Algarotti's choice of works reflects the encyclopedic interests of the Neoclassic era ; he was uninterested in developing a single unitary stylistic collection, he envisioned a modern museum, a catalogue of styles from across the ages.

The choice of Swahili, an East African language, reflects its status as a symbol of Pan-Africanism, especially in the 1960s ; despite the fact that East African nations were not involved in the Atlantic slave trade that brought blacks to America.

The presentation of a false choice often reflects a deliberate attempt to eliminate the middle ground on an issue.

Congress ' choice of penalty reflects a societal policy which must be adhered to by the courts. 2 Congress has the power to reclassify cocaine.

While the choice of north over south as prime direction reflects quite arbitrary historical factors, east and west are not nearly as natural alternatives as first glance might suggest.

The House of Sobieski was a noble family with a prominent role in Polish history, and the choice of name reflects the large Polish American element in the town's population.

The choice of a scoring function that reflects biological or statistical observations about known sequences is important to producing good alignments.

The choice of categories ( from version 3 onwards ) reflects what geeks consider important.

The Prime Minister, then, must be approved by the National Assembly and usually reflects the choice of the popular vote.

The 4 justices who formed the majority in the Goodridge decision wrote: " The dissimilitude between the terms ' civil marriage ' and ' civil union ' is not innocuous ; it is a considered choice of language that reflects a demonstrable assigning of same-sex, largely homosexual, couples to second-class status.

If V is defined in terms of the line integral, the ambiguity of V reflects the freedom in the choice of the reference point

This path actually reflects the routing of packets via the radio component of APRS, and fixed stations should carefully consider their choice of path routing ( s ) to avoid unnecessary RF clutter outside of their local VHF listening area.

He privately published his memoir of the experience ; his title, Walking With Spring ( ISBN 0-917953-84-3 ), reflects the experience of most AT hikers, that the project of making the whole trip in the northward direction ( the most common choice ), is furthered by a start timed to the weather in the Georgia mountains, and by continually taking advantage of the northward progress of milder weather.

The choice of range is somewhat arbitrary, although it satisfies the dimensionality requirement and reflects the usual notion that the most important information is contained in the low frequencies.

A canonical sequence is a sequence of DNA, RNA, or amino acids that reflects the most common choice of base or amino acid at each position.

Although social proof reflects a rational motive to take into account the information possessed by others, formal analysis shows that it can cause people to converge too quickly upon a single choice, so that decisions of even large groups of individuals may be grounded in very little information ( see information cascades ).

In either type of competition, the choice of music and the way the routine reflects the music is important.

In her political work she has specialised in defence and security matters, lately in questions of nuclear disarmament Her choice of committees in the parliament reflects these interests, as does her work as the Chair of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Iran

The artists ' choice, however, to ignore her verbal description and substitute for it a generic white blond pulp hero even as late as 1982, reflects the much stronger and more common prejudice against such characters.

The series ' two halves each have their own very clear focus that reflects this design choice.

Melville's choice to set the novel on April Fool's Day underlines the work's satirical nature and potentially reflects Melville's worldview, once expressed in a letter to his friend Samuel Savage: " It is — or seems to be — a wise sort of thing, to realise that all that happens to a man in this life is only by way of joke, especially his misfortunes, if he have them.

The unusual choice of name ( since the town of Greenock is in Inverclyde ) reflects the fact that the constituency was created from parts of two predecessor constituencies, Greenock and Port Glasgow and Renfrew West and Inverclyde.

Cyradis, still grieving over the loss of Toth and unable to consult with her people, experiences a few moments of terrible panic for fear of making the wrong choice, until Polgara removes her blindfold so that she may see with human eyes.

The choice to withhold can be due to factors such as fear of pain, fear of public restrooms, or laziness.

After his wife returns he has a pathological fear of taking communion while suffering the stain of mortal sin and later agonizes over the choice of suicide in terms of its theological damnation.

This design choice is not only intended to foster feelings of apprehension and fear within the player, but also to create a more threatening game environment in which the player is less likely to see attacking enemies.

( It's possible they may be confusing " Hobson's choice " with " Hobbesian trap ," which refers to the trap into which a state falls when it attacks another out of fear.

Economic decision-making in such places is not so much based on individual choice, but rather on social relationships, cultural values, moral concerns, politics, religion or the fear instilled by authoritarian leadership.

In the act of bullying, the bully attempts to make a public statement to the effect of: " See me and fear me, I am so powerful that I have the ability to inflict pain upon the intended target at the time and manner of my choice without having to pay any consequences ".

" As long as one is prompted solely by Yiras Shamayim (" fear of Heaven ") and a search for truth, each individual has a choice as to which school he should follow.

:" In any event, time will tell, and I share the fear of most commenters that we will indeed arrive at a horrible choice between Iran with the bomb, or bomb Iran, as Sarkozy and Kouchner have put it.

Politicians have a choice: between exploiting divisions by promoting fear and appealing to the sense of fairness and decency that is the foundation of our middle-class society ; between standing up for workers and kneeling down at the feet of the Gina Rineharts and the Clive Palmers.

Writing in Maclean's, Jaime Weinman said the choice of name was " a bit of a grimly amusing reminder that the U. S. TV industry doesn't take Canada very seriously ... ' The Newsroom ' is often considered the greatest show Canada has ever produced, but a U. S. network feels no need to fear unflattering comparisons: assuming they ’ ve heard of the show, they probably think most people in the States have not heard of it.

Orks ' brutish behavior and choice to always use a direct approach in combat stems from their lack of a fear of death.

Smith's wife, Elizabeth B. Watton, had paid $ 500 for the choice of plots, in Greenlawn Cemetery but had to remove the body to Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis for fear of southern dissenters, the Sons of Liberty, desecrating his body and of local teens knocking over the markers.

Nationality through empowerment of the people was not a choice from the start and became even less probable after the dreaded nationalist Revolutions of 1848 " reduced Nicholas to a state of almost catatonic fear ".

The interviewees also said that there was a conscious determination not to speak and that they were afraid of speaking, indicating that both choice and fear may be involved in selective mutism.

The choice of secular or religious designs is frequently a bone of contention ; church leaders often see secular designs as diluting the meaning of the holiday, while postal officials fear that overly religious designs could lead their secular customers to avoid the stamps, leaving millions unsold, and even expose the postal administration to charges that they are violating laws prohibiting the promotion of a particular religion.

Our relationship with God is not one of fear, of slavery or oppression ; it is a relationship of serene trust born of a free choice motivated by love.

These problems created a fear in the surrounding community that developers will have no choice but to build high-density housing to offset the environmental clean-up costs and return a profit.

:" The fact remains that western man has never been free to pursue his own choice of sexual gratification without fear of State inference.

Gundry thus feels that this choice of words demonstrates that Joseph knew of the Virgin Birth before the dream and his fear was in angering God by interfering in his divine plan.

He concluded the plea should have been vacated and Alford should have been retried, writing: " the facts set out in the majority opinion demonstrate that Alford was ' so gripped by fear of the death penalty ' that his decision to plead guilty was not voluntary but was " the product of duress as much so as choice reflecting physical constraint.

He was motivated by his fear that the automation of academic work would destroy the dignity of scholarship and argues that EZ-27 is a harbinger of a world in which a scholar would be left with only a barren choice as to what orders he should issue to robot researchers.

It may stem from fear of making the wrong choice, guilt over extravagance, or a suspicion of having been overly influenced by the seller.