Its advocates claim that it allows for the free alignment of all aspects of the vocal tract by consciously increasing air-flow, allowing improved vocal technique and tone.

Its decision in Witt v. Department of the Air Force reinstated Witt's substantive due process and procedural due process claims and affirmed the dismissal of her Equal Protection claim.

Its present canon law requires that an ecumenical council be convoked and presided over, either personally or through a delegate, by the Pope, who is also to decide the agenda ; but the church makes no claim that all past ecumenical councils observed these present rules, declaring only that the Pope's confirmation or at least recognition has always been required, and saying that the version of the Nicene Creed adopted at the First Council of Constantinople ( 381 ) was accepted by the Church of Rome only seventy years later, in 451.

Its proponents claim insulin therapy increases the uptake of chemotherapeutic drugs by malignant cells, permitting the use of lower total drug doses and reducing side-effects.

Its companion Fomalhaut b was thought to be the first extrasolar planet ever detected by a visible light image, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, but infrared observations have since retracted this claim: it is instead a spherical cloud of dust.

Its attribution to Porter may have formed part of Thompson's claim to be an hereditary witch.

Its most famous aria " Vesti la giubba " (" Put on the costume " or, in the better-known older translation, " On with the motley ") was recorded by Enrico Caruso and laid claim to being the world's first record to sell a million copies ( although this is probably a total of Caruso's various versions of it made in 1902, 1904 and 1907 ).

Its objectives were to confirm the original French claim to the territory, determine the level of British influence, and impress the Indians with a French show of force.

Its revival and widespread use in the 19th Century therefore had a clear Danish nationalist connotation of laying a claim to the territory and objecting to the German claims.

Its purpose was ostensibly to oversee the territory and the establishment of new settlements and maintain a detailed recording of all land and civic transactions in the area ; but in fact Lord Baltimore intended to use the commission to reinforce Maryland's claim to the area and to monitor any encroachments by the Virginians.

Its main industry and claim to fame is its tourist resorts, particularly those on the beaches along the Costa del Sol (" Sun Coast ").

Its importance as a product of biographical literature was first emphasized by Mandell Creighton, who insisted on the claim of Cavendish to be recognized as the earliest of the great English biographers, and an individual writer of charm and originality.

Its claim to partial fame is that director John Carpenter was born here when his mother was visiting her sister.

Its identity remained hidden for many years before its apparent discovery, a claim disputed by many locals.

Its designers claim that ABC programs are typically around a quarter the size of the equivalent Pascal or C programs, and more readable.

Its " claim to fame " is Mineral Springs, the largest natural sulfur spring in the world.

Its position, exactly halfway between Ankh-Morpork and Al Khali ( the capital of Klatch ), makes the island a powerful strategical point for whoever lays claim to it, which both cities do.

Its current pledged membership is about 9 % of the Scottish population — though according to the 2001 national census, 42 % of the Scottish population claim some form of allegiance to it ( see Religion in Scotland ).

Its many performances in all other of the world's major opera houses give it a claim to being the most successful opera of the 19th century.

Its discoverers claim that, on the basis of 268 characters sampled from all major Mesozoic mammal clades and principal eutherian families of the Cretaceous, Eomaia is placed at the root of the eutherian " family tree " along with Murtoilestes and Prokennalestes.

Its report ( issued October 18, 1990 ) specifically rejected the claim of a sucessful prediction of the Loma Prieta earthquake ; examination of a transcript of his talk in San Francisco on October 10th showed he had said only: " there will probably be several earthquakes around the world, Richter 6 +, and there may be a volcano or two " — which, on a global scale, is about average for a week — with no mention of any earthquake anywhere in California.

Its original boundaries were proclaimed as all of present-day Ohio east of a line extending due south from the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, but this did not take into account Connecticut's still unresolved claim of the Western Reserve.

Today, the term radical center is most commonly associated with a movement that does not explicitly claim descent from the Reform Party or its ideas, but rather draws its inspiration from the book The Third Way by Anthony Giddens ( 1998 ) and Giddens ' highly-regarded follow-up book The Third Way and Its Critics ( 2000 ).

Its primary claim is that people's common-sense understanding of the mind ( or folk psychology ) is false and that certain classes of mental states that most people believe in do not exist.

Its front was windowless, but irregularities in the masonry might be an indication that windows, now blinded, had once looked out upon the street.

Its second press release was on January 15, 1958, and it recommended that the secret papers be destroyed.

Its initial expenses will be paid from appropriations currently available for our foreign aid program.

Its terms will tend to be labile or vague, and they will fit actual languages more and more badly.

Its lovely seventeenth-century ceiling frescoes, as well as the huge guards room with a tremendously high and beautifully carved wooden ceiling, can be seen Sundays ( 11:00 to 12:00 noon ).

Its citizens spoke all of the world's surviving tongues, plus a new one called Lingo, a pidgin whose vocabulary was derived from the other six and whose syntax was so simple it could be contained on half a sheet of paper.

Its wide use can be attributed to its simplicity of design and manufacture, and the economy of creating it.

Its members cannot be dismissed by the government.

Its weight also makes it relatively easy to move and carry, however its shape is generally not very compact and it may be difficult to stow unless a collapsing model is used.

Its chemical and physical properties are so similar to that of natural amethyst that it can not be differentiated with absolute certainty without advanced gemnological testing ( which is often cost-prohibitive ).

Its coastal acquisition may have been one reason yellow amber came to be designated by the same term as ambergris.

Its functions are thought to include tasks such as lipid and heme biosynthesis, and it appears to be necessary for survival.

Its mission may be to support the development, testing, and training phases for new aircraft weapons systems or research projects.

Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, unwanted semi-solid matter produced during digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, may be one or more of: matter which the animal cannot digest, such as bones ; food material after all the nutrients have been extracted, for example cellulose or lignin ; ingested matter which would be toxic if it remained in the digestive tract ; and dead or excess gut bacteria and other endosymbionts.

Its sensitivity is 2 – 3 orders of magnitude higher than that of flame AAS, so that determinations in the low μg L-1 range ( for a typical sample volume of 20µL ) and ng g-1 range ( for a typical sample mass of 1 mg ) can be carried out.

Its mass is hard to exactly determine, but may be slightly larger than that of the Sun ( 1. 1 < sub >- 0. 4 </ sub >< sup >+ 0. 6 </ sup > solar mass ).

Its light curve can be approximated by adding together a number of sine waves, with periods that range between 0. 8 and 1. 5 hours.

Its basis appears to be the old Roman Creed.

Its highly professional officer corps serves as a nucleus around which the trained service would be mobilized if required.

Its name can be connected to drum and bass or Miami Bass, whose influence can still be heard in Bass music's edgey raw energy.

Its hydroxide was known in pre-modern history as baryta ; this substance does not occur as a mineral, but can be prepared by heating barium carbonate.

Its style and randomness could be off-putting, however, and it is safe to say the humour could be something of an acquired taste.