It implies a new reference point for the convert's self-identity, and is a matter of belief and social structure — of both faith and affiliation .< ref > Hefner, Robert W. Conversion to Christianity.

The principle technique for inducing convergence is thought experiment, namely backcasting, enabling anyone to participate no matter what cultural background, religious doctrine, political affiliation or age demographic.

It had attempted to get broadcast rights for the Olympics – which the station said was a separate matter from the network affiliation – but was again unable to reach an acceptable agreement.

* Every Jew and human being is worthy of profound respect, no matter their level of observance, knowledge or affiliation.

However, the Trustees, who had final say in the matter, issued a resolution on December 12, 1952, stating " it shall be cause for immediate dismissal of any member of faculty or staff " who invokes the fifth amendment before an investigatory body in refusing to answer questions relating to Communist affiliation, and that Professors Heimlich and Finley would be dismissed as of December of 31, 1952 unless they conformed to this new policy.

( It is a matter of debate whether Kaka Khels qualify as a Pashtun tribe as they are a family group with affiliation to one progenitor, Kaka Sahib – but it is not known if he was a Pashtun – Mian or Miah are the descendents of Kaka Sahib.

The door swung open, and Jess said sourly, `` What the hell's the matter with you??

And, as a matter of fact, Nicolas had slept in the park only part of one night, when he discovered that Munich's early mornings even in summer are laden with dew.

For the President had dealt with the matter humbly, in what he conceived as the democratic way.

When combined with the metaphysical notion that pure forms of this universe are best appreciated when least embodied in a material substratum, it becomes clear that while earth will be dross on a scale of material-formal ratios, celestial bodies will be of a subtle, quickened, ethereal existence, in whose embodiment pure form will be the dominant component and matter will be absent or remain subsidiary.

It must be granted that the flouting of convention, no matter how well intentioned one may be, is sure to lead to trouble, or at least to the discomfort that goes with social disapproval.

During the past year I have discussed this matter with the leaders of several Western nations.

One's daily work becomes sacred, since it is performed in the field of influence of the moral law, dealing as it does with people as well as with matter and energy.

In a matter of months the War Department built thirty-two camps, each one accommodating fifty thousand men -- sixteen were under canvas in the South and sixteen with frame structures in the North.

Sturley quoted Quiney as having written on November 1 that if he had `` more monei presente much might be done to obtaine our Charter enlargd, ij faires more, with tole of corne, bestes, and sheepe, and a matter of more valewe then all that ''.

With facts mainly in his mind, he was often acute in the matter of style, and he said, `` The young who have as yet nothing to say will try larks with initial letters and broken lines.

However, his subject matter and basic themes have remained surprisingly consistent, and these, together with certain key poetic images, may be traced through all his work, including the new jazz experiments.

`` What's the matter with me ''??

`` Oh, what's the matter with me ''??

`` Please come down as soon as you conveniently can '', the upright letters stalked from the broad-nibbed pen, `` I have an important matter to discuss with you ''.

In addition to the penalties provided in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001, any person guilty of any act, as provided therein, with respect to any matter under this Title, shall forfeit all rights under this Title, and, if payment shall have been made or granted, the Commission shall take such action as may be necessary to recover the same.

It is also the concern of the Department of State that our trading relationships with the rest of the world are vigorous, profitable, and active -- this is not just a passing interest or a matter of concern only to the Department of Commerce.

It is this subject matter that has brought Mason a large and enthusiastic following among sportsmen, but it is his exceptional performance with this motif that commends him to artists and discerning collectors.

Ordinary politeness may have militated against this opinion being stated so badly but anyone with a wide acquaintance in both groups and who has sat through the many round tables, workshops or panel discussions -- whatever they are called -- on this subject will recognize that the final, boiled down crux of the matter is education.

As a matter of fact you could probably find a new home development in every populated county in the country with three-bedroom ranch style cottages in the $14,000 range.

We couldn't be seen together, for the tongue of Scandal was ever ready to link our names, and the tongue of Scandal finds but one thing to say of the association of a man with a girl, no matter how innocent.

`` What's the matter with the music ''??

Statistics have been recognized as a matter of strategic importance in the Congo and in Ruanda-Urundi during the post-war years in connection with long-term economic and social programs.

