Some philosophers have held that possible things or states of affairs are simply those whose conception involves no contradiction.
The complexity of Friday's attack points to a long-prepared operation, whose conception very likely predated the start of French strikes against Isis in Syria, six weeks ago.
But the more common life-threateners were other human drivers, whose conception of the word "lane" can only be described as elastic.
On set, the legions of specialists and consultants working on the minutiae took orders from Kubrick, whose conception of the whole remained in constant flux.
And what did she think of the author of Animal Farm, in whose conception she is thought materially to have assisted?
It is true that God chose to become man, but he did this "of a virgin, whose conception, not flesh but spirit, not lust but faith, preceded".
We embrace the humanity of our "wanted" babies while we strip the human rights from those whose conception was unplanned and unwanted.
The more obvious liberties Mr. Vickers took with the words of Peter Grimes were incidental to an interpretation unacceptable to the composer, whose conception of the character as a homosexual the singer would have no truck with.
"That stuff plays well with people whose conception of a fundamentalist Christian is that they're not smart enough to be enlightened," said Ron L. Plemmons, the 37-year-old pastor at Southside Baptist Church in Lakeland.
Halilhodzic made five changes for the South Korea game and one of them, the Granada playmaker Brahimi, rewarded him with a goal whose conception and execution underscored the team's approach.
As for the paternalistic American pluralism preached by John Kerry, this could soon be washed away by a demagogue whose conception of democracy consists of a soapbox and a baseball bat.
