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perceived and inconsistency
The Scottish Mountaineering Club have carried out a number of revisions of the tables, both in response to new height data on Ordnance Survey maps and to address the perceived inconsistency as to which peaks qualify for Munro status.
He perceived an inconsistency in the AFA objecting to taxpayer funding of a book that exposed and criticized sexual exploitation, when the AFA could have been objecting to taxpayer funding of the exploitation itself.
Ascent and acceptance below ), it is generally accepted that Zurvanism was a branch of greater Zoroastrianism ( Boyce 1957: 157-304 ); that the doctrine of Zurvan was a sacerdotal response to resolve a perceived inconsistency in the sacred texts ( Zaehner, 1955, intro ; See development of the " twin brother " doctrine below ); and that this doctrine was probably introduced during the second half of the Achaemenid era ( Henning, 1951 ; loc.

perceived and policy
* Fox News: Until 2004, the CRTC's apparent reluctance to grant a digital licence to Fox News under the same policy which made it difficult for RAI to enter the country-same-genre competition from foreign services-had angered many conservative Canadians, who believed the network was deliberately being kept out due to its perceived conservative bias, particularly given the long-standing availability of services such as CNN and BBC World in Canada.
On May 1, 1985 President Reagan announced that his administration perceived Nicaragua to be " an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States ," and declared a " national emergency " and a trade embargo against Nicaragua to " deal with that threat.
Racial discrimination differentiates individuals on the basis of real and perceived racial differences and has been official government policy in several countries, such as Papua New Guinea in the apartheid era.
However, he was following the pressure that was being exerted on him from some members of his cabinet, including Palmerston, who in this rare instance was actually being supported by John Russell, both of whom were in favor of a more aggressive policy against perceived Russian expansion.
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Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord ( professional head of the Royal Navy ), but he was removed at the end of 1917 because of differences over policy regarding the war against the U-Boats and his perceived pessimism about Britain's ability to carry on the war.
He opposed Howard's policy on asylum-seekers, campaigned in support of an Australian Republic and attacked what he perceived as a lack of integrity in Australian politics, together with former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam, finding much common ground with his predecessor.
Bush had alienated much of his conservative base by breaking his 1988 campaign pledge against raising taxes, the economy was in a recession, and Bush's perceived greatest strength, foreign policy, was regarded as much less important following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the relatively peaceful climate in the Middle East after the defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War.
In foreign policy, the Democratic-Republicans denounced the Federalists over Jay's Treaty, perceived as too favorable to Britain, while the French ambassador embarrassed the Democratic-Republicans by publicly backing them and attacking the Federalists right before the election.
In implementing Soviet internal policy with respect to perceived enemies of the state (" enemies of the people "), untold multitudes of people were sent to GULAG camps and hundreds of thousands were executed by the NKVD.
*" Moreover, as America becomes an increasingly multi-cultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy issues, except in the circumstance of a truly massive and widely perceived direct external threat.
Finally, on 6 April 1793, the Convention created the Committee of Public Safety ( later headed by Maximilien Robespierre ), and was given a monumental task: “ To deal with the radical movements of the Enragés, food shortages and riots, the revolt in the Vendée and in Brittany, recent defeats of its armies, and the desertion of its commanding general .” Most notably, the Committee of Public Safety instated a policy of terror, and the guillotine began to fall on perceived enemies of the republic at an ever-increasing rate, beginning the period known today as the Reign of Terror.
While Kennedy had originally supported the policy of sending military advisers to Vietnam, he had begun to alter his thinking due to what he perceived to be the ineptitude of the Saigon government and its inability and unwillingness to make needed reforms ( which led to a US-supported coup which resulted in the death of Diem ).
Owing to his unrelenting opposition to the Johnson administration's Vietnam policy and what was widely perceived as his hostility to Secretary McNamara, LeMay was essentially forced into retirement in February 1965 and seemed headed for a political career.
The PRC government considers perceived violations of its " One-China policy " or inconsistencies with it such as supplying the ROC with arms a violation of its rights to territorial integrity.
NSDM 2 was rightly perceived as a victory for Kissinger and helped to establish his foreign policy authority at the outset of the administration.
Different pundits would attribute different meanings to " the Bush Doctrine ", as it came to describe other elements, including the controversial policy of preventive war, which held that the United States should depose foreign regimes that represented a potential or perceived threat to the security of the United States, even if that threat was not immediate ; a policy of spreading democracy around the world, especially in the Middle East, as a strategy for combating terrorism ; and a willingness to unilaterally pursue U. S. military interests.
Seeger's appearance was his first appearance on network television since being blacklisted in the 1950s ; it became controversial because of his song choice: Waist Deep in the Big Muddy, an anti-war song that the network perceived was an insult to Lyndon Johnson and his Vietnam War policy.
Social work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or perceived social injustices and violations of their human rights.
Cato scholars have been sharp critics of current U. S. drug policy and the perceived growing militarization of U. S. law enforcement.
Themes of Sowell ’ s writing range from social policy on race, ethnic groups, education and decision-making, to classical and Marxist economics, to the problems of children perceived as having disabilities.
Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that Perle was “ making remarks as if he were an official inside the U. S government .” In countries like Germany, France, Britain, and Japan, people perceived him as a government authority whose knowledge and clout on U. S policy appeared legitimate.
An intangible product is a product that can only be perceived indirectly such as an insurance policy.
: the United States has, among other things, attempted or been perceived as attempting more or less unilaterally to do the following: pressure other countries to adopt American values and practices regarding human rights and democracy ; prevent other countries from acquiring military capabilities that could counter American conventional superiority ; enforce American law extra-territorially in other societies ; grade countries according to their adherence to American standards on human rights, drugs, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, missile proliferation, and now religious freedom ; apply sanctions against countries that do not meet American standards on these issues ; promote American corporate interests under the slogans of free trade and open markets and GATT being the main examples of the free trade policy initiatives of the 1990s ; shape World Bank and International Monetary Fund policies to serve those same corporate interests ; intervene in local conflicts in which it has relatively little direct interest ; ... ; promote American arms sales abroad while attempting to prevent comparable sales by other countries ; force out one U. N. secretary-general and dictate the appointment of his successor ; expand NATO initially to include Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic and no one else ; undertake military action against Iraq and later maintain harsh economic sanctions against the regime ; and categorize certain countries as ' rogue states ,' excluding them from global institutions ....< sup > 1 </ sup >

