So we got into a loony debate based on his assertion that the Koran, the Bible, and the teachings of Buddha specify that believers should not think or, by implication, question.
Dickey offers the example of the cancer potency factor for benzo(a pyrene (BaP) as specifically demonstrating a "bias toward safety" based on his assertion that it reflects the "95% upper confidence limit of the dose response curve".
His rejection led her to file a slandered-filled lawsuit based on her assertions that I "forced" a grown man to go on THREE "fake dates" with her.
Or, if one prefers, try the Serbians' attacks on Muslims in Bosnia, based on the assertions that the Ottoman Empire installed regimes centuries ago that gave those who converted to Islam certain lands and privileges.
The judge dismissed the case, saying it was based on "speculative assertions".
"On Thermonuclear War" (Bruce-Briggs suggests that the title, an allusion to Clausewitz's "On War," was devised by the publisher) is based on two assertions.
The submission said many of Stewart's proposed findings were based on "incorrect assertions" and the proposed finding against Jackson did not reflect what he actually said.
He has turned 9/11 into the justification for a costly war that was based on unproven assertions and that has gone poorly (in part because of the lack of any responsible planning for the post-invasion period).
Prosecutors have not filed charges based on other assertions -- that Mr. Quattrone rewarded favored clients with access to hot stock offerings, for example -- that are the subject of regulatory actions.
The group is also critical of Anderson for focusing only on what it says are "claimed successes of bulk power use" — based on "anecdotal assertions from the intelligence agencies".
