While observing the operations of our Government in various parts of the world, I have felt that in many situations where our policies were good we have tended to ignore minor problems which spoiled our main effort.

While this is intuitively false and is also false according to Carnap's theory of induction, observing non-ravens ( according to that same theory ) causes us to reduce our estimate of the total number of ravens, and thereby reduces the estimated number of possible counterexamples to the rule that all ravens are black.

While the study of magma has historically relied on observing magma in the form of lava outflows, magma has been encountered in situ three times during drilling projects — twice in Iceland, and once in Hawaii.

While observing one chimpanzee feeding at a termite mound, she watched him repeatedly place stalks of grass into termite holes, then remove them from the hole covered with clinging termites, effectively “ fishing ” for termites.

While observing the slums of Manchester in close detail, Engels took notes of the horrors he observed, notably child labor, the despoiled environment and the overworked and impoverished laborers and sent back a series of articles to Marx, first for publication in the Rheinische Zeitung and then for publication in Deutsch – Franzosische Jahrbucher, chronicling the conditions amongst the working class in Manchester.

While inferences about protein folding can be made through mutation studies ; typically, experimental techniques for studying protein folding rely on the gradual unfolding or folding of a solution of proteins and observing conformational changes using standard non-crystallographic techniques for observing protein structure.

While observing the Nubecula Minor, he described it as a cloudy mass of light with an oval shape and a bright center.

While observing Ramadan, he decided to attack Riyadh and retake it from the Al Rashidi.

While observing that the system " may be hailed as providing a new and valid entertainment thrill ," Crowther expressed some skeptical reserve, saying " the very size and sweep of the Cinerama screen would seem to render it impractical for the story-telling techniques now employed in film ....

While part of this development may have been from Rimsky-Korsakov's need to find a spiritual replacement for Modest Mussorgsky, who had died that March, it may have also been from observing his progress on the first of Glazunov's eight symphonies.

While she studied drawing for three years at the Vilhelm Kyhn College of Painting in Copenhagen, she developed her own style and was a pioneer in observing the interplay of different colours in natural light.

While observing the construction of the piece from a helicopter, Smithson reportedly remarked " et in Utah ego " as a counterpoint to the famous pastoral Baroque painting et in Arcadia ego by Nicolas Poussin.

While Barney navigated U. S. Route 3, Betty reasoned that she was observing a falling star, only it moved upward, like a plane or a satellite.

While observing the solar eclipse of August 18, 1868 at Guntur, in Andhra Pradesh, British India, he noticed a bright yellow line with a wavelength of 587. 49 nm in the spectrum of the chromosphere of the Sun.

While it is not unusual for many types of neurobiology experiments to give rise to behavioral questions, many neuroethologists often begin their research programs by observing a species ’ behavior in its natural environment.

While University operations continued at the DDO, international observers used about 50 % of observing time there.

While Oddie and Humble both presented the series from an organic farm in Devon, England, where the nestboxes and sett were located, King worked on location-at Bass Rock observing gannets in the first week, at a quarry observing a family of peregrine falcons in the second week, at the London Wetlands Centre in the third week, and joining Oddie and Humble on the farm for the final programme.

While observing the apparently uniform fluorescence on a zinc sulfide screen created by the radioactive emissions ( mostly alpha radiation ) of a sample of radium, he spilled some of the radium sample, and, owing to its extreme rarity and cost, he was eager to find and recover it.

While at Yerkes he managed to do some variable star observing with some of the smaller telescopes, trace copies of the AAVSO charts that were in the Yerkes files, and learn about developing astronomical plates.

While observing the typical Earth activities ( television antennas, people with huge and little cars, children watch Cowboys and Indians on TV, and teenagers dancing to jukebox tunes ), the Martian discovers he likes this planet and decides to land there.

While observing one chimpanzee feeding at a termite mound, she watched him repeatedly place stalks of grass into termite holes, then remove them from the hole covered with clinging termites, effectively “ fishing ” for termites.

While observing the lock, the locksmith manipulates the dial to align the lock gates so that the fence falls and the bolt is disengaged.

While Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Islamist extremist enjoying the backing of neighboring Pakistan, pushed for continued violent struggle against the Afghan government, Massoud and Rabbani advocated for a peaceful political campaign lobbying officials working for the government and armed forces.

While attending the funeral of Yuriko Takiguchi, Magneto arrives at Utopia, apparently under peaceful motives.

While most environmentalists are mainstream and peaceful, a small minority are more radical in their approach.

While some historians read this generous act as a sign that Emperor Menelik still hoped for a peaceful resolution to the war, Harold Marcus points out that this escort allowed him a tactical advantage: " Menelik craftily managed to establish himself in Hawzien, at Gendepata, near Adwa, where the mountain passes were not guarded by Italian fortifications.

While implementation of governance reforms and peaceful resolution of the political stalemate are key to long-term growth, external support remains critical in avoiding economic collapse.

While laying the foundation stone of the National Defence Academy ( India ) in 1949, he stated: " We, who for generations had talked about and attempted in everything a peaceful way and practiced non-violence, should now be, in a sense, glorifying our army, navy and air force.

" While he allowed for the possibility of peaceful transition in some countries with strong democratic institutional structures ( such as Britain, the US and the Netherlands ), he suggested that in other countries with strong centralised state-oriented traditions, like France and Germany, the " lever of our revolution must be force.

While India continued to state that the test was for peaceful purposes, it was shown opposition from many corners.

While the North Island was convulsed by the Land Wars, the South Island, with its low Māori population, was generally peaceful.

While some of these missions were associated with imperialism and oppression, others ( notably Matteo Ricci's Jesuit mission to China ) were relatively peaceful and focused on integration rather than cultural imperialism.

While the North Island was convulsed by the Land Wars of the 1860s and 1870s, the South Island, with its low Māori population, was generally peaceful.

While in a battle it wasn't until getting close to kill her own mother ( Xena ) she finally comes to terms with the fact and relinquish her violent past and embrace a peaceful way of living.

While the cities wanted a peaceful front yard without powerful influence of whomsoever, the Ditmarsians were more in favour of autonomy of free peasants.

While some Hopi wanted to fight the invaders, it was decided to try a peaceful approach in the hope that the Spanish would eventually leave.

One of the Quakers later wrote, " While there was much noise and confusion without, all was quiet and peaceful within.

While numerous Zulus of rival factions fled into Natal and some of the surrounding areas, Cetshwayo continued and maintained the peaceful relations with the Natal colonists that had prevailed for decades.

While one could argue that Campanella was simply thinking of the conquest of the New World, it seems that this prophecy should be interpreted in the light of a work written shortly before The City of the Sun, The Monarchy in Spain, in which Campanella exposes his vision of a unified, peaceful world governed by a theocratic monarchy.

While Augustus harbours Republican sentiments, his wife Livia manages to convince him that to lay down his Imperial powers would mean the destruction of the peaceful society they have made.

While most witnesses said that the Fanchers were in general a peaceful party whose members behaved well along the trail, rumors spread about misdeeds.

While few individuals were detained for long, many were denied access to flights and thus economic or political opportunities, including prominent members of the Green Party and the Libertarian Party, wholly peaceful organizations with no ties to terrorism.

While transitions between presidents are peaceful, they are highly complicated and expensive.

While most Tamil militant groups laid down their weapons and agreed to seek a peaceful solution to the conflict, the LTTE refused to disarm its fighters.

While brownies are more peaceful creatures, hobgoblins are more fond of practical jokes.

While before the granting of responsible government, diplomacy emphasized peaceful British-American relations as opposed to domestic ( Canadian ) interests.