Sentences with phrase «as figures of authority»

Most dogs, even those that are well - trained, do not consider children as figures of authority.

Steve Collings is recognised as a figure of authority in the profession having published 18books, including one specifically on academies due for publication in the summer of 2016.

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Despite your position of power, forgetting that can undermine respect for you as an authority figure.

The revelations answer the question as to what the contents of the bottle he used to drink the liquid were full of, but authorities still haven't figured out how Praljak obtained the poison, or how he managed to smuggle it into the courtroom.

Unfortunately, many of us have already been conditioned to accept these proclamations as fact without even conducting any independent research on our own to (1) determine if the authoritative figure is even an authority on the topic, which in many cases, he or she is not; and (2) determine if what the authoritative figure is stating is actually true or not.

What the authorities admitted holding as of last summer was almost unbelievably small compared to what even the official figures streaming through Hong Kong alone, plus domestic production add to the total, and China is now the number one global gold producer.

Barclays Bank will need to figure out how the actions of its chief executive, James E. Staley, will affect its culture as it deals with the revelation last week that the British authorities are investigating him for trying to unmask the identity of an anonymous whistle - blower.

Orthodox priests serve as guides along the path of life — and are not viewed as authority figures who are meant to be «holier than thou».

In fact, they converted to our point of view because they accepted us as the new authority figures.

They search for new forms of community but tend to be wary of authority figures and particularly of leaders... The young neotraditionalists also have an almost intuitive attraction to liturgy, ritual, and symbol as forms of knowledge that complement the dominant rational, scientific one.»

The Gospel presents the figure of the Christ as the expression of a non-coercive love which draws the world in its freedom toward a finer community of being.49 As Whitehead envisions the Christian message, Christ taught, lived, and died with the authority of a supreme ideaas the expression of a non-coercive love which draws the world in its freedom toward a finer community of being.49 As Whitehead envisions the Christian message, Christ taught, lived, and died with the authority of a supreme ideaAs Whitehead envisions the Christian message, Christ taught, lived, and died with the authority of a supreme ideal.

Because he is a religious authority figure, people spontaneously project on him a rich variety of associations from their early life, including powerful feelings about such matters as God, heaven, hell, sex, parents, Sunday school, death, sin, and guilt.

Such was the case with the former neo-Nazi leader Ingo Hasselbach, who reports that the East German National Socialist skinhead movement was born of disaffected but essentially apolitical youths who discovered Nazism only when the state and other hated authority figures labeled them as «neo-Nazis.»

there are several flaws in that — not the least of which is the definition of a pastor as an «authority» figure in a premodern / modern western context.

Next there appeared in the same attitude a figure of great age and dignity, whose wonderful air of authority marked him as a man of the utmost distinction.

Abinadi, Odds are that you are a Mormon because your parents were Mormons and you were taught as a child that it was the correct religion by adult authority figures and most people you knew held the same beliefs, just as ancient Greek children were taught that the source lightening was Zeus hurling bolts of lightning from Mt. Olympus.

Because of his symbolic role as a religious authority figure, the minister naturally attracts a circle of dependent persons who gain strength by identifying with him and with the group which he leads.

You might not be aware, but the educational system teaches kids to think for themselves, ask questions, scrutinize the validity of an explanation or an authority figure, and use inductive and deductive reasoning as a part of a process to ask questions, analyze and test a hypothesis.

Our Parent ego state consists of the intemalized attitudes, feelings, and behavior patterns of our parents (and other authority figures — e.g., teachers) as we experienced them in the early years of our lives.

He appears in these as a new kind of authority figure.

Freud declared that God did not exist — and identified Him as the universal figure of authority.

Bayern approach perfection Now that Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has announced his decision to quit the club at the end of the season, some have suggested that he now is damaged goods as an Allianz - Arena authority figure, that certain players might be tempted to tune out rather than toe the line.

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is defined as: «a child or teen who has a frequent and consistent pattern of anger, irritability, arguing, defiance and often vindictiveness towards their parent (s) or other authority figures.»

The recall occurred as State and Federal authorities are trying to figure out the cause of 38...

Decked out in a Spurs polo shirt, Edward has emerged as a young man who wants to help his local community and, despite his cheery presence, is clearly a figure of authority already.

As Florida authorities work to identify the people who died in a catastrophic bridge collapse, state and federal investigators will begin the task of figuring out how and why the five - day - old span failed.

As the mayor's counsel, Perez Williams was a central figure in some of Miner's biggest confrontations, including a fight over the Civilian Review Board and a struggle for control of the Syracuse Housing Authority board.

