Sentences with phrase «battle over the value»

What he produces is an anatomy of suffering the major axis of which is the irony that «battles over the value of suffering intensify in the contemporary world precisely at the same time people in ever greater numbers discard the notion that suffering is an inevitable part of human experience.»

This is the backdrop for the battle over the value of these claims.

Not exact matches

Over time, the pipeline took on symbolic value of epic proportions, elevated by environmentalist and energy advocates alike into a proxy battle for climate change.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who famously battled Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook's origins, are big investors in the digital currency and say it's worth 100 times its current value.

It ranks as one of Australia's worst floats, with more than $ 500 million in shareholder value destroyed in less than three years, but there's a bitter battle raging over the future of online surf and skate wear retailer SurfStitch.

Ripple Labs Inc has indicted R3 of dubious illustration while R3 is battling over the tokens value more than $ 16 billion.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Not only are we up against a school district food system that is set in it's ways, we're battling a larger food culture that values high calorie, highly processed convenience food AND huge food lobbies that have great influence over Congress and the legislation that is passed.

Lord Mandelson tonight raised the stakes in the battle over the future of the Royal Mail by releasing a letter from its pension trustees warning that if part privatisation does not go ahead, staff may have to see the value of their pension slashed in half.

The 9 - month - old patent battle over CRISPR, a novel genome - editing tool that could have immense commercial value, has taken two surprising twists.

Battle of Z values style over substance, but for an anime about super humans fighting super aliens while flying through the air, maybe it is the appropriate direction.

On the «managing by results» side, there has been the big battle over the use of test data for accountability purposes (CompStat for schools), culminating in the fight over value - added measurement of teacher performance.

School administrators could ward off bitter battles over issues of sexual orientation by taking an active role in bringing people of different views together for discussion before controversies erupt, according to a resource guide for educators and parents developed by a center that promotes First Amendment values.

As states and school districts across the United States continue to fight their battles over curriculum content, educators should not be satisfied — even if their state standards include the content they desire — unless schools make a commitment to also promote the values of ideological diversity and tolerance.

As most of the «Amazon Tax» battles have been resolved in the US, Amazon is facing criticism over its practices with publishers in Europe over VAT, or value added tax.

Bottom line: While asset allocations can change over time, as well as the battle for lowest fees, at this time Schwab should serve you well with the combination of a long - term target - date fund and an additional commitment to small - cap value.

In the battle between whole life insurance vs term life, we most often favor cash value life insurance over term.

The hard - core value purist hopelessly drooling over a great price... of some cheap micro-cap which trades by appointment, is at the mercy of its lenders, and is fighting a relentless battle against the decline of its business & industry.

A spell useful in boss battles and such - special skils: «Hustle Dance» — An lively dance that restores HP to all members of the party «Miracle Sword» — A one - handed sword skill that can recover HP while dealing damage «Whip of Love» — A whip skill that deals great damage to multiple enemies «Viper Fang» — A dagger skill that targets a single enemy and occasionally induces poison - Samadhi Kingdom is a country of knights surrounded by the desert - historic kingdom that reigns over the desert and values its chivalry - rumored that the young prince is himself an outstanding knight - horse races are also carried out here - picture shows a circus tent in what is described as a castle town where people bustle about

The game features six player online battles, over 300 story scenarios and various other modes to extend the replay value even further, from the standard time attack mode, to a trial mode that puts players through a series of 10 fights, with 90 different possible mission objectives.

While the core combat would essentially be the same, the ability to go online and fight other players over PSN through Wi - Fi could greatly increase the replay value of Dissidia, as this would enhance other aspects of the game such as Ghost Card Battles and Item / Equipment Drops.

The boss battles are the best in the series and the replay value is over the roof and the game is priced at 50 $, suffice it to say that you'll get more than your money's worth if you buy this game.

It's noteworthy though that this second campaign also features several different endings to choose from, so as you can imagine, there's plenty of replay value to be found in Record Breaker, especially when New Game Plus offers various perks such as carrying over skills and demons, and access to secret boss battles.

This is an inflection point in the decades - long battle over whaling, and an opportunity for Japan to join the rest of the worldwide community in valuing live whales over dead ones.

Modern architecture, and the fight for its value in the world, is brought into sharp focus in this documentary examining the battle over the preservation of former Prentice Women's Hospital in downtown Chicago, designed by master modern architect Bertrand Goldberg.

We discussed the company's evolution, its newest Pon Farr release, the value of evergreen retainers in the battle for collections, the need to focus on software performance improvements over feature enhancements, and the future of cloud - based law firm management.

Notable mandates: Represented Halifax Regional Municipality in its 10 - year battle with the federal government over the under - estimation of the value of Citadel Hill pursuant to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act; represented the province of Nova Scotia in the purchase of Bowater Mersey Paper Co. Ltd., and on the NewPage Corp. matter; advised Husky Energy on its South White Rose Extension project; acted for Emera Inc. on the development and transmission of hydroelectric power from Muskrat Falls; acted for Dexter to formulate a 3P bid to complete the twinning of the Saint John to St. Stephen divided highway, and provided legal advice when it won the contract; provided all legal services to establish title to Loblaw Co. Ltd. properties throughout Atlantic Canada as part of the establishment of a proposed REIT; engaged by TransCanada Corp. as local counsel on the Energy East Pipeline Project

If your spouse is basically a good parent who just has different values than you, then fighting over custody is probably going to be an unproductive battle.

At the time, GGP's management was locked in a battle of wills with its unsecured creditors» committee over the value of the company.