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 ''.

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

Whether or not deploying an ABM system was worthwhile was a highly contentious issue.

Whether or not the ancestor receives what is offered is not the issue.

Whether they chose to issue bonds or shares, companies will typically enlist the services of an investment bank to mediate between themselves and the market.

Whether or not Métis have Treaty Rights is an explosive issue in the Canadian Aboriginal community today.

Whether genetic or other physiological determinants form the basis of sexual orientation is a highly politicized issue.

Whether John was actually trying to kill Monica is irrelevant to the issue at hand ; what matters is whether the officer believed that Monica was in danger and whether it had been necessary to kick down the door to investigate further.

Whether the question at issue was the civil list, the excise, the income of the Prince of Wales, or the state of domestic affairs, Pulteney was ready with a pamphlet, and the minister or one of his friends came out with a reply.

Whether or not there is conscious awareness in vegetative state is a prominent issue.

Whether Lewis always intended to split the AFL over this issue is debatable ; at the outset, the CIO presented itself as only a group of unions within the AFL gathered to support industrial unionism, rather than a group opposed to the AFL itself.

Whether these differences can be attributed to differences in the provenance or time period of the texts, to ideological or other disagreements between authors, or to some other factor is an issue open to debate.

Whether it was a political reason or a family issue, Xiahou was promoted to General of Chariots and Cavalry, wherein general Xiahou no longer could ride a chariot nor a horse well.

Whether the Prime Minister's statements were defamatory was an issue that would have to be resolved in the trial itself, Gates ruled ; in the meantime, the court would not interfere with constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech.

Whether the Prime Minister's statements were defamatory was an issue that would have to be resolved in the trial itself, Gates ruled ; in the meantime, the court would not interfere with constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech.

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

Whether the issue is popular or unpopular, simple or complex, the CBC has fought for thirty years to protect the fundamentals of democracy.

Whether or not such studies should be called cultivation does not seem to be an issue for most researchers ; as a practical matter, numerous scholars are pursuing studies of exposure to genres ( and even to specific single programs ) under the rubric of cultivation.

Whether or not Yellow-eyed Penguins are colonial nesters has been an ongoing issue with zoologists in New Zealand.

( Whether or not this was the first time that the issue had been suggested to Wilberforce or not is debatable ).

Whether this is an issue outside of Finland, Sweden or Denmark, or whether this is due to the use of Persian stock by some breeders ( with the possible introduction of Polycystic Kidney Disease into the breed ), remains unclear at this time.

Whether Clovis toolmaking technology was native to the Americas or originated through influences from elsewhere is a contentious issue among archaeologists.

Whether the new house, the Third Dáil / Provisional Parliament, was a republican parliament or crown assembly became an issue for some Anti-Treaty Irish republicans.

Whether you experienced the passion of desire I have, of course, no way of knowing, nor indeed have I wished with even the most fleeting fragment of a wish to know, for the fact that one constitutes by one's mere existence so to speak the proof of some sort of passion makes any speculation upon this part of one's parents' experience more immodest, more scandalizing, more deeply unwelcome than an obscenity from a stranger.

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 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 fan of the Pagnol films or stage show, whether partial to music or not, you can't help but derive joy from this picture if you have a sense of humor and a heart.

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

Whether evaporated from the material itself, or ionised from the gas, the ions that are evaporated are accelerated by electrostatic force, acquiring most of their energy within a few tip-radii of the sample.

Whether Teach had any involvement in this decision is unknown, but Hornigold quickly retired from piracy.

In addition, works published before 1964 that did not have their copyrights renewed 28 years after first publication year also are in the public domain, except that books originally published outside the US by non-Americans are exempt from this requirement, if they are still under copyright in their home country ( see How Can I Tell Whether a Copyright Was Renewed for more details ).

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

Whether or not this incident is true, Adomnan's text specifically states that the monster was swimming in the River Ness-the river flowing from the loch-rather than in Loch Ness itself.

Whether we take the signified or the signifier, language has neither ideas nor sounds that existed before the linguistic system, but only conceptual and phonic differences that have issued from the system.

Whether a statement is meant to be an identity or an equation can usually be determined from its context.

Whether the corpse of such a gladiator could be redeemed from further ignominy by friends or familia is not known.

Whether Shakespeare took these from Belleforest directly or through the Ur-Hamlet remains unclear.

Whether facing native spear or European bullet, impis largely fought as they had since the days of Shaka, from Zululand to Zimbabwe, and from Mozambique to Tanzania.

Whether primary or secondary, lymphedema develops in stages, from mild to severe.

Whether the dualism of the Paulicians, Bogomils, and Cathars and their belief that the world was created by a Satanic demiurge were due to influence from Manichaeism is impossible to determine.

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 Mellitus received a pallium, the symbol of an archbishop's authority, from the pope is unknown.

* Whether there was a revolutionary change of thought or merely a gradual development and change of emphasis from their predecessors

Whether man recovers from it, whether he becomes master of this crisis, is a question of his strength!