Since then, scientists have contended that earlier concerns that the devils were the most significant threat to livestock were overestimated and misplaced.

In the mid-20th century, the Jewish historian Gershom Scholem contended that de Leon himself was the most likely author of the Zohar.

The most influential revisionist Labour thinker, Anthony Crosland ..., contended that a more " benevolent " form of capitalism had emerged since the World War ...

The Clippers contended for most of the season, but won only 3 of the last 12 games and finished 39 – 43, five games out of the playoffs.

However, a vigorous campaign was mounted in defence of the system, including those who supported it as an independent indication of excellence valued by outsiders ( especially foreign commercial litigants ) who did not have much else to go on, and those who contended in a letter to The Times that it was a means whereby the most able barristers from ethnic minorities could overcome prejudice.

All of the Misfits material had been credited to Danzig, and though Only later conceded that Danzig had written nearly all of the lyrics and most of the music, he contended that he and Doyle " wrote 25 % or maybe 30 % of the music " and deserved compensation.

With Let's Get It On, most of its focus was merging the worlds of love and sex, which Gaye contended was " opposite ".

In their original paper, Warren and Marshall contended that most stomach ulcers and gastritis were caused by infection by this bacterium and not by stress or spicy food, as had been assumed before.

ITV1 and its predecessor channels ( collectively known simply as ITV from 1955 to 2001, and always treated as a single channel for ratings purposes ), have contended with BBC One for the status of the UK's most watched television channel since the 1950s.

As it became the fashion in the later times of the Republic to claim a divine origin for the most distinguished of the Roman gentes, it was contended that Iulus, the mythical ancestor of the race, was the same as Ascanius, the son of Aeneas, and founder of Alba Longa.

He contended that the disjoint nature of population and sampling frame in most industrial situations compromised the use of conventional statistical techniques.

To further complicate the political landscape, the insurrectionary Paris commune established on 9 August 1792 incorporated some of the most radical revolutionary elements, including the sans-culottes, and briefly contended for the role of de facto government of France.

A properly programmed futex-based lock will not use system calls except when the lock is contended ; since most operations do not require arbitration between processes, this will not happen in most cases.

Conservatives present voiced their disapproval, with Maiorescu as the most vocal opponent: Maiorescu and Brătianu notably engaged in a separate debate about whether Transylvanians had called on Romania to intervene — the former argued that no such call had been voiced, while Brătianu contended that he had support from over the border ( Ionescu seconded this claim ).

He contended that most human genetic damage arises from the oxidation of DNA during normal metabolism, and that the most important environmental carcinogens may include some whose chief effect is to cause the chronic division of stem cells whereby the normal protective mechanisms of a cell become less effective.

Kater contended that Kershaw downplayed the extent of popular anti-Semitism, and that though admitting that most of the “ spontaneous ” anti-Semitic actions of Nazi Germany were staged, argued that because these actions involved substantial numbers of Germans, it is wrong to see the extreme anti-Semitism of the Nazis as coming solely from above.

In a study done by Samuels and Lester ( 1985 ) it was contended that in a small sample of Catholic nuns and priests, out of 50 emotions, love and gratitude were the most experienced emotion towards God.

However, Helliwell contended that the amount of overdubbing was minimal compared to most live albums of the time: " A lot of people, when they make a live album, just keep the drums and bass and redo everything else.

London has faced some of her country's most experienced fighters, and she has contended for a world title.

" Bob McAdorey, whose face is as well known in Toronto as Mayor Givens, has the most power to dictate what pop music Ontario teens listen to ," the Toronto Telegram contended in 1966.

Hillgruber contended that there was a " kernel of truth " in Hoggan's claims in that Hitler had believed that he could invade Poland in 1939 without provoking a war with Britain, and was most unpleasantly surprised by the British declaration of war, but that, overall, Hoggan's view of Germany as the victim of an Anglo-Polish conspiracy was simply " preposterous ".

Long-term synaptic plasticity is often contended to be the most likely memory substrate.

The Artists contended that the Philistines, gross of soul, were all for having Son et Lumiere, since the French were footing the bill and the attraction, wherever it had been done, had proven popular.

Adams contended that once such a special class had been created it became a vested interest and sought to maintain itself by assuming exclusive control over the relationships between God and man.

Finally, it did seem clear as day to these clergymen, as Gannett's son explained in the biography of his father, they had always contended for the propriety of their claim to the title of Christians.

Lucian of Antioch had contended for a christology very similar to what would later be known as Arianism and is thought to have influenced its development.

