Sentences with phrase «as appeasement»

We'll all be waiting with bated breath to see if State Penn U examines Mann's historical acts in depth or even offers belated reforms and some FOI (like climate related data and emails) as appeasement or just tries to totally crawl away from the stink.

Dogs will lick their lips non-stop as an appeasement gesture when feeling threatened, anxious, or nervous, or when they experience a health - related problem, such as nausea, oral discomfort, allergies, or internal pain.

This submission gesture often is used in greetings or as an appeasement gesture, a way to say «I'm sorry» when you act upset.

The submissive grin, which is almost always accompanied by other signs of submission like those listed above, functions as an appeasement gesture.

Dialogue with the Taliban is not the same as appeasement, David Miliband is set to argue in a major foreign policy speech in the United States.

It certainly helped that the club launched an extensive training camp in Brazil, in what was openly percieved as an appeasement mission for the club's Brazilian stars; and that the club is still in contention in the Champions League.

On the other hand, at first sight, the quotations may serve to strengthen that view of sacrifice as an appeasement by blood.

issue, I will respond to that as well.Lot did offer his daughters as appeasement to the men of Sodom, it was an an unneeded gesture as the «men» who were visiting as his guests, were more than able to take care of themselves and Lots family, which they did.

I suppose that pagan gods use blood as appeasement so men believe through this appease the pagan gods will smile on them.

Not exact matches

This criterion legitimates the resort to arms after other feasible means of addressing the injustice in question (such as mediation, negotiation, arbitration or referral to international tribunals — but not compromise or appeasement) have failed.

As that man stands over you in a fury ready to pound you to pulp at the slightest provocation, I guarantee that would be treading very lightly in his presence and seeking appeasement.

The word «offering» appears more often (in KJV) than «sacrifice» and seems to be intended as a gift or tribute, not an appeasement.

Is forgiveness more for OUR benefit or more for God — as a requirement to somehow gain or regain His favor or appeasement?

The reviewer can find nothing in the book to quote that would support her charge that Wisse wants to «brand» Jews who believe in a negotiated settlement as «perpetuators of a ghetto appeasement mentality.»

She concluded, «It is hard to escape the suspicion that the real point of this essay is to brand any Jews (and non-Jews, for that matter) who still believe in the possibility of a negotiated settlement in the Middle East as perpetuators of a ghetto appeasement mentality.»

HA Hellyer, a senior research fellow at the Atlantic Council and the Royal United Services Institute in London told the Telegraph: «When British peers and Christian clergy have been to Damascus in the past, they were rightly condemned as presenting an image of appeasement to Assad's regime, and showing him as some sort of protector of Christians, as though Syrian Muslims mattered for nought.»

That, surely, would be more accurately described as pusillanimity and appeasement, rather than balance or equilibrium.

But support of Churchill over appeasement and his appointment during the war as Minister Resident in the Mediterranean made him as a politician.

The piece is about the appeasement of Jamaat - i - Islami, a far right party you ought to oppose, by such noted lefties as the Lord Chief Justice, Prince Charles and Her Majesty the Queen.

As the twentieth century evolved, «appeasement» evolved into a term of abuse that would automatically discredit the granting of concessions to satisfy an opponent.

Most recently, the willingness of the West to allow Crimea to fall to Russia has been denounced as «appeasement», and it is common to hear the crisis spoken of as «Obama's Munich `.

Political analyst Daniel Berman argues, for example, that the relevant parallel between Munich and Crimea is not about appeasement as such but the failure to set clear red lines.

Instead of being used as an example of how appeasement might not work under certain conditions, Munich thus came to be invoked as ostensible evidence that appeasement never works, nor could it work, full stop.

He did everything to refute any charge of appeasement, as he strongly supported further sanctions against the North and intensified military exercises with the US.

Appeasement politics towards Hitler comes to my mind as the first example.

Whenever there has been a confrontation between western democracies and totalitarian regimes, those who advocate intervention will often accuse their more cautious and conciliatory opponents as being successors to Chamberlain and appeasement.

As the threat from Nazi Germany increased, in the late 1930s the Labour Party gradually abandoned its pacifist stance and came to support re-armament, largely due to the efforts of Ernest Bevin and Hugh Dalton who by 1937 had also persuaded the party to oppose Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement.