Ramsay MacDonald, a notable anti-war campaigner, resigned as leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party and Arthur Henderson became the main figure of authority within the party.

Fueled by the return of strong winds, the wildfires tearing through California wine country exploded in size and number as authorities ordered new evacuations and the death toll climbed to 23 — a figure expected to rise higher still.

(Cooperstown, New York)-- Lou Allstadt, as a former Executive Vice President of Mobil Oil Corporation, is an authority on gas and oil drilling and has become a central figure in the movement to ban fracking in New York state.

LIPA's reputation as a publicly financed reward center for those with powerful allies has followed the authority for more than a decade, dating to the tenure of former chairman Richard Kessel — himself a well - connected figure in both Democratic and Republican state politics.

Scientists may have figured out nine - tenths of the game, but as no less an authority than Yogi could tell you, that doesn't mean they understand the other half.

I totally understand why so many women think the pill is one of the best options for preventing pregnancy and «balancing» hormone irregularities, because that is all that we've heard from doctors and authority figures for many years as an easy, effective option.

One of the most common challenges I've faced is being seen as an authority figure equal with my that of my male coworkers.

A Shakespeare specialist in the theatre, Gray was most often cast as icy authority figures on screen: Essex in Cromwell (1970), Mycroft Holmes in 7 % Solution (1978), and, of course, the unctuous criminologist / narrator in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).

In doing so, Holden Caulfield becomes less a spontaneous fictional creation than the logical sum of Salinger's romantic frustrations, his run - ins with hectoring authority figures, and his scarring visions of Nazi death camps (realized on budget here as blue - tinted glimpses of gaunt silhouettes and hands clutching past barbed wire).

I'd argue Steve «Captain America» Rogers boasts minor shifts — mainly due to his increased cynicism in regard to authority figures — but he's still easily recognizable as the true blue patriotic hero of old.

That said, how discomfited are you by the idea of a Woody Allen movie about a man starting over by entering into a relationship with a much younger woman, specifically one who might view him as an authority figure?

Caesar (Serkis) is seen as the authority figure amongst all of the apes.

Reduced to its essential narrative elements, Hardware is an elaborate «stalk and slash» movie, with a relentless killer as its antagonist, onscreen sexual encounters shown from the killer's point of view, ineffectual authority figures, and an androgynous heroine who eventually succeeds in killing the killer (9).

Killer Joe casts McConaughey as a preening wolf let loose in the henhouse, a corrupt authority figure whose pristine appearance — in a realm where nobody seems to mind looking like death personified — and strange moral code mask a core of pure sadism that comes out in a gruesome, bleakly funny climax that will forever change the way audiences view fried chicken.

Carla Gugino, who worked with Snyder in Watchmen doesn't waste any of her screen time as Dr. Vera Gorski, a sympathetic authority figure who it would appear is just s trapped as any of the girls at Lennox.

He was credited as consultant on numerous films, TV and radio shows and even comic books, seen in newsreels and portrayed as a figure of paternal authority whenever seen or referred to in classic movies.

A young woman who suffered abuse at the hands of a male authority figure as a teenager plots her revenge in this timely drama written and directed by Anthony Phillipson, who previously brought us the excellent My Mad Fat Diary.

The film follows Mason (Coltrane) from age six to eighteen as he deals with the trials and tribulations of divorced parents, girls, disappointing authority figures and more.

Other concerns are potty humor, name - calling and terms of deity used as expletives, cracks about puberty, some mild sexual innuendo, as well as a beer drinking young adult and a cough syrup swigging authority figure.

Where the film gauges more interest and earns its stripes as a coming - of - age picture are with the dynamics between Eric and his would - be authority figures, namely Rupert Friend's amiable psychoanalyst Oliver, Sian Breckin's cruel warden and Ben Medelsohn on typical terrifying form as head - con Neville who also transpires to be Eric's estranged father.

He has the type of voice that screams «authority figure» and as such, he has mostly played cops and lawyers in his past series (almost always just for one episode), although he has worked in some criminal roles, as well.

The DreamWorks comedy, based on Dav Pilkey's extremely popularized children's book series, marvelously boasts crisp and energizing CG animation to go along with a roguish tale of grade school pranksters as they challenge the patience of the bothersome authority figures that oversee their academic misery.

It's in keeping with the nature of his characters coming - of - age, as his eyes have been opened as to the treachery around him, as well as his frustration in the lack of understanding by his peers and authority figures in the perils he has to endure and the dangerous future that lies in wait for all of them.