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As `` a matter of fact no such complete solution of the dream has ever been accomplished in any case,, and what is more, every one attempting such solution has found that in most cases there have remained a great many components of the dream the source of which he has been unable to explain nor is the discussion closed on the subject of the mantic or prophetic power of dreams ''.
The influence of such persons may reflect a heightened spiritual consciousness, or may simply represent people attempting to explain the world as best they could given the tools of the time.
Yet just like intelligence, sexuality is a complex human feature that modern science is attempting to explain with genetics ... Rather than determining that this results from purely biological processes, a trait evolves from developmental processes that include both biological and social elements.
Scientists such as Beverly Rubik have explored the idea of a human biofield using Kirlian photography research, attempting to explain the Chinese discipline of Qigong.
At that late date the ancient authors were attempting to explain the provenance of the name.
The History Monks appear in Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time and explain anachronisms in the Discworld ( such as Elizabethan theatre existing simultaneously with opera ) by describing how history was previously destroyed by a magical clock and they have been haphazardly attempting to reconstruct it.
A genetic basis for instinctive behavioural traits among non-human species, such as in the above example, is commonly accepted among many biologists ; however, attempting to use a genetic basis to explain complex behaviours in human societies has remained extremely controversial.
This is an important distinction because we need to be able to understand and explain terrible events and behavior in attempting to discourage it.
Models attempting to explain accelerating expansion include some form of dark energy, dark fluid or phantom energy.
Defenders of traditions and faiths from claims that they are irrationalist for ignoring or even attempting to forbid reason and argument concerning some subjects, typically maintain that there is no real conflict with reason, because reason itself is not enough to explain such things as the origins of the universe, or right and wrong, and so reason can and should be complemented by other sources of knowledge, or in other words first principles.
Using their transponder, Dop, the Martian leader " materialized " in the U. S. military base, attempting to explain his mission on Earth.
Langdon argued that the AAH is one of many hypotheses attempting to explain human evolution through a single causal mechanism, and that the evolutionary fossil record does not support such a proposal.
Bacon described numerous classes of Instances with Special Powers, cases in which the phenomenon one is attempting to explain is particularly relevant.
The book met with little popular or critical success, at least partly because it had no introduction or commentary to explain what the poets were attempting to do, and a number of copies were returned to the publisher.
A challenge for those attempting to define bugles with such a general classification is to explain how bugles are different from any other kind of brass band instrument.
They suggested that the spiral arms were manifestations of spiral density waves, attempting to explain the large-scale structure of spirals in terms of a small-amplitude wave propagating with fixed angular velocity, that revolves around the galaxy at a speed different from that of the galaxy's gas and stars.
By showing that appeasement was a popular policy and that there was continuity in British foreign policy after 1933, he shattered the common view of the appeasers as a small, degenerate clique that had mysteriously hijacked the British government sometime in the 1930s and who had carried out their policies in the face of massive public resistance ; and by portraying the leaders of the 1930s as real people attempting to deal with real problems, he made the first strides towards attempting to explain the actions of the appeasers rather than merely to condemn them.
This is an important distinction because we need to be able to understand and explain terrible events and behavior in attempting to discourage it.
Barring this however, there are many cultural differences which arise when attempting to explain this error.
Arnold Schoenberg asks for the technique in a number of pieces: the part of the Speaker in Gurre-Lieder ( 1911 ) is written in his notation for sprechstimme, but it was Pierrot Lunaire ( 1912 ) where he used it throughout and left a note attempting to explain the technique.
Most mental disorders are composed of several factors, which is why one must take into account several theoretical perspectives when attempting to diagnose or explain a particular behavioral abnormality or mental disorder.
In the play, Azaña uses various characters to espouse the various ideological, political, and social perspectives present within the Republic during the war, hence portraying and attempting to explain the rivalries and conflicts that were damaging the political cohesion of the Republic.
Early, of the Lost Cause movement, attempting to explain the Confederacy's loss of the war.

