Thus, on 14 December 1936, Madam Chiang sent her Australian adviser, William Henry Donald, who had previously been Zhang ’ s adviser ( and had helped him overcome opium addiction ), to Xi ' an for negotiation.

Thus far all non-compliance issues have been settled through discussion or negotiation.

Thus, in the aftermath of the war, both nations, brokered by the " guarantors " of the Rio Protocol, entered into a long and difficult negotiation process that concluded with the signing of a Peace Treaty in 1998, and the closing of the hitherto un-demarcated stretch of common border, deep in the Amazonian rainforest.

Thus, Sobelair went into negotiation with the Swiss subsidiary of Trans European Airways in 1996, which turned out to be fruitless.

Thus, SLA Management encompasses the SLA contract definition: basic schema with the QoS ( quality of service ) parameters ; SLA negotiation ; SLA monitoring ; and SLA enforcement — according to defined policies.

Thus, before Hitler became Chancellor, it had been accepted that Germany could rearm beyond the limits set by Versailles, though the precise extent of German rearmament was still open to negotiation.

Thus, in the classroom CLT often takes the form of pair and group work requiring negotiation and cooperation between learners, fluency-based activities that encourage learners to develop their confidence, role-plays in which students practise and develop language functions, as well as judicious use of grammar and pronunciation focused activities.

This is because " the relationship between actual culture ... on the one hand, and economically determined factors such as class position, on the other, is always problematical, incomplete, and the object of ideological work and struggle .... Cultural relationships and cultural change are thus not predetermined ; rather they are the product of negotiation, imposition, resistance, transformation, and so on .... Thus particular cultural forms and practices cannot be attached mechanically or even paradigmatically to particular classes ; nor, even, can particular interpretations, valuations, and uses of a single form or practice.

Thus, a Minister is not permitted to accept any favour of any kind from persons in negotiation with, or seeking to obtain any licence or enter into any contractual relations with, the Government, or to use official information that comes to him as a Minister for his own private profit or the profit of any family member or associate.

Thus, according to Cornwell, Pius XII facilitated the rise of Hitler first through the negotiation of the Reichskonkordat and subsequently through his passivity, silence and inaction, which ultimately condoned and enabled the Holocaust.

Thus the axiom of choice is not generally available in constructive set theory.

In mathematics, an associative algebra A is an associative ring that has a compatible structure of a vector space over a certain field K or, more generally, of a module over a commutative ring R. Thus A is endowed with binary operations of addition and multiplication satisfying a number of axioms, including associativity of multiplication and distributivity, as well as compatible multiplication by the elements of the field K or the ring R.

Thus, courts will generally allow a class action in such a situation.

Thus, a piece of iron in its lowest energy state (" unmagnetized ") generally has little or no net magnetic field.

Thus, it has generally been used to describe something which, while unreal, is so in a very specific or unusual fashion, usually one emphasizing not just the " not real ," but some form of estrangement from our generally accepted sense of reality.

Thus there were many different types of inquisitions depending on the location and methods ; historians have generally classified them into the episcopal inquisition and the papal inquisition.

Thus punctuated equilibrium contradicts some of Darwin's ideas regarding the specific mechanisms of evolution, but generally accords with Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.

Thus, in giving a speech in defense of a poet whose Roman citizenship had been questioned, the orator should examine not only the specifics of that poet's civic status, he should also examine the role and value of poetry and of literature more generally in Roman culture and political life.

Thus, fluids are generally associated with viscous behaviour ( a thick oil is a viscous liquid ) and solids with elastic behaviour ( an elastic string is an elastic solid ).

Thus Serbo-Croatian generally goes by the ethnic names Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian.

Thus, power output of a Wankel engine is generally higher than that of a four-stroke piston engine of similar engine displacement in a similar state of tune ; and higher than that of a four-stroke piston engine of similar physical dimensions and weight.

Thus, the heuristic approach is generally used when deterministic techniques or are not available, economical, or practical.

Thus it is seen that a polyp is an animal of very simple structure, a living fossil that has not changed significantly for about half a billion years ( per generally accepted dating of Cambrian sedimentary rock ).

