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During the downward trend the movement was _en masse_, that is, by Principle as _Principle_, without any "splitting up" into portions, or centers.
A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga William Walker Atkinson 1897
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The MLFTL contains provisions which require lawyers to disclose information about their clients, in breach of the principle of lawyer-client confidentiality, and Principle 22 of the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, which provides that "Governments shall recognize and respect that all communications and consultations between lawyers and their clients within their professional relationship are confidential".
Armies of Liberation 2008
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The MLFTL contains provisions which require lawyers to disclose information about their clients, in breach of the principle of lawyer-client confidentiality, and Principle 22 of the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, which provides that "Governments shall recognize and respect that all communications and consultations between lawyers and their clients within their professional relationship are confidential".
Armies of Liberation 2008
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Do you get the power of what this Principle is about?
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But I again caution, the stronger forms of the Anthropic Principle are speculative, the Weak Anthropic Principle is beyond doubt the correct observation, but is NOT an explanation, just an observation.
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I think the weak Anthropic Principle is common sense, it says: any conception of the laws of physics must be consistent with the fact we're alive
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Principle is only ever a noun, and means a rule, doctrine, standard of conduct, general scientific or natural law, or basis of a system of thought or action.
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I only know very literally what the Pareto Principle is and don't understand its relevance is to the current case.
John Gault joins the fire brigade Michael Tomasky 2010
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Perhaps the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is just as applicable to psychology of any type!
The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010
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Anyone remember the infamous Peter Principle from a few years back?
CNN Exclusive: Obama weighs ordering new debt commission 2009
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