A borderline schizophrenic young man told me that to him the various theoretical concepts about which he had been expounding, in a most articulate fashion, during session after session with me, were like great cubes of almost tangibly solid matter up in the air above him ; ;

The great majority of present-day linguists fall into one or more of a number of overlapping types: those who are convinced that tone cannot be analysed, those who are personally scared of tone and tone languages generally, those who are convinced that tone is merely an unnecessary marginal feature in those languages where it occurs, those who have no idea how to proceed with tone analysis, those who take a simplistic view of the whole matter.

This is mostly a matter of terminology, and US Asatru may be equated with UK Odinism for practical purposes, as is evident in the short-lived International Asatru-Odinic Alliance of folkish Asatru / Odinist groups.

In response, Cameroon took the matter to the International Court of Justice on 29 March 1994.

The matter was referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice, which ruled that, when the Council made a unanimous decision, it must be accepted.

" When the film had its premiere on opening night at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, it was mercilessly drubbed, but no matter ; it was a smash ," observed the International Herald Tribune in a 2007 profile of Besson.

Ordinal names are not covered by the International Code of Nomenclature and thus the name and spelling comes down to a matter of personal preference.

As a technical matter, DBS ( also known by the International Telecommunication Union as Broadcasting Satellite Service, or BSS ) refers only to services transmitted by satellite in specific frequency bands: 11. 7-12. 2 GHz in ITU Region 3 ( Asia, Australia ), 10. 7-12. 75 GHz in ITU Region 1 ( Europe, Russia, Africa ), and 12. 2-12. 7 GHz ITU Region 2 ( North and South America ).

Jagland, who said of the matter, " our opinion is that international law is on our side ", reported Australia to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

The residency weeks — Topics in Finance in Rochester and International Economics and Finance in Europe — offer students the opportunity to immerse themselves even more deeply into the subject matter.

The federal governments of Canada and the United States referred the matter to the International Joint Commission ( IJC ) in 1912.

The bill would also have included music among the subject matter covered by the Manufacturing clause of the International Copyright Act of 1891.

The matter was decided by the Permanent Court of International Justice against Norway.

Discrimination of Kelantan on this matter has led the state government considering action in the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ).

However, the degree to which the revolution must be made by conscious forces has always been a matter of dispute among Marxists, with many arguing that Marx ' famous statement that " I am not a Marxist " was a rejection of determinism, and the split was sharpened by the First World War, when the social democratic parties of the Second International supported their respective nations ' war efforts.

Today there are several multilateral institutions of varying scope and subject matter, ranging from the International Telecommunications Union ( ITU ) to the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) and Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW ).

Fined in India for a slow over rate, Ponting failed to redress the matter during the subsequent home series against New Zealand, when match referee Chris Broad dealt a second successive fine for being three overs behind in the First Test: Ponting was stripped of thirty per cent of his A $ 12, 750 match fee, twice the punishment of his team-mates in accordance with International Cricket Council rules for captains.

) Neither the U. S. nor Canada have pressed for a swift resolution for the matter, or arbitration at the International Court of Justice, however ; and the two have in the meantime cooperated in several measures aimed at preserving the maritime environment.

On September 10, 1990 he participated in the International Conference on the " Current Situation in the Gulf " and at this conference, he made his opposition to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait a matter of public record.

The International Court of Justice issued a ruling on the matter in 1975, stating that there had existed ties between the Moroccan Sultan and some ( mainly northernly Tekna ) tribes in then-Spanish Sahara, but that these ties were not sufficient to abrogate Western Sahara's right to self-determination.

In November 1923 France moved its customs office to Gex, and the matter was brought before the Permanent Court of International Justice ( predecessor of the International Court of Justice ), which decided in favour of Switzerland.

In his first term Karim served on the International Trade Committee, Committee of Judicial Affairs and Human Rights Committees and was a Member of the European Parliament's " Committee of Investigation into alleged CIA extraordinary renditions and secret prisons " after having been the first European Parliamentarian to officially raise the matter.

In 1999, Jenkins released his autobiography: Life at number 10: An Autobiography with freelance journalist Paul Rees just a matter of weeks before breaking the International points scoring record.

Acquiring the ' U. S. domestic ' version turned out to be sufficient hassle that most computer users, even in the U. S., ended up with the ' International ' version, whose weak 40-bit encryption could be broken in a matter of days using a single personal computer.

From 1963 to 1966, he served on the team representing South Africa at the International Court of Justice in The Hague in the matter of Ethiopia and Liberia v. South Africa, over the South African occupation of South-West Africa ( Namibia ).

In its 2006 response, the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ), recognised by astronomers as the world body responsible for resolving issues of nomenclature, released its decision on the matter.