If the Byzantines adopted the crescent and star as a symbol of their city after the events of the mid 4th century BC, one is forced to wonder why they waited several hundred years before putting the symbol on only some of their coins.

If you come up with an innovation that serves, that resonates with customers, the Internet will allow that innovation to spread dramatically faster than any other technology has enabled a new innovation to be adopted in the history of mankind.

When asked by reporters at the end of a televised press conference to list one of Nixon's policy ideas he had adopted, Eisenhower joked, " If you give me a week, I might think of one.

If adopted, this change will lead to smaller trains being able to transit the tunnel.

* In an issue of the What If series, Cannonball's brother Josh ( who would, in normal continuity, later become Icarus ) found and " adopted " a Sentinel.

If an organization that has adopted " Robert's Rules of Order " does not wish RONR to be considered its reference authority, it should adopt another version explicitly, as RONR is generally considered by parliamentarians to be the definitive source on the subject.

If this is for an adopted pet, typically the victim is expected to pay some fee such as insurance, food or shipping.

If an adopted child rejected his foster parents, claiming they were not his mother and father, his tongue was torn out.

If the third meaning is adopted, it can be said that the so-called Middle Men of Middle-earth ( the Rohirrim, Men of Dale, etc.

If adopted, the two higher-placed clubs in the play-offs would have enjoyed first-round byes and home advantage in the semi-finals.

If, however, the measurements are uncorrelated but have different uncertainties, a modified approach might be adopted.

If rejected, the school board must continue to propose alternatives until a budget is adopted by both the county school board and the county legislative body.

William Searle Holdsworth, one of Blackstone's successors as Vinerian Professor, argued that " If the Commentaries had not been written when they were written, I think it very doubtful that United States, and other English speaking countries would have so universally adopted the common law.

If the latter is adopted, the bulk of the Asian species would be retained in Carpodacus or placed in the genus Rubicilla.

They have adopted the attitude that dressing to compliment body shape is important, on which subject Wodall has commented " If you want to make the best of yourself you don't necessarily need to diet — you need to wear the right stuff.

If SFA systems aren ’ t adopted and properly integrated to all departments, there might be a lack of communication which could result in different departments contacting the same customer for the same purpose.

If this ratio is adopted, 1, 240, 000 ha land is required to sustain the present population ; however, the total land available, excluding the reserve forest, is 928, 000 ha.

“ If widely adopted, rooftop gardens could reduce the urban heat island, which would decrease smog episodes, problems associated with heat stress and further lower energy consumption .”

Over a dozen members of the conservative wing of the RNC submitted a new resolution, to be eventually voted on by the entire RNC, that would call on the Democratic party to rename itself the “ Democrat Socialist Party .” If the RNC adopted this resolution, the RNC ’ s official view would become that Democrats are socialists.

If resistance is made to the execution of the laws of Rhode-Island, by such force as the civil peace shall be unable to overcome, it will be the duty of this Government to enforce the constitutional guarantee — a guarantee given and adopted mutually by all the original States.

If no related family member is willing or able to adopt, the next preference is for the child to be adopted by the foster parents or by someone else involved in the child's life ( such as a teacher or coach ).

If neither above option are available, the child may be adopted by someone who is a stranger to the child.

If the report is adopted, the bill is voted upon for final passage in each house.

If a two-thirds majority could not be obtained, a constitutional text could be adopted by a simple majority and then put to a national referendum in which sixty per cent support would be required for it to pass.

If he is the child of nothingness, if he is the predestined victim of an age of atomic wars, then he will consult only his own organic needs and go beyond good and evil.

If a child watched its progress he whispered, `` Hay, hay, load of hay -- make a wish and turn away '', and then stared rigidly in the opposite direction until the sound of the horses' feet returned no more.

If a child had a single drop of Negro blood, he would revert to the ancestral line which, except as slaves under a superior race, had not made one step of progress in 3,000 years.

If your child is under 19 or is a student you may also claim an exemption for him if he qualifies as your dependent, even though he earns $600 or more.

If your child works for you, you may deduct reasonable wages you paid to him for services he rendered in your business.

If, however, the child is weak, overweight, or afraid, more help will be needed.

If a child with an I.Q. of 120 scored 5.5 in achievement, his discrepancy score would be, representing of one year of over-achievement.

If such a child scored 3.0, his discrepancy score would be -.5, representing of one year of under-achievement.

If a child loses a molar at the age of two, the adjoining teeth may shift toward the empty space, thus narrowing the place intended for the permanent ones and producing a jumble.

If a child does lose his first teeth prematurely because of decay -- and if no preventive steps are taken -- the other teeth may shift out of position, become overcrowded and malformed.

If, as a home movie maker, you shoot the inevitable footage of your child taking its first steps, you have merely recorded an historical event.

* If the balance factor of P is-2 then the right subtree outweighs the left subtree of the given node, and the balance factor of the right child ( R ) must be checked.

* If the balance factor of P is 2, then the left subtree outweighs the right subtree of the given node, and the balance factor of the left child ( L ) must be checked.

If the node is a leaf or has only one child, remove it.

If the daughter is an only child or her sisters are deceased and have no living issue, she ( or her heir ) is vested with the title ; otherwise, since a peerage cannot be shared nor divided, the dignity goes into abeyance between the sisters or their heirs, and is held by no one.

If the candidate relies on sponsors, the celebrant asks them if they will raise the child in " the Christian faith and life " ( ECUSA BCP ), and will raise the child through " prayers and witness to grow into the full stature of Christ " to which the parents will state to each, " I will, with God's help.

If the candidate is a child, the godparents are to answer the questions.

If a node has fewer than two children, some of the child pointers may be set to a special null value, or to a special sentinel node.

If the child is thrown into a passive role as a student, absorbing information, the result is a waste of the child ’ s education.

If Mary and her child died, Elizabeth would become queen.

If, on the other hand, Mary gave birth to a healthy child, Elizabeth's chances of becoming queen would recede sharply.

If available, inhabitants may take potassium iodide at the rate of 130 mg / day per adult ( 65 mg / day per child ) as an additional measure to protect the thyroid gland from the uptake of dangerous radioactive iodine, a component of most fallout and reactor waste.

If the child sees its reflection it is said that it will die.