Whether Empress Dowager Dou favored Emperor Jing's policies of reducing principality sizes — which eventually led to the Rebellion of the Seven States in 154 BC — is unknown.

Whether as a result of his Furyan heritage or simple training, Riddick is stronger, faster, more agile, tougher, more resistant to damage and injury, possessing more acute senses, immense stamina, and superior healing when compared to most humans ; he is shown on more than one occasion dislocating his limbs for brief moments with only slight signs of discomfort.

Whether or not the distress was levied for rent or for livestock damage feasant, the owner of the animals could obtain their release by giving “ gage and pledge ”-a form of security that the damage would be made good.

Whether the sales from non-traditional sources come mostly from tapping into an expanding market or from siphoning sales away from traditional CD distribution is difficult to assess in the face of the RIAA's claim that music piracy causes 12. 5 billion dollars damage to the US economy annually.

Whether an emulsion of oil and water turns into a " water-in-oil " emulsion or an " oil-in-water " emulsion depends on the volume fraction of both phases and the type of emulsifier ( surfactant ) ( see Emulsifier, below ) present.

Whether torii existed in Japan before Buddhism or, to the contrary, arrived with it ( see section below ) is however an open question.

Whether the name " Coleorrhyncha " is to be retained for the basal lineage or whether the more consistent " Peloridiomorpha " is used instead is a matter of taste, as described below.

Whether from the side or below, flying males appear characteristically three-colored brown-grey-black.

Whether this is simply a linguistic convention, or something more, is a controversial point among distinct philosophical schools ( see Motivations and epistemic status below ).

Whether pervious concrete, porous asphalt, paving stones or concrete or plastic-based pavers, all these pervious materials allow stormwater to percolate and infiltrate the surface areas, traditionally impervious to the soil below.

* Whether the payment is taken as a line of credit, lump sum, or monthly payments ; see below more more discussion of the options.

Whether a cancer is designated as Stage II or Stage III can depend on the specific type of cancer ; for example, in Hodgkin's Disease, Stage II indicates affected lymph nodes on only one side of the diaphragm, whereas Stage III indicates affected lymph nodes above and below the diaphragm.

Whether this indicated negligence on the part of the burial party, an intention to return and place further burials in the pyramid ( when found there were two sarcophagii in the quartzite monolith described below and room for at least two more ), or a deliberate action to facilitate robbery of the tomb, we cannot know.

Whether this abnormal TSH differs chemically from pituitary TSH, or is, alternatively, normal TSH with its period of effectiveness modified by some other blood constituent, cannot be decided without chemical study of the activity in the blood of these patients and a comparison of the substance responsible for the blood activity with pituitary Aj.

Whether the disaster is natural or man-made, it affects normal life and so business.

Whether the addition of antivirals or antibacterials to normal hand washing provides greater benefit is unknown.

Whether this is because they were seers, highly trained normal Hork-Bajir, or Yeerks controlling Hork-Bajir is not explained.

Whether or not this is true, carriers of the modification are still able to breed with normal Homo sapiens, as Bean does with Petra Arkanian.

Whether or not a trait is homologous depends on both the taxonomic and anatomical levels at which the trait is examined.

Whether these constant emissions of formaldehyde reach harmful levels in real-world environments is not yet fully determined.

Whether a concept analogous to the principle of internal responsibility operates in a nation's external relations is less obvious and more difficult to establish.

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

Whether in his forthcoming book C. P. Snow commits the errors of judgment and of fact with which your heavily autobiographical critic charged him is important.

Whether there were too few automobiles in 1940 or too many now is problematical.

Whether the check is certified or uncertified, the tax is not paid until the check is paid.

Whether considered alone or in relation to other editions, COLH 40 is a document of prime importance.

Whether or not it is in the industry's interest to allow the basic wage rate to rise obviously depends upon the extent to which the public-limit price rises in response to a basic wage increase, and the relation of this response to the increase in costs accompanying the wage increase.

Whether or not Plato's tale of the lost continent of Atlantis is true, skeptics concede that the myth may have some foundation in a great tsunami of ancient times.

Whether this was a reflection of his age or of the fact that Christie was by now heartily sick of him it is difficult to assess.

Whether this was during one of Poirot ’ s numerous retirements or before she entered his employment is unknown.

Whether he also did in the case of the Mediterranean with the kingdom of Kaptara ( possibly Cyprus ), as claimed in later documents, is more questionable.

Whether this is public or private information should be agreed upon between players before the game begins.

Whether this temple replaced an older one, or a mere sacred precinct or altar, is not known.

Whether or not the original Artistic License is a free software license is largely unsettled.

Whether this whole process resembles animal apoptosis closely enough to warrant using the name apoptosis ( as opposed to the more general programmed cell death ) is unclear.

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

Whether or not an object is present in a set ; that is, exists there as a being, is based on universal experience or evidence of it.

Whether the gold standard provids a government sufficient bona fides when it seeks to borrow abroad is debated.

* Whether representatives have sufficient authority to be acting on behalf of a person

Whether this treatment is necessary or sufficient, is not stated.

Whether by biological or technological means, night vision is made possible by a combination of two approaches: sufficient spectral range, and sufficient intensity range.

Whether this is sufficient to prove that the marks have not been abandoned has yet to be decided in court.

Whether five, seven, or eight, none proved sufficient to sever the man's head from his suffering body, and Ketch pulled a butcher's knife from the sheath on his hip, which he drew across the last cords of sinew and flesh that prevented the head from dropping to the scaffold floor.

Whether Black has sufficient compensation is a matter of opinion.

: Whether the provocative acts or words and the defendant's response met the ' ordinary person ' standard prescribed by the statute is the question the jury must consider, not the altogether looser question of whether, having regard to all the circumstances, the jury consider the loss of self-control was sufficient excusable.

# Whether there was any longer sufficient transparency of independence from the executive and the legislature to give assurance of the independence of the judiciary.