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The developments that led to the First Balkan War did not go unnoticed by the Great Powers, but although there was an official consensus between the European Powers over the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire, which led to a stern warning to the Balkan states, unofficially each of them took a different diplomatic approach due to their conflicting interests in the area.
generally joins other African and developing country states in consensus positions on major policy issues.
The site's consensus states " This classic low budget horror film combines just the right amount of gore and black humor, giving The Evil Dead an equal amount of thrills and laughs.
:: Asharq Al-Awsat: But, what is the point of the Islamic Fiqh Academy's consensus on fatwās that are not binding for the member states?
James Dunn states that there is " broad consensus " among scholars regarding the nature of an authentic reference to Jesus in the Testimonium and what the passage would look like without the interpolations.
James Dunn states that the works of Josephus include two separate references to Jesus and although there are some interpolations in the Testomonium, there is " broad consensus " among scholars regarding the nature of an authentic reference to Jesus in the Testimonium and what the passage would look like without the interpolations.
In lieu of corporations and states, libertarian socialists seek to organize society into voluntary associations ( usually collectives, communes, municipalities, cooperatives, commons, or syndicates ) that use direct democracy or consensus for their decision-making process.
Nigeria also has played a leading role in forging an anti-terrorism consensus among states in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Conference was entitled Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons and had the purpose of building consensus between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states in relation to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
The resolutions called on all states to " cooperation and full implementation of the relevant international conventions relating to terrorism " and specified consensus recommendations for all countries.
The consensus seems to be that Sabah and Sarawak are merely one of the states in the federation with a slightly higher degree of autonomy compared to other states in Peninsular Malaysia.
* As part of their commitment process, at least three states were using mechanisms to involve the patient in development of a consensus plan for compliance with mental health treatment.
The precautionary principle or precautionary approach states that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking the action.
These policies, developed after the Cold War, sought to establish a multilateral consensus for action ( which would likely take the form of increasingly harsh sanctions against the problem states, summarized as the policy of containment ).
Its critical consensus states: " Anchored by dazzling performances from Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Renée Zellweger, as well as Cameron Crowe's tender direction, Jerry Maguire meshes romance and sports with panache.
Based on 40 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 95 % (" Certified Fresh ") of the reviewers have enjoyed the film and the site's consensus states " Close Encounters ' most iconic bits ( the theme, the mashed-potato sculpture, etc.
This resonates with Charles Tart's idea ( put forward in the book Waking Up ) that all states of consciousness are trances, and that what we call " normal " waking consciousness is just a " consensus trance ".
The consensus states that the film is " fun for kids, but bland and unoriginal for adults.
The film received a 96 % " Certified Fresh " rating by Rotten Tomatoes, with 47 critics giving generally favorable reviews and only two negative reviews ; the site's consensus states " You will see what's coming, but the masterful performances, especially Thornton's, will leave you riveted.
The conference's website states that it engages in " consensus policy, collective action, and maximizing the resources of the American Jewish community ," in particular, " when events in the U. S., Israel and elsewhere affect the American Jewish community.
The consensus states " Three Kings successfully blends elements of action, drama, and comedy into a thoughtful, exciting movie on the Gulf War.
These developments did not go unnoticed by the Great Powers, but although there was an official consensus between the European Powers over the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire, which led to a stern warning to the Balkan states, unofficially each of them took a different diplomatic approach due to their conflicting interests in the area.
Although the topic was previously disputed, current consensus states that the cardia is part of the stomach.

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Even when public bodies arrived at a consensus, at least one dissenting vote has been usual.
Even in the United States, with its freedom of religious belief and worship and its vast denominational differentiation, there is a general consensus regarding the basic Christian values.
Even though it is a broad consensus currently regarding the overall ideology of Taiwanization, there are still deep disputes over practical policies between the three main political groups of Taiwan independence, Chinese reunification, and supporters of Chinese culture.
Even in 1983 this issue remained so sensitive that government and parliament failed to reach consensus over a changed redaction.
Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 48 % based on reviews from 77 critics, or an average score of 5. 3 / 10, with the site's consensus stating ; " Even in a slick package and an attractive cast, the movie succumbs to bad acting and a bad script.
Even today, support for official bilingualism has not achieved consensus levels in English-speaking Canada.
Even van Swieten's musical taste has been harshly criticized, but here the consensus is perhaps more positive.
Even his funeral demonstrated the ability of Low to reach political consensus, with honorary pallbearers that included both financier and philanthropist John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. and labor activist and AFL founder Samuel Gompers.
Even in the case where minority control is nominally limited to blocking the majority with veto power ( whether as a result of a supermajority requirement or a consensus process ), this may result in the situation where the minority retains effective control over the group's agenda and the nature of the proposals submitted to the group, as the majority will not propose ideas that they know the minority will veto.
Even the top-of-the-list consensus has its limits.
* Even if a leader holds absolute power ( i. e., the President of the United States is technically the commander-in-chief ), the leader must gain a consensus with his underlings or risk having his order misunderstood or, in some cases, ignored.
Even in modern times, Jaynes notes that there is no consensus as to the cause or origins of schizophrenia ( the subject is still hotly debated ).
Even then, it took more than a hundred years for other historians to reach a consensus that Galletti had been correct.

