Sentences with phrase «abandoned the idea in»

The Obama administration considered opening some of the affected areas to oil exploration, but abandoned the idea in 2016 because of concerns from states, coastal residents and the military, which uses waters that would be affected.

In 2017, Facebook experimented with flagging fake - news items, but abandoned the idea in December.

But at least he finally devises an ending, different from the book's, that doesn't abandon the ideas in favor of carnage; love or hate the down - the - wormhole final minutes, there's no denying that Annihilation follows through.

Not exact matches

Though the Obama Administration looked into opening some areas to oil exploration on a smaller scale, the idea was abandoned in 2016 after concerns from the military, coastal residents, and states that would be affected.

Quite honestly, the podcasters who start out only in a «studio» often end up abandoning the idea because it's too hard to get into that studio (and it's too hard to get people to visit you in the studio).

However, they have quietly abandoned the idea of allocating a portion of any surplus in excess of $ 3 billion to the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans, without giving any reasons as to why.

According to Reuters «ideas about binding commitments to extend the Toronto debt reduction goals at a summit hosted by Canada in 2010, sought by Germany first and foremost, have been abandoned» Mr. Harper and Mr. Flaherty would appear to be still living in the Toronto Summit, while the rest of the G - 20, except perhaps Germany, has moved on to confront more pressing issues, including the growing risks of global instability and the need to strengthen growth and job creation.

For instance, if there is a customer who had abandoned a shopping cart, it will be a better idea for the retailer to send it so that the intention is refreshed in the mind of that potential buyer.

Just because you decided to abandon the thread where you were thoroughly thrashed for you ridiculous ideas and start shitting in a new spot doesn't make those ideas any more valid.

Thus, the idea of race as a basis for reliable and definite classification of individuals clearly has to be abandoned in favor of a problematic and inexact system of statistical abstraction.

Modern man can no longer go along with the idea that to have faith, one has to abandon the historical, secular and earthly, that, in effect, he has to surrender his very humanity.

This country was built on the ideas of freedom and justice and we should never abandon our principles in the name of fear or hate.

Some churches have even abandoned the idea of having a full - time resident pastor in favor of having specialized leadership teams.

However, he still has not abandoned his confidence in the idea that value points beyond itself to a reality greater than is given in experience.

Abandoning a belief in God will cause some resentment towards those who have been telling you about God, sharing the idea of «God» with you, and participating in «church» or «prayer.»

The dramatic revisions in our ideas on the spatiality of matter have, therefore, a major implication: We must abandon the assumption that we can understand physical reality by simply locating bits of matter in space without taking into account the relational web of energy - events in which they are situated.

Nomimus At least in science, when a new idea comes up, it is possible to abandon older ideas.

We are not powerless and fearful, not us: and so I pray and I work; I make coffee in the morning and hot meals to gather around the table at suppertime; I worship and sing out words of promise and praise; I raise children and read good books; I pray for my enemies and write letters and send money and show up to fold clothes and drop off meals with an extra bag of groceries; I advocate with the marginalized and amplify the oppressed and antagonize the Empire with a grin on my face; I will honour those who get after the work of the Kingdom and celebrate; I learn how to listen to those with whom I disagree; I abandon the idea that we can baptize sinful practices in the name of sacred purposes; I will stand in the middle of the field near my house with my face turned up to the rain and consider it a minor baptism.

But, if anything, reassessing the religious traditions that you were brought up in, finding it wanting but not wanting to abandon the idea of spirtuality altogether would seem to require just a little more thought than mindlessly adopting the traditions you were brought up with.

We have been told, till one is sick of hearing it, that sexual desire is in the same state as any of our other natural desires and that if only we abandon the silly Victorian idea of hushing it up, everything in the garden will be lovely....

It is difficult to imagine how belief in historical revelation can be abandoned without destroying the very foundations of biblical religion, but every effort must be made to remove from the idea any shadow of arrogance.

Modern man can no longer go along with the idea that to have faith, one has to abandon the historical, secular and earthly — that, in effect, he has to surrender his very humanity.

People were abandoned for ideas in the name of some future paradise.

