Whether or not Danchin is correct in suggesting that Thompson's resumption of the opium habit also dates from this period is, of course, a matter of conjecture.

Whether it could be as disastrous for American labor as, say, Jimmy Hoffa of the Teamsters, is a matter of conjecture.

Whether this is a sufficient basis for anthroposophy to be considered a spiritual science has been a matter of controversy.

Whether Ceawlin is a descendant of Cerdic is a matter of debate.

Whether to bless same-sex marriages and unions is a matter of debate within some denominations.

Whether film noir qualifies as a distinct genre is a matter of ongoing debate among scholars.

Whether and how far the council was confirmed by Pope John VIII is also a matter of dispute: The council was held in the presence of papal legates, who approved of the proceedings, Roman Catholic historian Fr.

" Whether this terminology is acceptable is a matter of debate:

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 the relationship included any genital component was not a matter for public discourse, but women could form strong and exclusive bonds with each other and still be considered virtuous, innocent, and chaste ; a similar relationship with a man would have destroyed a woman's reputation.

Whether uterine vellum ( vellum made from aborted calf fetuses ) was ever really used during the medieval period is still a matter of great controversy.

Whether genetic drift is a minor or major contributor to speciation is the subject matter of much ongoing discussion.

Whether the existence of victimless crimes infringes upon civil liberties is a matter of dispute.

Whether this formulation undermines the monetary data which underpin the fundamental work of monetarism is still a matter of contention.

Whether or not the settlement must be completely deserted, or may contain a small population, is also a matter for debate.

Whether Horowitz ' characterization as " insignificant in stature ," which is typical of many of his more critical biographers, is to be indulged is another matter.

Whether MAD was the officially accepted doctrine of the United States military during the Cold War is largely a matter of interpretation.

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.

Whether the Achaemenids were Zoroastrians is a matter of much debate.

Whether or not literary criticism should be considered a separate field of inquiry from literary theory, or conversely from book reviewing, is a matter of some controversy.

Whether a given bill will be proposed and enter into force is generally a matter of the legislative priorities of government.

Whether there was also an order not to teach those ideas in any way has been a matter for controversy.

Whether or not these claims necessitate a specific ethical stance is a matter of debate.

Whether Roosevelt or Congress foresaw this result is a matter of historical debate.

Whether this article refers to an early version of the contemporary dance by the same name is still a matter of debate, as some historians claim that Carolina Shag is a descendant of Carolina Jitterbug, and its predecessor, Little Apple ( whose origins can supposedly be traced to Columbia, S. C. in 1937 ).

Whether or not particular forms of " work " can be called child labour depends on the child's age, the type and hours of work performed, the conditions under which it is performed and the objectives pursued by individual countries.

Whether or not a cloud is low, middle, or high level depends on how far above the ground its base forms.

Whether the medieval instruments in fact represent forms of cornett is impossible to prove, but a number of extant 16th-century Italian curved cornetts that end in a beast ’ s head might be considered supporting evidence.

Whether cultural, or internal, people recognize and react to color, shapes, lines, fonts and other symbolic forms with emotions tied to their experiences.

Whether the old text was already too deeply rooted, or whether Rabbenu Tam did not correct these verbal forms consistently and grammatically, the old perfects are still retained at the beginning of the formula, although a future meaning is given to them.

He always asserts the substantive reality of the soul ; and in the opening words of his, " Whether we rise to heaven, or descend to the abyss, we never get outside ourselves -- it is always our own thoughts that we perceive ," we have the subjectivist principle that forms the starting-point of Berkeley.

Whether gerundive forms like " start reading " are compound verbs is controversial in English ; many linguists prefer to treat " reading " as a nominal in its gerundive form.

# Whether the country has implemented its commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor.

Whether Prabhu will become a victim or emerge a victor forms the rest of the story.

Whether these two forms were species, subspecies or simply variants due to age or sex cannot be determined with certainty, but for the time being, they are more often being treated as different species than not.

Whether it is or not, the propaganda impact on the free world of the document scheduled to be adopted at this meeting will be far less than had been originally anticipated.

Whether or not a concealment of such an asset should also be considered for prosecution as fraud and / or perjury would then be at the discretion of the judge and / or U. S. Trustee.

Whether Henry actually intended to bring about the assassination of Becket is debatable, but there is no question that at the time of the murder, the two men were embroiled in a bitter dispute regarding the power of Royal Courts to exercise jurisdiction over former clergymen.

Whether there were Viking or Norse-Gael kingdoms in the Western Isles or the Northern Isles at this time is debated.

Whether the identity at stake is their ethnicity, religion or culture, it requires a comprehensive approach that takes people ’ s needs, hopes, fears, and concerns into account.

Whether or not these records describe a truly old oral story in existence at that time, or a 16th century invented story, is not currently determined.

Whether Eridu at one time also played an important political role in Sumerian affairs is not certain, though not improbable.

Whether this was before or after somebody at Disney ordered the three commentaries available on the Season 1 DVDs is unknown.

Whether persecutions after World War II were more aimed at certain sections of society over and above detractors is a disputed point.

" Whether the respondent answers yes or no, he will admit to having a wife, and having beaten her at some time in the past.

Whether or not there was a technological revolution at the end of the 13th century therefore remains moot.

Whether a material is liquid or solid depends primarily on the connectivity between its elementary building blocks so that solids are characterised by a high degree of connectivity where as fluids occur at lower connectivity of the structural blocks.

Concluding quickly that since a writ of mandamus, by definition, was the correct judicial means to order an official of the United States ( in this case, the Secretary of State ) to do something required of him ( in this case, deliver a commission ), Marshall devotes the remainder of his inquiry at the second part of the question: " Whether it writ can issue from this court.

Whether by coagulation or radiation pressure, once the particles are at this lower atmospheric level cloud seeding can begin, permitting precipitation to wash the smoke aerosol out of the atmosphere by the wet deposition mechanism.

Whether Ptolemy would have had Pytheas ' real latitudes at that time is a much debated issue.

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 the details of the agreement with Comyn are correct or not, King Edward moved to arrest Bruce while Bruce was still at the English court.

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.

Whether the Aristotelian notions of substance came to Wittgenstein via Immanuel Kant or Bertrand Russell or even arrived at intuitively, one cannot but see them.

Whether objects heavier than the Planck mass ( about the weight of a large bacterium ) have a de Broglie wavelength is theoretically unclear and experimentally unreachable ; above the Planck mass a particle's Compton wavelength would be smaller than the Planck length and its own Schwarzschild radius, a scale at which current theories of physics may break down or need to be replaced by more general ones.

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.

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 expressed in a sit-in at lunch counters, a freedom ride into Mississippi, a peaceful protest in Albany, Georgia, a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, these are outgrowths of Thoreau's insistence that evil must be resisted and that no moral man can patiently adjust to injustice.

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