Given earlier debates by Christian authors about the existence of Jesus, e. g. in Justin Martyr's 2nd century Dialogue with Trypho, it would have been expected that the passage from Josephus would have been used as a component of the arguments.

Given that male authors had limited knowledge of her rites and attributes, ancient speculations about her identity abound, among them that she was an aspect of Terra, Ops, the Magna Mater, or Ceres, or a Latin form of Damia.

Given the availability of experienced short fiction writers at the time, Elwood's choice of inexperienced authors aroused suspicions.

Apart from the very rare “ Kirill of Turov ’ ( even when this designation occurs, it tends to be just one of several variant readings ), the headings in ‘ his ’ manuscripts include “ Kirill the monk ,” “ Kirill the philosopher ,” ‘ Saint Kirill ,” “ The Blessed father Kirill ,” “ the blessed monk Kirill ,” “ Kirill the unworthy monk ,” “ the venerable Kirill .” Given this variety of labels, ‘ Kirill ’ s ’ texts invite several candidates for being their more likely authors ( writers whose existence has been substantiated with historical facts ).

Given the military-industrial requirements of the Cold War, the authors of the then secret National Security Council Report 68 ( NSC-68 ) proposed the US government undertake a massive permanent national economic expansion that would let it “ siphon off ” a part of the economic activity produced to support an ongoing military buildup to contain the Soviet Union.

Given names or initials are not needed unless the work cites two authors with the same surname, as the whole purpose of using op.

Given that authors of documents try to formulate sentences which contain a single idea, or cluster of related ideas within neighboring sentences or organized into paragraphs, there is an inherent, relatively high, probability within the document structure that words used together are related.

Given the bias of the Victorian age, female students were denied direct study in anatomy and could not attend drawing classes with live models ( who were often prostitutes ) until a decade later.

Given the military strength of the Great Powers, these interventions were nearly always decisive and quickly ended the civil wars.

Given that the ColecoVision could produce near arcade-quality ports, industry magazines like Electronic Games were unanimous in their enthusiasm over the console.

Given the geographic diversity of the various sub-regions within the Maritimes, policies to centralize the population and economy were not initially successful, thus Maritime factories closed while those in Ontario and Quebec prospered.

Given their speed and maneuverability, clippers frequently mounted cannon or carronades and were used for piracy, privateering, smuggling, or interdiction service.

Given this kind of data, the estimated coefficient on Years of Education in the equation above reflects both the effect of education on wages and the effect of other variables on wages, if those other variables were correlated with education.

Given that the bulk of family chores fell to women, and that they were five times more likely than men to head a single-parent family, the shortcomings of Finland's child day-care system affected women more than it did men.

Along with a hand-picked escort led by Given Campbell, Davis and his wife were captured on May 10, 1865, at Irwinville in Irwin County, Georgia.

Given the realities of the Cold War, German reunification and recovery of lost territories in the east were not realistic goals as both of Stalin's notes specified the retention of the existing " Potsdam "- decreed boundaries of Germany.

Given his record, it is not surprising that the other Party leaders were suspicious of Beria's motives.

Given that Fine Gael normally received 25 % of the election result, and were reduced to third place this was an achievement in itself.

Given that most French supporters of phrenology were liberal, left-wing or socialist, it was an objective of the social elite of France who held a restrained vision of social change that phrenology remain on the fringes.

Given the medieval medicine's main theory of humorism, spices and herbs were indispensable to balance " humors " in food, a daily basis for good health at a time of recurrent pandemics.

Given that there were 25, 000 people working on Shuttle operations, the payroll alone was the Shuttle's single biggest operating cost.

Given the versatility of both vegetables, they were usually boiled or steamed, and eaten by itself or as ingredients in soups and strews.

Given two school classes, one with 20 students, and one with 30 students, the grades in each class on a test were:

Given inefficiencies in the heat transfer, the actual NERVA designs were planned to produce about 5 GW, which would make them the largest nuclear reactors in the world.

Given the difference between their roles and emphases, some scholars have speculated that the interactions between the Æsir and the Vanir reflect the types of interaction that were occurring between social classes ( or clans ) within Norse society at the time.

