New York led in the number of inquiries, followed by California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.

All this emphasis on Centrality and on the number 5 as a symbolic expression of the Center, which seems to have begun as far back as 400 B.C., also may conceivably have led to the development of the Five-Elements School and the subsequent efforts to fit everything into numerical categories of five.

George Wittkowsky argued that Swift ’ s main target in A Modest Proposal was not the conditions in Ireland, but rather the can-do spirit of the times that led people to devise a number of illogical schemes that would purportedly solve social and economic ills.

Another problem was that the gradual identification of more and more chemically similar and indistinguishable lanthanides, which were of an uncertain number, led to inconsistency and uncertainty in the numbering of all elements at least from lutetium ( element 71 ) onwards ( hafnium was not known at this time ).

This led to the conclusion ( Moseley's law ) that the atomic number does closely correspond ( with an offset of one unit for K-lines, in Moseley's work ) to the calculated electric charge of the nucleus, i. e. the proton number Z.

However, another randomized controlled trial found primary closure led to 35 % failing to heal primarily and primary closure longer median number of days to closure ( 8. 9 versus 7. 8 ).

This led to the first of a number of periods in which an outside power controlled Athens ; Often the outside power set up a local agent as political boss in Athens ; but when Athens was independent, it operated under its traditional form of government ; even the bosses, like Demetrius of Phalerum, kept the traditional institutions in formal existence.

These experiments also led to a number of patents: for example, he invented a new form of laminated bent-plywood furniture in 1932.

In Japan, a strong belief in astrology has led to dramatic changes in the fertility rate and the number of abortions in the years of " Fire Horse ".

Afterwards the establishment of the Dataria and the Secretariate of Briefs lightened the work of the Chancery and led to a reduction in the number of Abbreviators.

This meant that the plane would roll in the direction opposite to that which the pilot intended, and led to a number of accidents.

* SV — Save: number of games where the pitcher enters a game led by the pitcher's team, finishes the game without surrendering the lead, is not the winning pitcher, and either ( a ) the lead was three runs or fewer when the pitcher entered the game ; ( b ) the potential tying run was on base, at bat, or on deck ; or ( c ) the pitcher pitched three or more innings

However, earlier controversies over impact of the Boston extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike, particularly on the heavily populated neighborhood of Brighton, and the large number of additional homes that would have had to be destroyed, led to massive community opposition to both the Inner Belt and the Boston section of I-95.

The French and the British used tanks in their pre-blitzkrieg ' traditional ' role of assisting infantry and dispersed across the whole army so there was not concentration of tanks, while the blitzkrieg method of concentrating tanks, even less in number and less capable in ability, led to victorious success.

They note his lack of action during the Rwanda genocide and his welfare reform which some claim led to the worst child poverty since the 1960s along with the fact that the number of black people in jail increased during his administration.

BSI Group began in 1901 as the Engineering Standards Committee, led by James Mansergh, to standardise the number and type of steel sections, in order to make British manufacturers more efficient and competitive.

A number of border incidents led to the Chadian-Sudanese War.

This suppression and the success of independence movements in the former Spanish colonies on the North American mainland led to a rise of Cuban nationalism, and a number of independence conspiracies took place during the 1820s and 1830s, but all failed.

The 2010 general election resulted in a hung parliament ( Britain's first for 36 years ), following which the Conservatives ( led by David Cameron ), which had won the largest number of seats, formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats in order to gain a parliamentary majority, ending 13 years of Labour government.

On October 1 he published a result on the number of solutions of polynomials with coefficients in finite fields, which 150 years later led to the Weil conjectures.

However, efforts at optimizing to reduce the number of calculations needed in portions of a work where detail is not high or does not depend on ray tracing features have led to a realistic possibility of wider use of ray tracing.

Another schism in the Conservative ranks, this time from the movement's right wing, would come when a number of the traditionalist Rabbis led by JTS Talmudics professor David Weiss Halivni split from the United Synagogue to form the Union for Traditional Judaism.

This has led to the parallel development of a number of low-performance bus systems for these solutions, the most common example being Universal Serial Bus.

Both sides claim they attempted to resolve the matter without legal action, but the ultimately complicated legal dispute ( involving royalties, publishing rights, and a number of other issues ) soon led to the courts, where Biafra was found liable for the royalties after the jury determined that he had committed fraud and malice, and was ordered to pay damages of nearly $ 200, 000, including $ 20, 000 in punitive damages, to the band members.

