George Plimpton, the journalist and erstwhile quarterback, wrote that the '60s were "so violent that it is impossible to accept the metaphor of football, and its popularity, without wondering whether it reflects some of the country's excesses".
Whether it reflects methodological issues with the calculation of the indicator, or an under-appreciation of research of this type, this is important.
How much of a role rap plays in the violence — and whether it reflects or directly contributes to it — is a source of endless debate.
After a while, you have to ask whether it reflects a conviction that a thriving Jewish presence in the middle of the Islamic world is simply not acceptable to them.
"It would be up to each member to decide whether the plebiscite accurately reflects the views of the Australian people, whether it reflects the views of their electorates and whether it is good or bad public policy in their view.
The question is whether this dynastic moment is a historical fluke, brought on by a coincidence of talent emerging in the same few places at once, like in one of those decades in Paris, or whether it reflects something structural, like high barriers to entry into the company of consultants and strategists.
For the essential question about Sarko-diplomacy is whether it reflects a well-defined strategy, based on a clear vision of the world, or merely expresses a shrewd and pragmatic activism that applies a keen domestic political instinct to the field of foreign affairs?
It is not yet known, however, whether it reflects a compensatory mechanism in the brain or deleterious metabolic activity.
By adding more data from different languages to the sample, one could investigate whether it reflects a universal tendency rather than a specific tendency in Old Chinese rhyming.
A frequently asked question about 18 F-FDG uptake in tumors is whether it reflects more tumor biology versus inflammatory response associated with the xenograft.
However, it remains to be elucidated as to whether it is causally related to migraine pathophysiology, or whether it reflects a chronic pain condition, that is, if it is the cause, or the consequence of migraine chronification [90].
