Tacitus claims that Nero considered poisoning or stabbing her, but felt these methods were too difficult and suspicious, so he settled on building a self-sinking boat.

* for relying on theological or spiritual claims a priori, for relying too much on surface conflict or current investigative priorities to point out differences

Michael Barrier claims that Clampett had given himself too much credit, but also that Jones had had ill feelings towards him ever since their days at Termite Terrace, due to the fact that Bob Clampett was made an animation director before Chuck Jones.

Before long, scientific inquiries provoked by his claims had pushed back the age of the earth into the millions of yearsstill too short when compared with the accepted 4. 6 billion year age in the 21st century, but a distinct improvement.

The first documented appearance of the word " nerd " is as the name of a creature in Dr. Seuss's book If I Ran the Zoo ( 1950 ), in which the narrator Gerald McGrew claims that he would collect " a Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker too " for his imaginary zoo.

However, presidential power has shifted over time, which has resulted in claims that the modern presidency has become too powerful, unchecked, unbalanced, and " monarchist " in nature.

Therefore, in the 1940s and 1950s, many American courts departed from the MacPherson standard and decided that it was too harsh to require seriously injured consumer plaintiffs to prove negligence claims against manufacturers or retailers.

As various SETI projects have progressed, some have criticized early claims by researchers as being too " euphoric " or " optimistic.

The extent to which the narrator claims to have loved his animals suggests mental instability in the form of having “ too much of a good thing ”.

For example: If an individual makes supernatural claims that Leprechauns were responsible for breaking a vase, the simpler explanation would be that he is mistaken, but ongoing ad-hoc justifications ( e. g. " And, that's not me on film, they tampered with that too ") successfully prevent outright falsification.

HYLIFE-II claims to be about 40 % less expensive than a coal plant of the same size, but considering the problems with NIF, it is simply too early to tell if this is realistic or not.

" Whedon claims the title was criticized for being too silly, and the television network begged him to change it.

* The initial title, Ruddygore, was changed because of claims that " ruddy " was too similar to the then-taboo curse word " bloody " it was shortly changed to Ruddigore.

Although the Court established a significant injury for one of the claims, it found the causation of the injury ( the nexus between the defendant ’ s actions and the plaintiff ’ s injuries ) to be too attenuated.

However,, in analyzing German Foreigner Talk, claims that it is too inconsistent and unpredictable to provide any model for language learning.

Backes, formerly the third highest-ranking officer of Clearstream and a primary source for Denis Robert's book on Clearstream's scandal, Revelation $, claims he " was fired because ( he ) knew too much about the Ambrosiano scandal.

Sometimes, too, stockholders, owners, or advertising will pressure a media organization to promote the business aspects of a scientific issue, and therefore any uncertainty claims that may compromise the business interests are downplayed or eliminated.

As the party considers Sweden to have had too much immigration in later years, which it claims have seriously threatened national identity and societal cohesion, SD wants to reinstate a common Swedish national identity which in turn would mean a stronger inner solidarity.

In addressing why conservatives and liberals choose different issues as the focus of their campaigns, Lakoff claims that this too finds explanation in the context of his model.

One literary tradition claims that Decius was betrayed by his successor Trebonianus Gallus, who was involved in a secret alliance with the Goths but this cannot be substantiated and was most likely a later invention since Gallus felt compelled to adopt Decius ' younger son, Gaius Valens Hostilianus, as joint emperor even though the latter was too young to rule in his own right.

In 2005, these claims amounted to $ 11. 7 billion, leading some to believe that if current trends continue, such claims may be too much to pay if they are found against the government.

De Havilland claims she informed Fontaine, but Fontaine brushed her off, claiming she was too busy to attend.

In 2003, the festival organisers responded to claims that the event was becoming too commercialised by implemented a scaled-down, grassroots approach.

The modern world has been marked by progressive disaffection with claims to divine sanction for the state, whatever its political form.

This is one of the oldest claims to the author ’ s purpose ( Walton ) and it states that Luke is writing to Rome in order to demonstrate that Christianity is not a political threat to Roman authority.

Olson later helped edit The Real Anita Hill, a book by David Brock that savaged Hill and portrayed the harassment claim as a political dirty trick ( Brock later recanted his claims and apologized to Hill ).

Other utilitarian-type views include the claims that the end of action is survival and growth, as in evolutionary ethics ( the 19th-century English philosopher Herbert Spencer ); the experience of power, as in despotism ( the 16th-century Italian political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli and the 19th-century German Friedrich Nietzsche ); satisfaction and adjustment, as in pragmatism ( 20th-century American philosophers Ralph Barton Perry and John Dewey ); and freedom, as in existentialism ( the 20th-century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre ).

Ruddock claims that DS19 released distorted information regarding her political party affiliations to the media and Conservative Party candidates.

Suetonius claims that Germanicus was poisoned in Syria by an agent of Tiberius, who viewed Germanicus as a political rival.

Relations between the two nations have been highlighted following Julian Assange's bid to seek political asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London following repeated claims that the US government was pursuing his extradition due to his work with Wikileaks.

Mesut Yilmaz's admission sparked political outrage in Greece on Monday, causing Greece's Foreign Ministry spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras to say that the claims were “ serious and must be investigated ,” adding that Athens was awaiting a briefing from Ankara.

In Paris, a group of wealthy mulattoes, led by Julien Raimond and Vincent Ogé, unsuccessfully petitioned the white planter delegates to support mulatto claims for full civil and political rights.

The Federation claims to have 1. 3 million members, and to be a political force of some influence in Germany.

The ascription of Indus Valley Civilization iconography and epigraphy to historically known cultures is extremely problematic, in part due to the rather tenuous archaeological evidence of such claims, as well as the projection of modern South Asian political concerns onto the archaeological record of the area.

*" The discrepancies between the bold claims now being made by Begin and his party and their record of past performance in Palestine bear the imprint of no ordinary political party.

Junk science is a term used in U. S. political and legal disputes that brands an advocate's claims about scientific data, research, or analyses as spurious.

Much subsequent controversy about Rousseau's work has hinged on disagreements concerning his claims that citizens constrained to obey the general will are thereby rendered free: The notion of the general will is wholly central to Rousseau's theory of political legitimacy.

They were opposed not only to political ( statist ) struggles but also to strikes which put forward wage or other claims, or which were organised by trade unions.

The chronicler claims that a settlement was then concluded between the Emperor and the Bohemian ruler Boleslav II the Pious, which is not mentioned in any other source and is contrary to the realities of the political situation at that time.

There were immediate disputes of Macpherson's claims on both literary and political grounds.

A major criticism of the term stems from critics ' claims of how it has been used by conservatives for political gain, considering it to play to voters ' fears as a red herring as well as an attack on the political left.

Despite Macdonald's claims that he was innocent, evidence came to light showing receipts of money from Allan to Macdonald and some of his political colleagues.

Though Benedict IX soon returned, and forced Sylvester III to retire to his See of Sabina, he never gave up his claims to the papal throne, and through his political allies contrived apparently to keep some hold on a portion of Rome.

She claims that Gould — particularly in his popular essays — uses a variety of strategies from literature, political science, and personal anecdotes to substantiate the general pattern of punctuated equilibrium ( long periods of stasis interrupted by rapid, catastrophic change ).

The practice of marriage alliances was common among medieval royalty: it allowed families to stake claims of succession on each other's lands, and led to political alliances and peace treaties.

Another perspective claims that Stalin's repressive political actions were the result of him having mental illness.