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Lacking the respected and effective institutions that consensus helps provide, minority parties, such as the P.D.I. in 1957 and the progressive Istiqlal faction in 1958, clamor for elections when out of power, but are not at all certain they wish to be controlled by popular choice when in power.
A convention was called at Borja to develop a consensus, but there Peter so alienated his own partisans with perceived arrogance that they abandoned him, yet were unwilling to accept Ramiro.
Although his home has been traditionally identified as one of the Aeolian Islands ( there is little consensus as to which ), near Sicily, an alternative location has been suggested at Gramvousa off the northwest coast of Crete.
The film boasted a larger budget than Carrie, though the consensus view at the time was that De Palma was repeating himself, with diminishing returns.
Finally, in the German Imperial War Council of 8 December 1912 the consensus was that Germany would not be ready for war until at least mid-1914 and passed notes to that effect to the Habsburgs.
" The general consensus is that these public key algorithms are insecure at any key size if sufficiently large quantum computers capable of running Shor's algorithm become available.
The Copenhagen interpretation is a consensus among some of the pioneers in the field of quantum mechanics that it is undesirable to posit anything that goes beyond the mathematical formulae and the kinds of physical apparatus and reactions that enable us to gain some knowledge of what goes on at the atomic scale.
Nineteen days after his election, Obama's advisers announced that plans to repeal the policy might be delayed until 2010, because Obama " first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his new political appointees at the Pentagon to reach a consensus, and then present legislation to Congress.
By 1792 there was no longer consensus that all the revolutionaries at the tennis court were " heroes.
Opinion is divided on the noir status of several of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers from the era ; at least four qualify by consensus: Shadow of a Doubt ( 1943 ), Notorious ( 1946 ), Strangers on a Train ( 1951 ), and The Wrong Man ( 1956 ).
" I have the sense that when consensus is forming like ice hardening on a lake, Dyson will do his best to chip at the ice ," physics Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg said of him.
The consensus of psychologists is that sexual orientation, in most individuals, is shaped at an early age and is not voluntarily changeable.
A series of 1950s essays by Henry Phelps Brown and Sheila V. Hopkins later set the academic consensus that the bulk of the population, that was at the bottom of the social ladder, suffered severe reductions in their living standards.
The consensus is that it is hidden somewhere at Saqqara.
The popular consensus at the moment is that introns arose within the eukaryote lineage as selfish elements.
* 1920 – During the U. S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U. S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U. S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase " smoke-filled room ".
However, scientific consensus is that there are at least two subspecies of the common carp, one from Western Eurasia ( Cyprinus carpio carpio ) and another from East Asia ( Cyprinus carpio haematopterus ).
Today's consensus, if one exists, is that increasing the minimum wage has, at worst, minor negative effects.
The consensus of the industry at the moment seems to be that the flexibility and reduced process complexity obtained by having the two functions separated far outweighs the small penalty in packaging.
No consensus exists whether or not the attribute has any effect on ranking at any of the major search engines today.
There is also an evident consensus among popular authors that he predicted whatever major event had just happened at the time of each book's publication, from the Apollo moon landings, through the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, and the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, to the events of 9 / 11: this ' movable feast ' aspect appears to be characteristic of the genre.
Thomas Hobbes instead founded a contractualist theory of legal positivism on what all men could agree upon: what they sought ( happiness ) was subject to contention, but a broad consensus could form around what they feared ( violent death at the hands of another ).
The consensus among scholars has been that, at the turn of the 1st and 2nd centuries, local congregations were led by bishops and presbyters whose offices were overlapping or indistinguishable.

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