Sentences with phrase «as the virtue of»

Try to imagine a man who had 300 wives and 700 concubines being extolled as the virtue of wisdom!

Those without a voice or proper sense of self have been taught to see their humiliation as the virtue of humility.

Likewise, «Often inordinate laxity is believed to be kindness, and unbridled anger passes as the virtue of spiritual zeal.

The church has long taught fortitude as the virtue of adversity and as a fruit of the Spirit (Gal.

It also addresses some of the cultural norms we have regarding self - promotion — such as the virtue of humility — that make so many people uncomfortable doing it.

These institutions promote social justice and inclusivity as virtues of good character, and where public school attendance is determined by residence and highly segregated on socioeconomic lines, Catholic schools, especially those that participate in school choice programs, are diverse in terms of race, social class and even religion.

Saunders explained the earlier implications of an outright ban as a virtue of Twitter.

In many IPCC discussions I have noticed a strange asymmetry: people were very concerned about possibly erring on the high side (e.g., the upper bound of sea level rise possibly being criticised as «alarmist»), and not very concerned about erring on the low side (or some even regarding this as a virtue of being «cautious»).

Features that were later viewed as virtues of plate tectonics were attacked as flaws of continental drift.

Not exact matches

Should the House succeed in creating pressure on the Senate to act on a version of the FORM Act, it would not be surprising to see the discussion move away from the Taylor rule to NGDP targeting - with advocates selling its broad appeal as its leading virtue.

There are a host of articles out there urging leaders to demonstrate some of humanity's most prized virtues, qualities like honesty, humility, and empathy (as you can see from the links, I've written a few of them myself.)

Although Breaux Capital faces steep competition in the personal finance sector — including from apps such as Mint, which sold to Intuit in 2009 and now counts more than 20 million customers — CTO Quarles says he's convinced that his community, by virtue of being by and for black men, is unique.

The philosophy of stoicism, founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC, asserts that virtues (such as wisdom) should be based on behavior, rather than words.

In 2010, The New Yorker described Whole Foods as a «paragon of virtue.»

«As an American corporation, we believe that the national security of American citizens trumps the virtue signaling displayed by Silicon Valley and the dishonest reporting being perpetuated by the media,» CEO Andrew Torba says.

Take care of all of your stakeholders, and make sure that you as leaders model the virtues of selflessness, trust, and caring for all the lives you impact — including those whose livelihoods may be impacted by your technology.»

Aside from physical keyboards, BlackBerry has always touted security as one of its core virtues.

They worked tirelessly to instill accuracy as the highest virtue in all of us young editors.

He lived there to qualify of UK citizenship, by virtue of the island's status as a British Overseas Territory.

As Rice wryly notes, market research firms have a habit of expounding the virtues of whatever methodology they've chosen to employ.

It is even outclassed in the narrow realm of automobiles by speedsters such as the 430 - km / hour Bugatti Veyron, which I might add is street legal, a virtue the Cobra Jet sadly does not share.

As public anger mounts, world leaders continue to trumpet the virtues of austerity.

For a host of reasons, governments the world over have chosen to cut spending, not as a virtue, but as what they believe to be the less severe of two painful options.

Pecan growers and suppliers are hoping to sell U.S. consumers on the virtues of North America's only native nut as a hedge against a potential trade war with China, the pecan's largest export market.

I recently read an opinion piece by Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini in which he extolls the virtues of greeting the sun just as it's rising each morning: «Every day I get up at 5:30 for my own yoga and meditation practice because I know I'm going to head into a chaotic world where I will be challenged.»

This is a good problem for a company to have, as it typically means there is an up - round financing, existing investors can help drive company - friendly terms in the new round, and the investor syndicate increases in strength by virtue of new capital (and — presumably — another helpful co-investor) in the deal.

Except as required by law or with the approval of the customer, a telecommunications carrier that receives or obtains customer proprietary network information by virtue of its provision of a telecommunications service shall only use, disclose, or permit access to individually identifiable customer proprietary network information in its provision of (A) the telecommunications service from which such information is derived, or (B) services necessary to, or used in, the provision of such telecommunications service, including the publishing of directories.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 16 through June 22, 2013, as National Small Business Week.

Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn, by virtue of their relationships to High River (as disclosed in Item 2), may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d - 3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the «Act») the Shares which High River directly beneficially owns.

These costs can be grouped into three major categories: administrative costs for bookkeeping and informing participants of account balances and plan features; investment management costs for investing participants» savings; and marketing costs for media advertising of the plan's virtues.22 However, unknown to most retirement savers, 23 participants actually pay all or the vast majority of these costs24 through fees charged as a percentage of their account balance and paid out of their investment returns.

Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn, by virtue of their relationships to Icahn Master (as disclosed in Item 2), may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d - 3 under the Act) the Shares which Icahn Master directly beneficially owns.

Who needs to listen to folks like Warren Buffett as they constantly espouse the virtues of staying within your circle of competence?

Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn, by virtue of their relationships to Icahn Partners (as disclosed in Item 2), may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d - 3 under the Act) the Shares which Icahn Partners directly beneficially owns.

First, the report also tracks action at the provincial level, and several provinces that had marketed themselves as beacons of virtue in contrast to Harper — Ontario, British Columbia and Manitoba under its former NDP government — turn out to have underperformed, too.

Shkreli owed Retrophin a duty of loyalty by virtue of his position as Retrophin's President or CEO and as a member of the Board.

A steadily increasing number of people will want to get in on the «new Bitcoin,» a bizarre paradox given that gold is as old as time, and will soon realize that gold possesses virtues Bitcoin does not, given that it is real, not digital and abstract; that owners can personally possess and store it in physical form; that it will survive any kind of electric grid or Internet disruption that might occur; that it can not ever be hacked; that it is the epitome of private, quiet wealth; that it is actually quite beautiful to behold; and that it was not and can not be made by man, only by God, who does not appear to have any interest in making any more of it.

We believe that ultimately the large chain pharmacies will be compelled by virtue of consumer demand to enter the on - demand delivery space and likely will do so by acquiring existing players such as NowRx.

The founders of our nation, such as Thomas Paine, recognized the distinction between principles and men - between the virtues of a nation and the individuals who lead it at any particular time.

«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

Others have observed that countries such as China and India were able to maintain parities by virtue of the application of capital controls, so an equally vigorous debate on the role of capital controls is intertwined with the debate on regimes.

From the outset, the cryptocurrency community has held as a fundamental tenet that cryptocurrencies are inherently superior to fiat currencies by virtue of the security associated with the technology, the cap on the number of units of currency to be issued (either immediately or ultimately) and the freedom from meddling regulators, especially central banks.

Jack Ma, Alibaba's executive chairman and founder, is set to deliver a keynote speech that will extol the virtues of companies using his marketplace, which to date as facilitated US$ 500bn worth of sales.

In fact, just as they benefit from the bullish case for gold that results in funds continuing to flow onto the Gold Looting Field, they also benefit when commentators speak about the virtues of personally owned physical gold.

Speaking to an audience of central bankers at the Bank of England, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Christine Lagard extolled the virtues of virtual currencies as an alternative to traditional currency.

It was only if those requirements were relaxed as a matter of federal law that it would become necessary to consider if those requirements could continue to apply ex proprio motu, or if they were inoperative or inapplicable by virtue of the doctrines of paramountcy and / or interjurisdictional immunity.

Many have pointed out (most recently, Carson Holloway) that the application of natural law to our situation requires the virtue of prudence, a mastery of the details of our circumstances (such as is possible for a human being), with the goals and the weights given to particular considerations by good moral character (or, if you will, a well - formed conscience).

Virtues such as tolerance, love, non-violence, self - sacrifice and humility are held in high esteem and considered to be characteristics of «holy men» known as Sadhu.

Wireless carriers — typically known for being paragons of virtue and honesty — are under the microscope today, as the Federal Trade Commission alleges that T - Mobile was knowingly loading customers» bills with «hundreds of...

Unfortunately, fear of death, no matter how effective as a tool for social engineering, is not the proper moral grounds for virtue...

This right of democratic choice and the responsibility of democratic governance is not promoted by judicial imperialism, even if justified as showing some responsiveness to popular sentiments or public virtues.