Sentences with phrase «as empty promises»

The time has come to expose common corporate policies of «zero tolerance» as empty promises.

In doing so, he has exposed his 2012 education reforms as empty promises compared to what Connecticut's children really need.

We actually believe that it is the politicians who can deliver «hope and change» or «make America great again,» even when such slogans are always eventually revealed as empty promises.

They will talk about it as empty promises, which is what they are clever at doing.

It is common for investors to treat most of what comes out of politicians» mouths as empty promises, particularly during campaign season.

That's easy to dismiss as an empty promise.

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Just as his political rhetoric did not amount to much, as we still have a bad economy, war, and a bunch of other broken promises or empty words to consider.

Perhaps the first lesson for us as «rich young men» is to realize the empty promise of our consumption.

Unless this process of proxy baptism is made transparent with adequate checks and balances, I as a non-Mormon do not feel their assurances are again worth more than empty promises.

The Church can truly sacramentalize the mystery of promise, the person of Christ, and the reality of God only to the extent that it, too, exists as an embodiment of self - emptying humility and defenselessness.

If religion (as opposed to morality) was anything other than empty promises meant to sate human insecurities, would we not expect movements TOWARD greater religiosity to be predominant in World history and viewed in a positive light?

Can theology point to anything comparably rigorous and objective as a context for testing the truth of faith's trust in the self - emptying mystery of God and the promises given to us in revelation?

«Her legacy is in hundreds of thousands of women like me... She called us all to see the empty promises of the world's definition of womanhood and to accept the contentment of womanhood as God designed it to be experienced,» said women's ministry leader and author Dannah Gresh, who began reading Passion and Purity as a single college student.

Humans live by words — and the words of the great confessions help us rightly to read the scriptures as words of promise, not empty belief.

We can now begin to see how our twin themes of revelation as promise on the one hand and the image of God's self - emptying on the other converge.

The revelatory image of a self - emptying God explains not only the fact of reality's mysterious openness, as we noted at the end of Chapter 3, but also why mystery presents itself to us in the mode of a promising future.

It seems that the crabby, empty, hopeless life of an athiest isn't as good as the propoganda promised.

This «rebuild» is giving false hope for the fans to ease off all the pressure they have been giving them until the end of season, maybe get a few season tickets sold on empty promises as per every season.

There is a significant difference between being flithy rich / poor AND being taken as mugs by the corrupt board and inept manager with their empty promises, not strengthening the club season after season, 4th place finishes, woeful performances etc etc despite paying over the odds in ticket costs.

Yet again, Blackburn failed in their bid to bring a jaw - dropping signing to Lancashire, as they did with David Beckham and Ronaldinho, so it's back to every day life for the supporters who continue to be let down by the empty promises from the owners.

I promised myself that as long as I was in the picture, his kids would not see an empty fridge.

Deputy Majority Whip in Parliament, Ahmed Ibrahim has called on the leadership of New Patriotic Party (NPP) to call their flagbearer, Nana Akufo - Addo to order over what he describes as his «empty promises».

Now we've come back two years later, and we've uncovered that the agency's promises were as empty as these vacant lots,» said Stringer.

Just days after de Blasio delivered his annual State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in February, Stringer publicly derided his job creation plan as an «empty promise» and slammed the city's «out of control» homelessness.

«As long as we allow dangerous and deranged people to buy guns, the promise of a more perfect union will remain empty for the thousands of Americans who are murdered with guns every year,» he told the applauding crowAs long as we allow dangerous and deranged people to buy guns, the promise of a more perfect union will remain empty for the thousands of Americans who are murdered with guns every year,» he told the applauding crowas we allow dangerous and deranged people to buy guns, the promise of a more perfect union will remain empty for the thousands of Americans who are murdered with guns every year,» he told the applauding crowd.

«Because as you can see from this, they are empty promises.

Leading nations have an egocentric mindset that leads them to make empty promises when vowing to contribute funds to Third World countries, as New Zealand's NewsDay opined in 2012.

Over stimulation, authoritarian parenting, constant criticism and incongruities of observation (the myth of the perfect family, empty promises, and addiction) are all damaging to this chakra as children develop into their early teen years.

Hopefully this isn't an empty promise as I have run into those in the past with other online dating sites and been left waiting endlessly for my supposed refund.

The show created off - the - wall cult classics such as «Cabbage Head,» «Chicken Lady,» «Head Crusher,» «The King of Empty Promises» and «Buddy Cole,» the flamboyantly gay barfly.

Oliver presents an understandable shot at redemption for him, which Vincent unwilling embraces as his interaction with the boy draws him out of his empty world, into a life promising something more than what he has settled for.

He makes empty promises to his ex that he can change and lead a normal life, but she knows, as do we, that he could never make that drastic a shift.

The string and piano somberness of an empty victory builds to a rousingly symphonic moral epiphany as the score finally hears the truth behind the façade of false promises.

Just for starters, it would appear that the waiver «winners» just promised to adopt narrow, prescriptive teacher evaluation and school improvement policies that apply to charter schools as well as district schools — but not even charter authorities are entirely clear on how this will play out in reality or if these commitments should be taken any more seriously than so many empty promises in the Race to the Top applications.

The tough - looking exterior is not an empty promise, however, as the 2015 Mercedes - Benz G - Class is more than capable of tackling off - road excursions.

Just like the politician says almost anything to get you to vote for them, the vanity press will say just about anything to get you to give them your credit card, and their promises are just as empty.

Their promises are about as empty as most political promises.

As Aminata moves from slavery to freedom, she finds that freedom is sometimes an empty promise.

As she faces the challenge of differentiating between a college's genuine commitment to her or just empty promises from talent - seeking coaches, Aileen heads to Gatica State University, a Division One school, on a recruiting trip.

Our promises are not empty and hundreds of students from such countries as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada have already benefited using our service.

Our promises are not empty as we have successfully helped thousands of students just like you and we know how to write impressive essays.

You can fill in the rest of that ad with the name of just about any car and just about any dealership in the U.S. and the promise will be as empty as your bank account because it promises negative equity.

Sonic fans are demanding for a more «classic» Sonic design in Sonic 4 as Sega gave empty promises of a true sequel since Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for the Genesis.

It's a promising idea for a horror game, and while Husk starts off rather well, the pieces in place feel as empty as the name Husk would suggest.

The idea of an open world survival zombie game isn't new and to be honest the last few games such as H1Z1 and Day Z have been somewhat of a letdown due to unfinished content or their empty promises.

As you know, The Easter Egg is a symbol of new life and hope at this time of year, however — Jessica has decided to flip this fragile icon on its head by creating Bad Eggs, a collection of knitted egg sculptures that depicts leaders, both past and present, who have made «empty promises and given false hope to their nation's people».

In this work, as in others, Varela implicates both the consumer and the media industry in perpetuating a system of empty promises.

His Mao suit represents that initiative: bigger than life, it depicts the oversized personality of the leader while the hollow interior is seen by some as a symbol for Mao's empty promises.

Paris climate talks this week descended into madcap all - night negotiations, as delegates desperately tried to salvage some kind of agreement beyond empty promises to do something sometime about what President Obama insists is the gravest threat to our planet, national security and future generations.

«In 2003, Cato scholars Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren blasted the Republican Energy Bill as «hundreds of pages of corporate welfare, symbolic gestures, empty promises, and pork - barrel projects».