While Sunni and Shia Islam differ sharply on the conduct of a caliph and the right relations between a leader and a community, they do not differ on the underlying theory of stewardship.

While trade between the two countries fell sharply after World War I, trade agreements signed in the mid-1920s helped to increase trade to 433 million Reichsmarks per year by 1927.

While the new Saturn division fared well, Oldsmobile declined sharply, and attempts to remake the division as a European-style luxury car were unsuccessful.

While Imperial revenues fell, Imperial expenses rose sharply.

While this was the common stated goal of both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China ( ROC ) before 1991, both sides differed sharply on the form of reunification.

While remaining sharply critical of Glen Clark's NDP government, Parker spearheaded highly controversial negotiations to form municipal electoral alliances with NDP-affiliated parties in 1998 after vote-splitting all but wiped out leftist representation at the local level in Vancouver and Victoria in 1996.

While China was unaffected by the crisis compared to Southeast Asia and South Korea, GDP growth slowed sharply in 1998 and 1999, calling attention to structural problems within its economy.

While the number of these units rose sharply from 43. 3 million to 56. 1 million in 1960, a rise of almost 23 %, their average incomes grew even faster, from $ 3940 in 1946 to $ 6900 in 1960, an increase of 43 %.

While the western side of the range drops sharply to the floors of the Wasatch Front valleys, the eastern side of the range is gentler, allowing for the construction of several ski resorts.

" While stating that Chaudhry's resignation was a positive development, Qarase was sharply critical of Chaudhry's performance as Finance Minister, saying that he " failed badly as Finance Minister and the economy has shown very little sign of progress.

While upper-level winds are essentially westerly, surface winds can vary sharply and abruptly in direction.

While Bridges still advocated the post-war plan for industrial peace that the Communist Party, along with the leaders of the CIO, the AFL and the Chamber of Commerce, were advocating, he differed sharply with CIO leadership on Cold War politics, from the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine's application in Greece and Turkey to participation in the World Federation of Trade Unions.

While considered by some to have architectural merit, the building is not universally admired, and is sharply unpopular among locals.

While they record their subjects in sharply objective archival detail, Barth ’ s images of interiors, buildings, suburban roads or natural environments are often out of focus, cropped and apparently empty of any foreground subject.

While James by his own account took Giffard's intervention " very kindly, he being a truly religious man " he told his councillors sharply " not to meddle in things that in no way related to them.

While it is fairly certain that the city is the successor to the ancient Roman town of Volsinii ( sometimes termed Volsinii Novi – New Volsinii – to distinguish it from the Etruscan city ), scholarly opinion is sharply divided as to whether Volsinii was the same as the ancient Etruscan city of Velzna or Velsuna ( sometimes termed Volsinii Veteres – Old Volsinii ), the other candidate being Orvieto, 20 km ( 12 mi ) NE.

While Muscle Media 2000 at its peak had a distribution of 500, 000 copies per issue, the change in direction alienated many traditional readers, and sales numbers reportedly declined sharply afterwards.

While concern was expressed that Post Office revenues would fall, mail volumes increased sharply and by 1902 any losses had been recovered.

" While working on this study, he paused to write a book about Wagner's father-in-law, Franz Liszt ( 1934 ), but Newman was sharply critical of Liszt's character, and it has been maintained that the bias of the book " tarnished his critical integrity ".

While Rawlins is clearly in the tradition of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, and Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer, he differs sharply from these earlier fictional detectives in that Rawlins is an unlicensed private investigator ( he acquires a license late in the series ) with no background or training in law enforcement.

While it had become uncommon for British Acts of Parliament to contain a preamble, the absence of one from the Government of India Act 1935 contrasts sharply with the 1919 Act, which set out the broad philosophy of that Act's aims in relation to Indian political development.

While they are gone, their talking dog Brian is unable to switch the TV channel or turn the TV off, and his intelligence drops sharply after watching daytime programming.

While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity.

While the film is neither " the full story of Lawrence's life or a completely accurate account of the two years he spent fighting with the Arabs ," Korda argues that criticizing its inaccuracy " misses the point ": " The object was to produce, not a faithful docudrama that would educate the audience, but a hit picture.

While Mao initially praised the play, in February 1965 he secretly commissioned his wife Jiang Qing and Shanghai propagandist Yao Wenyuan to publish an article criticizing it.

While defending Maimonides against Hasdai and Albo, he refused to accept dogmatic articles for Judaism, criticizing any formulation as minimizing acceptance of all 613 mitzvot.

While criticizing the " reactionary role which the AF of L leadership has played ," Cannon declared that " our party ... takes a clear-cut position in favor of the earliest and completest possible unification of the AF of L and the CIO, and also the hitherto unaffiliated Railroad Brotherhoods.

While working at the Herald, Balan went to meet Swami Sivananda at the Swami's Ashram at Ananda Kutir, in Rishikesh because he wanted to write an article criticizing Hindu monks.

While criticizing certain aspects of the traditional sociological theory of secularization, however, David Martin argues that the concept of social differentiation has been its " most useful element.

" While criticizing Hayek, Tullock still praises the classical liberal notion of economic freedom, saying, " Arguments for political freedom are strong, as are the arguments for economic freedom.

While openly criticizing DRM, Apple has been actively threatening or suing anybody trying to open their own DRM or make it interoperable.

While studying in Khartoum, Naguib had often been censured and sometimes even whipped by his British tutors for criticizing Britain's occupation of Egypt and Sudan.

While reviewers generally received the film negatively, criticizing the overacting and lack of character development, a smaller number of reviewers praised elements such as the film's stylish Gothic visuals, the " icy English composure " in Kate Beckinsale's performance, and the extensively worked-out vampire – werewolf mythology that serves as the film's backstory.

While criticizing McCarthy, the book was sympathetic to him ( and in fact was harsher on McCarthy's critics than it was on the senator for making false allegations ), and McCarthy attended a reception for the authors.

While repeatedly expressing worry for Walton's well-being ( and criticizing what they saw as a halfhearted search effort by police ), both men would make statements that would return to haunt them, when seized upon by critics.

While on the backbench, Mirabella took a strong stance on the prominent issue of asylum seekers, criticizing a group of four fellow Liberal backbenchers, including Petro Georgiou and Judi Moylan, for opposing government policy on mandatory detention.

While criticizing the words of German politician Erika Steinbach with regard to her opinion over the expulsion of Germans from Poland following World War II, Tusk has stressed the need for warm relations with Berlin.

While the party leaders acknowledged that Brown and Silye's criticism had weight, they were attacked for publicly criticizing the party.

While in these positions Elbegdorj wrote articles mostly disclosing and criticizing publicly the brutal characteristics of “ year difference ” among privates in Mongolian army and also wrote articles to better the soldiers ’ health and lives.

While criticizing Jesuit activities, they actively lobbied the Pope.

While they sound loud and proud in criticizing the minister for his veil, they are clearly weak and unsure inside their own minds about their personal salvation, so the harsh judgement of others could possibly be seen as a coping mechanism for a people were never sure about whether they were really going to heaven.

While non-partisan, the NWP directed much of its fire at President Woodrow Wilson when criticizing those responsible for the social situation in which women of the era lived.

While criticizing at times some untenable explanations of his predecessors, he accepts such as seem to him to be correct.