Just as now anyone may hurl insults at a citizen of Mars, or even of Tikopia, and no senatorial investigation will result.

The Space Merchants, like such humanist documents as Joseph Wood Krutch's The Measure Of Man and C. S. Lewis's The Abolition Of Man, considers what may result from the scientific study of human nature.

Their burgeoning popularity may be a result of the closing of the 52nd Street burlesque joints, but curiously enough their atmosphere is almost always familial -- neighborhood saloons with a bit of epidermis.

As with the penultimate Giselle release ( Wolff's abridgment for RCA Victor ) I find the cleaner, less razor-edged monophonic version, for all its lack of big-stage spaciousness, the more aurally tolerable -- but this may be the result of processing defects in my SD copies.

Working in a vacuum of minimal information can result only in show pieces that look good in exhibitions and catalogs and may please the public relations department but have little to do with the essence of interior design.

This result suggests a very high temperature at the solid surface of the planet, although there is the possibility that the observed radiation may be a combination of both thermal and non-thermal components and that the observed spectrum is that of a black body merely by coincidence.

In some instances a different clinical disease picture may result from this route of exposure, making diagnosis difficult.

Extreme caution should be used, however, to avoid the conflicting usage of an index word or electronic switch which may result from the assignment of more than one name or function to the same address.

When rapid quenching follows melting, impact glasses may result.

If the force required to remove the coatings is plotted against film thickness, a graph as illustrated schematically in Fig. 5 may characteristically result.

Tooth deformity may be the result of excessive thumb- or finger-sucking, tongue-thrusting, or lip-sucking -- but it's important to remember that there's a difference between normal and excessive sucking habits.

Bad alignment may result in early loss of teeth through a breakdown of the bony structure that supports their roots.

Erikson has noted that, unless this trust developed early, the time ambivalence experienced, in varying degree and temporarily, by all adolescents ( as a result of their remembering the more immediate gratification of wants during childhood, while not yet having fully accepted the long-range planning required by adulthood ) may develop into a more permanent sense of time diffusion.

Erikson has noted that, as this indecision mounts, it may result in a `` paralysis of workmanship ''.

The Kennedy hope is that, at the conference or through bilateral talks, the low-wage textile-producing countries in Asia and Europe will see that `` dumping '' practices cause friction all around and may result in import quotas.

Presumably, if the reverse is the case and the good effect is more certain than the evil result that may be forthcoming, not only must the good and the evil be prudentially weighed and found proportionate, but also calculation of the probabilities and of the degree of certainty or uncertainty in the good or evil effect must be taken into account.

and by deriving legitimate decision backward from whatever may conceivably or possibly or probably result, whether by anyone's doing or by accident, it finds itself driven to inaction, to non-political action in politics and non-military action in military affairs, and to the not very surprising discovery that there are now no distinctions on which the defense of justice can possibly be based.

The failure to formally object at the time, to what one views as improper action in the lower court, may result in the affirmance of the lower court's judgment on the grounds that one did not " preserve the issue for appeal " by objecting.

Studies show that AAC use does not impede the development of speech, and may even result in a modest increase in speech production.

Some jurisdictions hold this as an absolute right, and in its absence, a sentence may potentially be overturned, with the result that a new sentencing hearing must be held.

Because there is no canonical well-ordering of all sets, a construction that relies on a well-ordering may not produce a canonical result, even if a canonical result is desired ( as is often the case in category theory ).

Archipelagos are often volcanic, forming along island arcs generated by subduction zones or hotspots, but may also be the result of erosion, deposition and land elevation.

" You may ... fear that the chest pains are a deadly heart attack or that the shooting pains in your head are the result of a tumor or aneurysm.

" While chemical issues in the brain that result in anxiety ( especially resulting from genetics ) are well documented, this study highlights an additional environmental factor that may result from being raised by parents suffering from chronic anxiety.

It provides that states may deprive their nationals of their nationality in only the cases of voluntary acquisition of another nationality, fraud or failure to provide relevant information when acquiring nationality, voluntary military service in a foreign military force, or adoption as a child by foreign nationals.