perceived and became
Later, with Robert Calef's observation of Mather's dealings with Margaret Rule, it became seen as the latter, with Mather perceived as drawing information from her through leading questions, and possibly having a prurient interest -- " Smutty " in Mather's words — in his intimate dealings with afflicted young women.
The phrase became a fundamental element of Western philosophy, as it was perceived to form a foundation for all knowledge.
The term became useful in order to describe differences perceived between two of its founders Francis Bacon, described as empiricist, and René Descartes, who is described as a rationalist.
Attempts were made to play down the perceived threat to Britain, but once the German fleet reached the position of equalling the other second-rank navies, it became impossible to avoid mention of the one great fleet it was intended to challenge.
Liberia became again an important Cold War ally of the U. S .. Liberia served to protect important U. S. facilities and investments, and to counter the perceived spread of Soviet influence in Africa.
In the late 1980s, as fiscal austerity took hold in the United States and the perceived threat of Communism declined with the waning of the Cold War, the U. S. became disenchanted with Doe's government and began cutting off critical foreign aid to Liberia.
Other radical feminists have criticized Marxists ; during the 1960s in the U. S., many women became feminists because they perceived women as being excluded from, and discriminated against by, leftist political groups.
It was widely perceived that Indira Gandhi was grooming Rajiv for the prime minister's job, and he soon became the president of the Youth Congress – the Congress party's youth wing.
The concept became prominent in Western anti-communist political discourse during the Cold War era in order to highlight perceived similarities between Nazi Germany and other fascist regimes on the one hand, and Soviet communism on the other.
" Yet when a declaration of war was passed by the U. S. Congress in April 1917, the IWW's general secretary-treasurer Bill Haywood became determined that the organization should adopt a low profile in order to avoid perceived threats to its existence.
His economic successes became overshadowed by a perceived mismanagement of the war effort.
The Cheka received a large number of resources, and became known for ruthlessly pursuing any perceived counterrevolutionary elements.
" Blur became perceived as an " inauthentic middle class pop band " in comparison to the " working class heroes " Oasis, which Albarn said made him feel " stupid and confused ".
Although the Petit Trianon had been built for Louis XV's mistress, Madame de Pompadour, it became associated with Marie Antoinette's perceived extravagance.
With Debussy ’ s death, Ravel became perceived popularly as the main composer of French classical music.
In her later years she became concerned with what she perceived as the menace posed by Bolshevism and – unhappy with the political alternatives – joined the Conservative Party.
In speeches of this new character many of the author's conceptions about the history of Gondor either emerged for the first time or were only now set to paper: Boromir's horn was perceived to have been unique, " reasons of decline of Gondor " and its ethnic diversity textually elaborated, the Stewards first referred to, and the surrender of the " fields of Elenarda " to the Rohirrim was postponed to the epoch of the Stewardship and temporarily became regarded not as a gift from Gondor but as an enforcement by the Horse-lords.
The mourning became a public conduit for anger against perceived nepotism in the government, the unfair dismissal and early death of Hu, and the behind-the-scenes role of the " old men ", officially retired leaders who nevertheless maintained quasi-legal power, such as Deng Xiaoping.
The United States Postal Service, after at first seeming supportive of the program, later resisted its personnel being included in this program, reasoning that if mail carriers became perceived as law enforcement personnel that they would be placed in danger at a level for which they could not reasonably be expected to be prepared, and that the downside of the program hence vastly outweighed any good that it could accomplish.
It is possible that the name Asia became preferred over Hesiod's Clymene to avoid confusion with the Clymene who was mother of Phaethon by Helios in some accounts and must have been perceived as a distinct figure.
" What was perceived as a limitation became a great opportunity.
" Blur became perceived as an " inauthentic middle class pop band " in comparison to the " working class heroes " Oasis, which Albarn said made him feel " stupid and confused ".
It became the way people built churches and perceived churches should be.
The paper became the widely perceived model of excellence in small-town journalism.

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