R. B. Gregg has written that `` non-violence and good will of the victim act like the lack of physical opposition by the user of physical jiu-jitsu, to cause the attacker to lose his moral balance.

Personal probabilities are problematic for science and for some applications where decision-makers lack the knowledge or time to specify an informed probability-distribution ( on which they are prepared to act ).

By contrast, in civil law jurisdictions ( the legal tradition that prevails in, or is combined with common law in, Europe and most non-Islamic, non-common law countries ), courts lack authority to act where there is no statute, and judicial precedent is given less interpretive weight ( which means that a judge deciding a given case has more freedom to interpret the text of a statute independently, and less predictably ), and scholarly literature is given more.

Part V of this act established an amending formula for the Canadian constitution, the lack of which ( due to more than 50 years of disagreement between the federal and provincial governments ) was the only reason Canada's constitutional amendments still required approval by the British parliament after ratification of the Statute of Westminster in 1931.

This act may be seen as a desecration of a divinely woven tapestry, as a general flouting of the strictures imposed by the gods, or simply as an act of extreme pride and lack of humility before the gods, tempting them to retribution.

Some Alaska Natives continue to resent the Alaska Federation of Natives ' lack of legitimacy to act on their behalf.

This act alienated many Oda retainers, convincing them of Nobunaga's mediocrity and lack of discipline and they began to side with his more soft-spoken and well-mannered brother, Nobuyuki.

They acknowledge that they must act at the random whims of the other characters, but do not make any effort to fight this lack of control.

Critics from the neoclassical school of economics criticise state-ownership and centralisation of capital on the grounds that there is a lack of incentive in state institutions to act on information as efficiently as capitalist firms do because they lack hard budget constraints, resulting in reduced overall economic welfare for society.

If an act or lack thereof is condemned under international law, the act will not assume international legality even if approved by internal law.

The act of killing oneself is not applicable to an omnipotent being, since, despite that such an act does involve some power, it also involves a lack of power: the human person who can kill himself is already not indestructible, and, in fact, every agent constituting his environment is more powerful in some ways than himself.

Although this act gives power to the allottee to decide whether to keep or sell the land, provided the harsh economic reality of the time, lack of access to credit and markets, liquidation of Indian lands was almost inevitable.

Tube feet can also act as respiratory organs, and are the primary sites of gas exchange in heart urchins and sand dollars, both of which lack gills.

This act may be seen as a desecration of a divinely woven tapestry, as a general flouting of the strictures imposed by the gods, or simply as an act of extreme pride and lack of humility before the gods, tempting them to retribution.

Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity or the irreverence towards religious or holy persons or things.

These feelings are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, who essentially mistake a lack of abuse from their captors for an act of kindness.

Worried by the lack of progress with their most profitable act, Virgin paired The Human League up with American R & B producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who had a proven track record with Janet Jackson, the SOS Band, Alexander O ' Neal, and Cherelle.

According to comedy folklore, after a reviewer once criticised his act for its lack of jokes, Bailey returned the following night, at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, to perform a set composed entirely of punchlines.

In many cases, they may lack the bargaining power to act on their expectations, no matter how rational they are, or their perceptions, no matter how free of money illusion they are.

Priestley attributed this to the failure of the conductor, Karl Rankl to learn the music or to cooperate with Brook, and to lack of rehearsal of the last act.

Acanthocephalans lack a mouth or alimentary canal.

The lack of a canal handicapped the growth of the town as the Falls of the Ohio made river transport from the city difficult.

Although the canal was re-opened in March 1899, lack of water on the summit level soon closed it again, after which Gloucestershire County Council suggested that they take it over.

Periander's change of heart is attributed variously to the great expense of the project, a lack of labour or a fear that a canal would have robbed Corinth of its dominant role as an entrepôt for goods.

It was never a commercial success and, from 1950, lack of maintenance allowed the canal to become increasingly derelict.

More surveys followed, and in 1804 construction of the canal began including 14 locks to connect the Christina River in Delaware with the Elk River at Welch Point, Maryland, but the project was halted two years later for lack of funds.

Since 2006, Poland has considered digging another canal across the Vistula Spit in order to circumvent this lack of access.

A flight of canal locks was considered but discarded, mainly because of the lack of a suitable site and the loss of water from the canal that would have resulted from operating locks.

By the reign of Tiberius, engineers tried to dig a canal, but were defeated by lack of modern equipment.

Because of the lack of upwelling and tides pushing in oxygen rich waters into the canal, the area ’ s oxygen content suffers.

Referred to by pequeninos as little mothers, these female infants lack a birth canal and consequently do not survive the " birth " of their children.

After capturing Azov in 1696, Peter the Great decided to build the canal, but, because of a lack of resources and other problems, this attempt was abandoned in 1701 without success.

A lack of capital and income prevented completion of the canal, and it remained with Garthmyl as its terminus for 20 years.