These terms may indicate personal attributes, location of origin, occupation, parentage, patronage, adoption, or clan affiliation.

In the USA, this led to the adoption of the Delaney clause, an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, stating that no carcinogenic substances may be used as food additives.

Unlike any Greeks, the Etruscans instead pictured a full-grown bearded Heracles at Hera's breast: this may refer to his adoption by her when he became an Immortal.

The term may apply to sexual activities between: individuals of close " blood relationship "; members of the same household ; step relatives related by adoption or marriage ; and members of the same clan or lineage.

The adoption of international standards results in the creation of equivalent, national standards that are substantially the same as international standards in technical content, but may have ( i ) editorial differences as to appearance, use of symbols and measurement units, substitution of a point for a comma as the decimal marker, and ( ii ) differences resulting from conflicts in governmental regulations or industry-specific requirements caused by fundamental climatic, geographical, technological, or infrastructural factors, or the stringency of safety requirements that a given standard authority considers appropriate.

His contributions included the adoption of an Open Door Policy in China ( announced on January 2, 1900 ) which may have been a contributing factor in the Boxer Rebellion, and the preparations for the Panama Canal.

It may have been originally named the Kleinsche Fläche (" Klein surface ") and that this was incorrectly interpreted as Kleinsche Flasche (" Klein bottle "), which ultimately led to the adoption of this term in the German language as well.

Persuasive precedent may become binding through its adoption by a higher court.

This typically entails the sincere avowal of a new belief system, but may also present itself in other ways, such as adoption into an identity group or spiritual lineage.

# Once slaving in any form is taken up it may smash a moral barrier to exploitation, and make its adoption in other forms seem a relatively minor matter.

The widespread adoption of IP worldwide may have contributed to OSPF's popularity.

The pet may either be advertised as being for-sale or up for adoption.

It may concur in the amendment by the adoption of a motion to that effect ; then the bill, having been passed by both houses in identical form, is ready for enrollment.

However, it is not clear to what extent this was due to an influx of Han settlers, who were predominantly displaced young men from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian province or from a variety of other factors, including: frequent intermarriage between Han and aborigines, the replacement of aboriginal marriage and abortion taboos, and the widespread adoption of the Han agricultural lifestyle due to the depletion of traditional game stocks, which may have led to increased birth rates and population growth.

Only a judge may authorize a name change for a child for reasons of abandonment, deprivation of parental authority, or change in filiation such as adoption.

A concern as of late 2010 relates to the adoption of a new analytical methodology, and a possible impact this may have in clinical medicine.

Controversy arose over both the adoption and Depp's portrayal of a Native American character, as Depp was not raised in, nor has confirmable ancestry from, a Native American community, though he has said he " guesses " he may have some distant Cherokee or Creek ancestry.

This promotion may have included Basil's adoption by Michael III, himself a much younger man.

The authors conclude that such motives may lead disproportionately to the adoption of system-justifying worldviews.

South African Statements of GAAP are entirely consistent with IFRS, although there may be a delay between issuance of an IFRS and the equivalent SA Statement of GAAP ( can affect voluntary early adoption ).

The most important function of the county legislative body is the annual adoption of a budget to allocate expenditures within the three major funds of county government-general, school, and highway-and any other funds ( such as debt service ) that may be in existence in that particular county.

This influence may be seen in Wilfrid's probable adoption of a Frankish ceremony in his consecration of churches later in his life, as well as in his employment of Frankish masons to build his churches.

For instance, the coefficient of thermal expansion of a certain brass alloy, α = 18. 7 ppm /° C, may be expressed as 18. 7 ( µm / m )/° C, or as 18. 7 ( µin / in )/° C ; the numeric value representing a relative proportion does not change with the adoption of a different unit of measure .< ref > In the particular case of coefficient of thermal expansion, the change to inches ( one of the U. S. customary units ) is typically also accompanied by a change to degrees Fahrenheit.