When the abbot declined Hildegard's proposition, Hildegard went over his head and received the approval of Archbishop Henry I of Mainz.

In mathematics, a lemma ( plural lemmata or lemmas ) from the Greek λῆμμα ( lemma, “ anything which is received, such as a gift, profit, or a bribe ”) is a proven proposition which is used as a stepping stone to a larger result rather than as a statement of interest by itself.

She was such a keen player, as were so many members of English high society by the end of 1674, that the Lower House of Parliament proposed to pass an Act against the playing of Ombre, or at least to limit the stakes at 5 pounds, a proposition received as " ridiculous " at that time.

Publicly, Brewer's position received little support ; privately, however, prominent men such as B. C. Goodpasture, N. B. Hardeman, and Robert M. Alexander agreed with the proposition, though most were noncommital when asked specifically about their position.

A month into his trip, Cushing received a formal proposition from Emil Theodor Kocher to begin testing how compression of the brain affected blood vessels.

Congressman and Disston family friend, William D. " Pig Iron " Kelley, described Disston's first contract: " He instituted broad preliminary investigations from which he received satisfactory reports ; he surveyed the entire field of the proposed work, and with Napoleonic instinct and foresight saw in the proposition an opportunity to promote his country's welfare by the reclamation of a more than kingly domain.

For Kahneman, attention is a resource to be distributed among various stimuli, a proposition which has received some support.

Ms Bligh later said, " I didn't see it as any serious proposition that would have received any support from my colleagues and it didn't receive any support from myself.

On the 4th day Maj. Whittlesey received from the enemy a written proposition to surrender, which he treated with contempt, although he was at the time out of rations and had suffered a loss of about 50 percent in killed and wounded of his command and was surrounded by the enemy.

In Language, Truth and Logic he defines the distinction between " strong " and " weak " verification: " A proposition is said to be verifiable, in the strong sense of the term, if, and only if, its truth could be conclusively established by experience.

Though Huygens felt very strong about his opinion, he made sure that he addressed the issues that would arise with his proposition.

One survey of German economists found that ecological and environmental economics are different schools of economic thought, with ecological economists emphasizing " strong " sustainability and rejecting the proposition that natural capital can be substituted by human-made capital.

Londinium is not recorded as being called the ' capital city ' of Britain, but there are several strong indications for this proposition, such as the building of a Roman Governor's palace, the building of a military camp at the beginning of the 2nd century and several tombstones belonging to members of a governor's staff.

225: This article analyzes the definition of publication in the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976 and finds strong support for the proposition that electronic dissemination ( e. g., " Internet publishing ") of works does not result in publication under American copyright law.

# The proposition must be so strong that it can move the mass millions, i. e., pull over new customers to your product ...!

Writer Jeet Heer has argued that the journal is mistaken in attempting to draw such a strong distinction between high culture and popular culture, and that the unreasonable nature of this proposition is partly demonstrated by the fact that a number of NC contributors write enthusiastically about aspects of popular culture in other publications.

From this view strong atheists have made the assumption that the concept of God actually contains an expressible or thinkable proposition.

By the end of the sessions, the band felt as though they were a still a strong musical proposition even after the loss of Kath.

" The adjectives ‘ mineral ’ and ‘ salt ’ bear witness to the common proposition, in the ecological literature, that animals eat soil to satisfy a craving for nutrient minerals, resulting from inadequate forage ... However, for wild animals which frequent licks, sodium ( Na ) is the only mineral identified so far, with strong evidence that an extra supply is indeed needed and sought in some cases.

He need scarcely use such strong language, for the proposition was so extremely absurd — so opposed to the feelings and interests of both Englishmen and Irishmen, that any strenuous exertion would be totally unnecessary, in order to ensure it a signal defeat.

If their Lordships refused to sanction this proposition, he was afraid they would expose themselves to strong observations out of doors, where it was the universal opinion that they had found the class of individuals which the Bill tended to get rid of extremely convenient, and easily to be managed on certain occasions.

The point is that in a system such as Fromm's which recognizes unconscious motivations, and which rests on certain ethical absolutes, empirical data can be used to support whatever proposition the writer is urging at the moment.

Corroborating evidence ( in " corroboration ") is evidence that tends to support a proposition that is already supported by some initial evidence, therefore confirming the proposition.

To support the proposition of non-existence of any soul or consciousness in the afterlife Carvakas often quoted from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

A legal writer uses an introductory signal to tell readers how her citation to legal authority supports, or does not support, her written proposition.

For example, the introductory signal " See " tells the reader that the cited authority either ( a ) supports the stated proposition implicitly, or ( b ) contains dicta that support the proposition.

" It tells the reader that what the writer is citing directly supports the proposition but there are other authorities which also support the proposition, but their citation may not be as useful or necessary.

:" Accord " is used when two or more sources state or support the proposition, but the text quotes or refers to only one ; the other sources are then introduced by " accord.

:" See " may also be used to refer to a cited authority that contains dicta in support of the proposition being made.

" See also " is sometimes used to refer readers to authorities that support a proposition when other authorities that support the proposition have already been cited or discussed.

: This signals ( for the Latin confer, meaning " compare ") that the cited authority states a proposition different from the main proposition but sufficiently analogous to lend support.

On the other hand, Speck also wrote that Macaulay " took pains to present the virtues even of a rogue, and he painted the virtuous warts and all ", and that " he was never guilty of suppressing or distorting evidence to make it support a proposition which he knew to be untrue ".

He stated: " The proposition that the privilege against self-incrimination forbids in-custody interrogation without the warnings specified in the majority opinion and without a clear waiver of counsel has no significant support in the history of the privilege or in the language of the Fifth Amendment.

Once that is done, Adler says that the reader should find and work to understand each proposition that the author advances, as well as the author's support for those propositions.

With the support of other organizations, including the State Trades and Labor Council of Montana, which issued a proposition to organize a new federation, the WFM created its own alternative to the AFL, the Western Labor Union ( WLU ).

A proposition, which would have allowed them to consummate the merger, failed to obtain majority support.

The British Parliamentary debating style involves 4 teams ; two " government " or " proposition " teams support the motion, and two " opposition " teams oppose it.

Sir William Jones ( 28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794 ) was an Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages.

The Victorian Government of Sir Thomas Bent approved an application by Mr Morgan to build a tramway system in the Essendon area on 29 March 1904, with a poll of ratepayers overwhelming supporting the proposition on 29 July 1904 ( 2874 votes to 146 ).

# H * A * S * H ( November 29, 1992 ) – Alan, now MEP for the constituency of Obersaxony, is approached by his old patron Sir Greville with a proposition: Sir Greville, acting in the employ of Big Tobacco, wishes for Alan to manipulate Piers into getting the European Commission to legalize cannabis, which the tobacco companies will then make a fortune on.

Because the navigation was privately funded, there is no record of the actual cost, but Jackson, speaking in 1812 and by then named Sir George Duckett, stated that it had not been a good business proposition.

While some of the clans proposed to submit to the government, this proposition was resisted by Sir Ewen.

The text reads as follows :< p > Dear Sir: Please give the proposition we are enclosing your most earnest consideration.