The portrait that had developed, fragmentarily but consistently, was the portrait of a man to whom serious thinking is alien enough that the making of a decision inhibits, when it does not forestall, any ability to review the decision in the light of new evidence.

When using the works of his authorities Alexander does not only review their reasoning but also gives conclusions, expands on them, and offers his agreements and disagreement with them.

For a recent review, see The authors admits that their model " does not solve the entropy and flatness problems of standard cosmology ..... and we can provide no explanation for why the current universe is so close to being spatially flat.

Two psychologists associated with Christian colleges in the US have argued that it is not conclusive that homosexuality does not meet the DSM's criteria, based on their review of some of the research relating to claims of statistical infrequency, personal distress, maladaptiveness and deviation from social norms.

Greenpeace rejected the accusations and challenged PIW to disclose its funders, a request rejected by then-Executive Director of PIW, Mike Hardiman, because PIW does not have 501c3 tax exempt status like Greenpeace does in the U. S. The IRS conducted an extensive review and concluded in December 2005 that Greenpeace USA continued to qualify for its tax-exempt status.

Olivier's 1937 performance at the Old Vic Theatre was popular with audiences but not with critics, with James Agate writing in a famous review in The Sunday Times, " Mr. Olivier does not speak poetry badly.

Scholars also point to the silence of Photios as late as the 9th century, and the fact that he does not mention the Testimonium at all in his broad review of Josephus.

In this work, not only does he provide a review of Yiddish grammar, but also proposes its transition to the Latin script and other orthographic innovations.

The judiciary does not practice judicial review.

A review and draft recommendation by the United States Preventive Services Task Force in 2012 found insufficient evidence to determine risk verses harm from supplementation in women before menopause or in men and thus does not recommend it for this group.

In a 2001 review of Midas Dekkers ' Dearest Pet: On Bestiality, Singer argues that sexual activities between humans and animals that result in harm to the animal should remain illegal, but that " sex with animals does not always involve cruelty " and that " mutually satisfying activities " of a sexual nature may sometimes occur between humans and animals, and that writer Otto Soyka would condone such activities.

Moreover, they further argued that scientific peer review does not necessarily detect intellectual fraud, viz.

However, some might argue that Switzerland does not have a strong separation of powers system, as the Federal Council is appointed by parliament ( but not dependent on parliament ), and the judiciary has no power of review.

The conclusion of this review was that " the overwhelming weight of evidence shows that sex education that discusses contraception does not increase sexual activity ".

He quotes a review from Natural History noting that Ehrlich does not try to " convince intellectually by mind dulling statistics ," but rather roars " like an Old Testament Prophet.

Generally speaking the U. S. Supreme Court does not review decisions of state courts that depend entirely on the resolution of a state law issue.

A review of the scientific literature on caffeine concluded that moderate caffeine intake ( less than 400 mg per day ) does not adversely affect cardiovascular health.

The Spectator does have a popular music column, though it only appears every four weeks, while a cinema column contains a review of one film each week by the non-specialist Deborah Ross.

The AAH does not appear to have passed the peer review process, and despite Morgan being praised by various scholars, none of her work has appeared in any academic journals of anthropology or related disciplines.

* Received only one negative review on Rotten Tomatoes and a " 98 %" approval rating, 2 points less than The Godfather ( although it does hold a higher rating average of 9. 2 / 10 compared to the predecessor's 9. 1 / 10 ) but 32 points more than The Godfather Part III.

In 1997, Film Comment published a review calling Hell's Hinges a " classic of its kind " and arguing that " to dismiss it casually as a western would be a mistake, for it more resembles The Atonement of Gosta Berling than it does Riders of the Purple Sage.

166, 834 P. 2d 656 ( 1992 ) ( holding that the state constitution does not prohibit the use of suppressed evidence for impeachment because its introduction discourages a defendant from perjuring himself directly, thus furthering the goal of preserving the dignity of the judicial process ), review denied, 121 Wash. 2d 1005, 848 P. 2d 1263 ( 1993 ).

2d 196 ( 2005 ) ( refusing to accept a state court's " dismissive and strained interpretation " of the prisoner's evidence on habeas review and noting that " eference does not by definition preclude relief ").

" Another July 1816 anonymous review, for the Anti-Jacobin, discussed the origin of the poem but dismissed the poem with lukewarm praise: " These have none of the wildness or deformity, of ' Christabel '; and though they are not marked by any striking beauties, they are not wholly discreditable to the author's talents.

This resulted in his work being singled out for praise in a review of that show by the artist Spencer Frederick Gore in The Art News.

Lenny received favorable praise from critics and audiences alike, earning a score of 100 % " Fresh " on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes based on 16 reviews.

