Whereas in the past, the National and American leagues had separate administrative organizations ( which, for example, allowed for the introduction of different rules such as the designated hitter ), under Selig, Major League Baseball consolidated the administrative functions of both leagues into the Commissioner's Office in 2000.

Whereas only two percent of the country's mosques appeared in the United States before 1950, eighty-seven percent of American mosques were founded after 1970 and fifty percent of American mosques founded after 1980.

Whereas most American Methodist worship is modeled after the Anglican Communion's Book of Common Prayer, a unique feature was the once practiced observance of the season of Kingdomtide, which encompasses the last thirteen weeks before Advent, thus dividing the long season after Pentecost into two discrete segments.

Whereas English judges won their independence from the Crown in the Act of Settlement 1701, American colonial judges still served at the pleasure of the King.

Whereas early French hip hop was seen as mimicking American hip hop in terms of aesthetic appeal, later French rappers added their own cultural and racial identities to the mix.

Whereas salsa occasionally superimposes elements of another genre, or incorporates a non-salsa style in the bridge of a song, Cuban popular music since the 1970s has fully integrated North American jazz and funk to the point of true hybrid.

Whereas Dobbs County and Tryon County, named for Martin's predecessors Arthur Dobbs and William Tryon, were abolished after American independence, Martin County was neither abolished nor renamed, a fact which has been attributed to the popularity of Alexander Martin, twice governor of the state ( 1782-1784, 1789-1792 ).

" Gillota also observed: " Whereas the schlemiel of Eastern Europe encountered problems that mostly affected Eastern European Jews ( such as anti-Semitism and economic survival ), Larry encounters problems that affect contemporary middle-to upper-class American Jews, namely, Jewish assimilation, secularism, intermarriage, and, as all of these suggest, the Jews ' precarious ethnic identity in an increasingly multicultural environment.

Whereas American Hip Hop is the product of black urban youth and heavily influenced by race, Tanzania bongo flava took root in the in slightly better off part of the city with those that more access to the Western world.

Whereas most European carousel figures are relatively static in posture, American figures are more representative of active beasts-tossed manes, expressive eyes and postures of movement are their hallmarks.

Whereas the Bomber Command in the RAF was a single organisation, reporting directly to the Chief of the Air Staff, there were many American Bomber Commands.

Whereas the Center for American Progress is a 501 ( c )( 3 ) nonprofit, the fund is a 501 ( c )( 4 ), allowing it to devote more funds to lobbying.

Whereas the American SLP strongly opposed advancing ameliorative " immediate demands ," the new British organisation did not follow, instead initially choosing to adopt a programme of immediate demands matching those of the SDF from whence it sprung.

Whereas the North American model used an ' economy ' 3. 10 to 1 rear axle ratio, the Australian Falcon was built with a 3. 56 to 1 ratio which better complemented the torque characteristics of the engine, and yet still allowed a reduction in cruising rpm when compared with the Zephyr.

Whereas nearly all American journalists praised the book, scholars were split.

In doing so he stated the following: Whereas, through the leadership and efforts of Warith Deen Muhammad, the American Muslim Mission is on the path of economic progress and achieving growth through unity ...( I ) urge all citizens to engage in activities which promote economic progress.

Whereas virtually every American central business district ( CBD ) or secondary downtown that developed around non-motorized transportation or the streetcar has a pedestrian-friendly grid pattern of relatively narrow streets, most edge cities instead have a hierarchical street arrangement centered around pedestrian-hostile arterial roads.

Whereas the New American Cinema was marked by an oblique take on narrative, one based on abstraction, camp and minimalism, Structural-Materialist filmmakers like Hollis Frampton and Michael Snow created a highly formalist cinema that foregrounded the medium itself: the frame, projection, and most importantly, time.

Whereas Supertramp's earlier LPs were bogged down by swatches of meandering, Genesis-like esoterica, the songs here are extraordinarily melodic and concisely structured, reflecting these musicians ' saturation in American pop since their move to Los Angeles in 1977.

