While experimenting with the products of radioactive decay, in 1913 radiochemist Frederick Soddy discovered that there appeared to be more than one type of atom at each position on the periodic table.

While there are ancient relations between the Indian Vedas and the Iranian Avesta, the two main families of the Indo-Iranian philosophical traditions were characterized by fundamental differences in their implications for the human being's position in society and their view on the role of man in the universe.

Some scholars believe that the apologetic view of Luke ’ s work is overemphasized and that it should not be regarded as a “ major aim of the Lucan writings .” While Munck believes that purpose of Luke ’ s work is not that clear-cut and sympathizes with other claims, he believes that Luke ’ s work can function as an apology only in the sense that it “ presents a defense of Christianity and Paul ” and may serve to “ clarify the position of Christianity within Jewry and within the Roman Empire .” Pervo disagrees that Luke ’ s work is an apology and even that it could possibly be addressed to Rome because he believes that “ Luke and Acts speak to insiders, believers in Jesus .” Freedman believes that Luke is writing an apology but that his goal is “ not to defend the Christian movement as such but to defend God ’ s ways in history .”

While players may spend most of the game in a specific position, there are few restrictions on player movement, and players can switch positions at any time.

While the standard rules allow hopping over only a single adjacent occupied position at a time ( as in checkers ), this version of the game allows pieces to catapult over multiple adjacent occupied positions in a line when hopping.

While Deng never held office as the head of state, head of government or General Secretary of the Communist Party of China ( the highest position in Communist China ), he nonetheless served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1992.

While there are 73 positions available within the Senate, one position is currently unoccupied.

While playing in thumb position, few players use the fourth ( little ) finger, as it is too weak to produce a reliable tone ( this is also true for cellists ), although some extreme chords or extended techniques, especially in contemporary music, may necessitate its use.

* Niall Lucy points to the impossibility of defining the term at all, noting that: " While in a sense it is impossibly difficult to define, the impossibility has less to do with the adoption of a position or the assertion of a choice on deconstruction ’ s part than with the impossibility of every ‘ is ’ as such.

While such refusal may indeed count as a position, it is not the case that deconstruction holds this as a sort of ‘ preference ’".

: While advocates of the deprogramming position have claimed high rates of success, studies show that natural attrition rates actually are higher than the success rate achieved through deprogramming.

While Kate is friendly with Emma, who has a more senior position, Kate has fewer ethical qualms about stories than Emma, and tends to be in the middle of conflicts between Emma and the executive producer.

While Julia Maesa tried to position herself as the power behind the throne and thus the most powerful woman in the world, Elagabalus would prove to be highly independent, set in his ways, and impossible to control.

While the head of state is the popularly elected President of Ireland, this is a largely ceremonial position with real political power being vested in the indirectly elected Taoiseach ( prime minister ) who is the head of the government.

While in philosophy the term specifically refers to a position put forward by the American philosopher Nelson Goodman, in literature and art it refers to a variety of writers and movements.

While Esau was hunting, Jacob, after listening to his mother's advice, deceived his blind father by misrepresenting himself as Esau and thereby obtained his father's blessing, such that Jacob became Isaac's primary heir and Esau was left in an inferior position.

While he was at Cambridge, Abendana sold Hebrew books to the Bodleian Library of Oxford, and in 1689 he took a teaching position in Magdalen College.

While a forward pass may only be thrown once per down by the team on offense from within or behind the neutral zone, there are no restrictions on the use of lateral passes ; any player legally carrying the ball may throw a lateral pass from any position on the field at any time, any player may receive such a pass, and any number of lateral passes may be thrown on a single play.

While improving in the economic position of Malays, it is a source of resentment amongst non-Malays.

While the distribution of nations among Cleopatra's children was hardly a conciliatory gesture, it did not pose an immediate threat to Octavian's political position.

While heavy machine guns such as the Maxim gun and the Vickers gun were fearsome defensive weapons in a built-up emplacement, they were very hard to move to a new position if the army had advanced to a new area, or if it had to fall back.

While in Hamburg, Atta held a number of jobs, including a part-time position at Plankontor, an urban planning firm, from 1992 until the summer of 1997 when he was laid off.

While Christianity sees modesty as a virtue and pride as sinful, Machiavelli took a more classical position, seeing ambition, spiritedness, and the pursuit of glory as good and natural things, and part of the virtue and prudence that good princes should have.

While some members of the team performed admirably during the 1970s, the Phillies still clung to their position at the bottom of the National League standings.

While archpriest of the Roman Church, he is credited with having fulfilled most conscientiously the duties of his position.

While she was struggling to get her skirt down and get on her feet again, Jack ran over, offered her his hand and said, `` Gosh, I'm sorry, Miss Langford.

While she was thus engaged, McFeeley questioned her about her whereabouts the previous day, any recollections she had of people hanging around, of overcurious delivery boys or repairmen, of strange cars cruising the neighborhood.

While she was settling the teacart, he went back across the hall to their bedroom, opened one of the suitcases, and took out powdered coffee and sugar.

While they were away Blanche came into the office every morning, running things as she had always run them for Stanley, going through the week in a dazed stupor, getting things done automatically, out of habit.

While Miss Marple is described as ' an old lady ' in many of the stories, her age is mentioned in " At Bertram's Hotel ", where it is said she visited the hotel when she was 14 and almost 60 years have passed since then.

While Agrippina lived there or when she went on short visits to Rome, Nero had sent people to annoy her.

While at prep school as a boarder his mother wrote to tell him she was marrying Cecil Pye, a bank manager, and when he was at home for the holidays his new family consisted of his mother, his stepfather and Christopher, his stepfather's son by an earlier marriage.

While Anne gave no reason for leaving Thorp Green, it is thought she wanted to leave on becoming aware of the relationship between her brother and Mrs Robinson.

While Granny frequently mentioned that she was from Tennessee, the series never specified the state from which the Clampetts moved to California.

While not above taking jabs at them for their lack of intelligence, she also offers occasional help and advice.

While she has a brother and several allies, she is essentially a loner, although this is something which is uncomfortable for her to think about.

While he was away his wife, still in her mid-twenties, gave her children " constant " beatings, then ignored them most of the time as she performed the public duties of the bishop's wife.

While following the tradition that she lived in Italy, he comments wryly that there are now many more temptresses like her to lead men astray.

While it may seem like a break time or a dance, the chamada is actually both a trap and a test, as the caller is just watching to see if the opponent will let his guard down so she can perform a takedown or a strike.

While he was " slender and mild-mannered ", she had dark good looks that " must have seemed to him exotic ", writes Easton.

While Cassandra foresaw the destruction of Troy ( she warned the Trojans about the Trojan Horse, the death of Agamemnon, and her own demise ), she was unable to do anything to forestall these tragedies since no one believed her.

While tormented with sorrow, sixteen-year-old Catherine was now faced with her parents ' wish that she marry Bonaventura's widower.

While there, she attended a specialized and competitive class, lasting from 6: 00 AM to 6: 00 PM.

While recovering, Day started to sing along with the radio and discovered a talent that she didn't know she had.

While Day turned down a tribute offer from the American Film Institute, she received and accepted the Golden Globe's Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in 1989.