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The film's plot, involving Western villains from the future attempting to subjugate Japan, was also debated.
The film's premise features a band of pre-teens who live in the " Goon Docks " neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon attempting to save their homes from demolition, and in doing so, discover an old Spanish map that leads them on an adventure to unearth the long-lost fortune of One-Eyed Willie, a legendary 17th-century pirate.
Best remembered for its stirring title song, films originally featuring Maciste were dubbed into a variety of different " Sons of Hercules " pictures, with stock narration at the opening attempting to tie the film's lead character in to Hercules any way they could.
Its plot ( about a director attempting to disown a film ) eventually described the film's own production ; director Arthur Hiller requested that his name be removed after witnessing the final cut of the film by the studio.
One of the original ideas for the film's ending included a sequence with Scorpio kidnapping a group of schoolchildren at an airport, then attempting to hijack a plane.
Raymond III of Tripoli, the film's Tiberias, was not present, but was in Nablus attempting a coup, with Balian of Ibelin, to raise her half-sister ( Balian's stepdaughter ), princess Isabella of Jerusalem, to the throne ; however, Isabella's husband, Humphrey IV of Toron, refusing to precipitate a civil war, swore allegiance to Guy.
The film's casting department considered the casting of the Jewish Adi Stein as the Catholic Pete O ' Malley an ironic joke, due to the character's attempting to convert a Jewish boy to Catholicism.
According to Stacey Sher, one of the film's producers, when they were attempting to locate financing for the film they had the real Erin Brockovich pitch her life story to an unnamed movie studio executive who yawned in the middle of her pitch.
In and around the time of this film's creation, Welles was attempting to finance a restored release ( which would today be referred to as a " director's cut ") of his film The Magnificent Ambersons, which he had always claimed the studio ruined during editing.
Meanwhile, a bullet ricochets and hits Clarabelle in the leg as the Dandies continue attempting to escort her to her cousin's house ( like all the film's location, it is located within a one-block radius ).

attempting and appeal
Because of the political problems of Syracuse and the threat from Sparta, a group of Syracusans sent an appeal for help to Corinth which reached Corinth in 344 BCE Corinth could not refuse help, though her chief citizens declined the responsibility of attempting to establish a settled government in factious and turbulent Syracuse.
This is a rhetorical tactic that mocks an opponent's argument or standpoint, attempting to inspire an emotional reaction ( making it a type of appeal to emotion ) in the audience and to highlight the counter-intuitive aspects of that argument, making it appear foolish and contrary to common sense.
The classic rock format evolved from AOR radio stations that were attempting to appeal to an older audience by including familiar songs of the past with current hits.
Others have speculated that by stripping Wagner's works of their Germanic and historic elements, Wieland was attempting to distance Bayreuth from its nationalistic past and create productions with universal appeal.
In attempting to appeal to a broader electorate, he lost the support of black voters by opposing national health care reform and failing to meet with certain black political groups.
The party filing the appeal — called the petitioner or appellant, who is attempting to convince the appellate court to overturn the lower court decision — is responsible for submitting his brief first.
Early 20th-century land developers, attempting to capitalize on unclaimed land, utilized the name " Magic Valley " to attract settlers and appeal to investors.
In January 2000 he returned to Kuwait attempting to appeal the sentence.
After having no success in attempting to syndicate Hector, Armstrong created Jump Start, which was designed to have a broader appeal than the earlier strip.
In this period Amery made a series of pro-German propaganda radio broadcasts, attempting to appeal to Britons.
Gleeson then padded every ball away without attempting a shot, but every leg before wicket appeal was rejected.
As the PCR, which was growing more influent ( with the backing of Soviet occupation ) while generally lacking popular appeal, sought to form alliances with various forces in order to increase its backing, Tătărescu declared his group to be left-wing and Social liberal, while attempting to preserve a middle course in the new political setting, by pleading for close relations to be maintained with both the Soviet Union and the Western Allies.
Cognitive semantics has sought to challenge traditional theories in two ways: first, by providing an account of the meaning of sentences by going beyond truth-conditional accounts ; and second, by attempting to go beyond accounts of word meaning that appeal to necessary and sufficient conditions.
Such an appeal to combat heresy is likely the work of an orthodox forger, attempting to create a biblical basis for their counter-arguments to their docetic and gnostic enemies.
Kokanee started life as a niche brand by attempting to appeal with only radio ads to the residents of the interior of British Columbia with the slogan, " Brewed right in the Kootenays ".
The musical numbers are very diverse in character, taking a " something for everyone " approach to appeal to family audiences by catering to the young, the old and the middle-aged in turn, rather than attempting to suit everyone all the time.
Governments – both local and of Gresik – are attempting to appeal Bawean for tourists by advertising local natural attractions, which include the Lake Kastoba, hot springs Kebundaya and Taubat, waterfalls Lachchar and Patar Selamat, the caves in the central part of the island, sandy beaches and coral reefs on the coast.
The doctrine is used chiefly in concession contracts, the clause attempting to give local courts final jurisdiction and to obviate any appeal to diplomatic intervention.
This alternative appeal is part of a growing trend of bands attempting to create a distribution infrastructure outside the traditional music industry.

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