Whether Henry actually intended to bring about the assassination of Becket is debatable, but there is no question that at the time of the murder, the two men were embroiled in a bitter dispute regarding the power of Royal Courts to exercise jurisdiction over former clergymen.

Whether the marriage actually took place is not recorded.

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

Whether the horti Maecenatiani bought by Fronto actually were the former gardens of Maecenas is unknown, and the domus Frontoniana mentioned in the twelfth century by Magister Gregorius may also refer to the gardens of Maecenas.

Whether or not the German-Polish invasion of Bohemia actually happened, the friendly relations between the Czechs and the Poles came to an end.

Whether Stalin's practices actually followed the principles of Karl Marx and Lenin is still a subject of debate among historians and political scientists.

Whether the two T-72s were actually delivered, or their final fate, remains unknown.

Whether a reaction actually will go in the arbitrarily-selected forward direction or not depends on the amounts of the substances present at any given time, which determines the kinetics and thermodynamics, i. e., whether equilibrium lies to the right or the left.

Whether or not this has actually happened, or if the concept is simply feasible enough for most people to imagine the result without needing it to be demonstrated, is unknown.

Whether Blanca and Valentino actually had a romantic relationship is unknown, but when the de Saulles couple divorced, Valentino took the stand to support Blanca de Saulles ' claims of infidelity on her husband's part.

Whether fida ' is were actually trained or dispatched by Nizari leaders is unconfirmed, but scholars including Vladimir Ivanov purport that the assassination of key figures including Saljuq vizier Nizam al-Mulk likely provided encouraging impetus to others in the community who sought to secure the Nizaris from political aggression.

However, satellite data show that cloud optical thickness actually increases with increasing temperature .< ref name = tselioudis-1992 > Whether the net effect is warming or cooling depends on details such as the type and altitude of the cloud ; details that are difficult to represent in climate models.

Whether he actually died in this way remains a mystery and is much debated.

Whether the problem is actually a paradox is disputed.

Whether or not his brothers ( all dignified members of the British foreign service ) actually considered young William the " black sheep of the family " for having become an actor, Karloff himself apparently worried they did feel that way.

Whether this order was actually given is disputed ; Medina was acquitted of all charges relating to the incident at a separate trial in August 1971.

Whether or not universities actually do conform to such statutory obligations, and if, for example, the code of practice of the NUS ( National Union of Students ) is followed when determining the make-up of such bodies is a hotly contested and ambiguous matter.

Whether he actually held the doctrine which was afterwards called by that name is not clear.

They included an Epitome of Herodotus's History ( Whether this work is actually his is debated ), the Hellenics, the History of Philip, and several panegyrics and hortatory addresses, the chief of which was the Letter to Alexander.

Whether technical analysis actually works is a matter of controversy.

Whether Vacarius actually started a school in Theobald's household is unclear, but in the 1140s he taught briefly at Oxford.

Whether or not he actually solicited military aid, Nabû-nāṣir seems to have been the main beneficiary of these actions as his regime was stabilized and he was subsequently able to put down a revolt in Borsippa.

Whether this broadcast actually took place is disputed.

Whether it was actually an improvement or not is still debated among audiophiles.

Whether we take the signified or the signifier, language has neither ideas nor sounds that existed before the linguistic system, but only conceptual and phonic differences that have issued from the system.

Whether a proto-Romance language ever existed is controversially discussed amongst linguists and historians, a debate known as Questione Ladina.

Whether we take the signified or the signifier, language has neither ideas nor sounds that existed before the linguistic system, but only conceptual and phonic differences that have issued from the system.

Whether such a deity existed among the Aztecs and what its meaning was, is a matter of dispute among scholars of Mesoamerican religion.

Whether torii existed in Japan before Buddhism or, to the contrary, arrived with it ( see section below ) is however an open question.

Whether this play ever existed has been debated, with some critics speculating that the play is known by another name, a situation similar to Henry VIII, which was originally performed with the title All is True.

Whether or not Libertatia actually existed is disputed.

Whether we take the signified or the signifier, language has neither ideas nor sounds that existed before the linguistic system, but only conceptual and phonic differences that have issued from the system.

Whether a Jewish proselytism existed or not that would have served as a model for the early Christians is unclear.

Whether Tom Cobley, or the other characters from the song, ever existed is uncertain.

So influential was this notion that 300 years later Bancroft in his monumental Native Races began his discussion of circumcision by writing: " Whether the custom of circumcision, which has been the great prop of argument in favor of the Jewish origin of the Aztecs, really obtained among these people, has been doubted by numerous authors ," concluding that it probably existed in a " certain form among some tribes " ( p278 ).

Whether the High Council existed or not is open to debate ; as is what role, if any, the High Council played.

Whether or not these legends were true ( Edbury, for one, believes they were not ), the 13th century jurists envisioned the legal structure of the kingdom to have existed continuously from the original conquest.

Whether or not that is a good way to run a school, the amazing thing is that it existed at all at that time.

Whether Proctor ever really existed ( even as a prankish telegraph operator ) is unknown.

Whether a state of war existed between Britain and Germany was therefore a confused matter until the expiry of the ultimatum at midnight, Berlin time.

Poincaré wrote in the sense of his conventionalist philosophy in 1889: " Whether the ether exists or not matters little-let us leave that to the metaphysicians ; what is essential for us is, that everything happens as if it existed, and that this hypothesis is found to be suitable for the explanation of phenomena.

Whether it existed during the First Bulgarian Empire is unknown.