In 1817 the link between the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey canal was closed due to its lack of financial success.

The main factor restricting the potential scope of the movement is the lack of abandoned or surplus rail lines in continental Europe, though abandoned canal towpaths are readily available and used for similar purposes.

Some argue that this lack of temporization can result in a decreased need for root canal therapy, as there is no temporary leakage between visits.

On April 28, 1899 the name was changed to the Delaware and Hudson Company to reflect the lack of a canal, which was sold in June of that year.

Spinal or neurogenic claudication is not due to lack of blood supply, but rather it is caused by nerve root compression or stenosis of the spinal canal, usually from a degenerative spine, most often at the " L4-L5 " or " L5-S1 " level.

The construction of the Nova Scotia Railway by the colonial government was partly encouraged by the construction failures and ongoing delays in building the Shubenacadie Canal The success of the railway came at the expense of the canal which opened in 1861, but soon fell into disrepair from lack of use ( and because the rail bridges over the canal were too low for the steamers on the canal ).

After World War II, in common with many other canals, the canal started to suffer from a lack of maintenance, although commercial carrying on the canal continued into the 1960s.

The Lavoisier definition was held as absolute truth for over 30 years, until the 1810 article and subsequent lectures by Sir Humphry Davy in which he proved the lack of oxygen in H < sub > 2 </ sub > S, H < sub > 2 </ sub > Te, and the hydrohalic acids.

Despite his lack of experience, Claudius proved to be an able and efficient administrator.

Cavalry " flying columns " proved effective, or at least cost-effective, in many campaigns — although an astute native commander ( like Samori in western Africa, Shamil in the Caucasus, or any of the better Boer commanders ) could turn the tables and use the greater mobility of their cavalry to offset their relative lack of firepower compared with European forces.

These distinctions created divisions among workers and color proved a singularly powerful and enduring symbol of social and economic mobility, or lack thereof.

The Stammbaumtheorie proved to be very productive for comparative linguistics, but didn't solve the major problem of studying the origin of language: the lack of fossil records.

For the 2008 season, the Ranger III carried visitors to / from Windigo on several occasions, this proved to be a failure and was discontinued after 4 trips due to lack of interest and extremely long crossing times.

Despite his lack of political experience, Claudius proved to be an able administrator and a great builder of public works.

Fundraising proved difficult, especially for the Americans, and by 1885 work on the pedestal was threatened due to lack of funds.

Transport was similarly limited by the lack of routes: at critical times, it proved difficult to reinforce or supply front-line units or to evacuate their wounded.

The lack of structural integrity proved to be the undoing of the central section of the cathedral of St Martin church when Utrecht was struck by a tornado in 1674.

An extended search for an anchorage at King Edward VII Land proved equally fruitless, so Shackleton was forced to break his undertaking to Scott and set sail for McMurdo Sound, a decision which, according to second officer Arthur Harbord, was " dictated by common sense " in view of the difficulties of ice pressure, coal shortage and the lack of any nearer known base.

The destruction that occurred in Gaul and the lack of an effective response from the court in Ravenna lent support to the rebellion of Constantine III in Britain, which Stilicho proved unable to deal with.

The lack of reaction from the streets proved that the revolution was, indeed, over.

The UK could only just maintain three active campaigns, and immediate offensives in both the Middle East and Far East proved impossible due to lack of resources.

The West's Buffalo Bisons were forced to cease operations on December 6, 1936, after playing just 11 games, because of what proved to be insurmountable financial problems and lack of access to a suitable arena ; the Bisons ' original arena, Peace Bridge Arena, had collapsed the previous season.

Despite her lack of formal education, Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business and her investment in the cosmetics field proved a lucrative one.

The lack of shelter at Sook Jai proved to be a source of tension in the tribe, as the tribe members quickly became divided between those who worked on building the shelter and those who gathered water and food.

The lack of big-name games and high budget marketing proved a deterrent to many potential buyers.

This lack of mobility proved to be greatly exacerbated by the absence of roads, the presence of deep snow cover and a scarcity of artillery tractors.

This incident proved controversial due to the lack of evidence from camera angles showing whether or not he was ahead of Castroneves.

Though hampered by a lack of supplies and an epidemic among the local people, he proved that the interior could be explored by the use of suitably constructed sledges, and thus contributed an important advance to Arctic exploration.

While the injection system had proved itself in international competition, it did lack altitude compensation for the adjustment of mixture at altitudes greater than above sea level.

Despite the critics ' comments on its crudeness and lack of depth, it proved to be one of the most popular novels of the Romantic Period.

The experiment's failure is generally blamed on MPC's lack of a 1: 48 locomotive and caboose to go with the cars ; when it was repeated again in the 1980s with locomotives of appropriate size, it proved more successful.

However, Junejo won the slot due to his apolitical ideas and lack of understanding the government operations, although it was proved to be misconception.