Sentences with phrase «began as an act»

A 21 - year veteran of the FBI, Hart will transition out of the Bureau over the next two months and begin as acting police commissioner in mid-April.

* This item has been updated to reflect that although Alving has been NCRR's director since 2007, she began as acting director in 2005, and has thus been in charge of NCRR for 6 years, not 4 years.

What began as an act of pity, became a connection that benefited both characters.

If appropriation, in Dada, began as an act of revolution, in Postmodernism it became fully self - aware, enough to suggest an unending series.

Not exact matches

By itself, networking is ambiguous and inefficient, as the simple act of networking lacks a clear beginning and end goal.

In 1937, federal prohibition of cannabis as we know it today began with the Marihuana Tax Act.

But Sabancı's power in the region is undeniable: A member of Siemens» supervisory board, she began acting as co-chair of the Business 20 (B20) Trade Task Force — an outreach group for the G20 economies — earlier this year.

Like so many frauds, Sam Israel's big con — a decade - long deception that cost investors millions and ended with the hedge funder on the lam as one of America's Most Wanted — began with a small act of self - delusion.

While the organization began dealing with the repercussions of the attack immediately, remediation did not take place until now as «acting too quickly could have caused more data to be compromised,» David Partenheimer, a USPS spokesperson, told the Washington Post.

His strange downfall and subsequent rebirth as one of the most bankable movie stars all began with an innocent act of love.

«As a father, I can not begin to imagine how anyone can carry out such an unthinkable act — murdering 22 people and injuring 59,» he said.

Beginning at the top left, they begin by using strong shortform Facebook content (in the form of sponsored posts) to act as the trigger and then follow up with retargeting to enter into the initial consideration set.

He has begun to develop a new line of business, acting as a wholesale supplier to other fabricators; he already has half a dozen accounts in locations as far away as Texas and New York.

«As fat cells grow larger, they begin to overexpress a protein that acts as a metabolic brake that slows down fat cell metabolism, making it harder for these cells to burn accumulating fat,» he said in a statemenAs fat cells grow larger, they begin to overexpress a protein that acts as a metabolic brake that slows down fat cell metabolism, making it harder for these cells to burn accumulating fat,» he said in a statemenas a metabolic brake that slows down fat cell metabolism, making it harder for these cells to burn accumulating fat,» he said in a statement.

A recent report found that North Korea has begun to mine bitcoin, and it's highly likely a state - sponsored act, as a way to generate funds for the regime.

What began as an attempt by community bankers to get a free pass from the qualified - mortgage rules imposed by the Dodd - Frank Act has expanded to include the biggest banks.

Following Mr. Tansky's retirement as President and Chief Executive Officer on October 5, 2010, the Company entered into a director services agreement wherein he agreed to act as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for an initial term beginning October 6, 2010 through December 31, 2011 (the «Director Services Agreement»).

Although I expect business fixed investment to begin to grow again in the second half, it will likely remain soft as profits have stagnated and election year uncertainty could act as an additional depressant.

The Act remedies this imbalance by providing for a provisional registration that functions as an «on - ramp» for start - ups to begin conducting business.

So as human beings continually act on their misconceptions, Reflexivity says that those actions then begin to distort the financial markets themselves, which actually impact the actual fundamentals of the markets themselves.

Fujitsu America, which provides technology and business support to affiliated companies, has yet to answer the complaint or make an appearance in the case, and a company spokesman declined to comment.Lawsuits such as this one are just the beginning, said Marcia Wagner, a principal at the Wagner Law Group who represents plan sponsors and vendors under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act.

As the burials began for the 17 victims, the F.B.I. acknowledged that it had failed to act on a warning last month that Nikolas Cruz, the suspect in Wednesday's shooting, might kill people at a school.

The window for recharacterizations is closing quickly, however, as The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminated this strategy beginning in the 2018 tax year.

At the beginning of April, Trump announced his intention to impose tariffs on 1,300 Chinese products accounting for about $ 50 billion of exports to the United States, as a result of an investigation into Chinese intellectual property and forced technology transfer policies, under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

The oil price drop will act as a sizable tax cut for the global consumer, and this should begin to boost growth well into 2015.

