Whether you experienced the passion of desire I have, of course, no way of knowing, nor indeed have I wished with even the most fleeting fragment of a wish to know, for the fact that one constitutes by one's mere existence so to speak the proof of some sort of passion makes any speculation upon this part of one's parents' experience more immodest, more scandalizing, more deeply unwelcome than an obscenity from a stranger.

Whether or not this is done out of enlightened self-preservation, I don't know.

Whether the pair of Sudanese ivory carvings you lifted really possess the juju to turn your livers to lead, as a dealer in Khartoum assured me, I am not competent to say.

In addition, works published before 1964 that did not have their copyrights renewed 28 years after first publication year also are in the public domain, except that books originally published outside the US by non-Americans are exempt from this requirement, if they are still under copyright in their home country ( see How Can I Tell Whether a Copyright Was Renewed for more details ).

In May 2010, the Washington State Supreme Court provided an opinion after it was asked to certify a question referred by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington: “ Whether a public library, consistent with Article I, § 5 of the Washington Constitution, may filter Internet access for all patrons without disabling Web sites containing constitutionally-protected speech upon the request of an adult library patron .” The Washington State Supreme Court ruled that NCRL ’ s internet filtering policy did not violate Article I, Section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.

Whether I'm writing solo stuff, electronic stuff or material for Mötley, I just write to write.

Whether the adoption of the classical Alexander for the future Alexander I of Scotland ( either for Pope Alexander II or for Alexander the Great ) and the biblical David for the future David I of Scotland represented a recognition that William of Normandy would not be easily removed, or was due to the repetition of Anglo-Saxon Royal name — another Edmund had preceded Edgar — is not known.

Whether Shakespeare knew the unities, and rejected them by design, or deviated from them by happy ignorance, it is, I think, impossible to decide, and useless to inquire.

Whether or not he had relationships with women, I had no idea.

Whether or not I love him, I do not know, but it seems to me that I do .” She married Gumilev in Kiev in April 1910 ; however, none of Akhmatova ’ s family attended the wedding.

and I die, and I love --- Whether the glass might be art, or mysticism --- To be reborn, bearing my dream as a diadem, Under that former sky where Beauty once flourished!

" Whether reading " Beyond Words " makes for a happier, easier or more fulfilled life, I couldn't say.

This was my equipment, and it was I. Whether one wants or not, I was here in an original situation of presence and instrumental recognition making of me without being conscious, a manufacturer of the autobiography.

" Whether it's a flighty old tune like ' I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby ' ... a schmaltzy German love song, ' Das Lied Ist Aus ' or a French one ' La Vie en Rose ', she lends each an air of the aristocrat, yet she never patronises ... A folk song, ' Go ' Way From My Window ' has never been sung with such passion, and in her hands ' Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Whether society has felt music valuable or needful I have gone on writing because I must.

: Whether there be any spontaneous or anomalous generation of animals, as has been the constant opinion of naturalists heretofore, I think there is good reason to question.

Whether his beard was reddish, or any other colour I cannot say, for the razor had passed over it very closely and left a surface smoother than chalk ... His blue eyes indicated both a high spirit and dignity ; and his nose and nostrils breathed in the air freely ; his chest corresponded to his nostrils and by his nostrils ... the breadth of his chest.

Whether or not there is any force in that allegation, His Majesty's Government are resolved that on this occasion there shall be no such tragic misunderstanding.

In his only surviving love letter to her, written a few months before their wedding, Tyler promised, " Whether I float or sink in the stream of fortune, you may be assured of this, that I shall never cease to love you.

Whether we look into his plays or his most passionate love-poems, we shall find all frozen and made rigid with intellect.

Whether you write or not after you finish school means nothing to me as a teacher.

( Whether historical nationalism helped the peoples of the remainder of the world, and whether today's nationalism in the former colonial areas has equally beneficial aspects, are other questions.

Whether fan of the Pagnol films or stage show, whether partial to music or not, you can't help but derive joy from this picture if you have a sense of humor and a heart.

As Freda Easton explained in her study of Waldorf schools, " Whether one accepts anthroposophy as a science depends upon whether one accepts Steiner's interpretation of a science that extends the consciousness and capacity of human beings to experience their inner spiritual world.

Whether the correct spectrum of density fluctuations can be produced, and whether the universe can successfully navigate the Big Bang / Big Crunch transition, remains a topic of controversy and current research.

Whether an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament may expressly apply to the Island as regards matters of self-government, or whether this historic power is now in abeyance, is a matter of legal debate.

" Whether or not this amounts to misogyny, whether his polemic against women is meant to be taken literally, and the exact nature of his opinions of women, are controversial.

* Whether utility or marginalism was more essential to this revolution ( whether the noun or the adjective in the phrase " marginal utility " is more important )

Whether man recovers from it, whether he becomes master of this crisis, is a question of his strength!

Whether in fact a person's actions promote and fulfill his own life or not is a question of fact, as it is with all other organisms, but whether a person will act to promote his well-being is up to him, not hard-wired into his physiology.

Whether the Etruscan encampment was so named because it was round, like a shield, or whether its situation was a shield against the Gauls to the north, is uncertain.

Whether the passage is simply to provide a brief token, foreign witness of Solomon's wealth and wisdom, or whether there is meant to be something more significant to the queen's visit is unknown ; nevertheless the visit of the Queen of Sheba has become the subject of numerous stories.

Whether a reaction actually will go in the arbitrarily-selected forward direction or not depends on the amounts of the substances present at any given time, which determines the kinetics and thermodynamics, i. e., whether equilibrium lies to the right or the left.

to persuade the contras to use terror in a less random, more calculated fashion .” Whether they became more calculated regarding their deeds of terror is unclear, but they remained horrific: “ Linder was out with his crew, knee deep in a stream, measuring the water flow to see whether it was suitable to power a plant for San José de Bocay.

Whether a congregation is a ' fellowship ' or a ' church ' sometimes hinges on whether it is led by one ( or more ) minister ( s ): those without ministers being fellowships, those with ministers being churches.

Whether Dionysius regarded " incarnation " as Jesus ' birth or conception, and whether Dionysius placed it in 1 BC or AD 1 are debated by modern scholars.

Whether members of a cartel choose to cheat on the agreement depends on whether the short-term returns to cheating outweigh the long-term losses from the possible breakdown of the cartel.

Whether Thackeray intended this shift in tone when he began writing, or whether it developed over the course of the work's composition, is a question that cannot be settled.

Whether the two parts of Dál Riata had long been united, or whether a conquest in the 4th century or early 5th century, either of Antrim from Argyll, or vice versa, in line with myth, is not known.

Whether this is so, or whether community patterns simply reflect the sum of underlying species distributions ( no real " structure " to the community ), has not yet been established.

Whether or not a program using such a library is thread-safe depends on whether it uses the library in a manner consistent with those guarantees.

Whether this Aquitanian language ( Proto-Basque ) was a remnant of a Vasconic language group that once extended much farther, or whether it was generally limited to the Aquitaine / Basque region is not currently known.

Whether this was done at the behest of Anno II, or whether it may have made by Richeza, isn't clarified.

Whether we must attribute this to the malignity of matter or to the total depravity of inanimate things, whether the exciting cause is hurry, worry, or what not, the fact remains.

Richard Fuchs, author of An Unerring Fire, concludes, “ The affair at Fort Pillow was simply an orgy of death, a mass lynching to satisfy the basest of conduct – intentional murder – for the vilest of reasons – racism and personal enmity .” Andrew Ward downplays the controversy, “ Whether the massacre was premeditated or spontaneous does not address the more fundamental question of whether a massacre took place ... it certainly did, in every dictionary sense of the word .” John Cimprich states, “ The new paradigm in social attitudes and the fuller use of available evidence has favored a massacre interpretation ...

Whether this happens because they sense that Princess Nell is a real person, or whether this is solely due to the machinations of Hackworth, is left unclear.