So he examines a host of scientific matters from a thermodynamic perspective.
Short of federal privacy laws in general, states have been passing laws on a host of privacy matters, in many cases following California's lead.
A Briton's view of the Mail is a totemic indicator of his sociopolitical orientation, the dinner-party signal for where he stands on a host of other matters.
The university and the N.C.A.A. are investigating Clemons's assertion, along with a host of related matters, including whether he was involved in academic fraud when he earned 24 credits in one summer so he could be admitted to Missouri.
He is the author of four cookbooks, including "Kitchen Sense: More than 600 Recipes to Make You a Great Home Cook," and is the host of "Taste Matters," a weekly radio program on Heritage Radio Network, an Internet radio station.
And yet it is also true that as City Council speaker, Mr. Vallone has bucked the mayor -- pressured to buck, some will say, by more activist members of the Council -- on a host of policy matters, from complaints of police abuse to city-subsidized jobs for welfare recipients to whether the Yankees should get a new stadium.
These are complex matters, involving philosophical questions concerning the aims and legitimate means of education and the nature of the human mind, the psychology of learning (and of teaching), the organizational (and political) demands of schooling, and a host of other matters to which social-scientific research is relevant.
People familiar with the relationship between Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Bruno say the mayor views the Senate Republican majority as an important ally that has sided with City Hall on a host of crucial matters that it may have been inclined to oppose, including the mayor's call for tougher penalties for people convicted of carrying loaded illegal handguns.
