Sentences with phrase «closing arguments were made»

Closing arguments were made in the second federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority leader Joe Bruno, who did not testify.

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While the attack Thursday was the first of its kind by the US, Lowther said the bomb was «not even close to being a nuclear weapon» and he would «not make the argument that it's a symbol of escalation» in the conflict in Afghanistan.

GodPot — you are so close to making a coherent argument... you should feel very proud of yourself.

(ii) Craig's argument from thermodynamics depends upon assuming that the natural universe is a closed system, and so it will have force only for those who make that assumption.

Sentence two is the closest to an actual argument he makes, but it is a fact that science has little to no information on what happens after we die, as you pointed out yourself, we do not know (in the sense of having empirical proof).

The less politic version of the argument was made by a Marco Rubio aide from behind closed doors.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

In developing this argument I shall (1) take a close look at the notion of religious pluralism, finding it to mean much more than mere multiplicity of groups defined by ecclesiastical characteristics; (2) look at the historical form taken by pluralism in American society as a set of pressures to which responses were required; and (3) identify the «religiousness» of the response made by legal institutions.

If he does it, if the Angels make the Wild Card Game, there will be no argument: The Angels wouldn't have been anywhere close to the postseason without Trout.

In any case terrible judging, you could make an argument for Manhoef winning every round and the last two weren't even really close.

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

This should be a very close race, as there could be arguments made for several players including Brady, Gurley, Goff, Carson Wentz, and potentially others.

Philadelphia and Utah fans have both struggled to assign any credit to the other team's player while stumping for their own guy, when in reality this is a close race with deserving arguments to be made for both sides.

And knowing one family with one child who has separation issues does not an argument make — there are many factors which lead to anxiety issues and there is no reason to accept the idea that a child who has regular close contact with their parent (s) will develop separation issues.

Talk is a hilariously irreverent and racy testament to dialogue: the gossip, questioning, analysis, arguments, and revelations that make up our closest friendships.

Its consultation, which closes on January 21st, is an «excellent opportunity» for the case for change to be made, media minister Ed Vaizey said in reply to Eustice's argument.

Keating is expected to wrap up his closing argument Wednesday and defense attorneys for Venditto and Mangano's wife, Linda, also are set to make their closing cases to the jury.

Still, Democrats can use the hearing to air their concerns about the senator, who was a close adviser to Trump throughout the campaign, and make the argument that his views are outside the mainstream.

Silver's team is expected to make its closing arguments this afternoon, with the case going to the jury Tuesday.

The defense then began their closing arguments by saying this is a case about vague and ambiguous statements made five years ago about events from 10 years ago.

The argument made about gay men still buying the drug but under unregulated conditions has probably been accepted by the Home Office behind closed doors — but it can not accept it in public, because it is one of the key general arguments for drug legalisation.

Hillary Clinton is making the closing argument of the election with a two - minute, prime - time TV spot tonight.

Libous» attorney will make his closing argument Tuesday afternoon, and then the jury will be given their instructions and have to determine the senator's fate.

the Yes campaign are becoming ever closer to making explicit the argument that a yes vote is the best way to keep the Tories out.»

But perhaps looking to be pragmatic in addition to sympathetic, Ms. Mark - Viverito also made an economic argument for housing inmates closer to home.

ALMOST OVER: Candidates for New York's 21st Congressional District are making their closing arguments to voters before Election Day on Nov. 8.

«This is the alternative Labour's got to set out and we do have to make an argument that says tax should play a bigger part of closing the deficit.

In cabinet, Hammond and other allies — Greg Clark, Damian Green and Amber Rudd — will be playing a long game but will make the argument for close ties.

In his closing argument, one of the prosecutors, Rahul Mukhi, reminded the jury that there was no dispute that Adam Skelos had received the payments and that the senator had taken official actions on behalf of the companies that made them.

As polls show their party poised to make big gains this fall, National Republicans believe that a new round of attack ads arguing that the $ 814 billion economic stimulus created jobs in China will be a potent closing argument against Democratic incumbents.

If we're to make the skin - removal argument, it'd be closer to eating a piece of fruit that needs peeling.

Perhaps time and future episodes will still surprise us, but forgive me for pointing out the lazy cynicism of that argument, which is rooted in the same commercial logic that has made a blockbuster franchise feel dangerously close to a Ponzi scheme.

I haven't read close to everything put out by the VA critics, so it's certainly possible I'm misreading them or just missing the pieces where they make exactly the arguments I'm looking for.

A committed Denzel Washington is wasted in a legal drama that never gets around to making closing arguments.

The groups collaborate to form answers and after a stipulated time, all answers are discussed to generate the final set of answers that makes the most sense to the entire group.This model of collaborative learning creates conflicts among learners and encourages arguments to enable closer interactions.

The authors make the ingenious argument that they can detect the distinct influence of the closing of a Catholic school because such events are not related only to the increase of poverty and the growth of minority populations.

Andy Smarick makes a compelling argument that we would be better off closing failing schools, but he doesn't take into account the stark reality that often urban districts simply have too many «failing schools» to close them all.

If the increase in non-AMZ revenue doesn't come close to making up for the lost sales in AMZ, then it's not really a valid argument, other than lessening your reliance on AMZ (which I agree is a sound long term goal) and also being able to get into Bookbub (since they wont feature a book in Kindle Select.)

I know there's a school of thought that says, «Hey, it's better than making nothing with a book no publisher would touch,» and I guess that's an argument, but it's so close to zero I'm not sure it's worth it.

A stats paragraph can appear anywhere in the letter (but is typically seen either as the opener or right before the closer; fine arguments can be made for either) and should include: 1) title 2) age level, 3) genre, 4) word count, and 5) comps.

But I will make my argument another way — even if you assume no discount rate changes for the moment, TLI is basically a closed - end fixed - income fund — how many of those are investors finding trading at an NAV discount, let alone a decent discount, these days?!

The proposal comes disturbingly close to making the argument that, really, there isn't much difference among the Royce funds.

There are four minigames that make up a class trial: Nonstop Debate, Hangman's Gambit, Bullet Time Battle, and Closing Argument.

While there's an easy argument to be made that Splatoon 2 is actually the better game in terms of polish and refinement, I tip the scale to PUBG here for the simple fact that Splatoon 2 — though great — stuck close to the playbook of Splatoon 1.

Many of the arguments made by Zycher are commonly forwarded by climate skeptics, so they are worth a close look.

In Tesla's comments to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Tesla makes a transparently self - serving argument in favor of closing Diablo Canyon: it can be replaced by solar panels and batteries.

Lewandowsky and Cook do not argue for the «consensus gap» to be closed in order that the public demand their politicians take notice; they make the argument for the consensus in order to deprive the public of democracy, whether or not Lewandowsky are aware of it.

I guess that would make the calculations closer, but am doubtful that they would overturn your economic argument.

How exactly are you proving your point when you admit (emphasis mine)... «yes, the temperature moved FIRST» and you make hidden conciliatory statements like... «for the MAJORITY of that time» and then you freely admit... «CO2 did not trigger the warmings» and then you rely on the lamest of hollow arguments... «according to climate THEORY and model EXPERIMENTS» and then you stumble back to close with complete opinion and conjecture... «we may well» and «The likely candidates» Anyone with a brain will read your post and laugh - it's pathetic and you've actually done nothing but strengthen the skeptics argument.

While the mass explosion of mobile apps has opened up a lot of doors for people, in the sense that sometimes really useful apps can allow us to do things we've never dreamed of before, and can give us vital information and tools right at our fingertips, the argument has been made that the widespread adoption of smartphones and tablets and apps has also helped to close many others.