As part of measures aimed at «appeasement and confidence building», President Akufo - Addo, as captured by the communiqué, conveyed a number of decisions taken by his Togolese counterpart, President Faure Gnassingbe, to that enAs part of measures aimed at «appeasement and confidence building», President Akufo - Addo, as captured by the communiqué, conveyed a number of decisions taken by his Togolese counterpart, President Faure Gnassingbe, to that enas captured by the communiqué, conveyed a number of decisions taken by his Togolese counterpart, President Faure Gnassingbe, to that end.

As well as pivotal biographies, Labour party members will remember the clarity and passion of his writing against the appeasement of the 1930s, nuclear weapons, or Apartheid and in support of social justice.&raquAs well as pivotal biographies, Labour party members will remember the clarity and passion of his writing against the appeasement of the 1930s, nuclear weapons, or Apartheid and in support of social justice.&raquas pivotal biographies, Labour party members will remember the clarity and passion of his writing against the appeasement of the 1930s, nuclear weapons, or Apartheid and in support of social justice.»

«To my mind, it's as big a step that we're taking as a country as decolonisation in the 1950s and 60s, and appeasement in the 1930s,» he said.

Mallam Garba claimed that the appointment of Dasuki as a Northerner might produce the direct opposite result of appeasement of the region.

Already we have Bill Bratton scheduled to return as Police Commissioner (and he is one of a very short list that can fill the shoes of Kelly and perhaps stem the tide of paying a fraudulent bill of racial profiling due to politically correct social appeasement that may burden our city).

What is happening now, as was the case with the murderous Boko Haram group then, is a government adopting a policy of appeasement, or even turning a blind eye, in a situation that requires courage to deploy the full weight of the law to crush a certain and undisguised danger confronting the country.

As it also contains tryptophans (amino acids), which are producers and transmitters of serotonin in the body, and that the «happiness hormone» serotonin plays an essential role in mood by providing a feeling of appeasement, comfort, satisfaction and well - being, cocoa has in addition a greatly appreciated antidepressant effect.

While among gay sex techniques, anal penetration is a primary source of sexual appeasement along with fisting or gay rimming as it is called.

Oldman has the plum role, but Dillane, with his mouth full of aristocratic marbles, has fun too with Viscount Halifax, the country's most forceful advocate for a peace deal, eager to cast Churchill's attack on appeasement as war - mongering.

The Academy Awards began as an effort of appeasement.

In May 1940, as German forces were massing along the borders of the low countries and France, Clement Attlee's Labour opposition tabled a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, whose appeasement of Hitler had gone so disastrously wrong.

Is he giving you appeasement signals such as licking lips, turning the head away, yawning?

Appeasement behaviour is often misinterpreted as guilt, and mistakenly some owners believe the dog knows what they have done is wrong.

If he is showing signs like stiff posture, pinned ears, licks his lips, yawns, averts his eyes, has a worried look or a tense expression, or shows other appeasement gestures, then it is not enjoying the hugs as much as you are.

A dog may paw you as a sign of friendly appeasement and deference in greeting, or she may pin you with straightened forearms as a threat.

As for the appeasement behavior that follows, it seems to me that some dogs are born appeasers and go into appeasement mode any time they see something out of place until they are quite sure that no one is actually angry.

Most commonly known as submissive urination, you'll see this behavior occur when the puppy or young dog is a tad bit intimidated and is showing appeasement signals of submission such as ears back, whining and lip licking.

Supercharge has you earning Appeasement Points from Minrec, which Gearbox describes as «the robotic god of minion destruction.»

Now as a nerd I love Joker but not only is he more than a little annoying in this game but his threat has always been more psychological, rather than physical and as such he isn't really a great fit for a fighting game; his inclusion smacking of fan appeasement and box art recognition rather than logic.

As history shows, appeasement is a terrible strategy.

(I use appeasement to reflect what Churchill described as feeding the crocodile in the hope that it would eat you last.)

They need to see that you express remorse from a place of empathy, not from a place of wanting to exonerate your own guilt as quickly as possible, or from a place of appeasement to avoid trouble, or as a mere formality.

If the parents are not giving 100 % to this effort, or are only doing this as a way to make appeasement then it will never work.