The data presented support the original contention that a previously unknown template-directed mechanism exists and raise the encouraging possibility that other inbreeding species, including crop plants, may also harbor a cryptic reserve of genetic variation.
But perhaps the most relevant piece of information about Bill Galston's original contention that mandatory voting would reduce polarization is a new paper by Anthony Fowler at Harvard.
Yet here we have a company considering exactly that: so what does that do to the original contention?
Respondent's original contention was that his exposure to PCBs, furans, and dioxins contributed to his cancer.
Ms. McLaughlin's not terribly original contention in "Helen," which is directed by the playwright Tony Kushner, is that it's not easy having a face that launches ships.
But he did not back off his original contention that Mr. Cheney should be removed from the ticket, asserting that "hard decisions" had to be made at a time of war.
But a spokesman for the Phoenix police said the autopsy results, released by the Maricopa County medical examiner's office, support his department's original contention that the death was accidental and that the officers followed proper procedure.
Sebastian Smee's collection of long essays about artistic friendships springs from his interesting – surely not entirely original – contention that when it comes to inspiration, finding oneself in competition with a brilliant rival may be every bit as important as being, say, in possession of a beautiful muse.
So I feel at peace with my original contention that, in the long run, oil prices are cyclical, and that high prices invite the creation of new technologies, ensuring that the upswing of the cycle is eventually followed by the downward slope.
Thus the original contention is just wrong.
"We found no evidence to support the original contention," says UCSF genetic epidemiologist Neil Risch, the study's lead author.
