Thus Moscow reversed its long-standing position that the secret protocols did not exist or were forgeries, but did not concede that events of 1940 constituted an occupation.

Thus, there is substantial debate regarding the identity of the book's author.

Thus, the debate of when, where, why and whether to use horseshoes is a hot topic today.

Thus, while there was a good measure of debate in the Early Church over the New Testament canon, the major writings are claimed to have been accepted by almost all Christians by the middle of the 3rd century.

Thus, a dichotomy between the whole language approach and phonics emerged in the United States causing intense debate.

Thus, the advantages, or disadvantages, of the LACE design continue to be a matter of some debate.

Thus, most scholars debate the reliability and the plausibility of using a navigational tool that can only determine direction in such limited conditions.

Thus even small-scale land reforms and legal modifications may be subject to intense debate or conflict.

Thus, while the ongoing debate is often heated and passionate, the support for mandatory Swedish tuition remains strong enough among politicians for the government not to consider a change of policy.

Thus legislation which destroyed the citizen's ability to debate, to assemble or to associate freely would be contrary to Canada's democratic parliamentary system of government.

Thus, Liberal Democracy voted on 16 May 1998 to become a separate party, with Madelin launching the ' Ten Tough Choices ' programme advocating transforming the political debate in France.

Thus, the Speaker may disallow a closure, which seeks to end debate and immediately put the question to a vote, if he or she finds that the motion constitutes an abuse of the rules or breaches the rights of the minority.

Thus we may debate how well a particular government fits the concept of democracy, but there is no room for debate over whether a given sequence of moves is or is not a valid game of chess.

Thus, for a period of time, it seemed the debate between self-perception theory and cognitive dissonance had ended.

Thus, the Speaker voted in favour of second reading, " to allow the House time for further debate so that it can make its own decision at some future time.

Thus, many have resigned themselves that this debate will never be settled and, while nominal horsepower gives a very appropriate way of rating traction engine, it may never be converted accurately into diesel HP.

Although there is still ongoing debate about the Jewish Christian Gospels and " only the very daring, nowadays, venture on speculations in regard to the Gospel of the Hebrews ", most scholars agree with Schneemelcher when he says, " Thus the number of Jewish Gospels -- whether there be one, two or three such gospels -- is uncertain, the identification of the several fragments is also uncertain and, finally the character and the relationship to one another of the several Jewish gospels is uncertain.

Thus, the Citizenship Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment parallels citizenship language in the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and likewise the Equal Protection Clause parallels nondiscrimination language in the 1866 Act ; the extent to which other clauses in the Fourteenth Amendment may have incorporated elements of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 is a matter of continuing debate.

Thus, following extensive debate on the wording of the questions in the months prior to the vote, the referendum ignored the important question of outright nationalization.

Thus televised presidential debates did not resume until 1976, when incumbent president Gerald Ford, perceiving he was behind in the polls, agreed to debate challenger Jimmy Carter.

Thus the internet, and in particular blogs became an important front in informal political debate, declarations, and dissatisfaction.

Thus was exposed one of Owen's greatest blunders, revealing Huxley as not only dangerous in debate, but also a better anatomist.

" Thus, the true identity of the author of the Gospel of John remains a subject of considerable debate.

Thus, NMPs would be able to concentrate on the " substance of the debate rather than form and rhetoric ", and provide dissenting and constructive views that would contribute to good government.

Thus, on the highroad, a troop of soldiers `` marched in their own dust and sang '', while on the footpath one man walks alone.

Thus in both types attention is focused on the community itself, and its phenomenological life.

Thus, there is an added incentive to stay on the job.

Thus, an enemy would probably use this weapon for attack on static population centers such as large cities.

Thus, the client receives enough ego support to engage in constructive efforts on his own behalf.

Thus it is reasonable to believe that there is a significant difference between the two groups in their performance on this task after a brief `` structuring '' experience.

Thus he may be referring to some concrete thing, or incident, in his immediate environment by some symbolic-sounding, hyperbolic reference to transcendental events on the global scene.

Thus in a context in which there has been discussion of snow but mention of local conditions is new, dominant stress will probably be on here in it rarely snows here, but in a context in which there has been discussion of local weather but no mention of snow, dominant stress will probably be on snows.

Thus in it's incredible what that boy can eat dominant stress is likely to be on incredible, and eat will have strong stress also.

Thus in Mary wrote an account of the trip first strong stress on Mary marks Mary as the first in a series of people who wrote accounts of the trip, strong stress on wrote marks the writing as the first of a series of actions of Mary's concerned with an account of her trip ( about which she may later have made speeches, for example ), and strong stress on trip makes the trip the first of a series of subjects about which Mary wrote accounts.

Thus, in the example cited above Fromm rests his whole case on the premise that the workers are being deprived unconsciously, unknowingly, of fulfillment, and then supports this with survey data reporting conscious, experienced frustrations.

Thus, when specifically permitted, the operand of a given line on the Autocoder coding sheet may be continued in the operand of from one to four additional lines which immediately follow.

Thus, when Dartmouth's Winter Carnival -- widely recognized as the greatest, wildest, roaringest college weekend anywhere, any time -- was broadcast over a national television hookup, Prexy John Sloan Dickey appeared on the screen in rugged winter garb, topped off by a tam-o'-shanter which he confessed had been acquired from a Smith girl.

Thus, moral issues concerning the nature of the legal and political processes take on theological dimensions.

Thus Baptist churches on the frontier took cognizance of charges against their members of drunkenness, fighting, malicious gossip, lying, cheating, sexual irregularities, gambling, horse racing, and failure to pay just debts.

Thus, the emperor could draw on sources not available to those with less puissant ancestors.

Thus there was really an excess of eighteenth-century charm as one of these light-weight pieces followed another on Saturday night.

Thus, giving grades and promotions based only on an individual's performance relative to a small local group, as is common, may reduce cooperative behaviors in the group.

Thus military expeditions employ anthropologists to discern strategic cultural footholds ; marketing professionals employ anthropology to determine propitious placement of advertising ; and humanitarian agencies depend on anthropological insights as means to fight poverty.

Thus, a Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and an agnostic might agree that, in this particular case, the best approach is to withhold extraordinary medical care, while disagreeing on the reasons that support their individual positions.

Thus agrarianism is not industrial farming, with its specialization on products and industrial scale.