Whether it was from, as he once wrote, " a desire to climb the family tree ," or that his fraternity brothers nicknamed him for his thick southern drawl, no one seems to know.

Whether Gottfried Bernhard was also a composer as his brothers were is unknown.

Whether by coincidence or through Judith's influence, in the years following her marriage to Louis her mother and both of her brothers gained important offices in the kingdom.

Whether in prose or poetry, all of Heidenstam's later work was concerned with Sweden.

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 the Quran sanctions defensive warfare only or commands an all out war against non-Muslims depends on the interpretation of the relevant passages.

If the teacher said that the learner clearly wants to stop, the experimenter replied, " Whether the learner likes it or not, you must go on until he has learned all the word pairs correctly, so please go on ".

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 nominalism can truly account for all of the relevant phenomena is often debated.

Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, " best-of " list, saying, " Whether they were walking ( March of the Penguins ), dancing ( Happy Feet ), or hanging ten ( Surf's Up ), these oddly adorable birds took flight at the box office all decade long.

Whether it would produce this effect, or would be an idle threat, depended not so much on Gregory as on Henry's subjects, and, above all, on the German princes.

Whether male or female birds influence the sex of offspring is not known for all species.

In December 1991, Powell claimed that " Whether Yugoslavia dissolves into two states or half a dozen states or does not dissolve at all makes no difference to the safety and well being of the United Kingdom ".

Whether court orders have any effect at all in the absence of intensive treatment is an unanswered question.

Whether downloaded or by CD-ROM, the source material is available in all the formats Baen supports, which includes some for e-book readers.

Whether Nadab and Abihu neglected to follow God ’ s outlined sacrificial system out of presumptuousness, or out of thoughtlessness and inattention, their fault was severely punished so that all might learn to comply exactly with God's commands, and not try to change them or explain them away.

Whether Brutopia is a stand-in for all of the former USSR, or just for part of it, varies with the story.

Whether this order was actually given is disputed ; Medina was acquitted of all charges relating to the incident at a separate trial in August 1971.

Whether that number refers just to his relatives or to the friends-and-relations as a group is unknown, if it had any basis at all.

Whether in praise or strong opposition, Chen encouraged all to write.

Whether appearing individually or all together, they are always hidden in the shadows and their true names are never mentioned in the show.

Whether Vasari is correct in saying he learned it from Leonardo's works is unclear — he is always keen to ascribe all advances to Florentine sources.

Whether quark-degenerate matter forms at all in these situations depends on the equations of state of both neutron-degenerate matter and quark-degenerate matter, both of which are poorly known.

Whether or not it did, it has come to symbolize all of the bells throughout the United States which proclaimed Independence.

Whether consciously or not, this builds on the Roman Law principle of dominium where any attack on the members of the family or the property it owned was a personal attack on the pater familias the male head of the household, sole owner of all property belonging to the household, and endowed by law with dominion over all his descendants through the male line no matter their age.

Whether in Augustan Rome or modern Europe, democracy all too easily gave way to totalitarianism, technology was as readily used for battle as for comfort, and immense wealth lay alongside abysmal poverty.

Whether IBM employees or not, Team OS / 2 members initially volunteered their time and passion without official sanction from or connection to IBM.

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 or not the group members plan to release a second Masters of Illusion LP is currently unknown.

It was speculated that members of the Heaven's Gate group committed mass suicide based on rumors Bell aired, but others dismissed the idea, noting that the Heaven's Gate website stated: " Whether Hale-Bopp has a ' companion ' or not is irrelevant from our perspective.

Whether it was true or not, this meant that most of the record company's money was spent in studio time and that the members of the band had to rely on live touring work for their income.

Whether all the USC's members obeyed these instructions is disputed.

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 they arrive encapsulated or natively, the RP forwards the source's de-capsulated data packets down the RP-centered distribution tree toward group members.

Whether or not this is an accurate account, it indicates that the Khazars saw themselves as fully integrated members of world Jewry.

Whether European or of another Native American tribe, the captives generally were fully assimilated into the tribal culture and were considered full members of the tribe.

Whether the remaining members will take on a new member, find a way to revive Gizmo ( as had been done with his teammate Shimmer ), or change their name to the Fearsome Four ( as Sivana sarcastically suggested after killing Gizmo ) remains to be seen.

Whether the interaction was positive or negative, new group members may be influenced in the direction of the group ’ s previous experience.

Whether the four were considered official members of The Bleeding Heart Band is unknown.

* Whether or not the Treaty was the means by which the British Crown gained sovereignty over New Zealand, and

Whether by or against the wish of the home government, the limits of British authority continued to extend.

Whether or not the iron company cared, or 1940s British typewriters and typesetters were capable of easily producing the necessary character, Brân was, and is, the name of the stream running through the valley, and Cwmbrân the name of the community which arose there.

Whether in Egypt, Afghanistan or equatorial and south-west Africa, British foreign policy was dominated by suavity rather than by the strength which commands respect.

Whether or not these bombing missions were authorized aroused considerable controversy, and assertions by the Nixon administration that Sihanouk had " allowed " or even " encouraged " them were disputed by critics such as British journalist William Shawcross.

Whether in haste after the greenhouse incident or not, Robinson left for Dublin in 1861, where the influence of David Moore, head of the botanical garden at Glasnevin, a family friend, helped him find work at the Botanical Gardens of Regent's Park, London, where he was given responsibility for the hardy herbaceous plants, specializing in British wildflowers.

Whether or not these were alternative lyrics sung in the British army, they were enthusiastically taken up by the Yankees themselves.

Whether those alien grafts from Westminster would succeed in British India, however, itself remained in doubt.