On the contrary, it is largely a theory based upon those physical attributes that do not change, or, in the language of the theory, that are invariant.
It was popular mainly among intellectuals and developed from a now largely discarded theory of the common origin of Turkish, Mongol, Tungus, Finnish, Hungarian, and other languages (the Ural-Altaic languages).
40 kilos of quality cheese (Rossiisky, Dutch), 40 standard dinners at a restaurant, 40 pairs of made-in-China Keds, 40 new books, 40 pairs of imported underwear, 40 months' worth of electricity bills (largely in theory), 40 leather soccer balls.
What happened instead was that Flaherty contacted William Hurlbut, a Stanford bioethicist whose largely untested theory involving altered nuclear transfer — which uses cells that can't produce a living being rather than embryonic stem cells — had been the subject of a recent Globe article by Cook.
An historically important, though now largely defunct, theory explained it in terms of penalty.
A simple and largely general theory is developed for instabilities occurring in electrochemical reactions with a simple negative Faradaic impedance.
Some interpreters, however, have claimed that Russell's denial of the existence of propositions should not be taken seriously and that there are very good reasons to read Principia as being largely a theory of propositions (see Church 1984).
This type of argument is called the "deficit model", a largely discredited theory that "attributes public scepticism or hostility to a lack of understanding, resulting from a lack of information".
The panel's staff created controversy last month with an interim report that largely discounted theories about close ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda, another major justification cited by the Bush administration for invading Iraq.
Based largely on theories and evidence developed by a former Los Angeles police detective, Russell Poole, Mr. Broomfield postulates that Shakur's killing was actually the result of a dispute over money owed to him by Marion Knight, known as Suge, the head of Shakur's record company, Death Row Records.
But the book's major focus is the frown: Dr. Finzi offers anecdotes suggesting that taming overactive corrugators may save marriages and boost careers, and then, spinning some of the still largely debatable theories linking depression and anger with chronic disease, he postulates that Botox treatments may someday prove to help forestall heart disease and cancer.
