Sentences with phrase «as it bears on»

My plan is to approach the topic in terms of a very brief account of Peirce's three categories as they bear on his view of evolution.

What needs to be done for any disputed passage of importance is to try to find its perennial meaning — that is to say, its existential meaning as it bears on the conditions of human existence and our lives today.

Rather, the Bible is concerned with the universe primarily as it bears on the central concern — the meaning of human life.

The near - obsolete industries on which these films center — a Taiwanese textile factory, a 16 mm film factory, and the seafaring industry — are signatures of the past as it bears on the present.

The industries on which these films center — a Taiwanese textile factory, a 16 mm film factory in France, and the global seafaring industry — are symbols of the past as it bears on the present.

In this article, I am going to share what I have learned through my applied research as it bears on the problem of law firm diversity.

The court also took judicial notice of the Code of Ethics «as bearing on the standard of care for professionals in the industry.»

Not exact matches

Who wasn't on the edge of the seat as the FBI asked the world for leads, revealed pictures of two young men who couldn't quite be pegged as foreign - born or American, identified the suspects and gunned one down, only to leave one on the loose, and an entire city in lockdown?

«The Arctic situation now goes beyond its original inter-Arctic States or regional nature, having a vital bearing on the interests of States outside the region and the interests of the international community as a whole, as well as on the survival, the development, and the shared future for mankind,» the white paper said.

The benchmarks the industry relies on, such as the published average wholesale price, are built on antiquated data and bear little relation to real costs.

Levitt, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former US intelligence agent, told jurors he did not know if the materials found on Tsarnaev's computer, including sermons by US - born Al Qaeda figure Anwar al - Awlaki and issues of Al Qaeda's «Inspire» magazine, were put there by Tsarnaev or by someone else, such as his brother.

At least that's what's hoping as this year I watch the winter storms bearing down on us.

She was born on the autism spectrum and 1992 was the first year that autism spectrum disorder appeared as a term in the literature.

Born and raised in Slovenia, she spoke several languages before she learned English, as her accent attests, and she has made herself scarce on the campaign trail.

He referred to one analyst's query as a «boring bonehead» question, said the «dry» discussion was «killing» him and then had a lengthy exchange with a Tesla shareholder and blogger on several topics, despite Tesla's normal rule of allowing only one question per person.

No one ever embarks on a conversation thinking, «I'm going to talk too much, interrupt a lot, and generally come off as a self - centered bore.»

The UAE - born Taqado Mexican Kitchen had always declared itself to be the «number 1 burrito and taco spot» in the country, but now, it has started to make its presence on the global stage as well.

The Bulgarian born, London anchored globetrotter flexes her community building muscles as if she were making recipes on the fly.

Millennials — Americans born in the 1980s and 1990s, also referred to as Generation Y — will spend $ 69 billion on discretionary items this year alone, according to data from a recent Harris Interactive study.

The Trumps and Macrons helped plant a tree on the White House grounds together before boarding Trump's Marine One helicopter for a scenic tour of monuments built in the capital city designed by French - born Pierre L'Enfant as they flew south to Mount Vernon, the first U.S. president's home along the Potomac River.

In 2012, quarterback Robert Griffin III (better known as RGIII) got the $ 10,000 fine for wearing an Adidas sweatsuit — bearing a big, old - school Adidas trefoil logo on his shirt — to a postgame press conference.

In the past months he has posted a picture of himself and his wife, Sara, with a stuffed black bear — as well as a thoughtful essay on how to evaluate a new software product and an untitled post that reads, «I'm awake at 5:37 (for two hours now).

Multiple law enforcement sources identified the suspect as New Jersey — born Esteban Santiago, 26, and said he had a military ID on him at the time of his capture.

«After Caroline was born, I put on an out of office saying I was going to be offline as we welcomed a new baby into our family (intentionally vague on length of time), and directed them to email my co-founder,» she reports.

The new EEOC guidelines are intended to bring to bear the weight of anti-discrimination law to prevent such practices, even when the actions are based on benevolent reasons, such as assuming that a working mother wouldn't want to move to another city, even if it would mean a promotion.

Other currencies which have borne the brunt of the dollar's rally in the last two weeks such as the Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc stabilised on Wednesday, rising between 0.2 to 0.4 percent.