At the beginning of his career, Mr. Yashchenko acted as an auditor with Deloitte.

In contrast to strong domestic demand, net exports have acted as a substantial drag on GDP growth over the past couple of years, although this drag has begun to diminish.

Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the Act provides for a permanent reduction of the corporate tax rate from a top graduated rate of 35 percent to a flat rate of 21 percent, as well as a repeal of the corporate alternative minimum tax (AMT).

If the conditions to allow a cell to form and begin acting as a living organism were in place, it stands to reason that more than one would form, potentially a lot more.

And as Paramore's star began to rise, they were kind enough to bring Paper Route along, signing them up as the opening act for an extensive U.S. tour, even though their sounds don't necessarily mesh.

As do you I trust in Hashem that any act of these heretics, be they «Christian», «Muslim», «Mormon», etc. are null and void to begin with.

This coming July, the world will mark the centenary of the First World War, the seismic calamity that began the 20th century as an epoch and that, in another hundred years, may well be regarded as the sanguinary first act in the end of Europe as «Europe» had been known for over a millennium.

I I say that as a practicing Catholic... It comes off very phony for someone like Gingrich especially, to wear the sign of the beginning of lent on his forehead... Three marriages and many infidelities... Acting in a graceful manner would be more appropriate.

Eternity is uncorrupted light; the world proceeds by interrupting sight, exchanging day and night.Half the acts of earth avoid the sun; much that's donemay be begun by day but end at night: aborted, buried lightis customary here; it shocks no morethan does a warsuch as the one we wage against the....

The problem for them is how to act responsibly so as to begin a process of change which will lead to sustainable consumption and greater justice.

But as I studied God's letter for myself and began to discipline myself in reading, even before my age was marked with double digits, I found time and time again that this was true; the Bible was constantly reminding me of God's love for me in the words that He said about me and in the great acts of love He displayed.

What began as a simple act has turned into a full - blown revolution, as tens of thousands of families all over the world now tune in to Sarah's weekly Read - Aloud Revival podcast, a show dedicated to helping parents make meaningful and lasting connections with their kids through books.

Instead of viewing creation as a one - time act in the beginning, one could focus on the ongoing creative work of God.

Yes, when we begin to see the crucifixion of Jesus as a supreme act of love and revelation, rather than a punishment from God, this has a domino effect on everything else we think about God and Scripture and ourselves.

If the entire universe, all that is and has been, is God's body, then God acts in and through the incredibly complex physical and historical - cultural evolutionary process that began eons ago.28 This does not mean that God is reduced to the evolutionary process, for God remains as the agent, the self, whose intentions are expressed in the universe.

I told that little story of Mary and Jesus as you told it in the beginning of your post and people acted like I was really doing something terrible.

In my metaphysical discussion of being I proposed that all things are composed of acts of being, each of which begins as a for - itself and becomes an in - itself.

When you begin to understand what life and church really looks like as a follower of Jesus outside of the framework of religion, you begin to see that everything is spiritual, every act is devotion, and every conversation is full of God.

In view of the central importance of this doctrine it matters less whether it is readily accepted by our contemporaries, provided that its message is not interpreted in a narrow, selfishly individualistic sense, but that the gracious divine act which opens man to God is from the beginning understood also as creating authentic community among men.

I acted as a go - between like a woman, and began to lecture Radha for being too proud... At such time I experienced moments of incomparable sweetness and joy.

Since the past never began, as I take it, God never at any moment, or in any act, for all his acts were at a moment, had a clean slate to just make a world out of the realm of logical possibilities, but always had to make the best of a world that could have been better.

The monk bursts into tears, an involuntary act, as he asks heaven what he can do to comfort his destroyed hometown and begin to rebuild his house of worship.

Much later, as a graduate student at Northwestern University's School of Speech, I began to develop some tools for investigating intersections between language and action, angling toward such forms of aesthetic expression as oral reading, acting and directing in the theatre, and storytelling.

MacLeish began it in 1953 as a one - act drama for BBC production, but by 1956 the still unfinished J. B. had already undergone three drafts to become a three - act play with acted prologue.

As an act of the will I knelt and prayed God's blessing and forgiveness on the person who had done this and I began to feel a lot better.