It was this basic trait that separated Adams from the ranks of professional historians and led him to commit time and time again what was his most serious offense against the historical method -- namely, the tendency to assume the truth of an hypothesis before submitting it to the test of facts.

In his sermons on capital sins, Alain argued that sodomy and homicide are the most serious sins, since they call forth the wrath of God, which led to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

These soon became so serious that a league was formed to crush him, and Maurice of Saxony led an army against his former comrade.

These actions led to a serious diplomatic conflict between the pope and Portugal.

The TV series emphasizes the boisterous nature of the team, led by manager Billy Martin, catcher Thurman Munson and outfielder Reggie Jackson, as well as the malaise of the Bronx and New York City in general during that time, such as the blackout, the city's serious financial woes and near bankruptcy, the arson for insurance payments, and the election of Ed Koch as mayor.

The insistent road of focusing almost exclusively on economic growth has led to a wide range of serious social problems.

Furthermore, chronic economic mismanagement and internal conflict has led to serious under-investment over many years.

Furthermore, chronic economic mismanagement and internal conflict has led to serious under-investment over many years.

However Robert Spitzer later criticized his own work on it in an interview with Adam Curtis saying it led to the medicalization of 20-30 percent of the population who may not have had any serious mental problems.

Wendayne suffered a serious head injury when she was violently mugged while on a trip to Europe in 1990, and the injury soon after led to her death.

Economic turmoil, substantial debt inherited from the Primo de Rivera regime, and fractious, rapidly changing governing coalitions led to serious political unrest.

A lack of serious work led them to amuse themselves with pranks and hoaxes.

Although no serious injuries arose from any short-pitched deliveries while a leg theory field was set, the tactic still led to considerable ill feeling between the two teams, with the controversy eventually spilling into the diplomatic arena.

High-profile cases have led to fears that serious crimes, such as homicide, have increased due to deinstitutionalization, but the evidence does not support this conclusion.

The disruption of the river's natural flow, run-off from agriculture, and the introduction of pest species like the European Carp has led to serious environmental damage along the river's length and to concerns that the river will be unusably salty in the medium to long term — a serious problem given that the Murray supplies 40 % of Adelaide's domestic water.

Many warlords have participated in an allegiance program, recognizing the legitimacy of the Government of Afghanistan, and surrendering their soldiers and weapons, though some of their subsequent actions have led to serious questions about their true loyalties.

This perilous activity has led to a series of serious injuries and deaths resulting in the dismantling of seafront diving boards and closure of parts of the waterfront to discourage the activity ..

The symbol was carried by an officer known as aquilifer, and its loss was considered to be a very serious embarrassment, and often led to the disbanding of the legion itself.

His family life was not so happy ; his beloved wife Maria Alexandrovna had serious problems with her lungs, which led to her death and to the dissolution of the close-knit family due to his quick morganatic marriage to his longtime mistress, Princess Catherine Dolgoruki.

By 1984, a combination of factors, including drought, inflation, and confused application of Islamic law, reduced donor disbursements and capital flight led to a serious foreign-exchange crisis and increased shortages of imported inputs and commodities.

Glimpses of his bouts with depression, which led to the nervous breakdowns, can be found in his serious poetry, which is compiled in Open Heart University.

After the Second World War, a serious housing shortage and the return of large numbers of veterans led the national government, through the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation ( CMHC ), to promote suburbs by offering very low cost mortgages, with small down payments and easy terms.

This led to a serious drop in the numbers of these animals in the surrounding seas, from which they have yet to recover.

In at least one English trial the misuse or misunderstanding or mis-presentation by the Crown prosecution of statistics has led to wrongful conviction.

For this reason, Althusser's " anti-humanism " and Foucault's statements were criticized, by Jürgen Habermas and others, for misunderstanding that this led to a fatalist conception of social determinism.

Many Europeans bought land from Māori, but misunderstanding and different concepts of land ownership led to conflict and bitterness.

A massive influx of new farmers, combined with inappropriate cultivation techniques and misunderstanding of the ecology, led to immense land erosion and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

Many different disagreements led to the fracture, for example ; while at the Fourth SI Conference in London in December, 1960, in a discussion about the political nature of the SI, the Gruppe SPUR members disagreed with the core situationist stance of counting on a revolutionary proletariat ; the accusation that their activities were based on a " systematic misunderstanding of situationist theses "; the understanding that at least one Gruppe SPUR member, sculptor Lothar Fischer, and possibly the rest of the group, were not actually understanding and / or agreeing with the situationist ideas, but were just using the SI to achieve success in the art market.

Steinbrenner mistakenly thought he was signing Winfield for $ 16 million ($ today ), a misunderstanding that led to the most infamous public feud in baseball history.

The question of the union with the Greek church, especially, gave rise to a misunderstanding between them which soon led to a rupture.

This drew many religious and nonreligious people to him, but also led to widespread misunderstanding of his ideas.

The misunderstanding of his position led to the publication in 1830 of a second part of Pusey's Historical Enquiry, in which he denied the charge of rationalism.

The isolationist nature of the Joseon Dynasty government and the assertiveness of the Americans led to a misunderstanding between the two parties that changed a diplomatic expedition into an armed conflict.

" Constantine " probably came from a corruption / misunderstanding of " Concertina " and led to confusion with the Roman Emperor Constantine.

*" Rioting and mayhem ..." ( this example has led to popular misunderstanding causing the word " mayhem " to change its main meaning.

The Gorn made first contact with the Federation at Cestus III in 2267 when a misunderstanding nearly led to war ( original series episode " Arena ", the Gorn played by Bobby Clark ).

A cultural misunderstanding with the Native Americans led to the massacre of the initial 28 colonists before a year was out.

At the Battle of Kolin he led the left wing, which, through a misunderstanding with the King, was prematurely drawn into action and failed hopelessly.

This misunderstanding led to embarrassment and hostility, which quickly rose into skirmish and full scale battle.

Tensions were already somewhat elevated, alcohol had been flowing freely on all sides, and a misunderstanding over a missing horse led to a mixed group of wolfers, whiskey traders, and Métis freighters opening fire on the Nakota camp, resulting in 23 confirmed Nakota deaths and the death of one wolfer, Ed LeGrace.

Because the syntax and behavior of the two differ to such a large extent, choosing the same name has only led to confusion and misunderstanding.

Chihaya believed that Kazuki made it snow for her and that misunderstanding led Kazuki to avoid her.

According to Tadeusz Margul, observations of the Hindu religion and the cow has led to a misunderstanding that Hindi have a servile relationship with the zebu, giving prayers and offerings to it daily.

Short reported to Washington he had increased his alert level ( but his earlier change in meaning for those levels was not understood in Washington and led to misunderstanding there about what he was really doing ).

The events that led to the exclusion were: during the Fourth SI Conference in London ( December 1960 ), in a discussion about the political nature of the SI, Spur group disagreed with the core situationist stance of counting on a revolutionary proletariat ; the accusation that their activities were based on a " systematic misunderstanding of situationist theses "; the fact that at least one Spur member, Lothar Fischer, and possibly the rest of the group, were not actually understanding and / or agreeing with the situationist ideas, but were just using the SI to get success in the art market.

The first encounter between Minbari and Humans was a disaster-a misunderstanding led to Earth ships firing on Minbari ships, killing their leader Dukhat and precipitating the Earth-Minbari War.

Caleb Atwater's misunderstanding of stratigraphy led him to believe that the mound builders were a much older civilization than the Indians.