Sentences with phrase «accepted the invitation because»

When I was asked to write an article for Next Wave's March 2001 feature on underrepresented minorities in science, I enthusiastically accepted the invitation because I thought it might represent an opportunity to bring key issues to the forefront pertaining to the plight of students of color in science and engineering.

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This is because they didn't ask enough questions before accepting the invitation.

Do Jewish people truly believe their deceased ancestors are accepting this Mormon invitation, because when you read closely, that's all a proxy baptism is, an invitation.

It's a risky invitation to accept because it means living in the tension of hearing ourselves make the great confession «Jesus, you're the Messiah!»

The original guests, who were thought to be worthy of an invitation from the king, are later pronounced unworthy because they do not accept the invitation.

Van Natta, then a New York Times correspondent and now an investigative reporter for the paper, was surprised that Clinton accepted his invitation, because Van Natta had been told that Clinton hated an earlier story he had written on the president's rule - bending ways (in golf).

«Sports teams in general since the election have experienced division on whether to accept White House invitations because of how their fans might feel and how that might be a tacit endorsement of the Trump agenda,» the aide said.

Nixon said she accepted the TV network's invitation because she wants voters to hear «the difference between my progressive vision for this state, and Governor Cuomo's centrist record.»

Hawkins» campaign manager Ursula Rozum said Hawkins has accepted an invitation to the Buffalo debate, but should also be included in the New York City forum because the Green Party has earned a permanent ballot line.

ALBANY — Comparing Governor Andrew Cuomo to Russian president Vladimir Putin, Westchester County executive Rob Astorino on Monday rejected a radio debate against the incumbent governor because it was not televised, but accepted an invitation for a televised debate that also includes two minor party candidates.

The background to Hawking's decision — which was both serious and measured — is this: he initially accepted the invitation to Israeli President Shimon Peres's conference because, as he has now said, it would «allow me to express my opinion on the prospects for a peace settlement» between Israel and the Palestinians.

«I don't spend a lot of time in public, and I don't accept a lot of invitations, partly because they are time - consuming,» Brown says.

(To get back to the party analogy, guests are welcome to accept or turn down our invitations, but if they do accept, they attend because they want to and not because we're paying them to show up.)

I'm so glad I accepted the invitation to address the conference, because I've met terrific writers who cover hunting and fishing and other outdoor sports who were hungry to learn about the possibilities of publishing for e-readers.

Despite my myriad commitments — which included teaching a graduate seminar this fall; curating a show of a Santa Fe artist Allan Graham at Gallery Diet in Miami last month; preparing to celebrate the Miami Rail's one year anniversary, assisting our friends in the Twin Cities with launching the Third Rail this upcoming November; and actualizing all the usual Brooklyn Rail responsibilities — I accepted their invitation, largely because I feel it is an important opportunity for all of us to pay homage to artists whose works were damaged by Sandy.

But because I am the only person to have written two books about the IPCC, I accepted this invitation.

In the telegraphic code, whole stock phrases were wrapped up in words (perhaps because you weren't allowed to send unintelligible single letters or integers): thus «TITMOUSE» decodes as I (we) accept with pleasure your invitation for the theatre tomorrow evening.

We NEVER accept such invitations because we know we'll get pummeled with marketing spam in short order if we connect.

Late last month, Google admitted that it had revoked some of the invitations sent out to its latest Glass Explorer test group, because a number of accepted applicants failed to meet the original contest criteria.

I used to send out hundreds of invites per day because I realized many wouldn't reply and accept my invitation.

They usually accepted the invitation immediately because they felt overburdened by worry about the birth, with their partner's emotional changes and consequent conjugal conflicts.