Thus the 1980s and 1990s saw a rise in both budgets and the number of sequels a film could generally have.

Thus it was generally assumed that any combat in Europe would end with apocalyptic conclusions.

Thus a single-unit streetcar capable of only operating on a shared right of way is not generally considered “ light rail ”.

Thus, TFTP is generally only used on private, local networks.

Thus, the American company White Castle is generally credited with opening the second fast-food outlet in Wichita, Kansas in 1921, selling hamburgers for five cents apiece from its inception and spawning numerous competitors and emulators.

Thus the Conservative movement recognizes the right of Jews to form such denominations, and recognizes their clergy as rabbis, but does not generally accept their decisions as valid.

Thus far, plantings of these four varieties generally appear to be successful.

Thus, if a party does not raise an issue of fact at the trial court level, he or she generally cannot raise it upon appeal.

Thus, theories like " sister church " or " two lungs " are generally rejected, because in its view the Church is theologically indivisible.

Thus the " Kolmogorov-5 / 3 spectrum " is generally observed in turbulence.

Thus, the DBMS of today roll together frequently needed services and features of attribute management.

Thus, while modafinil's unique stimulant profile features interactions with monoamine systems, these may very well be downstream events secondary to effects on specific, electrotonically-coupled populations of GABAergic interneurons.

Thus, 10 % of possible sets differ in one feature, 30 % in two features, 40 % in three features, and 20 % in all four features.

Thus, “ The Daily Sun " features stories about tokoloshes ( hob-goblins ), ancestral visions and all things supernatural and wildly absurd, together with localised stories and main stream news.

Thus the standard was created by taking a union of the features in all proposals with no regard to their coherence.

Thus blended wing bodied aircraft incorporate design features from both a futuristic fuselage and flying wing design.

Thus the claimed similarities between creoles may be mere consequences of similar parentage, rather than characteristic features of all creoles.

Thus, distinctive, observable morphological features, e. g., illuvial clay accumulation in B horizons, are produced by certain combinations of pedogenic processes operative over varying periods of time.

Thus increasing and promoting commercial bank's interest in the Internet and conducting business over the Internet is necessary in order to further the development of ecash and commerce in the Internet, as well as improving cryptography and security features of the systems.

Thus in July 1981 " VME2900 " was launched: although presented to the customer base as a merger of VME / B and VME / K, it was in reality the VME / B base with a few selected features from VME / K grafted on.

Thus, although the Naskapis had never filed a formal statement of claim or similar document, except for a draft history prepared by the late Dr Alan Cooke, the parties to the JBNQA accepted the legitimacy of their claims, and they entered into an agreement-in-principle with the Naskapis in the Spring of 1977 to negotiate an agreement that would have the same principal features as the JBNQA.

Thus the left view is placed on the left and the top view on the top ; and the features closest to the front of the 3D object will appear closest to the front view in the drawing.

Thus, great effort is put into having an engineering drawing accurately depict size, shape, form, aspect ratios between features, and so on.

Thus, they were classified as a single species V. cholera: however, Hugh believed the differing features between the two could be of epidmiological importance, so El Tor vibrios were further classified as V. cholerae biotype eltor ( serogroup O1 ).

Thus, the following are " goals ", not necessarily existing features, of Matroska:

Thus allegedly dangerous and complicating features like multiple inheritance and operator overloading were omitted.

Thus, the film is often considered a prequel, however, it also has features more typical of a sequel.

Thus, in a sequence alignment, the presence of these features may be an indication of a loop.

Thus Afghan music features a mix of Persian melodies, Arab scales, Indian compositional principles as well as sounds from ethnic groups such as the Pashtuns or Tajiks and the instruments used range from Indian tablas to long-necked lutes.

Thus, it is in the interest of the producer of a lower value product to proliferate features, options, and package combinations until the average shopper finds it too much trouble to make an informed decision.

Thus, " lite " software editions turn out to be useless for most, as they miss the one or two special features that are present in the " bloated " version.

Thus, for example, the Rough Guide to World Music features a chapter on " Antillean music ", which is entirely about the French Antillean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, with a brief sidebar specifically about the Dutch Antilles.