Historical records indicate that Copernicus was unaware of the fundamental aspects of his so-called ' revolution ', unaware perhaps of its historical importance, he rested content with having produced a simpler scheme for prediction.

General responsibility for its administration rested with a division of the colonial government concerned with labor supply and native affairs, Service des Affaires Indigenes et de la Main-d'Oeuvre ( AIMO, Af Direction, Af Direction Generale, Gouvernement Generale ).

Whereas the primary meanings of the Lo Shu diagram seemed to have been based on its inner mathematical properties -- and we shall see that even its secondary meanings rested on some mathematical bases -- the urgent desire to place everything into categories of fives led to other groupings based on other numbers, until an exaggerated emphasis on mere numerology pervaded Chinese thought.

Nauru's economic viability has historically rested on its phosphate reserves.

The Rosetta Stone was originally displayed at a slight angle from the horizontal, and rested within a metal cradle that was made for it, which involved shaving off very small portions of its sides to ensure that the cradle fitted securely.

In part, Orthodox Christians continue to celebrate Saturday as Sabbath because of its role in the history of salvation: it was on a Saturday that Jesus " rested " in the tomb after his work on the cross.

The show's continuing popularity rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern everyday concerns in the Stone Age setting.

On November 15, the defense rested its case without calling Guandique to the stand.

Because he ignored the tradition he rested blindly imprisoned in it, repeating its most problematic gestures, falling short of the most elementary critical questions.

For the first year of the law's enactment, the enforcement of the statute rested with the Federal Trade Commission, but this power was transferred to the SEC following its creation in 1934.

For the first half of its existence the empire's power rested primarily on the Kutama Berbers and their strength, with a Berber army conquering northern Africa, Palestine, Syria and, for a short time, Baghdad.

Prior to its publication, Sassoon's reputation rested entirely on his poetry, mostly written during and about World War One.

: Near this spot stood the Cross erected by King Edward the I to mark the place in Stony Stratford where the body of Queen Eleanor rested on its way from Harby in Nottinghamshire to Westminster Abbey in 1290

After additional testimony and tapes the government rested its case on March 24.

In the fall of 1540, the Spanish Hernando de Soto expedition rested here for about one month during its exploration of the Southeast.

After being rested for the whole of 1986 ( during which time Bygraves offered to finance its production himself ), it returned with Les Dennis on 27 June 1987, and had a consistently successful run for the next fifteen years.

The move towards modernization rested on one main issue, transforming the Soviet Union into a modern industrialized society, but to do so the Soviet Union had to reshape its preexisting structures, namely its agricultural system and the class structure that surrounded it.

There the matter rested until 1962, when Venezuela renewed its 19th-century claim, alleging that the arbitral award was invalid.

Both Dobbie and Percival made it clear that Singapore could no longer be seen as a self-contained naval base, and that its survival rested on the defence of mainland Malaya.

For him the foundation of ethics necessarily rested on the ideal end of social well-being, and keeping this end in view, he proceeded to trace its history at different times, the manner in which it shapes itself in the mind of each individual, and the way in which it can be developed and realized.

Nearing praised Albania during this time and described its people as " rested, secure, hopeful, cheerful " along with " they are building solidly and fundamentally for a better future.

McDowell argued, against this Dummettian view and its development by such contemporaries as Crispin Wright, both that this claim did not, as Dummett supposed, represent a Wittgensteinian requirement on a theory of meaning and that it rested on a suspect asymmetry between the evidence for the expressions of mind in the speech of others and the thoughts so expressed.

The decision for selecting Rickover to head the development of the nation's nuclear submarine program ultimately rested with Admiral Mills.

The decision of the case, written by Justice Hugo Black, found the case largely indistinguishable from the previous year's Hirabayashi v. United States decision, and rested largely on the same principle: deference to Congress and the military authorities, particularly in light of the uncertainty following Pearl Harbor.

His government's policy may have prompted the US's decision to suspend its ANZUS Treaty obligations to New Zealand, but that decision rested with the U. S. government, not with the New Zealand government.

The fact that the decision in this dispute rested with the calif Al-Ma ' mun ( 825 ) indicates a decline in the power of the exilarchate.

China claims however, that their involvement does not break with tradition in that the final decision about the recognition of both the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama traditionally rested in the hands of the Chinese emperor.

The jury were also told that the final decision of whether to impose a death sentence rested with the trial judge.

The decision ultimately rested with the other member clubs.

The election date was not delayed or canceled, although the decision to do so rested with the Chief Electoral Officer and not the premier.

Phil cites the fact that the decision to re-open the door rested solely with the pilot, and that intervention by the production crew would have resulted in someone leaking such information out.

The Islamic court was a strictly one-judge court and the final decision rested upon the shoulders of a single qadi.

Bradley disagreed with the majority opinion, apparently because it rested on the decision in the Slaughterhouse Cases, but concurred in the judgement on grounds that the clause did not protect women in their choice of vocation.

" Essentially, the Supreme Court presumed the state decision rested on federal grounds.

This was presumably the basis on which the Jury's decision rested.

When Harvey was rested for a tour match in East London, media complaints prompted Australian selectors to reverse their decision.

The decision rested on the assertion that minimum resale price maintenance is indistinguishable in economic effect from naked horizontal price fixing by a cartel.

The decision and the modus operandi to ensure this rested with a Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control.

The final decision on executions rested with Cabinet, and only eight of the condemned were executed.

If it is not " apparent from the four corners ” of the opinion that the judgment rests on an independent state law rule, then, unless it is “ necessary or desirable ” to obtain clarification from the state court itself, the Supreme Court will presume that the decision rested in part on federal law, thereby rendering it reviewable.

" The decision by the United Nations ( UN ) on whether or not to sanction the invasion rested on two elements: a discussion of international law, including the Nuremberg Principles on preemptive war ; and the UN inspections for Iraq's alleged possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction.