* Whether soft power can be coercive or manipulative, ( Janice BIally Mattern, Katzenstein, Duvall & Barnet vs Nye, Vuving )

Whether intended or not, the study served to reinforce images of the male as the sole competitor in an often violent race to secure dominance and access to a harem of females.

* Whether the person in question was armed and / or violent

" and " Whether or not one uses ' terrorist ' to describe violent acts depends on whether one thinks that the acts are warranted.

Verina died early in the siege Whether her death was violent or not is uncertain.

) Whether or not regularization is used, it is usually not possible to find a closed-form solution ; instead, an iterative numerical method must be used, such as iteratively reweighted least squares ( IRLS ) or, more commonly these days, a quasi-Newton method such as the L-BFGS method.

Whether split, or in ' rounds ' ( flush-cut and unsplit segments of logs ), the wood should be stacked lengthwise, which is the most stable and practical method.

" Whether Maxwell Fyfe believed such executions were the best method of dealing with the Nazis may be doubted, in view of his later work at the Nuremberg Trials ; at the time, however, as a member of the government he had little choice but to follow the lead of the Prime Minister, Churchill, who repeatedly urged that summary justice be visited upon on the Nazi leaders.

Whether or not Hijikata actually employed such a cruel interrogation method is also in some doubt, as conflicting reports from those in attendance ( such as Nagakura Shinpachi ) exist.

Whether or not he had actually added unfair votes, and if so, whether or not the number of votes added was enough to tip the balance, the ballot-stuffing method he outlined was indeed workable, as several bulletin board members verified on the 59th move, after Kasparov had already secured the victory.

Whether or not this method was somehow related to earlier Chinese or Japanese methods mentioned above has never been concretely proven.

Whether or not a person is considered to be an investment adviser under the IAA generally depends on three criteria: the type of advice offered, the method of compensation, and whether or not a significant portion of the " adviser's " income comes from proffering investment advice.

Whether it is the choice of names, nor the manner of greeting, or the mode of entertaining guests, or the method of administering oath in the court, or the process of taking out the funeral procession, at each and every step in life, from birth to death, this system of graded inequality is to be applied and observed.

Whether original or not, the images are " the fruit of what we must imagine to have been a thoroughly rationalized and quasi-industrial method of production ", in " a stable craft with settled routines ".

Whether the plan for mining exclusively by open-pit methods proceeded is uncertain but that method was employed a decade later when the Bradley Mining Company acquired the Sulphur Bank mercury mine.

Whether scientific method is at all suited for the study of the subjective aspect of emotion, feelings, is a question for philosophy of science and epistemology.

Whether offense is taken at hearing the word varies greatly according to listener and situation, and is related to age and social class: elderly speakers and those of ( or aspiring to ) higher socioeconomic strata tend to use it more privately and selectively than younger and more blue-collar speakers.

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 people think that their experience of desire or lack of experience is problematic depends on special kinds of social circumstances such as the presence or absence of a partner.

Whether social norms were accepted or not was for Parsons simply a historical question.

Whether men were seen as naturally more prone to violence and rapine ( Hobbes ) or cooperation and kindness ( Rousseau ), the idea that a legitimate social order emerges only when the liberties and duties are equal among citizens binds the social contract thinkers to the concept of popular sovereignty.

Whether it is online social media or chat rooms, the Internet essentially fosters group polarization for individuals who are using the Internet to communicate.

Whether individuals approach a social dilemma selfishly or cooperatively might depend upon whether they believe people are naturally greedy or cooperative.

Whether Tibet constituted a feudal social system or if peasants can be considered serfs is still debated.

Recent histories agree that a massacre occurred: 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 .” Ward states, “ 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 known on their campuses as social fraternities, clubs, secret societies, or by other models, most nonetheless publicly articulate a literary focus.

" Whether I'm Wrong ", an original song of social conscience penned in early 2003, has been featured by the UNESCO-endorsed New Songs for Peace initiative.

Whether you follow these rules will likely depend on social pressure ; bear in mind that there is no standard set of rules that you are obligated to follow.

Whether it's wrapping up a talk when the audience starts fidgeting, choosing the crowded restaurant over the nearly deserted one, or crossing the street against the light because everyone else is doing so, social information provides a basis for inferences, planning, and coordinating activity.

Coursing the hare, Francis Barlow ( artist ) | Francis Barlow, 1686 Whether for sporting or hunting purposes, hare coursing was in Europe historically restricted to landowners and the nobility, who used sighthounds, the ownership of which was at certain historic times prohibited among the lower social classes.

While testifying at a congressional hearing in Washington, D. C., computer expert Winn Schwartau said that “ Government and commercial computer systems are so poorly protected today they can essentially be considered defenseless-an Electronic Pearl Harbor waiting to happen .” Whether it be banking, business or social networking, most people have various amounts of personal information online.

# Whether the risk of the activity outweighs its social value.

* Whether the assimilation or contrast effect prevails depends on the psychological closeness, with people feeling psychologically disconnected with their social surroundings being more likely to show contrast effects.

Whether in Paris or Vienna, she set the latest social trends.

Whether online interactions count as stable social relationship, however, is debatable, as virtual engagements do not stimulate the same biological responses real interactions do.

Whether using power line or radio communications, packets transmitted using the X10 control protocol consist of a four bit house code followed by one or more four bit unit codes, finally followed by a four bit command.

Whether through reforestation, recycling, or pollution control, environmental conservation sustains the natural quality of life.

Whether there is any truth in the legend or not Robert Fitzhamon seems to have seized control of the lowlands of Glamorgan and Gwynllwg sometime from around 1089 to 1094.

Whether this invasion was directed against Amlaíb, or perhaps intended to support him by plundering only northern Northumbria which may have been outwith his control, is uncertain.

Whether friends hold hands depends on culture and gender: in Western culture this is mainly done by women and small children ( sometimes for authoritative control, not affection ), spouses and romantic couples.

Whether or not this was the real reason behind Rosa's micronation, the Italian government's response was swift: a group of four carabinieri and tax inspectors landed on the " Isola delle Rose " and assumed control.

Whether a person will successfully regulate the application of the activated schemas is dependent on individual differences in self-regulatory ability and the presence of situational impairments to executive control.

Whether the official grounds are medical, as in concealing treatment plan, diagnosis, and rough length of stay from tuberculosis patients, or military, as in concealing travel destination from enlisted men, such exclusion provides staff with a special basis of control over and distance from inmates.

Whether the earliest control of fire by hominids dates to the Lower or to the Middle Paleolithic remains an open question.

Whether control of fire and earliest burials date to this period or only appear during the Middle Paleolithic is an open question.

Whether or not Fulk hired the Breton knight, he has been suspected, by Hans Mayer and other historians, of inciting Hugh to revolt so that he might take personal control of Jaffa.

Whether it was Geneva, working with the WHO on global rabies control, or New Delhi, where he spent 3 years working with AID on communicable disease control and zoonooses, Tierkel savored the world around him.