His principal contention was that most mammalian orders and families originated in the Northern Hemisphere, subsequently spreading southward.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post was preparing to report that L. Paul Bremer, the former administrator of the American-led occupation of Iraq, had faulted the U.S. postwar plan for lacking sufficient troops to provide security — affirming a principal contention of the Administration's critics.
Father O'Hare made clear that the board was not closing the door on Mr. Hevesi, and he urged Mr. Morris to submit data so the board members could judge his other principal contention: that Mr. Hevesi's campaign was already paying enough in administrative costs to Mr. Morris's firm -- Morris, Carrick & Guma -- to cover the cost of his services.
"The issues raised in their respective cases were properly raised even though the principal contentions advanced have been rejected".
The attorney for the plaintiffs, former state Attorney General G. Oliver Koppell, said the judge had "sustained our principal contentions".
The principal contentions Harriman went on to make were (1) that the only real trouble with the Yalta agreement was that the Russians didn't abide by them; (2) that the whole purpose of making any concessions to Russia was to assure its entrance, within two or three months after the end of the war in Europe, into the war against Japan.
While it is evident that his principal contentions are substantially related to earlier philosophical developments, claims concerning his relation to the earlier Stoics, or possible philosophical innovations or shifts of emphasis, must be governed by a healthy respect for the fragmentary nature of our sources.
The Indian government and the American one, which negotiated the peace between India and Pakistan in July is concerned that Pakistan's withdrawal of troops from Kashmir was the principal bone of contention between the army and Mr Sharif.
If American "imperialism" were the principal bone of contention, why should the United States be so much more despised than the Soviet Union ever was, or than Russia still is, despite the fact that Russia rules over millions of Muslims who would rather not be its subjects?
The principal point of contention between the United States and Britain, on the one hand, and Mr. Annan, France and other Council members on the other, is the American intention to retain full control over Iraq during what could be a long period of writing a constitution, holding elections and restoring sovereignty.
Vocabulary: adaptation, collaborate, pertaining, earthly, contention, transcend, principal, prestigious, refurbishment, straightforward, ideological, afoot, ado, polemic, novelty, asymmetrical, droves, scandalous Extension Activities: 1. Read one of Toni Morrison's novels and write a cultural analysis.
