Whether there is a democratic deficit in the EU depends on how it is viewed.

Whether it was a democratic institution or one controlled by the boyars has been hotly debated.

Whether from disappointment at their city's numerous failures to get professional football in its own right, their longtime rivalry with Nashville or general disgust at the prospect of a team that was only there for a temporary stay, Memphians showed no interest in the Oilers.

Whether such policies succeed depends upon governments ’ skills in picking winners, and there might reasonably be expected to be both successes and failures.

Lincoln saw that the act of secession made the issue for the Union a vital one: Whether it was a Union of sovereign citizens that should continue to live, or an association of sovereign states that must fall prey either to `` anarchy or despotism ''.

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

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 these two languages should be included in Corsican as dialects, included in Sardinian as dialects, or considered as independent languages, is debatable.

Whether ClearType, or other rendering, should be used is very subjective and it must be the choice of the individual, with the report recommending " to allow users to disable if they find it produces effects other than improved performance ".

* Whether there should be computer controlled players

* Whether ( computer controlled ) barbarians should invade player settlements

Whether the marketplace should be or is free is disputed ; many assert that government intervention is necessary to remedy market failure that is held to be an inevitable result of absolute adherence to free market principles.

Whether this theory should be background independent is an open question.

Whether or not a country should be or should not be isolationist affects both living standards and the ability of political rulers to benefit favored firms and industries.

Whether it fits significantly better and should thus be preferred is determined by deriving the probability or p-value of the difference D. Where the null hypothesis represents a special case of the alternative hypothesis, the probability distribution of the test statistic is approximately a chi-squared distribution with degrees of freedom equal to df2 − df1.

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 you run Microsoft Windows in the precise evaluated configuration or not, you should apply Microsoft's security patches for the vulnerabilities in Windows as they continue to appear.

Whether the information exists or not a thorough search should be conducted so that no records are neglected.

Whether Oswiu's marriage with the Uí Néill princess Fín of the Cenél nEógain, and the birth of Aldfrith, should be placed in the context of his exile, or took place at a later date is uncertain.

Whether the Japanese form manga, which has had a much longer history of both novel-like publishing and production of comics for adult audiences, should be included in the term is not always agreed upon.

Whether or not assault weapons should be legally restricted more than other firearms and the definition and value of the " assault weapon " classification is part of gun politics in the United States.

Whether Bakke's exclusion from consideration in UC Davis Medical School special admissions program for minorities because he was white was unconstitutional and a violation of section VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; and 2. if it was unconstitutional, should UC Davis Medical School be required to admit him.

Whether the Fraunhofer Society should support applied research through its own facilities was however the subject of a long-running dispute.

Whether to continue treating it as a suborder is still a subject of some controversy, as is whether the name itself should be used at all, though three basic approaches ranging from abolishing it entirely to maintaining the taxonomy with a slight change in systematics are proposed, two of which ( but not the traditional one ) agree with the phylogeny.

Whether paralegals should be licensed or certified is one of the most important issues for paralegals today.

( Whether Ket should be considered an isolate is therefore a matter of definition: historically speaking, it is not.

Whether it was their technical advice, or Natascha ’ s intuitive suggestion that it might be too cold in the basement, and that he should try the procedure upstairs in the warmth of his study ( which he did ), he completed the grinding of the mirror in a matter of days.

Whether this, or overt action, was the cause of the crash must be promptly determined.

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 the compromises -- on both sides -- that made possible the interim appointment can then be repeated remains to be seen.

Whether it will strike home for you or not will be for you to determine.

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 true or not, Athena still had cause to be indignant, as Ajax had dragged a supplicant from her temple.

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

Whether seen as a pagan work with “ Christian coloring ” added by scribes or as a “ Christian historical novel, with selected bits of paganism deliberately laid on as ' local color ', as Margaret E. Goldsmith did in “ The Christian Theme of Beowulf ,” it cannot be denied that Christianity pervades the text, and with that, the use of the Bible as a source.

Whether hand laid or built in a mould, FRP boats usually have an outer coating of gelcoat which is a thin solid colored layer of polyester resin that adds no structural strength, but does create a smooth surface which can be buffed to a high shine and also acts as a protective layer against sunlight.

Whether or not this led to complete electrical failure will never be known.

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 the large or small calorie is intended often must be inferred from context.

Whether and under what conditions this final aim can in fact be stably achieved is a difficult question, and it will be considered in the section devoted to the effects of coercion.

Whether these ultra-light weapons will be widely adopted has yet to be seen.

Whether with housework, handiwork, or academics, Grandma Leavitt offered a pragmatic framework, stressing that " everything undertaken must be completed, conquered.

Whether this increase in ' status ' is real, or just a by-product of increasingly complex material assemblages remains to be convincingly validated.