One should not in this connection let himself be deceived by the observation that the abstract thinking of the Greeks made it possible for them to understand in its purity the essence of the spiritual, and that therefore mythological, anthropomorphic ideas of God were abandoned by the Greeks, while in Judaism naïve mythological and anthropomorphic expressions about God, although they decrease, do not by any means disappear.

And when he takes refuge in prayer to God, he abandons the idea of an omnipotent God and confesses that he can not perceive God.

In most of American higher education, the idea that all undergraduates should have some knowledge of the great civilizations of the world has been abandoned.

In any event, here is where an authentic theory of natural law proves to be indispensable for Judaism, but only when the social contract theory is abandoned, a task that «requires radical criticism of the key political idea of the Enlightenment,... that human beings can construct their own primary society autonomously.

So much has changed in the world, so many older beliefs and ideas have been abandoned or if not abandoned then gravely doubted, so much of our modern way of living appears to make prayer unintelligible, that they are puzzled about the whole enterprise.

Mine will pale in comparison, but taking courage from the main idea of the cartoon, I will abandon my comparative thinking and just offer a simple, «little» comment:

You sciency - types do nt abandon your worldview even though the ancient greek scientific philosophy that we base our western scientific tradition on, arose in a society founded on the belief in 12 capricious anthropomorphic gods, an animistic «universe», and an unshakeable belief in the idea of «fate».

So, we ought not abandon such an idea because some have taken it to its illogical conclusion — and we should be very careful of saying that uses of the word «missional» today are endorsing the ideas that led to such deep missiological problems in the World Council of Churches.

Those who distinguish between the «young» and «old» Marx claim that the ideas of the young Marx contained in The Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 18444 were abandoned by the older and mature Marx as remnants of an idealistic past connected with Hegel's teaching.

But the rest of the continent tried out the idea of the nation state, especially in the 1918 - 1939 period, decided it didn't like it, and abandoned it in favor of a new supranational experiment, this time secular and bureaucratic rather than religious.

If his mind becomes sluggish, if he abandons serious reading, if his sermons become catchall collections of retreaded or half - baked ideas, he may rightly blame it all on his being awash in a sea of trivia, but those voices will whisper that he is inadequate intellectually, psychologically or spiritually.

The Slammer had injured his back in a tournament at Havana the week before and on the morning of the third round the pain was so intense that he abandoned any idea of going out on the course.

They probably should just abandon the idea of college football in Illinois entirely at this point.

Although the other (6) children have often ended up in my bed, i have always previously started the night with them in a cot, whereas this time i have abandoned the idea for the time being and just put him to sleep in my bed.

But for Labour it is finally time to abandon the idea that its primary purpose is to secure majorities in the House of Commons and that it should do nothing to put that prize at risk.

Molinaro has been highly critical of Cuomo and said in his January announcement that New York needs «new leadership, new ideas and renewal of a spirit of community that too many of our elected officials have abandoned.»

He also discouraged legislators from linking the tax break to rent regulation, an idea that was ultimately abandoned in the latest revenue bill.

State lawmakers have abandoned the idea of completing a state budget one week ahead of schedule, legislators were due home in their districts late Thursday without agreement on a new spending plan.

Runciman argued «For Labour it is finally time to abandon the idea that its primary purpose is to secure majorities in the House of Commons and that it should do nothing to put that prize at risk.

Mr Clegg said: «I do not believe that, just on a whim in a leadership contest, one should abandon the idea that Britain should play a role not only in disarming itself but disarming the world.»

A widely criticized Department of Education plan that would have forced schools to fund after - hours activities out of their own budgets was abandoned after the UFT and its New York City Coaches Association joined with parents, community groups and the principals» union in blasting the idea.

Fearing parental reactions, however, they abandoned the idea, in favor of a traditional Jewish ceremony.

The Liberal Democrats meantime are said to have abandoned the idea of putting up candidates at all on the grounds that they can't afford to contest elections in which they have little hope of winning even a single seat.

In short, they abandoned a broadly coherent post-Thatcherite conservatism without having any clear idea of what might replace it.

We might have more success in explaining how the universe works if we abandoned the idea that some things go on for ever, says Amanda Gefter

It was a total surprise to them; the idea of radio wave bursts had been abandoned after scientists in the»70s and»80s failed to locate such signals.

A number of researchers think the solution is to abandon the whole idea of fermentation in favor of making ethanol through a technique called gasification.