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

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 this is to happen gradually or suddenly is not made clear in Augustine's work.

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

Whether such conflict exists is decided by the States-General ; article 6 of the lower Rijkswet goedkeuring en bekendmaking verdragen determines that this decision has again to be made by special formal law.

Whether or not Time Lords can recognise each other across regenerations is not made entirely clear:

Whether the object to be sewn is made of leather, fabric, paper, or plastic, the basic components of sewing are the same: stitches and seams.

Whether or not the story is apocryphal, it would only demonstrate the mathematical equivalence of a rotating earth to rotating spheres, as was well known to Khayyam's immediate predecessors, e. g. al-Biruni, and says nothing about heliocentrism, as a spinning earth can be made entirely consistent with geocentric models.

Whether indoor or outdoor, proper storage provision must be made.

Whether the news of Harken's unexpectedly large loss hurt the company's investors unfairly was quickly discarded after the SEC examined Harken Energy's share price just before and just after news of the loss was made public.

Whether or not this made it legally binding was debated.

Whether decisions were made by the entire Cabinet, or by a committee, is not revealed at present.

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 made of flax or hemp, they had rope.

Whether this development was influenced by the Assyrians, as Rubin postulates, or perhaps the Achaemenid Empire, or whether they occurred spontaneously and entirely unrelated to the advances in heavily armored cavalry made in the Ancient Near East, cannot be discerned by the archaeological records left by these mounted nomads.

Whether home made or store bought, soda water may be identical to plain carbonated water or it may contain a small amount of table salt, sodium citrate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium citrate, potassium sulfate, or disodium phosphate, depending on the bottler.

Whether he believed the will was free to repent or not repent, or whether he viewed God as inclining the will irresistibly ( as in Calvinist doctrine, where the will of an elect individual is changed by God so that they now desire to repent, thus repenting with their will and not against it, but not being free in whether they choose repentance since they must choose what their will is inclined towards ), is not made clear.

Whether by demanding the addition or removal of a dance, Reisinger made it clear that he was to be a very large part in the creation of this piece.

Whether by inexcusable oversight or by deliberate neglect, no government quarters had been made ready for the Chief Minister.

Whether this report is historically accurate, or merely made up to inflate the reputation of Nobunaga is debatable at this time.

Whether or not the car genuinely made Ford's sales expectations, the shifting European car market at the end of the 1990s meant that it was not directly replaced.

Whether or not this means the armor in the comics is also made of the material is unknown.

Whether this was an official or personal visit is unknown, but he made mention of this on several occasions through the rest of his published career.

Whether this attempt was genuine is doubtful, since the pills he took were long expired, and he had access to more effective barbiturates ; additionally, the manner the fire was set and the timing of his taking the pills made his rescue inevitable.

Whether two or more persons have been confused in this account of Hippolytus

Whether the game is worth one point or two, the trailing player must win to continue the match.

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

Whether this occurred immediately after Sæberht's death or later is impossible to determine from Bede's chronology, which has both events in the same chapter but gives neither an exact time frame nor the elapsed time between the two events.

Whether the two works, the Yoga Sutras and the Mahābhāṣya, are by the same author has been the subject of considerable debate.

Whether the two T-72s were actually delivered, or their final fate, remains unknown.

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 the drug and non-drug, cultivated and wild types of Cannabis constitute a single, highly variable species, or the genus is polytypic with more than one species, has been a subject of debate for well over two centuries.

Whether the two parts of Dál Riata had long been united, or whether a conquest in the 4th century or early 5th century, either of Antrim from Argyll, or vice versa, in line with myth, is not known.

Whether the two of them were lovers is disputed, as Menshikov was already engaged to Darya Arsenyeva, his future wife.

Whether Nelly is an unbiased narrator and how far her actions, as an apparent bystander, affect the other characters are two points of her character discussed by critics.

Whether it is to be considered a part of the Doric Group or the latter a part of it or the two subgroups of West Greek: the dialects and their grouping remain the same.

Whether this perception is accurate remains a subject of debate ; however, the club's record in recent years has been much improved, having won two and drawn one of its last six Grand Finals.

Whether or not the property settlement jurisdiction of the Family Court will be available depends upon whether the de facto couple separated after two years.

Whether the two varieties are one language or two has not been finally established.

Whether the two subfamilies are reciprocally monophyletic is an open question.

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 the Eurasian and Green-winged teals are to be treated as one or two species is still being reviewed by the AOU, while the IUCN and BirdLife International separate them nowadays.

Whether the two ever really met is still uncertain, but he surpassed his master both in reputation and in the austerity of his life.

Whether it is the Nationalista Party or Liberal Party, KBL or Laban, Puersa ng Masa or Lakas, these politicos come from these two factions.

' Whether this is a pious hope or frankly based on self-interest, the fact remains that one can't serve two masters.

Whether Simitis ' government conducted any unconventional handling of Greek fiscal data continues to be a hotly contested issue between the two political parties.