Discussing Foucault's experiment, Duhem asks whether we dare assert that no other hypothesis is imaginable and suggests that instead of light being either a simple particle or wave, it might be something else, perhaps a disturbance propagated within a dielectric medium, as theorized by Maxwell (1914, 285 89; 1954, 188 90).
In 1864, Pius IX denounced those who dared assert that "the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to, and come to terms with, progress, liberalism and modern civilization".
"Is there anyone in this gathering who dares assert that our ladies are inferior to us in culture or intelligence or knowledge or artistic culture?" The motion about the librarianship was carried.
Counseling was only available to defendants who plea-bargained and formally admitted guilt; anyone who dared assert her innocence risked a misdemeanor charge and possible prison time.
There are few factors that could make him undesirable: few would dare to assert that they do not like Bowie or that they cannot find a point of connection with his work," concluded Waizel.
Finzi is an inconsistent composer, not all of whose music quite works from first note to last, but this, I dare to assert, is a joy and a treasure.
Karam's ambivalent, sly, subversive brand of laughter, however, dares to assert that that is not how the world works.
The Church, he notes, considers priests who seek dispensation to leave and marry particularly threatening because they have dared to assert their sexuality in a clergy that is, officially, asexual.
It even dares to assert that "the outcomes of engagement may be as crucial as the scientific outcomes to decisions about whether to release a gene-drive modified organism into the environment".
After his conviction, he filed a motion last month seeking a new trial, saying the government's true purpose in prosecuting him was to shut down the site because "he dared to assert his First Amendment right" to post the information.
He was one of the country's few intellectuals who dared to assert their professional independence during the regime, and he gained popularity even though censors imposed a decade-long publishing ban against him in 1966, with Bulgarians clandestinely copying and reading his poems.
