Sentences with phrase «at a compromise position»

Divorce mediation involves polarized sides meeting with a third party neutral in an environment in which they hope to arrive at a compromise position where both parties are, to put it succinctly, equally happy and equally happy.

Not exact matches

As a best guess, we will likely see a compromise between these two positions at November's Autumn Statement.

As a traditionally minded Anglo - Catholic, I must say that the Catholic Church's strange new position on capital punishment is one major reason why I would find accepting Roman Catholicism, at best, a compromise with a defective faith.

«All the time not having a clue that they were being whispered against, campaigned against by both Catholics & Anglicans who made it palpably clear that this initiative was detrimental to the «dialogue towards unity» and temporarily compromised their positions as oecumenical ambassadors - that this was a counter-productive «wacked - out» scheme by an ailing Pope who merely needed to be placated until he died - hence delaying tactics, obfuscations, procedurality, red tape and making everything as difficult and administratively untenable as possible; with patronising sympathy and hand - wringing at their lot while sneering, dismissing and chuckling to themselves that the whole thing will eventually come to naught... that the administration will crumble via crises and power politics andpersonality clashes and outright frustration at the situation... and ultimately the Ordinariate will be re-integrated into the Conference system and those not happy about it will crawl back to their friends in the C of E.

Although Joseph Bracken's notion of «collective agency» is an interesting recent attempt at a compromise between the orthodox interpretation and positions like that of Edward Pols and this paper, collective agency fails to give sufficient unity and actuality to persons.

We need a return to the realistic and yet principled conservative pragmatism of Reagan who actually wanted to help people more than dogmatically stick to every single position and who was even willing to compromise with liberals like Tip O'neal at times in order to get something done that would actually solve problems and help the greatest number of people.

Perhaps an officer would look at this and say, «the girl volunteered to be in this position and knows the compromising situations that may arise... she is facing adversity head on and for that, I respect her choice to compete.»

Opponents of Fairness for All legislation worry that such compromises offer too limited protections at the expense of designating SOGI as a protected class — a position they believe has deeper moral implications for Christians.

I think at this point Kap wouldn't compromise his position by making a deal he won't kneel and give into the powers that be, he'll remain steadfast as that being his right if he sees fit to kneel, even if he never plans to kneel again.

The win was timely considering the compromising position the Gunners put themselves in with two disappointing defeats away to Dinamo Zagreb and at home to Olympiacos in the opening matches of Group F.

Having served as a consultant both for the American Academy of Pediatrics subcommittee on breastfeeding, and as an ad hoc consultant for the Infant Sleep Position and SIDS AAP committee in 2004 - 2005 which was studying the bedsharing issue and eventually recommended against bedsharing altogether, I was at one point very hopeful if not confident that a compromise would be forthcoming i.e. that the AAP sub-committee would support and educate breastfeeding mothers who chose to bedshare.

In the cradle carry baby has to work against gravity and turn the head at the same time should the airway be in a compromised position.

In the past, it was often said that the French and German positions on many issues were at opposite ends of the range of views across the 27 member states, so if there was a Franco - German compromise, this would encompass all other views.

From unpopular VAT hikes and obscene bank bonuses to ill - conceived and rushed NHS reorganisations, the various U-turns, volte - faces and compromises of this Tory - led government have left the Labour leader with the ball at his feet and the goalkeeper out of position.

«Hypothetically speaking on a clean continuing resolution opening up our government — if there's absolutely no one on the other side of the aisle that wants to talk, negotiate or compromise at all, that's unacceptable and I blame the Republicans and the Democrats for being in this particular position,» he said.

The de Blasio administration and the Police Department had strongly urged the Council to accept a compromise position, according to the people at the meeting.

But a few holdouts argue that such a limit could compromise the financial flexibility of principal investigators (PIs) and positions could disappear because the PI can not afford to pay the postdoc salary at the minimum level.

My posture, compromised by the last three years sitting at my computer and writing in praying mantis position, has been vastly improved.

When our immune system is compromised, our body is put in an unfortunate position of putting ourselves at risk for various types of infection and even cancer.

