Sentences with word «abdication»

While I call it a form of abdication of responsibility, the use of literary agents as the first line of readers has, thus, become the norm because publishers couldn't keep enough readers on staff to handle everything coming in.

Self - mockingly describing himself as «an out - of - touch lawyer who does not know the political realities», the crossbencher suggested the referendum had been «an extraordinary abdication by Parliament and representatives of the country of their own responsibilities.

This is a complete abdication of responsibility by our legislative leaders.

Because as we make clear in the white paper, autonomy is not the same as abdication, for that school - led system to succeed we need to make sure you have access to the best training, the broadest support and a fair share of resources that will allow you to do your jobs to the best of your abilities.

As for Abdication of responsibility, that is what the entire Jesus thing is all about.

The remark «Today is their creator» could thus be read as an altogether different statement of faith, one centered on abdication of the concept of individual authorship.5

It became evident that without abdication states risked a succession of extremely elderly kings and queens, as the crown was passed from centenarian to octogenarian.

Such a powerful deception among us seems to offer happiness, but it is essentially abdication from the great public issues that shape our humanness.

And using the «word of God» as a way to justify evil behavior is just abdication of personal responsibility.

As configured on February 28 (when Benedict XVI's abdication took effect), the College was a somewhat strange electorate, albeit one that produced a striking result.

US withdrawal represents an unprecedented abdication of leadership in fighting the greatest challenge of our time.

«The mayor's current position of absolute zeroes is an irresponsible abdication of responsibility that kicks the can down the road for taxpayers.»

Failing to fill this vacancy would be a shameful abdication of one of the Senate's most essential Constitutional responsibilities.»

«There are, unfortunately, criminals in all kinds of professions, but if these charges are true, they represent three outrageous abdications of people's highest responsibility to the public,» Quinn said, referring to the high - profile arrests Tuesday that have rocked the New York political community.

«It would be a total abdication of our responsibility.»

«That brings certain domestic responsibilities with it and I think for us to sort of gag ourselves is a real abdication of our moral responsibility to push for human rights wherever they are being abused.»

In a strategic vacuum, such abdications produced no consensus of where to aim for, and accordingly no idea of when they would get there.

This great abdication has made Middlesbrough one of the most deprived places in the country, variously described as part of «Britain's rust belt» (The Economist) or one of the UK's «least resilient» locations (credit reference agency Experian).

I am extremely disappointed that Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini has led the company toward abdication of their iconic status.

Then again, being a Christian requires abdication of reason.

This motivation is evidenced in the frequent abdication of any personal moral responsibility to critically evaluate your alleged deity's behaviors.

But David believes a widespread abdication of these ethics has since taken place within the financial system.

In the name of racial loyalty, and in an effort to keep alive the sense of oppression that fueled the revolts of our youth, we have engaged in an almost criminal abdication of responsibility.

The irony of his choice consists in his dedication to high ideals, subscription to which resulted in a practical abdication of his position that slavery was a moral and political evil and that secession was no constructive solution to the nation's ills.

There is an all - too - prevalent attitude which encourages this pseudo-individualistic abdication of responsibility: the blaming of individual or corporate actions on «the system.»

It seems to involve at every moment almost a sort of divine abdication.

The Schengen Agreement (1985) abolished border controls, a significant abdication of sovereignty that took more than a decade to implement fully.

The film follows the unlikely friendship of the prince and his therapist through the death of King George V, the accession of Bertie's brother David (Edward VIII, played by Guy Pearce), the constitutional turmoil caused by David's relationship with Wallis Simpson and his subsequent abdication.

As a result of this double abdication, our country now has 13 broad categories of objectives which are recognised as providing public benefit and can therefore constitute charitable purposes.

Abdication seems to have become the standard way for the Crown to pass between generations.

The ever - improving standards of healthcare — and the healthy lives led by the privileged sections of society from which monarchs are drawn — necessitated abdication as a standard constitutional device.

Emperor Akihito's retirement will be the first imperial abdication in more than two centuries.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called it «a stunning abdication of American leadership and a grave threat to our planet's future.»

Others look at the ongoing carnage — current estimates are of over 200,000 dead, nearly half of them civilians — and see a catastrophic abdication of moral and international responsibility.

The comments immediately drew criticism from John Woodcock, the chair of the PLP's defence committee, who branded it an «absurd, embarrassing abdication of responsibility on [a] crucial matter of national security and many thousands of jobs».

Sadly, though, his retreat post-1968 into impenetrable revolutionary agitation is one of the great artistic abdications of the 20th century.

David Seidler's The King's Speech, which is also screening, centres on the struggles of King George VI (Colin Firth) to overcome a speaking impediment in order to address his new subjects with authority following the sudden abdication of his brother Edward VIII, in 1936.

Nothing is more tragic than the virtual abdication by the American high school of its responsibility for the mathematical and scientific education of the next generation, leaving U. S. 15 - year - olds below the industrial world average on math and science tests.

Game to explore period between abdication of tsar and bolshevik revolution.

Richard Weissbourd, who led the study, said this revealed a «dumbfounding abdication of responsibility.»

The Wii U has basically become a console just for Nintendo games at this point, especially after the Great Third - Party Abdication of 2014.

This should be recognized as a formal abdication by the US of its role as a global leader.