As a statesman, one has to
act on the assumption that problems must be solved [New York Times, October 13, 1974, p. 341.]
Although a special election has not been called, Westchester County Democratic leaders are
acting on the assumption that one will be proclaimed in Senate District 37.
Rather, they assume similarity and then
act on that assumption.
When parents send their children off to school, they probably also
act on the assumption that someone is carefully delivering the instruction that will allow their children to develop the skills needed for successful takeoff.
The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 addressed accidental non-compliance: marriages will be treated as never having been void as long as the parties were not within the first six in line of succession when they married and were unaware that the Act applied to them, and no - one had
acted on the assumption that the marriage was void.
The authority was entitled to assume that the union had accepted its practice and to
act on that assumption.
The report therefore states that Parliament should
act on the assumption that triggering Article 50 would be irreversible, and that Article 50 should be triggered «only when it is in the UK's best interests to begin the formal two - year negotiation process.»
But, one must ask, why should those who use our public courts have to
act on the assumption that whatever they did before, whatever they filed before, will go for naught?
The important thing is to make sure that you have complete and accurate information before making that decision, and aren't
acting on assumptions or overlooking costs or benefits that might tip the scales.
It acts on the assumption that no parent during marriage spends more than the bare minimum on supporting their own children, because expecting that after divorce is unreasonable.
Not exact matches
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan
assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU,
on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted
on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs
Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition
on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger
on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or
on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
We are not
acting at present
on the expectation that this
assumption will be violated — we are
acting in the expectation that it will hold.
Further, statements contained in this document and made
on such call that are not statements of historical fact, including those that refer to plans,
assumptions and expectations for the current fiscal year and future periods, are forward - looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995.
At that mass, we will commemorate Mary's
assumption into heaven in body, and spirit, as an
act of grace bestowed
on her by God.
- condemns same - sex
acts because the
assumption was this was about lust and the concept of a long - term committed relationship wasn't
on the radar yet for Judaism.
Just the Facts, Thank you for your honest answer... But I must ask you,
on what do you base your
assumption that things
act now in the same way that they always have?
Yet, in my opinion, the
assumptions are demonstrably false and the consequences of
acting on them are disastrous.
In contrast, MacKinnon's model is founded
on the
assumption that a human male can not achieve his sexual objectives unless the physical, psychological, and / or social context of the
act is nonconsensual.
But C. Wright Mills was correct when he called such
assumptions «crackpot realism,» for when we
act on them we help guarantee that the future will contain only more of the same.
The religious freedom resulting from this tolerance is real enough; what is unreal is the
assumption that religious convictions that can not be
acted on in public will nonetheless continue to function in private as if they could be.
The Realist
assumption that leaders (even elected ones)
act predominantly rationally implied similar expectations
on the level of states.
Count two: «That you Godsday Peter Orubebe, while being a Minister of Federal Republic of Nigeria in charge of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs,
on or about June 29, 2011 did make a false declaration in your asset declaration form by failing to declare plot 2059 Asokoro district, Abuja
on assumption of office
on September 26, 2007 and
on June 29, 2011 and you thereby committed an offence under section 15 of the CCB & T
Act, and punishable under section 23 (2) of the CCB & T
Act.
Background The Presidential (Transition)
Act, 2012 (
Act 845) provides in section 14 (1) as follows: «
On the
assumption of office of the person elected as President a person holding any of the offices specified in the Schedule shall cease to hold that office, and shall be paid the relevant retirement benefits and the enjoyment of facilities as provided by law.»
Part of what's behind this seemingly irrational belief may lie in what's called implicit social cognition — the deep - rooted
assumptions we all carry around, and may
act on without realizing it.
But that
assumption breaks down in the age of big data, now that computer programs more frequently
act on just a few data items scattered arbitrarily across huge data sets.
It will also allow her to feel comfortable with the fact that you are not making any other kind of
assumptions that might go along with a sleepover, and it should keep any temptations
on your part or hers from being
acted upon too early in the dating process.
We've gone about much literacy reform guided by the
assumption that if we focus
on the
act of reading — putting the letters and sounds together to read words — then students will engage in deep comprehension.
Rather it is to surface contrasting
assumptions, tensions, constraints, and opportunities so that together, we can better understand — and
act on — the choices that lie before us.
The
act of lecturing is often criticized in the West for the
assumption that students are passive receivers in the process of learning and for an emphasis
on learning at lower cognitive levels.