She drugs him and takes pictures of them in compromising positions at one point as blackmail.

Someone at Screen Gems must have pictures of Harlin in a compromising position with some kind of farm animal.

So my compromise position would be to acknowledge parents» right to choose their children's schools (which, for low income parents, effectively means allowing them to take public dollars with them), while at the same time being vigorous in shutting off public dollars to schools (whether they be district, private or charter schools) that are failing to prepare students to succeed on measurable academic outcomes.

Gov. Roy Cooper wasted no time in signing a compromise bill approved Thursday by the N.C. General Assembly that, at least for one year, staves off thousands of lost teaching positions in the early grades.

The feel at the wheel Behind the wheel, both cars were similar in design, but the i30's driving position was compromised by its manual transmission.

Theoretically, it's a great idea, as your eyes don't move so far from the road ahead to glance at the gauges, but the reality is the steering wheel is too small and many drivers have to compromise on the seat position to make sure they can see everything.

Here at Wizzcash, we believe in providing our customers with a service that does not compromise their financial positions, and so we aim to minimise any fees and charges when you apply for our quick loans online.

It's a ton of fair - skinned shapely females being put in compromising positions that they either don't want to be in or enjoy far too much - Taking away the swords and limiting to «water damage» pulls away some of the uniqueness of playing as individual characters and makes the game repetitive - The gap between the AI of the «minions» who run at you and the nimble main character opponents is jarring - Seriously, folks.

At 2008 exhibition in Nashville, a painting of his was slashed with a box - cutter by someone who thought his work was blasphemous (the painting depicted Catholic nuns in a compromising position).

Review of Louise Lawler's No Drones at Sprüth Magers, her first solo show in the UK for four years Lawler's photographs capture artworks in compromising positions; from a Koons Rabbit next to the refrigerator (Foreground, 1994) to Jasper Johns» White Flag in the bedroom (Monogram, 1984).

I don't think that's an appropriate contention here at all, scientific questions aren't resolved by compromise or by moderating a position; they are resolved by evidence.

Fred, There is nothing in r. Trenberth's public statements, or leaked climategate communications, that leads someone to think he is willing to back down or compromise his position as you suggest at all.

Obama Willing to Compromise on Offshore Oil Drilling At the end of last week, Barack Obama changed his position on offshore drilling.

He added: «When a businessman takes a speculative position in compromising his wife's claims, why should the court subsequently relieve him of the consequences of his speculation by rewriting the bargain at his behest?

And though I'm enjoying all of the gossip, at the same time, I wonder whether by going so public with his lawsuit, Charney has cost himself not only his position at S&C but compromised his legal career.

I am far from alone in always being on the lookout for better ways to do things, and for dreaming up some of my own, but I will never swallow the codswallop that we have to compromise our hard - won independence and position in society in order to access some hoped for, dubious innovations that, it is falsely or naively claimed, can not be achieved except through ABS, especially when the harms of adopting ABS are so obvious and so apparent from the lessons of history, economics, human nature, politics, physics * and philosophy that I sometimes wonder if there is some willful blindness at play.

We see many producer clients at the start of their careers and it is fair to say that many of them over-focus on getting a project off the ground and can compromise their rights position in order to get financing / a project green lit.

Besides, national legislators must respect EU law even when they act in exercise of an exclusive competence of the State, so as not to adopt measures capable of compromising the protection of legal positions ruled on at the EU level.

Some job seekers, though, get an unpleasant surprise when an interviewer pops the question of previous salaries — and it's important to know how to respond in a way that preserves your negotiating position without compromising your shot at the job.

At the time that the 2008 Survey was done, as explained above, the Martu were willing to compromise their position and to allow the potash Project to proceed, but only because we thought fair compensation had been agreed and only in the areas that the Martu said could be used and only with the full involvement of the Martu during construction and operations to ensure that there was no more interference than was acceptable.

The first step in compromise is understanding your own position on the issue at hand.

Essentially, compromise allows you and your partner to balance each other's needs by considering both of your positions, which leads to mutual understanding as well as a solution to the issue at hand.