People acquired power through persuasion, exerted both publicly and privately, public debate, force of will ( often via aggressive flames ), garnering authority and respect by spending much time and effort contributing to the community ( by being a maintainer of a FAQ, for example ; see also Kibo, etc.

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Jefferson's earnings reputedly enabled him to buy a car and employ chauffeurs ( although there is debate over the reliability of this as well ); he was given a Ford car " worth over $ 700 " by Mayo Williams, Paramount's connection with the black community.

This is still a matter of debate within the esoteric and Wiccan community.

This is still a matter of debate within the esoteric and Wiccan community.

The use of microphones and amplifiers in a classical setting has led to debate within the classical community, as "... purists maintain that the natural acoustic sound of voices instruments in a given hall should not be altered.

This prediction has attracted debate and criticism from the AI research community, and some of its more notable members, such as Kevin Warwick, Bill Joy, Ken MacLeod, Ray Kurzweil, Hans Moravec, and Roger Penrose, have voiced their opinions on whether or not this future is likely.

Growing community unrest about the draft, the rising tide of casualties and social debate about the moral rectitude of the war fuelled the first significant stirrings of organised domestic opposition, such as the influential community anti-conscription organisation Save Our Sons.

Therefore, language, in the absence of translation, comprises a barrier to a worldwide community of debate and opinion, although it is also true that media within any given society may be split along class, political or regional lines.

The e-journal soon became the central point for publication and debate within the nascent memeticist community.

In the usability community, there has been much debate about whether the multiple document or single document interface is preferable.

* Liberals Vs Conservatives Non partisan community where both sides of the fence may enter into debate.

N-rays became the topic of some debate within the science community.

While the applicability of the quasispecies model to real organisms is still a matter of debate in the scientific community, some researchers believe that it accurately represents the evolution of high-mutation-rate viruses such as HIV and sometimes single genes or molecules within the genomes of other organisms.

" ( However, the novel prompted a heated debate in the scientific community regarding the plausibility of developing ethnic bioweapons ).

It was called " rap ", expanding the word's earlier meaning in the African-American community —" to discuss or debate informally.

Many Muslims agree that cooperation with the Christian and Jewish community is important but some Muslims believe that theological debate is often unnecessary:

There is a philosophical debate within the physics community as to whether a theory of everything deserves to be called the fundamental law of the universe.

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dhimmi ); since the abolition of the Caliphate, there has been debate about the proper role of divisions of the world in Islam, and whether the traditional bipartite division is sufficient to meet the needs of the ummah ( world community of Muslims ) and world moving in to the future.

The ambiguities introduced by relativity led, starting in the 1960s, to considerable debate in the teaching community as how to define weight for their students.

The ambiguities introduced by relativity led, starting in the 1960s, to considerable debate in the teaching community as how to define weight for their students, choosing between a nominal definition of weight as the force due to gravity or an operational definition defined by the act of weighing.

There is some debate within the Jewish community as to whether dairy products are allowed in kosher bread ; some authorities maintain that bread must be strictly pareve to avoid combining meat and dairy in the same meal, while others feel it is acceptable as long as a sign of some sort ( usually a different loaf shape, but others are known ) is baked into the loaf to distinguish it from pareve bread.

He is a major proponent of the hereditarian position in the nature versus nurture debate, the position that genetics play a significant role in behavioral traits, such as intelligence and personality.

The debate between proponents of private versus state capitalism is centered around questions of managerial efficacy, productive efficiency, and fair distribution of wealth.

This is often framed in terms of the nature versus nurture debate.

Although the first, which emphasizes the potential for energy and resource conservation and health benefits gained from cycling versus automobile use, is relatively undisputed, the second is the subject of much debate.

* Imagery versus proposition debate

( Whether the downsides versus the upsides justifies a complex design or not is food for a never-ending debate in certain circles.

Other scholars have suggested that Hebrews is part of an internal New Testament debate between the extreme Judaizers ( who argued that non-Jews must convert to Judaism before they can receive the Holy Spirit of Jesus ' Jewish covenant ) versus the extreme Antinomians ( who argued that Jews must reject God's commandments and that Jewish law was no longer in effect ).

The debate between the sleek in-line engines versus the more reliable radial models continued, with naval air forces preferring the radial engines, and land-based forces often choosing in-line units.

The considerable " nature versus nurture " debate exists over whether predominantly biological or psychological factors produce sexual orientation in humans.

The central theoretical disagreement is known as the " state versus nonstate " debate.

When Maroger's book became available, Reginald Marsh drew on Maroger's book-jacket an airplane dropping an atomic bomb on the Maryland Art Institute, a reference to the controversy Maroger was causing in the local press over the abstract art versus realism debate.

There is significant scientific debate about the relative merits of categorical versus such non-categorical ( or hybrid ) schemes, also known as continuum or dimensional models.

Other historians note debate about Shaka's role as a uniter versus a usurper of traditional Zulu ruling prerogatives, and the notion of the Zulu state as a unique construction, divorced from the localised culture and the previous systems built by his predecessor Dingiswayo.

* Modalism vs. Youtube: Trinitarianism Debate debate between reverend David Bernard of New Life UPCI versus reverend Gene Cook of Reformed Baptist Church

The success of the " TRC method " versus the " Nuremberg method " of prosecution is open for debate.

Generally proponents of the tabula rasa thesis favour the " nurture " side of the nature versus nurture debate, when it comes to aspects of one's personality, social and emotional behaviour, and intelligence.

While there is considerable debate about the relative merits of a constitutional arrangement such as that of the United States versus a parliamentary arrangement such as Britain, analysts have noted that most democracies around the world have chosen the British multi-party model.

The strategic reserves issue was a topic of debate also between conservationists and the petroleum industry, as well as those favoring public ownership versus private control.

The nature versus nurture debate concerns the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities (" nature ," i. e. nativism, or innatism ) versus personal experiences (" nurture ," i. e. empiricism or behaviorism ) in determining or causing individual differences in physical and behavioral traits.

In the social and political sciences, the nature versus nurture debate may be contrasted with the structure versus agency debate ( i. e. socialization versus individual autonomy ).