This 2009 documentary film chronicles what occurred as a result: the New York Times fired Bosley Crowther because his negative review seemed so out of touch with the public, and Pauline Kael, who wrote a lengthy freelance essay in The New Yorker in praise of the film, became the magazine's new staff critic.

His later novels, including the Book of Bebb series and Godric, received hearty praise ; in his 1980 review of Godric, Benjamin DeMott summed up a host of positive reviews, saying “ All on his own, Mr. Buechner has managed to reinvent projects of self-purification and of faith as piquant matter for contemporary fiction, producing in a single decade a quintet of books each of which is individual in concerns and knowledge, and notable for literary finish .” In 1982, author Reynolds Price greeted Buechner ’ s The Sacred Journey as “ a rich new vein for Buechner – a kind of detective autobiography ” and “ he result is a short but fascinating and, in its own terms, beautifully successful experiment .”

Arthur Calder-Marshall ’ s March 20, 1937 review in Time and Tide celebrates Orwell ’ s achievement, and can be summarized by its first line: “ Of Mr Orwell ’ s book, there is little to say except praise .”

The album received unanimously positive reviews, with praise from music periodicals such as Rolling Stone, NME, and Blender, as well as a four-star review from the Los Angeles Times, calling it a " wild emotional ride " sure to be " one of the most dissected and debated collections of the year.

Peter Hill's performances on a Bösendorfer Imperial at the Northern College of Music earned high praise from John Ogdon in his review for Tempo.

Released in 1989, the album rose to No. 1 in the UK charts and received glowing praise, including a rare five-star review from Q magazine.

The New York Times review of the novel named Rand " a writer of great power " who writes " brilliantly, beautifully and bitterly ," and it stated that she had " written a hymn in praise of the individual ... you will not be able to read this masterful book without thinking through some of the basic concepts of our time.

Edward Guthmann, of the San Francisco Chronicle, gave the film an ecstatic review, lavishing praise on Wong for his innovative cinematography and directorial approach ; whilst naming Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs amongst those who would have been impressed by his film.

His first novel, The Genocides, appeared in 1965 ; Brian W. Aldiss singled it out for praise in a long review in SF Impulse.

Influential film critic Roger Ebert gave the film a positive review, but was measured in his praise :" If you are attentive to the style, if you think about what Wong is doing, Chungking Express works.

The album has since seen wide praise ; one review notes " very few American bands from the 1980s released an album as ambitious or as powerful as Vs., and it still sounds like a classic.

Francis Iles ( Anthony Berkeley Cox ) was somewhat muted in his praise in his review in The Guardian of 7 December 1962 when he said, " she has of course thought up one more brilliant little peg on which to hang her plot, but the chief interest to me of The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side was the shrewd exposition of what makes a female film star tick the way she does tick.

In Professor Tom Garvin's review of the 1950s ' News from a New Republic ', he comes in for praise as a moderniser.

" In his review of five new BC books, Brown concludes that, comparatively, “ Lent has probably come closest of all these authors to what Charles Lillard [...] called ‘ a coming-to-terms with the landscape ’— of B. C., or anywhere else .” Dallas Harrison ’ s observations are similar, though high praise of Lent ’ s descriptive power is forthcoming in Harrison ’ s summary of Jane ’ s narrative as “ a crisis of selfhood in London worthy of Antoine Roquentin in Jean-Paul Sartre ’ s Nausea ” ( 113 ).

In his review of the tour, Warner said: " I have long since exhausted my vocabulary of praise in favour of Rhodes and Hobbs, and, thanks in a very large degree to their superlative work, our batting was eminently successful.

Glenlivet's offerings have frequently been submitted for review at spirit ratings competitions, generally garnering relatively high praise.

The game received a favorable review in Computer Gaming World, citing the well-written AIs and noting " The context sensitive icon-based language is a technical achievement and deserves praise.

Further praise came from the botanist Benjamin Stillingfleet in 1757, the poet Thomas Warton in 1790, and William Addison, the physician of the Duchess of Kent ( mother of Queen Victoria ) in 1828, all quoted in a review by the medical historian W. H.

The game received positive review scores and praise from gaming publications and news sources alike for its visual presentation and flying controls.

In Professor Tom Garvin's review of the 1950s ' News from a New Republic ', he comes in for praise as a moderniser and Garvin places him with a cross party group including Daniel Morrissey of Fine Gael and William Norton of the Labour Party as well as Sean Lemass of Fianna Fáil who were pushing a modernising agenda

" However, he did praise the three singles, " Real Sugar ", " The Centre of the Heart " and " Milk and Toast and Honey ", which he called " Roxette's strongest ballad since ' It Must Have Been Love ' and ' Listen to Your Heart '", but ended the review with " Roxette is not finished.