While previous literature had been written by just a few addicts ( primarily by Jimmy Kinnon ), the NA Basic Text was written as a massive collaboration between hundreds of people.

The first study found a roughly linear relationship between length of membership and abstinence with reduced anxiety and increase self-esteem While the NA sample had higher anxiety than the non-addicted comparison groups, these levels were equivalent for those with three or more years membership, which is consistent with the hypothesis that NA membership reduces anxiety as well as substance use.

While that national dichotomy has stymied any effort at changing the tradition of the national anthem, " America the Beautiful " continues to be held in high esteem by a large number of Americans.

While he no longer continues to openly question every move that Cyclops makes, he is still concerned about some of his leadership decisions.

While FBI investigators have insisted from the beginning that Cooper probably did not survive his risky jump, the agency maintains an active case file — which has grown to more than 60 volumes — and continues to solicit creative ideas and new leads from the public.

While normalization of ties continues, Eritrea has been recognized as a broker for peace between the separate factions of the Sudanese civil war.

While rheumatic fever since the advent of routine penicillin administration for Strep throat has become less common in developed countries, in the older generation and in much of the less-developed world, valvular disease ( including mitral valve prolapse, reinfection in the form of valvular endocarditis, and valve rupture ) from undertreated rheumatic fever continues to be a problem.

While there is no disagreement as to the normal range of blood sugar, debate continues as to what degree of hypoglycemia warrants medical evaluation or treatment, or can cause harm.

While France continues to revere its rich history and independence, French leaders increasingly tie the future of France to the continued development of the European Union.

While he maintains his practice of the Jesus Prayer, which becomes automatic and continues twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the Hesychast cultivates watchful attention ( Gr. nepsis ).

While the Ithaca Hour continues to exist, in recent years it has fallen into disuse.

While MEMS manufacturing continues to be dominated by used semiconductor equipment, there is a migration to 200 mm lines and select new tools, including etch and bonding for certain MEMS applications.

While the production of coffee and tea is well-suited to the small farms, steep slopes, and cool climates of Rwanda and has ensured access to foreign exchange over the years, farm size continues to decrease.

While many medical antimicrobial uses of silver have been supplanted by antibiotics, further research into clinical potential continues.

While the country shifted toward a more market-oriented economy, the Vietnamese government still continues to hold a tight rein over major state sectors such as the banking system, state-owned enterprises and foreign trade.

While they defuse the situation, Joshua nonetheless continues the simulation to trigger the scenario and win the game.

While considerable research has since occurred and the knowledge-base has grown significantly, the main concepts remain unchanged, and indeed Newburgh's book continues to be cited by contemporary authors, including those attempting to develop thermoregulatory models of clothing development.

While the wandering lifestyle practised by the Buddha and his disciples continues to be the ideal model for forest tradition monks in Thailand and elsewhere, practical concerns-including shrinking wilderness areas, lack of access to lay supporters, dangerous wildlife, and dangerous border conflicts-dictate that more and more ' meditation ' monks live in monasteries, rather than wandering.

While it continues to be lauded to be the major force that defeated " imperialism and feudalism " and created a " New China " by the Communist Party of China, the ideology survives only in name on the Communist Party's Constitution ; Deng Xiaoping abolished most Maoist practices in 1978, advancing a guiding ideology called " Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

While the method of analysis is characteristic of contemporary analytic philosophy, its status continues to be a source of great controversy even among analytic philosophers.

While this interpretive mode continues throughout all three stages of his teachings, a shift takes place where his emphasis moves to philosophical elucidation and finally to legislative pronouncements.

While most Americans eventually agreed that the Court's desegregation and apportionment decisions were fair and right, disagreement about the " due process revolution " continues into the 21st century.

While this action is not without controversy as some people consider it disrespectful, the tradition continues to the present day.

While staying at the castle, he arouses Valentine's desire, charms the rest of the family except for Jeanette, saves a deer's life during a hunt, and continues to woo Jeanette.

While I-95 in Rhode Island takes a diagonal path to Providence, U. S. 1 continues east along the coast through Westerly to Wakefield, where it turns north and follows Narragansett Bay.

While the CMI continues to function in an advisory capacity, many of its functions have been taken over by the International Maritime Organization, which was established by the United Nations in 1958 but did not become truly effective until about 1974.

While five minutes ago the place had presented a scene of easy revelry, with Gyp Carmer a prominent figure, it was now as somnolent and dull as the day before payday.

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.

Many years later ( on August 3, 1915 ), Lucy Upton wrote Winslow's daughter soon to be graduated from Smith College: `` While I love botany which, after dabbling in for years, I studied according to the methods of that day exactly forty years ago in a summer school, it must be fascinating to take up zoology in the way you are doing.

While Alexander had been priming Athanasius to assume the bishopric after his death, it is said, he was not unanimously supported, and questions of his age ( the minimum age to become a bishop was thirty, and questions remain to this day whether he was yet that old ).

The cabal was created in an effort to facilitate reliable propagation of new Usenet posts: While in the 1970s and 1980s many news servers only operated during night time to save on the cost of long distance communication, servers of the backbone cabal were available 24 hours a day.

While the rate of growth varies by region, time of year and gender, Zug and Zug found an average initial growth rate of per day, followed by an average rate of per day.

While some of his findings have endured and remain relevant to this day ( Learning Curve ), his greatest contribution to the field of memory research was demonstrating that memory can be studied scientifically.

While at Emerson, he met fellow comic Mario Cantone, whom to this day Leary considers his closest friend.

While the abolition of the financial rand marked the end of capital controls on Non-Residents, controls remain in place on South African Residents to the present day ( September 2012 ).

While in Breslau, he worked on a commission that studied how children's mental ability declined during the school day.

While he was saying Roman Catholic Mass in the parish church on Holy Innocents ' Day, 28 December 1384, he suffered a stroke, and died on the last day of the month.

" But " While they were not opposed to strikes as such, they were opposed to trade unions and the struggle for the eight-hour day.

While reviewing printouts of the event the next day, they found what appeared to be three sonar contacts, each followed by a powerful wake.

While February 1 was the first day of Spring, May 1 was the first day of summer ; hence, the summer solstice on June 25 ( now June 21 ) was Midsummer.

While individuals could produce 200 pins per day, Smith analyzed the steps involved in manufacture and, with 10 specialists, enabled production of 48, 000 pins per day.

While she is playing outside one day, Mei sees two white, rabbit-like ears in the grass.

While she was in Europe, Sanger's husband distributed a copy of Family Limitation to an undercover postal worker, resulting in a 30 day jail sentence.

While Mormons believe in the general accuracy of the modern day text of the Bible, they also believe that it is incomplete and contains errors.

While virtually all Nichiren Buddhist schools regard him as a reincarnation of the Lotus Sutra's Bodhisattva Superior Practices, Jōgyō Bosatsu ( 上行菩薩 ), some schools of Nichiren Buddhism's Nikkō lineages regard him as the actual Buddha of this age, or the Buddha of the Latter day of the Law.