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Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Hardy's book is an important one if only because it challenged the sexual conventions of its time.
But these experts said that it was worth following up, because it challenged the predominant theory of insomnia as a problem of "hyper-arousal," in which the body idles on high psychologically and physiologically.
The fossil was surprising because it challenged the thinking at the time that mammals might have been primitive creatures that were confined to land.
The case was closely watched on all sides because it challenged the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA); that act sought to protect manufacturers from a flood of liability claims and thereby stabilize the vaccine market but also preserve a family's right to be compensated for vaccine injuries.
The psychedelic experience was ridiculed and demonized because it challenged the values and beliefs of mainstream society and revealed gaps in Western rationalism.
BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS has been embraced enthusiastically by the left, because it challenges the model of the rational decision-maker.
She added, "There are things that I say that have pushed people's buttons, because it challenges the status quo".
The current policy of complete integration of women is the most radical because it challenges the military's underlying masculine ethos.
The resolution by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe is chiefly admirable because it challenges the Kremlin's attempt to put this area of inquiry off limits.The OSCE resolution is open to legitimate challenge.
World-class companies such as India's Infosys and China's Huawei are beating developed-country competitors.The rise of positive thinking in the emerging world is something to be welcomed not least because it challenges the status quo.
"Technology will be a crucial part of solving this problem," he says, because it "challenges the balance of power".Mr Lessig goes to WashingtonHe is also arguing his case in speeches and on his blog, with the hopes of inspiring and encouraging others to participate in his campaign, in a manner akin to Wikipedia.
