Neither challenged the position that the Fed's chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, and other members of the Fed's policy-setting panel have stated for months: that the central bank would keep short-term interest rates "exceptionally low" for "an extended period".
In addition, we carried out a similar, but much more limited set of analyses in response to a follow-up paper by Goremykin et al. [ 40] that appeared while this manuscript was in the final stages of preparation and which similarly challenged the position of Nymphaea as a basal angiosperm.
The wine industry is an extremely interesting sector from a catch -up point of view because the latecomers in the international market have changed how wine is produced, sold and consumed and, in doing so, they have challenged the positions of incumbents.
Some lawyers, you report, say the CCRC is "too hesitant in challenging the position of the court of appeal", and "leaving hundreds of people to languish in prison".
As a result, the best-equipped persons from the lower class rise to challenge the position of the upper-class elite.
The bill became part of the mayoral debate yesterday, with Alan G. Hevesi, the city comptroller, challenging the position of the City Council speaker, Peter F. Vallone, on the need to expand the city's existing clinic access law.
But the call today by Mr. Vendrell to expand the present security force of 4,500 soldiers came close to challenging the position of the United States, which has opposed a major buildup of the international force.
An Apple spokeswoman confirmed the court decision and said the company would continue to challenge the position of the Chinese company, Proview International, which claims to own the trademark rights to the iPad name in mainland China.
Others are challenging the position of Andy Walker, an ally of Walsh's, who goes by the title of fundraiser and communications officer and whose appointment has been described by Jonathan Kendal, formerly the chairman of the finance committee, as "greatly divisive".
Another account that challenges the position that adaptive preferences automatically undercut autonomy is defended by Donald Bruckner (2007).
