Most factions are very loose organisations, having no definitive list of members, but some factions, have a formal internal structure, with membership lists, regular meetings, official positions – such as negotiators, conveners, whips, and organizers, – and a definitive policy position on every issue affecting the broader organisation.

Both the WAA and the ABCe provide more definitive lists for those who are declaring their statistics as using the metrics defined by either.

Performance related clauses have become more common in recent years, meaning that it is harder to produce definitive lists of the largest transfer fees than was the case in the past.

The character of Miss Marple is based on Christie's grandmother and her cronies, but there is no definitive source for the derivation of the name ' Marple '.

Typically performed as definitive treatment for appendicitis, although sometimes the appendix is prophylactically removed incidental to another abdominal procedure.

Indeed he seems more or less responsible together with Gasparo da Salò and some Micheli's like Zanetto or Pellegrino for giving the instruments of the modern violin family their definitive profile.

Whilst the uncertainty in the atomic mass computed by time-of-flight methods in atom probe is sufficiently small to allow for detection of individual isotopes within a material this uncertainty may still, in some cases, confound definitive identification of atomic species.

His 1939 memorial article for Sapir, " The Relation of Habitual Thought And Behavior to Language ", in particular has been taken to be Whorf's definitive statement of the issue, and is his most frequently quoted piece.

“ A visit to the ground has only confirmed me ,” Lucas wrote in 1921 ; “ and it was interesting to find that Mr. Apostolides, son of the large local landowner, the hospitality of whose farm at Tekés I enjoyed, was convinced too that the site was by Driskole Krini, for the very sound reason that neither the hills nor the river further east suit Caesar ’ s description .” John D. Morgan in his definitive “ Palae-pharsalus – the Battle and the Town ”, arguing for a site closer still to Krini, where he places Palaepharsalos, writes: “ My reconstruction is similar to Lucas ’ s, and in fact I borrow one of his alternatives for the line of the Pompeian retreat.

The great eleven volume Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum compiled between 1870 and 1954 is the definitive reference work for the study of British Satirical prints.

Large collections of bird fossils representing a range of different species provides definitive evidence for the persistence of archaic birds to within 300, 000 years of the K – Pg boundary.

In his definitive study of the taxonomy of the coyote, Jackson had, in response to Miller, queried whether Heller had seriously looked at specimens of coyotes prior to his 1914 article, and thought the characters to be “ not sufficiently important or stable to warrant subgeneric recognition for the group ”.

Its covers featured dynamic images by Frank Frazetta that, for many fans, presented the definitive impression of Conan and his world.

* – The definitive narrative history, useful for checking discrepancies between sources

In-situ measurements are required before a definitive answer can be arrived at, but due to the high plasma temperatures in the corona, in-situ measurements are impossible ( at least for the time being ).

DNA testing can give a definitive diagnosis, but not all the genetic markers for CMT are known. CMT is first noticed when someone develops lower leg weakness and foot deformities such as foot drop, hammertoes and high arches.

The definitive descriptions of the rules for forming domain names appear in RFC 1035, RFC 1123, and RFC 2181.

He was urged, however, to return to Peru and this time take definitive possession of Cuzco so as to consolidate an inheritance for his son.

Subsequent negotiations between Francisco Pizarro and Almagro concluded with the liberation of the third brother, Hernando Pizarro, in return for the definitive control and administration of Cuzco for Almagro himself.

In contrast, Huston Smith, scholar of world religions, said of the Mitchell version, " This translation comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine.

The evidence for that destruction is the most definitive and secure.

It is widely believed by historians that Federalist newspaper editors Nathan Hale, Benjamin and John Russell were the instigators, but the historical record gives no definitive evidence as to who created or uttered the word for the first time.

Paul Tillich credits Gregory of Nazianzus for having " created the definitive formulae for the doctrine of the trinity ".

The evidence for continuity between Huns and Xiongnu has not been definitive.

The year 1747 marks the definitive appearance of an Afghan political entity independent of both the Persian and Mughal empires.

Because these paired books had to fit a fixed total page length, one or both were usually abridged to fit, and Wollheim often made other editorial alterations — as witness the differences between Poul Anderson's Ace novel War of the Wing-Men and its definitive revised edition, The Man Who Counts.

' Again writing about these events, Robert Latham – the editor of the definitive edition of the diary – has remarked: ' His descriptions of both – agonisingly vivid – achieve their effect by being something more than superlative reporting ; they are written with compassion.

* La Boxe Française-Savate ( 1980 – present ): the technical abilities of both Savate's major kicking arsenal and English Boxing were merged into a definitive sport of combat.

While fire and forget missiles have definitive advantages in terms of guidance and operator safety, and include abilities such as top attack mode, older missiles continue in use, both in the front line armies of less developed countries, and in reserve service the world over, due to their lower cost or existing stockpiles of less advanced weapons.

Within the text, they interpreted three definitive astronomical events: there was a new moon on the day of the slaughter ( as required for a solar eclipse ); Venus was visible and high in the sky six days before ; and the constellations Pleiades and Boötes were both visible at sunset 29 days before.

Though both men had been neglected since their respective publications, Helmholtz's definitive 1847 declaration of the conservation of energy credited them both.

Given the lack of concrete historical knowledge about one of the most potent figures in British mythology, it is unlikely that any definitive conclusions about the claims for these places will ever be established ; nevertheless it is both interesting and important to try to evaluate the body of evidence which does exist and examine it critically.

Allmusic writer Thom Jurek said of the song, " The amazing thing is that both versions are definitive.

In Trichinella spiralis, the roundworm that causes trichinosis, a host has both reproductive adults in its digestive tract and immature juveniles in its muscles, and is therefore considered both an intermediate host and a definitive host.

See also Whitman for a comparative study of Old Latin and Old English meter ( he argues for alliteration and accent as definitive for both ).

Although DNA analysis was definitive, the grouping of both families was a surprise, given their very dissimilar morphologies.

On October 5, 1997, GT Interactive announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire MicroProse for $ 250 million in stock, the deal had even been unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of both companies.

His interest in Eugene Debs had already begun to crystallize into a determination to write a definitive biography, drawing on both archival sources and interviews with some of the many individuals then living who had known Debs well.

Fuller also questioned a definitive line between male and female: " There is no wholly masculine man ... no purely feminine " but that both were present in any individual.

Lowell referred to these fourteen-line poems as sonnets although they sometimes failed to incorporate regular meter and never incorporated rhyme ( both of which are defining features of the sonnet form ); however, some of Lowell's sonnets ( particularly the ones in Notebook 1967-1968 ) were written in blank verse with a definitive pentameter.

Modeling of the potential marine carbon contribution to the Chilean archaeological specimen casts further doubt on claims for pre-Columbian chickens, and definitive proof will require further analyses of ancient DNA sequences and radiocarbon and stable isotope data from archaeological excavations within both Chile and Polynesia.

A no-flexibility attitude from both Brando and Donner saw both removed from the series until 2006 when Donner's definitive ( or at least, as close to definitive as possible ) version of the movie, simply titled Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut was released on November 28, 2006 on the same date as the DVD release of the summer hit, Superman Returns.

The indecisive outcome of the Cenepa War — both sides claim victory — along with the mediation efforts of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and the United States, paved the way for the opening of diplomatic negotiations that ultimately led to the signing of a definitive peace agreement in 1998, putting an end to one of the longest territorial disputes in the Western Hemisphere.

Another problem was the tank's relatively small turret that prevented the use of powerful weapons ; definitive versions of the tank were armed with either the QF 6 pounder or the derivative QF 75 mm gun, both having reasonable powers against armoured and soft targets respectively but with limited performance against the other.