Sentences with phrase «become points of conflict»

For instance, my desire to live honorably had become a point of conflict in the past.

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Among Musk's concerns regarding AI are the idea that artificial intelligence could become dangerous if it evolves past the point of human intelligence, and that unregulated AI could potentially be used to start global conflicts by «manipulating information.»

The Black Sea has become a point of geopolitical tension following Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the conflict with Ukraine.

It is at the point of conflict with the ruling ecclesiastical authorities who tried to silence the witness of Christians to their faith that the question of fidelity to the higher authority of God became most overt.

In the story of Paul's address to the Athenians, it is at this point that conflict becomes acute between his faith and theirs: «When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked.»

though i must admit i'm a little conflicted about eating quinoa since i heard on npr that the fact that it has become so trendy in the US has driven up the price in peru to the point where peruvian people can't afford it, and it used to be a staple of their diet.

The artist used Spain's tragic social and political conflict as a starting point for the creation of what has become his hallmark, a dramatic series of images relying consistently on the contrast of ovals and rectangles and black and white.

* There is too much conflicting evidence about climate change to know whether it is actually happening * Current climate change is part of a pattern that has been going on for millions of years * Climate change is just a natural fluctuation in Earth's temperatures * Even if we do experience some consequences from climate change, we will be able to cope with them * The effects of climate change are likely to be catastrophic * The evidence for climate change is unreliable * There are a lot of very different theories about climate change and little agreement about which is right * Scientists have in the past changed their results to make climate change appear worse than it is * Scientists have hidden research that shows climate change is not serious * Climate change is a scam * Social / behavioural scepticism measures * Climate change is so complicated, that there is very little politicians can do about it * There is no point in me doing anything about climate change because no - one else is * The actions of a single person doesn't make any difference in tackling climate change * People are too selfish to do anything about climate change * Not much will be done about climate change, because it is not in human nature to respond to problems that won't happen for many years * It is already too late to do anything about climate change * The media is often too alarmist about climate change * Environmentalists do their best to emphasise the worst possible effects of climate change * Climate change has now become a bit of an outdated issue * Whether it is important or not, on a day - to - day basis I am bored of hearing about climate change

When I asked Dershowitz what he would change about Letters to a Young Lawyer if he were writing it today, he pointed out that because law has become much more of a business, he would want to add a chapter on conflicts and billing practices, which are more relevant than they were.

But the revolution of the 1960s eventually turned into conflict that became violent at points.

An important critical entry point occurs when a helper becomes aware of a situation in which a child of a high - conflict divorce spends progressively less time with one parent and / or voices strong objection to being with that parent.

It is not uncommon for an unhappy relationship to lead to a situation whereby children become the focal point of conflict.

This first use of puppets to resolve conflict became a common reference point for the children, and the puppets appeared in a variety of contexts throughout the semester.

At this point, many therapists might focus on helping the couple get along better in their day - to - day connection by teaching them what might be called «companionship skills,» including better ways of communicating, resolving conflicts, changing behaviors, and, when appropriate, becoming more effective parents.

Your child can become so focused on «winning» the power struggle that the point of the conflict is completely lost.

Other worries that have been highlighted, for example, in social media include the risk for children becoming spoiled when having two homes (Avitable 2010), while child professionals have pointed at the risk for the child being more exposed to parental conflict and of feeling torn between parents (Buchanan et al. 1991; Gilmore 2006).