In contrast, in non-common-law countries, and jurisdictions with very weak respect for precedent ( example, the U. S. Patent Office ), fine questions of law are redetermined anew each time they arise, making consistency and prediction more difficult, and procedures far more protracted than necessary because parties cannot rely on written statements of law as reliable guides.

In contrast, the U. S. definition of " rye whisky " requires that the whisky be at least 51 % rye, which prevents a low rye content whisky from being labelled " rye " unless it is labelled as a " blended " rye whisky, and even then approximately 10 % of such a " blended rye whisky " must still be from rye.

By contrast, the U. S. admitted more than 100, 000 Vietnamese refugees for resettlement during the Vietnam War.

By contrast, a number of Irish people abroad converted to Asian religions and played significant roles in anti-colonial revival movements, such as the Irish Buddhist monk U Dhammaloka (? Laurence Carroll?

By contrast, the Maxwell equations describing electromagnetism can be understood to be the Hodge equations of a principal U ( 1 )- bundle or circle bundle π: P → M with fiber U ( 1 ).

In the U. S. only the Department of Veterans Affairs randomly drug tests, in contrast to drug testing practices for other professions which have a major impact on public welfare.

Most nations of Western Europe use more comprehensive measures, and in sharp contrast to the heated discussion in the U. S., abstinence is hardly discussed as an educational measure.

The accident-free record of United States Navy reactor operations stands in stark contrast to those of America's primary competitor during the Cold War, the Soviet Union, which lost several submarines to reactor accidents in both its haste and chosen priorities for competing with superior U. S. technology.

By contrast, lieutenant governors of U. S. states are relatively powerless officials, usually the second-in-command to a state governor.

By contrast, the U. S. Army and Navy frequently suffered budgetary cutbacks and program cancellations by Congress and Secretary McNamara.

In contrast, they find that the likelihood of a U. S. listing among small foreign firms choosing between the Nasdaq and LSE's Alternative Investment Market decreased following SOX.

The blight-resistant Chinese Chestnut is now the most commonly planted chestnut species in the U. S. It can be distinguished from the American chestnut by its hairy twig tips which are in contrast to the hairless twigs of the American chestnut.

While the pace of conversion was relatively swift in Britain — with over 60 percent of theaters equipped for sound by the end of 1930, similar to the U. S. figure — in France, by contrast, more than half of theaters nationwide were still projecting in silence by late 1932.

In the U. S. region of New England, many municipalities ( styled towns in contrast to cities ) practice a very limited form of home rule, and decide local affairs through the direct democratic process of the town meeting.

In contrast, the awarding of the Army Commendation Medal in the U. S. Army and the Air Force Commendation Medal in the U. S. Air Force is not limited to senior service members, and can be awarded to junior NCOs in the grade of E-6 and below and junior officers in the grade O-3 and below.

the U. S. Civil War, Fort Benton is one of the oldest settlements in the American West ; in contrast many other places — including large cities today — were settled in the

This part of the Gibbons ruling stands in direct contrast to the post-New Deal decision in Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U. S. 111 ( 1942 ).

The band's debut single " The Drowners " attracted excitement because of its sharp contrast to the dying Madchester scene and the U. S. grunge sound of the time.

In contrast, the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party opposed U. S. participation in the war and supported labor strikes, even in the war-effort industry.

In the U. S., in contrast, non-payment of child support may be treated as a criminal offense or a civil offense, and it can result in a prison or jail term.

U. S. Navy policy was to use its best combat pilots to train newer pilots, in contrast to the Japanese practice of keeping their best pilots flying combat missions.

By contrast, in the U. S., Meili was largely regarded as a hero and whistleblower and received a particularly warm reception from the American Jewish community.

In contrast, prior to World War I, the U. S. maintained a relatively small peacetime military as compared to other nations.

When Heidegger and Sartre speak of a contrast between being and existence, they may be right, I don't know, but their language is too philosophical for me.

The cyclist, by contrast, blond and blue-eyed, is simply unreflective, unproblematic Life, `` blithe and carefree ''.

Whatever pole of this contrast one emphasizes and whatever the tension between these two approaches to understanding the artistic imagination, it will be readily seen that they are not mutually exclusive, that they belong together.

For both Plato and Aristotle artistic mimesis, in contrast to the power of dialectic, is relatively incapable of expressing the character of fundamental reality.

In contrast to all this, primary data are data of a self involved in environing processes and powers.

The short poems grouped at the end of the volume as `` Thoughts in Loneliness '' is, as Professor Book indicated, in sharp contrast with the others.

In contrast to cocktail parties, military organizations, even in the field, are more formal.

By contrast, the energetic reaction of the leader to the full demands his decision imposes upon him strengthens the moral intuition and gives us the measure of the man.

But none of this has prevented scientists, philosophers, and even historians of science, from speaking of the Ptolemaic system, in contrast to the Copernican.

Another contrast stressed when discussing Ptolemaic vs. Copernican astronomy, turns on the idea of simplicity.

No more startling contrast to a system of sullen satellites could be imagined.

I take the central meaning here to be the contrast between the drab empty quality of life without literature and a life enriched by it.

The limits are suggested by an imaginary experiment: contrast the perceptual skill of English professors with that of their colleagues in discriminating among motor cars, political candidates, or female beauty.

A contrast of the scripture reading of, let us say, St. Augustine, John Bunyan, and Thomas Jefferson, all three of whom found in such study a real source of enlightenment, can tell us a great deal about these three men and the age that each represented and helped bring to conscious expression.

In this respect, his approach to poetry-and-jazz is in marked contrast to Kenneth Rexroth's.

In contrast to the caravan of the previous night, there were only four cars parked across the street.

In contrast to the lower turnout of TV, total radio production increased from 15.4 million sets to 16.7 million ( excluding export ).

A true university, like most successful marriages, is a unity of diversities Without forcing all components into a single pattern, the preparation of a master plan is an opportunity to consider interrelation of knowledge at its highest level, which a university -- in contrast to a multiversity -- should stand for.

In contrast are the vast open stretches of ranch country and oil wells.

Try some closeups on Southern blossoms to provide a welcome contrast with the many long-view scenics you'll be making.

Built upon seven hills, Istanbul, like Rome, is one of the most ancient cities in the world, filled with splendor and contrast.

It is an exotic place, so different from the ordinary that the casual tourist is likely to see at first only the contrast and the ugliness of narrow streets lined with haphazard houses.

Even when they are finished, however, the contrast will remain, for Istanbul is the only city in the world that is built upon two continents.

i.e., burglars who rob while the tenants are absent, in contrast to hot-slough prowlers, those who work while the occupants are home.

and that the maximum of the radio emission came about 3-1/2 days after Full Moon, which is again in contrast to the infrared emission, which reaches its maximum at Full Moon.