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As noted earlier , the Union argues that the proposal is negotiable because management 's decision as to Region 21 's office hours is not a matter that is separable from employees ' alternate work schedules , a matter that , under the Authority 's decision in Lowry II , is mandatorily negotiable . On a post-trial motion , the judge overturned the jury verdict , ruling that , as matter of law , " inventory " referred to clothes items . Many different definitions of the nature of God may be framed , and hence many problems of existence may he raised ; and the contention about the answers may simply be contention about the social meaning of a word , a matter on which we ought to be able to come to an agreement easily were it not for the emotional and sentimental attachment we have to certain words . ) But treating claim interpretation as a fact issue subject to expert testimony and fact finding in litigation vastly increases uncertainty over a matter upon which the ability to plan and rely is of the utmost importance . Each is supposed to be the supreme judge of its own interests , and it is assumed as matter of course that each has interests which are exclusively its own . Both of these novels could have been written this year , and as matter of fact if they were , we 'd all be raving about this amazing new writer . So it 's not a matter like , well , these things are a little off . [ 98 ] Council of Vienne met , the case of Boniface was so notorious a matter that it had to be taken up .