Whether these poems are meant to be autobiographical is not known, although elements of other parts of Sappho's life do make appearances in her work, and it would be compatible with her style to have these intimate encounters expressed poetically, as well.

Whether or not Tennyson read Ruskin, ever since 1856, when Ruskin published his essay, Tennyson ’ s poems chart a continued refinement in his handling of personification.

( Hallam read a paper on ' Whether the poems of Shelley have an immoral tendency '; Tennyson was to speak on ' Ghosts ', but was so nervous that he tore up most of what he had written and threw it on the fire.

In 1934 she published a joint collection of poems with Valentine Ackland entitled Whether a Dove or a Seagull.

Whether in the old town or the new town, party-goers will often find themselves following their tapas by dancing the night away.

Whether HTSC or LTSC systems are more economical depends because there are other major components determining the cost of SMES: Conductor consisting of superconductor and copper stabilizer and cold support are major costs in themselves.

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 selection takes place depends on the conditions in which the individuals of a species find themselves.

Whether or not these secondary fires will in turn themselves be snuffed out as modern noncombustible brick and concrete buildings collapse in on themselves from the same blast wave is uncertain, as the masking effect of modern city landscapes on thermal and blast transmission is continually examined.

* Whether or not they were inspired by the radio show, there are numerous bars across the United States today that call themselves Duffy's Tavern — from Wickford, Rhode Island, to Monterey, California.

Whether, and in what way, the distinctions between the attributes and the metaphysical essence, and among the attributes themselves have an ontological basis in the Divine nature itself was subject, which divided Nominalists and Realists, Thomists and Scotists, in the age of Scholasticism ( cf.

They started requesting that anyone who considered themselves up for the challenge of taking over vocal duties record a demo of themselves performing the track " Whether to Cry or Destroy " ( quite similar to what The Dillinger Escape Plan did when auditioning new vocalists ).

Whether these people regarded themselves as a linguistic or ethnic community cannot be known, nor by which name they may have referred to themselves.

" Whether there is a master race to the Tenctonese, or if a small segment of the Tenctonese themselves rule the slaves under them, has never been made exactly clear, although it has been stated that they are a genetically engineered race designed for any work environment.

Whether they felt they had to defend themselves from bandits, other monks, or samurai armies is questionable, but the idea of studying martial arts as a means to improve oneself mentally and spiritually, not just physically, has always been central to Japanese culture, beyond the specific tenets of one religious sect or another.

Whether or not this is an accurate account, it indicates that the Khazars saw themselves as fully integrated members of world Jewry.

Whether this means that Vales that may be said to be " behind the line " are more friendly to human inhabitation, however, is not thoroughly established, and it may be that they're still protective of their land to the point of not letting any humans beyond themselves move in if they do not happen to know the people seeking to move in, already.

Whether or not these were alternative lyrics sung in the British army, they were enthusiastically taken up by the Yankees themselves.

Whether and how third parties involve themselves in a conflict can determine not only the likelihood of violence, but also the form the violence takes.

Whether the hats themselves were indeed used for determining such dates, or whether they simply represented such knowledge, remains unknown.

Whether ritually or in fits of rage, they maim themselves, peeling off parts of their own skins and shoving pieces of metal into the flesh.

( Whether historical nationalism helped the peoples of the remainder of the world, and whether today's nationalism in the former colonial areas has equally beneficial aspects, are other questions.

Whether electricity and public water and sewers are available or not, check the local customs in the use of bottled or L-P gas ( we give you alternatives later on ).

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 or not green biotechnology products such as this are ultimately more environmentally friendly is a topic of considerable debate.

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 or not we find what we are seeking

:: Whether rich or poor, are equal in death.

Whether a particular consequentialist theory focuses on a single good or many, conflicts and tensions between different good states of affairs are to be expected and must be adjudicated.

Whether programs like Eddie Eagle are effective has not been conclusively determined.

Whether a gemstone is a natural stone or a lab-created ( synthetic ) stone, the characteristics of each are the same.

Whether IQ tests are an accurate measure of intelligence is debated.

In the United States, variances in the insanity defense between states, and in the federal court system, are attributable to differences with respect to three key issues: ( 1 ) Whether to provide the insanity defense, ( 2 ) how to define " insanity ," and ( 3 ) the burden of proof.

Whether or not there is any force in that allegation, His Majesty's Government are resolved that on this occasion there shall be no such tragic misunderstanding.

Whether the issue arises from domestic problems or breaches of the norms of public conduct, individual interests are expressed in terms of kinship.

Whether probability theory and statistics are of theoretical nature, applied nature, or both, is quite controversial among mathematicians.

" Whether or not this amounts to misogyny, whether his polemic against women is meant to be taken literally, and the exact nature of his opinions of women, are controversial.

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.

Whether or not the neutrino and its corresponding antineutrino are identical particles has not yet been resolved, even though the antineutrino has an opposite chirality to the neutrino.

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

Whether wild or cultured, gem quality pearls are almost always nacreous and iridescent, as is the interior of the shell that produces them.

Whether through individuals, corporations or advocacy groups, such donations are often believed to engender a cronyist or patronage system via which major contributors are rewarded on a more or less quid pro quo basis.