Sentences with phrase «as hostile toward»
Here are five of the major moves many see as hostile toward science — and as sobering indicators of the world the scientific community could be facing after January 20:
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For example, when one account executive at Synergy was perceived as acting a little too hostile toward her support staff, Gordon sat down with her and her graph.
Finally, perhaps it's not you (maybe it some of your subscribers)-- you seem a bit hostile toward church leadership of any kind, and I have to tell you as your Christian brother that it is hurtful and discouraging.
This is a problem which has driven scholastic theology to the wall, and it is not insignificant that Catholic theologians have been hostile toward the idea of evolution, just as it is not accidental that when a Catholic vision of evolution did appear in the work of Teilhard de Chardin, it contained no idea or vision of analogia entis.
As Paul writes elsewhere, the mind that is set on the flesh (rather than the Spirit) is hostile and antagonistic toward God (Rom 8:7).
In The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Nonbelief (1994), Marsden offers an elegiac account of the way in which the effort by liberal Christians to identify Christian ideals with Western civilization may have served to make many church - related colleges and universities halfway houses on the way toward a secularity that Marsden sees as hostile to Christian influence.
Scheidt says that efforts to downplay the theological interrelationships of paternity (God the father) and maternity (mother Church embodied in Mary) have «taught the seminarian to be insecure and embarrassed — or even suspicious and hostile — toward facets of the divine mysteries that give ultimate meaning to his life as a man and, one day, as a «Father.
Micro-aggressions are described by Chester M Pierce as: brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of other races.
Micro-aggressions are described by Chester M Pierce as: brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people -LSB-...]
Of course, Marx was also openly hostile toward beliefs many hold near and dear, such as religion.
Though he has since tempered his rhetoric, Mr. de Blasio was often hostile toward charter school expansion and Ms. Moskowitz when he served as public advocate and ran for mayor.
Not unlike its bullish attitude toward the state's economic development spending, which has also raised questions about appropriate metrics, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has defended ESD's advertising outlays as effective means of keeping up with other states and vanquishing the idea that New York is hostile to business.
A lobbyist for a left - wing organization that pushed the bill described Mr. Wright as» dismissively hostile» toward the 2014 legislation.
The governor, often mentioned as a 2020 presidential candidate, was unsparing in his criticism of Washington, D.C., calling the current GOP - led administration «the most hostile and aggressive toward New York in history.»
The president - elect has taken what is widely seen as a hostile stance toward the scientific community.
Luke Wilson is the star and straight man as Mitch, a lawyer whose live - in girlfriend (Juliette Lewis) has developed a hostile position toward monogamy, inspiring him to move out and buy a house near the local university.
«Episode III: Revenge of the Sith» Anakin completes his journey toward becoming Darth Vader as the Empire succeeds in its hostile takeover of the Republic.
Prior to the Court's ruling, his attitude toward Arizona could best be described as hostile.
While Obama was moderately supportive of public - school choice options such as charters, he was hostile toward private - school options such as the D.C. scholarship program.
Sadly, however, most traditional districts and their self - interested stakeholders remain all but oblivious if not hostile toward charters, minimizing their numbers and preserving as much as they can of their old monopoly.
«This is probably the most hostile, the most threatening position (toward charter schools) that anyone this close to the governorship has ever had,» said Wallace, whom the association said was speaking as a board member of CCSA Advocates.
«They told me that they felt a hostile tone by the school board toward their children's schools,» she said, citing as an example Pacoima Charter Elementary, whose parents she found were concerned that their school could be closed.
They were so hostile toward their obligations as members of society, that we ended up with a lot of what would otherwise be unnecessary regulations just to keep them in line.
Apple also actively supports Smashwords, which distributes ebooks to multiple retail outlets (B&N, Sony, Kobo, as well as Apple), while Amazon is hostile toward Smashwords authors, only grudgingly accepting a few of the bestselling ebooks from it.
As a rule, ferrets are not inherently hostile toward anyone, and they certainly do not go around attacking children.
And he had ambitions as a modern artist in 1940s England, a place which he says was distinctly hostile toward modern art.
As they are supporting brand new, expensive technologies, investor attitudes toward Kyoto committments are naturally cynical if not outright hostile.
Financial authorities of India, a growing market with huge potential and interest in cryptocurrencies, complicates tax regime for cryptocurrency companies, refuse to recognize them as a legal tender and quake the market with contradictory statements that demonstrate hostile rhetoric toward new digital assets.
Oppositional defiant disorder is a psychiatric category listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders where it is decribed as an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior toward authority figures that goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior.
Oppositional defiant disorder is defined in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM - IV) as including persistent symptoms of «negativistic, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behaviors toward authority figures.»
We proposed maternal gatekeeping as a mediator through which hostile sexist attitudes toward men and women facilitate gendered division of childcare.
As hypothesized, the mother's hostile sexist attitudes toward men and women were positively related to maternal gatekeeping tendencies.
In addition, hostile attitudes toward both men and women stress the power struggle between the sexes and portray gender relationships as a competition over control.