AFISCO, an Indian consortium of seven companies, led by the Steel Authority of India Limited ( SAIL ), and Canada's Kilo Goldmines Ltd are expected to jointly invest $ 14. 6 billion in developing the Hajigak iron mine.

Before rail fins became ( extremely ) popular, this tendency of " single fins " led to riders " nursing " turns-this tendency was a significant limiting factor on performance.

This fact has led to a variety of racing styles that allow clever riders or teams to exploit this tactical advantage, as well as formats that simply test strength, speed and endurance.

Public sympathy and support for the freedom riders led the Kennedy administration to order the Interstate Commerce Commission ( ICC ) to issue a new desegregation order.

These factors led to a more highly-publicised race in 1839 which attracted a larger field of top quality horses and riders, greater press coverage and an increased attendance on race day.

Corking has sometimes led to hostility between motorists and riders, even erupting into violence and arrests of motorists and cyclists alike during Critical Mass rides.

The bike, with the one wheel dominating, led to riders being referred to in America as " wheelmen ", a name that lived on for nearly a century in the League of American Wheelmen until renamed the League of American Bicyclists in 1994.

After bringing together over 400 Missouri riders for the Confederate cause in a carefully planned rendezvous on August 21 in Lawrence, Kansas, Quantrill led his men into the town, looting, burning, and executing between 150 and 200 adult males in reprisal for murderous raids conducted by Kansas Jayhawkers and Redleggers in Missouri.

Incidents of violence on the system have led to calls for more security, and some have argued that more thorough checking of fares would improve riders ' overall feeling of safety, but there are currently no plans to make any major changes to the fare collection system used on MAX.

The other half of the boundary is inspected on the Wednesday night, again led by the Lord Cornet accompanied by many local riders who participate in the Riding of the Marches, locally referred to as the Rideout.

By the Col du Portet d ' Aspet the lead was reduced to around eleven minutes and on the Col de Menté the leading 17 were showing signs of fatigue and began to drop riders, a group of twelve being led by Virenque over the summit.

The defenders suffer heavy losses, but hold out until dawn, when Gandalf arrives with 2, 000 riders led by Éomer, who finally turn the tide of the battle and send Saruman's forces into retreat.

The nearby Stinchcombe Hill has become popular with walkers and horse riders since, from 1992, volunteers, led by John Smallwood, have done a great deal of work attempting to restore the open views over the Severn Vale.

There were several attacks on the ascent and the riders were led over the summit by Mickael Rasmussen, who had a 5 " lead over Christophe Moreau, Virenque was third.

Nine riders led over the first two climbs, chasing them down split the peloton-leaving a sixty-strong group lagging a minute behind.

After the breakaway was caught another sprang away-a group of, eventually, 15 riders led by over 3 ' 30 " on the third climb.

Further investigation led to the suspension, arrest and prosecution of numerous Festina and TVM team riders and staff.

The U. S. team led from the start and was described by the 1932 Field Artillery Journal as a “ glorious achievement for our riders and horses ,” as they took the gold medal in the team competition.

Questions remain why Eric Vanderaerden was led off course that day, especially being one of the final riders of the day when the course would be well known.

Afterward, various groups, led by the French Commanders Munier and Ceynet, fough fiercely against the guerrillas, who led by Rafael " El Chivo " Nuñez, Mauro Vázquez, Lucio Benavides, Félix Pérez, Francisco Cabrera, and other leaders, fought for liberty from the French rule ; especially Colonel José Antonio Rojas, who at the head of his 1, 000 " Rojeño " riders took in one month four important plazas ( quite apart from each other ): Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Ciudad Guzmán and Tepic

The influence of radios on race tactics is a topic of discussion amongst the cycling community, with some arguing that the introduction of radios in the 1990s has devalued the tactical knowledge of individual riders and has led to less exciting racing.

Before Savoldelli gained the lead, there were five riders who led the race over eight occasions.

According to the novels, one hundred years before the events of the Inheritance Cycle, Galbatorix -- a Dragon Rider who was driven to insanity by the killing of his dragon by Urgals and the refusal of the riders to grant him a new dragon — led a rebellion that crushed the Riders and brought an end to the order.

The club frequently provided riders for the Peugeot professional team, which had had English-speaking riders since the Briton, Tom Simpson, led it in the 1960s.