The enormous changes in world politics have, however, thrown it into confusion, so much so that it is safe to say that all international law is now in need of reexamination and clarification in light of the social conditions of the present era.

I think it is essential, however, to pinpoint here the difference between the two concepts of sovereignty that went to war in 1861 -- if only to see better how imperative is our need today to clarify completely our far worse confusion on this subject.

`` The confusion is not my invention.

As a means of silencing a discussion which ought to have taken place, the statement is an effective one: we sympathize with the universal confusion which gives rise to such convictions.

Without a precise knowledge of Germanic philology, however, it is debatable whether their use was not more often a source of confusion and error than anything else.

This is not to deny the existence of pogroms and ghettos, but only to assert that these horrors have had an effect on the nerves of people who did not experience them, that among the various side effects is the local hysteria of Jewish writers and intellectuals who cry out from confusion, which they call oppression and pain.

It occurred to me that you might be interested in some thoughts which I expressed privately in recent years, in the hope of clearing up a certain confusion in the public mind about what foreign policy is all about and what it means, and of developing a certain compassion for those who are carrying such responsibilities inside Government.

As a result, many people have been confirmed in their conviction that orthography design is not an activity to which experts can contribute anything but confusion.

Only confusion, failure and anarchy result when the effort is made to impose upon the civil authority the impossible task of policing private homes to preclude the possibility of sin.

`` It is a much easier course to agree to let one another alone so far as ordinary patents are concerned '', said a trade authority, `` than to continue the costly effort of straightening the tangle in the courts or seeking to reform the patent system, which appears to be getting into deeper confusion every day ''.

As a result, although we still make use of this distinction, there is much confusion as to the meaning of the basic terms employed.

The technique of reality confusion -- the use of paradox and riddles to shake the mind's grip on reality -- originated with fourth and third century B.C. Chinese Quietism: the koan is not basically a new device.

The formulation for the literary prize being given for a work " in an ideal direction " ( in Swedish ), is cryptic and has caused much confusion.

To avoid confusion, the annual scientific research conference dedicated to the study of MND is called the International ALS / MND Symposium.

There is a great deal of confusion about Poirot's retirement.

In other languages, however, there is no possibility for confusion.

This is due to confusion over mixed heritages and to ethnic issues in Japan resulting in those with Ainu backgrounds hiding their identities.

For many years there was confusion amongst botanists over the generic names Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, one result of which is that the common name " amaryllis " is mainly used for cultivars of the genus Hippeastrum, widely sold in the winter months for their ability to bloom indoors.

This is probably a confusion that entered oral tradition from Wace's Roman de Brut.

One way to explain much of the confusion concerning Ammonius is to assume that there were two people called Ammonius: Ammonius Saccas who taught Plotinus, and an Ammonius the Christian who wrote biblical texts.

When a specific allophone ( from a set of allophones that correspond to a phoneme ) must be selected in a given context ( i. e. using a different allophone for a phoneme will cause confusion or make the speaker sound non-native ), the allophones are said to be complementary ( i. e. the allophones complement each other, and one is not used in a situation where the usage of another is standard ).

Therefore, due to impossibility for precision, there is confusion about what interpretations can be culturally negotiated.

Moreover, these combination analgesics can often result in significant adverse events, including accidental overdoses, most often due to confusion which arises from the multiple ( and often non-acting ) components of these combinations.

The symptoms of brain abscess are caused by a combination of increased intracranial pressure due to a space-occupying lesion ( headache, vomiting, confusion, coma ), infection ( fever, fatigue etc.

Viewership peaked on Christmas Day 1987 when an average of 28. 5 million viewers tuned in to see Hilda Ogden leave the street to start a new life as a housekeeper for long term friend Dr Lowther ( although there is some confusion as to whether or not this was actually the highest rating episode due to a special omnibus repeat of that week's episodes being combined with the original airing ).

He further suggested that Cavalon / Camelot became Arthur's capital due to confusion with Arthur's other traditional court at Carlion ( Caer Lleon in Welsh ).

Some Druze and non-Druze scholars like Samy Swayd and Sami Makarem state that this confusion is due to confusion about the role of the early preacher ad-Darazi, whose teachings the Druze rejected as heretical.

This confusion made by psychologism ( and related disciplines such as biologism and anthropologism ) can be due to three specific prejudices:

However, in part due to the confusion caused by the countermanding order, the Volunteers there dispersed without fighting.

If this is not due to chronological confusion of the events of the siege, it may suggest that Kallinikos merely introduced an improved version of an established weapon.

* Top Gear-Award 2010-The Agera becomes BBCs Top Gear Hypercar of the Year, beating cars such as the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport ( It's spelled Koenigsiginssegiesgsegg on the lap time board due to confusion and the company being in its early stages )

The existence of an antipope is usually due either to doctrinal controversy within the Church ( heresy ) or to confusion as to who is the legitimate pope at the time ( see schism ).

The acts of the Council of Ephesus give Pope Felix as a martyr ; but this detail, which occurs again in the biography of the pope in the Liber Pontificalis, is unsupported by any authentic earlier evidence and is manifestly due to a confusion of names.

Hutton supposes that Keating's account may be due to a confusion of a tradition pertaining to Beltane.

) had been appointed his successor, and to the younger Pretorius was due the first efforts to end the discord and confusion which prevailed among the burghers – a discord heightened by ecclesiastical strife, the points at issue being questions not of faith but of church government.

The 30th Anniversary rules are generally known as the 7th edition, to avoid confusion due to the distribution of many unlicensed versions claiming to be the 6th edition via the internet.

One's confusion about whether some vague word does or does not apply in a borderline case is explained as being due to one's ignorance.

An alternative spelling in English is ' vocal chords ', possibly due to the musical connotations or to confusion with the geometrical definition of the word " chord ".

In 1847, due to the confusion of multiple names on different charts, the British Admiralty reorganized the official charts of the region.

It has been established that this confusion occurred due to the death of one son in infancy, leading to ambiguities in Gregory's own writings.

A small proportion of people with acute hepatitis progress to acute liver failure, in which the liver is unable to clear harmful substances from the circulation ( leading to confusion and coma due to hepatic encephalopathy ) and produce blood proteins ( leading to peripheral edema and bleeding ).

Telluride was originally named " Columbia ", but due to confusion with Columbia, California, the name was changed by the post office in 1887.

Spiegel also regards Kamboja / Kambujiya ( Cambyses ) and Kuru / Kyros ( Cyrus ) as the names of two pre-historic / legendary heroes of the Indo-Iranians ( i. e. prior to their split into Indo-Aryans and Iranians ) which were later revived naturally in the royal family of the Achaemenes and further opines that the myths about Cyrus were largely due to the confusion between the historical and the legendary heroes of the prehistoric period

This year had 445 days due to the errors that had accumulated in the pre-Julian calendar, and was therefore nicknamed annus confusionis (" year of confusion ").