In contrast, patient testimonials, case reports, and even expert opinion ( however some critics have argued that expert opinion " does not belong in the rankings of the quality of empirical evidence because it does not represent a form of empirical evidence " and continue that " expert opinion would seem to be a separate, complex type of knowledge that would not fit into hierarchies otherwise limited to empirical evidence alone.

In contrast to this traditional classification, some academic departments organize scholarship into thematic categories, including political philosophy, political behavior ( including public opinion, collective action, and identity ), and political institutions ( including legislatures and international organizations ).

Spanish public opinion is not generally aware of the Portuguese claim on Olivenza / Olivença ( in contrast to the Spanish claim on Gibraltar or the Moroccan claims on Ceuta, Melilla and the Plazas de soberanía ).

By contrast, he thought the United States required greater compromise because of the diversity of public opinion and the difficulty of forming a majority opinion.

However, Mark Antony, with a subtle and eloquent speech over Caesar's corpse — beginning with the much-quoted " Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears "— deftly turns public opinion against the assassins by manipulating the emotions of the common people, in contrast to the rational tone of Brutus's speech.

( By contrast, the Mishnah states concluded legal opinions-and often differences in opinion between the Tannaim.

By contrast, modern critical opinion as expressed by Macdonald is that Djamileh is " a truly enchanting piece, full of inventive touches, especially of chromatic colour.

In contrast to other world newspapers such as The New York Times, Le Monde was traditionally focused on offering analysis and opinion, as opposed to being a newspaper of record.

In contrast, a third middle opinion held by Hirsch's descendants ( his son-in-law and successor Rabbi Solomon Breuer, his grandson Rabbi Joseph Breuer and the latter's successor Rabbi Shimon Schwab ), Rabbi Joseph Elias in his commentary to the Nineteen Letters ( Feldheim 1995 ) and some Jewish historians, says that both of these understandings of Hirsch's philosophy are misguided ; they refer to these readings of Hirsch as improper historical revisionism.

Brummell put into practice, perhaps instinctively, the principles of harmony of shape and contrast of colors, with such a pleasing result that men of superior rank sought his professional opinion on their dress.

Conway was reported to have had " major reservations " about the repeal of " don't ask, don't tell ", in contrast to the Pentagon opinion that the younger rank and file of the military didn't have such reservations about serving with openly gay servicemembers.

When the narrative focus returns to the point of view of the Israelites, the contrast between Balaam's voiced opinion of them, and their actual behaviour, is distinctly noticeable.

As with other multiracial peoples seeking recognition as Native American tribes, the Ramapough Mountain Indians have encountered differences of opinion over the significance of ancestry in contrast to identity in being recognized as a distinct culture.

He chose the name Degel HaTorah meaning " Flag The Torah " to be a contrast to the well-known flag of Israel and its connection with the secular-dominated State of Israel ( an " anti-Torah " entity in his opinion ).

In contrast to Coué's opinion, Shultz, believed autogenic training was a method for influencing one's autonomic nervous system, not the so called " subconscious.

In contrast, in post-traditional society people ( actors, agents ) are much less concerned with the precedents set by earlier generations, and they have more choices, due to flexibility of law and public opinion.

In contrast, Herodotus had a favourable opinion of Artemisia, despite her support of Persia, possibly because he too came from Halicarnassus.

In contrast, polymorphic opinion leaders are able to influence others in a broad range of domains.

In contrast, where opinions are in flux, or disputed, the individual will try to find out which opinion he can express without becoming isolated.

In Plato's terminology episteme means knowledge, as in " justified true belief ", in contrast to doxa, common belief or opinion.

In contrast to general opinion, George F. Kennan, who is taken to be the founder of this ideology in the famous Long Telegram, asserted that his ideas had been misinterpreted and that he never advocated military intervention, merely economic support.

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

Molecular absorption, in contrast, is much broader, so that it is more likely that some molecular absorption band will overlap with an atomic line.

In contrast, randomized algorithms like the PPSZ algorithm by Paturi, Pudlak, Saks, and Zani set variables in a random order according to some heuristics, for example bounded-width resolution.

Banquo's status as a contrast to Macbeth makes for some tense moments in the play.

Bayesian probability interprets the concept of probability as " an abstract concept, a quantity that we assign theoretically, for the purpose of representing a state of knowledge, or that we calculate from previously assigned probabilities ," in contrast to interpreting it as a frequency or " propensity " of some phenomenon.

In some Bantu languages, historically breathy-voiced stops have been phonetically devoiced, but the four-way contrast in the system has been retained.

By contrast to statutory codification of common law, some statutes displace common law, for example to create a new cause of action that did not exist in the common law, or to legislatively overrule the common law.

In contrast, some collectors attempt to obtain a sample from every country that has issued a coin.

Its unique relief carvings have a naive dynamic quality that contrast with the rigidity of the figures typical of some other periods.

In contrast, the hot dense vaporized material expands rapidly out of the growing cavity, carrying some solid and molten material within it as it does so.

By contrast, curry powders and pastes produced and consumed in India are extremely diverse ; some red, some yellow, some brown ; some with five spices and some with as many as 20 or more.

The Crucifix, a cross with the corpus ( Body of Christ ), is an ancient symbol used within the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, in contrast with some Protestant groups, which use only a simple cross.

His famous Sermon on the Mount is considered by some Christian scholars to be the proclamation of the New Covenant ethics, in contrast to the Mosaic Covenant of Moses from Mount Sinai.

In contrast, most Christian denominations actively seek converts, following the Great Commission, and conversion to Christianity is generally a declaration of faith ( although some denominations view it specifically as adoption into a community of Christ, and orthodox Christian tradition views it as being a literal joining together of the members of Christ's body ).

The literature also describes a contrast between velar and uvular rear articulations for some languages.

While many socialist currents advocated economic planning as an eventual substitute for the market for factors of production, some define economic planning as being based on worker-self management, with production being carried out to directly satisfy human needs, and contrast this with the concept of a command economy of the Soviet Union, which they characterize as being based on a top-down bureaucratic administration of the economy in a similar fashion to a capitalist firm.

In contrast, tables that are not normalized lend themselves to some types of queries, but not others.

The work thus contains an understandable degree of bias, Einhard taking care to exculpate Charlemagne in some matters, not mention others, and to gloss over certain issues which would be of embarrassment to Charlemagne, such as the morality of his daughters ; by contrast, other issues are curiously not glossed over, like his concubines.

By contrast, theology does assert high value for some unquestioned and eternal past-to-future equivalences.

In contrast, some advocates of faith argue that the proper domain of faith concerns questions which cannot be settled by evidence.