In Congress, Mr. Lee had a reputation as a social conservative, opposing, for example, a recent measure signed into law that allowed gays to serve openly in the military.
The reference node can be any entity in the network whose level or activity is positively related to the activity of the network as a whole (as opposed to, for example, an inhibitor whose activity may be negatively related to the network activity).
In a more limited sense, however, the key idea in the overall systems concept was probably the decision to use a command-guidance system, as opposed, for example, to a homing system.
Although differences of opinion are perhaps inevitable, these classifications have the benefit of being objective and based on actual usage (as opposed, for example, to a dictionary).
The use of lost output when valuing premature death as opposed, for example, to the value of a statistical life is similarly open to question.
He points out that part of the mystery entails why the health spending trajectory for Americans hit an inflection point starting in the early 1980's (as opposed, for example, to the mid-1960's when two massive health entitlements--Medicare and Medicaid--were enacted into law).
It is opposed by many as cruelty and supported by others on the ground that it advances medicine; a middle position is to oppose unnecessarily cruel practices, use alternatives when possible, and restrict experiments to necessary medical research (as opposed, for example, to cosmetics testing).
The present study indicates one way in which these values may be determined, by a process which matches cycle frequency with a given level of activation, such that speed is maximised (as opposed, for example, to efficiency).
Psychologytoday.com describes it as "an emotion expressing appreciation for what one has--as opposed to, for example, a consumer-driven emphasis on what one wants".
As opposed, for example, to the Italians.
(And the ensemble was huge: twenty-four women, as opposed, for example, to American Ballet Theatre's eighteen).