Whereas the original Chinese version of the dish includes Sichuan peppercorns as an integral ingredient, the American version does not.

Whereas Girlfight was a contemporary American drama, Aeon Flux is set in the future, and Jennifer's Body is a horror film.

Whereas North American research has typically concentrated on studying problem solving in separate, natural knowledge domains, much of the European research has focused on novel, complex problems, and has been performed with computerized scenarios ( see Funke, 1991, for an overview ).

Whereas in the U. S. housing is commonly divided into " single-family homes ", " multi-family dwellings ", " Condo / Townhouse ", etc., the primary division of residential property in British terminology is between " houses " ( including " detached ", " semi-detached ", and " terraced " houses and bungalows ) and " flats " ( i. e., " apartments " or " condominiums " in American English ).

Whereas previous rulers had been influenced by Persian culture ( Suleiman's father, Selim I, wrote poetry in Persian ), Suleiman's patronage of the arts had seen the Ottoman Empire assert its own artistic legacy.

Whereas the Cimmerians would have departed this ancestral homeland by heading west and south across the Caucasus, the Thracians migrated southwest into the Balkans, where they established a successful and long-lived culture.

Whereas the Kanto region is symbolic of standardization throughout Japan, the Kansai region displays many more idiosyncrasies: the culture in Kyoto, the mercantilism of Osaka, the history of Nara, or the cosmopolitanism of Kobe, and represents the focus of counterculture in Japan.

Whereas in the area of the present Baltic states and Kaliningrad Oblast ( former East Prussia ), it is seen as an intrusive successor to the southwestern portion of the Narva culture.

Whereas hip hop had a peak of success in the early first decade of the 21st century, with bands from Hamburg dominating the scene, gangster rap became an important and controversial part of German music and youth culture just as late as 2004 with Aggro Berlin.

Whereas Gundam is far more political and is direct on the horrors of war, each Macross television series is unique for never depicting the antagonists as inherently evil and proved in the end that love, culture and music can be used to defeat them.

Whereas the Cultural Revolution Group at least nominally dealt in “ culture ,” the CCEG dealt exclusively in violence.

Whereas Cruinnaght Vanninagh Ashoonagh had been a festival only of Manx culture, Mona Douglas conceived Yn Chruinnaght in its modern form as an inter-Celtic festival, giving an opportunity for the six Celtic nations of the Isle of Man, Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall to participate.

Whereas for Sullivan and Wright a building was most organic when it expressed the individual character of its creator, Bragdon saw individualism as a hindrance to the formation of a consensual democratic culture.

Whereas other Celtic nations already had existing folk music cultures before the end of the 1960s this was less true in Cornwall and the Isle of Man, which were also relatively small in population and more integrated into English culture and ( in the case of Cornwall ) the British State.

Whereas the Greek language and culture remained important, especially for the Melkites of Jerusalem, Melkite tradition became fused with the Arabic language and culture.

Whereas the latter, a member of the Shu ' ubi movement, esteemed non-Arabic ( chiefly Persian ) culture, al-Asma ' i believed in the superiority of the Arabs over all peoples, and of the freedom of their language and literature from all foreign influence.

Whereas the Malaysian variant, known as Roti canai, are served slightly differently, influenced by each country's culture.

Whereas the young of Arkady's time embraced a very negative opinion of Russian culture in contrast to Western or European culture.

* Whereas the notion of " free equivalence relation " does not exist, that of a free groupoid on a directed graph does.

Whereas social work started on a more scientific footing aimed at controlling and reforming individuals ( at one stage supporting the notion that poverty was a disease ), it has in more recent times adopted a more critical and holistic approach to understanding and intervening in social problems.

Whereas message-passing models require tightly-coupled processes sending messages to each other in some sequence or protocol, Linda processes are decoupled from other processes, communicating only through the tuplespace ; a process need have no notion of other processes except for the kinds of tuples consumed or produced ( data coupling ).

Whereas multiculturalists tend to view the melting-pot theory as oppressive, assimilationists view it as advantageous to both a government and its people.