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 a given act or omission constitutes a crime does not depend on the nature of that act or omission.

Whether in fact a person's actions promote and fulfill his own life or not is a question of fact, as it is with all other organisms, but whether a person will act to promote his well-being is up to him, not hard-wired into his physiology.

Whether these mechanisms ought to be interpreted as the body ’ s response to a stressor or embody the act of stress itself is part of the ambiguity in defining what exactly stress is.

" Whether this was the act of a king of Scots or of an earl of Huntingdon we are not told ; it was certainly the act of a man desperate for knightly arms, but that did not make it any more acceptable in Scotland.

* Whether the author ( or person being represented ) is in fact a victim or sufficiently affected by an act or omission of the State.

Whether or not I act in conformity with a propagating evaluation, I may decide to spread the news to others.

Whether the act implemented an elevation of Bolesław to the status of " king " has not been conclusively established.

Whether this act affected the status of the College's charter is debatable ; however, the act did facilitate the de facto recovery of Coldharbour to the crown.

Whether this was intended to act simply as a hint about their sound or intentionally confuse downloaders, many casual listeners still think that Craig's Brother was the name of a one-time collaboration between NOFX and Lagwagon.

Whether an act is supererogatory, or obligatory, can be debated.

Whether it was a consensual act or not wasn't specified.

Whether Simon agreed to this or not, he certainly never attempted to act as such.

Whether they were actually lovers is unknown, but their destruction of their letters to each other may point to something beyond mere privacy.

Whether Iraq actually had weapons of mass destruction or not was being investigated by Hans Blix, head of the Commission, and Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Whether it be disposal or destruction of material objects or information, this needs to be considered since it may not be free from ramifications.

Whether or not any other Orandans were off-planet at the time of the destruction has not been revealed.

Whether or not a myth directly advocates violence and oppression, it may still foster misery and destruction.

Whether he survived the destruction of the underground chambers housing the Dominion's research subjects, or the subsequent destruction of the Earth, is unknown.

John says his disciples remembered Psalm 69: 9, " zeal for your house will consumes me ", perhaps a bit of wordplay interposing the ideas of "' demanding all my attention ' and ' leading to my destruction '" ( Miller 204 ) Whether the disciples remembered this during the incident or afterward is not clear.

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 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 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.