Today the term " Soft Science Fiction " is often used to refer to science fiction stories which lack a scientific focus or rigorous adherence to known science.

Today, most modern factory-made machetes are of very simple construction, consisting of a blade and full-length tang punched from a single piece of flat steel plate of uniform thickness ( and thus lack a primary grind ), and a simple grip of two plates of wood or plastic bolted or riveted together around the tang.

The UAP largely supported the western powers in their policy of appeasement, however veteran UAP minister Billy Hughes was an exception and he embarrassed the government with his 1935 book book Australia and the War Today which exposed a lack of preparation in Australia for what Hughes correctly supposed to be a coming war.

Today, slave name, baptised from birth or rebirth in the new world, testifies to the authenticity of one's identity and own heritage of history, or lack thereof.

Similarly, USA Today felt the lack of special effects allowed the cast to " prove themselves more capable actors than ever before.

Today many of its remaining residents live in extreme poverty due to the lack of work in the area.

Today, most people in more-developed countries lack pressures for immediate survival most of the time ; our motivations are more abstract.

Later Lyons appointed him Minister for External Affairs, however Hughes was forced to resign in 1935 after his book Australia and the War Today exposed a lack of preparation in Australia for what Hughes correctly supposed to be a coming war.

Today, Hawley's Lake Park is an unused resource due mostly for its lack of parking and lack of village concern.

Today, de Raadt encourages wireless users to " buy Taiwanese ", due to lack of willingness from US companies like Intel and Broadcom to release firmware images free from licensing restrictions.

Today the term " Marbellan urbanism " is synonymous with corruption in government and its legacy of environmental destruction and overcrowding, as shown by the figure of 30, 000 illegal homes built in the town, and the lack of significant educational and health infrastructure.

Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times praised the lack of romanticization and dramatization of the characters and reported that " Peirce and Bienen and the expert cast engage us in the actuality of these rootless, hopeless, stoned-out lives without sentimentalizing or romanticizing them " and said that " Boys Don't Cry is an exceptional — and exceptionally disturbing film ", while Mike Clarke of USA Today commended Peirce's depth of knowledge of the case and the subject matter: " Peirce seems to have researched her subject with grad-school-thesis intensity ".

Today, the furniture and paintings are still deposited in storehouses and not on public display due to the lack of space in the Louvre.

:" Today, water-borne diseases kill a person every ten seconds, the overwhelming majority children, and roughly one in two Sub-Saharan Africans and three in five South Asians lack adequate sanitation.

Today, Kalymnos faces a lack of sponges due to the outbreak of a disease which has decimated sponge crops, although research would indicate that this is not permanent.

A perceived lack of stability in this arrangement prompted NBC to go with Chancellor full time ( McGee later moved to The Today Show ).

Today, a country's military aviation forces are often the first line of defense against an attack, or the first forces to attack an enemy, and military aviation forces ( or lack thereof ) have proved decisive in several recent conflicts such as the Gulf War.

Today the southern bank is heavily built up and is composed primarily of residential and industrial buildings, while the northern bank, due to the lack of space at the foot of the Bruggerberg ( 516 m / 1, 693 ft ), is less settled.

Today ministers frequently use ignorance of misbehaviour as an argument for lack of culpability.

Today, he is often mentioned as Michael Schumacher's childhood racing idol, and during an interview for the January 2007 issue of the ' 911 and Porsche World ' magazine, teammate Derek Bell felt Bellof's death was caused by lack of discipline in his driving style, and that the blame for his death lay with those around Bellof, including team personnel, who should have allowed him to mature.

Today the rivalry declined due to Floriana's lack of good performances in the domestic scene were in the last 30 years they won only two league titles, in 1977 and in 1993.

Today, there is little evidence of any regionally coordinated political effort by the Southern Party – a lack often attributed to a longstanding reluctance among Southern movement activists to empower a " national " coordinating body.

Today some scholars argue the lack of weapons in tombs may have been cultural and that the forts might have been constructed by the Egyptians to control the C-Group peoples.

Today, as Harrison's Principles Of Internal Medicine, a standard internist's text, puts it, `` The most common form of malnutrition is caloric excess or obesity ''.

Today they are the most common symbolic representation of numbers in the world.

Today automated flight control is common to reduce pilot error and workload at key times like landing or takeoff. Autopilot was first invented by Lawrence Sperry during World War II to fly bomber planes steady enough to hit precision targets from 25, 000 feet.

Today, in Taiwan, it's more common for people to refer to the drink as " pearl milk tea " ( zhen zhu ).

Today it has been superseded in the English part of the United Kingdom by Halsbury's Laws of England that covers both common and statutory English law.

Today it is common to print everything ( even plain text ) by sending ready bitmapped images to the printer, because it allows better control over formatting.

Today, German conservatism is often associated with Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose tenure has been marked by attempts to save the common European currency ( EURO ) from demise.

Today few academics make such a claim, but it still a common explanation in other circles.

Today it is common for Catholics to enter into a " mixed marriage " between a Catholic and a baptized non-Catholic.

Today, meta-analysis is among the most common types of literature review found in educational psychology research.

Today, the gin category is one of the most popular and widely distributed range of spirits, and is represented by products of various origins, styles, and flavor profiles that all revolve around juniper as a common ingredient.

Today, Mercedes-Benz vans are common in modern fleets.

Today, the nickname is also applied to newer truck-mounted Soviet ( and not only Soviet ) multiple rocket launchers — notably the common BM-21 — and derivatives.

Today, there are many kiosks in and around the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, and they are still a relatively common sight in Balkan states.

Today, the most common – but far from universal – cartographic convention is that North is at the top of a map.

Today, inexpensive train sets running on batteries are again common but regarded as toys and seldom used by hobbyists.

Today, in all common law jurisdictions, standing mute is treated by the courts as equivalent to a plea of not guilty.

Today, it is still common to treat the two groups under the same heading as herptiles.

Today the most common form of reciprocating engine is the internal combustion engine running on the combustion of petrol, diesel, Liquefied petroleum gas ( LPG ) or compressed natural gas ( CNG ) and used to power motor vehicles.

Today, steel is one of the most common materials in the world, with more than 1. 3 billion tons produced annually.

Today, a breakfast of buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy is common throughout the region, as well as places Appalachian people have migrated.

Today, skyscrapers are an increasingly common sight where land is expensive, as in the centres of big cities, because they provide such a high ratio of rentable floor space per unit area of land.

Today, trusts play a significant role in most common law systems, and their success has led some civil law jurisdictions to incorporate trusts into their civil codes.

Today, cohabitation is a common pattern among people in the Western world.

Today, across the nation, each state is free to develop its own laws regarding fences, but in most cases for both rural and urban property owners, the laws are designed to require adjacent landowners to share the responsibility for maintaining a common boundary fenceline, and the fence is generally constructed on the surveyed property line as precisely as possible.