black Swan has received high praise from film critics, and received a record 12 Broadcast Film Critics Association nominations, four Independent Spirit Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations, three SAG nominations, and many more accolades.

Critics argue that standard exchange rate theory would predict, instead, a devaluation of the currency of the nation running the high budget deficit, and eventual " crowding out " of private investment.

Critics of the fund industry argue that fund expenses are too high.

Critics also pointed out the car's high sale price, commenting that a lower price would have made the car's apparent faults far more forgivable.

Critics, including Hemenway, respond that these estimates are difficult to reconcile with comparable crime statistics, are subject to a high degree of sampling error, and that " because of differences in coverage and potential response errors, what exactly these surveys measure remains uncertain ; mere repetition does not eliminate bias ".

Critics generally praised F-Zero X for its fast gameplay, abundance of courses and vehicles, track design, and maintaining a high framerate.

Critics also pointed out that economic growth was not evenly distributed among the social classes, and the percentage of people living below the poverty level remained high, especially in the rural areas.

Critics initially awarded Black & White with high praise, averaging 90 % at both Metacritic and GameRankings, based on preliminary gameplay.

Critics of this system cite the high maintenance cost reported by the military.

Critics of this claim note that the report actually proved that the " unknowns " were distinctly different from the " knowns " at a very high statistical significance level.

Critics such as sociologist Claude Fischer argue that ( a ) Putnam concentrates on organizational forms of social capital, and pays much less attention to networks of interpersonal social capital ; ( b ) neglects the emergence of new forms of supportive organizations on and off the Internet ; and ( c ) the 1960s are a misleading baseline because the era had an unusually high number of traditional organizations.

Critics of the former communist regime have described these publications co-authored by former GDR high functionaries ( e. g. Gerlach, Gerald Götting, Hans Modrow etc.

Critics welcomed Dulli's return and were eager to give his second album, independently financed and released through One Little Indian Records in October 2003, high marks.

Critics making these judgments included sheik Abdelmalek Cherkaoui Ghazouani, the Moroccan ambassador to Brazil, who considered the high profile of these representations to merit his posting his criticisms directly on his embassy's website as part of a bulletin board.

Critics feel this it is not about new Bus Stations and Libraries but a need for more commercial and viable shopping stunted mainly by high rents and rising Business Rate Bills, enforced by central government and not benefitting the local community.

Critics point to Walmart's high turnover rate as evidence of an unhappy workforce, although other factors may be involved.

Critics allege that this is the main reason that no referendums have been able to meet the quorum since 1997, despite high voter turnout for national and regional elections held in the same years.

Critics also argue that cloning attempts have high rates of failure, that animals involved in cloning research are likely to suffer, that clones may have serious health problems in later life, and that pet cloning could create a precedent for human cloning.

BHSEC's college program offers classes that are more specialized than in the high school program, such as Linear Algebra, Reason and Politics, Novels of Dostoyevsky, Philosophy of Religion, Physics of Sound and Music, The Social Contract and Its Critics, and Culture and History of Food.

Critics later frequently praised both the film's aesthetic quality and its power.

Critics expressed concern that he was not living up to his promise and began to doubt he was able to recreate the quality of writing that Patterns had shown.

Critics often attribute the poor quality to the short development time.

Sweet and Lowdown received generally positive reviews ; it currently holds a 78 % ' fresh ' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus " Critics praise Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown for its charming, light-hearted comedy and quality acting.

Critics of this genre relate it with modern laïká, mentioning the low quality and the indispensable common part of the pista ( πίστα-pl.

Critics pointed out the apparent lack of quality players in the squad and coach Klinsmann's decision to live in America rather than Germany.

Critics have said that the acoustical revamping created more problems than it solved, compromising the quality of the sound patrons had known for generations.

Critics of the phenomenon, including professional journalists, claim that citizen journalism is unregulated, too subjective, amateurish, and haphazard in quality and coverage.

Critics argue that this merely reflects an ambiguity in our language rather than a dialetheic quality in our thoughts ; if we replace the given statement with one that is less ambiguous ( such as " John is halfway in the room " or " John is in the doorway "), the contradiction disappears.

Critics of PPG 16 argue that the commercialization of UK archaeology has resulted in more work of lower quality being undertaken, and that a shortage of county archaeologists to monitor this work allows consultants to exploit the situation.

Critics of sprawl maintain that sprawl erodes quality of life.

Critics objected to the timing of the report, claiming it was hastily prepared and published despite what they perceived as its poor quality in order to sway the U. S. electorate.

Critics have generally compared their sound to that of Tori Amos and PJ Harvey, and have been almost uniformly impressed with the quality of the material coming from such young writers and performers.

Critics of managed care argue that " for-profit " managed care has been an unsuccessful health policy, as it has contributed to higher health care costs ( 25-33 % higher overhead at some of the largest HMOs ), increased the number of uninsured citizens, driven away health care providers, and applied downward pressure on quality ( worse scores on 14 of 14 quality indicators reported to the National Committee for Quality Assurance ).

Critics of the initial pressing praised the updated sound quality, with Sputnikmusic's Damrod stating " Some songs the original sounded hollow, not as punchy as the newer ones did.

Critics cite the only subtle differences between the endings, lower quality battle animations, and the fact that it did not resolve the perceived cliffhanger ending of Phantasy Star II.

Critics of net neutrality also argue that data discrimination of some kinds, particularly to guarantee quality of service, is not problematic, but is actually highly desirable.

Critics ' opinions vary on the relative quality of the magazines of this era ; Malcolm Edwards regards Startling as second only to Astounding, but Ashley considers Thrilling Wonder to be Astoundings closest challenger in the late 1940s.

Critics have compared the quality of The Big Combo to Fritz Lang's The Big Heat as one of the great film noir detective classics in terms of style.

Critics found Hard Target to have good action scenes but noted the weak script and poor quality acting from Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Critics and fans hailed Infocom's pioneering move and gushed over the feelies ' high quality and the immersiveness they added to the game.

Critics noted an improvement in quality from the second season to the third, and many deemed Bree's storyline to be the most satisfying of the season, as well as noting a " loss of steam " during Cross ' maternity leave at the latter part of the season.

Critics of the closure therefore argued that without the scheme, businesses and individuals would struggle to identify quality carbon offsets.