Humpty Dumpty Rides Again: Using Voluntary Guidance to Fill Gaps in Legislation

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. iii-v
Author(s):  
Daniel Greenberg
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Ob Gyn News ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
GERALD W. GRUMET
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1972 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Henry C. Wallich
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1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-172
Author(s):  
Stephen Donaghue
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“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master - that's all.”


Author(s):  
Brian J. Wilsey

Conservation programs alter herbivore stocking rates and find and protect the remaining areas that have not been plowed or converted to crops. Restoration is an ‘Acid Test’ for ecology. If we fully understand how grassland systems function and assemble after disturbance, then it should be easy to restore them after they have been degraded or destroyed. Alternatively, the idea that restorations will not be equivalent to remnants has been termed the ‘Humpty Dumpty’ hypothesis—once lost, it cannot be put back together again. Community assembly may follow rules, and if these rules are uncovered, then we may be able to accurately predict final species composition after assembly. Priority effects are sometimes found depending on species arrival orders, and they can result in alternate states. Woody plant encroachment is the increase in density and biomass of woody plants, and it is strongly affecting grassland C and water cycles.


Dialogue ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-64
Author(s):  
Richard Vallée
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Humpty-Dumpty affirmait que les mots signifiaient exactement ce qu'il lui plaisait qu'ils signifient, «ni plus, ni moins». Il a parfois des défenseurs chez les chercheurs qui se sont penchés sur le problème de la non-littéralité (Beardsley, 1962, 1978; Black, 1979). On peut cependant affirmer qu'ur locuteur, s'il utilise non littéralement des expressions qui ont ure signification conventionnelle, ne peut en changer à volonté la signification pour leur faire signifier exactement ce qu'il a l'intention de signifier. Par exemple, quelqu'un qui fait une métaphore ne peut changer la signification des expressions qu'il utilise. C'est la thèse que je défendrai au cours des prochaines pages. On verra aussi quelles intentions devrait avoir un locuteur qui signifierait non littéralement quelque chose.


1985 ◽  
pp. 338-361
Author(s):  
Robert G. B. Reid
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