This press release contains certain forward - looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended) and information relating to Barnes & Noble that are based
on the beliefs of the management of Barnes & Noble as well as
assumptions made by and information currently available to the management of Barnes & Noble.
I have to take the facts that I do know, make
assumptions, and
act on them.
Unless you can give me reason to
act as you would wish me to, please excuse me if I exercise my right to
act based
on my
assumptions, not yours.
In the aftermath of the Climategate scandal, in order to ensure scientific integrity and regain the public's trust, scientific bodies called
on scientists to allow access to their raw data,
assumptions, methodologies, and software and to promptly and completely respond to all Freedom of Information
Act and government requests for information.
Trick says «Actually, the M - B theory starts & ends with the
assumption that there are no external forces (no electrostatic, no gravity, etc.)
acting on the ideal particles in the column to come up with the distribution of speeds.»
In current political decision making, scientific prognoses, however,
act as «fig leaves» [45] that hide the actual decision making process and the normative
assumptions on which it rests.
Actually, the M - B theory starts & ends with the
assumption that there are no external forces (no electrostatic, no gravity, etc.)
acting on the ideal particles in the column to come up with the distribution of speeds.
In the case of climate change, those making the
assumptions demand that we
act immediately to avert planetary crises based solely
on their computer model predictions.
A simple question, which can have implication
on energy balance at surface level: Is the
assumption that the earth surface, even the solid part of it,
act as a black body in the LW region?
The implicit
assumption of this hypothesis is that from 1880 to 1935 there was no deterministic trend, ie no climate forcing
acting on the system.
I have already noted Master Robertson's incorrect
assumption that substitutional service was granted by order; instead, the
Act itself specifically authorized the landlord to post notice of the hearing
on the door of the rented premises in the absence of the tenant.
However,
on the
assumption that it was at that time, he then went
on to consider the amendment which replaced the old section 22 of the 1965
Act withe the new section 22 (1A)(this amendment was introduced by section 98 of the Countryside and Rights of Way
Act 2000).
This principle was based in part
on the SCC decisions of the early 1990s like Morguard and Hunt, but also
on the
assumption that jurisdictions that enacted the Enforcement
Act would also enact the Jurisdiction
Act — so everyone would know that everyone else was playing fair.
In your case, the specific real life example was causing you to make
assumptions about how people would
act, and that made your question confusing and seemingly based
on flawed
assumptions.
Now you may appear in a court of equity that will claim some or other
ACT demands that you MUST do this OR face arrest and prosecution... This is based
on the
assumption that there is no superior or private law involved.
Should both parties
act on a mistaken
assumption about a certain provision, this can override the terms of the lease, with potentially costly consequences.Introduction Ordinarily, the parties to a lease either abide by its terms or,...
On the first approach, s 4C operates on the assumption that s 5 of the 1948 Act had always provided for citizenship by descent through the female line and that consular officials of the day in fact acted on that basi
On the first approach, s 4C operates
on the assumption that s 5 of the 1948 Act had always provided for citizenship by descent through the female line and that consular officials of the day in fact acted on that basi
on the
assumption that s 5 of the 1948
Act had always provided for citizenship by descent through the female line and that consular officials of the day in fact
acted on that basi
on that basis.
In Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Sandwell BC, reported with the conjoined case of Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington LBC at [1994] 4 All ER 890, Hobhouse J reasoned that (seemingly
on balance) he would follow the «weak» «expression of an opinion» in re Diplock at p 514 that the phrase in s 2 (1)(a) of the 1939
Act, now s 5 of the 1980
Act, «actions founded
on simple contract» «must be taken to cover actions for money had and received... [t] he
assumption must, we think, be made though the words used can not be regarded as felicitous», the alternative being no time - bar at all.
While powerful in dismantling intentional discrimination, these standards rely
on an
assumption that lawyers are, and have the power to
act as, atomistic individuals — a dangerous
assumption that has been disproven consistently by the literature establishing the continuing and powerful influence of implicit and institutional bias.
In deciding whether the claim passed the third «fair, just and reasonable» test, Judge Simmonds QC relied
on Customs and Excise Comrs v Barclays Bank plc [2006] UKHL 28, [2006] 4 All ER 256, and ruled that if there was any
assumption of responsibility it was not voluntary, as the officer's
acts were part of a compulsory process; and the relationship between the officer and the claimant was no different from that with other similar applicants.
In Norris Lord Justice Auld observed that the parties to a cartel agreement would know that third parties would deal
on the
assumption of lawful competition, and would be
acting in a dishonest and criminal manner if the existence of a cartel was kept secret.