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That's the proposition advanced by KLD Energy Technologies of Austin, Tex., which suggests that it has come up with the next great innovation in electric-vehicle powertrains.

No sooner has he landed in America than he has tripped into one of its mustiest cultural traps — the proposition, advanced by scores of movies, that the South is little more than a barbecue pit of frail eccentrics, secluded matriarchs, white-linen Lucifers, and outright steaming maniacs.

"The legal opinion confirms that a vote for independence would make Scotland a 'successor state' and specifically rejects the proposition, advanced by Scotland's first minister, that Scotland and the UK would both be regarded as two new states following any vote for independence," according to the Scotland Office.

Since President Bill Clinton called on NATO in 1995 to bomb Bosnia and Herzegovina, ending war crimes that are now being prosecuted, and President Obama organized a coalition for military intervention in Libya, international law has developed in line with the proposition advanced by Grotius.

More startling was the proposition advanced by two eminent academics, Susan Mayer (University of Chicago) and Christopher Jencks (Harvard), under the Times Op-Ed heading "Learning by Just Being There".

The underlying proposition, widely advanced by zoo professionals, is that, in an era when it's no longer acceptable to round up wild giraffes, maintaining a sustainable stock in a zoo is not simply a business necessity; it's an achievement of conservation — or, at least, a sign of scientific ardor.

There is some wisdom in the propositions advanced on all sides of our current predicament, despite the unfortunate fact that each set of statements is easy to dismiss as born of self-interest and tainted by hypocrisy.

Burgess proposes the emergence of the modern nuclear family and its crucial role in modern society for its emotional-supportive functions; this proposition was further elaborated and advanced by other sociologists such as Ogburn and Parsons (Burgess 1916; Ogburn 1932; Parsons 1949; Bengtson 2001).

Here's how we described the administration's Proposition 8 argument on the editorial page: The legal analysis advanced by the Obama administration leads inexorably to the conclusion that all attempts to ban same-sex marriage are inherently unconstitutional.

Central to the Life Reimagined proposition is the concept of Living vs. Aging -- a concept advanced by gerontologist Bill Thomas (also a Life Reimagined Institute fellow).

The focus group findings we present here support the proposition that a transition in patient/practitioner relations is underway, but one that is recognised and advanced by some practitioners more than others.