Thus the systems engineer's responsibility, to provide a sort of long-term doctrine of performance standards, becomes very important.
The bandying-about of the term Wilson doctrine does not particularly help the debate.
In his first term, that doctrine was defined by Mr. Obama's surprising comfort in using military force to confront direct threats to the United States.
As an atheist, I object to his using religious terms ("the doctrine of the sanctity of human life") to characterize his critics.
In medieval terms, sacred doctrine (sacra doctrina) is to be read as directly as possible from the sacred page (sacra pagina).
But Mr. Melloni added that even if Francis remained a doctrinaire conservative, the decision to stop speaking in terms of doctrine and "nonnegotiable values" was very significant, given tight alignment in many countries between the church and political conservatives.
They are devices for getting groups of people workers and managers as well as investors to commit themselves to long-term goals.The doctrine of shareholder primacy is particularly dangerous when combined with dispersed ownership, he believes.
A calm reading of the document shows that the changes in terms of doctrine aren't nearly as epochal as the White House would have us believe or its critics would have us fear.
Wilson termed this doctrine "industrial web theory".
In terms of doctrine, al-Mu'tadid from the outset of his reign sided firmly with Sunni traditionalist orthodoxy, forbidding theological works, and abolishing the fiscal department on property in escheat, which Hanbali legal opinion regarded as illegal.