Given that many businessmen and bankers were terrified of Bryan's populist rhetoric and support for ending the gold standard, Hanna had few problems in raising record amounts of money.

Given Rickover's single-minded focus on naval nuclear propulsion, design and operations, it came as a surprise to many when in 1982, near the end of his career, he testified before the U. S. Congress that, were it up to him, he " would sink them all.

Given their long range, high survivability and ability to carry many medium-and long-range nuclear missiles, submarines were credible and effective means for full-scale retaliation even after a massive first strike.

BONUS: " Given a pair of resistors, give their equivalent resistance if they were connected in parallel with each other.

Given the biogeography and appearance of the subgenus Olor it seems likely that these are of a more recent origin, as evidence shows by their modern ranges ( which were mostly uninhabitable during the last ice age ) and great similarity between the taxa.

Given the magnitude of the disaster, reconstruction and economic recovery will remain the primary focus of the Salvadoran Government for some time to come.

Given Guatemala's large expatriate community in the United States, it is the top remittance recipient in Central America, with inflows serving as a primary source of foreign income equivalent to nearly two-thirds of exports.

Given two secondary stations, the time difference ( TD ) between the primary and first secondary identifies one curve, and the time difference between the primary and second secondary identifies another curve, the intersections of which will determine a geographic point in relation to the position of the three stations.

Given the opposition to the mission when it began, the primary U. S. concern was to do its limited job and avoid casualties among its forces.

Given that no majority supported either a leader or a split, a registration campaign, enabling membership for only 20 euros, and a closed primary was organized, which Ségolène Royal won.

Given the extremely distorted shape of the primary, the relative orbital motion may be notably altered with respect to the two-body purely Keplerian scenario because of non-negligible long-term orbital perturbations affecting, for example, its orbital period.

Given that NASA and USAF ( as well as government programs in other countries ) are the primary customers and sources of development capital, government regulatory requirements for oversight, parwork, quality, safety, and other documentation tend to inflate the operational costs of any such system.

Given that the Oostvaardersplassen is below sea level, many of its primary processes have been regulated.

Given this function, a transformer sold for isolation is often built with special insulation between primary and secondary, and is tested, specified, and marked to withstand a high voltage between windings, typically in the 1000 to 5000 volt range.

Given this poor performance, the USAAF placed its most experienced and accurate bombardiers aboard each formation's lead bombers ( primary and deputy lead ) and had the remaining airplanes open their bomb bays and drop their bombs when the leader did.

Given any valid primary arithmetic expression, insert into one or more locations any number of Latin letters bearing optional numerical subscripts ; the result is a pa formula.

Given that the same basic design appears in several primary sources, it seems likely that this is not a stylistic coincidence but a depiction of a design of whip in current use at the time the articles were made.

Given this additional support the scheme has expanded its reach to cover most children in primary schools in India.

Given his poor relationship with the White House, Walsh anticipated that the administration might even support an opponent in a Democratic primary when he next ran for reelection.

Given the propensity for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications, minimizing vascular risk factors and implementing therapy for primary or secondary prevention of stroke and myocardial infarction seems prudent.

Given command of the Corpus Christi district, he protected the primary trade route between Texas and Mexico from outlaws.

Given a target optimal product mix, an independent oil refiner can attempt to hedge itself against adverse price movements by buying oil futures and selling futures for its primary refined products according to the proportions of its optimal mix.

Given that labor is the individual's primary commodity in the market, decommodification refers to activities and efforts ( generally by the government ) that reduce individuals ' reliance on the market ( and their labor ) for their well-being.

Given its primary military role of reliably identifying friends, IFF has much more secure ( encrypted ) messages to prevent " spoofing " by the enemy, and also is used on all kinds of military platforms including air, sea and land vehicles.

Given the Mesoamerican influence on Casas Grandes Nahuatl was probably widely spoken but it was not the primary language of the people.

* James Fowler Given 1825-1867 American Episcopalian evangelist, primary co-founder and organizer of the Christian Union denomination in 1864