Its mixture of primitive fish and derived tetrapod characteristics led one of its discoverers, Neil Shubin, to characterize Tiktaalik as a " fishapod ".

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 claim to be " atheoretical " is held to be unconvincing because it makes sense if and only if all mental disorder is categorical by nature, which only a biological model of mental disorder can satisfy.

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 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 growth continues steadily on a par with past growth ; ;

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

Its elimination would result in the saving of interest costs, heavy when short-term money rates are high, and in freedom from dependence on credit which is not always available when needed most.

During the last week of march 1961, Columbus, Ohio was the site of the Fourth Symposium on Temperature, Its Measurement And Control In Science And Industry.

Its ground for this recommendation was that, while petitioner claimed before the local board August 17, 1956 ( as evidenced by its memorandum in his file of that date ), that he was devoting 100 hours per month to actual preaching, the headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses reported that he was no longer doing so and, on the contrary, had relinquished both his Pioneer and Bible Student Servant positions.

Its entire complement of non-commissioned officers on the platoon level had departed as cadre for another unit, and its vehicles were still those used in the drive across Luzon in World War 2.

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 eggs are laid on the forest floor and when they hatch, the tadpoles are carried one by one on the back of an adult to a suitable water-filled crevice such as the axil of a leaf or the rosette of a bromeliad.

Its usage is mostly restricted to engravings on stone and jewelry, although inscriptions have also been found on bone and wood.

Some Transparency, No Accountability: The Use of Oil Revenues in Angola and Its Impact on Human Rights.

Its domain is the powerset of A ( with the empty set removed ), and so makes sense for any set A, whereas with the definition used elsewhere in this article, the domain of a choice function on a collection of sets is that collection, and so only makes sense for sets of sets.

Its album Pimp to Eat featured guest appearances by various members of Rhyme Syndicate, Odd Oberheim, Jacky jasper ( who appears as Jacky Jasper on the song " We Sleep Days " and H-Bomb on " War "), D. J.

Its members continue to conduct scientific research on the paranormal to this day.

French Rural History an Essay on Its Basic Characteristics ( 1972 )

* The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, volume 1, by Alfred Bates.

Its residents were removed to settle on the Aventine Hill in Rome as new citizens, following the Roman traditions from wars with the Sabines and Albans.

Its impact site on the Moon is unknown.

Its first Arbor Day was celebrated on 2004-10-08.

Its connection with Ares, perhaps based on a false etymology, is purely etiological myth.

Its furry paws allow it to walk on ice in search of food.

Its New York offices were on the 92nd and 98th – 105th floors of the South Tower of the World Trade Center at the time of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

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.