The city had long been ruled by kings born to the Penthilid clan but, during the poet's life, the Penthilids were a spent force and rival aristocrats and their factions contended with each other for supreme power.

If Acorn had thought to include this small modification in the original Electron design it is likely the machine would have had a much greater impact as it would have nearly doubled the amount of motion possible in games and saved modes 0 – 3 ( including the only 16 colour mode ) from being nearly useless due to contended memory timings.

Critics contended the firings had been done to allow friends of the Clintons to take over the travel business and that the involvement of the FBI was unwarranted.

Round argued that the Normans had brought feudalism with them to England, while Maitland contended that its fundamentals were already in place in Britain before 1066.

Gaddafi contended that it was the People's Militia that met the Egyptian incursions during the border clash of 1977, although the Egyptians insisted that their successful raids had been contested by regular army units.

Muggeridge and the Bishop had arrived 15 minutes late to see a screening of the picture prior to the debate, missing the establishing scenes demonstrating that Brian and Jesus were two different characters, and hence contended that it was a send-up of Christ himself.

The Raiders ' lawsuit further contended that they had the rights to the Los Angeles market, and thus were entitled to compensation from the league for giving up those rights by moving to Oakland.

While this was seen as progress in some quarters, other Palestinian officials contended that the Charter had not yet been amended, and there were also reportedly discrepancies between the two letters.

" Furthermore, he contended, because rhetorical scholars had been focusing primarily on Aristotelian logical forms they often overlooked important, alternative types of discourse.

It was contended that any rights that C / F International had to license the Tom Jones show did not include the right to make and license separate recordings of the performances on the show and that any rights that C / F International had in the Tom Jones show ' no longer existed due to numerous breaches of contract.

The first wave of real " modern " historians, especially scholars on Rome and the medieval period, such as Edward Gibbon, contended that had Charles fallen, the Umayyad Caliphate would have easily conquered a divided Europe.

Some, such as Edmund Wilson, have contended that Marx's attack on Proudhon had its origin in the latter's defense of Karl Grün, whom Marx bitterly disliked, but who had been preparing translations of Proudhon's work.

The battle ended with both sides claiming victory: the English because they contended Dutch Lieutenant Admiral Michiel de Ruyter had retreated first, the Dutch because they had inflicted much greater losses on the English, who lost ten ships against the Dutch four.

Although Byrd supported Congressional acceptance of the amendment, he contended that Wilson had deviated from " historic tradition " by not waiting for Congress to consider the validity of the ratification, given the more than 202-year lapse since the Amendment had been proposed.

It has also been contended that the core verses of the book, in general chapters 4 through 22, are surviving records of the prophecies of John the Baptist.

* the cultured Greek language of the Epistle, it is contended, could not have been written by a Jerusalemite Jew.

The name " Israel " can be translated as " God contended ", but other meanings have also been suggested.

It has been contended that in the 8th century Emperor Charlemagne maintained his palatium in Nijmegen on at least four occasions.

It has been contended that " Pozzo and Lucky are simply Didi and Gogo writ large ", unbalanced as their relationship is.

Russell contended that Blackheath Barrow was primarily a religious site, specifically intended for the " performance of funeral rites ", as there was no evidence that it had been settled for domestic use.

Under these circumstances, the February 1988 election was no different from past elections, with Stroessner officially registering 89 percent of the vote — a margin that his rivals contended could only have been obtained through massive fraud.

It is also contended that Moby Grape has never been properly compensated for recordings released by this label.

His succession raised some question because, as Neves could not attend the inauguration ceremony on 15 March, several politicians contended at the time that Sarney shouldn't have been inaugurated as Vice-President and allowed to assume the role of Acting President.

This may not settle the economic question, however, since it has been contended that if the government would have paid as much or more to borrow from other sources were it not for the Fund, lower government spending was not enabled and there was accordingly no economic contribution to government savings.

It has been contended by Heinrich Graetz, and also by Francis Yates that this affair helped spark the Protestant Reformation.

The complaint contended that almost 160, 000 unauthorized clips of Viacom ’ s programming were made available on YouTube and that these clips had collectively been viewed more than 1. 5 billion times.

" TBN owner Paul Crouch, however, contended that " TBN has never been and is not now against Israel and the Jewish people.

His view that Napoleon was legitimately fighting for the long-established French aim of ' natural frontiers ' and that Napoleon merely inherited a foreign ' situation ' ( and therefore did not create his own foreign policy ), has been contended.