Success stories like Harrison's are few and far between for social entrepreneurs, defined as «someone who targets an unfortunate but stable equilibrium that causes the neglect, marginalization, or suffering of a segment of humanity; who brings to bear on this situation his or her inspiration, direct action, creativity, courage, and fortitude; and who aims for and ultimately affects the establishment of a new stable equilibrium that secures permanent benefit for the targeted group and society at large,» by Roger L. Martin and Sally Osberg in a 2007 Stanford University report titled «Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.»

Meanwhile, security at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing went on high alert as Communist editorials called for?????? countermeasures warfare» to set the tone for future conflicts with Tokyo, and China warned that failure to release the skipper would trigger?????? strong countermeasures, for which Japan shall bear all the consequences.»

Others on the draft list include superheros and supervillains, mosquito, teddy bear, all sorts of new faces with varying skin tones and hair color, as well as a badger, peacock, and kangaroo.

SINGAPORE, April 25 - Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd expects its core airline business, which has been operating at a loss, to swing into the black next year as a turnaround plan bears fruit, the carrier's chief executive said on Wednesday.

Almost without exception, exemplars are scrappy young businesses whose brands were born on the same clean sheets of paper as their products were, whose history is measured in months or years rather than decades, and whose founders still show up for work in the morning.

After that, Gamgort went on to Pinnacle Foods, doubling in value what many saw as a «too - boring» company with stale brands, Cramer said.

Perhaps most noteworthy for the industry as a whole, however, was the non-finding that the demographics of the campaign founder had no bearing on the relative success of the campaign to deliver rewards.

In recent weeks, we have seen how, in politics, X does not always equal Y, but rather some function thereof, as the traditional political pressures that have been brought to bear on the healthcare fight have not yielded simple results.

The result can be overbearing such as when, near the climax of the film, Snowden must confront his former mentor, who is depicted as a giant head on a giant computer screen bearing down on the protagonist.

As a result of the many technological advances in the information world, people have been able to select preferred ways of receiving information based on their natural - born and developed learning styles.

The bears are out on Wall Street now, as the Dow Industrials and Nasdaq Composite officially closed in bear market territory (down 20 % from highs) today.

Full retirement age, as defined by the government, ranges from age 65 to 67, depending on when you were born.

In the same vein, it won't have a legal bearing on current efforts by Canadian companies — such as Manulife and Scotiabank — to have their investments in China approved.

Anna Marie Duke was born Dec. 14, 1946 in Elmhurst, N.Y. Duke got her first part as a film extra in 1955, and made her first television appearance as a dancer on the «The Voice of Firestone.»

As one American - born Russian venture capitalist told Fortune: «Guys in their 40s are still working on their first fortunes, and the guys in their 60s running the big traditional industries don't have a taste for this young, risky, entrepreneurial stuff.»

But false equivalence is also a danger, and arguing that some private conversations that amount to virtually nothing but political scuttle - butt on a range of boring political issues is the same as what Trump has done is ridiculous.

Earlier on Friday, U.S. health officials published a study estimating that as many as 270 babies in Puerto Rico may be born with the severe birth defect known as microcephaly caused by Zika infections in their mothers during pregnancy.

Secondly, a born leader can be a lousy manager, and Ennis believes companies put insufficient focus on developing management skills such as coaching and delegating without losing control.

«Credit score has a big bearing on what that couple may be able to accomplish as a family in the future.»

McAfee, as you may have heard, is on the lam from authorities in Belize — where the British - born American lives — after the murder of the software entrepreneur's neighbor, American ex-patriot Gregory Viant Faull.

The relevant difference between Finance and HR is that Finance gains prestige by bringing to bear the tools of quantitative analysis; HR issues, on the other hand, are typically harder to quantify and turn into math, leading many people to think of them as «mushy.»

Musk appeared to make matters worse on the company's conference call, as he was testy with analysts at times and dismissed some questions as «boring» and «not cool.»

Born as Bradley Manning to a Welsh mother and an American father, Manning also elevated discussion on LGBT rights in the military after her struggles with gender identity came to light in the midst of the WikiLeaks scandal.

As the oft - told story goes, Kamprad was a born entrepreneur, who, while growing up on a small Swedish farm, began selling matches off the back of his bicycle at the age of five.