"A fact is always embedded in a theory and has to be interpreted," he once said.
They're based in a theory known as "ineffective assistance of counsel".
Fierce belief in a theory the face of conflicting scientific evidence is a topic I've touched on before.
"The fact is, in a theory, you need to have quantitative results, and there aren't any," he said.
They argued that he was driven by his belief in a theory called "human capital", whereby killing others increased his own self-worth.
Trapped in a theory or a museum or simply in a room, they're sticklers for form who can't give up looking for things or at things.
In "A Theory of Everything" (column, June 1), Thomas L. Friedman quotes someone who refers to a "sullen anger out in the world at America.
In a theory more hopeful for Democrats, advanced by Boston boosters, far from being a liability, holding the convention here will be a boon for Mr. Kerry.
The Higgs boson appears in a theory first fleshed out in 1964 by Peter Higgs at Edinburgh University and five other physicists.
He summarized the lessons of his days at the Office of Price Administration in "A Theory of Price Control," later calling it the best book he ever wrote.
The principle had its origin in a theory that classified mental and spiritual life in terms of functions of the soul: knowing, feeling, hungering, reasoning, and doing.
